London, Jun. 10, German air raiders sank (hree ships in the North Sea yesterday and ate tacked five others with bombs and machine-guns in a renewal of Nazi air activity over English wafers, the Admiralty announced here yesterday, "phe British steamship Gowrie, 689 tons was sunk," the announcement said, "and all the crew was saved by a Danish ship. The Danish steamer Ivan Kondrup, 2,309 tons, was also sunk, Eleven survivors, were landed by British vessels, but there were still ten men missing." The third vessel sunk by Nazi aircraft was the Danish steamship Teddy, 955 tons, There was no news of the crew of this ship available, All these were small unescorted merehantriven."
The Germans also carried out five lacks on other British ships, wound.
least 32 men aboard a lights ship. In addition to attacks on shi ping, Nazi air raiders flew over the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth yesterday, The British lightship was heavily damaged and it was feared that one of the crow was fatally wounded. Others. were seriously wounded during the raid, The raiders strafed and bombed the ship's decks, The lightship, which was enroute to relieve another light ship, was attacked for half an hour.
sixteen members of the crew of the lightship were wounded and were landed at an east coast port. They were all taken to a hospital for treatment, Eight of the wounded seamen had their faces and hands bandaged and were released after first aid treatment. addition to five larger vessels attacked by the German planes, was learned that Nazi raiders attaekfed five fishing smacks off the cast coast of Scotland, None was wound: ed on the smacks, however, and they Sil returned safely to their home ports.—United Press.
Rothesay Castle its Reet London, Jan, 10.
It is learned today that the Union castle, liner Rothesay "Castle, 7,000, fons, struck a reef on the for Scotland last Thursday sustained damage. In the first month Jot the war, the Rothesay Castle had fan exciting voyage when she suc~ cessfully eluded attacks by submarines. The liner Italy As Guardian Of Balkans Rome, Jo The determination of ' Italy prevent the war spreading tothe south to the Balkans and the Mediterranean,"" Is expressed today by Signor Virginia Gayda in the semi-oficial organ, "Giornale "'stalin."
"Everyone" should note." Signor Gayda declares, "that Hungary stands fon Italy's side in the policy the latter planning, and in the methods she intends to adopt for her development. At the same time Italy stands on Hungary's side as far as special problems of foreign policy' are con-
"The writer, who ix recosmnized as Signor Mussolini's mouthpiece, then asks Rumania to consider. the ndvis~ ability of coming to terms in her territorial differences with Hungary in view of the European situation, it would be a fatal mistake, he states, hot to. eliminate those problems which are still open to solution, Nothing, is known in Rome. concerning the conclusion of n defen sive miliary allfanee between Italy ind Hungary, as reported ina New Yorke wireless broadcast, which said that Count Ciano and Count Csaky, the Tallan and Hungarian Foreign, Ministers, had agreed to such a pact during their week-end talks In Venice. The New York wireless quoted @ highly authoritative source in Budapest for its statement, declar= ing that Taly would undertake to to the assistance of Hungary in the event. of aggression against hor by Russia or Germany. The announcer added that Count Csaky would submit the proposed pact to his Government, and then return to Taly.—Reuter,
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