Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1939 — Page 3

THURSDAY, MAY 25,

MOSCOW TERMS ALL RIGHT NOW, NEW NOTE SAYS

London to Send Finished Draft of Alliance to

Seeds in Few Days. |

LONDON, May 25 (U. P).—The| Foreign Office today instructed Ambassador Sir William Seeds at Mos- |

cow to inform the Soviet Govern-|

ment of Great Britain's new pro- | posals for a three-power mutual aid | pact with France and Russia to complete the European security | front. | The message to Sir William, dis-| patched by Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, instructed him to advise Soviet Foreign Commissar) Viacheslav Molotov of the general outline of the British plan to meet Russia demands and to indicave! the lines of a detailed formula which will be forwarded as soon as the draft can be completed, prob-| ably within a dav or two. Soviet acceptance of the program was understood to be assured. Military arrangements—consultations among the general staffs of the three powers—involved in the new accord proposals were discussed at noon when the British defense ministers met at the Foreign Of- | fice and conferred with Lord Halifax. Those present included War Secretary Lesiie Hore-Belisha; Earl Stanhope, First Lord of the Adm Sir Kingsley Wood, Air and Admiral Lord Chatnister for defense c¢o-

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‘Suitable Answer’ BERL] N, May 25 (U. P) powers will the new encircle Britain, France and Soviet | official information made to the foreign press said

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statement said that Berlin poces discern another step circlement the “French-| anxiety te conclude a pact) iet Russia, as well as in the larations by the British 1 Foreign Ministries.” 1 regarded as proof that he Western powers reject the final tion by the axis powers (Gerand Ttaly) amicably to solve ropean problems as embodied in the German-Italian military pact, ement said. “Thus the Westpowers refuse to assist in conpeaceful solutions.”

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WARSAW, May U. P)—-Vo-ciferous and ve whistling of Fr Hitler and | \[ussolini caused the Govto ban the showing of showing the Nazi-Fascist Warsaw movie the-

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Lawrence J. Gainor, chief electrician’s mate, the only survivor who had to be removed on a stretcher, is shown being carried to a waiting ambulance.

Commander Ruled as Supreme Judge

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In Life vs. Death Cases at 40 Fathoms

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25 (U. P.) —Forty fathoms down, the dead rode beneath their commander today. True to the code of the sea, Lieut.' O. F. Naquin was the last man to leave his command, the submarine, Squalus. He came up in the last ascension of the diving bell at mid-

after, and find dead ones. Most of all, he had to keep the

men from thinking too much of the danger of their predicament, from brooding over the probabilities of a slow, agonizing death as the oxveen tanks emptied, the air grew progressively more foul and men began dropping, one by one. So he put them to tanping messages with wrenches on the steel sides of the Squalus. hour after hour.

night, exhausted, spent the rest of the night aboard the salvage ship, Falcon, anchored directly above his ship What nightmarish thoughts must A dav and a night had passed have been his in the warm safety of before there were raps on the outthe Falcon out there on a calm sea! side of the hull. The men had His job had been well done and heard through the Squalus’ instrumore than half his crew saved! ments, the hum of a submarine’s something unprecedented in sub- motors on the surface. marine disasters. But he had been Next they heard the scrape of [put to a strain few men have under-| the diving bell as it reached the {gone | Squalus’ upperside. That meant the There were those 26 bodies in the rescuers had arrived. The hatches compartments of the were open, a dim light came down Squalus on the ocean floor: the from the bell, and the Squalus’ surbodies of men who had been under | vivors had new contact with the his command. [ living. And there had been 39 hours in Onlv seven men could go up with a narrow, black prison under 240 the bell, the ‘others would have to feet of water when he commanded wait until it ‘could be lowered again 32 men who would surely die if he! Tt was up to Lieut. Naquin, the made a mistake and might die no commanding officer. 0 choose matter what he did. There, under the open hatch, he These men were eved his men. Most important was It is hot in an operating submarine to send someone who could make & but in a disabled one it is ‘cold. detailed report if he, the master. The temperature in the Squalus didn’t survive. He chose Lieut. John was a little below freezing. He had !C. Nichols for that purpose. Then to keep the men moving. If they he picked out the six ‘enlisted men staved still they would freeze. Yet who looked the nearest to exhausthey couldn't move around 100 tion. much because the more movement| Twice more, Comm. Naquin had the higher the ‘consumption of to go through this ordeal—choosing | oxygen and there was no way of some men for life, perhaps, con-| telling whether the rescuers would 'demning the ‘others to death. come before the oxygen supply was| Then, at last, they were all out

