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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 19, 1939
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Paul Hfluer' : Column
If Mrs. Twig had been a little
more careful about hiding her
Christmas presents things might
have been differ-
ent. As it was
her bread turned
to ashes and all
her well-laid
Christmas plans
went awry.
, Mr. Twig was
a morose sort of
person. Definite
ly he was not
the type that it
is easy to. bay
for. For some Fsal H. Baaser. Jr.
years - now his conversations
with Mrs. Twig over the break
fast table and elsewhere had
been limited to a series of grunts
In varying inflections. To one
knowing Mrs. Twig this peculiar
lty - of conduct was not difficult
to understand. ' '
. . Mrs. . Twig had been at
some pains to choose m, suit
able Christinas gift for Mr.
Twig. She had been unable
to get from him any indica
tion of what was dear to his
heart, if. Indeed, Mr. Twig
hud a heart. She had after
great consideration decided
upon a revolver, for in his
: occasional articulate periods
Mr. Twig had several times
. mentioned that he had been
considered a crack pistol
shot in his youth.
So Mrs. Twig went to a sport-
tng goods store and bought
ery good target pistol, which
she had wrapped as a gift. She
took it home.
It was there that she made
her big mistake, for she care
lessly placed the gift on a closet
shelf, hidden only by an old hat
box.
It was only a few days
before Christmas when it
happened. Mrs. Twig had
gone out for an evening of
bridge with a group of middle-aged
women whom she
still referred to as the
girls." Mr. Twig was left
lone at home. As time grew
heavy on his hands he start
ed to rummage about in the
' closets," a pre-Chrltmay hab-
It that bad afflicted htm
since his youth.
Eventually Mr. Twig found the
present. He took It down from
the shelf and unwrapped It, care
fully so as not to mass the wrap
ping. 'When he opened the box
and found it was a pistol a
gleam came into his eyes. He
fondled the gun in 'his hands,
turning it over and over. Then
from the box of cartridges Mrs.
Twig had thoughtfully provided
with the gift he loaded the pistol.
Calmly and deliberately, Mr.
Twig then walked out into the
garage, put his Christmas pres
ent against his temple and shot
himself through the head.
Mrs. Twig had to change
aTl her Christmas plans.
We were sitting In a well
known State street confectionery
and eatery which rather prides
Itself on its candy making the
other day. While we were sitting
there a little old lady carrying
a basket walked in. She stood
there hesitantly for a. moment
and then approached the girl be
hind the counter. Carefully she
removed the .., napkin over her
basket.
"I wonder if you'd like to buy
tome of my home made candy,"
the said.
SEASONAL LAMENT
The rain falls In torrents.
The river rises fast;
If I wanted to go swimming -I
just wouldn't dast.
Two Swiss scientists have '
invented a movie film which
gives off 4000 different
smells. Hollywood's efforts
In this field are still good
enough for us, however.
Council Hears
To Establish Reserves
The city council last night
heard a proposal for establish
ment of a group of men to be
known as "Salem poUce re
serves,' which would be on call
In emergencies for either police
or fire departments.
In a letter to the council, sign
ed by Malcolm L. Mitchell, pres
ident of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, sponsor of the plan,
it was pointed out that the or
ganization would be no expense
to the city and would "promote
good will between the cltlsens
and the police and tire depart
ments.""" - -
A resolution Introduced by Al-
aerman xjawreuce oruwu, em
bodying the proposal, was refer
red to special committee con
sisting of AMermen David O'Hara,
chairman of the police committee.
Boss Goodman, head of the fire
committee, and Brown.
Mayor Chadwick, In procla
mation which was giren the coun
cil's approyal, . commended the
Salem Cherrlans for their efforts
In promoting Christmas spirit and
proclaimed that Christmas, good
will should exist in the city until
the end of the holiday season.
Last night's- meeting, last of the
year for the council, was the first
tor Alderman Bert Ford, new
representative of Ward seven,
trho wis Introduced to th eons
Soviet Planes
Raid 2 Suburbs
Of Finn Town
Air j Raid Warnings Are
Sounded in Other
Gulf Cities
17.000 Russ Soldiers Are
- Reported Routed by .
j Finns in Fight
By THOMAS H. HAWKINS
HELSINKI, Dec. 18-tPHIn the
iirsi real air acumy since eany
this month, Russian war
planes
today bombed two suburbs of VII-
puri and air raid warnings were
sounded in towns all along the
Finnish gulf.
