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April 7, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Admiral Lost Overboard" |
(The report was true, Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr., USN, went overboard, cause unknown, from his flagship USS Washington BB-56 on Mar. 27. His body was not recovered.) |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Jap Atrocities in New Guinea" |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the headline report: "Japs Massacre Australian Captives" |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Brazil Ship Is Overdue" |
(The Italian submarine Leonardo di Vinci, claimed sinking this ship on Feb. 25, no survivors were recovered.) |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Es ist zu plump erdacht, um geglaubt zu werden - Die sowjetrussische Iaktik-des Lügens entlarvt sich selbst. |
(It is too clumsily conceived to be believed - The Soviet Russian tactic of lying exposes itself.) |
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April 7, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Sowjets im mittleren Abschnitt aus 69 Ortschaften geworfen - Luftangriffe auf Moskau und Rybinsk. |
(Soviets thrown out of 69 towns in the middle sector - air raids on Moscow and Rybinsk.) |
Note the photo at top right showing Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze and U-103. This photo was taken before he left the boat in August of 1941. |
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Page published April 7, 2023 |