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October 1, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "49 Raiders Lost Yesterday" |
(Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind; the Germans lost 41 aircraft on Sept. 30th, and the R.A.F. lost 14, with 3 more being total constructive losses.) |
Also note the report in columns 4-5: "Smoking In Black-Out" |
October 1, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 7: "A.P. Estimate Of Raid Deaths In London Is 5,000" |
Also note the report in column 8: "Italian Subs Torpedo Three Spanish Vessels" |
(The Italians had made an error, because Spain was a neutral country. One of the ships, Monte Moncayo, was sunk by a mine.) |
October 1, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 7-8: "Albert einstein Admitted To American Citizenship" |
October 1, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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(Click below for part twenty 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 James Truslow Adams.) |
October 1, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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October 1, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Gute Abschußerfolge deutsches Nachtjäger. |
(Good shooting results by German night fighters.) |
2. Militär für Aufräumungsarbeiten herangezogen. |
(Military called for cleanup work.) |
October 1, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Londons Querschüsse gegen den Dreierpakt wirkungslos. |
(London's cross shots against the tripartite pact have no effect.) |
2. Sowjetrussische Stellungnahme straft England Lügen. |
(Soviet opinion belies England.) |
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