SAILORS FROM LEHIGH AT FREETOWN
(Rec. 7.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct 22. The Maritime Commission announced that 22 of the missing members of the crew of the torpedoed steamer Lehigh had landed safely at Freetown. President Roosevelt said there was little doubt that the vessel was sunk by a German submarine and he regarded the attack as an act of piracy. Answering a question where the German submarines in the South Atlantic came from, the President said some came from Occupied France and others were refuelled in mid-ocean. There was no confirmation of the reports that raiders were based on islands off the coast of Africa. President Roosevelt announced that two of the three boatloads of survivors are still missing. The President indicated that though the Lehigh was sunk by a German submarine, the torpedoing occurred approximately 100 miles from Freetown. The Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, told the Press that the sinking of the Lehigh was a perfect example of the Nazi policy of attempting to create a reign of terror, frightfulness and absolute lawlessness on the high seas.
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Southland Times, Issue 24574, 24 October 1941, Page 5
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