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the South Pacific area. They ntly expressed their “admiration _ congratulations” for the “rekable performance” of marine nen in the Solomons. A recapitulation of the damage inflicted on the enemy in those war paters showed: ALEUTIANS Enemy shore installations on ka island bombed twice (Thurs-| y and Friday). Six seaplanes destroyed on the

Seventh seaplane shot down. Two submarines strafed. . " One transport (or cargo ship) bombed and fired; “last seen listed and beached.” An estimated 150 Japanese killed ‘or wounded. SOLOMONS

Forty-two enemy aircraft de- : ; three others damaged. One cruiser hit and left burning. One Joiee transport bombed and ; probably sunk. A bomb hit on another cruiser. Enemy gun emplacements strafed. . There was no mention in the Aleutians’ communique of Ameriean or Canadian losses, but a dis‘patch from a United Press corre- © spondent at Alaskan defense com[mand headquarters reported that all .the American and Canadian . Planes returned safely. © The Solomons’ communique said ‘that all the enemy aircraft were destroyed “without combat loss of any U. S. plane.”

‘Bombing to Be Extended

These successes on the flanks of the Pacific battle line that reaches thousands of miles from Alaska to ustralia led to belief here that American bombing operations might extended, especially on the south Pacific front to other Japanese-

The communiques revealed that despite the licking administered to the Japanese last week in air ttles over the Solomons, the eny was still returning for more. ) late as Sunday, Indianapolis time, the enemy sent a large force bombers and fighters to attack uadalcanal—but with dire results. Twenty-three of 25 bombers were ‘destroyed by the Americans. ~The Americans have shot down 209 Japanese planes in the Solomons with comparatively slight loss Since the marines landed last onth,

At Kelley Field

Lieut. Col. 8ydney D. Grubbs, 30-

year-old Hoosiep flying officer, was today named commander of one of Uncle Sam’ oldest air force flying

field—Kelly field, Tex. Born in Martinsville in 1812, he entered West Point in 1929 and was graduated in 1933 just a few days after reaching his 21st birthday. He received his wings ot Kelly 193¢ and was Sydney Grubbs in io ihe

6th and 19th pursuit squadron at Wheeler field, Hawaii, where he served for two years. Before being named commanding officer at Kelly, Col. Grubbs was executive officer at the San Antonio aviation cadet center, He was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the air corps last January.

ATLANTIC SUB

TOLL LESSENS

September May Be Best

Month for Allies Since Campaign Began. WASHINGTON, Sep. 29 (U. PJ).

—The toll of merchant ships sunk in Atlantic waters has steadily in recent weeks, indicating that September may be ' the best month for the united nations in that war theater since began its relentless submarine campaign in January.-

dropped

Germany

But 500 united nations merchant

ships have gone to the bottom of the an unofficial United Press compilation showed. More than 5000 seamen of all allied nations have lost their lives. Some 2000 of them were Americans,

Atlantic since Pearl Harbor,

The compilation was made from

official navy announcements and reports from other quarters. United Press record showed that 499 ships have been sunk by submarines. German surface raider.

The

The 500th was sunk by a

Peak in May and June Sinkings reached a peak during

May and June when 174 were lost, most of those attacks occurred off the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean sea.

Improved defenses have gradual-

ly whittled down the number of victims of undersea raider.

The

To Beating Axis

Ew YORK, Sept. 29 P). ~The salvage ‘drive ‘to collect 100,000,000 keys for the nickel silver they contain received its biggest boost to date yesterday when Charles Courtney contributed a collection of 25,000 keys. He is a locksmith and’ for years his hobby has been the collection

The salvaged metal will 80 to navy.

navy has not announced any sinking for September but most of those which occurred in July and were far from American ritish off-shore patrols. The submarines struck first in

January along the Atlantic sea board, expanded their operations to the Caribbean and south Atlantic in February, and fanned out into the gulf in May.

