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December 1, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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| Note the report in columns 2-3: "Third British Woman Arrested" |
| (The arrest of May James, who had been in custody for a fortnight, had been arrested by the Gestapo and charged with espinoge and possessinh a wireless transmitter. The report states that no such transmitter was found in her quarters. She is the third British woman arrested in recent times.) |
| [See "Nazis Pause Over Death Sentence On Woman" in the Manchester Evening News of Nov. 30, 1940.] |
| [Also see column 1 of The Daily Mail of Dec. 4, 1940 for a photo of May, or Mary James.) |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 3: "German Freighter Running Blockade Sends Out Calls" |
(Both ships, Rhein and Idarwald, were sunk. Idarwald was stopped by HMS Diomede and scuttled on Dec. 8 and Rhein was captured by HNLMS Van Kinsbergen on Dec. 11 and sunk by gunfire from HMS Caradoc.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "36 Sticks of Dynamite Found Near Defense Plant" |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Yacht Survivor Under Treatment" |
(The only survivor from the yacht Wing On, still in grave condition.) |
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December 1, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Auf Befehl des Führers: "Zerstörerflottille Narvik" |
(By order of the Führer: "Destroyer Flotilla Narvik.") |
2. Eine neu in Dienst gestellte Flottille als bleibendes Denkmal der Helden um Kommodore Bonte. |
(A newly commissioned flotilla as a permanent memorial to the heroes under Commodore Bonte.) |
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Page published December 1, 2021 |