Stockholm, Sept. 6.
The Foreign Ministry "announced today that the- Swedish Minister in Reich Warship Gneisenau Hit, Sunk by RAF.
Pavis, Sept, 7.
Royal Air Force bombers sonic the German 35,000-ton—_battle-cruiser Gneisenau in a raid on Wilhelmshaven on Monday, radio reports from Baste said. today.
Although the British Ministry of Information has not yet claimed the sinking of the German ship, it was recalled that a communique issued in London yesterday said the raid on the German naval base had been more successful than at first be-
Naval operations of the Allies are proceeding with intensity but with the greatest secrecy in_ sweeping German shipping from the seas. It was obvious that the convoy system was already in operation and that submarines were being attacked.
Meanwhile, French reports said that French planes bombed Frankfort fon. Main during extensive Allied aerial operations over Germany yesterday—United Press, Lisbon Report Not Confirmed New York, Sept, 7.
Pan-American Airways, offices today denied reports that the Yankee Clipper had picked up an S.0.8. from the British steamer Royal Sceptre, alleged to have been torpedoed.
"We checked with the captain of the Yankee Clipper," a company official said, "and he advised us that he had received no distress message on his Might from London."—United Press, Heavy Mine Barrage in Battle
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