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|! GREECE REPORTED
FREE OF ITALIANS
Toll High in Lontion Raid; Hitler and Molotov Confer Again. (Continued from Page One)
bomb but 40 persons were released alive. At an inland town, correspondent reporte mations of bombers ‘morning, Some of t lieved to be Italian. ‘about a dozen bomb: skirts of the town as ers attacked them, British planes a main Italian bases— ha and Porto Edda ( ta)—which are bein attack on Greece an they had inflicted The biggest port, Dul ported set afire an powerfully that it usable.
Suez Raided, Italians Say
At Cairo, the British announced their planes also had bombed the Italian base of ‘Tobruk in Libya, setting part of it on fire, and had unloaded ,more high |explosives on Brindisi) and Bari in long-range bombing attacks. Rome High [Command rePor that Italia planes had raided Suez, the Cairo air "field,
United Press several for-
British fight-
acked three urazzo, Valoanta Quaranused in the reported that eat, damage. azzo, was rebattered so ght not be
spokesman Virginio Gayda reported that the German and Italian flee were being combin for Atlant Ocean operations against the Brit-] ish. This presumably| referred chiefly to submarines, although .Gayda said that the war against Britain was essentially “naval.”
Britain Warns Spain
The House of Commons was informed that Britain|/did not intend to permit Spain, an Axis friend, to fortify the . international zone of Tangier, strategic city in the Straits of Gibraltar, which the Spanish military seized. It was said officially in London also that Britain was extending its blockade of the Axis powers to a large part of* the French Colonial Empire, including Syria, West Africa, Libera, Madagascar and other areas. The | blockade takes effect Monday.. In Budapest Foreign Minister Count Stephen Casaky told Parliathat Hungary continues “side by side with Germany and Italy” in matters of foreign policy and thus will keep’ out of war, *
French to Defend Martinique
In Ft. De France, Martinique, French colonial officials said’ they were prepared to defend the island; of Martinique with all the resources at their command. Preparations have been made, it was asserted, to oppose by force if necessary any attempt by British or by the “Free France” forces of Gen. Charles De Gaulle to land on the West Indies island, which is in a zone now closely patrolled by U. S. warships. A United Press writer said he had seen no Germans at Ft. De France, Officials charged that the rumors were spread to cause ill feeling between France and the United States. °
Vichy Warns Rebels
The French Government at Vichy charged that Spanish mercenaries, and “Red” battalions were being used in the pro-British effort to raise rebellion in French colonies and issued a final warning to all soldiers to denounce the "Free France” movement. In Greece, the Italians appeared to have failed in new efforts to start an offensive through the mountainous frontier. < - A communique issued by “the Royal Air Force in Greece” said Durazzo, recently modernized by Italy at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars and the main disembarkation point for Italian troops in the Greek campaign, had been “completely gutted” in a raid Monday; that “three fires started on the jétty, later merging into one,
100 miles away on their homeward ’ | flight.” : At Valona, the second largest Albanian port, “all bombs were seen to fall in the target area and what probably was an ammunition dump was seen to blow up,” the communique said. Meanwhile, Greek troops were reported to be on the offensive along the whole frontier. All three of the main Italian drives had been
"stopped. In the northern Koritza
sector near ‘the Jugoslav border; in the Pindus Mountains comprising the central front, and ‘in the Kalamas River valley of the south. ‘It was announced that six fully equipped companies of Albanian troops had surrendered at the frontier, declaring: “We don’t want to fight the Greeks.” The Albanian Minister in Athens appealed by radio to his countrymen at home to “join your Greek brothers in the fight for independence against a common enemy.” At Ohrid, .Jugoslav border town, it was reported that Albanians throughout the northern Miriditi region had revolted against Italy; that the population of seven towns in the adjoining Dukadjin region Rad fled east toward the Jugsslav border to join the rebels, dynamiting the Belidrin river bridge behind them,
Bombs Heard for Hours
Italy sent troops to crush the revolt, according to these reports, and British and Greek planes bombed "the Italian camps, killing 70 and wounding 90 at one. -It was said that the bombing and Italian antiaircraft firing could be heard along the frontier for hours. In Berlin Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar Viacheslav M. Molotov resumed their discussions concerning Russia's place in the Nazi's new world order after the Fuehrer had entertained his guest at luncheon at the Reichsmchancellory. Nazi officials and newspapers remained secretive about the purpose of Molotov’s visit. Unofficial quarters said that as soon as Molotov left, Hitler probably would make new diplomatic contacts with France and Spain, and then with the southeastern European countries, especially Hungary, Rumania, Slovakia and probably, later, Bulgaria. Diplomatic Flurry Noted There was a flurry of diplamatic activity coincident with Molotov’s trip. Gen. Ion Antonescu, head of the Rumanian Government, was en route to Rome with his Foreign Minister Michail Sturdza, to confer) with Benito Mussolini and Bucharest reports said he might continue from Rome to Berlin. The German Minister to Rumania, Wilhelm Fabricius, conferred with Antonescu at the railway station as he left Bucharest. - At Moscow, it was reported that the Japanese minister there, Haruhiko Nishi, had gone to Berlin, Franz von Papen, German Ambassador to Turkey, was visiting in Berlin. Sir Samuel Hoare, British Ambassador to Spain, crossed the Portuguese frontier at Elvas last night en route to Lisbon. British authorities in Moscow denied reports abroad that British Ambassador Sir Stafford Cripps had been recalled from Moscow.
