World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, September 22, 1939
Day 22

September 22, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 1: "Submarine Sunk By Accident"
(It is not known if this trawler actually hit a submarine, but if it did the submarine was most likely U-27 which was sunk on Sept. 20, 1939.)


September 22, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Flying Baron Shot Down"
(The report that The Red Baron's son had been shot down and killed was not accurate. Manfred von Richthofen had no children. His brother Lothar had a son, but he lived until 2010.)


September 22, 1939: Front page of the Evening News, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 4: "Ukrainian Band Fight Fleeing Poles"


September 22, 1939: Front page of the Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Somerset Daily American, Somerset, Pennsylvania.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Centralia Sentinel, Centralia, Illinois.
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September 22, 1939: Front page of the Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, Michigan.
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Note the report in column 5: "Submarines Sighted Near Alaska, Boston"
(No German submarines were off the Unites States coasts at this time.)


September 22, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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Note the report in column 8: "British Blamed By Nazi Paper"
(This refers to the assassination of Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu. The German version of the story can be seen in the Briesetal-Bote, showing below, under the sub-headline "Der dritte Torpedo Churchills" Churchill's third torpedo. Prime Minister Armand Calinescu was killed by members of the pro-Nazi "Garda de Fier" Iron Guard.)


September 22, 1939: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Niederbarnim District, Germany.
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1. Diplomatisches Korps aus Warschau gerettet.
(Diplomatic corps rescued from Warsaw.)
2. Rumäniens Ministerpräsident erschossen.
(Romanian Prime Minister assassinated.)


September 22, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.

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1. Die deutsch-russische Demarkationslinie.
(The German-Russian Line of demarcation.)
2. Pinsk von Sowjet-Truppen besetzt.
(Pinsk [Belarus] occupied by Soviet troops.)
3. Ausländer verliessen Warschau unter Geleit.
(Foreigners leave Warsaw under escort.)
Nordstaaten sichern ihre Neutralität. (Photo in upper right hand corner.)
(Northern states secure their neutrality. Photo showing the Swedish destroyer Malmö.)



   
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