The Archive · 1940

Ship at Gibraltar

Mail Taken from Italian — Vulcania Gives Up 1,750 Bags German Letters to S. America

Rio de Janeiro, May 17.

British contraband control authorities removed 1,750 bags of mail from the Italian liner Vulcania when it stopped at Gibraltar, according to the ship's purser today. The Vulcania, which was carrying mail from Germany addressed to South America, arrived here today. The Italian liner carried 500 bags of German mail which were removed from the s.

Oceania, which were returned to the Italian Line after being censored, it was understood.—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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