BRITISH VESSEL’S CREW
GIVEN UP FOR LOST SWEDISH SHIPS’ ROUTE NEUTRAL PORTS USED (F.lpc. Tol. Copyright —United Pross Assn.) (.Reed. Sept. 27, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 20. A report from Rio de Janeiro says that the British freighter Browning has arrived at Bahia with 22 survivors yof 'the British vessel Royal Spectre, which was sunk by a U-boat on September 0.
The newspaper Anoite sponsors the report of the landing of the survivors thus conflicting with the British Admiralty report indicating that the crew had been lost. A New York message states that the oil freighter, Japan Arrow reported by radio that she had sighted a submarine off Ocean City. Maryland, after which the craft submerged and disappeared. A Stockholm report says that Swedish ships carrying cellulose have been ordered (to ijiioeeed, via (neutral waters.
A communique issued by the Ministry of Information says it is understood that the Swedish Government has denied the prohibiting of export of wood pulp.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 6
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160BRITISH VESSEL’S CREW Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 6
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