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By HAROLD GUARD United Press Staff Correspondent | AN ADVANCED AMERICAN ih Sanm oN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, May 6 (Delayed)—Lieut. Christian Herron’s grave is a HAS on a little Pacific island, his shroud the parachute he refused use. He was killed while crash landing his bomber after a mission over Rabaul, on May 2. His crew lived, and though they couldn't extricate his body, they unfolded his parachute and draped it over

“We didn't get much results on the ‘mission, but Chris didn't

: “That's how Chris was, never made a fuss about anything. didn’t move a muscle when one engine stalled on the return flight. .

“Flying blind on instruments through the rain, Chris managed to feather the props and keep us out of the drink for nearly two

‘hours.

“Then the fuel transfer pumps stalled. The service tank showed

: misslonolz: Place of Lieut ‘Herron’s regular navigator, told the rest of the story. He said Lieut. Herron ordered the crew into the rear. compartment and the five men wedged themselves together with cushions, while he and the co-pilot, veteran Australian squadron leader Bob Gurney, stayed forward. “Chris brought her down in a three-point landing,” Lieut. Wright said. “Suddenly the wheel hit a swampy patch and the bomber flopped over. The five crewmen jammed in the rear compartment wi 't hurt.

"dive bombers hurtled on one Japa-

_ bombers in the attack, it was reaflame,

. mftacked them in waves. Shrieking

the cockpit.

Knowing the way and why he died. every man at this base was saddened. He was 27, of Pittsburgh, and had flown more than 12,500

miles in less\than a month.

He wasn’t flying his own ship and the only members of his regular _ crew aboard were Lieut. George Barnhill of Charlotte, N. C., the bombardier, and Pvt. Fred Mikles of Salem, Ind., the gunner, Let Lieut. Barnhill tell the story of Lieut. Herron's last flight:

J. S. WINS ROUND OF NAVAL BATTLE

* MacArthur Calls American Losses ‘Light’; Japs ‘On Run’; Chittagong Bombing Warns India of Invasion

Chinese Recapture Town. : (Continued from Page One) ; _ Claims, declaring that the American “life line” to Angialia

Peril;

* had been completely severed.

Although Gen. MacArthur made no "claims of a great triumph, the Australia radio reported that the Japanese fleet had been “smashed” and was ‘“on the run.” Gen. MacArthur and Australian Premier John Curtain were scheduled to confer sometime this week-end at an undisclosed place on the results and significance of the battle.

Threats to Supply Lines Reduced The important and most successful result so far an-

“nounced was that the Japane and, at least temporarily, the

the eastern islands such as New Caledonia and New Zealand and to the American supply lines had been checked by bold

‘and hard-hitting attacks.

Gen. MacArthur’s statement that these attacks were being continued indicated that air and naval forces were in

a position to deal new blows munication of the enemy even ing far at sea. Unofficial Australians were jubilant. They said that Gen. MacArthur and the American naval leaders who organized and directed the battle of the Coral sea were “hit instead of sit” men, Carrier Rolls Over, Sinks

The joy was also reflected In New Zealand, whose leaders believed that it too might have been saved from Japanese invasion and joined in calling the action of the Americans and their allies magnifi- . cent. First direct reports of the engagement told how United States navy

nese aircraft carrier and landed their bombs squarely on its deck. Great chunks of debris flew from ~ the ship before its torn hulk rolled over and sank within a matter of minutes,

‘Right on the Button’

It was estimated that anywhere up to 2000 Japanese officers and men went down with it or lea into the churning sea. Torpedo bombers joined dive

ported, and set the second carrier

There were unofficial reports that the navy planes had caught some Japanese warships concentrated— not, as at Pearl Harbor, off guard but in the heat of battle—and had

down, singly, in pairs or in threes, “fo drop their bombs on the button. of the action came in bit by bit, and headquarters warned that though the Japanese had suf‘fered a clear reverse, it must be determined whether it was a conclu-

than Lafayette, Ind., inside India and on Syures ened invasion by orces concentrating at p west Burma, coast. | usually unreliable Vichy gadio reported Japanese capture of Chittagong

ing story. Many military observers have beHeved that the main Japanese attack would be directed against India, with side sweeps of diversion operations ‘against China and Australia, The Jepanese forces in northern Burma claimed to have driven 50 into Yunnan province of ee and occupied the towns of

ped f8hting.

