Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1942 — Page 15

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SUB SINKS 8 SHIPS FOR RECORD

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By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent

HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES PACIFIC

FLEET, Pearl Harbor, Nov. 30

navy records by sinking eight

(Delayed) .—A United States

submarine operating in Japanese home waters has broken

enemy ships totaling 70,000

| President Makes

His Own Coffee

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (U. P.). —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said yesterday that the president makes his own coffee every: morning but that she didn’t know whether he had yet tried out his suggestion for making coffee go farther by using old grounds over: again, Mrs. Roosevelt revealed the

president’s formula at a press conference last week. At an--

.other conference today she said:

“The president makes his own coffee every morning in a glass

pot and enjoys doing it.

“But I don’t know that he’s

TONI 0 HENRY PAL

AUXILIARY FIREMEN

LOSES HIS APPEAL

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1 (U. P). —Finnon Burks, Arkansas army deserter, must follow Toni Jo Henry to death in the electric chair for|} the slaying of Joseph P. Calloway, Houston;” Tex, tire salesman, the Louisiana supreme court held today. A decision tupning down his appeal came as 26-year-old Toni Jo, who was electrocuted Saturday, was buried at Lake Charles, La. A few days before she was executed, Toni Jo admitted she, and not Burks, fired the shot that killed Calloway

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The auxiliary firemen in civilian Pdefense district 15 will meet at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in the shelterhouse at Garfield park for instruction by A. Frank Craig, fire department battalion chief-who is in charge of defense training classes for volunYo teer firemen. 1 A firemen from other districts are invited to attend the meeting, according to Warren Lyon and Roy Jones, two of the districts’ auxiliary firemen, who are arranging for the meeting. They hope to have some fire fighting equipment to be demonstrated.

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WASHINGTON, Dec, 1 (U. P.).— Western Union officials cleared up the mystery today of why they advertised in help wanted columns

BERLIN CLAIMS RECORD

LARGEST WARSHIP T0 HIT WATER DEC. 7

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (U. P.) ~The heaviest, battleship ever built the U. S. S. New Jersey, will be launched from the Philadelphia navy yard Dec. 7, the fourth naval

-| district announced today. oy

- Although her tonnage is a war

the U. 8. 8. Iowa, launched at Brooklyn navy yard Aug. 27. The two ships are the first of a

any now in service. They origi-

more than two years ago but their

time secret, the navy said the New 3 Jersey would have a slightly greater displacement than her sister ship,

new class of battleships larger than

nally were announced as 45,000-ton vessels when they were laid down |

tons and damaging and possibly sinking four more totaling up the 25,000 tons in a single cruise, it was announced today. . The little undersea boat, a lone wolf of the Far Pacific, sank five of its certain victims in sight of people on the Japanese coast and of these three were sunk in Japanese harbors. , : At one time of a cruise Japanese tanker and an armed which matched for intrepidity mercheniman Ro gun, several and insouciance any in recent rmed merenshimen aL Saha, naval history, the crew of the|° ! ’ submarine ig : off the Japanese sald. We. sighted a _seven-shin shore watching the races at the

convoy, armed merchantmen and naval auxiliaries, and stalked them track of a big city and making bets on the. results.

for several hours. We got into the middle of the convoy and sank a Bets Called Off Unfortunately, I.ieut, Comm.

tanker and an armed merchantThomas Burton Klakring Jr. ‘said

man about 10 minutes apart while the others were firing depth charges today at the heat quarters of Adm. Chester W. Nimits, commander in

and planes were attacking overhead. chief of the-Pacific fleet, the win-

“He Didn't See Us” “We were under attack about 45 ning post was obscured and it was necessary to call off the bets be-

minutes.” The seventh ship sunk was an cause the horses rould not be seen as they crossed the line.

8000-ton transport, attacked at davFor long, lonely days, the sub-

light at the entrance to the harbor of a Japanese city. marine cruised in search of enemy ships, the crew playing cards, read-

or fine composition frames. A va“It was a very large Japanese city, right on the beach,” Klakring said. ing the ship’s newspaper, which was published each morning, listening to

riety of styles. Black. Only 2.00. “He didn't see us until after we war shot. Then he tried to avoid the Handbags Street Floor torpedoes. One torpedo missed and y the only radio station they ‘could get—Tokyo. They listened to the Viennese waltzes on the musical

exploded ashore. Two others hit. That was enough. He made a quick programs and laughed at the Japanese propaganda.

dive by the bow. I don’t know whether he was loaded with troops, They listened vainly, Comm. Klakring said, for any report of

The action could easily be :seen their own operations.

last week for brunets, five feet four inches tall, weighing less than 120 pounds. They were wanted as train pages at Union station. Brunets, the officials explained, are “more stable” than blonds and redheads and outlast them on a job by an average of two months.

