World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, October 14, 1941
Day 775

October 14, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 8: "Ten British Children Die In Torpedoed Ship"
(The unnamed ship was the passenger ship Avoceta, which was sunk by U-203 on Sept. 25, 1941. The report states that James Cassels, his wife and three children all perished. The wife and children did, but his name is not on any list I have in my possession. It appears that he was not actually on the ship. In total, 123 passengers and crew were lost.)


October 14, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Hudson's Attack on Nazi Warship"
(I can find no evidence that this report was true.)
Also note the report in column 6: "A Voice Germany Tries it on the B.B.C."
(The German version of the Ghost Voice or the Red Invader.)


October 14, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Army to Release Bergdoll; U.S. Drops Four Old Charges"
(I guess what goes around, comes around. A draft dodger in the Great War, with the last name of a deserter to the Taliban in modern times, albeit the name is spelt different. Bergdoll the draft dodger and Bergdahl the deserter.)


October 14, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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October 14, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Uber 350 000 Gefangene aus der Doppelschlacht.
(Over 350,000 prisoners from the double battle.)


October 14, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Bereits 350.000 Gefangene bei Brjansk - Wjasma.
(Already 350,000 prisoners at Bryansk - Vyazma.)



   
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