se fleet had been driven back grave threat to Australia, to

to the extended lines of comafter five days of heavy fight-

patches from Chungking told of important battles in the Chefang sector, only 24. miles inside the border, where they said 1500 Japanese had been killed or trapped; one Japanese column bottled up and “facing annihilation” and the town of Maymyo recaptured. On the European fighting fronts, the royal air force renewed bigscale raids against German war centers. The main force of the attack, which cost Britain 19 bombers, was directed against Warnemund, a train ferry terminal near Rostock where some 250 tons of bombs were dropped. The sub-

about 50 gallons and the storm was getting worse.

“We lightened the craft and

gained a little altitude, but Chris

finally called all hands forward and explained the situation. He advised us all to bail out. Nobody would leave him alone so everybody

decided to ride her down.

life trying to save the ship.”

“As Barnhill climbed out of the hatch, Chris called him from the wrecked pilot’s compartment and asked whether the crew was okay.

“Chris realized he was trapped.

Gurney was dead.

“We waded waist deep into the swamp, hacking and tearing at “He wanted to get the crew to safely bail out, then risk his own the fuselage and lacerating our hands and arms trying to liberate

Chris. When he reached Chris and felt his pulse, Mikles cried grief lived. His PUECUn came Gudigh ob May, 1

Lieut. Noel Wright of Schenectady, N. Y., who navigated the strickenly to Barnhill, ‘Chris is dead.’

As Time Marches on

Party Leaders

Russell J . Dean

James Bradford

James Bradford, county Republican chairman, is scheduled to be re-elected by the committee if the convention set for today does not. recess, Russel Dean, attorney, is reported to be the choice for Democratic county chairman at a meeting this afternoon. :

marine base and the Heinkel airplane factory again was attacked and great damage was done despite unfavorable weather and stiff German opposition in the air. On the Russian front, it was predicted that Hitler would be ready to try to launch his long-heralded offensive within three weeks. . But Moscow dispatches indicated the Red Army still was holding the initiative on ‘almost all fronts and that both sides had moved up strong reinforcements for - the summer’s

The most intense fighting at the moment was reported from the Karelian front in Finland, with the Red army claiming gains.

Nazi Defense Tactics Better

LONDON, May 8 (U. P.).—The anti-aircraft defenses of German cities apparently have been improved, the air ministry said today. Planes raiding the RostockWarnemunde area last night met exceptionally violent ack-ack fire and pilots reported an effort was made to blind the fliers in a dazzling flood of searchlight beams. Two clusters were made up of 42 beams each and many were inclined at a low angle in’ the apparent hope of hiding the port and factories from the fliers.

HOMMA SHOWS UP?

BERLIN, May 9 (German broadcast Recorded in New York by United Press).—A Transocaen dispatch from Tokyo said that Japanese troops made a triumphal entry into Manila today, led by Lieut. Gen Masaharu Homma. (General Homma had been reported to have committed suicide because he could not overcome the resistance of the American-Filipino forces on Ba-

taan.)

City Will Get Contriedon

Times Special GTON, Ind, May 9.— nty-one Indianapolis students

ned officers in the army at the h annual commencement tomor-

ver ty's military department, 1 deliver the oath to those re-

— Kahn, Everett Kalb, Rare. John Mader, Rich-

sland Mrs. A. J. Verplank, Crown

|fall as associate dean of men and

tion. The election will be held tomorrow. Mr. Armstrong, class of ‘26, is now president of the association and vice president of the St. Joseph Valley Bank of Elkhart. Mr. Coffey, "24, is connected with A. M. Byers Co. of Pittsburgh, dealers in new wrought iron and steel products.

