Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1941 — Page 1

w. XXXIX. No. 106.

[PORT GERMAN 'LANES FLYING TO NEAR EAST lirkcy Reports German plane* Are Flying Toward Iraq Hy United Pl*** |,l„ f Hitler's luftwaffe was re,„„i riyhix inward the near east R y .1. British Imperial:- Otruck , k ,t pro-NaZl Iraq force* In de<>f th.- Mosul o» field* and at I tnX’P* pounding al the deof the besieged Libyan port Tohrilk. i ~i..,rt broadcast »>y 'hr Turkadio at Ankara and pithed up Xiiikh »aid that a German air was m*ii flying along thr ~w « f of Turkey In ihr dlreti „f French Syria, beyond which , British are engaged in bitter flht with thr force* of premier ihid All Gallant In the deserts beotern Iraq. |lt . source*. expressing sympafor 'hr liaqi. nt 111 Were silent whether Bagdad had appealed to p, for aid or whal they would about the new war front in the b raot Im' 'he Berlin and Home i.papera launched a campaign Igiird to -how that th>- Arab Id aaa Inflamed against Britbull* of the fighting were Iger lull Included: British report that RAF airprcMintably flying from ratine, had attacked and alb hl several Iraq batteries that hern shelling the British air rat llabbaniya. Fighting wa* fried "till In progress laoidoti suggestion that British Mini* recently landed at Basra larch on Bagdad In an effort Betthrow thr proaxl* govern)t and end the threat to the ||rh oil field. Berlin report, quoting an off! Iraq statement. that “38 lona bomb* were dropped on Hale |>. airdrome on Friday by Iraqi f. and that 26 British plane* r destroyed. report from the same source I a British motorized column been repulsed In an attempt bio- the Miuth weatern Iraq airto.- of Roti near Rutbah. and I a number of British lank* had t destroyed or captured brman sources also reported I the British had attempted to l> the residence of the Iraq kier. trlin quoted the Syrian radio a* Hing that Iraqi troop* had ocNl several border troop* prettily on the frontier of Western which touche* on Tran* Jorand Syria and through which Hpe line* run to British port* bleat Ine. North Africa, the British retd that their artillery and A* had again turned back all* !k« on the beeelged garrison at ilk where enemy offensives I becoming steadily more InP. The German high com d however, emphasized that nk was well defended and that Mil'' take some time to recapthe Libyan port. * British were rapidly reorgan- | the expeditionary force resfrotn Greece tn order to stand h axis thrust through Libya probably through Sytia against Itu-z canal, lint further detail* le battle of Greece Indicated considerable ioase- had been Ted there. • admiralty said that two Britlestioyers and four transports been sunk during the evacua- — — O irges Republicans Wth .Messing Up’ Law lianapoll*, fnd , May 3. <UJ»> large that Republicans have *ed up" provisions of the pubrrvlce commission ripper law. leveled today by Frederick born, Gary Democrat, chairof the commission. hhorn said the previsions reto the publlction of notice remenu. According to the let1 the law. which went Into esThursday, he declared, the fission might have to publish ► of hearings in Texas or New f law says publication must •de "In the county where such y. carrier or railroad ha* hl* • principal office and place of less." Under the old law. nowas published in the county * 'he hearing wax scheduled. - — o—mocrat thkrmomktkr 2 m 44 w a. m 50 00 a. m. 59 WEATHEH •lr tonight; Sunday partly “4y and slightly warmer.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

