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No. 225
British Drive Nazi BaDtlesMp to lfef
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Russ Steamer
Wrecked; Over
700 Are Lost
Many Women, Children
; . Listed in Dead off
Coast of Japan
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American-Built Vessel
Runs Aground in
Heavy Storm
WAKKANAI, Hokkaido, Japan.
Dec. 13H5Vrhe Blizzard-blinded
wrecking of the Russian steamer
Indiglrka oft Hokkaido, northern
most of Japan's main Islands, was
feared today to hare cost the lives
of more than 700 Russians, many
of them women and children.
Tonight 18 0 Doaies wasnea
ashore across a four-mile area of
Hokkaido while surging- wares
prevented efforts to reach the
half-sunken Indiglrka.
The heavily laden vessel, bnilt
In the United States 19 years
ago and told to Russia in 193S,
was operating In the soviet Ash
ing service when she went
ous Hokkaido coast.
Aboard were about 1.100 per
sons, fishermen with their wives
and children and a crew of 39.
The Japanese ship Karafato
. Mara reached port today with 398
survivors .who knew nothing of
.the fate of their missing com
rades. It was feared the rest had
drowned or frozen to death.
ourvivors Buneriag
From Exposure
(Reoorta received In Tokyo
said 87 were known to have
' perished.)
The survivors were suffering
from exposure when the Karafuto
Mam brought them to safety from
the stormy scene of the wreck.
One SOS was tent out by the
Indiglrka before a huge wave
smashed her radio room, but even
tn that message she was prevent-
her position accurately.
Possible rescue ships were held
In port all day. yesterday by the
storm.
-Though the Indiglrka was a
ship of only 2,1 00 tons, the was
carrying a huge passenger list as
do many vessels plying between
northern fishing porta and Vladl
Yostok, Russia's main eastern
port.
The' wreck occurred on one of
the sea routes between Vladi
vostok and the Kamchatka penin
sula. Formerly named the Commer
cial Quaker, the ship was oper
ated by the Mooremack Gulf line
In coastal trade between New
York and gulf ports. She was
old to Russia in January, 1938.
previously the ship was operated
as the Malsah by the C D. Mal
lory company.
She was built in 1920 at Mani
towoc, Wis. ,
Warren Appointed
Enforcement Head
PORTLAND, Dee. 13.--'
State Police Capt. Clyde Warren
, liquor control commission's ' en
forcement division today, sueceed
tag Walter Winters, who resigned.
Administrator Joseph J. Hague
aid Warren, a member of the
state police force since Its incep
tion In 1931, would take com
mand January 2. Winter reslg-
nation became effective immedi
ately, he said.
"Enforcement of the state li
enor law and regulations will be
much more strict In the future,"
Hagne said. "That Is the main
reason why the change In com
mand has been made."
Winters was appointed May 1,
1937, after serving five years with
the state police.
Dog House for
Unless Long
(By the Associated Press)
Santa Claus .will be In the dog
house if he doesn't pack along a
big: rain or snow to break a se
vere plains drought.'
Most of the area needs moisture
for stock and the coming- crop sea
son. , The fall season has been al
most rainless in the old dust bowl
t western Kansas, eastern Colo
rado and the Oklahoma panhan
dle where the dry spell is most
severe.
Most seriously threatened are
the winter wheat belt and the
stock country. Much winter wheat
In western Kansas and western
Nebraska failed to germinate In
the dry solL The grain which
sprouted Is dying , from lack of
' moisture.
Timely showers In eastern Kan-
. sas hare kept wheat growing bat
Arm mmVb mmA nnniti fnra firm.
rs to haul water to keep stock
alive.
In southwestern Nebraska, Me
Cook has had no rain for mora
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After a run n Ins: sea battle that lasted 14 honre off the coast of Uruguay yesterday I forced to refuge in the port of Montevideo. Others of
afternoon and last night, the German pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee wae Deutschland and the Admiral Scheer (above).
Hn (0)iie Ear . .
