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November 10, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Two Ships Blown Up" |
(The unnamed ship was the passenger ship Cambridge. The SS City of Rayville was the first United States merchant ship sunk due to enemy action in the Second World War. Both ships had been sunk by mines laid by a ship the Germans named Passat. That ship was a former Norwegian freighter named Storstad, which had been captured by the German Hilfskreuzer Pinguin and converted into an auxiliary minelayer.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "Big Liner Distress SOS" |
(The Empress of Japan made port and survived the war.) |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "London Denies Loss Of Six U.S. Destroyers On Convoy Work" |
(None of the U.S. lend-lease destroyers had been sunk up top this point in the war.) |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 5: "President Sets Nov. 21 As Thanksgiving Day; 32 States to Comply" |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia. |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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Note the photo at top: "Brother, Sister, Bomb Victims" |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Quote Kennedy: Democracy In England Done" |
(This was not a surprise to anyone in Mr. Kennedy's inner circle, or indeed to President Roosevelt.) |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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November 10, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Außenkommissar Molotov kommt nach Berlin. |
(Foreign Minister comes to Berlin.) |
2. Wieder deutsche Bomber über dem Atlantik. |
(German bombers over the Atlantic again.) |
3. Der 9.November im Kriegsjahr 1940. |
(November 9, in the war year of 1940.) |
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Page published November 10, 2021 |