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VOLUME 52— NUMBER 249

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940

Entered as Second-Class Maiter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, In

Nazi Bomber Breaks ‘T ruce’; ‘British Guard Against I

ERMAN TROOPS POUR INTO BA

DRYS IN STATE MOBILIZE FOR

OPTION BATTLE|

Party Leaders: Dodge Issue; Wets Organize Strong ~ Opposition Force. By NOBLE REED

Dry leaders in Indiana are 3 mobilizing their forces®for the first |#

opening fight on liquor in the General Assembly since repeal of prohibition. Leaders of both major political paities are dodging the issue, but powerful groups are being organized by the liquor interests and other wet sympathizers to combat the drive for passage of a local option bill.

Seven Indiana organizations have consolidated their memberships under the name of the United Dry Forces Association with a legislative Steering Committee composed of one representative from each group. . York Prominent in Work

The association is composed of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, Indiana Federation of Clubs, Indiana Congress of Parent-Teachers Associations, Indiana Council of Church Women, Indiana Council of Christian Education, Indiana Pastors Conference and the W. C. T. U. Most . prominent among leaders organizing the dry forces is L: E. York, Indianapolis, president of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League which led the: fight for prohibition 20 years ago. ‘Mr. York sald that all organizations in the United Dry Forces have pledged formally their support of a bill in’ the 1941 Legislature for a local option law. : “Our bill will:provide for the right of the people in any county or township to prchibit the sale of alcoholic beverage by voting: ‘at the polls,” he said.

Cites Other States

“We ‘believe the people should have the right to vote against the sale of liquor in communities where they don’t want it sold,” he added, pointing out .that all states surrounding Indiana have local option ‘laws. - Anticipating a major fight in the Legislature over the bill, the State Administration is sending out a series of articles, defending the present laws and explaining enforcement problems. State adrhinistrators point out that under present laws, communi- : ties already have local option in the provisions that permit smaller towns to- outlaw taverns through their town officials. - The administrators, in their articles, place the blame for lax enforcement of the liquor laws squarely upon -police officials in local communities, pointing out that the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission has only 35 officers to police the entire state. They ‘also ‘argue with the dry leaders that private clubs are abusing their special privileges under (Continued on Page Three)

1 DEAD AS FREIGHT, WORK - TRAIN CRASH

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O, Dec. 26 (U. P.) .—A west-bound freight train collided: head-on with a work train on the .Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Gordon Mine during a heavy fog today, killing: one man, John Paisley, 40, of Glencoe, O. a section foreman, died as he was taken from the wreckage. Paul ‘Robey of Bethesda, O., a spreader-operator, also of the work train’s crew, was injured seriously He was taken to a Bellaire hospital. The scene of the wreck was 10 miles west of - Bellaire and seven miles south of St. Clairsville. Cause of the accident is unknown.

HUNT PLANE AFTER REPORT: OF CRASH

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Dec. 26 (U.P.). —A search was Started here today for wreckage of a plane reported to have crashed near Seward, nine miles west of here. Commercial airlines and Army authorities reported none of their planes missing and officials believed the plane :may have been a private craft. . The report was started by a railroad engineer, who said he had sighted what looked like the wreckage of a large ‘plane,

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Movies Mrs. Ferguson 10 8

Clapper'.....: 9 Comics «....s 16} Crossword ... 15 Obituaries ... Editorials .... 10/ Pyle Fashions .... 121Questions .... .. 17 Radio

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Frohman Dead

Daniel ‘Frohman . . . “I never weep in my beer.”

