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Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature,

FINAL HOME

“He's just tuckered out,” s

VOLUME 51—NUMBER 64

When Five Days Mean

a Lifetime

| He was killed last night in a crash ¢ | while returning from a fraternity-

Times Photo. ays Mrs. R. Guy Adams of her son, Donald, who has spent

an eventful five days in the world. Nurse Nora Jarrett is the attendant.

JAPS BLOCKADE COAST OF CHINA

200-Mile Strip Patrolled; U. S. Shipping Seems To Be Exempted.

FOREIGN SITUATION SHANGHAI—Japan orders virtual blockade of China Coast. CHUNGKING — Chinese claim new Hupeh victory. (Page Three.)

LONDON — Britain practically accepts Soviet terms.

. FIVE COMPANIONS HURT

: | due University and two other per-

THURSDAY, MAY

STUDENT, TWO OTHERS DIE I

Seybold, 18, Former Athlete At Shortridge, Killed © Near Lafayette.

Car-Traction Crash Fatal to Columbus Men; Six Injured Here.

(Photo, Page Two)

An Indianapolis student at Pure

| sons were killed in overnight Indi- | ana traffic accidents. | Six persons were hurt, one seriously, in accidents here. Police charged 43 motorists with law violations. The student was Robert F. Seybold, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Seybold, of 2826 N. Talbott St.

| sorority picnic. Other iraffic victims were Wil{liam J. Green, 45, and Vernon Embry. 29, both of Columbus. They were Killed when their car was struck by an Indiana Railroad in-

VIEWS WAR AS

[t's Lullaby

Time Againin Brave Fight

Sitterley Claims Outbreak in Europe Is Unlikely; Trade

Parley Opens.

Five-dav-old Donald Ray Adams slept through his first interview today. Throughout his brief life he has been the subject of constant attention. Now he 1s feeling fine, but is “tuckered out,” according ta his mother, Mrs. R. Guy Adams, 420 Moreland Ave Three hours after he was born, Donald stopped breath-

see from experts,

because war would Germany transferred

{ Hitler to the military E. Sitterley, publisher of

porters’ Guide, said here today.

power

END OF HITLER

There will be no war in Europe in Adolf

the Im- south of Lafayette.

ing. The family physician applied manual respiration

Mr. Sitterley spoke at a luncheon at the Hotel Severin opening the| Indianapolis World Trade Confer-

terurban near Columbus. A companion, Bruce Shutters, 21, was hurt seriously. Injured in Fatal Crash

Five other students and a farmer were injured in the crash in which Mr. Seybold died. The students were Kathryn How-| ell, 19, of Crawfordsville; Thomas! (Jay, 20, of Logansport; Kistler, 18, of Western Springs, Ill.; Frederick O. Douglas of Cleveland

| Heights. and Margaret Mathes, 20,!

of Toledo | William Peak, 17, a farmer of near | Lafayette, also was hurt. Mr. Seybold had been pledged to Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Tuesday night. Last night he and members of the fraternity and Kappa | Gamma Sorority coeds held a picnic

They were returning to the cam{pus when the cars driven by Mr.

Douglas and Peak collided head- :

on near the Tippecanoe County Fair Grounds.

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Navy Moves to Lift Doomed Craft and 26 Dead.

SURVIVORS HEARD

Induction Valve Was Closed, Declares Machinist.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25 (U. P.).—A grim story. of death and struggle for life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean came today from the survivors of the Squalus, the Navy's four million dollar

supersubmarine. As they told their stories in the Portsmouth Navy Yard Hospital, divers 15 miles out in the Atlantis

went down 40 fathoms to where the Squalus lay deep in mud with faint hope in their hearts of finding 26 other trapped men alive. It was vire tually certain they were dead Lieut. Comm. Oliver F. Naquin, the last man to leave her, said hs believed the 26 men trapped in the after compartments were killed by a wall of water which rushed into the submarine when she dived down to the bottom.