(Jets Cabinet Impost O * * ' /jL IE 1 Aril » . 11l the sudden shuffle of Britain'* ‘ I j war lablnet. laud Beaverbrook. r laluivei. who luMMted Britain’* air■craft produttlon to many time* it* i former level*, w.i* named minister * of state, making him right-hand man to (Mine .Minister W’lnaitm • I t'hurchlll I ' — ■ . ... - ■ - ■39 MEN LISTED ; b . :l IN CLASS 1-A Draft Board Announces -Men Available For Year's Training I ' A lota' of kb men are on the - class LA list of the Adams < minty i draft board. It was disclosed today by Miss Itoris Nelson, draft board i ilerk. i Above these .1b names are four 1 I more, previously announced, who ■ will be sent to selertlve service ■ training May 1.1 a* replacements for those rejected in the last group. The 39 meh carry order number* I ns high a* I.l*o. A total of 112 men - are now In training, excluding the i four replacement*. It is po«xlble i' that about four or five more men. | whose i lassifli atioiix art- now ini- ■ der consideration by the board, will i \ be placed in class LA- Mis* Nelson | I' stated. ■' Based on these figure*, in the 1 II first 2.000 who received question- 1 I nalres. I 5!» were given i-A qualifi-' cation* or less than eight out of I every 100. > Hince the net quota for the counI ty. an estimated by the state selective service headquarter* sometime 1 ago, was set at I*s it la consider-! ed likely that Adam* county will ■ be called upcyi to furnish about Sb 1 more men before the end of June. ' Following In the lint of men who Mare now In class 1-A. those avail-, ' able for Instant duty. The list in- ' i elude* the four replacement* and ' doe* not include the four or five I whose classification* are still un-' ' der consideration by the board. The ' name* are preceded by the order 1 numbers: ’ Ilbl V Anthony Albert llonflgllo. 105.1 V Ronald Marion Byer. 283 Robert Lee Meshberger sot Glen Gerald Woodruff 833 Willard Hteiner B*7 Max Ihtane Grandlinard 812 Ralph Lee Rntledge B*7 Frank Seymour 1 887 Harold Oliver Painter ( 874 Gerhard Martin ilaugk 875 l-eroy Clayton Blberstelu ' 881 I-eroyed latwrence Stellar 1 883 Lester Maxelln ' M 8 Raymond Bdward Field* bio Frank Loui* Kaylor bl 2 Frederick Ivan Dougla* ' 915 Alfred Louis Marhenke 922 Clarence Franklht Morgan 923 Morris J. MFollette 930 Roman Milo Sprunger 941 Willie Henry Cook 950 Robert C. Marhenke 951 111 Waller Habegger 1007 Harry Human. Jr. i 1014 Laures Henry Meyer ~ 1027 Homer Franklin Dearmond 1042 Carl Henry Klpfer 1047 Elmo Julius Lengerich . 1049 Calvin Lehman. Jr. 1083 Harold H. Stauffer . 1085 Carl Gust Bleberlch . 1088 Morton Atwood Railing . 1075 Reuben Jacob Rlngger , 1094 Glen Orlando Stauffer 1095 Robert Dailey Frlstnger 1101 John Henry Johnson 1122 Ralph Frederick Levy 1138 Bernard Gregary Staub 1142 Arnold Erxlebrn 1148 Charleg Edgar Baker i 1152 Philip Gee Greene ’11169 Virgil Jessie Vhrlck . 1180 Harold Rhynard. , I Slight Concussion Suffered In Fell ■' ■ Bill Bollinger. 14-year-old son of Mr and Mra. Walter Bollinger of 225 Grant street, la confined to his bed with a slight brain concussion sustained in a fall from a swing at his home Wednesday. His condition was reported as being good, today. - -

