RAIDERS IN PACIFIC
ALLIED VESSELS WARNED AMERICAN SHIPS SUNK (United Press assa —Elec. Tel. Copyrigm; NEW YORK, Dec. 7 It is reliably reported that Japan has sent out a number of commerce raiders into the Pacific and Indian Oceans to prey on merchantmen carrying war materials to Britain and America, says the New York Times’ Washington correspondent. It is understood that all Allied ships have been warned of the presence of raiders which are attempting to take advantage of the period before Allied defences are mobilised.
Distress signals have been received from an American vessel, presumably a freighter, 700 miles west of San Francisco indicating that Japanese submarines were strung out over this area.
A radio message from Manila says the United States transport General Hutfh Scot, formerly the President Pierce (12,579 tons), has been sunk 1600 miles from Manila, and the President Harrison (10,509 tons) has either been seized or sunk off Shanghai.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21599, 9 December 1941, Page 4
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