NAZI BOMB KILL SIX BRITONS

LONDON, Sept. 20 (U.P).—A

German raider dropped high explosives on a town in western England early today, hitting a fire station and killing at least six persons; Several were believed injured.

IS DEAD DAT Bg Managed Union Trust Co. Department for Last 25 Years.

Harry L. Cushwa, insurance department head of Union Trust Co. for the last 25 years, died today at his home, 3684 Birchwood ave. He was 69.

A resident of Indianapolis for 28 years, Mr. Cushwa had traveled extensively in Europe. For 15 years before coming here, he was in the insurance business in Marion. Mr. Cushwa was a native of Prankfort where his father had been a merchant for 45 years. He attended the : University of Virginia, Boston Latin school and Harvard university. Active-in civic affairs of the city, Mr. Cushwa was a member of the Columbia club, Mystic Tie Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite and the Shrine. He made his home with his .son, Richard P. The only other survivor is his wife, Rena P. Funeral services will ‘be at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, conducted by the Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor emeritus of the All Souls Unitarian church. Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery, Frankfort.

MORE AMERICANS INTERNED BY NAZIS

VICHY, Sept. 29 (U, P.). — The United States embassy learned through official channels today that 1400 additional Americans—1000 men and 400 women—have been interned by German authorities in occupied France. : The new arrests brought to 1780 the total of Americans now in German hands, The roundup began last Thursday when most of the internees were arrested, it was understood, but there have been scattered arrests every day since. The women have been taken to the restaurant building in the zoo of the Jardin d’acclimation in Paris while the men are interned in the suburb of Saint Denis, where Jacques Doriof; formerly was merly was mayor.

TROOPSHIP SINKING DENIED BY BRITAIN

LONDON, Sept. 29 (U. P.)—A ministry of information communique denounced as unirue today the German claims to the submarine sinking of three allied troop transports in the Atlantic. “It may now be stated that enemy claims to have sunk troop transports in the Atlantic are quite untrue,” the communique said. The denial of the German claim came after the Berlin radio for a full 24 hours had broadcast again and again, each time in more detail, statements that enemy - submarines had sunk three big transports out of a fast, protected convoy en route from North America to the British Isles. Had the German claim been true a two-war allied record of moving troops across the Atlantic without

casualties would have been broken.

How Marines

Fook Solomons ?

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|ades and bayonets carpeted the

slopes of enemy dead. There is no front in the Solomons and there is no rear. Maj. Gen. Alexander A, Vandegrift, the commander in chief, is as much at the front as are his men. Two Japanese were killed in broad daylight less than 100 feet from his headquarters’ tent in a mad charge on him from the jungle.

All Share Hardship, Glory

Officers share every hardship. They go hungry with them, are bombed, shelled and sniped at, suffer the same tropical diseases and the same green hell of heat, rain, pain and death in which it is often impossible to tell friend from enemy. The navy and army air forces share the glory with the marines. The: exploit of Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner in getting his invasion fleet through enemy-dom-inated waters intact and then slipping a convoy through a Japanese task force is regarded out here as one which ranks high.

Hit Foe at Every Chance

The air forces have prevented enemy troop landings in force sufficient . to retake the islands, they have fought and beaten the Japanese aviators in the air, and they have taken -the attack untiringly to the enemy at every chance. The navy’s communique of yesterday, reporting two cruisers, a large transport and a seaplane tender hit by army and navy bombs and 42 enemy planes downed in four days means that the enemy has lost nearly 20 ships sunk or damaged by planes based on Guadalcanal and at least 175 Planes shot down since Aug. T.

