Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1942 — Page 2

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"MORE BOMBS |

{ Changes ‘Being Made for

Atak on. Germany, “Col. Jouett Says.

By CHARLES T. LUCEY ‘Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—Ameri-|

“eas four-engine flying fortress “(B-

17)‘and Liberator (B-24) hombers|

are ‘being modified to provide vastly greater

u Jove, president of* the “Aeronautieal Chamber of. Commerce, disclosed today.

Col. . Jouett vigireusly. defended}.

.the performance of the four-engine ‘bombers, which have been criticized ‘in England because they can carry ‘only: about three.and one-half tons of bombs in. attacks on the continent, as” ‘compared to about eight

tons for the largest British bombers. |

The-revisions being made, it was srevealed, will allow the B-17s and B-24s8 to carry loads comparable to those of the British Lancasters, Stirlings and Halifaxes, including the '4000- -pound “block busters.” Col. Jouett pointed out that under 4 Maj, Gen. Carl Spaatz and Brig. Gen; Ira Eaker-the fortresses have made devastating daylight raids over the ‘continent from: high altitudes with a loss so far of only two planes.

“Meets Varying Conditions The: great speed of the flying

bomb-carrying’ capacity for 3

With the success of the German crossifigs of the River Don 1 demonstrating anew the need and importance for thorough training: 4 in"such operations, Indiana combat engineers and infantrymen of the :

Ametican Bomber. Dawns.

* Two. Attacking Planes | Despite Trouble.

fighter planes, learned yesterday that they were no match for a sine gle American flying fortress. .handi~ capped by a damaged motor. U. 8S. 8th air force: ‘headquarters revealed that a fortress, which be< ‘|came separated from its squadron after attacking Rotterdam, shot down two. of ,the 12° attacking Focke-Wulfs, probably destroyed a third and fought off the rest to ree Jturn to its base. Capt. Aquilla B, Hughes, Waco, Tex., piloted the bomber. . Sergt. Gilbert Goar, Clarksdale, Miss., “though wounded, brought down the first Nazi plane. A short time later, Sergt, Jerry D. Johnson, Milwaukee, Wis., shattered a sece ond. The navigator, Lieut.: Morris E. Mansell, Houston, Tex: hita third, but coudd not confirm its des. struction.

‘Fight 15 Minutes = ow

The running battle raged 15 Mine.

U.S. AND CUBA SIGN

utes before the fortress reached: the Dutch coast and the attackers with=. drew. One gunner was killed and three others of the werew Were. wounded. ® Maj. ‘Gen. Carl. A. Spas. ome.

‘MUTUAL WAR PACT

‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P.).

LONDON, Sept. 8 (U. P) Twelve 5 Focke-Wulf 190s, Germany's crack °

38th division are receiving constant practice in river crossing problems E ee owes Bt At Camp Shelby, Miss. bombers cannot attempt, he said. Working gaint time, under simulated ‘war conditions, Hoosier American four-engine bombers, he parties in assailt boats to establish a bridgehead, then build a pontoon commented: bridge over which the infantry regiment can cross the swift-flowing “1f you need a great many air- Leaf river on the division’s training reservation at Camp Shelby. planes, you have to freeze produc- 1. First across are sturdy swimmers of the engineer battalion, who sible. When a bomber rolls off the made of two shelter halves. Their mission is he dispose of enemy sentries. ’ De ow i asthe ve 2. Trained crews carry their boats from the shelter of the woods England or New Caledonia. across the beach and push off to the hostile shore for mop-up operations, “A plane can carry so much load. 3. Meanwhile, engineers have spanned the 150-foot stream with a You can put that load into gaso-| pontoon bridge in less than 10 minutes. Once it is in place, the in- | line and fly 6000 miles, or into| fanirymen file out of the woods and run to take up their positions bombs and fly 100 miles. If you| at the bridgehead. Foot soldiers are followed by their trucks, heavy : could build a bomber for one spe-| Weapons and other equipment, which are ferried across on hastily cific mission you could get the ut-| constructed rafts. . oo. . :

. most in bomb load, but if you have to build for all types of conditions,

--The state department announced today the signing in Havana of a military. and naval co-operation | |agreement between Cuba and the | United States.