Members of the executive council will be chosen from Dr. Bert E. Ellis, Indianapolis; Charles Fox, Jeffersonville; Mrs. Joseph H. Lesh, Huntington; Eloise J. Lewis, Princeton; Mary Frances Rees, La Porte,

Point.

Miss Helen Elliott of Indianapolis is a candidate for vice president of the association.

. 8 » » 5 Dr. Robert E. Bates, who joined the Indiana university staff last

§ Zueher of ho Swivey laculty, has been commissioned

MARGIN IS SLIM IN MAYOR RACE

Tyndall Narrows Ostrom Lead With 36 Precincts Left to Count.

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of the organization-slated candidate in 294 precincts out of the 366 total.

Petit Pulls Closer gAnother spirited battle was being

waged in the sheri® race, where

Otto Petit made surprising gains and pulled within 32 votes of Jess Hutsell in 294 precincts. Clyde Carter, the anti-organiza-tion candidate for criminal court judge, was trailing William D. Bain by 780 votes at the same point, Mr, Carter had been setting the pace almost from the outsét, but fell behind last night when the third candidate in the field, T. Ernst Maholm, gained ground. Arnold J. Tilson again took the lead in his county clerk race against slated Dr. Walter Hemphill, holding a 49-vote edge at this point. In the congressional race, Howard M. Meyer continued to lead the organ-ization-favored John G. Coulter by 759 votes. " Markey Ahead of Weiss

Only two races remained in the Democratic county primary, and they were extremely close at the 305-precinct mark. Judge Joseph Markey had moved 600 votes ahead of Jacob Weiss, organization supported in the superior court room one race, with the totals showing Markey 12,643, Weiss 12,034. Glenn Ralston, county auditor, who is being opposed by organiza-tion-slated Tony Flack for renomination took a 32-vote lead again at the same point, 14,922 to 14,890. In all the other races, the winners had been decided. Oscar Hagemier had a 9000 lead for prosecutor, Judge Herbert E. Wilson was 7000 ahead of Chalmer Schlosser for superior court five: David Lewis was 8000 in front of Judge Smiley Chambers for probate judge, Robert Allison had increased his lead to 6300 over Ray Herner we treasurer, James Scott was 9000 in front for sheriff and Hanna Noone led Guy Ross by 6000 for recorder.

3 CITY MEN LISTED IN NAVY’S WOUNDED

The names of three Indianapolis men are smong the 19 Hooslers named by the navy department as being wounded during the period Dec. 7, 1941 to April 15, 1942. The local men are Charles Frank

Craig. son of N. E. Craig, 301 N. Tacoma ave.; Jesse Eugene Franklin, son of Howard T. Franklin, second {1447 S. Waldemere ave, and Robert

Jeutenant, snd ordered. to: saport Miami Pla.

OKasfe 1.yuch, son of Joseph A. E. 11th st.

il| representative during the primary | campaign, was still moving along 1|this morning.. It was sponsored by| & {| several leaders who stayed with the| § organization through: the primary in suppurt of Mr, Ostrom but op-|§

GOP'S COUNTY FEUD AT CLIMAX

Delay in Election of, Party Leaders.

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which supported Henry E. Ostrom for mayor. A boom for James Ingles, attorney who was Mr, Ostrom’s personal

posed the re-election of Mr. Bradford. Most anti-organization workers favored . Jewett for county chairman if

There was some support, too, for William (Bud) Bosson, county commissioner, with Mr. Jewett taking over as district chairman. If Mr. Ostrom is. nominated, Joseph Datliels, attorney who has been the power behind Mr. Bradford during his two-year term, is regarded as the likely district chairman’ choice. This has stirred up state-wide inferest, since Mr. Daniels is favorable to the present leadership of the G. O. P. committee, headed by Chairman Ralph Gates.

