World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday December 9, 1940
Day 466

December 9, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Vessel Which Struck Mine Reaches Port"
(The unnamed ship was the SS Hertford, the ship was repaired, but sunk by U-571 on Mar. 29, 1942.)


December 9, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 5: "Japs Honor U.S. Seaman"
(The master of the American tanker, Associated, being awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, for coming to the rescue of 209 people on the burning ship Bokuvo Maru in 1939.)


December 9, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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December 9, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Wiederaufflammen des Araberaufstandes in Palästina.
(Continued Arab uprising in Palestine.)
2. Carnarvon Castle mit Schlagseite in Montevideo.
(Battle-damaged Carnarvon Castle in Montevideo.)


December 9, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die Zukunft von Wien light in dr Große des Reiches.
(The future of Vienna within the Greater Reich.)
2. Baldue von Schirach sprach zu den Politischen Leitern der Partei.
(Baldue von Schirach spoke to the political leaders of the party.)



   
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