Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Name Local Student Society President ni< k Brodbeik, Ik .aim ami.,, . at Heidelberg ('ullage. Tiffin. () I hu« been elevaf.’d to the preside!! l« y of the Alpha Phi Tan men's! Hoidety The Aplottalion <hapter| of thia Aoelety. 10. aleif on the , am pu.A han been one of the lei'din. | men'll ffroupa Ptevioimly H,,.d lieek nerved an necrefary of th» orica n iza t ion Son of Mr and Mr«. f'harlea! Rrodlietk. 20H South Third mr.-.t. Brodie . k in ahu ai live in athletic' at the Ohio '.hold and had been 1 un outAfandniK memler of the varalty football Mpiad ILLINOIS MEN TO VISIT CITY Gibson City Business .Men To Inspect McMillen Industries In exproMion of appreciation and goodwill toward the Central Soya Co . and M< Millen Feed Mill- of thin city, the Chamber id Commerce of (ilbaoti City, Illinois, where tliene companion are erectInga new elevator, soybean prte cahliik and feed mixing plant, in' aponaorlnK a apeclal train to come here next Tiio'day. November Ik. lirhncing alH.in !<•<• hualneaa men from Oibaon City. While here they will he the gueata id the McMillen Induatrlea Th.- parly will arrive on the Nickel Plate Jum before noon and will be welcomed by nffl. lain of the local Chamber of Commerce and the Central Soy a Company Carn provided by liecatiir bpalneaa men will carry the party to the Kite Hotel for the official welcome, entertainment, and liimh. after which they will tour th.- plan'' <,f Central Sugar Co.. Central Soya Co and Mi Millen Feed Mill' After the toura the party will return Io the hotel for 'lipper, the apeclal train to leave about fi 45. Arrangemen' at Glh'on City are under the direction of George Nix. aecretary of the Glb'on City Chamber of Commerce, who. in ..•opt-ration with other leading men. ha« been mo't helpful to the'.. compuniM in arranging for living quarter', labor, and other detail' Local detail' are under the direction of Don Mcfa-ali. general traffic manager for the local plant*, and Pete Reynold*, pre'ident of the Chamber of ( omm.-rce I The 1.200.000 bu'hel 'forage bill' al Gibgon city were erected in the ii'ital record lime by the Indiana Engineering and Construction Co. under the 'uprrvl'lon of John Von Gunten. who I' well known here Ju»t nine week' and three day' after the flr«t workman Mapped on the ground, the Drat truckload of bean* wa* elevated into the bhi« Approximately 2Sx carload' of material' were used ill creeling the»e 10 huge bln*, lowering ISS feet high, over all. Heavy »leel work on the |osx IM feel, four 'lory. »oybean prolaming and feed mixing plant wa» flnl'hi-d la»t week It l« expelled that operation' In thi' plant will In-gln 'horlly after the find of the year. A number of key employee* from Decatur are already located at Glb'on City, handling the wink conneiuM with the bean piircha'e' and training new im-al employe.-' tor the Mart ot pna-maing operaljpit' Among Ihoee going from here are Tom Allweln. traffic manager. "Spud' Neliwin. offii e manager. Wayne Zerkel, feed plant ■Hperintendonl. Knrlo William' ex peller phmi 'Uperlnteiident, and Ann Smith, temporary necretary to Mall fieltz. plant manager. BRYANT MAN IS UNDER ARREST (irorxc Adam* Arrested At Celina For Resisting Officer , G -orge Aiktma of Bryant, who ha« apiteared In criminal court here a number of limeg. ba' been arrealed at Celina. Ohio on a < harge of re'l'tlng and aliU'lng an officer. Adam* reportedly went to the aid of hla con. George Jr . when officer* wore arroetlng him for allegedly ihrcale.iliMt to ahool Ml Ohio realdent. Wilitagn Brown The .-Ider Adam* waa Jailed in default of a »1.0<.0 bond and hla trial wa» net for Novwnlotr M in the Mercer couniy court. He la ot liberty under »2<>o bond after entering a pl*a i* o * guilty. The elder Adam* wa* recently fined in clfx uit court here by Judge J Fred Fruchte on a charge of racki*** driving While hl' caae wa' pending, here he waa arreated I twice in Portland.