N. Y, PRODUCER HAD NO RECRETS

‘Curtain’s Coming Down,’ He Mutters as End Nears In Sanitarium.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (U. P.).— Shortly before last midnight 89-year-old Daniel Frohman stirred in his bed at the Leroy Sanitarium here and muttered, “the curtain’s coming down.” : Today at 7:15 a. m. the famed theatrical producer died. Mr. Frohman’s death ended a career of more than 60 years as a producer in the legitimate theater and a life of such vitality that its possessor was internationally famous. At ‘nis side when he died were Etta - Frohman; two nephews, Henry and Daniel Davison, and Mrs. Henry Davison. Dr. J. C. Pressner, the aged producer’s personal physician, said death was the result of bronchial pneumonia following a hip fracture last Nov. 3. Conscious Until Midnight

The producer’s condition became critical about three weeks ago but

most of the time up to last midnight. - To Dr. Pressner he remarked that he realized “the curtain’s coming down” in a voice apparently free of all anxiety or regret. Two years before Mr. Frohman had sent to newspapers an article for what he called their “mortuary department.” It was accompanied ky .a: brief note which said: “As I may soon pass away, you may want these facts.” “These facts” recorded his birth in Sandusky, O., Aug. 22, 1851, the removal of the family to New York by his mother when Frohman was a school boy, his first jobs as Messenger ‘boy, office boy, errand boy for .Horace Greeley, cashier and (Continued on Page Three)

‘NO TAG EXTENSION, GOVERNOR REPEATS

Indicates ‘Hands-0ff Policy’ By State Police.

Governor M. Clifford Townsend said today he had no intention of extending the Dec. 31 deadline for purchasing auto license plates and drivers’ licenses. He indicated, however, that a “hands-off policy” would be adopted by the State Police in regard to the cities and counties whose officers have announced that they would not enforce the deadline. “I have never asked the State Police to intervene in local law enforcements unless I received a special request from the communities involved,” the Governor said. “I will follow. this practice now.” Officials of approximately 10 cities and four counties have announced that they would allow motorists a “reasonable time” after the Dec. 31 deadline to buy tags. State Safety Director Don F. Stiver said that the State Police would enforce the Dec. 31 deadline, but-he has declined to say whether his officers will go into the lenient towns and. counties for the specific purpose of arresting persons using 1940 plates. A bill to extend the deadline to March 1 is being prepared by Republican. Members of the coming Legislature.

CHRISTMAS POSIES BLOOM IN HARTFORD

HARTFORD, Conn. Dec. 26 (U. P.) .—Flowers bloomed in Connec-

| ticut Christmas Day.

The temperature in most of the state was close to the 60-degree | mark, and at Waterbury, it hit 62, a record since 1889. At West Hartford, Mrs. John B. Thiery reported a Johnny-Jump-Up bloomed and Mrs. Nicholas Isch found pansies blooming ‘in her garden.

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[DOZEN NABBED

AS THE AVENUE

GETS HOT AGAIN

Trouble Begins With Cotton Club Shooting, Ends With Terrace Riot.

It got hot again last night on the Avenue, y Starting with a shooting at the remodeled Cotton Club,. trouble

‘moved up the colorful -“Broadway”

of local Negro night life to the

A Oriental Cafe and then on out to

the Sunset Terrace.

Police said there were more people surging up and down Indiana Ave, yesterday, Christmas, than on Washington St. during .the height of the holiday shopping rush,

Dozen Arrested

More than a dozen were arrested. Two persons were in City Hospital today, one in a serious condition. It was the first real flareup on. the Avenue since the murder of Robert Chambers, 25, of 1134 N. West St, July 6 in or near the Mitchell's tavern. Justus McReynolds, 38, of 326 N. Senate Ave., charged with the murder, went on trial today in Criminal Court. Hunched up and paying close attention to the proceedings, he heard his attorneys, Russell J. Dean and William Reilly, object to five of the court’s regular jurors. It seemed likely from their questioning of the prospective jurors that they would base their plea on self-defense. Sherwood Blue, who takes office as prosecutor Jan. 1, was at the State’s table with Prosecutor David Lewis. Mercer Mance was serving as deputy prosecutor. Judge Dewey E. Myers was on the bench.

