World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, December 17, 1939
Day 108

December 17, 1939: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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(The top story of the day was the fate of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee.)
[More about Admiral Graf Spee here.]


December 17, 1939: Page 8 from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 17, 1939: Page 9 from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 17, 1939: Cartoon from the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Beautiful Hungarian Writes Note Of Lost Love, Leaps To Death"
(The dancer was Lola László, the daughter of the playwright Aladar László. She had committed suicide. Her mother, Yolanda, committed suicide in Sept. of 1940.)
Also note the report in column 6: "FBI Holding Three For Aiding Russia"
(Three communist propagandists who were working for Russia against the U.S.A.)
Also note the report at bottom right: "Soviet Russia Denies War Is Being Waged Against Finland"
(The total absurdity of this statement by the communist Russians requires no further comment.)


December 17, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 17, 1939: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report in column 6: "Turkey Kills Man With Own Knife"


December 17, 1939: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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