‘All Owe Life to Maness'

“Lloyd B. Maness is the man te whom I owe my life and so also do all of the other men who were with me,” Lieut. Naquin said Pertinent quotations from other survivors: THEODORE JACOBS, 29, Signale man—*“1 was glad when I heard sige nals from the outside coming in after I had signaled to the outside, That was part of my job. I got pretty sick.”

ALFRED G. PRIEN, 26, San Frane cisco, Machinist's Mate, 2d Class—

unsuccessfully. The police emergency squad was summoned and saved his life with oxygen, Four hours later Donald again stopped breathing and was revived again by the emergency squad. The next day it was the same situation all over again, but this time Donald had a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to

WARSAW — Public indignation against “axis” rising. BERLIN — Germans “suitable answer.”

promise

SHANGHAI, May 25 (U. P) ot A Japanese Navy spokesman pro-| claimed a virtual Japanese blockade of shipping on the China Coast to-| day in explaining the boarding of British and French liners on the the Methodist Hospital. His high seas by Japanese warship gaiher supplied blood for a

parties. : | transfusion. It is not a question of rights but] X-rays then showed the

OF ok fhias Se) baby to be in perfect condition re. " . | and he was returned home.

cussing the halting of the British as " . We're pretty proud of Don- , French liner | 3 " . ” liner Ranpura and the { ald,” his mother said. “And

ramis. : a now that those trying days

ence sponsored by the Foreign Trade |

Division of the Indianapolis Cham- | Shortridge Graduate

ber of Commerce in connection with | Foreign Trade Week. was “The Story Behind Events in| Buchanan Funeral Home. Europe.”

The youth's parents said the body

uled on the one-day program. W. june, He was a track letterman at | T. Moran, National City Bank of ghortridge and at Purdue he won| New York, was to discuss “A Survey | freshman numerals in track and] of Exchange and Trade Conditions| wrestling. in the Principal Problem Countries; | He attended the Fifth Church of | E. G. Dicus, Marsh & McLennan, Christ, Scientist. Survivors include | Inc., Chicago, “Marine Insurance.” his parents and a sister, Helen. and Joseph L. Pechenik, Foreign Ad-| Two woman escaped serious in-| vertising and Service Bureau, New jury when the car in which they! York, “Export Advertising.” were riding here crashed into two! Haring Is Chairman autos and a utility pole, causing a 100-pound transformer to fall on the C. J. Haring, J. D. Adams manni- ton of their car. facturing Co. is chairman of the | They were Mrs. Susan Kirk, 56. of conference committee. [407 E. Ohio St., the driver, and Mrs. ! Mr. Sitterley predicted that Japan mary Smith, 57, of 2002 Carrollton | will fail to conquer China and that) Ave, They were driving in MasGermany will adopt a future policy | sachusetts Ave., 4200 block, when the of prudence rather than rashness. [accident occured.

Japan, he disclosed, claims the : power to halt any ship plying the, and nights are over we can China coast to inspect its registra-; all get some rest. tion and determine whether vesselsi——— = are being used “for military purposes helpful to the Chinese Gov- SOMOZA HITS 90 ernment.” | Medicine May Be Included | IN SPEEDWAY DRIVE These purposes the spokesman de- | fined as carrving cargo destined for as | Chinese military use. He said he { was unable to announced a “con- Nicaraguan Head Is Guest traband” list at present but sali such a list was under consideration Of City for About Hour. and might include medical supplies oe intended for the Chinese Army. { — | Shortly before this announcement President Anastasio Somoza of a dispatch from Tientsin disclosed Nicaragua drove an automobile! that Japanese authorities had for! ound the Speedway today — 90)

hidden imports of wool, cotton and | : ) carpets to the foreign concessions | miles an hour—and said he'd make there—a move interpreted for for-|100 the next time.