YOUNG WRITER VISITING HERE Young Hollywood Writer Visitinx Here Enroute To New York Page ICoIH-rt Ripley for there I' vl-.iilng In Ih-cainr u Hollywieid . Writer, who doe' not write fur Hollywood By that I' meant. u< eompll'hed though he may be In concocting thoae game types of plots thut may be seen on th. movie screen day after day he still do.-* not write for the movie' Such a man Is Henry Kutlner. 1 | youthful Holly wood author, who has firmly established himself in the literary world as a writer of fiction In fact. Kuttner. In an Interview with a Daily Democrat reporter, j asserted that he <llil not entirely approve of the movie', despite the fact that his home town I' tinhome of the Gable', the Gallios. Crawford', etc. etc. Th.- glamour of the "iHimph" girl' and the dashing air* of the Hollywood heme* hold no aftrai tlons tor Kutlner. so he say*, and he plans to ''stick ' with magazines and books as an outlet for his lit-j ■etary accompll'hnieiiis even though they may In- of the type that Is adaptable to usage on the screen Kuttner. who Is visiting here over the weekend with Frederick S< hroyet and Di Vounkin. both of this city, belles his looks Hi' appearance and mannerisms .enhanced by a minute mustache and a typical Hollywood haircut, would Instantly remind n person of the scenario writer' of Hollywood, whose picture' often appear In the llollyw<M>d tnaraZllies Kuttner'' name appears over storle' In Wings, and similar mag azine*, along with names like George Biui e. ami others Kuttner. ar-i-ompaiib-d by hl« mother. Is enroute to New York City, where he Is to arrange for the publication of one of his stories. He will leave |N<catnr Monday enroute to that city. I.isi night in Decatur he made Hu- rounds’ visiting places of Interest, accompanb'd try Mr. Nchroyet .Hid Miss ll< b i Col< lihi U. S. DESTROYER RUNS AGROUND Recommissioned Destroyer Aground Off Virxinia Coast Norfolk a Nov 25 'UP) The' I' S destroyer Yarnall. with aboil! 70 men aboard, was aground mt the Virginia coast three miles inside the ent lame of Chesapeake Bay today and th- coast guard cutter Calyp*o wa« standing by to give a"i'tam-r Coagt guard and naval authorlltea said the destroyer was In no danger It' position was reported as three miles west of the Cape Henry light. In Lynhaven Road*, alioui 1“ miles ea»t of the entrance to Hamilton Road' The Yarnall is one of the overage destroyers recently rennnmls'lotted by the navy for active service Naval officer* said she wa* ‘ returning to the naval ahse here from a run when she ran aground No details of the accident were available. • The coast guard Mid it did not exp* < t a further report from the Calypso for aeveral hour* o — — Methodist Youth To Hold Banquet, Rally The Adim* county group of Methiali't ymith will bold a youth rally and iMnquc't at the Methodl'l church In (Tuittanooga. 0. Tueiday evening a! d JU p m < hT Tin- banquet I* free and a program and recreational period will follow All voting people of the Methodist churches of Adatna evunty and of the Chattanooga charge are urged to attend The young people of the tbs-atur Methiall't church are asked to meet at the par* mage a! 6:M 1 p m.. and tranaportatlon will Im* |h-ov Ided Red Cross Workers Are Asked To Report W-ilter J Krick, chairman of the annual R>*l (Voaa roll call drive for memherahlp. today requested all work»ra who have not reported to date to submit their report* to Ml** Annb- Wlnnes by the first of the week No conclusive figures are available at this lime. Mr. Krick statnd. on the number of memlier* en I rolled to dale. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 25, 1939.