Resulted in Protest

It appeared that today’s proceedings would be consumed with choosing the jury. The Mitchell tavern episode touched off a sttong protest of vice conditions by Negro civic organizations but it wasn’t long until “business was operating as usual” with curb liquor service on Sundays, etc. Yesterday's outbreak started when Jim Hodges, 31, Cotton Club employee, refused to sell “an article” to a customer for 10 cents. Hodges said the price was 25 cents. Police said the customer drew a gun and shot Dallas Daniel, 26, an employee,r in the abdomen, and Anna May Neal, 27, 514 N. Senate Ave., in the leg. Daniel is in a serious condition. Police today were looking for the customer.

“Invesligation” Held

When police arrived, Miss Neal was on the sidewalk out front. When she was being placed on a stretcher, Adolph Woods, 31, of 728 Douglas St., “investigated” and police arrested him for interfering with an officer. Cotton Club arrests: Daniel and Hodges and Sea Ferguson, club owner, all on charges of violating the beverages act. Orders went out from Police Headquarters then to “turn on the eat.” At 10 p. m. a fight broke out in front of the Oriental Cafe. Ar(Continued on Page Three)

Agnes Ayres of ‘The Sheik’ Dies

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26 (U. P.). —Funeral services will be arranged today for Agnes Ayres, blond beauty of the silent pictures, who rose to stardom as Rudolph Valentino’s leading lady in “The Sheik.” She died in Hollywood Hospital yesterday after an illness of several weeks. " Miss Ayres who yas 42, died in relative obscurity. = Three years ago she attempted a comeback in films but she never regained her former place in the movies. .Miss Ayres is survived by a 15-year-old daughter who lives with S. Manuel Reachi, Mexico City film producer, who is Miss Ayres’

FDR Jr. Gets Job

Franklin Roosevelt Jr. . . . joins - law firm at $2100 per year,

" NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (U, P.).— Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. 26, third son of the President, goes to work Jan. 6 for $2100 a year ‘as clerk with the law firm, righ, Gortlon, Zachry and Par-

it was announced that he had applied for the job without letters of recommendation and that his application had been given routine consideration. Mr. Roosevelt finished Groton School in 1933, received his A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1937, and was graduated from the University of Virginia Law School last June.

RAIN, MERCURY DROP FORECAST

Low of 40 Expected Tonight; Nothing Severe --Ahead, Bureau - Says.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a.m.....50 10am ...51 7a.m. .... 50 11 a.m. . 53 sa. m. .... 50 12 (noon) . 9am. .... 51 1p. m. .... 55

Unseasonably high temperatures of the last several days probably will become a little more normal by tomorrow, the Weather Bureau pres

dicted today. More rain tonight and tomorrow was expected to drop the mercury to about 40 tonight, and to 30 or 35 by tomorrow night. J. H. Armington, chief meteorologist, said no severe weather is in sight at pres-

ent. Yesterday's Christmas Day weather was more suited to throwing mud pies than snowballs. The unseasonably high temperature made overcoats seem unnecessary except as a protection from the mist and occasional light rains. The Weather Bureau reported colder weather setting in across the nation in the path of rain storms that spread out from the Middle West. The storms moved from Texas and Minnesota over the middle Western plains where temperatures rose above 50 degrees ‘Christmas Day, and they were expected to reach the East Coast tomorrow. Pressure also was low. over South Carolina, Georgia and in the Pacific Northwest. A storm off the North Carolina coast will cause only fresh to strong winds: off the Atlantic Coast, the Weather Bureau said, and ordered storm warnings from Block Island to Cape Hatteras lowered.

NORSE FLIERS HURT IN CANADIAN MISHAP

HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 26 (U. P.).—A Royal Norwegian Army Air Corps plane made a forced landing in a city park today, injuring its two-man crew. Pilot Sergeant John Leme, 29 suffered leg injuries and Flight Lieutenant Kaj Birksted was bruised and shaken. They received hospital treatment. The fliers said they were en route from Camp Little Norway, Toronto, to London, Ontaria, where Lome was going to make funeral

divorced husband.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26 (U. P.).—Eleven Coast Guardsmen who set out on a rescue mission in two tiny boats despite heavy seas were missing today and two planes and several Coast Guard cutters searched the northern California coast line off Ft. Bragg for them. The missing guardsmen. left the Point Arena station Tuesday midnight in a motor lifeboat and a motor surfboat in an aitempt to reach the lumber schooner Stanwood which was in distress between Point Arena and Ft. Bragg. . Neither lifeboat nor the surfboat carried radio apparatus and there has been no word from the men since they left. Two planes left San Francisco airport this morning and Coast

