U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

Evening Star, Issue 23374, 18 September 1939, Page 9

U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER LOST CREW PICKED UP 8Y AMERICAN SHIP NEW YORK, September li. (Received September 18, at 10 a.m.) The American Farmer radioed that she had rescued 29 members of the crew of the British steamer Kafiristan which was torpedoed in the Atlantic. Six are missing. DANISH SHIP MINED SEVENTEEN MISSING LONDON, September 17. (Received September 18. at 11 a.m.) It is revealed that the Danish steamer Rauda was mined near Tershilling on Wednesday. Seventeen, including two Americans, are missing. An Italian ship rescued 20, including four Americans. "POTATO" JONES’S SUCCESSOR KEEPING UP THE OLD TRADITIONS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September x*. (Received September 18, at 11 a.m.) The British steamer Bramhill, which, it will be recalled, under captain “ Potato ” Jones, ran General Franco’s blockade, is reported to have run the gauntlet of the German fleet and minefields in the Baltic and reached a home port with a cargo or woodpulp. Her skipper, who was the first, mate at the time of her earlier adventure, declined to comment, beyond saying, “ It was an exciting voyage.” NORWEGIAN SHIP MINED WASHINGTON, September 17. (Received September 18, at 1 ip.m.) The State Department states that two Americans, one a 13-year-old girl, were drowned and four were rescued when the Norwegian ship Rondo was mined off Terschelling. SUBMARINE TOWS CREW TO SAFETY BELFAST, September 17. (Received September 18, at 1 p.m.) After sinking the Fleetwood trawler Rudyard Kipling the German submarine towed a lifeboat containing the crew to five miles from the coast. CARRYING CONTRABAND DANISH STEAMER SEIZED HONGKONG, September 17. (Received September 18, at 1 p.m.) Alleging that it was carrying contraband iron and steel, the British seized the Danish steamer Malaya, bound for Shanghai from Hateburg. NAZI DISTORTIONS BRITAIN'S CONTRABAND MEASURES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 17. (Received September 18, at noon.) A German broadcast from Zeesen at 8 p.m. on September 16 stated that 170 neutral ships were under detention at British ports. The Ministry of Information states officially that actually the number of ships under detention at contraband control stations in the British Isles was 33 at 9.30 a.m. on September 16, and 25 at 9.30 a.m. this Sunday morning. THE BERLIN EXPLOSION BOMB CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE COPENHAGEN, September 17. (Received September 18, at 11 a.m.) The Berlin correspondent of the ‘ Politiken ’ states that it appears that a bomb destroyed the whole entrance to the German Air Ministry and caused immense damage in the surrounding streets. PLIGHT OF REFUGEES SOME SWIM THE DNEISTER RIVER NEW YORK, September 17. (Received September 18, at 1 p.m.) The United Press Cernauti correspondent states that infantry, with monster tanks, which formed the spearhead, advanced into Southern Poland without resistance and penetrated 37 miles at some points. By noon they had reached Kilemea. The Polish troops behind Zaleszcylki are virtually without officers. Many officers did not wait to change into mufti before crossing into Rumania, w’here they were interned. Some swam the Dneister River. Among the mass of vehicles pouring in were two fire engines from Cracow, loaded with refugees. Refugees from Warsaw said the bombardment played havoc, particularly in the Jewish quarter. A large bomb subsequent to the fire killed 100 sheltering in one house.