Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1942 — Page 9

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Brave Sea 18 Days

Before Rescue.

: SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 (U.P). —Aviation Radioman Douglas M. Cossitt told today how a Japanese submarine passed within 30 yards while he and Warrant Machinist A."W. Winchell floated in mid-Pa-cific in an eight-foot rubber boat after the battle of Midway. ; Cossitt, of Oakland, and Winchell were flying a torpedo plane when it was attacked by five Japanese zeros and shot down. They rigged parachutes on their boat and sailed for 18 days before they were rescued by a patrol bomber."

They encountered the submarine :

on the fifth day. “Seas were heavy,” Cossitt said, “and our boat was riding the swells nicely when we sighted a submarine about 1000 yards distant.

Sub Didn't Attack

“The sub charged across our bow about 100 yards away before we saw that it was a Jap pig boat. She turned and came back and crossed within 30 yards of us. We could see crewmen on the aft deck Watching us with field glasses. Then she went on and we saw no more of her.” Cossitt’s log entry for the day read: “Sighted Jap sub—30 yards— no riders!”

"PRIMARY LEADS -.

Ellender, Johnson and Ball

Seem Renominated: Most Congressmen Ahead.

By UNITED PRESS Three incumbent senators and most congressmen whose seats were at stake in Tuesday's seven state primaries won renomination, incomplete returns indicated today. A fourth senator, Richard B. Russell, five representatives and Governor Eugene Talmadge face cuntests in today’s Georgia Democratic primary. Senator Russell was opes by William D. Upshaw, former congressman and prohibition leader, and Governor Talmadge by Attorney General Ellis Arnall. Senators who survived yesterday's primary tests were Allen J. Ellender (D. La.), Edwin C. Johnson (D.

|Colo.), and Joseph H. Ball (R.

U. S. soldiers hurriedly raise the American flag to the fop of the mast during the height of the battle at Midway, June 4-6. This

dramatic incident was not staged.

The flag was raised while the

battle was in progress, because word of the approach of Japanese forces came so early in the morning.

Cossitt, who received shrapnel} wounds in the legs during the fight | gf with the zeros, is recuperating in a | sis

naval hospital here.

“We received word that the Japa- | 23 nese had attacked Midway and we | SEE. took off from the carrier at 9:30] NER.

a. m. and headed toward the Japa-

nese task force north of Midway,”

" he said. tection and trouble,

ran into a

#f#5¢ had no fighter pro-| FE lot of | pS

“First thing I knew there were dail S08

five Jap Zero fighters on our tail

I got two of them with the rear|i¥sE

gun, but then our gasoline tanks were shot away and we were forced to land.”

Sinks in 40 Seconds

The plane sank in 40 seconds but the rubber boat was intact and the parachutes floated to the surface. They hauled them aboard.

“We could see smoke on the |j—

horizon, but no ships, and had no

way of telling how the battle was|#

going,” said Cossitt.

“We made ali

sea anchor of the parachutes and|$ laid to, to decide what our next|:

move would be.” “The next day we made a sail out of the chutes and . headed southwest. We sighted two Jap planes but they didn’t see us. During ‘ the next two days we had a slight

storm, and killed a shark with a|§

khife.” The plane picked the men up after 18 days and took them back to Midway. “All we could think of” -said Cossitt, . “was. ice-cold = pineapple Juice and a sizzling steak, but when we got to “Midway all we got was @ solution in our arms. We didn’t eat until later.”

73 PLANES DOWNED BY YANKEE FLIERS

LONDON, Sept. 9 (U. P.).—~The three American Eagle fighter squadrons in the Royal Air Force have destroyed at least 73 enemy planes; air circles revealed today. . The first squadron is credited with 41 planes, the second with 18, and the third with 14, since they went into action. Squadron Leader Gregory Augustus Daymond, DFC with bar, of Great Falls, Mont, commander of the first squadron which has been In operation for more than a year, personally is credited with seven German planes.