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scan the coastline on the possibility the men were still afloat in their small but sturdy boats or had been able to break through the heavy surf to land on some isolated beach. “If the motors do not fail, the boys may make it all right,” Coast Guard officers said. The cutter Shoshone radioed today that it had taken the Stanwood under tow and was heading for San Francisco. The freighter Arkansas, which had been standing by for 12 hours, resumed its course. Two other vessels were disabled by the mountainous seas that also damaged many seashore homes in California, The United States Weather Bureau saw no immediate prospect of a cessation of - the storms that have swept the coast

NOTED GROUP BACKS FDR ON LEASING ARMS

150 Ask Him to Tell Nation Consequences if England Falls.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (U. P.) — More than 150 prominent Americans today jointly telegraphed their “complete approval” of President Roosevelt’s plan to lend or lease armaments to Great Britain. They also asked Mr. Roosevelt to inform the nation “clearly and boldly of the possibilities of English failure and of the consequences to us and to our children’s children should Britain fail.” : The telegram, signed by religious, business, professional and labor leaders, as well as several editors, actors and educators, was received at the White House as Mr. Roosevelt dispensed with apointments to prepare his Sunday night message to the nation on. the “present emergency.”

Truth Demanded

“We ask you to make it the settled policy of this country to do

“everything that may be necessary

to insure the defeat of the Axis powers, and thus to encourage here and . everywhere resistance to the plausible but fatal arguments of appeasement,” the telegram stated. “We ask you to tell us what we believe to be the truth that the materials of war and military and

naval strength we now have andj

the implements we can now produce are enough fo make certain the defeat of the Axis powers, so long as Britain is on her feet and fighting, but that wtih Britain down _|they are not enough and may not in the future be increased enough to hold the whole world at bay.”

Signers Listed

Signers of the telegram included: Hamilton Fish Armstrong, editor of Foreign Affairs; Frank Aydelotte, director of the Institute. for Advanced Study, Princeton University; Barry Bingham, publisher, Louisville Courier-Journal; Henry Breckinridge, New York lawyer; Thomas E. Burke, ' American Federation of Labor, i John. H. Clark, former U. S. Supreme Court Justice; James B. Conant, president of Harvard; Lewis W. Douglas, president of Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York, and former Budget Director; Carter Glass Jr., Lynchburg, Va. Benjamin Brewster, bishop of Maine; Mayor Maury Maverick of San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs. Dwight Morrow, Englewood, N. J., mother-in-law of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh; (Continued on Page Three)

DRIFTING LIFEBOAT HINTS RAIDER'S END

Craft May Signify Disaster For Liner Hamburg.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (U. P.).— Reports that an empty lifeboat marked “Hamburg” had been sighted adrift 800 miles off the coast of Portugal indicated today that a German sea raider may have come to a disastrous end. The Hamburg is a 22,337-ton liner of the same type that Germany has armed to prey on Atlantic shipping. The British armed merchant cruiser Carnarvon Castle encountered one of them 700 miles northeast of Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 5, and was damaged in a running battle during which the German ship escaped because of superior speed. The sighting of the lifeboat was reported last night by Capt. Joel Goes of the tiny Portuguese freighter Goncalo Vehlo which docked after its first Atlantic crossing. He said he saw the boat 200 miles east of the Azores Dec. 11. Surveying it through binoculars, he found that it was empty except for two oars, and

he could read “Hamburg” on its side.

