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Evening star., 1939-06-26
Metal Market

NEW YORK June % R.-Copper
steady; electrolytic,, spot, o.o0-1o.5O; ex-
port 1903: Tin steady, spot and nearby.
New York 4s5-90; East St Louis 40
Zinc, steady: East st. Louis. spot and for
PENNSYLVANIA. % 90: Buffalo, 21 90: Ala
bama, u 90. Aluminium. virgin. 90 per
cent, 2O.00 Antimonv. Chinese, spot.
400. Quicksilver. 90 00-a3. 90 Platinum,
pure. 35 90. Chinese wolframite, duty paid
100000
Evening star., 1939-06-26
ConuI Tolls Increase

Treasury statictics showed that
Panama Canal tolls for the first %
days Of June totaled 81, ,404, 1886 .08,
compared with 1851 1876 for the
corresponding period last year.
Evening star., 1939-06-26

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under Bankruptcy Act, or
securities assumed by such companies
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted, special or extra divi-
dends are not included
xd Elk dividend MEX rights Also
extra or extras Paid last year fPay-
able in stock Declared or paid so far
this wear Cash or stock k Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this year
ur Under rule WV With warrants Nv
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Steel Plate Bookings
Log Slightly in May
BY the Associated Press.

by tbe hSSoclateu Press.
New orders for fabricated steel
plate, the Commerce Department
reported, totalled 34,036 short tons
in May compared with 1884 In
April and 25,141 in May, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Visible Grain Supply

ply OF American grain showed the follow
Ing changes from a week ago lin bushels,
Wheat increased 100000, corn decreased
$50. 900, oats increased 100000, rye in
creased $4,000, barley decreased 122, 900.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Reichsbunk Statement

BERLIN. June 26 lP.-The Reichs-
bank statement as of June "A Gn thou
sands of Reichsmarks> Notes in circula-
ton 7,s95,400: decrease, 102, 700. Gold,
10000: increase 5000. Other bills of
exchange and checks 7,47s.600: decrease
$4,000. Other daily maturing obligations.
9s4 800: increase. $4,000. Advances, 81 :
300; decrease 13.600. Investments. CYL
eign currency to notes. O.97 per cent
Rate of discount per cent
Includes foreign currency reserve -
which, beginning today. is no longer Off
cially reported separately The amount
OF foreign currency held on June 16 was
5000, 600 marks
Evening star., 1939-06-26

Osaka, Japan, will issue combi.
nation bus and street car tickets.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
New York Sugar

NEW YORK June o6 (P-The world
sugar futures contract shot to record high
prices today following sharp advances in
the London market. Broad buying re-
fected optimism regarding establishment
OF new quotas. July led the advance with
a gain of S1a points at Isl In mdafter-
noon
Domestic futures were 1 lower to 3
higher as trade demand offset liquidation
July lost l at 1.S7. while January added
3 at 1.9S.
Offerings of raw sugar we're held at 2s5
cents on a duty-paid basis. Cubas were
nominal at the same price. Refined con-
tinued at 4.4o-4.50.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Money Market

NEW YORK, June 26 P.-Call money
steady; l per cent; Prime commercial
90 days. IL: four-six months. IL Der Der
cent. Bankers acceptauces UNCHANGED: :
5000 days. gig per cent; four months
cent
Rediscount rate, New York Reserve Bank
I per cent.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
FOREIGN

Fin r M IS 81 Sc 1OOA 1OOK 1OOH
Isarco Hyd El rs 81 "A Al "A
Unit Ell Svc rs 56 AS 4S AZ
ww-With warrants. xw-Without war.
rants. n-New. st tstp)-Stamped
SNeeotiability impaired by maturity.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
RuiIwoy Income

NEW YORK. June 26 R.-Net operating
income, before fixed charges and other in
come, Of rsilroads reporting today for May
included:
Evening star., 1939-06-26