NEWAPPEALTO i CURB STRIKES Fresh Appeals Arc Voiced For lA'giNliition Against Strikes By Vniled Press Fresh appeal* were heard today I for legislation to end lalmr strife |ln defense Industrie*, although strike* were at a four-months low level. . Delegates to a national farm meeting In Chicago asketl “total cesMtlon of strike* and locknuts,” and the national executive committee of the American la-glon dei rnanded legislation with a similar purpose. Albert W Hawkes, new president of the r humlier of commerce of the t'nlted Htates, asked conferences of business and labor leaders to seek a moratorium on strikes. legislation providing for a "cooling-off'' period ill defense Industry strikes has been approved by a committee of the house of representatives, hut no dale has lieen set for Ils consideration. As lalxir and management con--1 widered President Roosevelt's appeal for "vastly Increased" production ss-hedules, secretary of labor Fian<es E. Perkin* reported only ; two-tenths of one percent of 22.IMHI.IHHI defense Werker* Were Idle. The defense mediation board. | government sutler agency for pre»serving peace ill vital Industries held negotiations for the third day on the threatened walkout of 165 <hhi I’nlted Automobile Workers (CIOI at General Motors Corporation plants. Negotiations lietween anthracite coal operators and the t'nlted Mine Workers tCloi, which demand* general wage Increases, were in i recess until Munday at New York.' Cnion officials reported "good progress.'' DETECTIVE TO RE ARRAIGNED Chicago Detective Faces Charge Os Murdering Girl Chicago. May 3 (UP. Daniel Moriarity. former detective on the staff of slate's attorney Thoma* J.' Courtney, was to lie arraigned in felony court today on a charge of , murder growing from Courtney's I expanding investigation of a "mil-lion-dollar" abortion ring. ' Moriarity. who Courtney said ' confesM-d to taking regular monihly payments for several years from , Mrs. Ada Martin, under indictment |on aborthtn charges. Is accused of killing the woman's daughter. JenI nle. 24. The state's attorney meanwhile, i discharged Emmett Moynihan, his ' assistant the past eight years, and obtained suspension by police official* of Daniel Kenny, policeman assigned to his office. Kenny had been teamed with Moriarity. Moriarity told Courtney that he killed Miss Martin in belief he was shooting at her mother, who had been “pestering him" to "fix" charges against her through use of 33.000 she had given him. At Bridewell hospital, where Moriarity was treated for head injuries Inflicted In suk-lde attempt*. physicians said It might lie necessary to feed Moriarity liy force, as he has refused food for I two days. ■ Dr. Henry J. Millstone. 47, killed I himself April 17 while under indict-' i rneiit on abortion charges. Mrs. Millstone committed suicide in his ( office 13 days later. II II ■ "I ■ Qu Perkin#’ Resignation Demanded By legion Indianapolis, Ind.. May 3. lU.P>— The American lx*gion today was pledged to a flrm stand in the national emergency, a stand which in- { eluded proposals for virtual convoy- ( Ing of war aid to Britain and the , i resignation of Frances Perkins as secretary of labor. In concluding its spring session yesterday, the national executive , committee of the legion adopted sweeping resolutions relating to national preparedness. Condition Os Hutker I Child Still Serious I < No change was reported this 1 noon hy the attending physician in th« condition of four-year-old I I Lawrence Hutker. who Is confined 1 in the Adatna county memorial h<M- 1 pital suffering from a skull frac- 1 ture, sustained In a fall from hi* 1 fathsr’s car. The doctor reported a slight improvement yesterday. 1 hut the lad's condition remains j I serloUH. He Is the son of Mr. and t ' Mrs. Everett Hutker, of Cleveland 1 I street. | 1

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Decatur, Indiana,Saturday, May 3,1911.

“Royalty** Haw Its Troubles, Too! Ectl Queen Veronica and King Theodor* Four year-old Veronica Mt Tigh. left, and slx-year-old Theodore Timm were crowned as king and queen after lielng selected a* the healthiest Imy and girl among 18.000 contestants from New York t'itys tenement areas. Then Queen Veronica seemed to get the Idea that maybe royalty Isn't all it might lie. so she started to soh. King Theodore promptly stat ie<l to comfort her. but simultaneously encountered difficult les in k«->-|iing hi* tioiisi-'s up. J

BATTLE RAGES IN IRAQ AREA British, Iraqi Forci*# Battle For Rich Oil Field Area London. May 3 <U.R» - British j .airplanes, flying across the Iraqi! desert to the aid of the empire: ' forces, have attacked the luitteries which shelled the Haldianlya airdrome and have silenced several guns, ii w:.A said authoritatively , today. fit was not disclosed whether the British planes had flown across the desert from Palestine or Egypt or some other point. The bases from which the plane* look off were kept secret. I It was disclosed that Iraqi troops had surrounded the airdrome and ■ had shelled the British positions heavily. British planes struck liatk. it was said, and knocked out a part of the Iraqi artillery. Fighting Is proceeding The situation was explained In the following statement Issued in an authoritative quarter: "It Is learned in lamdon that In Iraq hostilities were started yesterday by the Iraqi forces against the Briti*h airdrome at Habhatiiya. "The Iraqis had previously sur-round>-d the cantonment and dug themselves iii on high ground. "The i-anionnient waa heavily shelled ami our aircraft retaliated with action against the Iraqi artillery emplacements, silencing some guns. "Fightliik continues." CHURCH PLANS , BIBLE PROGRAM Chautauqua Os GoNpel Message# And Music At Baptist Church An unusual program in the form of a Bible chautauqua Is to be presented at the Decatur Baptist church Wednesday afternoon and evening, It was announced today by the Rev. Carey Moser, pastor. The afternoon presentation will be given at 3:3n o'clock, for the children, and the night performance will atari at 7:30 o'clock. The program will be conducted by Rev. and Mrs. Arnold Carl Weatphal and la heralded as one and one half hours of surprise* with the go*pel preached through objects, including repes. tie*, paper tearing and chemical*. The muHlcal portion of the pro gram includes singing glasses and a strange musical phenomena called thv musical heart, purportedly the only one in existence. Vocal and guitar music will also be (Ivan. Rev. Weatphal la widely known as a musician, author, minister and Inventor. He la also known aa “The Children's Shepherd." because of bis work In children's meetings.

