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HAMMERFEST, Norway, Aug. 27 (UP)—The com-
~ mander of the ill-fated submarine Cochino told today how his officers and men dashed across a narrow plank to the tossing deck of another submarine after his own craft ex-
Lt. Cmdr. Rafael Benitez, Puerto Rican-born skipper
of the Cochino, said there were two main explosions several hours apart on his submarine yesterday. It sank within 30 minutes of the last ex-
~-was lost during the rescue operation, However, six men from the Tusk were swept overboard and
drowned. Cmdr. Benitez said in an interview that the first explosion aboard the Co hino occurred just after it had arrived at its Arctic rendezvous with the Tusk. “The first explosion did not damage the Cochino so severely that an abandon ship order had to be given,” he said. “TI decided to transfer only part of the crew to the Tusk. “The sea was very Tough. When we tried to send the men across in a rubber dinghy, one man was blown into the sea. He was saved by men from the Tusk and given first aid. 12 Swept Into Sea “But while this was going on, a huge wave took him and 12 others from the Tusk and swept them into the sea. Six men from the Tusk were rescued, but the technician from the Cochino and six men from the Tusk were drowned.” MHI AT Anoth¢r explosion shook the submarine some hours later, Cmdr. Benitez said, and he gave the order to abandon ship. “Then we used a makeshift gangway, 4 small wooden plank. It was too short to keep the two ships from smashing together in the heavy seas. “However, all. the Cochino crew even Lt. Cmdr. Wright, my executive officer, who was severely
t across. “It wasn’t possible to help the men as they made their dash to safety. As the two ships hit the bottom of a wave, one man would run across. the narrow plank, and on the next wave, another mai would go.” - Cmdr. Benitez said every man showed outstanding bravery durfour for exceptional | bravery, . “Raymond G. Sugar, an excel- _ lent swimmer, jumped into the ~ Bed to save the first man to fall in the water. Lt. Cmdr. George Cook, executive officer of ' the Tusk, went overboard to save Philip Pennington. H. H. Rouch from the Cochino saved J. E. Morgan, while Norman Walker jumped in to save R. W. Philo. “Many of the men wers pulled out wearing nothing but under-| shirts and shorts.”
Defies Yugoslavs
World Report, Page 2
BELGRADE, Yugoshvia, Aug. 27 (UP)-——A Russian warship =. entered Yugoslavia twice in the last two weeks and steamed along the entire 200;mile stretch of the Danube river between Romania and Hungary, defiantly ignoring Yugoslav orders to halt. Yugoslav transport ministry officlals, ‘in con the incidents, said the warship, a monitor, mounted light guns and acted in a “deliberately provocative and demonstrative-manner.”
Douglas Eye Improves LONDON, Aug. 27 (UP)—A British surgeon reported today that U., 8. Ambassador Lewis Douglas has regained some sight in his left eye, which was gashed by a fishhook last - April.
GAS PRICE WAR SPREADS MILWAUKEE, Aug. 27 (UP)— A gasoline price war started among independents spread today to major dealers with the Shell Oil Co. slashing prices 4.7 cen a gallon,
On Inside
Yugoslavia moving troops to halt Communist sabotage. . . «. World Report «.oosnsvaiis. Page Policeman reminisces after 40 years on force here. . Hoosier = Profile..ovssseinisa..Page Americans think $6 billion aid to Britain makes us an interested party. «+ + by E. T. Leech,
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Two Hoosiers Die
In Blazing Vehicles
Truck Crash, Tractor Mishap Cause Deaths
\accidents near El!wood and Putnamyville late yesterday and early
riding caught fire,
er burned to death pinnéd in the cab of his truck early today when
40 a mile east of Putnamville,
Baker, 34, of Terre Haute, could not be reached in the burning wreckage for several hours after the accident. His truck carried paint and varnish products. Four others, including two Indianapolis men, were not injured seriously.
- Jack Likens, 17, of near Anderson, died in gn Elwood Hospital after a tractor he was driving near Elwood overturned on him and burned. yesterday. Varnish, Paint Blaze State police said the Merchants Freight Lines truck, from Terre Haute, moving west on U. 8. 40, struck the rear of a 1%-ton pickup truck moving the same direction, darted across the parkway separating the four-lane highway, and struck a TransAmerican truck moving east, V h and paint products soon caught fire, and engulfed the cab, Charles Krugan of Terre Haute and John E. Franklin, 212 Walnut St., also in the cab, managed to jump out and were only slightly injured, officials In the Putnam County Hospital, Greencastle, said. Fred R. Cook, 31, of 702 Prospect Bt, driver of the TransAmerican truck, was not injured,
police said. Seymour Greenburg, 22, of Chicago, died in the Clinic Hospital
Michigan City, last night after a three-car accident Thursday a mile east of Michigan City at a junction Wayne DuHadway, 62, of near Alexandria, was injured critically
yesterday in a pileup of four cars and a truck on Ind. 9 four miles|
north of Anderson.
