THE WAR, STEP BY STEP
SUNDAY-MONDAY Germans sink Royal Dutch mail liner Simon Bolivar. Sinking evokes indignation and sympathy. Official circles in London consider thai vessel struck German mine. 140 lives lost. Allied Supreme War Council decides on unified air command and Is reported to have appointed commander. Italy warns Russia that she will resist any penetration of Commission in the Balkans. German warplanes fly over Dutch territory and fire on Dutch pursuit 'plane when attacked. Three German submarine seamen escape from internment camp in "Scotland. Recaptured later. Prague occupied by Black Guards who reinforce other forces in ths former Czech capital. Their arrival is a sequel to recent clashes. Lithuanian steamer Kannas strikes mine and founders. Two other neutral ships damaged.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 91, 22 November 1939, Page 2
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