Agreement Reached—Japan
In Tokyo, it was announced that a. complete agreement on a new Japanese effort “to settle the China affair” has been reached at an Imperial conference. There was no official indication of the nature of the program, but persistent reports from Shanghai said that the Japanese were planning a new thrust southward in French Indo-China—in the direction of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Japanese troop transports were reported ready to move. For a week, Japanese press reports have been building up the idea than anti-Japanese activities in the Saigon area were increasing and hinting that Japanese action might
and our pilots could still see it when
be necessary.
viving members of her crew today.
of the war. fighting she permitted at least 29 escorting to escape.
One hero was Sven Olander,
landed here would have been lost.
Olander said.
Rawalpindi.
Cornish City‘\sent an SOS. Then there was silence for a
British convoy.”
nine vessels might be safe. + Capt. Feegan, a British Naval
trade,
thickness.
withheld pending further reconnaissance,
Two crufsers listing to starboard and surrounded by fuel oil.
sterns under water. The British apparently had given new talking points to, the arguments of “airplanes vs. battleships. ” So far in this war, no nation has admitted the loss of a battleship to bombing planes. The Germans claimed to have sunk an unidentified British battleship with aerial bombs early in the war but the British denied it.
_ Stayed Close to Shore
The Italian ships were safe from surface attacks behind coastal batteries, but not from the air. Every time a British scouting ship or plane sighted thet, they sped for the protection of coastal batteries. In ordering the aerial attack, Cunningham tested a new theory as well as the. old one of Nelson's, because never in any war had air forces been sent exclusively into major battle against ships of the line. The Brtish fliers faced not only the concentrated fire of shore batteries, but a tremendous wall of fire from the warships’ pompoms, machine guns, and high-angle ship's cannon.
Targets Anchored
They attacked, however, in the same spirit that the destroyer Cossack “went in and got” the German prison ship Altmark- in a Norwegian fjord last winter, and the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles “got” the German pocket battleship ' Graf Spee off Montevideo, Uruguay. The battle of Taranto ,was in striking contrast, British authorities said, to an Italian attack on the British fleet July 9. An Italian bombing squadron intercepted the British ships within sight of Calabria and dropped hundreds of bombs at them, but according to British, didn't hit one. The British fleet was under steam
and able ‘to maneuver freely,
J IN INDIANAPOLIS
‘Here Is the Traffic Record Sounty City Total 1939 HSavisent «. 36 4 80 8
1940 “lst ele I Injured . .... 12 | Accidents ..
Dead 3 | Arrests TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT
121
16
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tried tions 11
paid $53
Violations’ Speeding ....... 12
Failure to stop at through street. 1 1 1
Disobeying traffic si 4 4 4
gn Drunken driving. ‘3 2 ‘50 All others........ 51 48 - 99
Totals ........ 4 67 $130 MEETINGS TOMORROW
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as "indians Farm Bureau, Inc., Tomlinson all day Hall al al A Association of Cost Actountants. business equipment show, Murat Temple, all day.
