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April 23, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "More Germans Killed - Reprisals Fail to Stop Frenchmen" |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Germans Still Intend To Invade - Sats M.P." |
(We know that a German invasion of England never happened. Still, people of the time feared such a move by Hitler. even though there seemed to be no physical evidence of a preparation of an invasion.) |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the photo at top right: "One Of Britain's Ship's Mighty Armament" |
(Photo of the 16" guns of HMS Nelson.) |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the headline report: "Zero Hour For Invasion Of Europe Near, Paper Hints" |
(With all the reports of a German invasion of England having been published, now the British use the press to put Hitler off balance.) |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 3-5: "Eleven Survivors Of Sunken Vessel Land At Portland" |
(The unnamed ship was the 1,940-ton freighter Lennox. Which was sunk on Feb. 23 by U-129. The two men lost were Wheelman Francis Murphy and Steward Raphael Lupin, not Ralph Lancier as reported.) |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Doolittle and O'Hare Promotions Go to Senate" |
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "Gas Rationing Gives District Problem of Transportation" |
Also note the report in column 4: "Ickes Calls Gas Ration Estimate Unjustified" |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Japs In Texas" |
Also note the report in column 1: "About Sugar" |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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April 23, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Es dämmert in den Plutokratenhirnen - Dieser Krieg ist eine verdammt ernste Sache - Roosevelts Vertrauter über seine Eindrücke in London. |
(It dawns on the plutocrats' minds - This war is a bloody serious business - Roosevelt's confidante on his impressions in London.) |
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Page published April 23, 2023 |
