The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
WAR BULLETINS
 FROM EVERYWHERE
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led the troops ana guafoeo agaInSt incidents on the part of the popula- tion, messages from Esthotlia said. The people were isolated from the incoming Soviet troops by strong po- lice and militia cordons.
 Red army forces also were landed on the Esthorian coast by Soviet ships. Red warships previously had anchored in Baltic port, which is ex- pecte to become big naval base,
 Messages from Esthonia said that the Soviet troops were advancing from the Leningra district, under or ders to defend the Baltic gateway to the Soviet Union.
 Moscow newspapers were reported carrying stories of the Esthoniar welcome to the Red army.
 The Moscow radio announced that the Red army entered ESthonia at 8 a. m. q a. m. EST).
 Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 18-(pP) Three Finnish ships loaded with timber hay been seized by German warships near the Aland Islands, in the Baltic, it was learned today.
 The steamer Scandinavia and the sa.lship Tarmo, boun for the Nether- lands, were taken to Kiel, and the steamer Astrrias, bound for Balti- more, was taken to Stettin, all as war prizes.
 A fourth Finnish ship, the Snabb, was reported inspected and freed.
 At Copenhagen it was announced that war risk insurance rates on Danish cargoes bound for British, Northern Irish, French and Atlantic ports had been lowered from four to three and a half per cent of the value of the exports. Import rates from the same points were lowered from three to two per cent.
 The reductions were interpreted as meaning that Denmark expected a brighter future for shipping in the North Sea.
 London, Oct. 18-tUP)-The death toll on battleship Royal Oak, sunk by & U-boat in the big British naval base at Scapa Flow, was BIO, the ad- mtalty announced today. There were 424 survivors.
 The death toll on the British air. plane carrier Courageous, sunk by a Nazi submarine, was 578, making o fntoI of 1 900 y,ao,, 10cf iv, tho fxyr big German victories.
 The admiralty said also that Rear Admiral H.. E. c. Balgrove was among those killed when the U-boat torpedoed the Royal Oak. Admiral Balgrove, 52, was super intenent of the Chatham dockyard He served during the World war, al the end of which he was the rank ing lieutenant commander aboard the Queen Elizabeth, flagship of Ad- miral Lord Beatty.
 With the British army in France (Passed. by British field censorOct 17--(UP)-A British officer, discuss. ing the war at lunch with foreigr correspondents, recalled today how Marshal Ferdinand Foch, allied com. mander in chief, paced up and dow1 at his headquarters when, in Novem. Der, 1913, the German plenipoten. tiaries refused to accept terms.
 At last word came that they would sign Foch turned k his aides ant said:
 Let the armies stand at ease. Tn war is postponed for 20 years"
 Amsterdam, Oct. 18-(UP) = Si. warships and 12 planes are engage, in severe battle of the Neither lans coast, eye witnesses reporte, today from Schiermonnikoog Islant
 The battle, which started at Il Q m., was being fought outside Q Dutch territorial waters, 1t was saie The planes and warships were no identified.
 Observers said that after they ha watched the participants in the sea air battle for some time the com batants disappeared.
 Schiermonnigkoog Island is of tn north coast of Holland.
 Paris, Oct. 18-(UP)-The govern ment today banned the sale or serv ing of all meat on Mondays and C beef on Tuesdays, but insisted ther was no shortage.
 The beef ban was decreed becaus of the need of large quantities ( beef for the fighting forces. Beef Ina nor erergy-producing qualities an can be transported more easily tha the meat of other animals, it wa explained.
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