The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-06

l25 persons SClll missing, ne U, s. Ambassador Joseph P, Ken nedy 1t was learned has urged Washington to act in the interests of the 5000 stranded Americans, but there is no chance that enough American ships can be sent here immediately to handle that number, The number of Americans who VIII want to hurry home Is expected to increase considerably If and when bombs began falling on London. Every American and neutral ship is solidly booked until mid-October, Thousands of Americans refuse to sail on a belligerent vessel now that the Athenia has been toipedoed,
 Working Overtime
 The U. S. Embassy is working 24 hours a day getting Americans on board every available ship, even freighters and oil tankers, The crew of the American freighter Eglantine have given up their hunks to 27 women tourists.
 Leslie Davis, American consul at Glasgow, said the latest check showed ll5 American survivors of the Athenia had reached there. Two of them -- Mrs, Katherine Sage and Mrs Elisabth Bruce are in a hospiptal recovering from slight in- Juries,
 The United States maritime com mission at Washington reported that its freighter City of Flint was taking about no Americans and about 100 aliens to the United States, Names Of li0 American survivors aboard the Flint were wireleSsed by the ship,
 Canadian authorities here said 504 survivors were landed at Green ock, Scotland, including 96 Cana dians and 560 at Galway, includ- ing l36 members of the Athenia crew,
 l9s Unaccounted For
 The City Of Flint, Greenock and Galway reports brought the total ot known survivors to 1920 and left i96 unaccounted for,
 Canadian authorities reported that the yacht Southern Cross was car rying l50 survivors, However, 1t was believed that the yacht trans lArred all its survivors to the City Of Flint and a British destroyer, Also the Canadian authorities had only eight listed as aboard the City of Flint, The Canadian estimate was that 248 were unaccounted for, in- cluding probably 100 Of the crew.
 With some survivors on the At- llntic some in Scotland and some ia Ireland, it was naturally diff- cult to get an exact check of sur vivors.
 It was certain only that some were killed when a torpedo struck the Athenia Sunday night. Survivors and the yacht Southern Gross, re- ported that many persons drowned some when liftboatS capSized,
 Kennedy Told of Submarines
 It was reported here that Joseph P. Kennedy, American ambassador had advised the state department at Washington last Thursday that German submarines were In the Ate lantic.
 One group Of Athenia survivors reached Glasgow hotel during Q fashionable reception, Bridesmaids in backleSs gowns and other guests Joined in aiding them.
 There were many pathetic scenes last night when the last batch oi survivors reached Glasgow and were taken to hotels where rooms hao been prepared for them. In each hotel was e first aid room with sur. geons and nurses In attendance,
 Some Of the women carried babies with blankets wrapped around them Some girls wore parts of sailors uniforms. Some had curtains rolled around their heads. Some were 1T pajamas, Most Of the women ant children were without shoes, Many had used their shoes to ball ou lifeboatS,
 Americans at Glasgow
 American survivors at the BereS. ford hotel, Glasgow, included; Mir and Mrs Thomas r, Finley, Wind sor. Conn,
 The following Americans wer, among survivors at the Western In tirmary, Glasgow:
 Mildred Finlay, IS, Of Soome school, Windsor Conn. (posSibl, Finley; Thomas F, Finley Is o Soomes SchooD
 Dorothy Moore, i2, l64 Booll Town road, Halifax U, S, Uhere ar HalitaXes In Kansas, MassaehuSettS North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Yer mont and Virginia)
 Rose Sadel 83, address unknown, Galway reported that q Ave yea old American boy named Hunt, 0 New York city, became Ill and ha, fever after being landed there, an, that doctors considered his condition serious,
 American survivors aboard tn City Of Flint lneluded
 Rose Churchill, Pennington Conn; Mrs Franklin Dexter, Bev ery Mass; Jane Forts, Newto Highlands, Massi Thomas Fielder Crona, Me,
 James JaSSie, Manchester Com (probable fracture on left ankleJ EAVANetSi WtA Wlbt SNlHNH Ab bHNf Cambridge Mas A. ], Leoyhf Claremont, N, H.; Charles Prime, and son, Charles Jro KIttery Me Professor Margaret Rooke, North ampton, Mas, Mrs H. D, Boone, Pittsfield, Mass,
 Americans at Galway
 American survivors at Galway:
 Philomena Pierce. Ellen pierc Margaret Pierce, Mrs Caroline Rie Mrs. Felix Martin, Miss Doris Ken Mr and Mrs. John Blair Moffet Mrs. Edison Mallory and son, MT w. B. Scott, Miss F Wlndemanl Mrs. Pauline Weiss, Mrs. Charlt Grant and son Charles Mr, an Mrs. Louis Diyen, Mrs. Sarah Ten pleton. MisSalberta Franeis, MT, on Mrs. M. |. Brown, Miss Eli2abet Brown, Kay Price, Robert Pritchar Charles o'Connor, the Rev, JoSep O'Connor.
 Miss Betty J. stewart, Miss Jefi Wynne. Miss Judy Scott Miss Bal