World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday March 1, 1941
Day 548

March 1, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "New U.S. Naval Secrets Chief"
(The new Director of Naval Intelligence was named in Washington, it was Capt. Kirk. No not that one, Capt. Alan Kirk, the former Naval Attaché in London.)


March 1, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 2: "H.M.S. Exmoor sunk"


March 1, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "German Troops Fire On Dutch Demonstrators"


March 1, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Fighting Services Agree Reduce Rations As Aid To Shipping Situation"


March 1, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 8: "French Food Ration Cut Spurs New Plea to U.S."


March 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the photo at center: "Edsel Ford Takes Test Spin In Blizt Buggy"
Also note the report in columns 1-2: "May Shoot Stray Dogs On Sight"
(A warning to dog owners that if their dogs are seen running loose that may be shot or caught and destroyed due to the rabies outbreak in the county.)


March 1, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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March 1, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Im Fabruar wurden 740 000 BRT versenkt!
(In February 740,000 GRT sunk!)
[The actual figures for Feb. 1941 for British merchant shipping losses were 75 ships at 315,304 gross tons.]
2. Bulgarien im Dreimächtepakt.
(Bulgaria in the Tripartite Pact.)


March 1, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Tag der Luftwaffe - Das deutsche Volk sieht mit Stolz und Vertrauen auf Euch.
(Luftwaffe Day - The German people look to you with pride and trust.)



   
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