Ickes’ Son Io Marry S<M»n J XL i J Rr VRaymond Ickes Miralotta Sauer Ait assistant I’nlted States attorney in Chicago, Haymond likes, son of the I'tiiied States secretary of Hie interior, will marry Miralotta iatcia Sauer, daughlvi of Di (amis Wi-iidllii Sam-: of Winnetka. 11l , Dei 10 Miss Sam i is a graduate of Norlhwesli-rn iinlvi tsity

EXPECT STRIKE BY FILM MEN 27 Labor I nions May Strike. Would Paralyze Movie Industry Hollywood. Nov 25 (U.R> Twenty seven American federation of labor unions weie expet ted Io call a strike today that will paralyze the motion picture industry and colse every movie theater In the country. (Inly the grant of a In pet tent pay raise to Z.T.iH-tt <iition member* in Hollywood today timid , forestall their walkout and an Immediate sympathy strike by some 15.iaw> proejetlon machine operat Ors. their leaders said The producer', led by Joseph M Schenck, president of the I’rie dui irs' aaatM-iatloli. s-ifd not a t * til more would Ih- forthcoming for the technician*, plasterers, brass polishers, and other worker* In their studios Tiny 'aid in fact, that wage nits would Ih- inure appropriate at the moment William Bloff. Hollywtaid agent for the internallonal association of theatrical and stage employe', strode red fated from his conference with Hi-henck and othei lead Ing producer*, raced by iitnoiisitoto his office across town and asserted that his men either got their pay raised today or walked out ot the studios Asked what time he intended to call the 'trike, provided he got no promise* from the movie makers Bioff said "We won’t say That will tie ( the producer'’ aurpriae ’ , He added taht he believed Schenck and hi* associates wet,* re'pon'ihle for hi' emlrarrassmen' yesterday when he was timed !• , surrender Io police Oh a liyeirold charge of pandering In tieback room of a Chicago saloon. Released <m fl ooii | ta || he said he Intended to fight extradition to Illinois and battle the men he believed were responsible for reviving the i liar ger t'hbigo ailtllorl- • *~i<'ONTINt'ED ON PAIIK TW<»

Merchants Participate In Christmas Opening Tuesday

Practically all mer-hant* In !*• i catur'i bu*lne»» district will iurtl-| clpete In the formal (’hrlatma* opening here nest Tuesday rumina. > November Zfl. official* of the Cliam bet of Commerce. sp.mxorlng organ-1 laitlon, annonncml today. These merchant* will blanket | their window* al! day Tuesday and ; promptly at 7 p. rn that evening, these window* will be unveiled, with a "mlsplacod article" In ih<window of each participating mer(hint. The Chamber of Commerce ha* appropriated M- to be given In cash | prise* to the persona rubmlttlng the i m<Mt nearly correct list of misplat’-! rd article* and the More* from . which they originated Tile first prist- of 125 will be, awarded the most nearly correct ' Hat. second prlr- of lift. third prise of 110, fourth prise of |f> and five prise* of 11 each. The store* will be open during Tuesday evening to < liable the con teatant* asnpl* time to Inspect thwindow* and Identify the misplaced article*. Th**e article* will remain in the window* until Saturday night. De ' tembei 1 The entiv blanks, which I

Trip Awards Made By Central Suxar Co. Six Wells county I II club member* have been awarded trips Iki ember <i to tin- International live j stin k show at Chh ago. for out 'standing 411 i Inn work, accord- ’ itig to announcement made today by Well* county agent M S Smith Five of these trip* have been given by the Central Sugar company at hi-catiir. who sponsor ed the 111 sugar beet dull Another tri|i has Iteelt given by the Bluffton Klkanis dub. to tin- winner In the 411 Garden piojei I. sponsored by them Those winning th*- «ttgar le-it club awards an Eugene Conley iif I'nioti township; Blenda Mow ••ry Chester: Donald Leas. Jackson; Paul Haber. Hoi ki reek and I’h-rii- Harnish. Jr Rockcreek Holiert Meeks. Harrison, w, •*•■ lei te das alten>atiThe Kiwtinis Carder, project award go-s to Sam Lloyd, of J.u 4 son township COUNCIL WILL INITIATE CLASS Catholic Ladies Os Columbia T<» Initiate Class Here Sunday The St Mary'* f'oundl No 2" of th- Catholi Ladies of Columbia will Initiate a < las« of 27 i undid'ales at the Knight* of Columbus Hill Sunday at 2 p m \ banquet will Im- sorted at the Ih-catur ('atliolii' high school a' 5 on p m Visiting coiuulls will include Pa* ne. Van W<-rl, Ik-lphoa. Pallid ing Kdgerton. ik-fianie. St Mary's Ohio, and Fort Wayne Mrs Ihlen Doyle supreme pre sldent from Kprlnsfleld Ohio and Mrs Emma Ihtrkin. supreme trustee. from Newark. Ohio, will be inning the honored guest*. Tile Ft Marys Comidl No 2" and candidate- will in ire Hol ( «n---iiinnioti in a Ihhlv at tin- 7:"0 A M . ma" Sunday

