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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 5: "No Sugar For Cafe Drinks" |
(Starting in June, customers will have to bring their own sugar for coffee and tea because the sugar allowance to catering establishments for hot beverages will be withdrawn.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Captain Prien Missing" |
(This report credits an unnamed source in Berlin stating that the German navy has confirmed that Günther Prien has not reported since Apr. 13. Other versions which were published in yesterday's papers credit the Zurich correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency for the report. No matter where the report originated, it was incorrect. The last signal sent by Prien was on Mar. 7-8, 1941, his boat, U-47, was sunk with all hands shortly after this. Since there were no survivors, the British did not know that they had sunk Prien's boat.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the headline: "Evacuation Of Greece Completed" and the report in columns 1-2: "3000 Left On The Beaches - Casualties At Sea 500, Gen. Blamey Reports" |
(This was a blatant lie. The War Cabinet had been informed that in just one ship, over 1,000 men had been killed.
Without doing a great deal of deep research the following ships were lost during the evacuation of Greece. Ulster Prince, Pennland, Slamat [1,000+ dead], Costa Rica. The destroyer HMS Diamond was lost with all hands and there were only about 30 survivors from the destroyer HMS Wryneck. The Greek adventure can only be described as a complete debacle.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 4: "New York Says Raider Gets 8 Ships" |
(A report from "marine circles" in New York claims that the German cruiser, Admiral Scheer, had sunk eight ships in the Indian Ocean. All eight ships, the City of Bagdad, King City, Scientist, Benarty, Athel King [actually Athelking], Kemmendine, Commissaire Ramel and Durmito [actually Durmitor, which was captured, not sunk] were victims of the German Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Atlantis, not Admiral Scheer.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 7-8: "Corporal Stewart Learns To Keep My Mouth Shut" |
(Jimmy Stewart on being in the Army.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Lloyds Bans Japanese" |
(Lloyd's has discontinued insurance on all ships flying the Japanese flag in Far East waters.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Wichtige Aenderungen im Kabinett Churchill. |
(Important changes in Churchill's cabinet) |
2. Expeditionskorps existiert nicht mehr. |
(Expeditionary force no longer exists.) |
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May 2, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Rudolf Heß an die deutschen Arbeiter - Der Sieg der deutschen Waffen ist auch euer Sieg! |
(Rudolf Hess to the German workers - Armed German victory is also your victory!) |
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Page published May 2, 2022 |