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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Famous Fishing Trawers Help w. Fight Subs OFF East Coast

he royal navy fighting every day in this battle along With
thc Americans
wasn't SO long ago that were i'm Jam in the battle
of the North, Atlantic The American navy helped
t+e American navy hundreds
of miles of shipping lanes crowded with all kinds of craft
protect found itself facing the full fury Of Hers under
seas fleet.
Original Fisherfok Man Ships
We British mad and ships to fight that fleet for
the wars duration. They had been doing nothing else.
The American navy didn't hesitate TO for those
and ships. They got them. They sailed from England
10 hours notice and the American navy doesn't hest
90 let write about them.
The ships trawlcrs -ugly, misshapen hulks con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

truCkS were AT Charcoal Durners
The only entertainment so fan
as / saw. was provided by ancient
Italian and German and third-ratC
Japanese films. Movie attendance
had fallen off sharply.
| was informed that as time
passed, Japanese business became
Stagnant because of lack OF stocks
japanese shops had been closing
for three years; al the last report
/ heard about 20 per cent had
closed. most Of them in the year
before | left Toxic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

submarine. il contained four Of The
German Saboteurs and two NazI
sailors. In trying 20 get ashore
the rubber boat was overturned In
the surf. With great difficulty
the spies recovered the four boxes
of INT and later buried them
Although the coast guard state
ment telling about the landing or
Long Island was silent on tb,
point, IL was learned that The tive
German sailors IN charge of tho
rubber boat sull were struggling
with II near shore when the lone
coast guardSman stumbled aero>.
the invaders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
EMPERoR's SHELTER

The empcror'S air. raid shelter
IN his palace grounds i'm the heart
OF the city is Of reinforced CON
crete. 80 feet underground.
II IS laviShly equipped SO the
emperor and his family could
remain there for days in comfort
There is even a Special room
whore the i'm perial prInceSses
could continue their studies.
An army armored car is stand
ing by al all times 10 cvacuate the
imperial family 10 the country IN
event Of a big scale aerial often
SIVc.
On ths basis Of Information
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
GOES FOR HELP

IN the surf also We're one or TWO
OF the German SabotcurS all OF
whom were struggling 10 ger their
supplies ashore. The coast guard
statement said that the coast
guardSman, faced with odds ac-
cepted a "bribc" of $500 to~fotgct
the incident. However the Cuards
man Immediately rushed back 20
his headquarters az Am3ganSctt
and reported the invasion
a squad Of coast gudrdswen
armed with 30 cahbcr rifles was
) taken 10 the scene. BY that time
the SaboteurS had buried their
explosives in The sand and fed
However, according 10 the coast
guardSmen. when they arrived an
the point. long thin object
about 70 feet long was about Us
feet offshOrc The coast guard
also reported thar ITS men heard
the sound of Diesel engine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Registered q. s. Patent onlce

search after q Long Island mo-
torist reported they had begged
a ride. At merchant marine
commander said the hitch-hikerS
answered the description of the
master SabotcuTS.
They are Walter kappo. for
merry the No. / Nazl in the United
States Rhe.uhold Rudolf Barth
an expert ON railroad sabotage.
and Joseph Schmidt orStwhile
Strongman who bends heaVN
pieces of metal with Inns bare
hands
An lhlcc are known to have at
tended ihp same sabotage school
near Berlin whore thc eight Spie,
now ON trial wore taught mas,
murder and destruction
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

eight saboteurs beforL4 mil.
tsrV commission LII Washing
ton entered its sixteenth day.
with the possibility il may end
about the middle of the week
According 10 an official coast
guard statement coast guards
man-unarmed- actually stumbled
across the SaboieurS as They were
landing on the beach near ANA
Gansett.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

explosive and flying steel can
do, and by now, one supposes,
the living are counting the
dead.
We are not waiting for that
roll call, for seven minutes we
dived through soup so thick our
Japanese playmate in the fighter
plane did not care TO follow.
And that ended the stream of
50-caliber bullets he had favored
US with during the hour and 10
minutes we spent over the target.
Two minutes have passed since
we broke through the bottom Of
the mile-deep Aleutian fog and
now we are boring along 10 feet
off the water bound toward our
base many hundreds of miles away
somewhere IN the Aleutlans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
BOAT oVFRTURNS

In landing. according 10 reliable
Information gathered as the trial
progressed. tho rubber boat from
the German submarine overturned
in the surf and spilled four boxes
OF INT and other NaZi supplies
mo The Shallow waters.
When the rubber boat left the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
NEAR BOTTOM

The deep dive took the U-Doa'
close TO the bottom Of the Cdrib
bean and the Germans. bearded
and grimy almost went mad.
"The walls sweated," Gibbs
said. ct was almost like rain
dripping through the walls. You
could hear drOning. rumbling
noise. We were awfully deep"
The submarine crew, believed tC
have been at sea for three months
was diScontented, he said. They
grumbled about their food anC
were openly dissatisfied with Adolf
Hitler.
The raider lay near the bottom
for some time after the plane at
tack, but later the same night i
came the surface again, taking
ON three more torpedoeS, Gibbs
said. Daylight. which caused the
commander TO Submergc his craft
again. prevented the raider from
taking on a full load for its is
torpedo racks
Two days later the submarine
encountered d small fishing craft
and halted it by firing shell
across its bow.
Gibbs WAS hInughLnh deck aHG
ordered 10 swim 10 the fishing
boat. which landed him al Dutch
Nest Indies island Later tie Was
brought here by plane.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Ace spy Catcher

