World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday March 3, 1941
Day 550

March 3, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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[*Historical note: On March 3, 1941 the Germans announced the establishment of a Jewish ghetto at Krakow, Poland. The walled and barbed -wire enclosure held between 15,000 and 20,000 people in terrible conditions.]


March 3, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 3: "200-Year-Old Law Enforced; 1,000 Jailed on Sunday"
(In Wilmington Delaware the Attorney General James H. Morford, suddenly decided to enforce the state's Blue Laws, which prevented anyone from doing business on Sunday. This report claims that more than 500 people had been arrested.)


March 3, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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March 3, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Auf dem Marsch durch Bulgarien.
(On the march though Bulgaria.)
2. Das Tor im Südosten verriegelt!
(The gate to the southeast is locked!)


March 3, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Deutsche Bomber unentwegt Werk - Weider 11 Schiffe weniger!
)German bombers continuously at work - another 11 ships less!)
2. Angriff stärkerer Kampffliegerverbände von Nordschottland bis Malta.
(Stronger fighter formations attack from northern Scotland to Malta.)



   
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