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County Deaths |, Speeding “ 9 {To Date)

1939 938

99 Reckless 46 driving

Running preferential street

City Deaths (Te Date) 1539 a938

17 “8 Running red lights

May Injured Accidents Dead Arrests

24 6 Drunken driving “ 3 Others

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himself and seven others. That drama out there on the ocean floor 15 miles off shore had reverberations that rolled through | this old naval yard. They centered in| the administration building where the wives and sweethearts of the liv-| ing and the dead of the Squalus awaited news. Torn with suspense, they greeted (the earlier dispatches indicating all | on board were safe with tears of happiness. With pathetic optimism | they interpreted the hammer taps] from within the Squalus as meaning that all was well. When an officer read the mes- | sage from the Falcon—'Rescue bell | going down on first trip"—they | laughed the high shrill laugh of persons whose nerves are all but | gone. Then came the announcement that 83 men were accounted for as alive, and that it was believed 26 had perisned. They were heart tearing minutes, those minutes while the officer read the list of the men known to {be alive. Tt was a life jist and a aeath list combined. As each name was pronounced, there came a sob of happiness from some one who cared. The list ran out and those who hadn't heard the names they had been waiting to hear, knew the worst, Bereaved women huddled on the steps, crying. They walked about, | aimlessly, wringing their hands. They stopped harried officers and implored them to deny the cold | facts of that list. i | ‘Several of the wives refused to believe and sat patiently on the steps | of the building until near midnight. | The landing of the survivors was | {accomplished with as little fuss as) possible. The patrol boat bearing the men would come quickly to the pier and, almost before the lines were fastened, the gang plank would be lowered and the men | | taken off. There was no laughter, no shouts of greeting. The men who had been alone on! the bottom of the sea wanted to be | alone on land.

Dead

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Mav 25 | (U. P.).—Following are the dead in the submarine Squalus disaster: | OFFICER ENSIGN PATTERSON, Oklahoma | City,

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CIVILIANS SMITH, DONALD, General Motor | Corp WOODS, CHARLES, attached to | Navy Department ENLISTED MEN

AITKEN, JAMES A, Bridgeport, ! Conn. | BATICK, JOHN J. Portsmouth. |! JOSHUA, Grand Ridge, 1a CHESTNUT, JOHN A, Groton. | ‘Conn. = ROBERT L., Fullerton, al. {

DEAL, ELVIN L. Copperhill | Tenn. FLETCHER, L. H. San Dieg Cal., formerly of Crawfordsville, Ing GARRISON, KENNETH R. lin, Mo | GIBBS, ROBERT F., Lexington, S. C. Eh PAY JOHN P. Dieg

HOFFMAN, EUGENE A. Brook Iyn. Mich. KEEGAN, ALEXANDER B. Quakertown, Pa, | MARINO, JOHN J, Marshalltown, | | Towa M'AFEE. H. K.. Bast Point, Ga. | PRIESTER, ALFRED C. Rose-| ‘dale, N. Y. SCHULTE, FRANK H., Mo. SCYPERS, B. S. Bristol, Va. SHIRLEY, SHERMAN IL. Little Rock, Ark.

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| STRONG, JACK J. Milwaukee. | M., Royalton, !

| THOMALA, J. | Minn. | | THOMPSON, R. P, Nashville, { Tenn { WARD, N. L, INHER. Okla. Kooskia, Idaho.

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__ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Real Life Scenes and Artist's Pen Dramatize Squalus Rescue

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DIVERS RETURN TO OCEAN GRAVE OF SUNKEN SUB

‘We Never Give Up,’ Official Says, Although Hope for 26 Is Abandoned.

