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April 3, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Toll of U-Boats - Three More Sunk" |
(The report claims that U.S. Naval forces recently sank another three German submarines, bringing the total number of German U-boats sunk by the U.S. to twenty-one. This was the propaganda released by the U.S. Navy, the reality was quite different. To date, only two U-boats had been sunk by U.S. Naval forces, neither of them by a warship or off the U.S. east coast. The first U-Boat sunk by U.S. forces was U-656, which was sunk on Mar. 1, 1942 by a Lockheed Hudson flown by Ens. William Tepuni, USNR of VP-82. This was off Newfoundland. A second, U-503, was sunk off Newfoundland, also by an aircraft of VP-82, on Mar. 15th. The first U-boat sunk off the U.S. east coast was U-85, which was sunk by USS Roper DD-147 on Apr. 14, 1942.) |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 4: "H.M.S. Heythrop Sunk" |
(HMS Heythrop was sunk on Mar. 20, by U-652, fifteen men were lost in the ship.) |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the photo report at bottom right: "Life Begins At Sea" |
(Mrs. Desanka Mohorovicic, wife of an attaché to the Yugoslav consulate in New York, was a passenger on the 8,272-ton passenger/cargo ship City of New York, which was sunk by U-160 on Mar. 29. The survivors were picked up the following day by USS Roper DD-147. The baby boy was named Jesse Roper Mohorovicic in honor of the rescue ship's namesake.) |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "U.S. Prisoners Well Treated By Japanese, Says Red Cross" |
(The reality for those in Japanese custody was much different.) |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the headline and the report in column 7: "Subs Sink 3 U.S. Vessels - 2 Barges Also Sent To Bottom By Raiders" |
(The first ship mentioned was the 5,104-ton freighter Mary, which was sunk on Mar. 3 by U-129. The only casualty was Able Seaman Robert S. Hart. The unnamed tug was the 441-ton Menominee, which was sunk on Mar. 31st, along with the barges Allegheny and Barnegat by U-754. Sixteen men were lost with the ship. I have not been able to identify the third ship.) |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Japs Persecute Jews In Java And Shanghai" |
Also note the report in column 4: Two Sole Struma Survivors Granted Palestine Entry" |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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April 3, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Der feindliche Schiffsraum schmilzt unaufhaltsam - Im März 646.900 BRT. versenkt - Im Jänner 400.600 - Im Februar 525.400 BRT. |
(Enemy shipping is melting inexorably - In March 646,900 GRT. sunk - January 400,600 - February 525,400 GRT.) |
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Page published April 3, 2023 |
