GERMANS SILENT
SHIP SCUTTLING FATE OF COLUMBUS LANDING OF CREW AMERICAN RULING SIXTY DAYS ALLOWED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press AsSii.) (Reed. Dec. 21, 2.50 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. A Berlin message states that neither the German press nor the radio announced the scuttling in the Atlantic of the big German liner Columbus. A New York message states that the United States cruiser Tuscaloosa arrived with 579 survivors of the Columbus. They were taken to Ellis Island.
The immigration authorities rulea that they were distressed seamen and as such were entitled to, enter the United States legally without visas, but they must reship to a foreign country within 60 days. The German freighter Arauca. which, when fleeing from a British warship, was reported yesterday to have anchored at Port Everglades, Florida, has been attached by the Imperial Sugar Company, of Galveston, Texas, in a court action for £9500. The attachment will prevent her from sailing until the bond is posted, even if the skipper were willing to risk waiting for the British destroyer. Treasury officials said that the partial investigation had disclosed no reason to warrant her detention.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20127, 22 December 1939, Page 11
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