One plane was shot down oat-
Bide of viipuri but the extent of
damage if any near tnat Fin
nish center was not determined.
buuhuiuu oi w Bonei pianea,
uiuoujr uuiuucio, no umr IUB u-
. Duuuiua uiuoi v mo uajr, ay-
parently on reconnoiterinjc flights.
, e7 " urm M" " wm-
mm&o , ass w Jiyui s. km W M V a- eUl 11U
l"a aiiacnea lucre.
Meanwhile, the Finnish high
command announced desultory
attacks by Russian troops were
repulsed during the day in east
ern central Finland and on the
Karelian isthmus.
17.00O Russians Reported
Routed by Finns
(Reports to Stockholm news
papers stated the Finns routed
17,000 Russians on the shore of
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Labor Story Is
Reported Killed
Regional Director
leus I
Of Gly
Editor's
Censorship
Washington, tw i I
eummonmg a regional director l
of the national labor relations I
board to the stand, a house in-1
restigating committee questioned 1
him closely today on one report I
in which he said a friendly city
editor killed a story derogatory I
to the board, and on another in
which he quoted the CIO as say
ing it had an "obligation to com
munists."
The witness. Philip G. Phillips,
bad reported that the story was
allied by tbe city editor of tbe
Cincinnati Enquirer, "a swell
guy and a dear friend of 'mine.1
Tonight W. F. Wiley, publish-1
of the Enquirer, issued a state-1
ment at Cincinnati, saying
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Alf ord Is Named
Ifl WJlFTPn rTlQTi
X Vll O M. JiJl I
Lieutenant Max Alford will sue- I
ceed Clyde Warren as state nolice I
headquarters captain here. Charles I
P. Pray, superintendent of state I
police announced tMonday . I
Warren recently was appointed I
head of the law enforcement dl- ute nd control bids of small
vision of the state liquor control contractors were 10 San Francis
commission with headquarters in co Alameda and Contra Costa
Portland. He will assume his new 1
duUes about January 1. warren I
mr,mAm W.lta. Trl.taM .1A u
signed. : -
a aaL.ua mm ana t,aa mm luliblBi W UW m, o a
Lieutenant Alford has been
with the state police department I . v T , en 1. J v I ' captured- Georgia', highway de
.i. u...nw i rr I gators into various parts Of the I nartment fn bahalf at Gov. R. D.
dUtrkt. bit m promoted .to tie I
anW n Kanransev Ifseali 1 1At I
ASMaani vi iicubcunub jubuvu a a .a. r as
He has since made his headouart- I
ers in the Salem district- '
Proposal
cujr ajia tooa bu seat or tne i
first time.
The routine business of renew-
lag . beer and wine licenses for
the coming year provoked a little
flurry when Alderman C. F.
French objected to re-licenslng
establishments whose licenses
have been suspended by the state
liquor commission during the
n,it vao t A Trt ftTa in amnl tha
renewal moUon faUed and the
oririnai motion was nassed Only I
two places would have been
iected by tne amendment, I
. The "dry" element of the conn-
eil scored a minor victory, how- I
ever. In rejecting an application I
for a wine license by George I
wit, 10a ovum bwuuuauai.
Orey'already holds a beerlleense.
Bids for f00 gallon jumper
truck for the new east Salem
fire sUUon were opened and re-
bids' were: American LaFranee, I
lllll' Ln'X! it? ind
f Hill LT0iJ!!?xEi
Trlfin.t Tiv tTvaaV-rnnT
?nerai1ona,.irfk .! Tl-??
SSIO 57 Clyde eoui Dm ent com-
llll thv? GJrsJ Ft triek
Mroorsilon f7meteJ Plrsch
fZmSSr'lfsi '
-a-Solution t accenting a be-
auest ofone-thlrd ef the residue
fTnra- ta para X. (jgi. 11
f4?ritma8.Gifi
Is Too Big for
Lad's Stocking
PORTLAND, Dec. lS-OPWA
couple of crates marked "do not
open until Christmas' and ad
dressed to a Portland boy
whose name was withheld, ar
rived today and Railway Ex
press Agent C. 1. Fitzgerald al
lowed as how it would be some
Job getting them into a Christ
mas stocking.
