Enemy broadcast: 2 U.S. transports sunk, Nazis claim
Dispatches from enemy countries are based on broadcasts from controlled radio stations and often contain false information broadcast for propaganda purposes. Bear this in mind in reading the following dispatch.
Berlin, Germany – (German broadcast recorded at New York)
The German radio today said that Japanese submarines “in the Tasman Sea” have sunk two American transports which were said to be carrying 4,000 troops. The Tasman Sea is between Australia and New Zealand.
The German broadcast asserted that an American battleship of the Tennessee class and a heavy cruiser were damaged by Jap dive bombers.
The broadcast did not specify where this action was supposed to have occurred.
The report said large fires and explosions were observed on the warships and that Jap reconnaissance planes saw the battleship listing heavily and proceeding at a greatly reduced speed.
There were two battleships in the California class, the Tennessee and the California. They have a displacement of 82,300 and 82,600 tons, respectively. Completed in 1919, they mount 12 14-inch guns and carry a normal complement of 1,480 officers and men.
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Atlanta, Georgia –
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I suppose the papers back home mentioned something about our show at Dieppe. Really, it was a “wizard” and we all felt the real thing will be a better one.
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He reported regretfully:
We didn’t see them, nor did we get a shot at them.
Maj. Roosevelt, a veteran of World War I and one of the organizers of British Commando units, was commissioned in the U.S. Army after his return from European battlefronts.
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Washington (UP) –
Director of Censorship Byron Price revealed yesterday that examination of mail to and from prisoners of war and interned or detained civilians has been transferred from Chicago to New York.
He said that letters sent to such persons should bear the notation on the envelope “Via New York, New York,” and added that the change in the location of the unit would not delay the correspondence.
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