ACT OF SAVAGERY
SINKING OF AMERICAN SHIP denounced by president ROOSEVELT. ONE BOATLOAD OF SURVIVORS PICKED UP. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 21. An American ship of 9,000 has been torpedoed off the west coast of Africa. One boatload of survivors has been picked up and a search is proceeding for the others. 1 President Roosevelt said the ship was flying the United States flag. He described the act as one of savagery. The ship had unloaded a cargo at Balboa and was proceeding to the Gold Coast. There appears to be no doubt that the Vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19411022.2.44
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1941, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
103ACT OF SAVAGERY Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1941, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in