Reinforcements at Right Time

Navy reports on ground action indicate that the remnants of the enemy troops on Guadalcanal are being wiped out and that for the moment at least no enemy reinforcements are being landed. The Japanese want desperately to take back the lower Solomons. They are still putting all possible pressure on the American forces. But sorely needed reinforcements arrived, it is possible to say now, at the critical hour by running the gantlet of enemy-dominated seas. It is believed now that the position of the marines and the air force is so strong that the southern Solomons are almost impregnable except to an overwhelming’ force. It is somewhat doubtful that the enemy will be able to muster such a force after the succession of defeats in the Coral sea, at Midway, and in the Solomons action so far, and in view of the greatly extended Japanese commitments.

Losses Smal] So Far

To people out here the Solomons are not a second front. They are the front, the front against the most - dangerous enemy, the one it will take a torrent, not a trickle of men and war materials to defeat ina knock down and drag out fight in which quarter will not be given nor asked. To date, under Gen. Vandegrift and Admiral Turner, the American forces with relatively small losses have won in Guadalcanal an unsinkable aircraft carrier to take the

fight to the enemy and the jumping

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off place for the start toward Japan. If victory in the Pacific war depends on courage, endurance, sourcefulness

Americans meet the Japanese on even terms on land, at sea or in the air. At times the odds against them were 10 to 1. Not only did they fight off every Japanese attack but they inflicted almost incredible losses ¢ on the enemy. The air force developed 10 aces within on¢ month though never once were the American planes equal in number to the Japanese forces they defeated.

Always Ready to Fight More than once I saw three to four Grummans fight their way through cordons of enemy zero fighters and, diving into formations of around 25 two-motored enemy

bombers, shoot down or explode in the sky plane after plane and come back safe, though riddled with bullets. More than once big fleets of enemy planes jettisoned their bombs and fled along before they reached their targets because of the ferocity of the American fighter attack. The morale of all forces in. the Solomons is sky high amid conditions which call for the utmost of endurance and bravery. Hunger, heat, rain, mud, mosquitoes, flies, the threat of death every moment of the day or night by enemy snipers or infiltrating patrols or fleets of attacking enemy planes have been met and beaten without a whimper and the troops say: “If the Japs want a fight, bring 'em on.” All the tricks the Japanese can devise have been used and have failed. Our Casualties Light

They snipe from trees and from behind them. They sneak up on outposts camouflaged in copra, or coconut fiber, in an attempt at surprise. They charge from the jungle at night, yelling like wild animals, or shout messages in English in an.attempt to cause confusion. : The marine casualties have been light as compared to those of the Japanese. By far the largest percentage of them have been among men who have gone out in front of the lines to rescue the wounded. It has: been necessary for commanding officers, at times, to take drastic action to keep their men from going out to certain death because they could not bear to

Until Bill Is Passed,

Barkley Warns. {Continued from Page One)

| was passed out among farm bloc

members to limit or avoid speeches so that an early vote might be taken on the pending Thomas amendment. Some members, however, said there might be speeches afterward in an attempt to delay action on an administration compromise, while the ‘farm bloc sought additional concessions. Barkley’s notice apparently sought to head off -this maneuver. Both he and Senator Prentiss M. Brown (D. Mich.) said before the session opéned that they would accept no further compromise.

The administration provision,

Senate Must ‘Not Adjourn’

last-ditch stand to write certain farm price safeguards into the bill, He also indirectly threatened to delay senate action beyond President Roosevelt's Oct. 1 deadline, Thomas, although hinting at the

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Put That Koy In Special Box

PERSONS DONATING their. keys to the nation’s salvage probgram today were urged to deposit them in the 8000 special key receptacles distributed in business firms over the city and not to throw them in the . large scrap depots on the streets. The nickle silver in the keys has a ‘special job to do for the navy (the exact use is a secret) and the proceeds from the sale of the metal will go to the USO fund. The war production board has designated the paper companies as directors of the drive to collect the keys. H, P. Jackson, representing the Crescent Paper Co. said todhy that he had received information that many keys were going into the scrap depots instead of into the special can containers on the counters of business houses. He said any keys placed in the large depots would be lost to the navy

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