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When they worked in the Lilliputian Village at the New York World's Fair all last summer, 26 German midgets had no idea what was in store for them this winter. En route to Genoa after the Fair, all 26 were intercepted in the Mediterranean by a French cruiser. Last week ten of them were discovered in a French concentration camp 20 miles north of Marseille. Married midgets had been allowed to proceed, but the rest were interned because, said a French officer in charge: "Those little fellows would make ideal spies. . . . They could hide almost in a desk...
Last week the Columbus passed out of the Gulf of Mexico at Florida's tip, with U. S. destroyers escorting her. Off Charleston, S. C. the U. S. heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (President Roosevelt's last cruiseship) took up the patrol, to see that no untoward incident occurred in neutral waters. She rode so close to the Columbus that the latter had to carry a night light to avert collision, but no ill befell her until fugitive and escort reached a point 320 mi. northwest of Bermuda. Then the British destroyer Hyperion, which had heard Tuscaloosa's radio...
Late one afternoon a squadron of British bombers left their North Sea bases and flew toward the German coast. Near Helgo land Bight they sighted, through a thin mist, a German battleship, a cruiser, sev eral destroyers, a submarine. The sub marine opened fire, then submerged. A few minutes later a squadron of Messerschmitt pursuit ships came up. For an exciting half-hour the British were under fire by turns from above and below...
Coming on the heels of the Bremen's escape, this made two bulls to one beat for the week. Day after the Bremen's escape, the Admiralty announced that the submarine that let her get away had sunk a German submarine, had torpedoed and damaged a German cruiser. This evened the count. It is extremely difficult for one submarine to sink another. Maneuvering for position requires great technical skill, and it is almost impossible to attack if the submarine is submerged. If the range is under 250 yards, the torpedo is likely to miss, and at short range...
Five days later the Admiralty reported that the submarine Ursula had sneaked into the mouth of the Elbe, past six German destroyers, and sunk a 6,000-ton cruiser. Since such a ship would normally carry 571 men, this feat almost made up for the loss of Royal Oak, certainly put Britain far ahead in the naval score for the week...