Beech GroveFights Postal Merger
Jacobs Gets Plea
At Democrat Parley Another Story, Page 7 By ROBERT BLOEM Times Staff Writer FRENCH LICK, Aug. 27— Representatives of Beech Grove today petitioned Congressman Andrew Jacobs to block a proposed merger of the Beech Grove and Indianapolis post offices. The petition, signed by more than 1000 Beech Grove residents, was handed to the Congressman here by State Representative Carroll M. Dennis and City Democratic Chairman Chester Smith. All are in French Lick for the annual meeting of the Indiana D atic Editorial Association. The two Beech Grove spokesmen told Mr. Jacobs they feared that loss of the post office would mean the eventual loss of the town's independence. : See Poorer Service They also argued that making the Beech Grove post office a branch of the Indianapolis office would result in poorer postal service to residents of the town: The annexation of the town’s
efficiency in rural route service to the southeastern part of the county®¥ Rural foutes around Beech Grove now are served by the Fountain Square branch of the Indianapolis post office. Postal “department supporters of the plan contend these routes could be better served -out of Beech Grove if that post office were an Indianapolis branch.
Dissident Troops
Revolt in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 27 (UP) --Dissident army elements and
* |political extremists revolted today
in three’ provinces of southern Bolivia, a government communi que announced. The communique said the revoit had been put down in Oruro vince, whose borders lie only miles south of La Paz, but indicated it was continuing in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz provinces, the former 80 miles east of La Paz. The government blamed the
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GAR Commander Arrives Today
Duluth Veteran
Also Due Here Theodore A. Penland, 100-year-old national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was scheduled to arrive here this afternoon for the final encam ment of the Boys in Blue.
surrender at Appomattox, will come from Portland, . to launch the Union veterans’ 83d—
and list muster tomorrow, = =AIS0 Se FCHETNIET arrive (s “fo Union Station this - afternoon was tional chief of staff. 3
: Four Others Due Four other Union Army veterans of the Civil War will join their comrades-in-arms here tomorrow. Ten others still ‘living are unable to attend the last session, because of infirmities, Coming by plane and automomobile tomorrow dre Charles Chappel of Long Beach, Cal, GAR national senior vice commander; James A. Hard of Rochester, N, Y., Robert Barrett of Princeton Ky., and Joseph Clovese of Pontiac, Mich. last Negro among the GAR members. iE The aged Boys in Blue will at. tend four days of banquets, parades, business meetings and receptions—from opening services at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow in First Baptist Church to a camp fire Wednesday night. Then the GAR will disband forever, fits annual sessions will be ended by age and infirmity.
Memorial Services } The six veterans will attend memorial services at. 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Indiana Roof Ballroom to pay tribute to comrades who carried the Union's banners at Gettysburg and Chickamauga. : Then, at 4 p. m., they will appear at a ceremony on Monument Circle at which a memorial tablet will be presented to Gov. Schricker. The first day's program will conclude with a concert by the U, 8. Marine Corps band at 8 p. m. at the World War Memorial Plaza. : Wednesday, the men — last remnants of an organization that once numbered 400,000 members —will take part in their final parade through Sijstown streets, The twilight ' parade, beginning at 6:30 .p. m, will wind through a 14-block route. Parade units will gather at Michigan and Pennsylvania Sts. then move south to Washington St. They will head west to Illinois St, turn right to Markét St. and make a three-quarter swing around Monument Circle. The units will travel north in Meridian to and disband. Indianapolis citizens will pay tribute to the Boys in Blue by five minutes of silence, beginning at 7 p. m. In with Gov.
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With Victory, Began By VICTOR
Republic brought memories today the first when the “Boys in Blue” with victory. : Long years have thinned the
clasp which will end an era in| American history. Por the six who plan to a tend, .the years also will have dimmed the memories of blood and death when brother fought brother at Bull Run, Antietam, Murfreesboro, Chancellorsville, | Gettysburg-—some 2000 engage-| ments costing 359,528 lives with
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AFTER- FOUR years of war the victorious Boys in Blue swung through the streets of Washing-
ton in a triumphal march. Fiye brigades of Hoosier soldiers were among those who moved snappily pust the Capitol building decorated with the banner, “The Only National Debt We Can Never Pay Is The Debt We Owe The Victorious Union Soldiers.” It is probably a few of today's survivors saw but no longer remember how dashing Maj. Gen: George Custer set feminine hearts aflutter during the parade. Later to become famous for his “last stand,” hé was the youngest ma-
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During the parade he rode a coal black stallion. His long, yellow curls fell to his shoulders.