Paul Uauser$ Column
One nnstn tfm thprn wu a
Christmas tree merchant who had
a bad cold and was taking some-
tning ior it. xne
Christmas tree
merchant was
busier than a
cranberry mer
chant and every
tlme he would
sell a Christmas
tree he would
take something
tor his cold out
of a little bottle
he carried in his
rmaiH.HMMr.lt. pocket for Just
that purpose. ,
Pretty soon the Christmas tree
merchant was all lit up like a
Christmas tree. All he needed
was a neon star on his noggin and
he could have illuminated the
courthouse square.
Ka he stood there brightening
the corner where he was, selling
rhristmaa trees and listening to
nla arteries harden until he had
only one Christmas tree left.
Be wae Just aeonC ready ,
ell tbe- la rCtiiiwtaaast tree te
A fat lady with a wart when
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AFL Main Charges
NLRB. Conspiracy
Preference for CM) Mine
Workers Is Claimed
at Hearing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-V
Joe Ozanle, aggressive young lead
er of the Progressive Mine Work
ers (AFL), charged before a
house Investigating committee to
day thbt the national labor rela
tions board had followed a "plan"
to give the United Mine Workers
(CIO) "a way out" in the des
perate rivalry between the two
unions.
The "plan,' as he described it,
was embodied in a controlling
decision, which certified the CIO
union as the bargaining agent
for all the local mines in a spe
cific geographic area. This was
done, be said, despite provable
majorities for the progressives in
Individual mines affected.
As a result, he asserted, the
United Mine ' Workers and em
ployers In the field had toreed
thousands of progressive members
to switch to the CIO union, ana
pay its dues, ! regardless of their
own desires In the matter.
In one instance, which he cited
late in the day. that of the Acme
Semi-Anthracite Coal company, of
Williams. Okla., members of the
progressive anion were unem
ployed, he said, because their
Jobs had been taken by miners
imported by i the United Mine
Workers. !
All the accumulated bitterness
of the fierce 1 battle between the
CIO and the American Federation
of Labor waa epitomised for the
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Santa Clqus,
Drought Ended
than three months.
Charles Heamalnalch, deputy
Colorado engineer, estimated the
flow of Colorado streams, which
are headquarters of such rivers
as the Platte, Republican. Arkan
sas, Rio Grande and Colorado, la
bat half of normal.
"Of xourae there still may be an
ample supply of water next year,
bat it is the early snows that
pack and provide a runoff in Aug
est and September when it is
needed.! J,-
Texas generally needs rain.
While range teed prospects were
not favorable generally, - cattle
were reported in about average
flesh except in local dry areas.
Northwestern and west-central
Iowa had -their driest November
of record with no rain since. Mea
dow hay lands and winter wheat
la those areas hare been dam
aged.
South Dakota had i tawdriest No
vember also and winter wheat and
rye are in poor condition.' Lack
(Tarn to page I, column 4)
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Food Stamp Plan
Sought for Salem
Coupon Books Would Be
Used Instead of Cash
Requisitions Here
The Marlon county public wel
fare commisaion called on the
state public welfare commission
yesterday to put the food stamp
plan of distributing- surplus food
commodities into effect here aa
soon as possible.
The stamp plan may eventual
ly do away with the commiditles
commissaries maintained by local
welfare commissions. It provides
for issuance of books of orange
colored stamps to welfare recip
ients in lieu of cash or requisi
tions. With each 82 book of orange
stamps Is given a $1 book of bine
stamps. The orange stamps are
good at any grocery store for any
commodity ' excepting tobacco or
intoxicants. The blue stamps may
be changed for. each commodities'
aa the federal surplus commod
ities corporation may brand as a
surplus foodstuff.
The stamps may be redeemed
by merchants at banks and the
banks in turn are repaid by gov
ernmental agencies.
The plan will be tried in Mult
nomah county beginning January
1. Local welfare officials believe
it may be extended to Marlon
county soon thereafter.
Frank L Ballard
Approved at OSC
CORVALLIS: Dec. 13.--Dr.
George W. Peavy, retiring presi
dent of Oregon State college, said
today 80 per cent of the college
leadership approved of the ap
pointment of Frank L. Ballard as
his successor.
He said he knew nothing of
political gangster methods" men
tioned in Portland yesterday by
E. C. Simmons, member of the
board of higher education In con
nection with Ballard's selection.