eigners as a further Japarpse at-| The President and his party were! tempt to cripple foreign trade. |. .acic in Indianapolis for about an | As regards the coastal situation. 'y on. They drove from here to West the Japanese Navy Shokan said Lafavette where they are guests this that y ig n “U0 afternoon at Purdue University. miles from the coast. They then will go to Chicago. President Somoza took ithe SpeedSoon, he said, the Japanese would | Va turns in the vellow, official car. N ’ . ’ : - y y or reveal “sensational” instances in| He Was accompanied by Lou Meyer, which foreign ships aided China, | three-time 500-mile race winner, These instances, he said, were the | 20d Boer ent of reas * the new ‘regulations.”| 3 : » : Siig Te » he said gua based Your track is wonderful,” he said, on reports of captured Chinese sol- adding that the speedometer once diers : showed 90 miles. “The next time

; e’ll plan to go 100.” The spokesman declined to com- has £4 : ment on the probable Japanese at-| President Somoza said that the

“Evidence” Reported

| encoomic control by force.

: : : 2,000,000 loan recently extended to titude in event foreign powers pro-| $2000. Y vided their liners with a Nicaragua by the United States corts—as the British were reported| Would be used “to develop ei considering. He then volunteered: | (Continued on Page Two)

What is going on in Europe today.| Mrs. Kirk said her car went into the publisher said, is no different|the pole when she swerved to avoid from what has gone on for hundreds hitting an approaching auto. Police | of years. [reports said her car struck two] “You must admit,” he said, “that others before hitting the pole. Po- | everything has been tried in Central lice said the car's steel top pre- | Europe during the past 20 years. |vented the transformer which fell | “What is being tried out now 1s from the pole from crashing] the system of government and through. I we

RECOVERY PLAN REPORTED DRAFTED

Morgenthau Says He and. Congress Are Agreed.

look back in history, it seems this is the only thing that has ever TAX worked in Central Europe. | “Charlemagne, Napoleon and Bis-| arck all were successful with it.| (Continued on Page Two)

SORRY, HEAT RELIEF | SEEMS IDLE BELIEF

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 2 Yoa mm... SS 11am... 79 12 (noon). 82 1p m..

85 86 89 90

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P) - Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said today that Congressional leaders and he have agreed on a tax program that “definitely” will conIndianapolis continued to swelter tribute to recovery. today as the Weather Bureau pre-| The Secretary, who met yesterday dicted there would be little change with Chairman Robert L. Doughton in temperature during partial|(D. N. C.) of the House Ways and cloudiness tonight and tomorrow. |Means Committee and Rep. Jere Yesterday's high was 87 at 3:30 Cooper (D. Tenn.), tax subcommitp. m, but it wasn't a record for tee chairman, told reporters that May 24, the Bureau said. The hot- more progress toward a solution of test ever recorded here on May 24|tax problems has been made within was 90 degrees in 1921. the last few days.than in the pre-|

“That probably will not be nec- | essary in the case of the United States.” Japanese complained today that a British sentry had halted a Japanese Navy officer and a Japanese inter-| preter at the bayonet point in the| Lungchong mill area of Shanghai

and wounded both of them in doing so.

Mays Holds Spotlight in Speedway Trials Today

vious several months. “What reason can you ascribe that to?” he was asked. “The answer is,” he replied. ‘t‘hat| | there is good will all around.”

Neutrality Changes Doomed

The Ways and Means Committee expected to start tax hearings within a week under a Congressional speed-

His subject would be returned to the Flanner &

LONDON, May 25 (U. P.).—Great|

Britain today addressed a strong! protest to Japan against the action | of a Japanese warship in halting |

the British steamship Ranpura near Hongkong.

The Marchese Special arrived at i the track late yesterday and may With 15 starting positions still va- be driven in qualification today cant, other entries in the Memorial by Harrv MacQuinn, Milwaukee. Day 500-mile race were to attempt| Among others who may go are Emil to qualify at the Speedway this aft-| Andres, Chicago, in the car Jimmy ernoon in four-lap (10-mile) tests.| Snyder owns and has entered; Lou

(Another Story, Page 20)

up campaign for adjournment in six weeks. Passage of a tax reform bill was assured, although %he adjournment drive probably will mean postponement of action on Wagner Labor Relations Act amendments

and neutrality.