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old Mem ories Are Recalled for-'Boys in Blue'
'93 convention when city.
Hurlbut to lead the. organization in its first year.
emember 1st GAR Encampment Here
us Young Men Flushed Conventions in '1866 PETERSON
THE 83D and final encampment of the Grand Army of the
to-thé city which played host to were vigorous young men flushed
ranks from a strong 400,000 to 16
old men, 10 of whom are too frail for that last trip and closing hand-
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{of flowers which he caught upon ¢. his upraised sword
arm. The across the horse's withers and he reared, pawed the ir, .
[flowers fell
horse quivering on its haunches. » ~ » THESE WERE the men, with
the dead left at unnamed country fire in their eyes, who came home| crossroads and along” fasm,hed- {, nuild themselves a civilian life. |
They werd looking to the future business, wives and families. It was only natural they also should want a bond with their brothers in arms. The smell of powder still was in the air when Maj. B. F. Stephenson, a doctor, Land Chaplain W. J. Rutledge, both of Illinois, worked out ‘the details while on the march or in bivouac. . The GAR actually was founded by Maj. Stephenson in Decatur, Il, on April 6 1866, but the movement did not gain real impetus until two Indianapolis men, Gen. Robert 8. Foster and Maj. Oliver M. Wilson, became interested. ” » .
WITH THE backing of Gov. Oliver P..Morton, GAR posts beban to spring up over Hooslerland, The path was not always easy, however, for many looked
‘week, The Times learned today.
never délivered. {
S. A. Hurlbut
. «. elected national commander at the first encampment.
8. F. Stephenson "+. founding father of the GAR.
Padded Potato: Orders Revealed Receipts Vary Widely
® | blockaded and washed-out high- : | ways.
, 38 Hurt Multimillion Dollar Damage Left Behind by Ripping 150 mph Wind
State Begins Staggering Task of Digging
Out of Debris Caused
injuries rumbled into the Gulf
night, the mighty storm's 150-mile-gn-hour winds had
subsided to about 70 mph.
The Weather Bureau located the storm center at a point in the gulf approximately 50 miles north-northwest of Tampa. It was continuing a northwesterly course at a forward speed of around 16 miles an hour. It was virtually impossible to get more than fragmentary reports of casualties and damage as the stricken state began the overwhelming task of restoring communication lines and opening
Sen. Spessard Holland (D. Fla.) said in Washington that he has been advised of three deaths and 58 injuries in Florida, Huge Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida where 1800 died in a 1928 hurricane registered a tilt of 10.3 feet at the height of the blow. ’ Levees Hold Firm But levees—built to withstand almost any hurricane since the
gineers spokesman, said casuals ties along the levee would have been “two or three times” as heavy as the 1928 tragedy had the bulwark not been built at its
1928 disaster—held firm and suc- ‘ {cessfully contained the waters.
Lt. Col. H. C, Gee, Army en-
by Record Storm
TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 27 (UP)—A multimillion dollas hurricane that reportedly cost at least three lives and 58
today to revitalize its ebbing
% | power for a possible new strike at the United States main~ After a cross-country rampage through Florida last
struction workers toiled through the night and into a new day along a shambled trail of havoe streaching from the Palm Beaches on the east coast to Tampa om the west, . Many towns and communities were isolated. Roads were blocked by fallen trees. Telephone and telegraph lines were a snarl of dangling wires, The business section of Stuart was left in ruins, The rich citrus belt took a terrific pounding. Fred Johnston of Tampa, gens. eral sales manager of the Florida Citrus Exchange, sald damage in the grapefruit crop alone was ex« pected to run into millions of dollars. ¢ . A citrus representative from Winter Haven reported that dame age there was the highest he had seen in 20 years. ; Apalachee Bay nestles in the crook of Florida, where the peninsula juts away from the mainland below the Geo Alabama corner, The sections hit during the night were beginning to come back today. Cleanup squads moved through the cities and power and telephone crews went to the task of restoring their lines, Winds began to go down in the southern part of the state, but rain squalls continued.
warning from east of Carrabelle, Fla.,, to Cedar Keys. It said heavy gales would sweep northern Florida for the remainder of the day.
Several Center Township poor : for,
[enough potatoes one month to]
stock a small restaurant a full
Grocers credited some reliefers with receiving 140 pounds of potas toes for the month of June. In each case, relief clients said they never received more than 10 potinds of potatoes a week. One Northeast Side woman was credited with 60 pounds of potatoes when she was off the relief rolls. She said the potatoes were
80 Pounds in Month
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Times fact-finders, scrutinizing!
the records of Center Township| Trustee George K. Johnson, dis-| covered that some grocers have charged the county for as much] as 80 pounds of potatoes for a!