MARRIAGE LICENSES fists are trom uf@icia) records County Cours Hoase. The Times
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Prank McLucas, 2p James;
Barbara Gisler, 22, of 61 N. Kealing. Whitney Mankin, 35, of 526 N. akland; Jane Dot las, 27, of 725 N. Pennsylvania, Rober Anderson, 24, of 15 N. Drexel; Roos iy R. Murphy, 20, of 3123 Washington Blvd. erbert H. Johnson, 24, State College of Pennsylvania; Betty Ann Jones, 23, of 2527 Broadway John R. Walker, 28, of 426 S. Noble; Genevieve L. Miller, 19, of 4116 E , 3s Samuel Lichtman, 37, of 311 ‘North; Anne Antin, J1, of 311 E. oi B Eunice Elmo Wallen, 29, Clayton, Ind manda M. Kirkpatrick, 17, Clayton, py Jonn F. O'Donnell, 25, of 624 N. Rural; Margaret E, Goesters, 25. of 4110 Park. Raymond PF. Harding, 23, of 1022 Spruce; Pauline Colvin, 21, o od E. Orange. Perry Uncapher, Knox, Ind.; Yenne, 51, of 436 E. Fail Creek Blvd.
BIRTHS Girls Louise YDuennes,
Edna
Frederick, at Bt. rancis. Raymond, Minnie Sylvester, at Coleman, 0 a Patricia Orcutt, at St. Vins.
James, Maude Millican, at St. Vincent's. Frank, Barbara Stonich, at Methodist. d, “Ali Bunte, ethod
Harry, Martha Bowers, at 722 W. Ray-
, at 508 Grasgmele. o, at 931 Cottage. t 1553 Martindale. at 769 der. William, Mildred te norky, at 1604 . Rural.
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Boys Harry, Delori geil Pareyd is Jin mer, at Eity. y . Vin . , Rose Hutchinson, at "St. vin-
nt’s. “Wendell, Thelma Swain, at St. Vincent’ ara, Frances Vandagriff, at St. Vin:
Peeler, Seordla Ross, at Methodist. Da ry Beagle, aly ethodist. Is gore. Kathryn Newm Methodist. erland. Charlotte Zeager, "a 2518 Suth-
Noah, Florence Feltner, at 2611 Central. Hoolira, Louise Pullen, at 323 8. Flem
"$dward, Ada Patton, at 2206 N. Sherman Dr,
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DEATHS + Fred Wittenberg, 75. at City, lobar pneuy-
monia Ethel Hurt, 84, at 1512 N. Meridian, chronic nephritis. > John Stuppy, 7 months, at City, acute gastro enteritis cara ah L. Martin, 73, at 820 8. Laclede,
John Caldwell, 78. at City, arterioscler-
081s. Mary Elizabeth Browder, 70, at Methodish, acute, cal cardiac e Siiatanen am F.
a Thomas, 63, at 1128 8. Sthte, occlusio
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stone. coronary thrombosis. Charies, 46, at 2227 Brookside, coronary Ir OIDOSIS,
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cin Mabel LTS 38, at 1211 Hanna, intestinal obstruct:
Frances Fie Fletcher, 16, of 2 mes.
Smith, : 23, oF S02 N Temple; | ein
Amelia orret Smith, 57, at City, carome
4, at Methodist, | k win Smith, 82, at 3404 N. Key-|;
Stelhorn, 68, at 33 8. Chester, | Titworth, 69, at. Methodist, car- 8
Josepr Zunk, 18, chronic nephritis. Wiliam . Oakley,
at 949 N. Haugh,
| 73, at Methodist, uremia.
FRE ALARMS
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ge. p. m,—2151 Northwestern, residence, cause Paknown $300. 3:47 p. m.-=515 Dorman, residence, chimney Sparks, $200. m.—1711 Broadway, overheated Marnace. m.—502 Blake, filling cause unknown, loss Inestimate
on gas ran
residence, - station,
Toda 6:09 a .m.—1032 E. Michigan, foundry, cause unknown $500. m.—435 8. Harts
restaurant, sparks on ry $3.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
0. 8. Weather Bureau ‘INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair and
4 continued cold tonight and tomorrow; low-
est temperature tonight 6:28 Sunset ...,..
TEMPERATURE | Nov. 13, 1939— Sens iane 32|1 p. m.
BAROMETER ,
Sunrise
Sn mM ........ 3801 p.m... ie 52
6:30 a. m
Precipitation 24 hrs ending 7 a. m.. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficigncy since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHE Indiana—Generally fair toni Tht and tomorrow; slightly colder in extreme south portion ‘tonight. Illinois—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; continued cold. Lower Michigan—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow except occasional light snow in west and north portions tonight; continued cold. * Ohio—Fair toni 4 and tomorrow; somewhat colder tonight.