(Will be avalhbl- In -very lurtlciluting store, will la* iudg-d th- following w—k and th- prig- wlnn-r* annouix >-d Saturday. D>-« -miter V. : Flach contestant will be limited to !one en'ry blank j Th- list of participating tor-* I* a* follow* Vance a Linn, Western Auto Appliance, Hh-tde* (IriH cry. Decatur I'pholMer Shop, Pcrtney Shoa Store, Edward* Studio, Eliterwon Httrvl Station. In-- atur Electric Shop. Sprague Furniture Co . Gerber Meat Market. Gam'd* Store. England* Auto Part*. Peterson Clothing. Douglas Co. Sorg Meat Market, Ihitnphrey J- welry. Home Grocery. Carmelcrlap. A a I' tiro, leery, Economy Store. Xeartrerry, It J Smith Drug. Equity Dtlry. Mort I* Store, Holthouse Drug Kohn- Drug. Hutton Jewelry, Kroger (Iroctry, Green Kettle. Hoeton Sion- Holthouse Schitlte. Gaa* Store. Nichol* Hhoe Store. Miller-Jon-*. Charles Brock. Keller Jewelry, lame Uro* , Schafer Store Ix'e Hardware, Wrrtgberg-r Confectionery, linker'* Appliance*. Winner Hhoe Store, Vlgran's Store Knapp Hardware, di. I. latnkenau Co., Northern IndIlana Puhilr Service. HonKKrusl I Bakery

British Admiralty Discloses Severe Conditions By Mines Laid By Germans Off Coast

OPEN HOUSE IS HELD TODAY AT CASTING PLANT Employes Guests This Morning, Public Invited This Afternoon Remodeling work ami installation of new machinery at the Decatur Casting company I* ln-iiig !i-li-liriii*-<l today willi an alldiv open house at the company's plan' on Dayton avenue Kmidoyes of the foundry and their lamilles were guests of ihe company this morning Lidlypops and other treats were given th children Moving picture* ot the company picnic July 15 were shown this morning, and Potei H Rentschler, assistant sei retarytreasurer of the company show--I movies of the fourth world serl- s game lieiwi-i-n rhe New York Yin ki-i-« and Clnehmati Reds l.ik*"i by him it Cilii'hitiatl The pllblii has Ik—ii Invited 'o Inspi-i t the thoroughly mode n pl.ml from nooi* to 3 o'i lih k th. i afternoon Souvenirs and (n its will lie presi-tred dm 111. tin- after ilium New <-i|iii|mn-ni im hub s hisi.iil.i tbm of Hie t|e« oil fired Vi tie.ll cotlllnuoiis line oven wlilih gn.itly increases the effli ii-ncy ot |,- plant Souvenirs to Ih- given all i,*. tots are cast iron paper weight, of a rooster conveying tin- i uc patiy’s slogan proud to i ■ < about urn castings ' Nationally known niannfai tun * who use Dir.iim Quality Castings in assembling theii products have Interesting exhibit* in the found, v ** one of the features of the o|n n holl'lTh--*!- companies Include ltd n PiiHlm t' Division of General Motors Cor|i. Dayton <• Wi-stirt. hoiis. Electric mil Mfg Co. Lun O . S F Bow«i rA- Co Im For W iyne 'The Magnavox Co. F- ' W.ryiie. Great States Corp Sb : byvlile Sherman Mason Mfg Co icnNTINtT'.D ON PAGE TllttKl-.i o Eastern Star Plans Annual inspection Tlu annual Inspection of the Eastern Star chHpter will bi- cun dm’ed at the Masonic Hall Tues day evening by the worthy grand million Mrs Arlene Vey of Marion A I hb ken dinner will In- servr-tl at (I Ju o'clih k Mrs Paul Edward' and Mr-- Floyd Acker will Ih- in charge of the dinner Th'kets will sell for 5o cents and rr-wervalhms may lie made with Mrs Martin Gilson. Mrs Adrian Baker or Mr It A Stuckey. Inspection will be held at 7 30 o i lock, followed with initiation GROCERS GIVEN BRIEF RESPITE Fort Wayne Grocers Are Given Temporary Injunction Fort Wayne, Ind Nov 25 ll'Pl Grocer memlier* of the Fort Waytie foist council today • cured a brief respite in their fight to a void payment of al'egedly ddlfi qm-nt gross iticome tax after superior court Judge Edward .Meyer* agreed to a tomporary injiim ti ui preventing Sheriff Walter Felger from serving tax warrant* again ' the council member* Officials id th stat.- gross Inciane tax dlvlsina Indlcited they would appeal tile Injuii.tloii if It Is madpermanent Judge Meyer* said he wa - making no attempt to pas* on the merits or demerit* of the gro*« income tax I » A hearing on that point will !i- held January Sth I’ntil that date Judge M yer* o d<*ed plain tiffs In the action to ts>»t bond guaranleeln* puytm-nt of t ixes and d images. Ileput' sheriff M irtln Urged inz said today the Injunction would *• effective only against the plaintiff* Used He said out of IM warrant* on hand, only eight named groe, • He ostlmatr-d the total amount of la* smiglit by he gross income t.i* division In Fort Wayne was approximately |I,S'HI