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ments of the submarine—where 26 men were trapped—but added that | “the cold makes it virtually hope- | less.” “One of the men who came up| from below said it was 27 degrees | down there,” he continued. “One couldn't live very long in that tem- | perature, even with air.” Diving operations, directed from the salvage ship Falcon anchored at the scene, were halted last night

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In this sketch of the submarine rescue work in the Atlantic ocean off coast of New Hampshire, the artist has conceived a diver's-eye view, looking up from the ocean bottom, of the rescue operation. The sketch shows a cross section of deep sea rigging, from the rescue ship Falcon some 240 feet down to the trapped submarine,

5 Ran Through Bulkhead,

Pal Locked Out, Hero Says

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1 | from the Washington Naval Station to aid in the rescue work on the Squalus. There were 10 men in the bell—eight from the Squalus, McDonald and a fellow diver, J. Mihalowski. “What did vou do when the bell jammed?” McDonad was asked tday when he came aboard the Brooklyn from the rescue ship, Falcon. “We told jokes,” he said. “What were some of the jokes?" McDonald Iffaughed and shook his head.

BOUND TO JURY ON SECURITIES CHARGE

were hand lamps and the only food iron rations “Nobody ate much at any time, but the greatest lack was fresh water, the available water having been tainted. I don’t think any of the men had a drink of any kind from the time of diving until we were rescued by the Falcon. “The cold was penetrating and we got blankets from the officers quarters and lay down to conserve oxvgen and energy. The forward bulkheads were soon opened on the order of Commander Naquin and those of us who have survived were reunited. “T wish to make it clear that I acted according to the requirements of my duty in closing the bulkhead door. I have the utmost sorrow for my shipmates who died, but 1 would not hesitate to do the same thing if similar circumstances required and I want no credit for having ‘carried out something that any other member of my crew would have done in my place.”

Told Jokes for Four Hours In Bell, Diver Says |

(Copyright, 1089, by United Press) | curities Commissioner, testified that ABOARD THE CRUISER Mr. Pentecost had sold stock not

> his registered by the Indiana Securities BROOKLYN, OFF PORTS: |gommission. The defendant pleaded MOUTH, N. H, May 25. — The

not guilty. last ‘eight men alive on the | Two young men told the court | | Squalus were coming up from the | they were given jobs by Mr. Penteblackness of 40 Tathoms under cost when they bought stock but the sea to the blackness of the that they received no salaries. John night above in a bell when the | E. Patterson, 19, Valparaiso, said he cable that was hoisting them bought one share of stock for $10 jammed .

In that moment, when it seemed that the watery grave from which they had just escaped was about to close in on them again, they told jokes and laughed. A tall, powerful diver, with angry. red scratches on his neck and face from the job h® had been doing, was in the bell and told today about the laughter that rang out when men looked death in the face. The diver's name is J. H. Mec- |

tising solicitor. E. Teare, 25 of 2006 Station St. said he bought six shares for and was made | Mr. Pentecost's arrest followed an investigation started when Mr. Patterson and Mr. the Better Business Bureau.

bond, was threatened with contempt of court by Judge Karabell when he wept in the courtroom. Mr. Pentecost said he had put all

| when the bell fouled on one of its

|guide lines 150 feet below the sur- | face and 90 feet above the sunken [submarine while it was being brought up with the last eight Sur

| Vivors.