Kentuck: 0 to ni n : OY onight . and tomorrow;
WEATHER IN OTHER R CITIES, 6: 30 A. Station. Bar, Amarillo, Peni Bismarck, N, D. .
ston Chicago Cleveland Denver
Dodge City. Kas. Jacksonville, Fla. 0
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ramps. ‘Fla,
Washington, D.C. eese.
Two auxiliaries lying with their
Briton Stands on Bridge of Blazing Vessel After Heroic| Stand Against German Pocket Battleship.
Al EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, Nov. 13 (U. P) —The suicide of the British merchant cruiser, Jervis Bay, in battle with a German . pocket bagtleship, probably the Admiral Scheer, v was described by sure
As the sea closed over her decks, she was afire from stern to bow
under the pounding fire of the 11-inch guns of her adversary, but her own guns still blazed and through the fire and smoke, her commander, Capt. E. S. Fogarty Feegan, bloody from his wounds, one arm almost shot away, could be seen still on his bridge bellowing orders. Sixty-five survivors were landed here by a Swedish freighter last night. Some had shrapnel wounds and were taken to a hospital. Their stories described one of the most ferocious, one-sided, and heroic battles The Jervis never had a chance, but by attacking and
of the 38 merchant ships she was
At one time during the battle, which lasted hardly 10 _mihutes, her flag was shot away. As high explosive and shrapnel shells exploded on her decks and in her super-structure, a member of the crew climbed into the rigging and put up another and this Union Jack was flapping in the breeze when she turned bow up and plunged to the bottom.
captain of the Swedish freighter,
whose ship had been one of the Jervis’ convoy. He fled with the rest when the Jervis engaged the battleship, but returned, at the risk of being sunk to pick up the Jervis’ survivors.
If he hadn't the 65 men
& 8 8 HEY did so well for us, I did not want to leave them there,” Capt.
, In London newspapers said that the “suicide action” of the ship would become one of the most noble chapters in British naval history. The Daily- Mail predicted the Jervis would be ranked among the Navy's great fighting ships such as the Revenge, Victory, The Lion and
The stories of the Jervis’ survivors completed the history of the engagement in mid-Atlantic at dusk on Nov. 5 when the 16,698-ton’ motor liner, Rangitiki sent’'an SOS, saying she was being shelled by a German pocket battieship. A few hours later, the British frgighter
few days, until: the German High
command announced that a “surface raider” had destroyed an “entire The British: Admirality however announced that 29 of the 38 ships of the convoy, including the Rangitiki and the Cornish City had arrived in British ports and that many of the still missing
officer who commanded destroyers
during the World War, was called out of retirement and placed in command of the Jervis, a passenger-freight boat in the Australian converted into a merchant cruiser. guns of some five-inch caliber. Her sides and decks were of “egg-shell”
She' was armed with naval
At dusk on Nov. 5, her survivors, including her senior surviving officer, said, the German battleship came boiling over the horizon, firing
Attack on Italy's Navy Tips Power Balance, Britain Claims
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whereas the Italian ships at Taranto
cumstances were similar. There already was discussion here as to what effect the battle of Taranto would have on future sea strategy, especially since Britain now faces an intense submarine and air bombing offensive off the Irish Coast.
Superior at Sea Again
Italy retains a formidable cruiser, destroyer and submarine force, but Taranto appeared to have accom-
plished in one blow what British naval construction, including five battleships of the George V class, might have taken months to, do— restored “allied” superiority over the Axis powers in battle fleets which was: lost ‘with the collapse of France. Taranto Bay is inside the heel of the Italian boot. Royal Air Force headquarters in Greece previously had reported raids and reconnaissance flights over Taranto and an Italian communique had- admitted that. “a warship” was damaged at Taranto Monday night. Battleships of the Conte Di Cavour class are the Conte Di Cavour, the Giulio Cesare, the Caio Duilio and the Andrea Doria.