The agreement, the state department said, “ties together all of the special ‘military and naval measures which have been taken between ~|Cuba and the United States sirice - |the’ beginning of the war and fa‘|cilitates ‘the taking of new measures, for the duration of the war, of military and naval security by the appropriate authorities of the | respective armed forces as the necessity arises and without the need for individual negotiations in each case.”

mander of American air forces in the European theater, paid tribute: to ‘the fortresses and their crews. “All crews are fighting with brave ery and tenacity of .purpose;” he said. “With more crews and aircraft y like these there can be no doubt about mastery of tie air -over Eye rope.”

. BURY HOOSIER PASTOR

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 8 (Us P.).—Bishop Campbell Gray offie ciated at services today for the Re, Lawrence Ceil Ferguson, pastor of the St. James Episcopal church at South Bend for 14 yedrs. “The Rev. Mr. Ferguson died Sunday night in the Epworth hospital after an illness of two years. 15

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“The ‘American four-engine bombers have ‘been built for all conditions, and the: record Shows what they have done.” - Comparing the fortress to: British bombers ‘in aver-Europe : missions Col. Jouett. estimated that the American bomber “has 60 or 70 miles ax -hour speed on. any. of its British . brothers.” -! Gens. Spaatz and Eaker, he said, are contending that they can carry on high-altitude: bombing. by day without,” : fighter-plane’ support — “something: .the British haven’t dared do .because the difference in speed between their bombers and ‘German pursuit aviation gives all the advantage: to the Germans.” He pointed out that ‘the flying : not far an’ pursuit

By HENRY T. GORRELL United Press Staff Correspondent

WITH THE FORWARD DEFENSE FORCES, Alamein Front, Sept. 6 (delayed). —How New Zea-

farmers and businessmen from London: counties who never before had heard. a. shot fired in battle—took on the pick of the Afrika korps and licked them despite Hitler's do-or-die ordérs, can now be revealed. The action came at a critical moment in history—Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had intended to be in Suez now. He realized that Amer-

Middle East might soon reach overwhelming proportions. But Rommel failed, and the battle that has been

going on in the desert Suite the

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landers backed up by British sheep|

ica’s growing participation in the| .

past week may well go down in his tory as a turning point in the war, ‘Before the battle started, a high officer called war correspondents to his tent. : “We .are expecting the enemy to! attack immediately,” he said. “This is one of the most critical periods in Egypt's history. News is dangerous, and sometimes enables the enemy to piece together our intentions. . If: fighting develops, I want nothing said about it in the press. You play. with. me, and I promise I will help you to the utmost when circumstances warrant.” ‘The battle started soon ‘afterward, and 'T watched every phase(S of it" from forward positions. At ohe tire German tanks were all around the camp where I stayed.

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The battle “began with an enemy E

advance. ‘At one phase of the drive the German 15th and’ 21st panzer |E divisions advanced almost 25 miles! northeast Irom the offensive’s starting * line. The penetration

army.

encircled except by sea.

| But those few miles were pro-|= . tected by carefully prepared British |= --

ig points, and we had antici-

pated German strategy with realiza: |S

tion that the enemy drive would come eastward from the southern

end of the line, then would swing]

s (north behind our main Alamein E | front, = The Germans tried time. after|S time to storm our positions, but: | were caught in a seething caldron|S

of fire from guns of Englishmen who

were witnessing their first battle|s

Ein the desert.

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stung by bold lightning raids on the flanks by allied tanks and mobile patrols working around the enemy like hornets, the Afrika Korps

could not take it. They went back.|= Rommel sought to sdve the situ- |S

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=|the battle. I heard of one tank = manned: by American regulars who |:

had accounted for five enemy tanks. Proof that-Suez was at stake was

discovered in letters taken from|S

German and Italian prisoners. They|S

{were intended for mailing: within §| the next’ few days from Alexandria

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