Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1942 — Page 3

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D WARSHIPS LPED IN ATTACK

ps Who Fought. at Wake Among Islands’ Garrisons; New Englander Gets First Nipponese Marine, But Is First Officer Casualty Himself.

(Five dispatches of the United Press correspondent who is with the United States marines in the Solomons, delayed by censorship and transmission difficulties, follow. Four were written while American naval forces were assembling for the attack, the t one after it had succeeded. Together, they give a vivid picture of America’s

fighting men in action.)

By ROBERT RT C. MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent

WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET ' (Delayed) A tiny, penciled square on the navigator’s charts marked the spot

i in the Pacific where the united nations assembled a fleet

~ for the attack on the Solomon islands. An hour before it reached the square, there wasn’t a

ship to break the thin line the horizon. There was

‘the foremast was so startled that he could not help betraying amaze-

tion to the bridge—“Ships on the horizon dead ahead, sir, all kinds of

at that lonely spot id the , many still bearing scars of battles.

Bras | Hats Flip Coin

~The united nation’s armada, after its rendezvous, carried out tactical maneuvers to eliminate the possibility of flaw in the plan and to test its feasibility. The maneuvers ‘have ended successfully and the ‘fleet is underway. The destroyer on which I am ‘stationed has been shuttling among ‘the various units delivering dispatches and transferring naval, ‘marine, and army dignitaries. It is 3 crowded. A rear admiral and | two-star general flipped for the available bunk. The rear admiral spent a rough night on the ‘couch: in the wardroom. ~ Everyone aboard from the cap‘tain down knows the hazardous job ahead. And they're eager for it.

ardine Marines

The huge transport on which I am, once -the pride of the n merchant marine, carried “thousands of American vacationists n cruises during peace and her utiful white hull and immaculate amodations were pictured ‘in ements. "Now she’s camouflaged and shorn ‘of luxuries. The suites on “A” deck ‘are jammed with marine officers, five and six to a room. Below decks, undreds of more .marines are fama sardine fashion, in tiers one “above another. In the holds are Amplements of war. After a battle conference in the n salon, the inevitable poker, and cribbage games began. one table, a young lieutenant re- , “You'll have to deal me out night. I'm going hunting the Solomons. The Jap season

Opens then.”

sible to insure victory in this

side today with a heavy, murky haze that enabled us to penetrate right up to the backyard of the Japanese-held stronghold here in the South Pacific, apparently without detection. Bets are running high as to who will get the first Jap. Rear Admiral R. K. Turner posted a notice saying our task is to recapture Tulagi and Guadalcanal islands. There has been a sudden upsurge in letter writing. Admiral Turner said: you all.”

“God bless

Japs Prefer Death MARINE HEADQUARTERS, Solomon Islands, Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Lieut. Jack Gately, 24, of West Roxbury, Mass.,, won the bets on who would get the first Jap. He also was the first marine officer casualty. “Our patrol was pushing inland through the jungle,” Lieut. Gately said. “The Japs let us go by, then fired on us from the air. I got two flesh ‘'wounds right at the ‘start. It was impossible. to tell where the bullets were coming from as the

Japs were in the trees, behind rocks and hiding in the grass. “I was lying in the grass when something moved in front of me. I looked up and there was a soldier, lying flat, his rifle pointed at my head. At first I thought he was a marine and I hollered, ‘Don’t shoot, and waved at him to lay off. “Then I noticed he wasn’t wearing a marine helmet, but was 100 per cent Jap. I lost 10 years of my life right then. Apparently his gun had jammed because he was fumbling with the trigger, giving me an opportunity to get a bead on him. “I lost another 10 years when I squeezed the trigger of my automatic and found the safety was on, but I got my troubles straightened out before he did. My bullets lifted him off the ground and knocked him backwards. “The next thing I knew was when I came to on the stretcher while being lugged back to the dressing station.” Both military and labor prisoners fully expected to be shot as soon as they were captured. Most of the military prisoners indicated they would prefer death. : Some of the Japanese marines at Guadalcanal and Tulagi apparently had taken part .n the attack on Wake island. Americans found

a U. 8S. marine legging in one Jap- |;

anese camp, identical to those issued at Wake. In another camp was a U. S. marine dress uniform, its buttons polished as if it had

“has been done. jure aligned herself on our

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Is the Traffic Record FATALITIES - County City Total 45 51 96 baseees. 21 58 85 Aug. 3l— «.. 21 | Arrests ..... . 11 | Dead ........

e000 esssensse

296 0

Cases Convic- Fines

72 $407

club, luncheon, Claypool hotel, Chi alumni, luncheon, Seville Women’s Service league, meet- . C. A. 8 Pp. Grotto a 3 star, ave. sD wl, . E. 10th and Gray Shapter. 6:30 Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of ub, luncheon, Spink-Arms hotel, club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, club, luncheon, Columbia club,

of Michigan club, luncheon,

de, noon. Men's S Service club, luncheon, H

luncheon, Wiling, ¥. M. C. A., s club, luncheon, ¥. M. C. A., y-niners, luncheon, Columbia hapten 04 and on ste, el . ecard party |"

auiilisry, ho home-coming, ».

been considered a prize trophy.

