ARGENTINE SHIPS
HALTED BY NAVY Talk of Closing Ports [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received December 6 9.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 5. The Secretary of State, Senator Hull, said that the United States is investigating reports that a British warslfip halted the Argentine ship Itape and took off German passengers. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 5. Diplomatic quarters have reported that there is a movement in several of the South American countries to close the American ports to British ships as a reprisal for the Itape affair. ANOTHER HOLD-UP (Received December 6, 7.50 p.m.) RIO DE JANEIRO, December 5. A British warship is reported to have halted another Brazilian steamer, the Parah. TALCAHUANO (Chile), Dec. 5. A German merchantman, the Portland, has arrived here. (Received December 6, 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. There are five vessels in distress on the Atlantic, which is being swept by gales. Three of them are British, and two are Greek.
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Grey River Argus, 7 December 1940, Page 5
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