RAIN AND SNOW SLOW WARFARE French Assert 22 German Planes Shot Down In Two Days Paris. Nov. 25 <UP- Hain and snow has bogged down th<- war front halting airplane activity after two day* of sharp fighting hi . which 22 German plam-s were 'hot , down, it was annoumed today. ' Last night's only action was an attack by two German patrols I east of the Moselle, which the ■ French turned back after captur- • Ing four prisoners The patrols attacked less than half a mile ' apart The first was repulsed by • mat him- gun fin- from three side, tin- other by conci-ntrati-d artillery fin- The From h took the prisonI er* in a i-ounter-attai k * Brief artillery dm-is wen- reported in the Saarbruecken ami Wls1 semliotn g sei tors The ministry of war explained > that the lifting ot army zom- re--1 slrii’Hon* from the Italian fron- ' Her. exiept for a small region on * the border Itself, was dm- to the fait that heavy winter snows had Idocki-d the Alpine passes obviating the use of many troops other 1 quarters regarded the return to ■ normalcy in this region however ‘ as significant of the Improved diplomatic situation. Th.- Histh war communique said ‘ Not hili '- Important tn report nightlong Tin- Frem i: took the lead In the war of estimates" by reporting 4 that 22 German airplanes were * shut down between Tuesday night and Thursday night and that a • third German I" boat had been ’ sunk in a four day iH-rbnl NEW TAXES ON INCOME LIKELY New Income Or Consumer Taxes May Meet Defense Costs ' Washington. Nov 25 <UR> New income or nmsumi i taxes ap|u-ar-ed today to be Hu- most likely source* of leViU'le if the next ( j'loo.iioo ihio iniigi- hi national defense costs ih to In- tm i on „ payI as you go basis President Rihisi vt-lr suggested yestefday .it Warm Spring*. Ga. ’ I that the people -diotild decide t whether added defense costa next ( year should In- financed by new taxes nr mon- borrowing Treasury opinion as outlined to ( tin- I’nlted Pre.* was that no war profit* taxes should be levied at this tune for t»-;*r they would jolt business out of the recovery stride r'oinHdeiit with Mt RiHi'eveh s fax suggi-sllons a ro w "tax the tax plan turned io hen- as a | ible -mine of |2oo oihi ihmi ot 1 so of additional fond* If would ’ RM oil i v mdiv idn.il .Hid (0 uthin now subji-ct to imoim- lax- , .I'llol Alternatives itu lmb- "little man” taxes to In obtalind I'.' lowering existing exemption' ami a tapping of the middle tax brarkets to i take mon- money from persons - whose net Im onto ranges from I lifi.iHH* to 150.000 annually But neither Mr llisi'evidt nor the treii'ury has endorsed any tax plan and congressional opinion Is , fat from crystallized Best bet to i day is that many toiigresslonal leader*. Im Imllng < hairman Pat ■ Harrison D. Ml*' , of the senate finance lommittee will urge Hist . taxes be left a* they are In ptto, I a pn-ildi’titial election year The tax tin- tax devii-e has ln-i-n dlsi ussed by treasury experts canvasslng further Multie» of rev-11-ONTINI'F.Ii ON PAGM THHKKI Air Raid Warning In Sounded In Scotland Isimloti Nov 26 it'Pi An air raid warning was »mtndi*d on the t smithwest coast of Hvotland this ■ afternoon i No airplanes were sighted t Earlier anti aircraft guns fired on a G "tnan Halahel bomlter whh-ti f flew over the Shetland Island* It i marked the fourth sureeaslve day | on which Herman plane* have flown over ihe Nhethnd*