Indianapolis Real Estate board property managers’ division, luncheon, Canary cottage, noon. Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Canary cottage, noon. Kiwanis club, luncheon, Columbia club, noon. Delta Theta Tau, Seville restaurant, noon. Indiana Motor Truck association, luncheon, Hotel Ayers noon, Y. M. C. Camera club, meeting, Central “YY,” T: 0°

p. m. Young Men's Discussian club, dinner, Y.M: C. A, Sigma Alpha “Epsilon, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, luncheon, Spink-Arms hotel,

noon. Co-Operative club, luncheon, Columbia club, noon Fountain Square Athletic club social circle, musical and athletic review, South Side community center, 7 p. m. Broad Ripple chapter 315, O. E. 8, Bemecoming, Broad Ripple Masonic temple,

Millersville chapter 300, O. E. 8, mle}. ing. Millersville Masonic temple, 8 p.m oran temple 30, Daughters of the Nile, meeting, Hotel Lincoln, night. Southport chapter 442, O. E. S., meeting, Southport Masonic temple, 8 p. m. Queen Elizabeth chapter, International Travel and Study club, dessert luncheon. St. Philip Neri Altar society, card party, parish auditorium, 8 p. Altar society of St. Anthony's church, card party, Sehiee] hall, 365 N. Warman ave. 2:15 p. Corinthian R pter 456, 0. E. S., fall meeting, Evergreen Masonic temple, 6:30

luncheon,

Auxiliary of the International AssociaHon. “hi Machinists, meeting, Castle hall,

MARRIAGE LICENSES

These lists are on official records ta) the Sounty : © ouse, The therefore, got { epansivie for errors Ts names®°and a

William H. Plymate, 28. Baer fiel yayne: Rosaleo Schey, 22, of 3180 Ken:

Anthony Patrick Rostanzo, 22, of 1448 8B. igh School rd.; Helen Marguerite Hilliivi 8. Be R f an ws J ; 0! 0= Mildred Kramer, 35, of 947 N. Penn-

Thomas A, Brummett,

o land; Mary Katherine. Sark, 18, of 3733 E.| monia.

Marvin Lester BIm rollton; Ms Margie (Ann Eeiry, 18, le Rg N.

= Francis La , 22, i a Shi

BUDGET PARING WILL CONTINUE

County Cuts $300,000, Hints 45-Cent Rate; $1.29 City Levy Seen.

By NOBLE REED Cutting operations on the county and city budgets for next year were continued today after the county coungil lopped about $300,000 off its proposed 1943 appropriations. The county council's tentative cuts yesterday would result in a reduction of 4 cents in the county tax rate. The total county budgets as submitted to the council called for a rate of 52 cents, an increase of

7 cents over the present rate. Additional cuts may bring the total county rate down close to the 45-cent rate in effect this year. Secrecy Cloaks Cuts County councilmen refused to make public the specific items where the $300,000 reductions were made until final action is taken later this week.

Commissioned

George Cunningham, veteran manager, of the Claypool hotel, today was commissioned a captain in the army air corps and was instructed to report for training at Miami Beach Sept. 16. Mr. Cunningham has been manager and general manager of the Claypool 20 years, coming here after hotel experience in New York state and Florida. He served in France in world war I. After training in Florida, he will be assigned to Bowman field, Ky.

{his hand clutching his bomb re-

Meanwhile, the : city council, which conducted a public hearing on its $8,600,000 budget for 1943 last night, will resume deliberations tonight and complete its budget reviews. City councilmen indicated that unless some additional cuts could be made. tonight, the city rate might be left at $1.29, the same figure as submitted to them two weeks ago. It is 141% cents lower than the 1942 city rate. Additional revisions of estimated revenues and balances might result in another cent being taken off the rate, making it $1.28.

