The Archive · 1939

Germans Seize Finnish Ship

Helsinki, Nov. 26, The Germans have seized another Finnish steamer in the Baltic, according to reports received here today, The vessel, Antons (1,436 tons) was proceeding to "Amsterdam with a King cargo of paper when seized—Reuter, Swedish Tanker Hits Mine Stockholm, Nov. 26.

The Swedish tanker Gustaf Reuter, proceeding to Curacao in the Dutch West Indies, struck a German mine off the northern coast of England yesterday. She suffered considerable damage and continued to send S.O.S. messages until 4 o'clock this morning The fate of her crew is not known yet. It was ascertained today, however, that at the time of the disaster, the tanker was not loaded.—Havas, materials, The Netherlands and Netherlands Indies their consistent maintained purchases which exceeded US$500,000.

Japan was given no licence.

China returned in October as a heavy purchaser, spending US$3,800,- 000, 000 of which was spent for aircraft—United Press.

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