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Admit Port Os l*ondon Was Partially Closed One Day To Clear Out Mines Laid By Germany. PROTEST BLOCKADE London. Nov 25 <U.P> The ad* mlialty called for volunteer* today to help combat the German mine warfare and disclosed that condition* had Ih-coiui- so bad that the port of Ixvtidon was partially closed Thursday while mines, dropped by German airplanes, were cleared out of the Thame* Estuary. Meanwhile then- wit* a report, neither confirm -d nor denied officially. that a German submarine had been captured in a Itold attempt to enter the lower teaches of Ihe Firth of Clyde, south west Scotland, ami that it was believed tn have la-ell the same submarine and crew that sank the British battleship Royal Oak at Rcapa Flow with a loss of M<* Ilves six wi-ks ago. The |iort of Ixmdon was completely riHipetn-d yesterday, it was atimnim >-d belatedly. One i haniiel never w.is closed and all were reopened when an Inliound convoy arrived A little later the American Merchant, the last American ship still in British waters, left the port. The admiralty urged men lutween th*- age* ot 1* ami 45. with fishing trawlei experience. Io volunteer Io cope with the plague of mines, some of which had iw*<-n dropped *<y German airplane* within vb-w of th** shore Th>- marine situation had Im*come acute with tin- 'lnking of 27 i-tlips reported in the past week ai a lost ot at b-ast 23M Ilves In addition. scores were misalng from these ships and many injured For use by the volunteers, many trawlers had been mobilized, mindly on the Yoikshtre coast where 2'lo German mines wen- wash'd ishoi*' In a few hour* y-«t.id.iy. Eire, too. had joined in thimine fight II wa* announced at Dublin that special coastal defense patrol*. intniHKi-d of torpedo boat* and trawler*, already had been formed Germany * "mliieiikrleg” imine wart had been blamed tor most of the 27 ship sinking*, nearly all Ot which IH lifted i lozi to *hiBritish shore, but it had been ar* i-ompanied by renewed German submarine and ait|datie activity and survivor* of the Dutch steamer Slb-drecht reportisl on lielng landed at a British |«irt yesterday that they had been torpedoed 'after the i oininander of a German I'-iHiat examined the ship * piper* and ascertained that ft wa* a neutral ship headed for a neutral port. British authorities pointed out that the past week * castlaltlea still were only one-third of those during Ihe worst week of unre'll b ted sen warfare dtltilig the world w.n The more fearful possibilities of the present 'ltuation. however, were the laying of "parachute'* and "magnetli" mine' off th' BritI'h i oaal German flb-r« were re* ported to Ih- taking advantage of the early mootllgiltt hour' to suir tile mine field' The mine' washed up at Yorkshire had safety devices rendering them hannle" when they drifted from their mooring* However, these devil es Were liot find pi.Hif and gome of th* mine' exploded on the shore. The beat brain* of th*t admiralty studied flu- mine problent but they had little to work with especially In regard to titv “magnetic" mines which 'ink to the bottom and an- exploded by the m.igm-Hi field suri.iuiidim; steel ship hull* In an effort to learn more alHint the airplane dropped mines, aulhorlHes have asked all persons who see xuili activity to report at once, paying particular attention to Hio height the plane was flying when the mine fell and the time It was released In addition to the mines wa'l >**i ashore. It was reported that trawlers had been sweeping many of them up. that In one case a trawler netted 15 mine' In one sweep, •••ven ol which exploded when touched The swarm of mines drifting ashore was believed a result of the trawlers' work In cutting them from thrir mooring* The mine peril *aa not confined to Britain Condition* had become so Ivad on the Danlah const that the Danish navy built a log ,' (K>ntinubd~"n