Each crate contained a sleepy
eyed burro, one a Jack, the oth
er a jenny.
Churchill Says
Nazi Navy Hurt
i i. . . j-ra .
I auj voiiciutiu voauus
'Considerable Portion'
Of Sbips Scuttled
LONDON, Dec. 1&-JP)-A. "con-
I siderable . proportion" ; of Ger-
I manv's cruiser strength has been
I sunk or seriouslv disabled hv Brit-
in' naval mii-ht In a 1 n o- I o
wk. Winstnn Phnrchlll. aHmlr.
i aitT chieftain, declared tonieht as
Britain claimed victory in the
i "biggest air engagement of the
I rn
I t a l,r1.lilTJ,Pra,4 hrn,.
cast, the first lord of the admiral
ty related circumstances of the
sinking of one German cruiser and
the crippling of two others by
British submarines. His account
of naval successes was heard by
a British public long Impatient
for action.
Churchill said his majesty's
submarine Salmon last Thursday
saw the German fleet steaming
out to sea "on one of its rare ex
cursions."
She fired six torpedoes at the
cruiser squadron which was ac
companying the German battle
cruisers and she hit one 6000-ton
cruiser with one torpedo and a
lAAAIlri Af Mllfll tlffA Willi
two,
"These cruisers may hare been
aoie io wmp wvsooia uw
a a
of one of them ... and they will
d out oi acuon lor many a long
I .v
Now, today, his majesty's sub-
marine Ursula reports on tne 1 4th
aa 00 0-ton cruiser of
tne Kom class although it was
surrounded by no fewer than six
German destroyers."
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Calif ornians Hit
In Monopoly Quiz
CT " ' . - . .
luectrical Companies and
Labor Unions Indicted
By Grand Jury
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 18-7Pour country."
wT A A 4 v . am ? B I
ienBiny investigation or building I
construction costs niril tndiiT
with a sweeping grand Jury In- I
dictment charging northern Call- I
fornia electrical companies and I
labor unions with conspiring I
against tne snerman anti-trust I
acl-
Accused of conspiring to die-
compamea aa wnww-
iz ' 6 . -. '. 7." ."""" "
DU . t UlSIVmUaiS. .
I. " ya the first Indictment re-
"v J. y-er
.;. " .. "
- Oe w
ClflASt TtanaMAMV 1A90 . I
. "T I
Ui"' J JSTSSf
vuy4 .v. w nuiviuu mui i
trary, collusive ana non-competi-1
tire bids to eliminate "electrical I
contractors who refused to par-1
ucipate in tne bid - control I
scheme."! I
T&e jury charged that the Elec-1
trical Industry Depository of Call-I
fornia. Inc.. was formed and all I
contractors were told to file bids I
with the corporation or else he de I
prlved of the use of union labor. I
Scheme to Break
Picket line Bared
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18-)
- A message plucked from an em-
af-Ployer teletype In the bloody
oiocnon cannery striae 01 iii ((i
tread into the LaFouette commlt-
tee hearing record today, outlined
a plan to "break the picket line"
by inciting teamsters; to "start al
iwius W1U1 iiriurs.
The message was read into the
record after ex-Sheriff H ar t ay I
OdeU of San Joaouin county told I
ef swearing in 1200 farmers and
nlx forces.
Un!on and mlT "ions of
Wcn 50 wer
injured, differed as tney were re-1
lated to Senator Robert M. La-
Uette, Jr.. in his probe of civU
UbrtIe' tb teletype evidence
was apparently not to be disputed,
'or Its author, Arthur Schmidt,
receiver, for the PackweU corpor-
atlon at Stockton, was In South
lAtxica auu nj wcwmmwo
INJ
Tons of grain, seed, box shook and
last nlgnt as the Ivan Stewart Jt Co. and Valley Box Jt Lumber com
pany plants were destroyed by fire in West Salem. Firemen could
Hull Criticizes
Stand of McNary
Oregon Senator's Attack
On Trade Treaties
Held Unfair
WASHINGTON. Dee. IS
I The criticism by- Senator McNary
(R-Ore), minority leader, of the
administration's trade agreements
program was Intended to discred
it the program Secretary of State
Hull charged In & letter to the
Oregon senator yesterday.
