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May 25, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the photo at bottom center: "Australian Airman Receives V.C." |
(Wing-Commander Hughie Edwards awarded the Victoria Cross.) |
Also note the report in columns 6-7: "U-Boat Crews Land On U.S. Coast - Nazis Attend Theaters at Some Towns" |
(This is the third day in a row that this absurd report has been published.) |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Lost U.S. Warship Claim" |
(The false report of a U.S. battleship being sunk by an Italian submarine in the newspaper for the third day in a row. This time, the report states that 50 survivors were picked up by the Argentine steamer Rio Iguazu.) |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Japs Claim Sinking Of U. S. Cruiser" |
(The report was false.) |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Nippon Liner Sinks After Hitting Mine" |
(The Nagasaki Maru hit a Japanese mine killing 39 people.) |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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May 25, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Fast Jap Ship Sunk, Captain Takes Life" |
(More information on the Nagasaki Maru sinking.) |
Also note the report in column 4: "Plane Sinks Sub Off Brazil Coast" |
(I have no record of any submarine being sunk on that date for any reason. A report in the San Mateo Times states that two U.S. bombers sank a German U-boat off the coast of Brazil. The report was false.) |
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Page published May 25, 2023 |