Evening star., 1939-08-28
Last German Vessels
Sail From NewYork
Without Passengers
Normondie Reaches Port
After Fast Trip; Bremen
Due Today
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-The last
remaining German passenger ship
in an American port-the Hamburg
American liner New York-sailed
today as another German liner, the
Bremen, sped toward New York.
Like its sister ship, the St. Louis,
which sailed secretly shortly before
7 o'clock last night, the New York
carried no passengers and planned
no stops before reaching Germany
The sudden moving up of depar-
lures conceded with a report by
radio station WMCA that it had
intercepted a short-Wave broad
cast from Europe calling about so
Nazi ships at sea by name and de-
livering them general code mes
sage.
The radio station said the broad
cast ended with an order in German
to "act on your special secret in
structions."
Normandie Arrives.
The French liner Normandie ar
rived after a fast voyage that left
many of the lat passengers jittery
with fears that war had already
started in Europe.
Partial blackouts were ordered
after the second night out, no radio
messages were permitted to be sent
from the ship, and the incoming
radio news was incomplete and nom
committal. Many passengers be-
lieved the ship went unusually far
north on its course and some thought
1t pursued zig-zag course.
Although German Line officials
refused to comment on hurried
sailings of the two ships-the st
Louis Cancelled a West Indies cruise
and the New York was scheduled to
remain here until Wednesday-they
insisted the giant liner Bremen
would continue on to New York, ar
irving today at 5 pm. (E. S. T0.
The Bremen, former speed queen
of the Atlantic, which listed several
hundred Americans among it's pas
sengers, had been scheduled to ar
rive here today. 1t was in midsea
when the Nazi government dis
patched its first sumons to it's far
flung commercial fleet to seek the
safety of home harbors.
The German liner Europa, home
ward bound from America, omitted
her customary calls at Cherbourg
and Southampton, presumably to
hasten to German waters.
Tenders were standing by with 40
passengers at Southampton when
an unexpected announcement was
made that the Europa would not call
and those who had reservations
should get in touch with the Ger
man Embassy in London.
The British admiralty's action in
assuming control of the empire
merchant shipping increased ten
sion in shipping circles, already jit-
terry over two war-risk insurance
price hikes in week and the dis
ruption of schedules, causing rev.
enue losses in the millions of dollars
Cunard Line Schedule.
The British admiralty's announce
ment found the vessels of the Gu
nard-White Star Line in these cir
cumstances:
Georgic-Arrived here yesterday
scheduled to sail Friday night or
a Labor Day cruise to Nova Scotia.
Queen Mary-At sea, due Cher
bourg, France, today.
Aquitania-At sea, due here to-
morrow.
Franconia-Arrived at Boston yes
terday and sailed for New York.
The positions of other Cunarc
ships were: Britannic-Arrived ir
Queenstown, Ireland, Saturday
bound for England; Laconia-left
Boston Saturday for Liverpool
Samaria-Left Queenstown yester.
day for Boston and New York.
Scythia-Arrived at Galway Sat-
urday, bound for England; Ansonis
and Letitia-arrived at Montrea
yesterday.
The Cunard-White Star Line an
nounced today the cancellation O
flve west-bound sailings: The Brit
tanic from Havre, September /, fo
New York; the Scythia from Liver
pool, September l. for Boston ant
New York; the Alaunia from Havr'
to Montreal, originally scheduled TO
August 25; the Aurania from Havre
September l, from Montreal, an,
the Ascania from Havre, Septembe
8, for Montreal
German Calls Omitted.
The United States Lines Offices ir
Paris announced that the liner Man.