GUNS AS CARGO
ATHENIA SUGGESTION I j PERSON NAMED GUSTAV j (Reed. Oct. 18, 12 noon) WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. , | Gustav Anderson, a travel bureau J : operator, who was a passenger in the j I Athenia, has filed an affidavit with [ I the State Department asserting that | ! the Athenia was carrying coast de- j 1 fence guns, to Canada and was being! fitted out as"a raider for the return [ trip. The assertions are based upon j I alleged remarks by the chief ollicer, i i Mr. Copeland. Anderson stated that : | the department had received several | j scores of affidavits from passengers. | | The American Secretary of State, \ j Mr. Cordell Hull, told press represen- j I tatives that Anderson’s statement was ■ the first intimation from any source' j that the Athenia carried guns. He . i promised to publish the full details , j when the departmental inquiry was | completed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 6
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