18 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1939
Page
1
An air photo shows the Admiral Graf Spee as she moves seaward from Montevideo where her crew scuttled the ship to prevent capture after being besieged.
Berlin dispatch says German bombers sank four British merchantmen and damaged three warships in a convoy raid. The INB report notes the appearance of German planes caused dismay among crews, lifeboats were launched, and the convoy scattered after bombs fell among vessels.
Georgia Chief Martial Law is announced as martial law takes effect to control the Highway Department clashes between Governor Rivers administration and W Linton Miller. Troopers guard the Highway Department building while legal fights over the chairmanship unfold and Miller resists removal.
The submarine Arussa reportedly broke a destroyer screen and sank a 6,000 ton German Koeln class cruiser near the Elbe mouth, with 571 aboard. London reports link to last week’s torpedoing. best week at sea cited after Graf Spee scuttling and Atlantic battle.
London reports heavy German raids on North Sea shipping sinking two fishing trawlers and the 487 ton Serenity. A second ship was sunk near the Elbe mouth by a submarine. Trawlers Newchoice Campagnus killed wireless operator on Tuscan Star. other vessels Dervish Ahrnold Bennett Dromio Valentino Coda attacked with limited damage.
Berlin authorities consider pursuing reparations from Uruguay under The Hague 1907 treaty after Uruguay limited repairs of the scuttled Graf Spee to 72 hours. German sources allege a flagrant breach of international law and suspect British pressure influenced Uruguay's decision.
Dr. Edo Markovitch director general of the Yugoslav State Export Society was killed in a pistol duel with police during dawn raids seeking evidence of foreign sponsorships of Communist demonstrations. His daughter, a Belgrade University student, was arrested last week as a demonstrator leader. The servant said Markovitch mistook police for bandits. Authorities investigate funding from Germany for the protests.
Soviet air activity is curtailed by poor visibility as land forces push more than 80 miles into central Finland. A separate combat report notes a 50 mile advance along the Petsamo road, while Izvestia and Pravda discuss U S and League of Nations issues amid the conflict.
Heywood Broun, 51, renowned columnist and president of the American Newspaper Guild, died at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after pneumonia developed from a heavy cold. He had been hospitalized since Thursday night and his condition deteriorated to unconsciousness. Broun, a Brooklyn native and longtime optimist, wrote about the Florida rest advice in his final columns.
A House committee record cites NLRB regional director Philip G. Phillips stating a Cincinnati Enquirer city editor and friend killed a proposed article on a National Labor Board hearing. Phillips denied suppressing any story and cited court decisions as explanation for Cincinnati paper coverage of the Empire Furniture case.
German reports describe a large air engagement off Helgoland in which 44 British bombers attacked the German coast. Two German planes were lost, crews parachuted, and wreckage washed ashore as fighters and batteries engaged over the sea. Several British planes reportedly reached Wilhelmshaven but caused no damage.
The steamship Stanbrook of 1,383 tons, long overdue in port, was declared lost today after being given up as missing near London.
Norwegian reports from northern Finland describe forest fighting where a Finnish patrol of nine soldiers killed 700 Russians in an exposed highway position. Exhausted Finnish troops crossing into Norway say small patrols using light machine guns and light field guns harassed the Russian advance in the north and suffered massive losses when Russians massed on a road exposed to Finnish fire.
Severe blasts rocked the Graf Spee wreck in the Plata Estuary after the ship was scuttled. An Argentine official announced 1,039 sailors would be interned while Uruguay arrested four crew members for questioning. Uruguayan gunboats patrolled the wreck as hull explosions continued. The captain had ordered the scuttling amid mounting war pressures.
German embassy says more than 1,000 Graf Spee crew members arrived in Buenos Aires by tugboats and a barge from Montevideo after the ship blew up. Captain Hans Langsdorff was aboard a tugboat. crowds welcomed the sailors ashore.
Helsinki dispatch reports Soviet mechanized units failing against Finnish defenses along the Mannerheim line. Finnish communique says 30 tanks destroyed Friday and Saturday including three 30 ton “land battleships” amid snow bound terrain.
A dormitory fire at the Georgia State School for Feebleminded Children near Gracewood killed five boys and left two others seriously injured. The blaze started in a linen room on the first floor of the dormitory housing 24 boys. four bodies were recovered. Injured include Nathaniel Peters and an unnamed boy, both hospitalized in critical condition.
Kentucky tobacco growers and farm officials weighed a petition for an immediate halt in burley auctions amid low prices. Gov. Keen Johnson voiced willingness to help farmers, while Senator Chandler planned a Western Kentucky tour to study market conditions. The Clark County Farm Bureau press and telegraphed request reached Governor Johnson and the AAA as J. B. Hutson headed to Kentucky to assess the situation.
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