"I am not worried over a heal
thy difference of opinion." Dr.
Peavy added. He said he believed
faculty and students would coop
erate with the new president.
I have known Ballard since his
college days; I know his ability
and experience insure that Oregon
State college has in years ahead a
period of success and enlarged ac
tivity." he said.
The board of higher education
split, five to four, on Ballard's
election yesterday. Later the rote
was made unanimous.
5 Persons Hurt
As Cars Collide
SEATTLE, Dec. mo
ther and daughter from Chehalia
were injured critically and three
other persons were hurt less se
verely late today. In the collision
of two automobiles on the Pacific
highway at the south edge of Se
attle. ' - i - 1- ;
Mrs. Xlsie Lewis, 48, and her
daughter, Eire, 18, were taken to
King county General hospital with
critical head injuries.
Mrs. Helen Melendy. 2S, of Cas
cade Locks, Ore., received a frac
tured, collarbone and Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Young of Craig-, Neb..
suiierea Drain concussions.
Portland Man On
Promotion List
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-UPV-
Presldent Roosevelt approved to
day an official board's selection of
12 future rear admirals, including:
the navy's No. 1 flier. Rear Ad
miral John Henry Towers.
Towers, naval airman for , 28
years, already holds the rank tem
porarily as chief of the bureau of
aeronautics. The others will be
advanced from their present rank
01 captains as vacancies occur.' -
Daniel B. Barbey, Portland, was
promoted from commander to cap
tain, without change of residence.
DRIVEN TO SOUTH AMERICAN
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Forest Fire Control
Is Timber men's Plea
Congressional Committeemen Hear Oregon Men
on Plan for Extension of Forest Fire
Fighting on Private Timber
By PAUL F. E WING
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 13. (AP) Control of forest fires
will end serious worries about future Pacific northwest tim
ber crops, a former chief forester of the United States told
a congressional committee today.
Reforestation programs cannot succeed, said Col. W. B.
Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's
Recall of
Envoy
Stirs Speculation
Russians Give No Reason
for Withdrawing new
1 Itallam AmhaMHor
ROME, Dec. 13-(AVThe abrupt
recall and hasty departure for
home of soviet Russia's new am
bassador to Italy, whose 16-day
stay In Rome was made uncom
fortable by the jeers or young
fascists outside his embassy win
dows, was disclosed tonight by
diplomatic sources.
The ambassador, Nlcolal Gorel-
chin, left Rome yesterday for
Moscow, before he even had time
to present his credentials to King
Vlttorio Emanuele.
Soviet embassy officials said
they did not know why he had
been called home. He left In
such a hurry he did not wait
for the return of his charge
d'affaires, Leon Helfand, who is
on vacation In Geneva.
Popular feeling In Italy, ex
emplified by a series of pro-Finnish,
anti-soviet demonstrations
by student fascists, has been
sympathetic with Finland ever
since the red armies Invaded Rus
sia's little neighbor.
Within four days after Gorel
chin arrived to take up his post,
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Davies to Remain
In United States
WASHINGTON, Dec, ..lS-flV
President Roosevelt is consider
ing; keeping Ambassador - Joseph
E. Davies in Washington zor con
sultation and advice in connection
with the European hostilities, it
was learned tonight. -
State department officials said
that Davies had not resigned as
ambassador to Belgium and that
no definite decision ad yet been
reached as to Just what his
status would be. .
The president discussed with
Secretary Hull today the question
of keeping Davis In Washington
and has an appointment witn
Sumner WeUes, assistant secre
tary of state, for tomorrow to dis
cuss the ambassador's future
work.
Mott Asks US to .
Keep Out of War
EUGENE. Dec. 13.-(ff-RPre"
tentative James W. Mott predict
ed today legislation to assist per
sons who have lost economic use
fulness would be a major problem
on the next congressional session.
He said other Issues would in
clude a federal road program
changes in the Wagner labor act
and the wage and hour law. .
The congressman recommended
that the United' States "tnrn to
our own business . . . and we shall
keep out of war. ... . .
