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April 22, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Japanese Cruiser Left Sinking" |
(A post-war Japanese assessment does not support this claim. Only two cruisers were damaged in April of 1942, neither seriously and neither by MTB's, both were damaged by submarines.) |
Also note the report in columns 5-6: "V.C.s For Two Men Who Died Facing Great Odds" |
Also note the report in column 4: "Fuel Plan May Be Dropped" |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report at top right: "H.M.A.S. Vampire Lost In Action" |
(HMAS Vampire was sunk by Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's carrier strike force on Apr. 9. Eight men were killed and one died of wounds on Apr. 13th) |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the photo: "She's The Colonel" |
(Princess Elizabeth, on her 16th birthday seen inspecting the Grenadier Guards.) |
Also note the report in column 3: "Tea Rationing Thought Likely" |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Mosquito Boats Sink Japanese Cruiser Off Cebu" |
| (The British newspapers claimed the cruiser was left in a sinking condition, but the U.S. papers have declared the ship sunk. Either way, the report was untrue.) |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Some Tokyo Raiders Captured in China, Vichy Radio Says" |
(The report was true, eight men had been captured by the Japanese. Three were later executed.) |
Also note the report in column 5: "U.S. Ship Torpedoed After Playing Tag With U-Boat 12 Hours" |
(The unnamed ship was the 5,032-ton freighter Delvalle, which was sunk by U-154.) |
Also note the report in column 4: "Gas Rationing May Allow Only 5 Gals. a Week" |
Also note the report in column 7: "Nazis Execute More French Hostages; 20 Await Death" |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the photo at top left: "Double-Play Decoration For Naval Hero" |
(Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare, USN, credited with shooting down 5 enemy aircraft (not six) when they attacked USS Lexington CV-2. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for this action. O'Hare was killed on Nov. 26, 1943 when his aircraft was shot down. USS O'Hare DD-889 and Chicago's O'Hare airport were named in his honor.) |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "First Sugar Stamp To Be Good For One Pound" |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Bescheidener Ausdruck des Dankes der Heimat. |
(Modest expression of thanks from home.) |
2. Aufruf des Führers zum 3. Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz. |
(The Führers call for the 3rd war relief organization for the German Red Cross.) |
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April 22, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Was die Front opfert, kann von der Heimat nie vergolten werden - Der Führer ruft zum Kriegshilfswerke für das DRK. auf. |
(What sacrifices at the front can never be repaid by the homeland - the Führer calls for the war relief organization for the DRK.) |
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Page published April 22, 2023 |