The bell was held fast more than) halfway down for four hours on the fourth trip. The eight survivors in it included Lieut. Naquin, who in the sea’s tradition had remained to | see the last living man of his crew | | precede him to safety. | Weary, cold, hungry and haunted | by a 40-hour ordeal, these eight | | men finally were hoisted onto the { Falcon at 10:38 p. m. (Indianapolis | Time) ‘and placed in decompression chambers. There was heroism during those | -— | 40 hours after the Squalus went {down at 7:40 a. m. Tuesday that [never will be told, but out of the | first confusion of the rescues came | the story of Maness’ feat to which | | each rescued man credited his life. | The story was told by Lieut. R. {N. Robertson, third in command of | the Squalus. He said that the ship | | was going down fast and seemed [almost to be standing on end, with [water gushing down upon the mid- | {dle and forward compartments [when Maness, the only one within ireach of the tremendous steel door, | seized it and heaved it upwards. All Faced Death | Had his strength Taiied before {he had the door locked, every man lon the Squalus would have been {drowned within a few minutes. Capt. W. F. Amsden appeared this {morning on the front steps of the {administration building at the {Portsmouth Navy Yard, gathering {place for relatives of the Squalus’ {men during the anxious hours, and notified the last three women wait{ing there that all hope had been abandoned for their loved ones. | They received the news calmly. | They were the wives of John .P. | Hathaway and Elvin L. Deal, enlist[ed men aboard, and Miss Ruth De- | |sautel, 20, of Dover, N. H., who was {to have been married Saturday to [Seaman Sherman L. Shirley, an{other of the victims. The first 21 men rescued were | | taken to the Portsmouth Navy Yard | {but the last eight were kept in the {Falcon's decompression chambers {all night. They were in worse con{dition than the others because of {their four hour {diving bell. | The scene of the sinking was 15 {miles off the New Hampshire Coast | Sixteen pontoons, last used in | raising the S+4, were en route from | the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, on barges towed by the Navy tugs [Sagamore and Torecameo but were {not due until this afternoon. The [raising of the Squalus with | bodies may take several days, pending on weather. Diver Frank Miller, who made {the first trip down to inspect the (Squalus, said the 299-foot ship lay [snugly on the bottom, inclining at {an agle of only five or six degrees. It was pitch dark at that depth, he said, and the water was muddy (and very cold. | Water Pressure Heavy | The water pressure at 240 feet was | 1056 pounds per square inch, com-=|

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pared with 14.7 pounds at the sur- |

face. | | The Navy abandoned without ex- | Planation the original plan for | sending down divers to attach hose | limes to the flooded compartments |of the Squalus, so that the water could be forced from them by air pressure and the submarine could come up of its own buoyancy.

marine, rescue officials said, the salvage workers first will try to close the open induction valve which caused the accident the water from the flooded chambers by high compression air piped from the surface.

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PAGE '8 Prays in Vain

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Times-Acme yo ephuLS. Roberta Lea Coffey, 3-year-old daughter of Robert bh Coffey, Fullerton, Cal, prays for the re turn of her father from the submarine Squalus. But her prayers are in vain--her father's name is on the list of dead.

NAVY INQUIRY T0 SEEK CAUSE

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

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bodies of the missing personnel or

|raise the submarine first.”

Rep. Flaherty explained to the House that his inquiry resolution was inspired by the fact that “‘similar investigations in the past have done much to promote the development of safety devices.” “We should investigate all circums stances relative to any mechanical he said. The resolution provided that the inquiry be undertaken by the Naval Affairs Committee or a subcommit= tee at a cost of not more than $5000,

[The Committee would be empowered

to issue subpenas and make whatever recommendations were Ware ranted Senate Group ot Await Findings In the Senate, Chairman Walsh (D. Mass.) of the Naval Affairs Commitiee said his group would await the inquiry board's findings to determine “whether this disaster was the fault of structure, lack of training or negligence.” He indicated that the Senate Committee might investigate the accident, but said that if further investigation were warranted it would be made later, the Naval Court reports Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, said there would be no investigation until the submarine has been brought to the surface. Senator Walsh said there had been “no inkling of sabotage.” “But of course there is always that possibility,” he added. Naval authorities agreed that there was no indication thus far that the accident would be attribute able to sabotage. They said that if the Naval inquiry established that the FBI probably would the case,

Pension Plans Proposed

Chairman John Lesinski (D, Mich.) of the House Committee on Invalid Pensions, announced that he will introduce legislation today for payment of pensions at war time rates for deaths or disabilities in line of duty from submarine or aircraft disasters. Similar legisla«

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[tion was introduced in the Senate In attempting to raise the sub-|vesterday by Senator Schwartz (D,

Mont.). Officials emphasized that if there is any indication of inherent struce tural defect in the Squalus-type submarines, the remaining nine ships in that category will not be

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