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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1939. Admiral Graf Spee Gushes Flame and Smoke After Blast t 3 ,1 f. t I f if ' ' 7 j ' S . - ' ' ' Top piciur ihowi lh Gorman pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spoo. gushing smoke and flames shortly after she was blown up by her commandor near Montevideo. Uruguay. Lower: Another view of the destruction of the ship. Captain Langs dorif himself assembled the explosives and directed the filling, of the fuel tanks for the blast that was to "destroy all." on the personal orders of Adolf Hitler. (Pictures radioed from Buonos Aires to New York; airmail to Mail Tribune.) OF ADMIRAL SPEE U. S. Took Leading Role in Firm Stand is Revelation Other Nations Joined. Montevideo, Dec. 20. (IP) Diplomatic sources of high au thority disclosed today the United States, Argentina and Brazil had offered armed aid to Uruguay for ejection of the German pocket battleship Ad miral Graf Spee. The informant stated that In the last tense hours before the German raider acceded to Uru guay's departure order Sunday, the United States assumed a leading role in the firm stand taken by representatives of the Washington, Buenos Aires and Rio De Janeiro governments in a meeting here. Agreed in Conference. The Admiral Graf Spee final ly sailed out of Monevideo and was exploded by its command er, Capt. Hans Langsdorff, rather than again face the Brit ish warships it had battled last Wednesday. It was explained that force, had its use been necessary, would have involved the Amer ican nations concerned in put ting teeth into the neutrality declaration of the Panama con ference, which on October 3 warned belligerents away from the coasts in a wide belt reach ing from Maine to Cane Horn and back up to Alaska. Meanwhile, the British gov ernment asked the Uruguayan foreign ministry to investigate whether British warships used gas shells in attacking the Ad miral Graf Spee last Wednes day, as reported by sailors on the pocket battleship to Otto Langmann, German minister to Uruguay. Claim Eyes Injured. The sailors said they had suf fered sight impairment as a re sult. (In London, Prime Minister Chamberlain and the admiralty last Thursday denied Nazi charges that British cruisers had used gas shells in the battle.) I he Uruguayan chamber nf deputies expected to hear today from Foreign Minister Alberto Guani an explanation of the German protest in regard to the Admiral Graf Spee case. Deputies of different parties1 criticized or praised Guant for his handling of the matter, In which Uruguay ordered the ship interned, if it overstayed a 72-hour deadline. E Seattle, Dec. 20. CP) Labor, which has already done its bit to aid the Washington state ap ple market, dealt a sharp blow by the war in Europe, now is offering its helping hand to the egg and pork producers. An intensive drive to increase consumption of both commodi ties in the northwest was launched today through the btate Federation of Butchers. The "eat more eggs" and "eat more pork" campaigns will be carried on in Washington and Oregon and are expected to have the powerful backing of organized labor in both states, Joe S. Hoffmann, business agent of the Meat Cutters Union, lo cal 81, said. MINES STEP OP Spruce Pine, N. C. (U.R) Hundreds of steel-helmeted men are working day and night in the 300-odd mica mines in the mountains of North Carolina. With the outbreak of war in Europe, mica prices shot up ward, hundreds of additional miners were hired and mine owners demanded that work be carried out as rapidly as possible. Without mica, war cannot go on. To have airplanes, motor trucks, tanks or any equipment involving motors or electricity, there must be mica the best Insulating material and the only really satisfactory one ever discovered. Army Game Maryville, Mo. (tP) It prob ably doesn't amount to much in these days of stream-lined in fantry units but Charles Still, of Maryville, has discovered a line in an old record book that has a lot of hidden blisters in it. It tells of a record Companies A and B of the 4th Missouri in fantry set in 1916. They walked from San Ynacio to Laredo. Tex., during the days of the "Mexican incident," a distance of 45 miles in 15 hours. It broke all marching records of United States troops. FIRST METHODIST DEBT IS REDUCED "Members of the First Metho dist church are rejoicing this week in that they have Just paid off another $1000 of their in debtedness," a church spokes man revealed today. "Slowly, but steadily, the debt has been reduced until it Is no longer a menace to the welfare and pro gress of the church," he said. Next Sunday morning the church will conduct its annual Christmas Gift March, when, in stead of the passing the collec tion plates, the audience will rise and, led by the pastor and choir, file past the altar and place thereon a special contri bution as a Christmas gift to the church. Sunday at 8 p.m. the choir will present the cantata, "His Natal Day" by Norman, to which all are invited. cently one was captured with a bag of sugar. A 9-year-old , 450-pound. per forming black bear broke loose from ita owner, John Mars, 50, San Francisco, and was a! w' O. L. Bruin had a good excuse for running away. By mistake Mars tied the bear to an elec trically charged fence. The bear backed into the fence and gal loped away. Constable Fred J. Goodner of Reedley and W. W. Wood, a ranch foreman, joined the first bear hunt near Fresno in many years and enticed the animal in to a cage, using the sugar as bait. Closing time tor Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. Fresno, Cal. (U.R) California black bears were numerous in the San Joaquin valley when Kit Carson and other early explor ers roamed this area before the gold rush of '49. But there had not been a bear hunt for many years until re- HOLIDAY SPECIALS Good Until Jan. 1. Kef. $7.50 MnchlnelFM P. W...S5.00 Keg. $3.00 Permanent Ware.. 3.50 Shampoo and Finger Wave .60 RUTH'S BEAUTY SALON 610 E. Main. Eve. Appt. Tel. 688 ttiat a,,v -i.nl" ? a. I" .IPC 1 1 mm Wk It If E" 108 N. Ivy. S. & H. Stamps Phone 1054 Free Deliveries 8-10-2-4 Specials Thurs., Fri., Sat. To Our Many Friends and Patrons - Christmas la variously cele brated in North Carolina. In addition to the conventional date, the day Is, in some com munities, observed on Januarv 5, 8 or 7. There nro more than seven nillion fishing licenses issued y the states each year and many million more, it Is esti mated, fish where no license is inquired. 60c IMPORTANT X MllPr 1 TO YOU! TEN HIGH is America' largest-selling whiskey in open- WUMin'!i I state retail stores. Remember, that's where people demand 'B&7ffi& I the brand of whiskey they like best and ask for it by name. i isZ E You'll insist on TEN HIGH, too. once vou taste it! . NSIh'c''' f JtlAIOHT IOUIION WHIKtr . 10 MOOr . NIIAM WAIKII SONS INC., MOIIA, IWINOIS ; CHERRIES CHOCOLATE COVERED. Pound 1 9 WINSTEL CHOCOLATES, by Loose-Wiles, are sure ia please lovers of Good Candies. We have just received another Factory Fresh Shipment of these Hand Rolled Chocolates. One pound Xmas Box 59c 2 pounds 98c Vassarette Miniatures, pound. .... .98c CHINESE CHECKERS Whi They Last -39c BULBS SOCIETY Broken Mix 2 lbs. Choco. 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