Guatemala Is constructing many
| new highways.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK, June 26 lP.-Federal Land
Bank bonds.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. June 26 L1.-Prices quoted
IN dollars and thirty-seconds.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
BY private wire direct to The Star.
Eastern DaylIshs savins Time,

sy"sns oeVuH xImoJ
Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate Add 90. HiRi,. Low. Close.
Aero Supply OBJ 2 81 81 3h
Ainsworth 2 6
Ala Power pf co. 3os SO SO SO
Evening star., 1939-06-26
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. June "a Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
102nd Regiment Band
Appears Here Friday
New Haven Military Musicians Will Be at Library
Park-BattaliOn Review of National Guards
~ Will Be Staged at That Time

The widely renowned load Regi-
ment Band Of New Haven will make
their first appearance Of the year
In this city Friday afternoon at
o'clock at Library Park where a bat
talon review win be staged by the
National Guards to which the public
Is invited.
The appearance Of the Elm City
musicians viii break UP the usual
routine Of army skirmishes and COM
bats which the guardsmen Of vari-
ous local units have undergone since
their additional week Of field train
Ing, ordered by the war department,
got underway at the Field street ar
mory Sunday.
Co. G I'm Charge
Today Company G, under the able
guidance Of First Lieutenant Phillip
Kelly, WIS In charge Of the spacious
drillshed which yesterday was
manned by Company r. Company @
men will wind up their duties at the
armory at z o'clock and from then
until IL O'Clock tonight win be sta
toned In Wolcott for special naneu-
vers at the Fair Grounds and on the
property Of Senator and Mrs. Claude
Badger where other companies held
sway all day. ~
Several officers Of the different
companies have accepted an invita-
ton to attend a reception for State
fsonsy,ra y1dQq RriOa flier. 3afsarol ERa0i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
EVENING DRESS
CULPRIT in COURT
Morris Carter, Called
Bogus Check Passer,
Held for Trial

A bit of a novelty lifted city court
monotony today when Morris Carter,
q, arrayed in evening attire, faced
charges of passing bogus checks.
1t was no novelty for Carter, how
ever, for he has been arrayed in
formal evening attire for the past
three days and will probably wear
his wrinkled tuxedo until next We'd
nesday when his case is tried. He
Is held in $4,000 bonds.
The youth, who according to Pros
ecutor william K. Lawlor is also
wanted in Hartford on charges Of
stealing an automobile, was arrest
ed yesterday by Sergeant Charles
Nolan on sespicion. Questioned by
Detective Lleutenants Edward Nc
Elligott and Henry Johnson, he
admitted passing the fraudulent
checks.
Story He Tells
According to the story. he gave
police, Carter is a song and dance
man, a master of ceremonies for a
small road show billed in several
towns about the state. His story
was confirmed, apparently, for po-
lice found a backdrop and stage
equipment in the stolen car.
Rooming at an East Main street
address between engagements, po-
lice said Carter played the easy
role of host to Waterbury rela-
tives by giving them checks to
(Continued on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
SNOW CRUISER IS
AGAIN ON WAY

Buffalo. N. Y, Nov. 8.-(UP)-
The $4,000 pound snow cruiser of
the Byrd expedition resumed its
numbering journey to Boston at
dawn today after stopping overnight
In suburban Hamburg.
The vehicle arrived in this area
yesterday after q ''fast" trip from
Erie, Penn. A state police escort
aided the snow cruiser In maintain
ing 15-inile-an-hour pace.
A fuel line gave way as the cruiser
neared its stopover point, but the
giant machine continued until II
reached Hamburg. The fuel line was
repaired and 500 gallons OF fuel oil
was taken aboard.
Members Of the cruisers crew said
they would follow q. s route 20
10 Boston. They expected 20 reach
Avon. y, =. beloEe nI8htfan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
NATIONAL LABOR
BOARD UPHELD
Republic Steel Corporation
Must Reinstate 5000 OF
Its Strikers

