Exeter Graf Spee battle eyewitness account unfolded
London reports an admiralty release details an eyewitness view of the Exeter versus Graf Spee clash. The Graf Spee scored early hits while Exeter pressed the fight until engines failed. By nightfall Montevideo harbor housed the Graf Spee as Exeter and companions pursued. Casualties totaled 72 dead 31 wounded for Britain and 36 dead 60 wounded for Germany.
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London
Exeter
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiralty
Admiral Scheer
Graf Spee
Ieee
Falkland Islands
Port Stanley
Falklands
Man
Achilles
Ajax
Montevideo
Speeding Driver Pays Fine After Court Plea
Lee Simpson of Cameron Missouri, an operator for Red X Oil, was arrested entering Lawrence on highway 59 for speeding. He pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Charles Rankin last night and paid a total of ten dollars in fines and costs. Also noted is the marriage of Addie Turner and J. W. Skirwin in Kansas City Kan performed by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray yesterday.
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Lee Simpson
Lawrence
Red X Oil Company
Cameron
Highway Patrol
Charles
Rankin
J. W. Skirwin
Addie Turner
Kansas City
Kan
Frank R. Gray
British Fishing Trawler Active Sunk by Aerial Torpedo
London reports Captain David Sutherland of the 185 ton trawler Active said a German aerial torpedo struck beneath the water line during raids off the British coast. Four other small ships were attacked. one crewman is missing and the Etruria was towed to port after damage.
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London
David Sutherland
Active
Etruria
Pearl
Admiralty
Sutherland
Inverness
Fort Rose
Pugilist Arrested for Killing German Consulate Official
John J. Ryan announced Ernie Haas, 28, a pugilist arrested in Toronto for the murder of Dr Walter Engelberg secretary of the German consulate. Haas allegedly beat Engelberg to death in Brooklyn on December 5 and told Captain Frank Bale his admission. Toronto police described Haas as an amateur boxer from Winnipeg, aged 26.
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New York
John J. Ryan
Ernie Haas
Toronto
Canada
Walter Engelberg
Ryan
Haas
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Frank Bale
Winnipeg
WPA project to measure stature of U S women in Philadelphia
A WPA survey in Philadelphia and Camden trains 50 girls to use anthropometers, calipers, and tape to take 59 measurements of women across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The goal is to create pattern types closer to actual sizes, noting daily and individual variations in stature and weight.
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Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Bessie Bloomfield
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Scheer
BPA
Rogers Bros. Amerieas
SANT
Lades
Mpany Incorporated
Easel
Bebies
Peter and
Polly
Peter
Santa Claus
Santa
Blasty
Christ
WPA
U. S
Journal-World
Reed’s Snack Shop
Mary Beal
Beal Bros
Te. Mary Beal
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