Captain "Potato" Jones Brings s. Brambill Safely Through Nazi Warships and Mine Fields London, Sept, 18.
British merchantman Bramhill, which was often in the news during the Spanish war because of her frequent: running of General Franco's ockade to carry food to Republican Spain, has again made the headlines, The Bramhill, which is commanded by Captain "Potato" Jones, is reported this time to have run the gauntlet of the German Fleet and mine fields in the Baltic and reached a British port with a cargo of wood pulp.
Her skipper, who was first mate at the time of her earlier adventures, has' declined to disclose the port from which the Bramhill started.
All he would say, when questioned by reporters, was that it was "an exciting' voyage."
'A. German broadcast from Zeesen. at 8 pan, September 16, stated that 170 neutral ships were under deten~ tion in British ports. The Ministry of Information fates oMelally that the actual number of neutral' ships under detention at contraband control stations in the British Isles was 33 at 9.30 am, September 16, and 25 at 9.30'on Sunday morning, September 11—Wireless and Reuter.
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