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South of the Border

Video says movie is “Down Mexico Way.” Wrong. That was 1941. 1939 movie was “South of the Border. Per TCM release date was 12/15.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

British Rebuffed – 2-5
The International Situation – 3
Battle Witnesses Laud British Skill – 6-7
62 Killed in Blast at Rumanian Plant – 7
Reds Stone Police in Belgrade Riot – 7
Nazis Push Again East of the Saar – 8
British Bombers and Messerschmidts Fight; Both Sides Lose Planes in Helgoland Battle – 9
German Fleet Is Near Jutland Battle Scene – 9
Finland Counters – 10-11
Geneva Unanimous – 12-14
Incidents in European Conflict – 13
British Sea Might Centering on Spee – 15
Americans to Scan Data on Sea Fight – 16
Berlin and London Broadcasts Give Versions of the Sea Battle – 17-18
Firmer Action Urged Against French Reds – 18
62 Britons Freed Tell of Sea Battle – 19-20
King’s Birthday Party Includes a Movie Show – 20
The Bill of Rights (Editorials) * – 21-22

*From “Battle Off Uruguay,” the final editorial.

The pocket battleships mount six eleven-inch guns, but in only two turrets, which means that only two of the British ships could be kept under fire from the Spee’s main battery simultaneously. To punish her third attacker the Spee must have been forced to shift fire frequently from one ship to another – a process which is distracting to accurate and rapid gunnery, and which, of course, reduced the weight of fire to which each British ship was subjected.

Now that’s informative! (To me, anyhow.)