Ship Tied Up
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 12.-4P)
A dispute oyer .time oft and ex
tra pay for Sundays and holidays
tied vp the 400-foot balk cement
carrier Santacmseement here to
day. Six members of, the Marine
Cooks and Stewards association, a
CIO axiuiate, - enarged- the com
pany violated the agreement while
the ship stood. In the roads ted off
Astoria.
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association ana xormer cniei ior-
ester of the national forest serv-
ice, nntil fires have been stamped
out.
Col. Greeley testified before a
Joint congressional commit tee
seeking a new basis for a nation
wide forestry policy that private
timber owners were spending 81,
250.000 annually to prevent fires
in Oregon nd Washington." The
federal :,ftVi(isiit provides , as-
other s 170,000 and the two states
810,000. More" money, he said, is
urgently needed.
Trade agreements have reversed
the situation ' under which the
United States formerly shipped
twice as many timber products to
the British empire as it Imported
from Canada, Greeley asserted. He
said Canadian imports now totaled
three times the United States ex
port to the United Kingdom.
Greeley, speaking- for a large
group of western lumbermen.
asked passage of the McNary-Dox-ey
bill allowing the secretary of
agriculture to waive competitive
bidding on forest service timbered
areas where sustained yield opera
tions were instituted under agree
ments with private lumbermen.
The bill, he said, would provide
economic security.
In areas where private owners
fall to keep lands producing, Gree
ley suggested the state, county or
federal government should take
over.
The committee approved Idaho
timber-protection laws as outlined
by State Forester Franklin Girard,
Boise, and praised a federal, state
and private operator council on
cutting practices.
Greeley declared the West Coast
Lumberman's association, and not
the Western Pine association,' as
Rep. Fulmer asserted yesterday.'
issued price lists to members;
However, he said, they were in
tended to serve as price bases and
not as mandatory prices to be ob
tained. Full facts, he said, have been
submitted to Thurmond Arnold,
assistant attorney general in
charge of monopoly prosecutions.
The Joint committee left here
tonight to conduct hearings at
Madison, Wis., December 18 and
19.
C. W. Barrick, Tillamook, asked
that the forest service be permit
ted to extend fire prevention and
suppression activities deeper into
adjoining lands than the present
three miles. The huge Tillamook
fire of 1989 could have bean.
stopped at the outset' if Sinslaw
national forest fire-fighters, sta
tioned 18 to 20 miles south of the
point where the fire originated.
had been allowed to help, he as
serted. ;
Such action might prevent fu
ture conflagrations, "which could
run 60 miles to the ocean," in
menaced forests of Lincoln and
Clatsop . counties as well as the
Sinslaw national forest, Barrick
said.
Army Wants 400
Volunteer Pilots
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-flV
The war department appealed to
day for 400 volunteers to become
air corps pilots.
The appeal was Issued because
applications 9 have dropped off
since the start oi fall and winter
college terms. Last summer thou
sands of youths Wanted to take
the army's nine-iqpnth. training
looking to service as pilots.
Secretary Woodrinr noted that
the physical examination is rigid,
applicants must be between 20
and -27 years old and ' must'' have
had at least two years of college
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REFUGE
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identical specifications are the
League Expected
To Oust Russia
13 Nations Urge Help for
Finland; Britain Is '
Winner at Sea
(By The Associated Press)
The war at sea sprang to life
in a burst of fvry last night with
British warships after a running
fight interning the German pock
et battleship Admiral Graf Spee
at Montevideo and a second Brit
ish naval victory reported against
the nails in the North sea.
In the North sea attack, the
admiralty said a British subma
rine sank a nasi U-boat and tor
pedoed an enemy cruiser. The at
tacking submarine was said to be
the same which Tuesday sighted
the German liner Bremen but
failed to attack her.
The air ministry also announced
two British coastal defense planes
attacked and damaged two Ger
man Dornier flying boats over the
North sea Wednesday.
This announcement said both
enemy rear gunners were hit and
both enemy aircraft were dam
aged by machine gun fire before
disappearing 4n the clouds.
A committee of IS nations. In
cluding Britain and France, ap
proved and submitted to the
league assembly for final action
today a blistering resolution
which:
1. Condemned Russia as an
aggressor."
2. Recommended that the
league council immediately con
sider her banishment from Ge
neva. (Turn to page 2, column C).
