World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday, December 24, 1939
Day 115

December 24, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Britain Refused His Famous Plane"
(Announcing the death of Anthony Fokker.)


December 24, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 24, 1939: A report from page 3 of the Sydney Sun.
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(I hope that this report is seen by some of our young people, especially college students. Please read this and maybe you will begin to understand what real oppression is. There were no "safe spaces" with puppies and ponies for these people. For all you college students who cry "fascism, fascism" in the U.S.A. this is what real fascism looks like.)


December 24, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the headline and report in column 8: "German Supply SHip May Be Interned"
(The Tacoma was interned and never returned to Germany.)


December 24, 1939: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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December 24, 1939: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 4: "Germany To Care For All Children"
(While this was unknown to the reporter, this was Reichführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's "Lebensborn" plan, which had been in effect for many years.)



   
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