GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1307, sig. 110-12/133

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Now in possession of his son Esmond Hermsworth. Edition l.3o0.O00. Fighting under Rothermere fiercely for an expansion of the English Air Force. Rotherme himself and his "chief correspondent" G.Ward Price represented the program of an English-German approach for years with sharply anti-Bolshevist basic attitude according to l933. In 1939, however, the "Daily Mail" also swung into the anti-national socialist front, whereby Ward Price became a sharp opponent of Germany in the English press. Daily Mirror Founded in 1903, the London morning newspaper of the Rothermere Group was popularly illustrated. Daily Sketch 1909 founded London morning paper owned by Lord Kemsley. Edition l.Ooo. Ooo. Popular,' strongly illustrated newspaper with be- d ct a d ad t own "Daily Sketch News Service" procured, three-line chronicle of politics and society serves primarily the anti-German rumor formation. According to the paper's own confession, the news service also provides informal special orders from the government. Daily Telegraph and Morning Post London morning newspaper since l855. Until 1927 in Jewish possession (Lord Burnham-Levi). Now belongs to Lord Camrose. Edition 650,000. (The "Morning Post" went up in 1937 in the "Daily Telegraph".) Conservative. Applies as a mouthpiece of the circle around Foreign Minister Eden (probolistic wing of the Conservatives) and as a leaf of city and financial circles. Daily Worker appears since l930 as London morning newspaper. Edition allegedly about 150.00o. Organ of the Conmunist Party of England. January 1940 in connection with the German-Soviet Pact prohibited.