Klamath Banker
To Seek Office
A republican contest? for the of
fice of state treasurer appeared
in the offing yesterday when it
was reported here that A. M.
Collier, Klamath Falls banker and
ex-legislator, would seek the
party's nomination for the posi
tion at the 1940 May primaries.
Collier has been prominent in
Klamath county financial circles
for many years and served as
state representative from Klam
ath, Lake Jefferson, - Deschutes
and Crook counties at the 1925,
1927 and 1929 legislative ses
sions. He is a graduate of the
University of Oregon.
. The present state treasurer,
Walter E. Pearson, is a democrat,
the appointee of former Governor
Charles H. Martin to fill the on
expired term of Rufus C. Holman,
now US senator.
While rumors were voiced that
Dan J. Fry was about to be re
placed as secretary to the state
board of control, close friends ex
pressed doubt the rumors would
materialize. They pointed out his
long-standing - friendship with
Secretary of State Earl Snell and
the fact that State Treasurer
Pearson has indicated he would
support Fry . for reappointment.
The position carries a salary of
15,400.
Reindeer Driver
Passed as Juror
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 13.-CP)
-Christmas spirit prevailed in the
courtroom of District Judge J. H.
Hendrickson todays
. . "Have yon ever driven an auto
mobile?" an attorney asked Fred
Edmunds, prospective Juror in a
damage action. ' v
"No, but I've driven a lot of
reindeer, Edmunds answered.
He was given a place on the
Jnry.
Blast Destroys
Cellulose Plant
BUCHAREST, Dec. ll.-ilft-Aa
explosion early .today destroyed a
cellulose factory, which was en
gaged in producing explosives for
military use, at Atxarnestl, near
Brasov, in Transylvania. At least
IS persons were killed.
Chlorine raa released br the
bl&at mrcsd over the area. drlTinsr
the population, to the woods ana
Jmpeai&s. rescue jrjeortt.
umpi
In In terns h ip vor
Admiral
One of Trio of Troublesome 'Pocketf
Vessels Runs to Montevideo as .
Climax to Running Fight
36 of Crew Are Killed by Heavy Shelling
From Three English Cruisers; 1st
Appearance in South Atlantic
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 14. (Thursday) .
(AP) A 14-hour running sea fight between three British
cruisers and a German pocket
iore mianigni wnen tne Daaiy
refuge in neutral Montevideo
Jailed and 60 injured.
Early today the German
Lancmann, announced that the
Admiral Graf Spee not the
reporxeu.
Returning from a visit aboard the ship, the envoy said
the dead included a lieutenant and the wounded the command-
-er Of th ft ahfn. Th ltrnm an.
THA. Cl j
Tariff on Fly
Catcher Strips
WASHINGTON, Dec !-()-The
treasury today ruled that
England, Germany, Japan and
Belgium were wnf air to Amer
ican flies.
Because these countries have
provided ribbon fly-catchers at
less than "fair price, the
treasury pat a special "dump
ing" tariff on these articles.
' France was found innocent of
this charge but guilty of un
derselling wool knitted berets
avndj was penalised similarly,
Announced
For Stamp Sale
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-CAVA
list of first day sale dates and col
ors of the SS stamps of the fam
ous Americans series soon to be
issued was announced today by
Postmaster General Farley.
Esxh stamp win be 85-100 by
98-100 inches in size. The various
denominations will be in the fol
lowing colors: one cent, green; 2
cents, red; 2 cents, purple; S
cents, blue; 10 cents, brown.
Denomination, place and date
of first day sales follow:
Authors 10c Samuel L. Clem
ens, Hannibal, Mo., February 13.
Poets 6c Walt Whitman, Cam
den, NJ, February 20: 10c James
Whltcomb Riley, Greenfield, Ind.,
February 24.
Educators 5c Frances E. WI1-
lard, Eranston, 111., March 28. .
Scientists Sc Luther Burbank,
Sata Rosa, Calif., April 17; 10c
Jane Adams, Chicago, 111., Ap
ril 2. .
Composers lc Stephen Collins
Foster, Bardstown, Ky., May 3;
lOe Ethelbert Nevin, Pittsburgh,
Pa., June. 10. - .