* Favors Taxpayers Strike

At the public hearing last night, several taxpayers urged reduction in the budget and elimination of waste in government. Miss Jennye Gill, 2328 N. New Jersey. st., declared that taxpayers “should go on a tax strike to bring budget-makers to their senses.” Mrs. M. Muench, 3228 College ave., said “waste should be stopped, especially while our boys are out fighting for our lives.” : C. A. Huff, 5210 Grandview ave., urged the council to retain in the health board budget the $35,000 earmarked for rat extermination. Miss June Snyder, 1837 N. Alabama st., declared that some taxpayers were not getting their money’s worth in garbage and trash collection service. She said her trash had not been collected by the city for six weeks.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

.U. 8. Weather Bureau

(Central War Time) 6:13 Sunset

Sunrise

TEMPERATURE

=Sept. 1, 1941

Tam cocoon 6 2p. m, ci0eee.

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7: 2 a.m. Total precipitation since Jan. 3 Excess since Jan. 1

The following table shows temperatures in other cities:

Atlanta Boston

Chicag Cincinnati Cleveland +... Denver

Ft. Wayne Indianapolis Kansas City, Mo. iami, Fla, . Minneapolis-St. "Paul . New n New York Oklahoma City, Okla.Omaha, b. Fis bu Eh

ch f 4261 Shade-

Loui Fb. D. C.

Richard H. DiBartelo, 28, Ft. Harrison; Mary T. Boarman, 22, of 1721 8. Talbott. Richard Clarence Yanney, 25, of 2132 N. Jennsylvania: Imogene Laymon, 22, of 1712 Pennsylvania. Rt Terry, 20, of N. Denny; Mary Elizabeth “Taylor, 18, i 83¢ N. Gladsto: Charles Pammaworth Price Jr., 26, of 4635 N. Capitol; Zahn Louise . Eckert, 25, of 2848 N. Illinois. Jonun Richard Saver, 27, of 2118 NaOleon;. Roberta Mary Alerding, 22, of 544

‘Carl i" ® Niubardson, 19, of 1034 Central; Kathryn L. Hooper, 17, of 1617 Par, k.

BIRTHS Twin Girls Charles, ‘Ann Kelley, at St. Vincent's. Girls Margaret Adams, at St. VinE.

ia Richard, Grace Biggins, at St. Vin-

. Clayton, Martha Libbert, at St. Vinen Harrill, Muriel King, at Meth Chester, Marie Kill, at Me thodtet WL Marguerite Pattison, at Meth-

Earl, Millie Masterson, at Methodist. Cecll, Eloise Fitzer, at Methodist. Boys James, Rose Dobner, at City. ‘loyd, Lena Teague, at So ilfred, gary lley, at St. Vincent's. red, aret Karns, at St. Vincent's. ldred Stone, at Ss Vincent's. ] Doris - Clayton, Methodist. Robert, Juanita Young, a. thodist. Louis, Doris Emery, at St. at St. Robert, at 249 8S. mple.

Lorraine Conway, Dorothy Peters, Tend, Rita Nuckols, at 2414 Whiesler, DEATHS Miller Sherman, 57, at 3851 Graceland, carcinom Jorn M M, Balz, 70, at 545 E. 21st, coronary clusio: Henry E. Hayward, 70, at 1332 N. New Jersey, “seus cardiac dilatation . Schmedel, 41, at 2305 Brookside,

op: occl Jesse E. Livingston, 64, at Central. Bernice Emily Woodward,

man, toxemia. > Hoffman, 87, at 2725 W. Washington, arterioscler Daniel. J. MoGrath, 58, at 373 N. Holmes,

ocar n Pry, 13 months, at Riley, pneuBatle B. Tackitt, 48, at 234 N, Sheffield, angina pectoris. omas Davis Taylor, 85, at 1317 Col- , chronic. myocardi oseph Valentine, 65, at 143¢ Marlowe, "| strangulated he canary H, Wilson, 75, at st. Vincent's, Elizabeth aright ‘Tripp. 76, at. 2545 N.

> Williaa “Hawkins, 49, at City, cerebral

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Eugene, Francis

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Luce,

56 ATTEND RETREAT AT ST. MEINRAD’S

Fifty-six Indianapolis men were

back today from the 10th annual layman's retreat at St. Meinrad’s abbey,

Harry Wissel of the Indianapolis

delegation was elected vice president of the retreat and George A. Smith was appointed executive secretary.

The Rev. Fr. Bernadine Shine,

0. S. B,, was retreat master.

CLARE BOOTH SEEKS OFFICE

GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 1 (U. P.).—Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, author and playwright and wife of Henry today made public her decision to seek the Republican nomination for congress in the fourth district.

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Off Death to Drop Bombs On Target.