Bradford on Job 2 Years Mr. Bradford became

upset Carl Vandivier’s organization and defeated him in the county convention vote. After .the 1940 general election, in which the Republicans won some county and state offices the patronage problem brought out several party tiffs. This became more apparent when the state legislature’s attempt to swing state patronage to the Republicans was declared unconstitutional. Mr. Bradford had counted on several hundred jobs from this source’ to help pacify the precinct workers demanding job recognition. Several attempts were made to take “the heat off” Mr. Bradford, including the appointment of a 13member advisory committee, which met only twice and then faded from the picture.

Manipulation Charged

As the spring primary neared, several groups which had been fighting Chairman Bradford united behind Gen. Tyndall's candidacy, lined up a judicial,ticket and carried the fight up to today’s convention, Anti-Bradford leaders charged today that the organization leaders had “manipulated” the order in which the precincts were counted in order to influence the voting by precinct committeemen today. They charged that they had selected areas known to be favorable to Mr. Ostrom to build his pre-con-vention margin. Stating that “the main objective is to win this fall,” Gen. Tyndall's letter to Mr. Bradford requesting a convention recess until Monday said that the mayor nominee “should have a voice on the selection of the chairman.” Bradford Recalls 1938 Plea

Chairman Bradford recalled that in similar circumstances two years ago, the party leadership refused a request he had made for a delay. Meanwhile, the Tyndall forces conducted a telephone poll of the 732 precinct committeemen and vice committeemen who will elect the chairman and other organization officials today. They claimed that several favored a delay in the chairman vote to avoid being “put on the spot” in case Gen. Tyndall is nominated. KIMMEL IN YONKERS

YONKERS, N. Y., May 9 (U. P.). ~—Admiral £ Husband E. Kimmel, commander of the United States fleet at the time of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, now is living in Yonkers, it was disclosed when a member of the Kimmel family applied for a sugar rationing card.

Every Lip’

WASHINGTON, May 9 (U. P)— The capital was jubilant today over the news that a Japanese fleet had

county chairman two years ago when he]

convention voting is de- 4 5 layed until -Monday and Gen. Tyn-|§ dall is the party’s. mayor nominee.| 3

‘ 2606 N, Delaware st. , . . somewhere, on the inside is the cat

CAT HUNT GOES INTO CHAPTER 15

Somewhere in That Torn Up Tamm House Its Meows Continue.

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gathered around and a news photographer started focusing his camera. Abut 10 feet of sidewalk were torn up, but to no avail. The children left and the photographer took a nap. A block away in the neighborhood restaurgnt the customers went

back to their bowls of chili and to their endless theories on how the cat got in, whose it was, how long it could live, and how to get it out. Circumstantial evidence would tend to show that the animal is five-months-old “Dopey,” belonging to Mrs. Walter Hurt, next-door neighbor of the Tamms. “Dopey,” as she is known to her friends, is a yellow kitten with brown “V” for victory markings, and was born in Ben Davis of uncertain pedigree. Mrs. Hurt said “Dopey” disappeared April 25. Used to a leash, the kitien got out of the house by mistake “and she probably didn’t know her way around.” But, again, there is an element of doubt. For Mrs. Hurt’s kitten wore a collar with a tiny hell on it. The Tamms have heard meows for 15 days and nights, but so far they haven’t begun to hear bells. Also believed unlikely is the latest rumor that “Dopey,” if it is “Dopey,” has been offered 16 weeks in vaudeville and the chance to sponsor testimonial for a leading sardine cannery.

Naval Victory News 'On

in Washington

thousands of- soldiers who are in the capital each week-end from neighboring camps. : If any American vessels were sunk

| costs of living since

V-5 Party

Mothers With Sons In City Navy Unit To Entertain.

FATHERS OF Indianapolis youths in the navy’s V-5 aviation training will be guests of the V-5 mother club tomorrow afternoon in the Jordan hall recreation room at Butler university. The club is composed of mothers whose sons are in the “Indianapolis’ Own” unit. Members of the unit reported Jan. 29 at Glenview, Ill, and are now nearing the end of cadet training. On the committee in charge are Mrs. W. R. Evans, cluh president; Mrs. M. S, Anderson, Mrs. C. W. Stoup, Mrs. Elmer Gilson and Mrs. G. H. Shadinger. Ensign Robert Bryant, assistant navy recruiting chief here, will shown motion pictures of the navy’s aviation training program.

