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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Steamer Mystery - Wreckage With Shrapnel Found" |
(The Holmwood had been sunk Nov. 25, 1940 by the German Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Komet.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Feared Lost At Sea - Lieut.-Commander G. H. Nowell" |
(The report was sadly true. His submarine, HMS Phoenix, was last heard from on July 14, 1940. The most likely cause of the loss was an attack by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros, but this has not been positively confirmed because the wreck has not been located.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "U-Boat Tried to Interfere - Sunk" |
(True, the Italian submarine Naiade had been attacked and damaged by HM destroyers Hyperion and Hereward, the boat surfaced and scuttled.) |
Also note the report in column 1: "British Cruiser Sunk" |
(The Italians claim their submarine, Neghelli, sunk a cruiser of the Southampton class off Egypt. The report was false.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Submarine Hits Two Nazi Ships" |
(The report also states that a second ship was damaged. The report was mostly true. Sunfish had sunk the Finish cargo ship Oscar Midling and damaged the Norwegian tanker Dixie. The tonnage was incorrect as the submarine commander claimed almost twice the actual tonnage. Oscar Midling was only 2,182 GRT and Dixie was only 1,715 GRT.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Supreme Court Will Review Jim Crow Case" |
(A disturbing reminder of how things were, but never should have been, in the past.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Bombing Attack On Steamer Is Reported" |
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Bic Island survived this attack, but was sunk by U-224 on Oct. 28, 1942.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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Note the sub-headline: "South Carolina Guard Called, Foils Big Mob" and the report in column 1: "Saves Negro Held For Assault: Mob Finally Disperses" |
(Another disturbing report of how things were, and should never have been, in the past.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Wieder Bomben auf Berliner Krankenhäuser. |
(Bombs on hospitals in Berlin again.) |
2. Napoleons Sohn in Paris aufgebahrt. |
(Napoleon's son laid out in Paris.) |
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December 16, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Volltreffer schwerer Bomben auf wichtige Industrieanlage in den Midlands. |
(Key industrial site in Midlands hit by heavy bombs.) |
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Page published December 16, 2021 |
