World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday, October 1, 1941
Day 762

October 1, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Vast Slave-Labor Army in Germany"


October 1, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report at top right:: "Churchill's Warning On Invasion Threat"
[The report is concluded here.]
[See "July 9 Is New Blitzkrieg Date" in the Manchester Evening News of July 4, 1940.]


October 1, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report and photo in column 3: "New Protector In Czechoslovakia"
(The photo is not of Reinhard Heydrich.)


October 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 1, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Faking Of News May Be Started, Gayda Declares"
(Virginio Gayda, the Fascist editor and Mussolini's mouthpiece says he may have to "fake news" to counter British propaganda. However, he has been faking news for years.)


October 1, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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Note the headline report: "Nazis Condemn Czech Premier" and the report in column 1: "Dictator Antonescu Quits Job In Rumania"
(General Alois Eliás was the Nazi puppet Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia. He was arrested for anti-Nazi activity on Sept. 27, 1941, convicted and sentenced to death by the Germans. He was executed on June 19, 1942.

Ion Antonescu did not step down, but remained as dictator of Romania until Aug. 23, 1944 when he was deposed and arrested. He was executed for war crimes on June 1, 1946. This is the third report I know of that claims Antonescu has either resigned or was arrested.)


October 1, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. 38 sowjetische Transportzüge vernichtet.
(38 Soviet transport trains destroyed.)


October 1, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. London zieht die Bilanz von 100 Ostkriegstagen.
(London takes stock of 100 days of the war in the East.)
 
2. Bisher nur örtliche Erfolge.
(Local successes so far.)
 
3. Ein Musterbeispiel frecher britischer Lügentechnik.
(A prime example of cheeky British lying technique.)
 


   
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