SABOTAGE PLOT
U.S. BATTLESHIP
LOS ANGELES RUMOURS INQUIRIES BY G-MEN AMERICAN SECRECY (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 9, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Mr. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, revealed that G-men had been investigating reports of a sabotage plot for four or five days, according to a report from San Francisco. A message from Washington states that the Navy Department declined to comment on rumours emanating from Los Angeles that a sabotage plot had been discovered on the battleship Arizona. This refusal is due to a policy of almost war-time secrecy. However, some naval officials said privately that they believed the rumours were unfounded. The reports followed on the sudden cancellation of leave for sailors on The Arizona after the vessel returned to San Pedro from a target practice. Mr. Hoover, who is a -guest at a convention at San Francisco, announced that he is soon going to Los Angeles to investigate the rumours of sabotage on the Arizona. He added that G-men were receiving more than 200 reports daily concerning espionage.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20063, 9 October 1939, Page 9
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