World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, October 20, 1939
Day 50

October 20, 1939: Front page of the Manchester Evening Gazette, Manchester, England.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of The Evening News, Portsmouth, England.
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(Note the reports of the day about counties being intimidated by the Soviet Union.)


October 20, 1939: Front page of The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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October 20, 1939: Front page of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York.
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Note the report in column 1: "Four Communists Refused Places on N.Y. City Ballot"
(A stark difference to today when New York City is being run by an avowed communist, Warren Wilhelm, Jr. A.K.A. Bill DeBlasio.)


October 20, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. 50000 Hamburger Mütter erhalten das Ehrenkreuz.
(50,000 Hamburg mothers receive the Cross of Honor.)
2. Führer und Oberster Sowjet ratifizierten die deutsch-russischen Abkommen.
(The Führer and the Supreme Soviet ratified the German-Russian agreements.)
3. Hochöfen der Reichswerke Hermann Göring in Betrieb.
(Hermann Göring's blast furnaces in operation.)



   
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