Philadelphia, Nov. 8-(UP) The
third U. s. Circuit court Of appeals
today sustained the order Of the
National Labor Relations board for
the reinstatement by Republic Steel
Corporation Of approximately 5000
strikers with lost pay" estimated at
$7,500,OOO.
Other NLRB stipulations affirmed
were disestablishment OF so-called
company dominated unions and to
desist in methods allegedly designed
TO crush the CLOS affiliate, the
steel workers organizing committee.
Only disagreement between the
Circuit court decision which was
unanimous. and the NLRB was re-
fusal Of the tribunal to uphold REIN
statement Of 40 company employees
who engaged In the violence -marked
little steel" strikes Of 1887 and COM
naitted law violations during the
trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

Representative Christopher ID
Sullivan, Democrat, New York,
leader Of the Hall, hailed the VIC
tory as "a return Of confidence IN
Tammany.
The pari-mutuel amendment was
the only statewide issue. With its
adoption, New York will set up the
same system Of wagering - and tax
alton on bets now in force IN
every other state which permits
gambling on horse races.
$10,00O.000 Revenue
Sponsors Of the amendment esti-
mated that Il would bring $lo,000,.-
900 Of ney xevenlae into the staff
ltgeasilzR aazislaily The only incH{lit
received from the bookmakers \
from license fees:
Under the terms of the corlsti-
tutional amendment the Republican
controlled 1910 legislature win set
up regulations for the establishment
Of pari-mutuel betting machines at
the states five tracks - Saratoga
Springs, Belmont, Empire City
Aqueduct and Jamaica - and levy
a tax on the take.
New Hampshire Elects
Concord, N. H., Nov. 8-(UP)-
Five New Hampshire cities returned
their mayors to ONCE yesterday, COM
plete returns showed today.
Mayor John w. Storrs, 81, Of Con-
cord ,was reelected to a fourth two
year term by a 200-vote margin over
former County Solicitor Willoughby
A. Colby IN a non-partisan election
Acting Mayor Richard A. Holbrook
(R) Of Keene was elected to q two
year term In q bipartisan election.
At Nashua, Mayor Eugene H. LIE.
may, appointed In February to sue
coed the last Mayor Frank A. Mac
Master, was elected for a two-yeal
term by q 2-to-1 lead in a field o:
four.
At Manchester, DR.. Demase Caron
Cd was reelected by a 1O00-vote
margin over Attorney Wilfred La
Flamme (R).
At Somersworth, Mayor Alfred j
Boucher Cd was unopposed for d
nth term as Democrats swept the
city's first biennial election. Boucher
has served four one-year terms.
Philadelphia is COP
Philadelphia, Now 8-(UP)-Re-
publicans retained control of Phila-
delphia's municipal and county gov
eminent today by electing mayor
Continued on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
GERMANY HITS
LORD HALIFAX
Cynical Rejection Of Peace
Plan Is Bitterly Scored
in Nazi Quarters
BY FREDERICK C. oEcHsNER

BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Berlin, Nov. g. (UP) - Authorized
German quarters said Htoday that
|Rrjtaipss cssSacal selection Of ths
Wilhelmina- Leopold peace appeal, 81
given In a radiocast speech yester-
day by British Foreign Secretary
viscount Halifax, makes any Ger
man answer completely superfiuous.
(viscount Halifax restated British
war aims and plans for postwar
peace in a speech to the empire
which was written and released to
the press in advance Of publication
in the Hague of the peace appeal
by Queen Wilhelmina and King
Leopold.)
The authorized quarters said that
the Halifax speech was regarded In
Berlin as a direct answer to the
mediation offer by the Netherlands
and Belgian sovereigns.
1T is obvious that any such offers
do not make the slightest impress
sion on Britain" 1t was said. THE
only hope Is that the cynical answer
viii give neutrals something to pom
der.
I'm any case 1t seems that the
peace child was throttled as sooi,
as it was born"
(C.,ntint,ed m Pare A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
TRIPLETS BORN
IN PROVIDENCE