REVIEW 140 TO MEET Fidelity Review 140, Women’s Benefit association, will hold a regular business meeting and election of officers at 2:15 p. m. tomorrow in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio

st. Mrs, "Hannah Hiati is president,

actually tried drying and re-using coffee grounds. Perha;s ae will do it directly.” ; Asked whether the president might have used his formula without her knowledge, Mrs. Roosevelt replied: “Quite well he might. I'm not always at the table, you know.”

on Valentine's day in 1940.

Burks has 15 days to apply for a rehearing before the state supreme court. He also may appeal to the state board of pardons. Governor Sam Houston Jones will fix the date for his death in the state's portable electric chair.

design has been changed to ine corporate results of lessons learned in this war, the navy said.

LINTON POSTMASTER NAMED WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (U. P.).— The senate yesterday confirmed thy | nomination of Charles L. Wolford to be postmaster at Linton, Ind,

BERLIN, Dec. 1 (German Broadcast Recorded by United Press in New York).—The German high command in a special communique today asserted that German naval and air forces durimg November sank 166 ships totalling 1,035,200; tons, to set a monthly record for the entire war.

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from shore. We were glad to have the audience.” - Eighth of the certain victims was a big, fully laden cargo vessel, running alone about 10 miles off the Japanese shore. It broke in half when the torpedoes hit it, and its bow turned at a 90-degree angle from the rest of the ship. Klarkring paused in his story and then said that men in submarines don’t have much fun. “But .one day we were near a race track on the Japanese coast. We gave ourselves an hour’s recreation and watched the horses run. It was Sunday and the whole town was out. We even made bets on the races but we couldn’t make out the winners.” Takes Sense of Humor

; Sight Enemy Convoy

* After long days would come the sthting of an enemy convoy. Then bean the grim business of stalking the prey, for hours and hundreds | of miles, until the time came for th kill; then a blazing few minutes of packed ferocity in which the fibmarine loosed its torpedoes. while suns blazed ai it and depth charges probed for it, and sometimes enemy airplane bombs hurtled down at it. All the while the crew, forbidden to talk, made bets on the probability of torpedo hits by means of the sign language. : The submarine returned to its base to the blaring of a navy band ashore, the crew cheering at. the “Beer Barrel Polka,” to be met by a truck filled with ice cream, milk! staff. and mail, and its officers and men| Telling how he cruised for most dispersed to take baths. “of ' his voyage in Japanese empire

» Captain to Get Medal waters, Klarkring said:

: “We had to navigate rather care- . - Klakring, the captdin of the sub-

fully. The Tokyo radio was the marine, is here to receive the navy only damned radio we could get for cross from Admiral Nimitz.

entertainment. His 38th birthday is Dee. 19. “Our favorite program was the Klakring was born in Maryland and | Viennese waltzes. We got a laugh entered the naval academy from|OUt of their propaganda broadConnecticut. He has been in sub-

casts.” marines since 1929. His home now

Klakring was asked what hapis at Annapolis and his wife lives| Pened in the submarines after a at. San Mateo, Cal.

victory, whethér the men cheered. He told today the story of his

“There’s no time for that in : enemy waters,” he said. “But I cruise, including the sinking of four keep a running account going over ships within one hour and two more | the loud speaker for the men, dewithin 10 minutes under the fire of surface ships and planes and a

scribing the approach “and the attack. They make lots of bets by bombardment of depth, charges. “We were on the surface about

the sign language on which of their torpedoes will do the business. Only dawn one day in Japanese home! the skipper and the ‘diving officer . waters,” he said. “We sighted a six-| can talk during an operation.” ship convoy with three or four escort vessels.

See Masts on Horizon State Deaths

“First we saw tHe masts of a couple of ships on the horizon. We| ,\pypcon_chartes Burkholder Survivors: Wife and two children.

got between them and the shore, . maneuvered ahead of them and| BURDSEYE—Mrs. Sabia Kitterman, 825 itor CRAWFORDSVILLE—Leroy L. Miller, 83. submerged and waited. Survivors: Wife, Ida; Nghiien Ahn, It took us most of the day to] sons, R. and Hugh; brothers, stalk the ships buf it was worth Wiliam ad 1 N ASAE. £2. Eases . —Tulla Ashby, 43. - t. When the Sonyoy came up i ors: Wite, Viola; Son, Ross, Aller; daugh- ! we wa, until we were r ers, athleen, elma Joyce, Patricia } Ann and Shirley; father, Luther; brother, in the middle of it. Then we let Martyr; sisters, Mrs. Bernice Damm and . Homer Downs. them have it. We fired torpedoes Mrs. Jennie Duskey, 87. Survivors: Husat two ships and were lucky|hand, Charles: sons, Angus, Charles, Leonenough to hit them both. ard an Noval; brothers, D. O. and Wil“We fired at between 500 and 1000 ! yards. They broke up and sank almost immediately. They got off

