The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

the business. The Russian an
nouncement, it was noted, said that
the German prize crew sailed the
ship into Kola Bay without a Rus
sian pilot.
London newspapers, commenting
on the capture of the City Of Flint,
were sarcastic as regards Germany's
role.
"By taking an American ship as a
prize into Kola Bay on the Arctic
ocean the German navy has given
a humiliating refutatio11 Of the
boasts of the German government
that 1t rules the North Sea-" said
the Daily Telegraph, regarded as
close to the foreign office. However
and wherever the City Of Flint was
captured, German naval rorces could
not take her to any part Of their
own on the North Sea OF the Baltic
The capture, in spite Of its ludicrous
anti-climax, was plainly designed to
demonstrate that Nazi Germany
possessed a feet, and to frighten
American shipping out Of the war
zone"
In an editorial captioned "Help-
ing Roosevelt" the independent con-
servative Daily Express said:
"First the Germans sank the
Athena with American passengers
on board. Now they seize an Ameri-
can trading ship on her way to Eng
land and take her to neutral port
The commander who captured the
ship may not have studied Mr.
Roosevelt's proposed revisions of the
neutrality law. The commander
has afforded an argument for Mr.
Roosevelt to use in favor Of re-
vision. Perhaps Goebbels will say
that the commanders name Is
Churchill"
Submarines Busy Again
Intensification of German subma-
rine activities, perhaps indicating
as the allies had anticipated--that
a fresh wave of U-bots had gone
out to relieve the fleet which had
been on duty, brought reports ot
sinking Of several merchantmen,
1t was announced that the 2,474
tons merchantmen Menin Ridge OF
London and the 1885 ton Clan CHS
holm had been sunk-where, was
not specified.
Owners of the Clan Chisholm an
nounced that SO seamen, all East
Indians, were missing from its crew
All the European officers and II
East Indians were saved.
The Clan Chisholm was sunk of
the Spanish coast. There were q
Europeans and so Lascars in its
crew.
The British merchantmen Led
bury, 3,528 tons, was fried on &c
miles west Of Gibraltar yesterday
and the arrival of survivors at q
British port disclosed the sinking
in the North Sea Of the 5,962 TOT.
Greek merchantmen Konstantinos
Hadjipateras.
Women, Children Missing
Owners of the torpedoed British
liner Yorkshire, from which the
American steamship independence
Hall picked up survivors, announced
that SO passengers including sever
women and 10 children were miss.
ing. Sixty members Of the crew
were landed at an English port yes.
terday. They were disembarked II
France from the independence Hall
own casualties In the submarine.
airplane campaign against British
shipping. Crews of three German
airplaneS which had been shot dow
ever the North Sea by a British
plane were landed yesterday. Tw,
German aviators were picked III
from their little rubber emergenc!
boat by q British warship. Thel
had been aficat three days
Three men from another wrecked
German plane were picked up b,
destroyers which q warship had sho
down. A fourth member Of the crey
had been killed. One Of those res
cued said he was conscripted In tn,
Sudeten area Of Czechoslovakia.
A Danish steamship took two Ger
man aviators, rescued from thei
wrecked plane, to q Danish port.