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CAPTAIN’S ALLEGATION JAPANESE REFUSE AID TO WRECKED STEAMER (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 10, 2.45 p.m.) MANILA, Feb. 9 Captain Crispulo, of the Philippines liner President Quezon, which sank stern first after a storm in which she went aground on reefs off Tanega-shima Island, Japan, told a court of inquiry that the Japanese liner Uksihima Maru refused aid unless he signed a guarantee of payment. He added that he was forced to leave the sinking ship aboard a second lifeboat to sign the papers, assuring the rescue of the passengers ■and crew, many of whom were aboard when he left the ship.
The master of the Ukishima Maru refused to lower the lifeboats until the papers were signed, and he also refused to send radio messages unless Captain Crispulo paid for them in cash.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21035, 10 February 1940, Page 8
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