Churchill Lauds Admiral
The, Conte Di Cavour and the Giulio Cesare were built in 1911 and Were reconstructed from 1933 to 1937. The Caio Duilio and the Andrea Doria were commissioned in 1913 and reconstructed from 1937-1939 All are of 23,622 tons. The Cavour and Cesare are armed with 10 12-inch guns, 12 five-inch guns and 36 machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. The Duilio and Doria were similarly armed except that they have more machine gun and anti-aircraft guns. Each ship carries four planes and two catapults. A ship of this class, the Leonardo Da Vinci, blew up at Taranto on Aug. 2, 1916. “I feel sure the House will regard the results as highly satisfactory,” Churchill said, “and as reflecting
ham and the whole Mediterranean fleet and upon all pilots of the fleet
the highest order.” + Mood Is Cheerful
and officers and the ship’s eompany of H. M. 8, Jervis Bay in the
overwhelming odds in order to pro-
of by far the greater part of the convoy.” When «Churchill entered Commons, carrying two. or three sheets of paper, he obviously was in a most cheerful mood. Amidst cheers he said:
“I have some news for the House. It is good news.
to bring this glorious
the House.” Admiral Holds Hero’s Medals
communique.
statement similar to Churchill’s. Admiral Cunningham. A Knight Commander Bath and holder of the Dist all of the: “destroyer man’s dash”
naval experience. . S. O. at Gallipoli. ous Dover and Baltic patrols.
man who never loses his aplomb, even in the tightest corner.
with Mediterranean “ waters.
Mediterranean in 1937 and 1938.
were anchored. - Otherwise the cir-
| debris and
the greatest credit on the Admiralty and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunning-
air arm who, like their brothers of the Royal Air Force, continue to render to their country service of
“The spirt of the Royal Navy, as shown in this daring attack, also was ‘exemplified in the forlorn and heroic action fought by the captain
Atlantic in giving battle against
tect a merchant convoy they were escorting, thus securing the escape
I feel it my duty episode (cheers) to the immediate notice of
He then read the Admiralty’s During the demono/ stration in Commons: there was 3 similar cheering in the House of Lords where Lord Snell made a
All London cheered the feat of
f the guished Service Order, Cunningham has
backed up by 42 years of active
As a destroyer commander in the World War Cunningham won the D.
+ During the World War Cunningham also served with the hazard-
L. He is known in navy circles as a
From 1933 to 1936 Cunningham commanded destroyer flotillas attached to the Mediterranean fleet and became intimately acquainted He also has had wide experience with big .ships, including command. of a battle cruiser squadron in the
at the Rangitiki. Cap$. Feegan ordered his ship turned out of line, and it steamed direstly at the battleship, its guns blazing, its funnels belching out great clouds of smoke to screen the convoy, its radio commanding the convoy to scatter. A great shell plunged into her superstructure, exploded, sent fragments of steel, wood, furnishings, high in the air, scattered shrapnel over her detks. But she pressed on, closing the four or five mile distance between she and the raider. A shell ploughed across her deck, showering the 19 and 20-year-old Naval reservists who made up her crew, with splinters and shrapnel. The wounded were hauled to one side and new men stepped up to man the guns and bring up ammunition.
. “There was only one thought in the minds of all of us,” the Jervis senior surviving officer said. “The cargo ships must be saved.” * The Jervis was rocking so under the impact of shells that she seemed to slow, but Capt. Feegan commanded more steam from the engine room and maneuvered her so he
