GERMAN SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23351, 10 June 1941, Page 7

GERMAN SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK

Auxiliaries To The Bismarck WIDE SEARCH BY ROYAL NAVY (Received June 9, ll p.m.) (U.P.A.) LONDON, June 9. Two more German supply ships sent out to serve the Bismarck have been sunk. This is announced by the Admiralty. The announcement says that an ocean-wide search has been going on, covering the areas in which the Bismarck’s supply ships are likely to be operating. As previously announced, three supply ships and an armed trawler had been sunk, and now two more supply ships had been intercepted and sunk.

The operations of rounding up other supply ships are being continued. It is now revealed that a Polish destroyer, Piorun, in a flotilla under the command, of Captain P. L. Vian, of Cossack fame, was the first of the destroyer force to sight the Bismarck. She came under heavy fire) but skilfully manoeuvred to avoid the shells, while keeping the Bismarck under observation. Captain Vian sent a message to the Polish captain: “Congratulations; I hope you are with us next time.” The Polish captain replied: “It was great to be with you. We hope to be under your command the next time.”

STRIKE IN U.B. FACTORY

MR ROOSEVELT’S THREAT DEFIED (Received June 10, 1.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 9. In defiance of Mr Roosevelt’s threat to place the army in control of the factory unless work is resumed, 12,000 strikers in the North American Aviation Company’s plant at Inglewood, California, decided not to return to work to-day. - Mr Richard Frankensteen, an official of the United Automobile Workers’ Organisation, attempted to urge the men to return to work, but was howled down. The Mayor ,of fjos Angeles (Mr Fletcher Bowron) said he would Use 1000 police if necessary to keep, the factory gates open on Monday for those desiring to return' to work. Mr Frankensteen declared that the strike is an attempt by the Communist Party to sabotage the defence programme. GATHERING BRITISH HARVEST HELP FROM VOLUNTEER WORKERS (8.0. W.) . RUGBY, June 8. Stating that it would be necessary to depend this year to a much greater extent for gathering the British harvest on the help of local volunteers, school children and young people, the Ministry of Agriculture says a special tribute must be paid to the help already given to agriculture by schools and school children. Last year about 250 schoolboy harvest camps, attended by at least 8000 boys, were formed and they gave valuable help to farmers. This year there *will be considerably greater acreages of crops to be harvested and the Ministry looks to school children for even more help, but this does not mean that the Government wishes to exploit children and it will not relax safeguards designed to protect their health and welfare.