MAY BE FORMING CONVOY
Nazi Ships Leave South
America
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received February 9, 6.30 p.m.) RIO DE JANEIRO, February 8 The German steamer Konigsberg sailed from Belem with 2000 tons of rubber and an unusually heavy supply of fuel oil. The port authorities here believe that she may be forming a convoy with the La Coruna and the Wolfsburg in an attempt to run the blockade. Submarine Ban Suggested The Inter-American Neutrality Committee recommended that the American Republics ban belligerent submarines in territorial waters except if they need refuge because of weather or if they urgently need repairs, or for humanitarian reasons. It adds that if permitted entry they must navigate on the surface.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21575, 10 February 1940, Page 9
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118MAY BE FORMING CONVOY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21575, 10 February 1940, Page 9
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