Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1942 — Page 4

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REACH BRITAIN

Crossing Is

‘Uneventful,’ ~~ Despite Nazi Claims of Damage to Convoy. oS Eigse roun, i

have brought another large ce of American onpe to the Bri

Fighting men, carrying heavy per-

- sonal arms, and anti-aircraft and

transport units made up most of the new force. There were also hundreds of army technical experts, a. few air force personnel and some of the army's new special service companies, trained to conduct and direct troop recreational

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British ‘and’ * American warships and, toward the last, royal air force flying boats escorted the convoy on a speedy, smooth, uneventful crossing despite German claims of intensive submarine activity.

U. S. SAILORS ALMOST {TOOK LEAVE IN JAPAN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (U. P).

. ==An American submarine spent so * much time in sight of the Japanese

coast while sinking enemy ships that the crew considered taking

-_ shore leave, Ensign Joseph R. De- ¢ frees Jr. said today.

“We saw the mainland of Japan

“lots of times,” said the ensign, son , of Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees, Adnspector of naval material for this

district. “We even imagined that

‘* we could distinguish asahi beer signs

among the lights and the crew

' joked about taking liberty in Yoko‘hama.”

RUML 1S HOPEFUL

BOSTON, Sept. .18 (U. P.).— Beardsley Rumi, chairman of the federal reserve bank of New York,

predicted today that his pay-as-

you-go income tax plan eventually will be adopted by congress.

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The black eagle of the: kaiser’s regime is replaced by the swastika in today’s posters, but tlre theme is the same as John Herron Art myseum’s current exhibition displays the war posters of 1917-18. Taken from the archives of the museum, the display ranges from the work of such artists as Joseph Pennell and Albert Sterner to popular magazine illustrators such as J. C. Leyendecker and Howard Chandler Christy. It in«ludes one by the famous Louis Raemaekers, who has come out of retirement to wield the brush again for” the united nations. John Warner Norton, whose poster is shown here, was a graduate of the Chicago Art institute

and a well-known mural painter. He died in 1934.

‘CONFESSES’ DYNAMITING

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 18 (U. P.).— The Omaha World-Herald said today that it had received -a letter,

signed “I am an American,” in which the writer claimed to. have planted the 12 charges of dynamite which damaged the Burlington rail-

road’s passenger streamliner, Denver Zephyr, on Sept. 14.

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CROSS AIDS MESSAGING SOLDIERS |

Red Cross officials here said today they were prepared to aid in sending messages to prisoners of war or men missing in action in the Far East. : Chairman W. I. Longsworth said the messages should - be filed with the Red Cross home service department on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce building. The following suggestions were made: 1. Give name, . number, rank military unit and last known address. 2. Confine message to 26 wards. 3. If possible, all friends and relatives should join in sending one message. Mr. Longsworth said the messages re to be carried on the exchange ship Gripsholm, which soon will depart on its second voyage.

A ‘GIFT’ FROM INDIANA

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sept. 18 (U. P.).—Members of the 99th air base squadron at ‘Godman Field, Ft. Knox, received their Christmas present early this year when their new “top kick” arrived. He is First Sgt. John A. Conner —f{rom Santa Claus, Ind.

CURB BLACKOUT SALES WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (U. P.).

'—Manufacture and sale of blackoutfleast two and perhaps three Jap-

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(The first eyewitness story of fhe ‘naval battle in the Solomons islands Aug. 9, which clinched the success of “the United States marine Tandings, ‘is “given in the following dispatch by Joe ‘James Custer, United Press war correspondent with the Pacitic fleét. Custer was wounded in the battle.)

By JOE JAMES CUSTER United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 9— (Delayed) —The United States and Japanese

[fleets fought their first pitched

battle today at almost point blank range, and our side won. At one moment the Guadalcanal

channel was a picture of tropic

calm. The next, hell broke loose and until 'I was wounded by a jagged piece of shrapnel which struck behind my left eye I watched the battle from the deck of a cruiser in the thick of the fight. It was like a tennis match in hell when in the early morning darkness the fleets started to exchange their thundering salvoes. Great balls of fire leapt from our guns and exploded with spurts of flame against the enemy ships. Back came balls of fire from the enemy. Thin lines of tracer shells streaked from ship to ship. In the confusion of a close range battle it was almost impossible to

{tell friend from enemy. We gawe

and we took. I believe we hiv at

and dimout equipment which does sy

not conform to government specifications was banned today by the war production board. ' Specifications on such lighting fixtures were drawn up by the war and navy departments and the maritime commission.