{single relief client in one month. |
In one instance, a single relief client credited with receiving 80 pounds of potatoes, said she purchased “about five pounds of potatoes every other week.” She said on a few occasions she received from 8 to 10 pounds. 5 The woman said she never vjsited thé market to obtain her order. The grocer asked her to telephone the order and then deliv ered it, she related. Three Under 5 Years A relief family of six credited with receiving 140 pounds of potatoes includes three children below the age of five. In several cases, relief clients told The Times, they reported to the Trustee's office that grocers were failing to fill orders completely.
Forecasters predicted a con-
during the day, with possibly a swing to the north that would
send the storm into northwest!
Florida around Apalachee Bay. St. Mark's, a popular fishing re” sort, is on the bay. But such a path would put New Orleans and the Mississsippi Gull coast at a safe distance.
Ray Beach late 150 miles on each side, there wers pelting rains and
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nearly all communication were out. A similar check—of
Weary rescue, relief and con-
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West Palm Beach Whipped
And Calling f
or Assistance
Lights Out, Buildings Smashed, Stores
Being Looted in Wake of Hurricane : WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.»Aug. 27 (UP)—This town looks
whipped In the wake of the hurrican
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;-and it's calling for help.
e come reports of vandalism and -
{possible looting. The sheriff asked for National Guard help and
Lightning Fire Guts $10,000 Barn
‘House Also Struck;
Rain Breaks Heat LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 78 10a m... 88 7a.m... 78 11a m..%" 8am... 7 12 (Noom). 70 am... 1pm... 68
An East Side woman on relief says her four children and mother| are “heavy potato” eaters., The {county - was charged. for Sk
{her home.. Thé woman says she|
10 pounds. | In almost. every case where {more than 100 pounds of potatoes were credited to a family, Times investigators were told by the reHef clients that they received only about half the amount charged.
Grid Pros to Play
Rain or Shine
Rain or shine, the Chicago Bears and the new New. York Bulldogs of the National ~Foot: ball League were to move. into Butler Bowl here today for the annual charity game at 2:30 p. m. Regardless of today’s game winner, the ultimate winners will be the Indianapolis PAL Clubs whose athletic funds are almost |depleted. The two professional teams, who: are not scheduled to meet; in regular season play, were expected to start ‘two Hoosler| quarterbacks; Bob‘ DeMoss of Purdue for the Bulldogs and
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Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame for the Bears. “he
pounds of potatoes delivered tol.
ing destroyed a $10,000 struck an Indian-
jury of four persons as a heat-
Pollen Count .....210 per cu. yd.
With a flourish of militarynever received more than 20|preaking thunderstorm crashed |bearing, Gen. Custer halted his/pounds a week and usually onlyj,,., this area at moon today.
A hay and farm equipmentfilled barn on the farm of W. O. DeLong, Noel Road near U., 8. 52, was completély destroyed after a lightning belt riped into the roof. In a traffic jam, created by. the barn fire, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Tischer, or R. R. 10, Zionsville, and their 4wo children, Thomas 5, and Willlam 2, received injuries which required hospitalization. Police said a car driven by Gerald C. Higbee, 41, also of Zionsville, jammed into the rear of the "Pischer automobile as traffic was tied. up by the fire, The Tischer family was thrown forward into the dashboard and windshield of their coupe. Taken to Hospital : All were taken to General Hospital for treatment. The home of Claude M. Rec ord, 730 E, 524 8t., was damaged when lightning struck the chimney, jumped to a metal window frame and set fire fo the drapes. v Members of the family had the fire extinguished before arrival of the fire department.
{the guard chief, Brig. Gen. Mark Lance, is here to help run things. The city's lights are out, the plate glass windows of stores
are shattered, easy pickings for looters. “Several bunches of vane dals were chased during the night, through streets littered with glass, smashed autos and overturned trailers, v A Red Cross sample of 7300 homes showed 25 per cent of them suffered come damage. At Palm Beach county airport more than 12 temporary wartime build« ings collapsed on stored supplies. No fatalities were reported in this area. Three hospitals re ceived 29 emergency cases due to the storm, seven of them serious, At “dawn this morning when this was written, West Palm Beach had the look of a ghost city. The subsiding wind rolled light debris through the streets like tumbleweed. Only candles and oil lamps flickeréd in a few windows, The wind has broken almost svery plate glass window in ths business section. Steel, aluminum and wooden barricades against the glass were removed by the wind as easily as one peels a tangerine. On the Palm Beach side, winter home of the very rich, the estates look like nature's heaps. Sea debris and sand cover the fine lawns. The stately palms are limp and i stained glass dome
in damp blankets or on rude pallets in the corridors and |soaked rooms.