CARGO OF OIL
GERMAN FREIGHTER AMERICAN INQUIRIES (Reed. Dec. 23, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that the Treasury reveals that the German freighter Arauca, which sought refuge in Port Everglades, Florida, when pursued by a British warship, carried 300 or 900 tons of oil, which a Maritime Commission official declared was over double her requirements for the voyage to Hamburg. The Treasury, however, believes that there is no justification for the suspicion that she was preparing to fuel a German warship. Coastguards at Fort Lauderdale are investigating reports that the Arauca might have been carrying munitions when she took refuge. Watchers declare that objects were jettisoned as she fled.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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119CARGO OF OIL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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