DEATHS IN LAKE STORMS MOUNT
18 Sailors Are Known Dead; Mercury Here May Hit 15.
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ana 4 and Missouri, Ohio and Oklahoma 1 each. Temperatures for Indianapolis may go as low as 15 tonight, the Weather ‘Bureau predicted. Lowest in the last 12 hours was 21 at 8 a. m. Skies will be clear tonight and tomorrow. Only Southern California and Florida escaped the cold which sent the mercury down .to sub-zero marks in northern areas and to 50 degrees in the deep South. Belgrade, Mont., reported 15 degrees below zero. Nation-wide damage to fruit crops was feared as the mercury dipped to near-freezing in southern areas. Readings near 38 degrees were forecast for northern Florida tomorrow, and at New Oleans the mercury was expected to stay below 55. A cold wave was moving into Oregon from Canada and temperatures there were expected to drop to below freezing. Rising temperatures east of the Continental Divide were forecast from Montana the mercury hovered near the 0
low. Deaths caused by the windstorm that swept from the Rocky Mountains to the Eastern Seaboard mounted as workmen cleared the attempted to repair damage. , Severest Cold in- Years
The mercury had dropped to 2 degrees above zero at Denver, but rising temperatures and fair skies were forecast generally for Colorado and Wyoming. Salt Lake City, Utah, recorded 20 degrees, but fhe mercury was: expected to fall another 5 degrees there. Weathermen said the cold wave
and storms were the most severe in years. Coast Guardsmen worked long. hours on the Great Lakes rescuing survivors- and recovering bodies of the dead from wrecked boats. Two of the vessels which ‘went dowh in Lake Michigan were the William B. Davock, a 7200-ton freighter, and the Ann Minch, 4200ton freighter of Canadian registry. “Twelve bodies were recovered at Ludington, Mich.,, where rescue
workers reported several more sighted in the water. Four more, believed to be members of the Ann Minch crew, were recovered at
Pentwater, Mich., about 10 miles south of Ludington. The William B. Davock was smashed to pieces and the wreckage strewn several miles along the beach five miles south of Pentwater. Eight Coast Guardsmen in” two power surf boats set out in a “dead sea” at Pentwater this morning to remove the crew of the wood pulp carrier Novadoc, out of Ft. William, Ontario, which was in two pieces hard aground. Only two of its crew of 16 were sighted yesterday and Guardsmen said they “hadn't any idea” how many still were aboard. A blinding snowstorm hampered Coast Guardsmen attempting to pring aid to disabled vessels, but winds abated last night and ships began moving through the heavily traveled Sault Ste. Marie docks into Lake Superior. Temperatures were below freezing. Four ships still were missing and many were repaired on the lakes without assistance after the storm wrecked engines and driving mechanisms. Two fishing tugs and a Coast Guard surf boat were believed to have gone down at South Haven, Mich. The fate of the tugs Indian, with five men dboard, and the Richard H., with three aboard, was not determined definitely, but Coast Guard Capt. William Fisher said he held no hope for the Richard H. He described-it as a small boat with an inexperienced crew. Two Pere Marqueite car ferries, the No. 21 and the City of Flint, were driven aground at Ludington. All the passengers aboard the No. 21 were removed safely. The City of Flint was pounded by gvaves as it rode on the sand north of the Ludington breakwater with 16 men aboard.
mark and in some cities dropped be-}-
Jervis Bay, vee loses heroic battle with Nazi raider,
could bring all his guns to bear on the battleship. Fires broke out and the crew couldn't check them. Her decks were almost awash. From the bridge came the bawled orders of her commander: “Abandon ship.” The crew went calmly to the lifeboat davits. But only one remained. The others had been smashed by shell fire. ' This one was lowered amid bursts of shrapnel. The sailors thought the battleship was firing now directly at them, hoping to prevent that one boat from being launched. Three rafts were found intact and thrown over the side. Men slid down ropes or leaped into t sea, their master. bloody and winded holding himself up by the ‘byldge rail, watching them. Sixty-five men got into the boat and onto the raft. Shells still were exploding in the blazing Jervis. Within a short while. her bow stood straight up in the water, and, after a pause, she plunged. The battleship went boiling oft, her guns still blazing, now at the the fleeing ships of the convoy. The night was blackening and the men on the rafts saw her firing star
Examination of
bet that you will pass the medical,” he said. The “medical assistant predicted that between 50 and 65 per cent of those receiving medical examinations would be rejected. The minimum height acceptable for the Army is five feet and the minimum weight is 105 pounds. The maximum height is six feet and six inches. Persons overweight will be taken if the medical examiners think that the overweight is not so excessive as to interfere with military training. Here are some of the rules the medical examiners will follow in deciding whether a registrant is fit for military training. EYES—Color blindness is no reason for rejection. Persons with medium weak eyes will be placed in Class 1-B as fit for limited military service such as clerks. Persons with
trachoma will be placed in Class IV as unfit for military service. EARS—Persons with normal hearing will be placed in Class 1-A, and those with medium-poor hearing in Class 1-B. Persons who have lost one or both external ears, if the deformity is not too greatly disfiguring, will be placed in Class 1-B.
