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October 24, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. The big story of the day was the capture of the SS City of Flint by the Germans, this caused a large diplomatic incident that lasted for some time, as you will see in the coming days. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of CZAS Polish Times, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Note the story in column 5" "Famine Feared As Jewish Fate" Also not the story at the bottom: "Athenia Terror" (Athenia was the first British shin sunk in World War II. ) |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte Montana. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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October 24, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Offener Brief eines deutschen Arbeiters an Tschörchill. (An open letter from a German worker to Tschörchill.) 2. Englischer Dampfer in der Nordsee versenkt. (English steamer sunk in the North Sea.) |
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