GERMAN SHIP ARAUCA
WAS SHE CARRYING MUNITIONS? i Received Dec. 23. L a.m. NEW YORK. Dec. 22. The Washington correspondent, of tne New' York Times states that the Treasury reveals that the German ship Arauca, which took refuge at Port Everglades, carried 800 or 900 tons of oil which a maritime commission official declared was over double her requirements for the voyage to Hamburg, but the Treasury believes that there is no justification for the suspicion that she was preparing to fuel a German warship. The coastguai • at Fort. Laudeidale are investigating reports that the Arauca might have been carrying munitions when she took refuge. J Watchers declare that, objects were . [jettisoned as she fled.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 9
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115GERMAN SHIP ARAUCA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 9
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