“Royalty” Has Its Troubles, Too!

Youths Will Hold Picnic At Park A potluck supper will lie held Monday evening at Hantta Nuttman park by the Sons of the le-giim and Teen Girls of the Auxiliary. .Mein her* of both organizations are in ; | vited to attend Member* not having means of transportation are asked to report at the Ltucirm home at 6 o'clock I Monday evening and away will Im- | provided. CORONER FILES DEATH VERDICT Accidental Death Is Verdict In Pearl Green Fatality County coroner J. Jerome Yager on Friday filed an accidental death verdict In the death of Mis* Pearl Green, who died In the Adam* county memorial hospital March 27 of Injuries sustained in an auto accident. The coroner's report wa* filed in | the offices of county clerk Clyde O Troutner. Filed with the report were statements from several persons who witnessed or were involved in the crash Il will be recalled that the accident occurred seven mile* north on federal road 27 when a car driven by Mrs. Walter Fruechtenlcht. accompanied by Mis* Green, both of Fort Wayne, crashed Into the rear of a lurked highway truck The workmen had parked the truck on the berm while fighting a gras* fire. A second car. driven by Mrs. Merle Hunter, crashed into the wrecked car. Statements of Mrs. Fruechten- i lebt. Mr*. Hunter and two highway | worker*. Lawrence Green and i Frank Heimann, were filed with the' report. The other two ladle* were not seriously hurt, and Mr. Hel- ' matin, who wa* helping the victims I out of the first car wh“tt the second struck, suffered a leg Injury. | Witnesses agreed that the dense smoke was at l«u*t partly the cause ' of the ciashes. Coroner Yager's report disclosed that the first crash caused the fatal injuries and that thw "ae< olid impact may have caused Injuries contributing to her death." He listed the immediate '-ause of death as shock, with a fractured skull and fractured right leg as contributory causes. — o Kathryn Engeler Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Miss Kathryn Engeler. 24. former Decatur resident, who died April 26 at Santa Barbara. Cal., will be held at 3 o'clock (<XIT) Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church. Rev George O Walton officiating. Private services for the family will be held earlier in :he day at the Zwlck funeral homo, and the Ixwly will live In state at the church after 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in the Fairview cemetery at Bluffton

Liverpool Heavily Bombed By German Planes, Resulting In Many Casualties And Damage