"The Vrldenee' you now ad
I duce, Hull wrote, "in support of
I your assertions that trade agree
ments hare imposed hardships on
our domestic woducers is on a
par with the 'evidence' trumpeted
throughout the country 10 years
ago by sponsors of the Hawley
ISmoot tarrif in support of their
reckless assertions tbat tariff em'
bargoes would give our agricul
ture and industry permanent and
! resplendent prosperity.
"We all know that the opera
tlon of the Hawley-Smoot tariff
did not prevent, but was largely
responsible for, the worst econom
lc disaster which has ever struck
. . T vv , . i ll. . 1
as & result of tbe war-time cur-
hii.. itunraHaMnii, "wo itinnM
immediately Invoke the exchange
rate provisions in our trade
agreements for the purpose of
modifying or cancelling the
agreements themselves
Ousted by Troops
ATLANTA, Dec. 18-(ff-Unl-
lormed but unarmed soldiers
trol of this key state agency.
111
. ""er. twice ejeciea uoauy
J?1? 'ne- .An" w?e
xi a iki ubcq to recognize aa. uv
cutlve ouster, made another at
tempt to regain his desk through
a court order. National guards-
men gently but firmly denied him
entrance to the chairman's suite
In the highway building, and he
left quietly.
Tha rnTPrnnr aarlv. todav ls-
sued a proclamation of martial
law "for the protection of the
state highway department and
all its properties." it followed on
the heels of a permanent injunc
tion by a three-Judge superior
court against Interference with
Miller as chairman of the high
way board.
Cuban-American
Pact Is Signed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18-vTV-
Secretary Hull and Cuban Ambas-
. . ri--
SJ"' ilS tlade aSeement
Sfie?S2Sr arff f JeduluSs
tody re't LlVti
JX - th United SUtes from" Cuba
Isions on American exports. It
ppiemenU the trade agreement
between the United SUtes and
Cuba sied August 24, 1934. .
:-rhm arreament la limited
ta seope - the state department
"ltM primarypurpose is to
restore, more balanced reclpro-
eal character to the agreement
sighed In It S 4 In the light of de-
relopments which hare occurred
iiuhk.uuu.
Georgian Is Again
$43fi00 FIRE HITS WEST SALEM INDUSTRIES
I f .
machinery went up in smoke early
-Q
HeaSf Salem
Plants Are Destroyed
Partly Insured $43,000 Loss Suffered by Valley
Box Company and Ivan Stewart Seed Firm
; n Early Evening Mystery Blaze
West Salem's worst fire in two years destroyed the two
story frame building occupied by the Ivan Stewart & Co.
seed and grain plant and the Valley Box & Lumber company
box factory early last night.
The proprietors estimated
partly covered by insurance.
Flames were first noticed com -
lag from the roof at the north
side of the abuildlng at C:60
o'clock, according to information
obtained by Sergeant Farley Mo
gan of the state police. Alarms
were sounded by Merle Pruitt and
Vera J. Fowler and answered by
the Salem fire department.
By 8 o'clock the east wall ad-
Joining the Southern Pacific rail
way tracks had fallen and flames
were roaring through the whole
building. Only a pile of blazing
grain and box snooks remained
three hours later.
Volunteer fire fighters who
manned two hose lines laid by a
Salem pumper crew were unable
to do more than protect the Port
land General Electric company
high-tension lines running past
the west side of the building,
Nearest structures, the PGE sub
station and an oil station, lay 100
yards away.
No evidence as to origin of the
blase was found; Sergeant Mogan
said.
Iran Stewart estimated the loss
of his building, built in 1938. at
35000, on seed and grain, at $18,-
000 and on seed cleaning machin
ery at $5000, 80 per cent insured.
His office records and equipment
were saved.
Tim Allen, proprietor of the
box company, said he lost $12,000
in materials and $3000 in machin
ery, principally nailing machines,
10 per cent Insured. Two lumber
trucks were saved but office
equipment and records lost.
Four firms suffered heavy
grain and teed losses, Stewart
said. He had In storage 175 tons
of oats and seed - recently pur
chased by the Tillamook county
Creamery association, valued at
approximately $4375; 60,000
pounds of rye grass belonging to
Bnrllngham 4b Sons, Forest Grove,
worth $2700. and two earloads of
barley rained at $2000, one each
belonging to Edward L. Eyre and
Continental Grain company, both
of Portland. -
Near the fire but undamaged
were a string ot Southern Pacifle
bridge crew ears serving as Hy
ing quarters and two flat cars
carrying large power transform
ers destined for the Bonneville
substation at - Winona, east of
West Salem. .