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Minn.). In Minnesota, Senator ‘Ball and his running mate, Governor Harold E. Stassen, seeking renomination, held substantial leads over their opponents. Both were pre-war Ssupporters ' of administration foreign

cy. poliey Ball Ahead 2: to 1 Senator Ball, who was appointed to the senate seat of the late Senator Ernest Lundeen, was leading by a vote of nearly two to one over his closest challenger, Walter K. Mickelson, New Ulm publisher and protege of Minnesota's senior senator, Henrik Shipstead. Forme Governor Elmer Benson led Mr. Lundeen’s widow for ‘the FarmerLabor party senatorial nomination. There were no state-wide contests in the Democratic primary. : Three of Minnesota’s incumbent Republican congressmen, as isolationists before Pearl Harbor, appeared assured of renomination. They were Reps. Melvin Maas, August Andresen and H. Carl Anderson. Reps. Oscar ‘Youngdahl and Harold Knutson, who also were prewar isolationists, were facing stiff opposition. The vote tabulation in Colorado gave a commanding lead to Senator Johnson in his contest with State Supreme Court Justice Benjamin C. Hilliard. Mr. Hilliard, who had accused Senator Johnson of opposing President Roosevelt, led in Denver, but could not match Johnson’s vote in the rest of the state. Governor Ralph E. Carr, Republican senatorial candidate whose nomination was not contested, will oppose Senator Johnson in the November elec-

Ellender Wins Easily

Senator Ellender won an easy vic-|

jj| tory in the Louisiana primary. Incomplete returns showed him lead-

{more than two to one.

U. S. soldiers put out the last bits of smouldering Nrotiage | inside one of the hangars that suffered hits during thé raid. The warplanes

that ordinarily would have been

in the hangar were out raising

“ havoc with the Jap fleet and the invasion force, which was turned

back with heavy losses.

"Volcanic Galapagos Offer Natural Bases for Troops

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The volcanic structure of the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador, now occupied by American troops, provides natural harbors. In spite of

its name, Wreck -harbor, on the coast of Indefatigable island, is said by geologists to be a safe and excellent approach to the shore. Before the Galapagos acquired vital importance as a Pacific base for protection of the Panama canal, they had long been an historic spot frequented by zoologists. It was here that Charles Darwin's famous idea hit him, It was the sight of strange forms of plant and animal life—giant turtles and uncouth sea lizards—that crystallized Darwin's theories of evolution through natural selection. Sixteenth-century Spanish navigators were so impressed by these giant turtles, often four feet long, that théy gave the islands the Spanish name for “Tortoise.” Since the nearest relative to the Galapagos tortoise is a fossil found in Cuba, geologists believe the is-

America. They are composed of 12 large, and several hundred small islands, with many volcanoes still actively erupting on their shores.

Carl Brady Wins Checker Crown

CARL BRADY, of 2752 Carrollton ave. held the Indiana checker championship today, following the finals of a three-day tourna-

ment at the Y. M. C. A. Ranking players competing represented Ft. Wayne, Marion, Hammond, Evansville, Bloomington and Anderson.

REPORTS SABOTAGE OF JAPANESE TRAIN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P.)— Kilsoo Haan, Washington representative of the Sino-Korean Peoples’ League, reported today that Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, former German

ing E. A. Stephens by a margin of Reps. F. Edward Hebert and James Domengeaux apparently won renomination, which is tantamount to election, but other incumbents trailed or faced run-off contests. Rep.

Hale T. Hoggs apparently was. ‘de-.

feated by former Rep. Paul H. Maloney, o In Washington, four Democratic

| congressmen—Warren G. Magnu-

son, Henry M. Jackson, Knute Hill and John M. Coffee—were assured renomination. Rep. Martin F. Smith, a Democrat, led Cecil Callison in incomplete returns by a margin too narrow to assure him victory. : Rep. Charles A. Plumley won the Republican ' nomination for Vermont’s lone seat in the lower house by a margin of two to one over Samuel R. Ogden. The Republican nomination is tantamount to election. Governors Renominated

