Washington, May 22.
Col, Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, yesterday urged repeal of "that terrible blunder, the neutrality act."
The United States, Col, Knox said, should return to a policy of freedom of the seas so that U.S, merchantmen can sail directly to British and other combat ports, bearing aid to the Democracies.
However, he declined to discuss convoys, except to say that it was "silly" to contend a convoy system soners.
"In the north-east corner of {omaliland, hundreds of Italians who Lad taken' refuge in the town of Toben have been captured."
There ig no change in the situation at Tobruk, according to the communique, and in the Sollum area British mechanized patrols again vigorously harassed the enemy.
RAF. Patrols An R.A.F. communique reports that in the Western Desert British aircraft continued offensive patrol At Mekili, one Junkers troop-carrier was set afire and destroyed, and a Messerschmitt fighter was shot down just after it had taken off. In the Gazala and Tobruk areas, an enemy motor-transport was successfully machine-gunned.
In Greece, British heavy bombers on Tuesday night carried out intensive raids on German-occupied aerodromes, but details are not yet available.—Reuter.
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