World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, November 24, 1939
Day 85

November 24, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "Hitler: I Will Conquer Russia Next"
(A report that was not sourced, but it accurately reflected what Hitler's intentions were.)


November 24, 1939: Front page of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Grimsby, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Tobacco Fund Progress"
(The Grimsby evening Telegraph and their readers providing cigarettes to the troops for free.)


November 24, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 3: "How 2 U-boats Met Fate"
(Not sure where the writer came up with this story, but it is completely untrue. The French had sunk no U-boats to date.)
Also note the report in column 5: "Russia's Bid To Rule Baltic"


November 24, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the headline: "Planes Sow Parachute Mines In Sea"
(It was these mines which were mostly responsible for the recent sinkings off Harwich, The Humber and off the Thames.)
Also note the report in column 3: "End of 2 U-boats"
(The same story from the last paper, but now misinforming people on the other side of the world.)


November 24, 1939: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the headline: "20,000,000 Poles Starving"
(This says all you need to know about the intention of the Nazis in Poland.)


November 24, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.)
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Note the report in column 5: "Kuhn's Angel From Heaven Takes Stand Against Him"
(The latest report on the trial of Fritz Kuhn, the so-called American Führer.)


November 24, 1939: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 8: "Thanksgiving Day Observed In 28 States"


November 24, 1939: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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Note the report in column 2: "Nippon Troops Enter Nanning After Shelling"


November 24, 1939: Installment #13 of "Stalin Unmasked" from the San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas.
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November 24, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Kreuzer Belfast torpediert.
(Cruiser Belfast torpedoed.)
2. Stevens gesteht: England organisierte Schiffssabotage.
(Stevens admits England organized the sabotage against ships.)



   
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