Providence, r. l., Nov. 8.-(UP).-
MRS. Henry Chabot, 81, of Paw
tucket, whose only other children
are q son born 15 years ago and q
l6-year-old daughter gave birth to
triplets-two boys and a girl--at st.
Joseph's hospital here today.
Mother and babies were described
by nurse as "doing we'll"
Dr.. IS 81. O'Brien, the family plyxi-
clam HfHered MRS. Chabot TO the
hospiidI early today. The first baby
was born at 6:55 q. m. and the last
at T:22 q. n.
The triplets' father is a machin.
ist.
Tha boys. born faEst. weighed
pounds 5 Ia ounces and pounds 4
ounces, and the s|Ri selehed
pounds E1<7 u0Izz1N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
|Johr Fl. Hammond
Estate To Catholics

Gloucester, Mass, iyov. B.
(UP)-The $2,519,ooo estate Of
the late Jchn Hays Hammond,
given 20 the Roman Catholic
archdiocese Of Boston yester-
day, win be used IS . girls
school, Il was believed teday.
Built 80 years ago, the Hays
mansion coniaiSss 81 rooms and
~ hatlss,A e often Wa used ~
the mining engineer b enter
tain royalty and presidents.
The estate Is situated In q Sc
clude6. fashionable district and
includes 10 acres Of woodland
and q wide ocean frontage. Its
grounds are considered Q model
Of artistic landscaping.
The brief announcement Of
the gift, made public by n
daughter, Miss Natalie Hays
Hammond, said: "The residence
and grounds Of my late father
have been given TO Cardinal
OConnell (archbishop Of Bos-
toni who has been . friend Of
our family for many years."
Built in medieval style, the
house contains many art treas
ures. such rs tapestries from
the Anglers cathedral. stained
glass windows from Rheims and
= chest from q Buddhist tenn
pie I'm Burma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
FRENCH REPORT
ON WEST FRONT
German Troops Start Lo'
cal Operations Along
Saar Front
nv nj. 8. HANDLER

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
Paris, Nov. 8.-(UP) German
troops have started local operations
along the Saar front from the
Moselle river to the Ohrentharl
salient, ending three weeks of in
activity, 1t was announced today.
German patrols roamed mo mans
land" and three raiding parties at
tackled French outposts. There was
lively fighting In sections that had
long been dormant.
At the same time, French frontier
reports told of heavy troop move
ments Just inside the German lines
and concentrations Of German troops
within striking distance Of the
Dutch border.
It was announced that the French
had shot down IL German airplanes
Mondays battles instead of the nine
previously reported.
The first attack on French out
post was east of the Moselle, it was
announced. The raiders lacked artil-
lery support and the French drove
them back. Tbs second and more i'm.
portant attacw. supported by artil.
lery, was IL miles east Of Thu
Moselle. A third raid on the cas-
side OF the Ahrenthal salient ais
was repulsed.
In the latter two raids, German
prepared the way with artillery &C
ton executing q boxing IRE I
isolate the French. In each case,
was said. French reinforcement
penetrated the circle Of fire and re
pulsed the infantry raiders. A gres
number Of reconnaissance flights a
companied the land operations.
Paris newspapers, meanwhile, n
ported that Holland and Belgium
were threatened BY German concer
trations on their frontiers. They sal
the Germans had massed motorize
units near the Neutral borders. som
u which had seer action In polan.
and that the Dutch general slqi
y had decided 70 extend q stats q
siege oger Al Dutch territory 81
IpcFense tne area % lQwlanQ 'f''
*|.||.5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Mass. Elected First
Woman To Mayoralty
Mrs. Alice D. Burke OF Westfield Is Named-She Was
One Of School Teachers Barred in 1888,
Because She Was Married Woman