HANSEL FOLEY IS CANDIDATE Kirkland Principal Candidate For County Superintendent Hansel L. Foley. prlm l|*ii of the 1 i Kirkland township high school, six I miles west of Decatur, today an-1 nounced that he would submit his ' name to the township trustee a» a candidate for county school super , ! Intendent. The quadrennial election will be held in this city on Monday. June ' 2. Thr 12 truateoo will ele<-t the sch<M>l head, unless a lie develop*. | In which case the county auditor . ants the deciding vote. Mr. Foley, well known In this community. Issued the following statement In announcing hi* candidacy: "hi aspiring to any public office the prospective candidate Intelligently should recognise the reqillrelilelit* to hold the office, then weigh his fitness and qualification to meet those reqnlrementa. It seems that the superintendent'* office requires a person who Is willing to serve and ba* a sympathetic understanding of the teacher and parental problem as related to the achoola "After due con*ideration, I feel that my experience is such as meets the requirement* for the offI ice To an able body of 12 trusters ' and the county auditor I submit my i-andidacy for the office of superintendent of Adams county schools I shall be grateful for any support given my candidacy. It la my earnest desire to see that the contest is carried on In a manner so that all parties concerned can be ' fri‘ ndly following the election." Mr Foley la a graduate of Tocsin high school. Wells county. From 1919 to 1922. he taught school in Washington township. Adams county. and then entered Indiana University. receiving hi* A. B degree from the state institution in 1925. He first tanght In high schools , at .Monmouth, followed one year at laim-aster high school in Wells ■ county From 1927 to 1929. he served as principal at Kirkland and from 1930 to 1935. wa* an instructor In the consolidated school in Fayette county Indiana In the latter year he was recalled as principal of the Klrklund high school and is now completing his sixth year there. Mr. Foley obtained hl* master's degree from Ball State Teacher's college In 1936 Mr. Foley Is the second man to announce hi* candidacy for the county school superintendent's office and th<- race promise* to be one of the most Interesting ever decided by the township trustee*. Q... Class Will Receive Holy Communion A class of 25 iioys and girls will make their first Holy Communion, I at St. Mary's Catholic church Sun day morning The children will at.tend the seven o'clock mas* Tile high mass will be ce'rdwatMi (by Rev. Ji>*«q>h J Helmets, pastor ! who also will deliver the sermon. THREE DECATUR I YOUTHS JAILED Three Taken Into Custody In Illinois For Auto Theft Three Decatur youths were taken into custody Friday night by ■police authorities at El Paso. 111, charged with the theft of an automoiiile in .Markle Wednesday evenI Ing The youth* in custody are Eugene Welker. 14. William Johnson. 15. and Thoma* Anderson. 14 The auto in which they were riding was ownod l»y Mis* Esther Goodale, of .Markle, welfare investigator flor the Wells county welfare department As the theft occurred in the part of Markle which is in Huntington county, the threw Decatur lads will be returned to Huntington for trial The prosecuting attorney of Huntington county Indicated the possibility that charges of violating the Dyer act may be filed against lit” j three boys. • t

111 YOUTHSTO HOOSIER STATE Eleven From Adams County To Attend Hoosier Boys State The names of the 11 youth* who will be sent to Hoosier Boy Stale at Indianapolis In June were announced today by II V« rn»n Aurl and. Hoosier Boys State < hairmau of Adams Post No. 43. American I la-pion. This Is one more than the coun I ty sent lasi year. The Hoosier , Boys' State will be held at the Coliseum June 21 tn 2* The sponsoring organisation pays thr reapective tuition fees of the lads Following are the youths who will go and the sponsoring organ!-1 ration of each Edward H Elchrnberger. Berne, ‘ Adams Post No 43 Robert William Kohne. Decatur Adam* Post No. 43. Richard Burdg. Berne. Legion ladles auxiliary. Richard DesJt-an. Decatur. Decatur Holy Name society Richard Buckley. Decatur- DecaI tur Lions club Merlin L. Feasel. Decatur. Ad-1 I am* l/Hlge. 1311. laiyal Order of ■ Moose. Max llrare, Decatur Adams ■ laxlgr 1311. Ixiyat Order of Moose Robert Yost. Decatur, Decatur B. P O. Elks lodge. Jam>-s Holthouse. Decatur. Decatur Rotary < lub 1 toiiald Frmhte. Decatur. Deca- ■ tur Psi lota Xi. Harold Keller. Decatur. Decatur cotincil. Knights of Columbus. - — o SCHOLARSHIP TO LOCAL STUDENT Henry Bromer Is Awarded Scholarship To DeI’auw University Henry Earl Bromer Jr., son of I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bromer of j this city, has been granted one of | the coveted Edward Rector schol i arships to DePau* University ai i Greencastle. The university ha* granted 3*5,000 worth of these scholarship* to honor graduates from high schools In nine states Each scholarship is valued at ll.tMMi and pay* tuition for four years. More than 4"o application* were received this year and only 85 scholarships grained Each of I hi-1 applicants met the minimum scholastic reqiilremeiiis of lielng in the highewt 10 percent of his graduating class so that to Io- selected from attch a list is perhaps the highest honor that can come to a high school senior. The Edward Rector scholarship foundation was established in 1919 and is perhaps the most valuable foundation of Its kind In ih>- coun try. It was given to Ih-l'auw by Etlward Rector, a wealthy patent attorney of Chicago, and i* endow i ed with 32.500ihmi. the income from which is used for Hcholarsblp* Approximately too are maintained on the campus at all times with about 10# new ones being granted each year. DoPauw has shown exceptional growth In the last two years A new 3300.000 <-oed dormitory ha* been added to the campus, a new fONTINHKD OS PAttK THHKKt JugoslaY Province Annexed By Italy Rome. May 3 <l'Pt-—.ltaly has annexed the province of Ljublana, in northwestern Jugoslavia adjoining the Trieste area, the Rome radio announced today tn a special communique. Radio Rome said today's oflficial Gazette would publish a decree "dealing with th» constitutional status of naw territories annexed to the Khigdotn of Italy, constituting the province of Ljubljana " Dance Will Be Given At Legion Home A dance will be staged tonight at the home of Adams Post No. 43, American Lesion. The dance will be open to Legionnaires and their friends, and will -begin at 9 o'clock. Dee Fryback is chairman.