CHURCHILL-BACKED CANDIDATE NAMED

LONDON, May 9 (U. P).—H. N. Linstead, the government candidate, won a smashing victory today in a bitterly fought house of commons by-election, after three recent government defeats for commons seats. Epithets were hurled freely in the campaign, in which Mr. Linstead, conservative, won by 8788 votes against 2939 for Capt. Bernard Acworth, independent. Prime Minister Winston: Churchill, intervening directly in the cam-

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a|paign, had called Mr. Acworth a

defeatist and Mr. Acworth retorted with “lie.” Liberals and laborites associated with the national government joined in vigorous campaigning for Mr. Linstead. Mr, Acworth, a retired naval captain, demanded that Mr. Churchill give up his joint post as prime minister and minister of defense,

URGES DOLLAR RAISE FOR FORD WORKERS

DETROIT, May 9 (U. P.) —Richard T. Leonard, director of the Ford division of the United Automobile Workers today proposed that employees demand $1 a day wage in-

mated 115,000 workers in 55 Ford] plants that they should demand the wage increase to higher U. A. Ws

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“We couldn't believe it and continued to tear at the fuselage. When the plane had sunk low in the morass, we knew there was no We waded to higher ground and sank exhausted on the bank. Somebody said a little prayer and we covered the top of the wrecked cockpit with the parachute that Chris could have used but wouldn't. n . I can cite one incident that showed the way Herron fought. He piloted the plane I was in during a raid on Rabaul and we met two Japanese Zero fighters. Lieut. Herron saw a bomber piloted by Lieut." Walter Krell of Greenwich, Conn., was leaking gasoline and getting loggy.

Lieut. Herron pulled out of a safe formation and swooped low to

decoy the Japanese away from Lieut. Krell. By maneuvering, he was able to keep the Zeros busy until Lieut. Krell could rejoin the formation,

Lieut, Herron would be a squadron commander today if he had next day.

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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out of Italy than they expend keeping her in line; but can’t afford te let her make a separate peace. Last straw was Hitler's promise to his French Quisling, Laval, that Nice, Corsica, Tunisia won’t be handed. over to ral

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Next “critical occupations” memo from draft Deatuiacion to local

‘boards probably will be on coastal, intercoastal and offshore occupa

More War Contract Fireworks

LOOK FOR SPECTACULAR new chapter in war contracts story to unfold next week.- House naval affairs committee, which turned up the Jack and Heintz thriller, is on the trail of alleged forgeries, rigged bidding, among sub-contractors of Cramp shipyard. Cramp officials helped uncover facts, will testify, among them Rear Admiral William G. Dubose, president of the company, Vice President Ralph D, Weyerbacher and Joseph P. Ripley of Harriman, Ripley,

‘CCC may get no funds at all from house appropriations commite tee. Members believe overhead costs would be way out of line with

‘total operations under 75 per cent cut proposed by president.

® 8 = » » » Agriculture department officials foresee no general cotton shorte

age; though conceding consumption next year probably will rise to 11 or 12 million bales, a sensational level compared with recent years,

Officials say Wiere may be “tight situations” on certain grades and

staples, ; # 8s = ® 8» Steel conservation note: Toothpicks are being substituted fow hairpins in at least one Washington beauty shop.

Sharpshooter Too Modest

AIR CORPS, casting around for a “wing” shot to teach its mem rapid fire at fast-moving objects—such as raiders over airdromes—hit on Joe Heistand, famous trap shooter and rifieman of Hillsboro, O,

Joe’ was offered a commission, ‘accepted, But when his application °

blank came back, space where he should have written about his numerous cham ps had only the word “farmer.” Air corps has sen; Joe a new blank with instructions to be less modest,

sn = 4 » = Wastepaper department: FDIC sent newspaper corresbondents

separate stories on bank conditions in each of the 48 states this week; used 48 sheets of paper where one would have served.