Last night's fire loss was ex
ceeded in West Salem only by the
$130,000 blase that destroyed the
old Salem Manufacturing com
pany box factory and a large part
of the Cope land yards In Novem
ber, 1937. r - ' -
Late Sports
HOCKEY
; VANCOUVER, Dee. 18-(CP)
An overtime scoring drive
headed by the veteran Frank
Jerwa gave Vancouver , lions
two goals in the extra session
and a S-S. victory ever Seattle
Seahawks , la a Pacifle coast
hockey game here tonight. The
win put Lions ont in front
the leagne standings.
',
I do little to curb flames that shot
I piles of grain and box-making material. Statesman staff photo,
I
O
Seed, Box
their loss in excess of $43,000,
O
Army Flier Dies
In Plane Crash
Three Crewmen Bail Out
Safely as Bomber's
Two Motors Fail
HILL CITY, KAS., Dec. M-tP)
Believing a member of his crew
still aboard after he ordered all
to abandon ship, Lieut. Harold
Neely, pilot of an army bomber,
brought the plane to a safe land
ing late today. One soldier was
killed in parachuting.
Unknown to the officer, all
three others In the twin-motored
B-10 ship had Jumped. Kenneth
C. Seamans, of Scran ton. Pa., was
killed. Two landed without se
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Volunteer Fire
Fighter Burned,
But on Stove!
unidentified voli
teer fire fighter burned his
hand t the West Salem
warehouse fire last night
on a stove.
He carried a small heat
Ins; stove out of the ef flee
of the burning Ivan Stewart
A Co. seed plant.
The fire in the stove burn
ed en while the fire fighter'
turned his attention to the
larger blaze.
Crew of Admiral GrafSpee
Takes Buenos Aires Refuge
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. lS-OPfcr
Tbe twisted, smoking wreckage of
the nasi pocket battleship Admiral
Graf Spee lay half submerged In
25 feet of water outside Monte
video harbor tonight while the Ar
gentine naval ministry extended
her 1.039 officers and men "pro
visional hospitality."
The hunrrv and unshaven Ger
man sea fighters were, quartered
In the Argentine naval arsenal at
Buenos Aires after an all-night
voyage-In two tugboats and a
barge from the spot where their
commander. Captain Hans Langs
dorff. exploded and sank the raid
er late yesterday.
Rather than Intern the battle-
damaged Graf Spee in the neutral
port of Montevideo or go out to
meet again the guns ox uruisa
cruisers concentrated in superior
numbers,- Captain Langsdorff de
liberately destroyed his ship last
night. -
Today the shattered nuix or tne
once-proud - ship was . shaken by
new explosions which sent columns
f water skyward. It was appar
t,yA. v , '; , . 4 P ' '
high in the air from biasing
Alleged Robber
Held by Police
Theft of $20 From Taxi
Driver Brings Charge
Against Portlander
Alleged to have held up Ernest
J Teske, Salem taxlceb driver and
robbed him ef $20 Saturday
night, a man giving the name of
William Franklin Lehman Is on
der arrest In Portland, Sergeant
J. L. Cutler of the Salem police
reported last night. He said Leh
man, who registered at the Bligh
hotel here Saturday under the
name of Bill Hayes, had admitted
the Teske holdup but claimed It
was a whisky bottle and not
gun he bad held against, the
driver's side. -
Teske reported to state police
Sunday morning bis assailant had
used a sun.
The bandit approached Teske
at his Bligh hotel stand, be told
police, and asked to be driven to
Brooks. When they reached
Brooks the passenger asked him
to drive on through Mt. Angel
and near the Grassy Pond school,
four miles out of the town, the
"fare" pulled out his gun and de
manded Teske's money.
Action Promised
By US Secretary
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -(P)-
Secretary Hull said today that
American nations would take col
lective action within a few days
as a result of the Graf 8 pee af
fair, which took place within the
Pan-American neutrality belt.
Hull did not disclose the nature
of the action, however. . .