Boston, Nov. B. Cup chu-
sets had its first woman mayor to-
day-Mrs. Alice D. Burke Of West
field-after 16 municipal elections
in which IL mayors were reelected
Three mayors were defeated and
Republican Mayor Dewey Gar
chambault Of Lowell did not seek
reelection.
Mayor Edwin o. Childs of New
ton, dean of MASSACHUSETTS, mayors
never before defeated in 10 nlayoral
campaigns, lost by 1000 votes to Rep.
Paul M. Goddard in the city's first
election on a preferential ballot
basis.
Another veteran, Mayor J. Fred
Manning Of Lynn, was defeated for
his sixth consecutive two-year term
by Sen. Albert Cole with 997-vote
margin. Previously Manning had
never campaigned actively but did
so this year.
At Westfield, Mrs. Burke, 46, for
merly for 20 years school teach
er. defeated Mayor Raymond H.
SOWulS AOT AiAo AAt1A COAloSCutANC
two-year term. She entered politics
when barred from her school post
by a rule against married teachers
in 1888. Because she had only a
127-vote majority, a recount was
certain.
Lowell Elects Democrat
Rep. George T. Ashe cd was
elected Mayor of Lowell, defeating
by an 1198-vote margin former
Mayor Thomas H. .Braden (R) in a
bipartisan election.
Among the seven legislators run
ming in various cities, three. were
elected but both the Democratic
minority floor leaders Sen. Eugene
H. Giroux of Somerville and Rep.
Albert E. Morris Of Everett were
defeated. r'
All the elections were non-parti-
san except four-Lowell, Medford,
Springfield and Worcester. At Bos-
ton, with no mayoral contest, three
(Cnntiullad nm Page NJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
TWO NEW HAVEN
MEN ARE HELD

Albany, Nov. 8.-(UP) Two New
Haven, Conn.,, men we're held today
under $4,000 bail each on charges of
kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap
32-yearlold Raymond Pine New Ha-
ven liquor salesman.
The Observation-Disclosures as Jo-
seph Sullivan, Is, and Mario De-
Gennaro, 20-were arraigped before
a u. 8. commissioner. They pleaded
innocent and the case was adjourn
ed until Nov. Il.
Pine said the men jumped into his
automobile on q New Haven street,
robbed him and forced. him to &C
company them to Albany where he
escaped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Ham, Eggs Pension Plan, Bigelow
Scheme Buried Under Pile Of Votes
Defeated Parties Not Dis
heartened; These Plans
Will Return Again
BY JOHN w. DUNLAP
limited Press STAFF Correspondent

San Francisco, Nov. 8.-(UP)-
California voters emphatically re-
jected the "ham and eggs" plan to
give all unemployed citizens over SO
$50 in state warrants every Thurs
day. mounting returns from yester-
days election demonstrated today.
The vote punctured another
charted Utopia in a state which had
become famous for the variety Of
its Utopian plans.
Within four hours after the polls
closed at 7 p. m. Go p. m. EST
last night, leaders of the California
Life Retirement Payments associa-
ton, conceded defeat. They hac
been fervently supported by hun.
dreds of thousands of men and wo-
men over so who had hoped to OBJ.
tain life income Of $50 week
from self liquidating" pensions.
Their leaders,. Willis Allen anc
Roy Owens, said:
Never has companion beer
more bitterly fought and never has
peoples movement been subjected
to a more vicious use Of weapons Of
fear and distortion.
1.-THE heart-breaking work of thou.
sands in this campaign has not beer
in vain. Nothing can stop the for.
ward march. of an enlightened peo.
pie.
"Our first move in the direction Of
getting ham and eggs will be started
tomorrow wednesday, morning
The Retirements Life Payments as
ISOLATION will institute recall pro-
ceedings against Gov. Culbert L. Oh
son."
The margin by which "ham ant
eggs" were defeated was surprising
Prediction trends had indicated
that it would come close to winning
If 1t didn't win. The campaign hat
been Of the bitterest. Hundreds o.
businesses had threatened, and hat
given indication that they meant
their threats, to leave the state
charging the scheme would make
the state untenable for business arlt
industry.
But even Los Angeles county
where the proportion of the popula'
ton over SO Is unusually high ant
where the plan had its strongest
support, returned majority agains
it.
frsny1fin,Yor3 n,, paoa A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Four Hundred Men, Women,
Children Face Starvation

it is unsuitable for farming.
''Some Of the .shacks are made out
of old tin cans" Butler said.
Others are of poles and barrel
slaves. They are covered with pieces
of tin. Some are without walls
Sheets and blankets have been hung
UP to keep out the wind.
"These families have had no relief
since August. The land they are
living on Is tinproductive.
"Those able to pick cotton got
some work during the season. But
the money they earned is about
gone. When II Is used up they won't
have a thing. There are no Jobs for
them this winter and they can't hold
out until spring unless they set re-
lief from soue place. That's why We
exc asking 1he Farm Security Ad-
fz'llidtka''zN 70 h1Ir'"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Spellacy, Murphy Sweep
Upin Their Cities as Did
Jasper McLevy
REPUBLI CANS CAN
SEE INTO FUTURE
Local Democrats Much
More Interested in Their
Own Battle at Home