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Mother Victim
v Of Gun Accident
ROSEBURG, Dec. 13.-(7-A
youth was In such a. hurry to
bring down a hawk last night he
accidentally discharged a shotgun
and struck his mother in the leg.
The shot first passed through a
wall.
Physicians said the mother.
Mrs. Charles Insley, would
cover.
London Tells
Democracy Is
NEW YORK, Dec. 12-4P)
Former Governor Alfred M. Lan
don of Kansas told a giant antt
totalitarian rally tonight that the
Americas' "real . weapon of de
fense was a common love for de
mocracy, a common passion for
liberty, a common will to mutual
acceptance.'
A near capacity crowd Jammed
Madison Square Garden which
seats about 20,000, to hear Lan
don. who spoke : from Topeka,
Kans., American Federation of
Labor President William Green
and Jewish leaders denounce the
treatment of minorities by Euro
pean totalitarian powers.
Green declared the "free peo
ple of America would "never ac
quiesce in or accept the triumph
of Stalinism and Hltlerism tn Po
land, Finland, Austria or the Bal
kan states, and added: :
Wa favor a resort to the use
of an means at our j command,
short of war, in order to prevent
these brutal dictators from ' ac
complishing their dastardly pur
pose. ' 7 - ;t .
The "mass meeting was spon
sored by the American Jewish
congress. . the AFL, the church
leeaca anion, and-other labor sad
Graf
Spe
battleship ended shortly be
Dattered German warship took
harbor with 36 of her crew
minister to Uruguay, Otto
stricken battlosrii
Admiral Scheer as previously
injuries, however, were said not
to be serious.
The disclosure of the battle
ship's identity was the first defin
ite word that the Graf Spee had
been operating in the Atlantic '
She, the Admiral Scheer and the
Deutschland all are pocket battle
ships; - The specifications of the
three ships are identical.
(The only European war dis
patches in which the Admiral
which followed the British air
raid on Kiel, Germany, Sept. 4,
the second day of the war,
Germans Deny Damage
By British Plane
(On Sept 19 the British air
man who dropped the first bomb
Of thn war jtrlnrAt In .n .nlke.
ized interview given out la Lon
don that the Admiral Graf Spee
was the principal target of the
raid. - Germany denied that the
Graf Spee wss hit.)
The British victory was not
without its casualties, however,
for the British admiralty In Lon
don admitted one of its tare
cruisers, the fast 8,390-ton cruiser
Exeter, had been put out of ac
tion after four hours of the fight.
But the other two British war
ships, the 7,030-ton cruiser Achil
les and the 4 J 85-ton A J ax, trailed
the Admiral Graf Spee to her ref
uge and took up positions just
outside the harbor.
Their grim guns, hardly cooled
from the furious battle, were still
trained on the little battleship
which earlier In the day had at
tacked one of them off the coast.
Vessel To Be Held for
Duration of War 1
(A little after midnight' the
German minister to Uruguay, Otto
Lancmann, arrived at the port ef
Montevideo to intern the Admiral
Graf Spee for the duration of the
European war.)
The battle " was fought within
the Americas' neutrality belt, and
much of it was within sight of the
Uruguayan shore where the rever
berating roar of the great guns
mum uu cuiu 119 iouw V4. (u-
fire observed. -7,
7 (Officials' at Washington said,
however, that probably no issue
would be raised on this question.
(They; said the Admiral G rat
Spee was within her rights under
international law in taxing reiuga
for. repairs, but that she would;
have to leave within 24 hours aft
ter repairs are completed.)
Uruguayan 'port - authorities,
nervous because their shore had
been exposed all day to the boos&
lng six and elghVlnch guns of tfce
British men-of-war, and the 11
inch mouthpieces of the German,
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Rally Love of
Finest Weapon
religious ' groups of "America'
challenge to nasi torture of Jews
and others in Poland and -other
conquered areas." v
- The andience, silent as black
clad - cantors standing under a
flag-draped balcony chanted aa
ancient Yiddish memorial prayer
for the victims of war and oppres
sion, cheered adoption of a resolu
tion calling on' President Roose
velt to extend aid to the Jews mt
Poland and "to convey to the Ger
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