He was born here and graduated] Three other speakers were sched-| from Shortridge High School last

. Times-Acme Telephoto

As the living from the Squalus reach the docks at Portsmouth, N, H, a wife or sweetheart grasps

the arm of a loved one,

5 Ran Through Bulkhead, NAVY INQUIRY

Pal Locked Out, Hero Says

‘I Only Did My Duty and Would Have Expected Anyone To Do Same to Me,” Maness Insists.

ORTSMOUTH, N. H, May 25 (U. P.) —Five men escaped from the flooded after batatery room of the sunken submarine Squalus before Lloyd Maness, electrician’s mate, swung shut the bulkhead door, thus saving his own life and the lives of 32 shipmates, but sealing the doom of 26. rapidly in the submarine, He realized time was short if he were to close the bulkhead door. “Due to the angle of the ship and the fact that the door opened from a down angle I had to exert all my strength to swing it into place.” he said. “I had partiallv closed the door when several men shouted fo me from the rapidly filling after batteryroom. “Thev velled, ‘Keep it opened, keep it opened.’ back on its hinges.” »n »

Five Men Pass Through Door

ANESS said Raymond F. O'Hara. Roland Blanchard, William Isaacs, William D. Boulton and Robert L. Washburn, all enlisted men passed through the door from death. “Immediately I swung the door shut and turned down the water= tight screws and walked forward to join the rest of the crew,” he said. “There were no orders issued to close the doors inasmuch as this is considered the bulkhead guard's initiative. “1 realized, of course, that there must have been men trapped in the after compartments, but in an emergency of this kind every bulkhead door in all sections of the ship are fastened as a measure of safety; even those doors forward in the dry sections had been closed. “An induction valve overhead in the control room was taking in water and I immediately closed this so that the room was sealed tight. “I knew of only one man that was shut in the water-filled control room, John J. Batick. I had talked with him just at a moment before the accident. » »

Would Have Expected Another to Do Some

" T such times as this, there is not time for sentiment. We are trained rigidly to act so I gave no consideration of the fate of my shipmates than I would have expected similar consideration had I been in their place. “It was not until after the first impulsive action wasover that I began to realize the awfulness of the men’s situation in the after section. Particularly I thought of Sherman Shirley, my chum, whose best man I was to be next Sunday, when he was to marry a Dover girl. “In fact I had talked with him just before our final dive. I have forgotten now what he said, but it had something to do with Sundays wedding. So, when I had time to think I hoped that Shirley was fortunate enough to be in a dry section. Though hope was pretty

remote.

I let the door slip

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TOSEEK CAUSE

Sub Must Be Raised for Examination of Valve, Vinson Reports.

WASHINGTON, May 25 —The Navy advised the

(U.P). House

In a Navy-approved interview, Maness said the water was rising { Naval Affairs Committee today that

it will be impossible to determine

the exact cause of the Squalus dis-|

aster until the sunken submarine is raised. The report was submitted as Rep. Thomas A. Flaherty (D. Mass.) announced in the House that he was introducing a formal resolution for a Congressional inquiry. The Navy's report was presented to the Naval Affairs Committee by Chairman Carl Vinson (D. Ga. Outlining how the Squalus started to make a routine test dive, the report submitted to Chairman Vinson declared: “In making the dive, the 32-inch main induction valve operated by hydraulic gear which furnishes air to the main engines failed to close. The reason for this failure is no known vet and it will be impossible to determine the cause until the submarine has been raised and the valve examined.” The Committee was advised that Admiral C. W. Cole, in charge of salvage operations, “has reported to the Department that he will assure himself that no life exists in the flooded compartments and then will determine whether to remove the (Continued on Page Three)

ELLIS ISLAND CELL AWAITING BERGDOLL

Draft Dodger to Arrive Today on Bremen.