In Arizona, Rep. John R. Murdock led 17 other candidates for the state’s two congressmen-at-large seats. Richard F. Harless, county attorney at Phoenix, was second. Democratic ‘nomination is equivalent to election in Arizona, which elects two congressmen this year for the first time. Governor Sidney P. Osborn was renominated in the gubernatorial primary. Maryland renominated Reps. Thomas d’Alesandro and Lansdale G. Sassger, both Democrats. Rep. John A. Meyer, Democrat, was defeated by John M. Wyatt by 200 votes, and Rep. David J. Ward was 150 votes behind Dudley G. Roe with 21 precincts unreported. Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, was renominated in the Democratic primary and Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, Baltimore attorney, was

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Shimada were severely burned in the derailment of a Japanese train caused by sabotage July 3. ‘The report. unconfirmed elsewhere, came from agents of the EurIdan, Korean terrorist organization, Haan said. Wiedemann and Shimada were said to have been taker

i|to a hospital in ‘Tokyo, 180 miles

sons were killed and 92 injured.

CHINESE REPEL JAPS IN KIANGSI PROVINCE

CHUNGKING, Sept. 9 (U. P.)— Chinese troops repulsed a Japa-

%| nese attack at Hwangchow, west §|of the Japanese base at Anyikia in

the northern part of Kiangsi province, and inflicted 100 casualties on the enemy, a Chinese communique reported today. In the same area, the communique said, other Chinese forces continued to battle the Japanese garrison at Lanki, to the southwest of Hwangchow, in the town’s sub-

west. Chinese troops continued

! their assault ‘on the air base city 2 {lof Kinhwa where fierce fighting |

reported in the suburhs,

AUXILIARY TO MEET The Marine Corps League auxile jary will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Parlor B of the Claypool hotel to hear “good news” brought from the national convention in Chicago by Mrs. Charles Dapka, local president.

. | Bailey's,

‘the. Taliniiati had tes sxcond. sear ‘Araguly This sea: ToTOay. afternoon. Two - year - old ‘Lucille Marie

street from their home, 2245 N. Illinois st. and was struck by a streetcar. The car knocked her

down and the - wheels assed within inches of : her body. Lucille ’ received a deep gash in her forehead and an injury to her nose. She was ‘taken to. St. Vincent's hospital where’ physicians said she would have to stay a couple of weeks. ’ Last spring Mr, Yaliman, an employee of Curtiss-Wright, was struck on the head by machinery and was in the: hospital for five weeks,

BATTLE OR NOHE HAD TO LOOK Tank Sergeant Sticks His Head Out to Check His Aim. By HENRY T. GORRELL

United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH AND

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attacked \\pRICAN ARMORED FORCE

ON THE ALAMEIN FRONT, Sept. 7. —(Delayed.)—Sergt. Alexander Ka-

gan of Bound, Brook N.J., explained

somewhat apologetically today that he hadn't been able to keep his head inside his tank in the recent

battle because he had to make sure

its guns were hitting their targets. “Every time I gave the order to fire,” said Capt. William Bailey, Toccoa, Ga. “Kagan would open the door of the tank and everybody would shout: ‘Shut that damned door.’” “1 was excited,” Kagan explained. “I was just a bit nervous, what with all that muck flying about. I wanted to be sure we were hitting the Huns. That's the reason I opened the door. As soon as I made sure that it was 0. k. I felt better.”

He Yelled Directions

“Yeah, it was all right for you to open the door because if anybody had been hit it would have been me, up there in the turret,” said Pvt. Kenneth Call, Batavia, N. Y,, the three-inch gunner in Bailey's tank. Then it developed that Bailey himself had stood up in the turret in ‘the hottest part of the battle, "yelling signals and the range to, other tanks whose wireless had gone wrong. Bailey and Capt. L. O. Anderson, Tucson, Ariz, commanded the two troops of the small detachment of American tanks which went into the Alamein line last week to get experience. With them was Capt. George Spence, Atlanta, Ga. who went to Georgia university with them. Germans Second Best

They got all the experience they wanted. They were in the thick of the hottest fighting and all but two of the tanks, one of which was were severely damaged. For every American tank damaged, at least one German tank was destroyed. The few American tanks and the British force with which they were, stationed were attacked by about 80 German tanks, and only one-third | of the enemy tanks survived.

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