Republicans in Waterbury
actually did more rejoicing
last night as election returns
came in from the three 1arg-
est cities In the state - New
Haven, Hartford, and Bridge
port -- indicating that the
three election favorites,
Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of
Hartford, Mayor John w.
Murphy Of New Haven, and
Mayor Jasper McLeVy Of
Bridgeport, had been reelected.
Victories in all three cases were
generally conceded TO be pretty
shallow when last nights inajorities
were eomparedin ell cages with those
Of two years ago. fS5
= nocai szepublican leaasEy joined
with q. O. ssslBas1ersS lif0ngistut the
state IN predicting certain Repub-
lican success In the state in 1910.
Republican state chairman Ben
jamin Z. Harwood was so elated he
issued the following statement:
'The swing away from the Demo-.
Gratis In today's city voting certainly
augurs well for Republican success
In 1870" IS & s''.''s
He sent kilograms to the three
Republican candidates expressing
the appreciation OF the state organ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. g. CUP :
-Four hundred men, women and chill
dren living In Q colony of barrel
staye shacks near Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
win die this winter unless they re-
ceive federal aid, ]. r. Butler,
president Of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, said today.
s He told DR.. w. w. Alexander,
federal farm security administrator,
that there were IT'S children 'nacine
starvation and death from exposure
In malreshift Shelters"
The colony Is made up Of REM
nants Of the 1900 cotton pickers who
campsd along Missouri highways for
weeks last january when they were
eyicted from the land they had been
farming on shares, Butler eaid
&Vfnna thikNtz b sc. Louis BOUGHT
azld saFe A1esr - H6zeo rs 'e< Ess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

tnrougn an acclQental explosion. t1S
said the circumstances OF the loss
were such that ''its publication was
inadvisable" at the time it occurred.
He estimated that Germany has
lost between two and four Sub
marines every week since the war
began.
"what / told the house with much
reserve six weeks ago." he said, IL
can now repeat with much more as-
surance-namely, that we are gair-
ing definite mastery over U-boat ate
tacks."
Naval Base Not Protected
Churchill admitted that the great
naval base at Scapa Flow was inS.
sufficiently protected IN the early
weeks Of the war. A German Btlbv
marine entered the base on Otct. IL
and sank the brit tleship Royal Oak
with loss ok 800 lives.
ne SAID that measures have len
taken to strengthen the Scapa Flow
defenses. Lord Chatfield minister
for defense coordination, made q
similar statement to the house Of
lords.
Chatfield said the immunity from
attack that Scapa Flow enjoyed IN
the World war, because Of its de-
lenses and treacherous currents. had
caused the British to der-estimate
the dangers this time.
1.-THE defenses were Of two kinds,x
he said. First physical distractions
by nets, booms and blockships; sec.
ond, small patrolling craft In the ap~
proaches to tho various entrances Of
sounds, which are seven In number
& ''Neither the physical distractions
nor the patrolling craft were at that
state Of strength and efficiency rec
qiired to make the anchorage abgo-
liitely proof, as II should have BEEN
against attack BY o submarine on
the surface or partly submerged at
high water
Most Of Fleet Away
ChRtfield also said that most of
the feet was away from Scapa Flow
at the time Of the attack. Because
OF that, he added the number Of
patrolling craft had been reduced
below the number required for
safety.
Churchill said part OF the large
loss of life on the Royal Oak was
due to the fact that when the first
explosions were heard, 1t was be-
lieved the ship was being attacked
from the air. Many Of the crew
sought refuge below decks and were