“I was in the control room at my post when we started the dive, My duties are to handle the levers and machinery controlling the vents, flood valves and the main induction valve (the one which allowed the water to enter and flood the rear compartments. “I received the signal that the dive was about to begin, by a series of lights that are on a control board directly before me. The engines were stopped, I pulled the proper valves, closed the main induction valve, so that water would not enter the submarine when we dove. Says All Valves Closed

“T could tell that the valves were working properly and that the main induction valve was closed because lights flashed on and the lights will not show up unless the valve is closed. “I still was looking at the control | board and could see that all the | lights were on and this mean to me that all the valves were closed and I couldn't understand what had happened.” The divers who went down today had orders to stay aboard the Squalus until told otherwise As the diving bell, which had brought up 33 men, went down for the last time the sun broke through a slightly cloudy sky. The day was warm and the sea was calm | True to the tradition of the Navy, rescue workers were determined to continue the search for survivors until forced to admit ‘26 hands (lost.” Navy Never Gives Up

“We in the Navy never give up,” | Admiral C. W. Cole, commandant |of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, said {aboard the Cruiser Brooklyn. | He pointed out there was the | “barest possibility” there might be air in the flooded after compart« (Continued on Page Three)

HOOSIER SENATORS AGREE ON GREENLEE

Times Special WASHINGTON, May 25.—Senator Minton (D. Ind.) announced today that he and Senator VanNuys (D, Ind.) will send to President Roose= velt late today a recommendation for appointment of Pleas Greenlee as Internal Revenue Collector for Indiana. He said he and the senior Senator from Indiana were ready to sign an agreement urging Mr. Greenlee's nomination to succeed Will H. Smith in the post. The announcement fol lowed a visit to the White House by Senator Minton and Fred Bays, Ine |diana’s new Democratic state chaire | man, | Senator Minton predicted presie dential approval for the nomination,

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Rex Mays, blond California Webb, Knoxville, Tenn. in the Walt| come, was being tounted fon to| Woestman entry, and Zeke Meyer, , provide today’s thrills. e was| Germantown, Pa, in one of the forced to quit his first trial run Sat- | motor-in-the-rear Miller cars. [Ph ue ¥o be Teli gb the White urday because of oil being blown| Only two drivers qualified yves-| «popes that mean that vou drilled through the bearings of his car, an|terday despite almost ideal weather | ,.adv to go with taxes?” hi {alcohol-burner in the Joe Thorne conditions. Ira Hall, Vigo County | acked. 43) ML Dark oad a) team. [sheriff, qualified the Greenfield| yes" A * | + He is scheduled to take his sec-!Super Service Special at 121.188 “ » ” policemen to the Safety Board. {ond trial today, however, and may | miles an hour. a Wearne, Pas- Definitely Recov ery This action was taken after A. C.ltyrn in a speed close to or better adena, Cal, qualified the Lou| “Does the setup agreed to yesterSallee, Parks Superintendent, sald than the one-lap record of 130.757| Moore-Floyd Roberts entry at day contribute to recovery?” that neither he nor other park offi-| miles an hour set when his team- 125.074. | “The answer is definitely yes.” cials could control the activities of mate, Jimmy Snyder, took the pole| Kelly Petillo failed on his second | Secretary Morgenthau said that park police. position. .|attempt and Al Miller on his first |in the Committee hearings, he would LeRoy J. Keach, Safety Board| Thorne himself may attempt to because of mechanical difficulties.|appear first, and then Underpresident, told park commissioners) aualify one of the older cars in|Those unable to qualify by the|secretary John W. Hanes would take that he would accept the nine spe-| his team, while Bob Swanson is to|time this afternoon's trials close at|charge of the presentation. cial officers and place them under| take the Sampson Comet Special, al? p. m. will be given further chances| Secretary Morgenthau would not the direction of Chief Morrissey. 16-cylinder car, for its first trial. this week. . discuss the details of the program.

“I don’t know whether I mentioned anything about my thoughts but I do remember hearing Commander Naquin ordering no mention of the men in the flooded section. He realized that such talk would be demoralizing and that nothing could be done for them anyhow. Our communications were cut off with the after sections, the telephones

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