CONVOY GETS THROUGH

Evening Star, Issue 24329, 19 October 1942, Page 4

CONVOY GETS THROUGH

ENEMY ATTACKS FRUSTRATED . (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 17. Although shadowed for four days by a U-boat pack, a large Atlantic convoy arrived safely in Britain under the protection of the Royal Navy, R.A.F. Coastal Command, and United States Navy aircraft, all of which.co-operated against the submarines so successfull.y that not one torpedo attack was delivered. The safe passage of the shins is regarded by the Air Ministry as an excellent illustration of the effectiveness of air cover combined with surface, escort for ocean convoys. U-BOAT TOLL REDUCED (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. October 17. The Chairman of the Maritime Commission, Rear-Admiral Kmory Land, told the American Merchant Marine Conference that, while the new protective methods had reduced the toll taken by U-boats, the number of U-boats sunk was increasing month by month. ARGENTINA STRICTLY NEUTRAL BUENOS AIRES,'Oct. 16. The Foreign Minister, Ur Ruiz Guinazu, stated that Argentina had no intention of breaking relations with the Axis at present, and will adhere to a policy of strict neutrality. Meanwhile, reports from Caracas indicate that the Venezuelan and Colombian Governments arc attempting to bring Chile closer to hemispheric co-operation with the reconciliation of Chile and the United States as the objective.