World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday October 25, 1940
Day 421

October 25, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report at top right: "Japanese Lose Large Submarine"
(The loss of I-67, which took place on Aug. 29th, took the lives of all 89 men in the boat.)


October 25, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Now 'Some Time': Does Goebbels Know Rest?"


October 25, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "Bungle Over Glorious"
(The questions about the loss of HMS Glorious had now begun.)


October 25, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Note the report at top right: "Statute Ends 150-Year Freedom of French Jews"


October 25, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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October 25, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Die neue überraschende Begegnung.
(The surprising new encounter.)
2. Marschall Pétain beim Führer.
(Marschall Pétain with the Führer.)


October 25, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der Führer empfing Marschall Petain.
(The Führer receives Marschall Pétain.)
2. Ribbentrop und Laval waren zugegen.
(Ribbentrop and Laval were present.)



   
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