The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

ClIleQ CIle VeSSeQ as LLle OOuAIIlOTG by her call leters, "GYXC".
 Security Zone
 The western hemisphere security zone, outlined at the Pan-American conference & month ago and rati- fled by the q American nations represented there, extends out to longitude 60 west, almosht 100 miles beyond the position from which the sos came.
 All belligerent activities within that zone are barred.
 The two coast guard cutters were patroling just inside the security zone line. The Bibb, newest of them, has two five-inch, two three-inch and two siX-pound guns. Both cut ters were used in rescue work with the American freighter City of Flint, now in the hards of German prize crew, which was approaching the United States coast several weeks ago with survivors of the British liner Athenia. The cutters carried out medical supplies to the City of Flint and took of six wounded sur- vivors and rushed them ashore.
 Fails To Respond
 The Coulmore's failure to respond to signals from the Canadian sta- tinos caused apprehension. It was feared that she either had been sunk or had been taken in charge by the submarine.
 At Boston, coast guard headquart- CTS said the distressed ship had been positively identified as the Coulmore by her call letter GYXC, which pre- ceded her sos. She is of 3,670 tons, registered at Glasgow, Scotland, and owned by the Dornoch Shipping Go. Records showed that she had been in Baltimore, Oct. 15, so evi- dently she was outward bound.
 London Takes It Up
 London, Nov. 1-(UP)-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill announced today that two German pocket battleships were reported operating as sea raiders in the North and South Atlantic. Naval experts believed one of them, rather than submarine, might have been re- sponsible for reported attack on British freighter about 450 miles off the New England coast.
 Churchill, speaking in the House of Commons, said that the German warships reported acting as sea raiders were of the type of the 10,- O00-ton Pocket battleship Deutsch- land, which captured the American freighter City of Flint.
 Previously, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer had been reported in the south Atlantic. Churchill said the two warships appeared to be working separately in the north and south Atlantic oceans. The British Navy was understood to be taking action against the raiders but Churchill refused any comment or forecast.
 Armed, Speedy
 They are so heavily armored and so speedy that only the biggest and fastest British warships might be expected to run them down. The Deutschland has 11-inch guns and makes up to 26 knots.
 Churchill's remarks were in reply to questions, one of which was whether the German warships had been sunk.
 T don't think I ought to try to make any forecast of that kind," he said.
 Churchill said he had statements from British sailors who were on the Deutschland, which took aboard the crew of the steamship Stonegate after sinking the vessel.
 We have had opportunity of making sure that it was that ves- sel (the Deutschland," he said. He said he would make a state ment on naval operations next week.
 Some British naval experts be- lieved that raider rather than submarine may have been involved in the reported sinking of the Brit ish freighter Coulmore a few hun- dred miles off the New England coast.
 Churchill was asked if only two German warships were operating and whether reports that they were of the Deutschland type were re- liable.
 Evidence Conflicting
 "The evidence is conflicting" Churchill replied, but I think one may be sure that at least one (ship) of the Deutschland type has been abroad"
 Churchill said it was the responsi- bility of the government of Fire to prevent German submarines from refuelling or taking shelter on the Fire coast.
 But outside, on the high seas, the royal navy is taking steps," he said.
 Pending further details, they said they were not prepared to believe that there Is . U-boat in that area of the Atlantic ocean at present.
 If a ship was attacked there, they believed, 1t would be more likely that