By FRANK HEWLETT United Press Staff Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sept. 1.—Bombardier Sgt. Earl W. Snyder, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., died with

lease and his head hanging over his bomb sight a split-second after he had sent his bombs down on the Japanese invasion fleet in Milne bay, his comrades said today. Hit By shrapnel, he fought off death until he had sighted his tar-| get, a Japanese transport, and let go at it. A Snyder, on the’ sick list, had pes-|. tered his commanding officer, Maj. Felix M. Hardison, to go on the raid, it was his first combat mission.

Complained to Major

“Snyder complained bitterly when the combat teams were announced for the raid,” Hardison said. “He had only recently been discharged from the hospital where he was treated for a minor ailment, and so he had been removed temporarily from combat duty. “Snyder claimed he was perfectly fit. I had the flight surgeon examine him. He was pronounced fit, and finally I let him go.” Snyder’s battle-scarred flying fortress was piloted by Capt. John Childs, Natural Bridge, Va. In the nose with Snyder was navigator Lieut. David Hirsch, Brooklyn, N.Y. An anti-aircraft gun : shell exploded in the nose. Shrapnel sprayed it. The inter-telephone system was knocked out. Hirsch, wounded in the back, left hand and left leg, ‘crawled to the pilot's compartment. “Captain, I've been shot,” he reported. “I'm afraid they got Snyder.” At hospital, Hirsch told me: “Snyder was just about to drop the bombs when the shell exploded. He was really right on the ball. He

was a plenty game fellow.”

Wilkes-Barre Man Fights]

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Navy * Announces Sinkings of U. S., D British Ships. By UNITED PRESS The navy’s announcement. of more sinkings—of a British chantman, a medium-sized - 000000080000 00000000000 c000000 merchantman and a small ; Name ican merchant ship—has rais ro at least 471 the total of ships to enemy action in the Atlantic since January. But none of the three si revealed yesterday indica worsening of the shipping si | They occurred in April and J

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U.S. FLIERS IN CHINA BATTER BURMA BASE

CHINA, Sept. 1 (U, P.).—United States army bombing planes, their sixth big raid in the southeast Asia zone in one week, attacked barracks, warehouses and the railroad terminal at Myitkyina in northern Burma yesterday and set “big fires, it was announced today. :

based in China made the raid.

miles from the China border, Sunday night and army, planes based in India had attacked the town twice last week, accompanied by British bombers.

Band of St. Catherine’s church are sponsoring a ‘kaffee klatch” at 2 p. m. Thursday in the school hall at Shelby and Tabor sts. Mrs. Martin Sanders and Mrs. Joseph Toner will be in charge.

: — The British ship, of small Capt. Madison Here on Leave

Capt. Paul Madisen, former manager of the Three Sisters store, is here on a several day leave following his completion of a fourweek army school at Princeton. uni- § versity. He re- | received his commission in the army supply serv= ice. Capt. Madison §% had lived here 10 years and former- Capt. Madison ly was a manager for the MillerWohl Co.

the northern coast of South Ai ica. Six of the 37-man crew. killed. WITH lo ~ FORCES IN Vaan was kidnaped by the subm crew. j The Dutch ship also was | by torpedoes, late in June, se hundred miles from North ica’s Atlantic coast. None was Five members of the crew of American ship were lost when

in

April, approximately 150 miles the east coast. .

DISTRICTS 21 AND PLAN DEFENSE RAL

Indianapolis defense districts and 22 will hold a rally at 2 p. tomorrow at the Rhodius con

Planes of the army air force They had attacked Myitkyina, 45

SCIENTISTS TO HOLD QUIZ The Indianapolis Zionist district, meeting tonight at Kirshbaum Center, will feature an “Information Please” contest between five members of the Zionist organization, all men, and five members of the women’s group, Hadassah. ¢ An election of officers also is on the program. The meeting will start at 8:15.

given by children under the dir tion of Mrs. John Hampe and Carl Kinsley. Mrs. H. L. Schroeder and George McHugh are new che

HOLD ‘KAFFEE KLATCH’ The Ladies of the September

Civilian defense activities will explained by Mrs. Brandt Da and Mrs. Frank Lente.

STRAUSS SAYS:—

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The Semesters are "full up" schedules—intensified and energized Around the clock routine—Campus and Classroom, Laboratory and Shop—Uncle Sam's assignments—A "breather" i in Town—Study and so far into the night—without lost metion—scarcely. time for change.

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Atlantic several hundred miles of

Survivors revealed that thel captain, L. O. Everett, an America

was shelled by a submarine late |

nity center, with a program to b

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