World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday February 7, 1941
Day 526

February 7, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column
Also note the report in column


February 7, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Lindy Still Hostile"
Also note the report in column 3: "Col. Donovan in Jerusalem"
(Wild Bill Donovan seems to be everywhere.)


February 7, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Lindy The Hero Vanishes - Flier Now Likened To Pontius Pilot"


February 7, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Hindenburg Duped By Nazis' Suavity"
(This is part 1 of a 4 part series in which Wallace R. Deuel responds to some of the many questions sent to him after his series "Where Hitler Stands" was published in January. That series ran from Jan. 10 to 22.)


February 7, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 8: "Unearthed Body Identified As Missing Labor Leader"
(A body found near Lyndhurst, New Jersey, is that of Peter Panto. He is described in the report as "an insurgent longshoremen's labor leader." He had disappeared 18 months previous. The report also names three men who were being sought as suspects in his murder. Albert Anastasio (this was really Albert Anastasia, of Lucky Luciano's Murder Inc.) Emanuel Weiss and James Ferraoo. These three were not as good at hiding a body as those who disposed of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975, even though they chose the same state to hide it. There has been a persistent rumor that Hoffa's body is also located somewhere in New Jersey.)


February 7, 1941: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Note the headline report: "Dog Saves Two In Billerica Home, Perishes In Flames"


February 7, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 7: "Make Lindy A Private, Texans Say"


February 7, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Note the report at top right: "Hitler Threatens European Jews If U.S. Enters War"
Also note the report in column 4: "Bulgarian Jews Must Register by February 23"
Also note the report in column 2: "Colonel Lindbergh Denounced by Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League"


February 7, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 7, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Englands teuerster Krieg.
(England's most expensive war.)


February 7, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die deutsche Gegenblockade in britischen Ziffern.
(British figures on the German counter-blockade.)
2. Wieder 6 Dampfer als versenkt gemeldet.
(Another 6 steamships reported sunk.)



   
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