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October 4, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "R.A.F.'s U-Boat Prize Docked" |
(The unidentified U-boat was U-570. It was on its first war patrol, was forced to the surface and surrendered. It was towed into port and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Graph. Used by the RN for testing, it was wrecked Mar. 20, 1944 and abandoned.) |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the photo at bottom right: "More Privacy Than He Wants" |
(To win a bet, George Hopkins parachuted on to the top of Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Now, he is stuck there awaiting rescue. One wonders if his chute was damaged to such an extent that he could not use it to get down.) |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Nazis' Lord Haw Haw Reported Banned, Gives Broadcast" |
Note the cartoon which uses George Hopkins' jump on to Devil's Tower as a reference to isolationists. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Lindbergh Fears Vote Suspension" |
Also note the photo in columns 5-6: "Duchess' Girlhood Chum Dies" |
(Mrs. Mary Kirk Simpson, childhood friend of the Duchess of Windsor, has died. Mary was married to Mr. Ernest A. Simpson, the man who was divorced by Wallis Simpson before she married the Duke of Windsor, ex-King Edward VIII.) |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Der Führer an das deutsche Volk! |
(The Führer and the German people.) |
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October 4, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Zum Schlachtensieg der Sieg des Gemeinschaftsopfers. |
(To victory in battle, the victory of community sacrifice.) |
2. Der Führer: Jeder weiß, was er tun muß! |
(The Führer: Everyone knows what he has to do!) |
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Page published October 4, 2022 |
