You mean it’s a fake? While I and you know it is, I wonder how many would think it’s real?
Though it is a spoof, sadly I wouldnt be shocked if it was indeed real!
Unfortunately, we see no World coming to aid the misplaced Israelis.
For the record, the lead stories (and several of the other front-page articles) published on Page 1 of the New York Times on 10 May 1943 dealt with the Allied military campaign against German forces in Tunisia:
Other New York Times front-page topics that day included the following:
News of British and Indian forces withdrawing from one of their last footholds in Japanese-occupied Burma.
Mayor La Guardia’s announcement that New York City was planning to undertake the retailing of meat (due to wartime price restrictions).
Accusations that civilians had bribed officials to allow servicemen from the Detroit area to be stationed at the Selfridge Field Army base.
A declaration by French General Henri Honor� Giraud that an Allied invasion of German-occupied France was due soon.
An announcement that Lee Marshall (chairman of the Continental Baking Company) had been appointed Deputy Administrator of the War Food Administration.
News of the Allied capture of 50,000 Axis soldiers in North Africa.
Reports by the Office of Price Administration (OPA) of substantial violations of maximum food price regulations in coal mining communities.
The opening of a new drive by the Soviet Air Force against German airplanes and railroad installations.
The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in New York City.
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You mean it’s a fake? While I and you know it is, I wonder how many would think it’s real?
Though it is a spoof, sadly I wouldnt be shocked if it was indeed real!
Unfortunately, we see no World coming to aid the misplaced Israelis.
For the record, the lead stories (and several of the other front-page articles) published on Page 1 of the New York Times on 10 May 1943 dealt with the Allied military campaign against German forces in Tunisia:
Other New York Times front-page topics that day included the following:
News of British and Indian forces withdrawing from one of their last footholds in Japanese-occupied Burma.
Mayor La Guardia’s announcement that New York City was planning to undertake the retailing of meat (due to wartime price restrictions).
Accusations that civilians had bribed officials to allow servicemen from the Detroit area to be stationed at the Selfridge Field Army base.
A declaration by French General Henri Honor� Giraud that an Allied invasion of German-occupied France was due soon.
An announcement that Lee Marshall (chairman of the Continental Baking Company) had been appointed Deputy Administrator of the War Food Administration.
News of the Allied capture of 50,000 Axis soldiers in North Africa.
Reports by the Office of Price Administration (OPA) of substantial violations of maximum food price regulations in coal mining communities.
The opening of a new drive by the Soviet Air Force against German airplanes and railroad installations.
The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in New York City.