Price Two Cents.

200 Nazi Plane* Inflict Heavy Lowm On Port Os Britain ;RAF Planes Bombard Hamburg. MANY KILLED Liverpool. May 3 - Two hundred German plane* bombed this city and 'hr surrounding Mer*ey*lde ar> a for hours last night, causing heavy casualties and darn- ' age. Ten persona Were killed when I part of a ihurih try pt. In which | Itsi person* had taken shelter. <-oli lapsed as a bomb hit the church. The corner of a suburban shelter ’ was blown away when a Iwunli hit a garage, and three of the *o per- ■ son* taking shelter there were killi ed. Five Were killed when a dorm- ! itory was bombed A woman ambutam e driver and a patient who had been wounded by an earlier bomb. Were killed . when a bomb struck near the am* bulance Two empty trolley cars were bowled over by one blast. i Many large Are* were started but I all except one had been extinguish, ed by dawn, and that one wa* tin. der control wxm afterward. H«'or>-a of small house fires were exting, ulshetl by neighborhood Are fighting parties The worst Are burned out four Aoor* of a six-story building. The anti aircraft barrage was one of the heaviest of the war. The raider* hid in Intermittent clouds ami when the sky cleared early in the morning, th.- raid tapered off. j It was not known how many planes I the anti-aircraft gunners shot down I but fragments of at least one piano ■ Were found on the ground British Raid Hamburg [ London. May 3 rjjF> British planes caused extensive damage ' during the night in a heavy raid on Hamburg. Germany's chief port I and important naval base. It <ras said authoritatively today. “Large fires were seen in indits--1 trial area* and around the docks." It wa* said authoritatively. The German submarine and navi al base of Emden and the importj ant oil depots at Rotterdam also were attacked, it was made known. By daylight yesterday P was said. British planes, afhu king two German supply shift* of alxiut 500 ton* each off the Dutch coast, sat Are to one and w- ■ ■ b< • u d to have sunk the other. Four plane* are mining from all operations, it was admitted. - - o — — - In Marriage License, Issued In 1939, Still Good? Couple* Aakt “We secured a marriage llcenre on Heptemlter 12. 1939 and have not used It now w<- would like to know If It is still g<M>d tli.it i* tho essence of a letter of inquiry re. ceived today In the offices of conn, ty clerk Clyde <> Troutner from .in (thio couple "This Is important to Ihiili of us ; and we would really appreciate I very mn< b If you could i»os*ibljr reply Immediately", the letter < on. tillites. The clerk's office has bud news for them, however, because on .March I I9l<>. the new m.irtiago law went into effect ill Indiana. There Is, however, the possibility that they could lie married in Ohio on the old permit. The mull) question in the minds of the clerk's office personnel, however, is what happened to Cupid's matchmaking efforts between September, 1939 and May, 1941 that left the license dux' > uVered and soiled before it to Im uaed. ■ ■ " 1 - O" ■ — Over Million Tons Os Shipping Lost Berlin May 3 <u.R> The high command said today that Nazi air* planes, surface raiders and submarines put 1.211.inh) ions of enemy shipping out of action in April, and damaged 25” other ships. The British shipping losses In Afnil Iffcliided alHiiit 400.000 tons in Greek waters, the communique said. Os the 250 ships damaged a part of them must be regarded as lost, according to the high command. In addition, the communique said, tha figures do not Include ahtpa sutih or damaged by mine*.