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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20993, 21 December 1939, Page 6

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GRAF SPEC’S CAPTAIN SUICIDE EXPECTED FINAL MEETING WITH OFFICERS BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20 His German associates 3aid they expected Captain Langsdorff to commit suicide, since an order believed to have come directly from Hitler, forced him ignomimously to scuttle the Admiral 1 Graf Spee instead of resuming the battle as he desired Captain Langsdorff called all his officers t 6 his hotel and chatted for ( three hours. Shortly after midnight ! he arose, circled the room shaking : hands with each and then retired requesting that he was not to be dis- | turbed. His confreres said that none I present doubted he was speaking to the Commander for thfe last time. An aide at 8.30 a.m. discovered the body and a bullet through the temple on a bed. Three letters were addressed to the German Embassy, his wife and his parThe mystery is where he obtained the revolver since all the Germans were disarmed. SCUTTLED COLUMBUS SURVIVORS REACH NEW YORK NEW YORK, Dec. 20 The Tuscaloosa has arrived with 679 Columbus survivors, who have been taken to Eliis island. The immigration authorities have ruled that, they are distressed seamen and entitled to enter the United States legally without visas, but they must reship to a foreign country within 60 days. BERLN, Dec. 20 Neither the press nor radio announced the scyttling of the Columbus. IMAGINARY ECOUNTERS GERMAN REPORTS LONDON, Dec. 20 Observers in London claim to discern an increasing degree of serious excitability which appears to have effected German official circles during the last few days. German agencies have described in great detail air battles and British attacks on towns which had no more soiid foundation than a fervid British planes not being within hundreds of miles of the alleged scene. NO. 13 SCHEME MEN INCREASE OF I=d AN HOUR RISE MADE RETROSPECTIVE An increase of lid an hour as from October 1 has been granted to No. 13 scheme workers employed on standard public works jobs. The men will also receive the same holiday concession as the men covered by the Public Works agreement.