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liam McPhe John Schnapker, 71. Survivors: Wife, Anna; daughters, Mrs. Narl Scales and Mrs. Henry Kueber; sister, Mrs. Anna Tiger; oer: Eermard ghd Anton. : rs. Anna Blair, 81. i : a couple of boatloads Of survivors.| robert Moore; step-daughter Mrs: Merors “The remaining four convoyed | Gentry; sister, Mrs. J. B. Blakley; broth- . Y ; er, Hays Woodall. ships went away in different direc-| Mrs. ‘Bertha C. Wymond, 60. Survivors: tions. We chased two of them into Hysiond, Harry: diughter, Mrs. Ed Bitthe harbor where they couldn’t get Susan Bohrer. a ! y TE, " rs. innie Tinsley, 67. Survi : aay. Husband, John; sons, ye. Ionrcors: i Weren't the ‘Japanese ships Mastin and Johnnie; sisters, Mrs. Dora Shooting at you?” someone asked. | APPIEEAIIR, aud, Mrs, petal ‘Deas broth: © “Well, they were sort of popping Sore. Lozanein Syphers, 81. Survivors: away at us,” Klakring said. “Alllter, Mrs. Matthew Bory Burke; Saugn. the ships were dropping depth yz 8 . charges too, but the’ weren't close| FT. WAYNE—Oscar Poulk, 54. 24 : JAMESTOWN—Dr. Fred McNaughton, 65. enough to bother us Survivors: Brother, John: SerEnion. 9 3 One of the ships which ran Into| spprERsONVILLE james Walter Sweethe harbor got behind an island ney. 50. Survivors: Mother, Mrs. Mary where we couldn't reach it. The HiT, Srecneyi sister Mark, Ketnerid other dropped anclor. When it! LYNVILLE—willam Eenry Thompson, stopped we fired a fc pedo from ex-| 80. Survivors: Wife, Matilda; son, Edward: vw t him un- daughters, Mrs. Charles Allen and. Mrs. treme long range. e go Wll= Edna Blum; brother, Charles. der the stack. The ship broke in| MARION-=Reeley B. Wiley, 46. ‘Sufvivors: two and sank in absut 45 seconds. ite, Soup: children, seven brothers and Thererwere no survi ors. ; a EY ALBANY Wilbur H. Taylor, 53. <r : urvivors: e, ; son, Wilbur Jr.; “We Got Away” daughters, Mary Ell n and Joan; brother, hi €r, sisters, Mrs. Ida McBride, Mrs. - “We didn't really ‘care whether | Chester ‘Gelbach; Mrs. Charles Meyers, we hit the ship bec:use if we had Mus: Carl Hammersmith and Mrs. Harley | 3 a - y missed we| would have hit a POWer| oagrAND CITY—Mrs, Marietta Doug- Friendship Link oll plant at the water cdge behind it,|las, 71. Survivors: iumand, Jesse; son, t P Start 3 a ~ ; ing. 4 : : ushand, Jesse : reasure. a er out with one sters including |a tank of illuminabing| "pp, cceron Ceorge Ents Daugherty, ing si i it a : 13 Ena Gon” ators DAL ling silver link (with your name ene a , aroun ny | da r, Mabel; sisters, Mrs. an i ‘We didn’t stay dan | Zines ‘and Mrs, ‘c. H.' Dilday. graved) on a ribbon band. Her other longer. By this time we had an| Perry Brenton, 66. Survivors: Wife, 1 i i ! escort of Japanese patrol vessels|Maty: daughters, M en tet, friends will add to it. Then we'll put “which were firing and dropping sons, Corp. Wilford and David. : them all together and add a sterling depth charges at us, but we got out # # 8 ») gers oe mo ORFONT Sui Lex sure 3 clasp for only 35c*. Bracelet come i montns. urvivors: Parents, Ir. an rs, “We managed to head off one of| Gegree Murch; sisters. Brenda Fae. the remaining ships in the convoy| RuSHVILLE—Emery J. Power, 85. Sur- | and hit him with two torpedoes. vhors. One son und one dangle. Le am . ohnson, 74. He broke up and sank. Survivors: Wife, Nora; daughter, Estella: “Unfortunately the sixth and last sons, Harold and Wilbur; sister, Mrs. ship among those convoyed got| John Mitchell. al: : orn TAYLORSVILLE—Mrs. Martha Clark, 84. away in the growing darkness. Survivors: Sons, Wiha aria Cla ' Fred { “We suffered no damage in this|and Venice; daughter, Mrs. Philo Wertz. action Getting out of the un- TROY—Lenora J. Carmickle, 76. Sur~ . : | vivors: Son, Albert; brothers, Sherman familiar harbor after we got the | sheridan and Henderson Beard; sister, third ship of the four worried us Mrs. Mary Jerger. more than the attack.” a - Next came an action in which a S55 5 L i FY

UNION CITY—O. P. Hart, 73. Survivors: Wife, one son, a sister and three brothers.

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