World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday June 30, 1940
Day 304

June 30, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Runaway Italian Warship Sunk"
(This report is about the loss of the Italian destroyer Espero.)


June 30, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 1: "Sub Crew Lost"
(The report is correct, HMS Grampus had been sunk with all hands by Italian torpedo boats on June 16th.)


June 30, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa.
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June 30, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Heldentod Marschall Balbos.
(Heroic death of Marshal Balbos.)



   
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