The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-09-05
Destroyer
Fired On Twice By
Submarine In Atlantic
Presa)

An unidentified submarine
launched two torpedoes at the
.. S. S. Greer, American Navy
destroyer carrying mail to Am
erioan forces in iceland, at APP
proximately 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon IN the North At
lantie. Neither shot reached its
target. The Greer retalated by
dropping depth bombs in the
vicinity but nothing more was
seen of the underwater craft.
President Roosevelt IN a press
conference today said the Am
erican Navy would harry down
and eliminate any marauder
which deliberately attacks an
American vessel.
Identity Of the submarine was not
established Berlin denied any know
ledge Of the incident Washington
officials declared the attack occur
red i'm broad daylight and thar the
Greer could net be mistaken for
anything but an American vessel a.
she carried the American flag and
other marks OF Identification. State
Secretary GordeIl Hull said a com
plete Investigation was being made
President Roosevelt, meanwhile
supported the action of Commander
Frost OF the Greer in dropping depth
bombs, and declared the American
Navy was prepared 10 fetailiate Id
any such attack
Tanker Gets Through
Tension in the Orient, meanwhile,
became less strained as the safe a
rival OF the American oil tanker L
2. Sinclair in VladiYostok with IL
cargo OF oil for Russia was reported
The tanker had passed through a
zone which the japanese had said
they would restrict without unto
ward incident. Washington received
the report with satisfaction and Of
Iicials said several other tankers
were en- route with similar supplies
FOR beleagured Russia While no Of
fetal comment was made, there was
indication that Japan had decided
on a course of respecting American
and British rights in the Pacific.
Seige of Leningrad
On the German-Rusian front, r.
ports said a virtual seige of Lenin-
grad had started. While Berlin pre-
dicted its occupation in short tim.
the Soviet spokesman S. A. Lozovsfv
told neWspapermen the German army
threw in reinforeements before Len
ingrad but was held to a standstill
with heavy losses. Lozoysky said
fierce lighting had been going on
day and night between Novgarad
and Leningrad and that Marshal
Voroshiloys northern army was now
fighting very well on the quiet
distant approaches to Leningrad.
From Moscow came word that a
vast battle for industrial Kiev, cap
ital of the Ukraine, has opened with
terrific fighting at the approaches
to the city Russians claimed they
were beating back the Germans with
stiff counter attacks
German Claims
Berlin DNB news agency report
ed two crushing blows against Rus-
slams attempting to break the Ger
man line on the eastern front go
declared German forces had thwart.
ed a landing effort on the Black
coast and had smashed a tank al
vision in the central sector
At the same time, Berlin auei.-
ted 80 persons were killed and
injured in an Raj night raid 81
Berlin. London said the Royal Al
Force attacked the docks at Breet
German-oecupied port, and naval
bases during last night German acs
tiyities over Britain, meanwhile,
were on a small scale, London said.
Rome reported violent air fight
ing at Sidi Barrani, British supply
base in Egypt, in which Italian bat
tie planes shot down Is British
planes, while from Cairo the British
reported the air arm of the British
fleet successfully attacked an enemy
convoy of five merchantmen escort
ed by seven destroyers off the Sar-
dinian coast. One large ship was hit
amidships by a torpedo and blew up,
another large ship was reported hit
by a torpedo and two smaller yes
sells were damaged, the communique
said.