The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-01


were reported by British sources to
be among the U-boatS now active.
Naval circles said that Italy pos
seSSes many submarines of the
ocean-going type, in contrast to the
small U-boats of limited range
which predominant in the German
fleet 1t was known, however,
whether any Fascist submarines
were in the Atlantic.
Nazi sea raiders were known re-
Gently to have sunk two British
ships-the 6,433-ton Davisian and
the 5,288-ton King John. British
warshipS in the south Atlantic were
reported pursuing an unidentified
Nazi raider which was damaged off
Brazil by the armed British mer-
chant cruiser Alcantara and which
may have been responsible for the
Davisian and King John sinkings.
(The Alcantara put into Rio De
Janeiro toda- for repairs after
battling the Nazi raider, which es-
caped0
German torpedo speedboats have
been active in the English Channel
during the last week, attempting to
attack shipping in coordination
with the Nazi air fleet.
Frenchmen Lose Wealth
Vichy, France, August 1-(UP)-
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain's
government has ordered the confis-
cation of the fortunes and estates
of two of the five wealthiest men
in France, it was disclosed unoff1-
cially today.
The names of Baron Edouard De
Rothschild, a member of the noted
banking firm, and Louis Louis
Dreyfus, former deputy and impor-
ter, were included in a list of lead
ers in finance, industry, journal
ism and commerce who will be
stripped of their wealth under a
decree Furnishing them for fleeing
France at the time of her collapse.
They also will lose their citizen
ship unless they return and provide
good reasons" for their flight.
IndustrialistS n am ID included
Louis RoSengart, automobile manu-
facturer; M. Livitan, the nations
largest maker of urniture and
radios, and M. Solenski, the biggest
hat maker. Also named were several
prominent newspaper writers and
editorialists. among whom were
Genevieve Tabouis, Andre Geraud
(Pertinax), Pierre Lazareff of the
Paris Soir, Emile Bure of I'Ordre
adm Henri Kerillis, of Epoque.
CThe Baron and Baroness De
Rothschild and their daughter,
Bethsabee, arrived in the United
States by clipper on July 10. They
carried with them bag of jewels
valued at 100000. Nine. Tabouis
and Pertinax also are in the Unit
ed States)
Cruiser Seeks Repairs
Rio De Janeiro, August 1-(UP)
The armed British merchant
cruiser Alcantara. which battled a
ermGan raider off Ilha Trinidade
Monday night, arrived here today
for repairs.
The vessel a former Royal Mail
liner of 22209 tons, was damaged
in a running fight with the raid
er which also was said to have suf-
fered damage.
The raider, converted merchant
man like the Alcantara, also was
damaged, and fled under a smoke
screen.
1t was reported during the night
that the Alcantara already had
arrived, but later the arriving ship
was identified as the American
merchantmen Mormacland from
New York.
English Towns Bombed
London. August l - (UP) - A
German airplane bombed and ma
chine gunned a southeastern Eng
lish town this afternoon, according
to dispatches received here saying
that stores and houses were attack
ed.
Bullets shattered many windows
and bombs started a fire that caus-
ed some casualties.
British planes chased the Ger
man craft, which climbed swiftly
into the clouds after a power-dive
attack on the town.