World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday February 9, 1941
Day 528

February 9, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Dead Son Cables I'm Safe"


February 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "New Commander Of U.S. Fleet Young For His Job; Driver, But Self-Effacing"


February 9, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Butte People Duped by Workers for a Communist Front"
(A local communist committing fraud, which is exactly what communism is.)
Also note the photo at bottom: "Behind the Communist Front Organization"


February 9, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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February 9, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Rollender Einsatz deutscher Bomber gegen Malta.
(Rolling use of German bombers against Malta.)



   
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