World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday July 29, 1940
Day 333

July 29, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Himmler Law Is Death"
Also note the report inn column 5: "Defeat for Gandhi"


July 29, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Delay in Releasing News of Troopship Loss Has Affected British Public"
(The sinking of the Lancastria, on June 17, 1940, was one of the greatest disasters at sea of all time. It is estimated that 4,000 to 5,000 people were lost with the ship.)


July 29, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington.
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Note the report in column 1: "Satko's Sea Saga Ended At Juneau"
(The Ark of Juneau and the Satko family completed a journey that they were told could not be done.)


July 29, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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July 29, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Verschärfter Kriegszustand an Englands Ostküste.
(Heightened state of war on England's east coast.)
2. Attentatsversuch auf Eden.
(Attempt to assassinate Eden.)


July 29, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Neuer stolzer Erfolg unserer U-Boot=Waffe.
(Proud new successes of our U-boat force.)



   
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