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April 26, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Trawler Stella Considered Lost" |
(HM Trawler Stella Capella was sunk by U-701 on Mar. 11, 1942. All thirty-three men on board were lost.) |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Hitler Jails Aircraft Chief" |
(The report, which is not attributed to any source, claims that Hitler is putting corporate executives in concentration camps. I have not been able to find any information that confirms this, and I have never come across anything that leads me to believe that this report is true.) |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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Note the report in columns 5-7: "Three U-Boats Attack U.S. Ship; 9 Passengers, 3 Crew Missing" |
(The first unnamed ship was the 6,069-ton passenger/cargo ship San Jacinto. Fourteen people were lost, there were 169 survivors. The second unnamed ship was the 7,217-ton freighter Derryheen. All forty-seven on board survived. Both ships were sunk by U-201, which was the only submarine to attack the ships and which was not sunk as the report states.) |
Also note the report in column 2: "Social Justice Is Non-Mailable" |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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Note the report in columns 3-6: "Butch O'Hare Can Down Japs, but Crowds Get His Goat" |
(Lt. Cdr. 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 26, 1942: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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April 26, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Schicksalsstunde des britischen Empire naht unaufhaltsam - England vertraut nicht mehr auf seine Kraft. |
(The fateful hour of the British Empire is approaching inexorably - England no longer trusts in its strength.) |
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Page published April 26, 2023 |