World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday Sept. 25, 1940
Day 391

Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the photo at bottom center.
(The report states that the French admit the loss of a submarine, in fact, two submarines had been lost. Persée and Ajax, on Sept. 23 and 24 respectively.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Reduction In Butter Ration - Meat Increase After Sept. 30"


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 7: "Submarine Missing"


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 2: "Claim Officers From Graf Spee Reach Germany"
(It is true that several officers from Admiral Graf Spee did escape from Argentina and return to Germany. To name a few; Dietrich Bludau after his escape was commanding officer of S-117 and later the 10th S-Boat Flotilla. Jürgen Wattenberg after his escape commanded both U-103 and U-162, becoming a POW again after the loss of the latter boat. Gerfried Brutzer later served in destroyers and on the battleship Tirpitz. Hans-Joachim Kuhn commanded U-1233. Johann Reckhoff served in the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and later commanded U-398. Kurt Diggins served in minesweepers and later commanded U-458, becoming a POW again after his boat was sunk.)
Also note the report in column 5: "Communists Cause Row At Labor Congress"
(Everywhere a communist goes, trouble tags along with them.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the "Who's News" in column 1.
(The second photo from the top is Walter Duranty, who was the Moscow bureau chief for the New York Times from 1922-1936. He was also a suspected Soviet agent working for Josef Stalin. While it seems this was never proved, evidence of his communist sympathies are everywhere in his coverage of Stalin and the Soviet regime. This despicable man wrote reports denying the deliberate Soviet created famine in Ukraine, which killed millions of people. For his coverage and his lying for Stalin, he was given a Pulitzer Prize, which has yet to be revoked. A strong reason to hold the Pulitzer committee in contempt and suspicion.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 4: "Guard Saves Shipyard From Heavy Fire Loss"
(A night watchman credited with saving the Cramp Shipbuilding yard from serious damage.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in columns 5-7: "Full Kidnapping Story Told"
[The report is concluded here.]
(More details about the Marc de Tristan, Jr. kidnapping.)
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "G-Men Clear Muhlenbroich Of Mattson Kidnap-Murder"
(The kidnapper of March de Tristan Jr. was at first thought to have been involved in a previous kidnapping.)
(Click below for part fifteen of "Our Country" a twenty-four part series, written by twenty-four different authors, describing what America means to them. Today's piece was written by John Dos Passos.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 5: "Is Torpedoed"
(The ship, Sulairia, was sunk by U-43.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Hunger droht bombardierten Süden Londons.
(Hunger threatens bombed south London.)


Sept. 25, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Berlin Wohnviertel und Krankenhäuser erneut bombardiert.
(Berlin residential areas and hospitals bombed again.)
2. Bildtelegramme aus Berlin
(Photo telegrams from Berlin.)



   
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