COTTON ED APOLOGIZES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (U. P). —Senator Ellison D, Smith (D. S. C.), who yesterday announced his

sober conclusion that “we are right|

smack dab in the middle of a jackass age,” today amended his remarks as follows: “Maybe I was a little hasty about that. ‘Anyway, I intend to apologize

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to the first jackass I see.”

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anese ships. we ‘suffered some

damage, including the loss of a

The Australian ' cruiser was

cruiser. Canberra, - operating with .us,

sunk. . (The sinking of the Canberra had

been announced by the Australians. The navy at Washington had announced the loss of at least one cruiser. It was not clear whether the navy had reference to the Canberra or an American cruiser.) We were in the Guadalcanal channel off Savo island when the battle started. We had been sitting around idle during the evening of Aug. 8, which was the day after the marine landings. We were discussing an attack that afternoon by 27 Japanese torpedocarrying planes . in which Wwe knocked down nearly all of them. It was a clear night, fairly warm, I went to bed about 11:30 p. m. in the emergency cabin on the bridge. The fact that I was on the top side of the ship probably saved my life. Hears Shrill Bugle About 1:55 a. m. the shrill note of the burle sounded general qusdrters. As I awoke I saw’ a brilliant flash of yellow light bolt by the curtain of my cabin. I knew that we were in iction. We had met the Japanese fleet at last. I slipped on a pair of khaki pants and a flame jacket. It took just a

few seconds.

‘In Hell’

ship shook again. I realized that our room. main batteries were firing, although|I had played pinochle the night/wounded and disabled men were to before. : “This looks like it,” he said.

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my first reaction had been that we were hit. I stepped onto the signal bridge into the full glare of a searchlight, presumably from an enemy ship which I could see silhouetted nearby. The deck was heaving as members of the crew ran to their battle stations. | In the distance I could see another of our cruisers tangling with the Japanese. Our nearby transports were not threatened at any time because the fleet protected

and

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I saw one man with whom

The captain gave orders that all

be moved to the forecastle., I starte ed forward, still leaning am one

I had a sickening feeling in the pit |of the men,

e¢ made

of my stomach. Later this man did not remember talking to me. I told , him we had better get down our|3Nd apparently all the mea in it life jackets and I noticed we were (2d been killed. ' *lall pretty excited. A man at my tween No. 1 and No. 2 turrets. Just elbow said “oh” and clutched his back. He slipped down to the deck|!Y blew us from the ship. him comfortable. Everyone else was all right.

+ Constant Bedlam

We ducked bethen No. 2 turret went off and near-

Our last salvo went off, hitting the only remaining enemy searchlight, and the battle was over. ° The forecastle was'crowded with

structure. Debris and

was clearly audible. were going.

not keep his balanc trembled. I grabbed “Is that you, Mac?” all right.”

bridge in order to

There was another blast and the

There were about

them, but they were lit up by flares which enemy planes dropped.

Sees Fire Amidship Shells whistled through our super-

fragments fell over .the bridge. Everything seemed to be flying. I scrambled to the side of the ship and from there I saw a fire amidships. The crackling of the fire But our guns

An officer appeared to be kneeling on the bridge. ‘Apparently he could as ‘the ship and asked: “No, this is Ray,” he replied.

I went back into a shack on the

Light, flaky debris burned the back of my neck. Our lights came on and then went off again. There was & constant bedlam. A shell ripped through the room, making a big jagged hole in the bulkhead. The center of the ship was blazing and we had lost some speed. We squeezed down a ladder to the beck below. We could see the star shells and the splashes where shells were falling short. Columns of blue water rose in great geysers. The men were swearing but calm. Just then there was a gigantic explosion and a fragment of a shell ‘hit behind my left eye. I spun around. There was a sharp pain. Blood . streamed down my face. I

micould not see anything.

“Lean on me,” a man said.» We stood there for about 10 or 15

et a life jacket. ve men in the

minutes. I felt giddy from smoke and fumes. .

wounded. . Many of them joined the bucket brigades and the fires were put out, About 3 a. m. a.downpour of rain started, and helped. © A brisk wind chilled us to the bone. ~¥ sat on an anchor chain and sone one washed my face and bandaged my head. Later a déstroyer took the wounded off. Then we were transferred to a relief vessel, where some of my shipmates were surprised to see me. They had given me up for lost.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

JERSEYVILLE, Ill, Sept. 18 (U. P.).—J. B. Hunter, chairman of the local draft hoard, failed to show up on time to meet selectees scheduled to leave on the 3 a. m, train. The night police department routed him from bed in time to catch the rear car, *

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