American merchant ship ss Ruth Alexander sunk by Japanese aircraft according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 10 January 1942

An item referred to the State Department reporting that the American ss Ruth Alexander was sunk during a Japanese air attack in the Strait of Makassar on 31 December 1941.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 10 January 1942 No. 31