The Archive · 1940

German Liner Reaches Home

New York, Jan. 2.

The 16000-ton Hamburg Amerika liner St, Louis, which was at New York when war broke out, arrived safely at Hamburg yesterday, according to a radio report from Berlin tobight.—Reuter.

Nazi s. Tacoma, Interned Montevideo, Jan. 1.

The German freighter Tacoma (8268 tons), of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, was interned today by the Uruguayan authorities, when the time-limit set her expired at 11.30 am. (G.M.T). Shortly before noon, representatives of the Government boarded the vessel as she lay in the Outer Harbour, and signed legal bonds under which she will be detained in Uruguayan waters for the duration of the war. A guard of twenty sailors was placed on board to prevent any attempt at escape.

Uruguay's action was taken on the ground that the Tacoma had inter-

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