World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday, October 2, 1941
Day 763

October 2, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report at top right: "Bohemia Premier To Die: Slavs Hanged: More Dutchmen Shot"
(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.)


October 2, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Bigger Sugar Ration"


October 2, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Gestapo Seizes 256 More Czechs"


October 2, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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October 2, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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Note the report in column 7: "'Chutist Starts Peak Descent"
(The latest news about Charles Hopkins, who had been trapped atop Devil's Tower since parachuting to the top on a bet.)


October 2, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. In Richtung gegen das Donzebecken.
(In the direction towards the Donets Basin.)


October 2, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Roosevelt verherrlicht die Priesterschlächter.
(Roosevelt glorifies the priest-butchers.)



   
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