11 Coast Guardsmen in Rescue Boats Feared Lost on Mission to Save Schooner

for 11 days. Further rains were predicted for Oregon, Washington and California. “Many. rivers already were running bank-full. ‘The schooner : City of Alderni flashed an SOS from a point 500 miles off Cape Flattery and a tug was sent from Puget Sound 19. its assistance. The 1598-ton indjammer, carrying 10 men, was partially dismasted by the gale. The Matson. liner Matsonia reached Honolulu eight, hours late. Three homes at Stinson Beach, Marin County, were destroyed and 50 others Sete threatened by the pounding seas Waves invaded the “tiny settlement of Shelter Cove, 36 miles

north of Ft. Bragg and smashed 18 buildings, , carrying some e out to sea.

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patrols and Italian outposts in the no man’s land around the Italian encampment.

Italians Resist Grimly

The British have brought up many batteries of artillery which have been emplaced in a semicircle around the city. The guns are of every caliber from light field artillery to heavy naval rifles. The Italians, gradually being driven in from . their outposts around Bardia, are resisting grimly. The sun is shining brilliantly here but a cold wind blows across the chilled sands at night.

No Christmas Truce

Neither the British nor the Italian forces took any time off from the battle to celebrate Christmas. Yesterday I passed up the British lines through dust that shimmered in the sunlight. Along the coastal road that leads to Bardia I saw what seemed to be an endless column of tanks, fresh troops and guns—many hauled by brand new captured Italian trucks. They came along the deser} tracks and half-made roads, hastening to get into place before the final assault on Bardia is made. As I watched the battlefield before Bardia a “Long Lizzie” went into action. A “Long Lizzie” is the name given by the British Tommies to an Italian heavy gun which is ‘believed to be an 1l-inch naval rifie installed somewhere in the dried up Wadi Valley, west of Bardia. “Bardia Bill” Replies “Each morning ‘Long Lizzie’ puts her snout out and begins shelling,” a young gunner said. “Sometimes she wakes us up at night time. Thank Goodness we now have got ‘Bardia Bill’ to cope with her.” The soldiers have named a British naval gun near the coast “Bardia Bill.” This gun has been firing shot for shot with “Long Lizzie.” “Bardia Bill’ is getting her range and will give her short shrift,” the young gunner said.

FAMILY GREETS ITS 3D ‘HOLIDAY BABY’

CLEVELAND, Dec. 26 (U. P).— Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Watson celebrated the arrival of their third “holiday baby” today. Mrs. Watson gave birth to a daughter on Christmas Day. Two

other daughters, Caroline and Florence; were born on Thanksgiving Day, 1923, and New Year’s Day, 1927, respectively.

NAZIS ‘SAY BRITISH BOMBED HOSPITAL

BERLIN, Dec. 26 (U. P.).—The Official News Agency reported today that British planes dropped bombs Monday night in the Luneville area,

hitting a French hospital and setting fire to a nurses’ home. Twenty persons were reported killed in the

‘hospital, the agency said.

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Gorman troop positions, including their extension info the Balkans The arrows indicate the next possible moves

'Long Lizzie' and 'Bardia Bill" Fire Shell for Shell in Libya

D. M'MILLAN

United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH AT THE SIEGE OF BARDIA, Dec. 26—A ring of at least 250 cannon, including heavy naval rifles, today hurled} shells into the besieged Italian port of Bardia. British cannon poured an endless fire into the Italian positions all day Christmas and the bombardment continued today. There were occasional infantry engagements between light British

0, 5. TO STEP UP PLANE DELIVERY

‘About 1500’ Sent to Britain This Year; Canada Receives 48 in November.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (U, P)— The United States supplied Great

Britain with about 1500 planes this year, although the Royal Air Force probably received 250 more out of the 500 exported to Canada, officials said today. ‘They conceded that the number was smaller than had been anticipatec;- but predicted that the early months of the new year would show

‘marked acceleration in deliveries. *

They based their estimate of 1940 deliveries on Commerce Department statistics showing that in the first 11 months this year 1146 planes— all believed .to be military craft— were exported to the United Kingdom. Although the Commerce Department has not announced exports to the United Kingdom in November, the United Press learned the figure was 193 aircraft of all types—bombers, fighters and trainers, both as-] sembled and unassembled. This was the second highest month up to Dec. 1, the previous high being 278 in August. Canada received 48 planes in November most of which were understood to be combat craft. In previous months, the preponderance of aircraft shipped to Canada were trainers needed for the pilot [training program. Officials pointed out that the Administration has: agreed to give Britain a greater share of plane production which, in November, was approximately 700 military craft.

