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AMERICAN NAVY FRANTIC SEARCH MADE PANAY DISASTER SEQUEL ( SHANGHAI, Jan. 5 A frantic search is being made for a United States Navy code-book, tossed overboard from the gunboat Panay as she was sinking in the Yangtse. If it has fallen into Japanese hands a reorganisation of the entire United States naval codes will be necessary. Because the makers of all naval code books are prepared for just such an emergency, the Pa nay's copy sank immediately. v Divers have brought up two safes, one from the wireless room, and the other from the captain's cabin. They now sock five more, including one believed to have been blown overboard during the bombing by Japanese airmon. The divera report that the raising of that safe is most unlikely, because of mud suction and the lack of suitable air-compressors. Because the United States Navy does not want to shoulder the tremendous cost of bringing up valuables from the Panay, a civilian company is handling the operations. It employs a Russian diver named Rubin.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22933, 11 January 1938, Page 9
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