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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
7
County Agent Fred Stine reports 1933–39 farm benefit program data for Frederick County. Net payments reach 326 609 16 after 25 829 01 administration costs. 7 3 percent admin rate. This year estimated payments total 76 899 66 with 6 636 admin cost and 70 263 66 net distributed.
A historical report notes no demand for wheat loans in the county since the war began. It cites a maximum loan rate for No 2 red winter wheat of 74 cents and questions the adequacy of the current quota given anticipated administrative costs at 7.7 percent.
A Hamburg American Line representative traveled to Fort Lauderdale to decide the fate of the German freighter Arauca which entered Port Everglades harbor seeking refuge after eluding a British cruiser. The ship’s master Captain Frederick Stengler was told he could stay as long as he wished as an unarmed merchantman. The Orion and a US neutrality patrol destroyer waited offshore to block any escape.
Helsinki officials said the Red Army launched a gigantic attack on the Karelian Isthmus with hundreds of tanks and more than 200 airplanes. They claimed scores of Russian tanks destroyed and more than 20 men planes shot down.
Captain Harry A. Badt of the Tuscaloosa reported to the Navy that most of the Columbus crew likely believed they were in a life boat drill when they abandoned the scuttled liner. He wireed the first eye witness account as 579 survivors were landed near New York. The wreck occurred about 420 miles off Delaware Capes at 2:50 p.m. yesterday during neutrality patrol.
Hearing continued in Berryville Virginia as Leo Shorty Gaunt fights liquor interdiction case. Jury likely to receive instructions after closing arguments from Circuit Judge Philip Williams. Defense by Frank M. Wray and Commonwealth's Attorney Edward Williams prosecutes on multiple A B C charges.
Reports state the German liner Columbus sank about 250 miles east of Washington after scuttling feared near neutral zone limits. Crew moved valuables to the freighter Hamelin and captain Wilhelm Daehne reportedly warned he would sink the ship to prevent capture.
Montevideo authorities banned visits to the Graf Spee wreck area off Montevideo after experts found the forward magazine had not exploded. Buoys guard the danger zone to deter ships and launches from approaching as a possible explosion threat remains.
Paris dispatches say official French estimates place more than 50 German submarines sunk since the war began on September 3. The latest sinking was credited to the 1319 ton destroyer Siroco. French experts note four submarines destroyed weekly, double Germany's replacement pace. Raids were repulsed along the Moselle river to the Vosges mountains.
London reports foreseen major moves by Britain and France on trade and diplomacy after the Allied War Council session in France. A breakdown in German Romanian trade talks and delays in a trade agreement are seen as a factor in allied plans. An offensive in the Balkans against Germany is strongly indicated.
Diplomatic sources say the United States Argentina and Brazil offered armed aid to Uruguay to eject the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. The informant noted US leadership in the tense hours before the Graf Spee agreed to depart, following a meeting with Washington Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro representatives.
Captain Langsdorff and his crew faced a stunned harbor crowd after his Graf Spee was scuttled off Montevideo. He reportedly gave up personal effects and spoke of exhaustion before plans for burial in Argentina. An inquest by the Argentine line began at noon as officials prepared a telegram to Berlin.
From Kirkenes Norway and Helsinki Finland reports describe blizzards and temperatures 25 below zero paralyzing northern military operations. Arctic winter limits activity as Russian troops build huts. Finland calls all men aged 40 to service, reporting by December 26 with three days food. regular reserves already mobilized.
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