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Bet on Bing Crosby when he and Senator Chandler play golf May 17 for war relief. Chandler, once a pro baseball player, carried over a “baseball swing” into his golf, says he’s katy to be “two or three fields” away from the fairway, ® » o 8 » ” Federal officials weren't fooling when they told state officials this week that trade barriers would have to come down or else. Little indication at barrier conference that states will move fast enough. Too many would have to call special legislature sessions.

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Home Guards Need Bolstering

LOOK FOR a new statement of policy from the war department on federal home defense guards. Bad situations in several of the states has the question up again. ” os » » » ” Good news: Importance of new aircraft engine technique, for producing stronger, lighter cylinder heads, can’t be over-emphasized. All aircraft engine manufacturers will use it; experts say axis couldn’t duplicate process for several years. Bad news: We're losing the submarine battle off Atlantic coast.

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Fields Denounces

Radio Comment

HOLLYWOOD, May 9 (U. P.). W. C. Fields, film comedian, took a full page advertisement in Daily Variety, film publication, today to denounce a radio commentator. “I suppose,” said Mr. Fields, who makes no secret of his appetite for rum and pineapple juice, “that the next thing, he’ll tell people I drink.” He said the commentator, whom he identified only as a “catarrhal tenor,” had reported that Mr. Fields “was suing or contemplating suing 20th Century-Fox for deleting my episode from ‘Tales of Manhattan’.” “He should have his ears boxed for glutting up the airways with loose, unsubstantiated gossip,” said Mr. Fields. Mr. Fields said he had high respect for 20uh Century and that if the studio wanted to omit the sequence from the film, it was all right with him. “Now why?” he asked, “should I remonstrate or sue 20th Cen-tury-Fox? I feel it is time that someone in our profession should do more than raise his voice against the sponsors and men and women who earn a living by malicious, untruthful, mythical

LIMIT BIKE RIDING IN" OCCUPIED FRANCE

By UNITED PRESS The Germans, striving to keep French patriots from shooting their soldiers, forbade bicycle riding between 9:30 p. m. and 5 a. m. in most of occupied France today, as they threatened to execute 15 more hostages and deport 500 to labor ‘camps in reprisal for an attack upon a Nazi soldier on May 2. Pive hostages already have been shot for the attack, and the Ger‘mans warned that if the guilty ‘person was not surrendered within eight days, the additional executions and the deportations would follow immediately.

'IGOERING WITH PETAIN?

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 9 (U.| P.).—Usually reliable advices from|

Beri Sala Yay has nea ua

U. S. MISSION. SENT 10 SOUTH AFRIGA

WASHINGTON, May 9 (U, P).~s

The United States is sending a special mission to the Union of

South Africa to study development of vast resources for the united nations’ war effort, it was disclosed today. An informed official said the mission, . composed of members of an interdepartmental committee, 19 the forerunner of several ultimately to be sent to neutral and allied nations throughout the world to explore potentialities in ree placing raw material sources cut off by the axis. South Africa’s selection as the spot for the first explorations was seen as an indication of its growing importance in allied strategy in the Indian ocean area. It was pointed out ‘that ships carrying munitions from the United States to India, the Middle East and Madagascar could .pick up substantial amounts of raw materials on their return te this country. Specific materials to be developed in each ares are considered military information.

1ST WAR RATION BOOK GOES TO 122,604,000

WASHINGTON, May 9 (U. P.).—

An estimated 6,400,000 persons did not receive war ration book No. 1 because they had on hand more than the six pounds of sugar allowe able under the rationing order, the office of price administration said today. Officials said some 122,604,000 pere sons — about 91 per cent. of the country’s population — applied for the ration book during the four-day registration period. °

HUNGRY ITALY CELEBRATES

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