. Uruguay has suggested diplo
matic representations to Britain
and Germany, and other sugges
tions have Included . a proposal
that belligerent warships enter
ing American sorts be Interned
automatically. - ,
Conversations now are proceed
ing among the governments to
reconcile various views which
have been "presented. Hull said.
and a decision should be reached
this week.
ent the blasts were caused by gas
forming In confined spaces, from
burning fuel OIL
Apparently satisfied with the
work of Ills crew last night. Cap
tain Langsdorff and his men set
tled down smilingly today at the
naval arsenal for a sojourn of In
determinate length.
Langsdorff himself had deliber
ately assembled the explosives and
directed the filling of the fuel
tanks for the last great blast tbat
was to "destroy all'' on orders of
Adolf Hitler. Tbe captain carried
the . cable which detonated the
charges that sank the ship.
Behind two - sand banks off
Montevideo today lay tbe British
cruisers. AJax, Cumberland and
Achilles which had kept up thslr
vigil Jest the Graf Spee venture to
.Tonight the question of wheth
er the captain and his officers and
men would be Interned by Argen
tina remained to be settled. It was
apparent they went there In tha
hope they would be treated as
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Speedy German
Craft Win in
Big Air Fight
Giant Sky Battle Over
Helgoland Is Lost
by English (
Engagement Covers 26
Miles, Takes Place
Near River Elbe
By MELVIN WHITELEATIIEn
BERLIN. Dec. l.-(Ay-St-t4y
nasi fighting planes shot do a
$4 of 44 British bombing planes
today, Germans declared. In a
giant sky battle off tbe naval base
of Helgoland.
German scouting planes tha
were said to have sunk four
British steamers and damaged
three British warship In a bomb
and machine gun raid on a con
voy yesterday.
The buita air battle, extending
over 20 miles of eea between tbe
eoait and. Helcoland, took place
within 20 miles of the mouth ofl
the river Kibe where the Brittftht
asserted one of their submarines
sank a COOO-ton German truUrr
Thursday. German official sources
denied tbe British report.
Announcement of nasi suc
cesses came as informed quarters
asserted tbe scuttling of tbe Ger
man pocket battleship Admiral
Graf Spee at Montevideo will
mark "tbe beginning of new at
tacks by our fleet against Eng
land." Admiral Bcheer
Ready for More Raids
Unconfirmed reports said the
sister ship of the Graf 6 pee. tbe
Admiral Bcheer, was loose In tbe
south Atlantic and ready to con
tinue raids at alnst tbe allies.
The air battle at Halgolaad mas
apparently tbe largest aerial ea
gagement of the present war. .
As the fleet of British bonbUif
planes swept in from tbe Nortn
sea, squadrons of Messerscbmklt
pursuit ships, Germany's fastest
fighting planes, rose to meet
them, Germans said.
The defense craft were uader
the command of Captain Bthe
macher, who, Germans said, 14
fliers in destroying 10 attacking
British warplanes December 14.
There was no indication of how
long the battle lasted, but tonight
Germans said the wreckage ot
many British planes was belasj
washed up on shore.
Only Two Nasi Plane
Reported Lot
Two British plane crews wr
reported captured.
Only two German planes were
reported lost. Their crews were
said to have escaped by para
chute. -
News of the sir battle cloddy
followed upon the DNB, official
German news agency, announce
ment ot tbe raid on the Brawn
convoy.
German planes were returning
from a scouting trip when thy
sighted the convoy and attacked
with bombs and machine guns.
Damage to the warships wae
proven,' DNB declared, by their
heavy lists and by flames and
smoke from their decks. Their
crews were said to have taken te
lifeboats.
Among tbe four ships de
stroyed. DND listed the British
steamer Serenity, 487 tone, and
the Pearl.
Air Successes Take
Edge Off Spee Loss
Germany's declarations ef air
successes took tbe edge eff the
disappointment at the scuttling
of the Graf Spee.
The German minister in Mon
tevideo delivered a sharp protest
to the Uruguayan government.
for refusing to give another exten
sion ot time.
8ome quarters indicated that
Germany might claim damares
from the South American country
for a "flagrant violation ef inter
national law."
Natl newspapers said the Graf
Spee wae not defeated but the
victim of "underhanded" methods
by the British government.
When asked why the Graf Eeee
was not Interned, Informed tuar
ters said the scuttling followed
the tradition of the German navy
and experience of the World war
showed tbe pocket battlhl
probably would have been
wrecked In port by British agents.
They said that during tbe
World war the British destroyed
the German cruiser Dresden in
Chilean waters..
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