MIDNIGHT DEADLINE FOR ALIENS TO SIGN

4300 Have Registered Here Since June 28.

Midnight tonight is the deadline for the registration of all aliens within the United States. | Indianapolis postal authorities, in

charge of the registration, said ap-|. 5

proximately 4300 have registered since June 28, when the Alien Registration Act went into effect They said they had no idea hat percentage of the total number this represents, but anticipated a bargain-day rush at Room 15 Federal Building. Officials emphasized that fingerprints and all registration information will be held strictly in Uncle Sam’s confidence. Failure to register before midnight’s deadline, they warned, would make an alien

subject to $1000 fine and six months imprisonment, :

LONDON EXPECTS HITLER TO STRIKE ANY MINUTE; COAST WATCH DOUBLED

Tons of Shells Rain On Bardia; Greeks |

Claim Gains, (Today's War Moves, Page Six)

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor _ Great Britain’s re-doubled’ coastal guards stood - alert against a surprise Nazi invasion attempt and German bombs falling on the Isle of Sheppey punctured a Christ« mas truce today as Adolf Hit«

2 | ler was reported moving hun-

dreds of thousands of fresh

troops into the Balkans, Whether the tacit holiday armistice in aerial] warfare was ended remained uncertain as a lone Nazi

bomber dumped its load near the mouth of the River Thames, but. the British appeared to be more and more certain that Hitler was planning to strike heavily and soon, The German, attack, if it comes, might be the invasion plan which Nazi Army leaders spoke of cone fidently on Christmas Eve or ‘it might be a sudden’ drive in another direction such as the Balkans or Gibraltar in an effort to relieve cor tinued Greek and British milita

‘pressure on Italy. ; Nazis Follow Usual Pattern =

The Germans appeared to be tole lowing their usual tactics of threate ening to strike in several different directions at once so that they: would conceal their real plan or have a choice of several alternatives ‘ at the zero hour. Recently the British had reported large concentrations of German troops at the heavily-bombed invae sion ports in France and elsewhersp.Both for that reason and to keep Britons vigilant there was a swif .| tightening: of defense preparations on the English Channel coast, where guns, patrol boats, airplanes and soldiers watched the cold, mist-cov= ered Channel in perfect invasion weather, Other developments included: British desert forces, pouring tons of shrapnel into the Libyan base of Bardia, reported that Italian coun= ter-attacks, especially by air, had been futile and that new gains hag, been made,

Italy Claims Cruiser Sunk ES In Albania the Greeks reportéd

Klisura area where they are pushe ing forward in preparation for an assault on the port of Valona. a: Italian reinforcements were said to be going into action in an attempt to halt the Greek attacks. Italian planes were said to have killed 30 civilians in a Christmas raid on heavily-bombed Corfu. . In Libya the Italians said they had bombed advance British tions and beaten off attacks around Bardia. They also claimed that a submarine sank a British ight, cruiser in the central ‘Meditere ranean, that a warship was hit by an Italian bombing plane and tha Italian submarine in the Atlantie:

other with a torpedo.

Troop Movements

The chief German military move appeared to be to the southeast where Budapest reported that 300,000 to 500,000 fresh German troops were moving into Rumania, many of them being: based not far from the Jugoslav frontier.

ditional German troops recently -had arrived but said they were here to’ aid in training the Rumanian and sought to discount the: possi Soviet Russia or Turkey. Regardless of military action, the troop movement appeared likely to. Gennan bargaining power in th

ir theory was that the German

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‘The Reason ls That | Am=—"

26 (U. P.).—A youth wrote to selective service headquarters here today, asking whether he could take his year's military training by correspondence. “The reason,” he explained, “4s because I am allerglo beans and prunes.” .

important advances in the Tepelinie

sank two large ships and hit an.

Bucharest admitted that some ad .

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increase German influence and

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