Six Bombs, Nine Rounds

Six Bombs, Nine Rounds

Six bombs from a trimotored monoplane of unknown nationality flying above The High Seas 38 miles off the coast of Spain last week were loosed upon the U. S. destroyer Kane which was flying the Stars & Stripes at her mainmast and had an enormous U. S. flag spread flat on top of her well-deck awning. All six bombs missed their mark. The Kane fired back at the monoplane nine rounds from her anti-aircraft gun. All nine rounds also went wild. At once the U. S. Press went wild with screaming headlines. From Rapid City, S. Dak., where he received the news, President Roosevelt ordered Secretary of State Hull to "protest." Taking a chance that the monoplane was Spanish, but unable even to guess from which side of the Spanish civil war it came, good grey Mr. Hull announced that "both sides" would be asked to instruct their airmen in "strongest terms" not to do this sort of thing.

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