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CAPTAIN’S FATE followed SHIP SPEE'S COMMANDER AIDE FINDS • BODY INTENTION 1)1 SC LOSE!) NEW YORK, Doc. 20. Tin* Bifonos Aires correspondent of tlie United Press of America) says that the commander of the German pocket battleship, Graf von Spec, which lie scuttled, Captain Hans Langsdorff, committed suicide. He was found! by an aide shot dead in an immigrants’ hotel. Captain Langsdorff left a letter stating that from, the first moment be had decided to share the destiny of his ship, but be had postponed it until he was assured oi the salety. of the crew.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 274, 22 December 1939, Page 4
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97HARAKIRI END Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 274, 22 December 1939, Page 4
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