SAD-FACED SEAMEN
GERMAN CEREMONY FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN (Reed. Dec. 22, 3 p.m.) NEW'YORK, Dec. 21. A message from Buenos Aires stated that 1000 sad-faced German seamen marched into the Argentine naval arsenal this afternoon to pay a final tribute to the commander of the Graf von Spee, Captain La’gsdorff, who committed suicide after scuttling his ship. Outside only 1000 spectators waited for a glimpse of the coffin en route to the German cemetery. Three hundred German seamen were given permission to leave the arsenal precincts and accompany the body for burial. Captain Kay, the second in command of the Graf Spee, accompanied by two Argentine officers and 11 automobiles bearing the Graf Spee’s officers, followed the hearse.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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117SAD-FACED SEAMEN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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