Take Fever Sufferers
MOUTH, NOSE AND THROAT— Adenoids and enlarged tonsils are no reason for not placing the individual in Class 1-A. Persons with a mild case of hay fever will be placed in the first class while those with 'a severe case will be placed in Class 1-B. Serious defects such as stricture of the esophagus will cause the individual to be placed in the last class. DENTAL REQUIREMENTS—A registrant to be placed in Class 1-A must have at least three upper and three lower masticating and three upper and three lower incisor teeth. All of these teeth must be so opposed as to serve the purpose of incision and mastication. Teeth which have been restored by crowns will be considered as serviceable natural teeth. A natural tooth which has a cavity which can be restored by filling is to be considered as a serviceable tooth. Persons with false teeth will be placed in Class 1-B. SKIN-—Acne, warts, acute eczemas and all forms of ringworms, unless severe and not easily remediable, are no reason for rejection. Serious skin disorders will cause the registrant to be classed as unfit for military service. -
Other Rejection Causes
HEAD—Deformities of the skull which will prevent the registrants from wearing military headgear will be reason for rejection. Moderate deformities of the bones of the skull is no cause for rejection. SPINE — A person with lateral curvature of the spine of two inches or less from the normal midline, if the mobility and weightbearing power are good, shall be placed in Class 1-A. A person with fracture of the spine or pelvic bones which has healed and which has not interferred with following a useful vocation in civil life shall be placed in Class 1-B. EXTREMITIES—Acceptable: Web fingers and toes, unless severe in degree; absent léft thumb; loss of two fingers of either hand except combination of right index and middle finger; ingrown toenails and clubfoot of slight degree. Class 1-B: Loss of thumb of right hand: loss of great toe and loss of three fingers of either hand. Class IV: Loss of both thumbs; loss of more than three fingers of one hand and tuberculosis of a bone or joint. LUNGS AND CHEST WALL: Acceptable: Persons with fracture of the rib or ribs, providing acceptance of registrant is deferred until final examination shows recovery without serious deformity. Class IV: Persons with tuberculosis of the lungs. Require Normal Pulse
HEART: Persons with a pulse rate of 100 or over which is not persistent or persons with a pulse rate of 50 or under which is proved to be the natural pulse rate of the registrant will be acceptable. Persons with serious heart ailments such as angina pectoris will be rejected. ABDOMINAL ORGANS AND
Men for Draft Staried
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shells, apparently looking for more victims. She disappeared then, and a few hours later Capt. Olander brought his vessel back to the scene "and picked them up. “It was glorious,” said the senior surviving officer. “Never will I forget the gallantry of that British captain sailing forward to meet the enemy.” The survivors thought the pocket battleship was the Admiral Scheer, sister ship of the Admiral Graf Spee which was blown up by her commander after losing a battle with three British light cruisers off the River Plate. Capt. Olander said Capt. TFeegan's action was “certain suicide,” but that “it was magnificent.” Olander believed he was the first to spot the raider as it came over the horizon. - The convoy was ordered to scatter and Olander’s vessel slipped away. When darkness had settled he summoned all hands on deck and left it to them whether the ship would turn back to look for survivors. “Back the they shouted.
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the United States ritime Com-=--mission. The toppling crane: killed two men and injured two others. Fourteen persons were. killed and at least 26 were injured in. the powder plant explosiong. : Six women and two men were ° killed in a blast at the United Railway Signal Corp. in Woodbridge, N. J. A’ state inspector said ‘this definitely ‘was sabotage.” An FBI agent was sent there as an “observer” although the plant was not working on Government cortracts.
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Three men were killed ‘at the Al} lentown, Pa., plant of the Trojan Powder Co., working on contracts totaling $200,000 for the Army and q Navy. The FBI recently made a: plant survey of the Trojan Co. to" determine its protective facilities. Agents were sent to Allentown als’ though plant officials said first. re: ports indicated there was no evis, dence of sabotage. : Three men were killed at the. | Burton Powder Works of the Amer- : ican Cyanamid Corp., at Edinburg, | Pa. This plant had no Government contracts but an FBPagent was sent to Edinburg to act as an observer. ; In Washington -day, defense offi- ; cials forecast that gunpowder pro- | duction facilities will be more than doubled by next June, overcoming a bottleneck in that phase of the rearmament program. Powder supply was not affected .. by Jeger explosions. The Army" i and Navy had orders totaling about" $200,000 with only one of the plants —the Trojan Co. | -
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‘The Hercules Powder Co.’s plant at Kenvil, N. J, which was destroyed by an explosion in Septem": ber, slashed the nation’s powder pro- ; ducing sources by nearly one-third. The Government is considering plans for two more powder plants in addition to two now under construction at Radford, Va. and at Charlestown, Ind. The latter two will be in operation by June and are expected to have capacities greater than the two existing ‘major producing units, the du Pont plant near Wilmington, Del, and the Army’s
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