NEW YORK. July II (INsS1 1920
John ID. Cullen. the coast guards
man who discovered the landing
of four Nazi spies on the shores
of Long Island. has a new watch
and a 500 war bond today The
youth received the gifts from his
Bayside. l.. ] neighborS yestcr-
day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
$4,000 Poles
Reported Slain
In Mass Purges
Nazis Also Execute
200, 900 Jews, Says
ExiIed Vice Premier
BY JOHN \. PARIS
I nlted Press stan Correspondent

LONDON, July 27.-German eX-
ecutioners have shot or hanged at
least 100000 Poles and an addi-
tional $4,000 have died in concen-
tration camps, Stanislaw Mikolai-
czyk. vice premier of the Polish
government in exile. said today.
The executions were ordered 10
further a Nazi campaign TO com
pletely annihilate Polish intellec-
tual life" and break all resistance
TO the German regime, he said
Outside Warsaw. he disclosed, a
village Of death" has been estab-
liShed where 1900 10 $1,000 Polish
political and educational leaders
have been SlaiE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

crease the size Of government
minis and printing presses.
But perhaps Japan's most press
ing problem IS TO replace shipping
sunk by the Allies, 10 keep pace
with the American naval program
and TO provide transport for sup
plies from occupied southern
.arpaS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27


ABOARD FORTRESS BOMBER EN- ROUTE FROM KISKA Aleu-
Islands, 20 eayedTn bomb bay
Kiska Island
Nine and 40 seconds first bomb down there
the intervals followed and laced through
Kiska's tundra valley.
The yeowpainted 500poud packages high
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
STREETS DESERTED

Once during my interunent
was taken through the streets {
a hospital They seemed deserte
compared 20 normal times IS
pcClally there were few men an
even young boys around for the
wore noV BOZ military training
The tcy lCN automobiles am
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
INDUSTRIES CLOSED

The vice premier said all Polish
industries not serving the NaZi
war machine have been closed,
either by the Germans or because
OF a lack OF raw materials,
The Germans have refused
request of Pope Plus that Polish
bishops and priests be released
from concentration camps.
The Vatican informed the Polish
government here that repeated
notes had been sent TO the German
government protesting the bar
barouS treatment Of Poles in con-
ccntration camps. All monasteries
and converts have been closed in
10 Polish dioceSes, religious build
ingS have been ransacked and
nuns and monks deported TO Ger
many for war work.
Church leaders also were rebell-
ing against the German occupation
regime in Norway, where six
bishops. dismissed from the state
church by puppet leader Vidkun
Quisling, announced the formation
of an independent Norw ian
church.
The Xichy govern m en- an
nounced a reduction in food raiions
for the first time in almost a year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
ROLLS OVER, NANISHES

1912 He appears ahead. mo-
mentarily. diving into, a cloud. and
the navigator fires quickly. The
Jap rolls over and vanisheS, his
wings flashing in the sun. -
S:l1 He's here again. He came
from the left and the upper turret
opened on him and now he's in
front coming head on. The navi-
gator is firing and the naval OBJ
server. fourth man In our tiny
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Perfect Harmony Now Reiens

My ship had five stars painted her funnel. That
meant five kills But it didn't take long to find out
she three years of everything the Nazis
have give She's been invasion patrol has evacuated
troops from Norway hunted submarines and conveyed and
conveyed conveyed and she's lost ship
voy either That goes for her record the battle of the
Western Atlantic,
Her skipper 1t. r. c. Warwick formerly a adver-
Using in london. in command of this CONVOY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Spies U-Bo0F Surfaced
In View of Coast Guards

international Nr,v ~cr,irr statf-' correspondent

WASHINGTON July 27he German submarine which landed four of
the eight Na socu within yards
United Auagnsett h. L. learned today,
aoat 80 while struggled with overturned
rubber boat to land their supplies.
German a-r4- Of the Long Island disclosing the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
FELT GROUND sWEif.s

He said the craft must hav'
been near land because could
feel her rise and fall easily with
the ground swell -
Gibbs was imprisoned in the for
ward torpedo room until loading
operations began, and then he was
removed 10 the control room As
the crew hustled trpedoes aboard
a single Allied plane appeared.
Two bombs were dropped, scor-
ing near misses and causing some
damage to the submarine. The
crew manned the deck guns as the
loading gang continued at work
There were two distinct
Shocks" Gibbs said. Bot /
rocked the sub and one tore
loose the deck grating.
Those Germans worked ike
hell TO get "a torpedo, which was
halfway down the forward tube,
into the sub. II must have taken
80 minutes. Then we crash
diVed."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

believe authentic, 7 can say that
a week after the war started the
bare-bones Toxic market was sud-
denly flooded with food The war
lords apparently wanted 10 raise
morale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

scpted The outbreak of the from The fishing grounds
of the North Sea. All of them, that is She
a prize from the Germans.
And their the original fisAerfoik
from Grmsby, Lowestoft, Fleetwood and Hull.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
MASS EXECUTIONS

The village is named Palmiry.
and IN a forest on lis outskirts.
the Germans carry out mass exc
cutionS and bury their victims IN
unmarked graves.
At least 100000 Jews have been
executed since the German army
marched into Poland in 1899. Mike
1ajcZyk said. Since last November.
1873 900 Poles have been slain.
Indicative of the NaZi attitude
toward Polish educational institu-
tons was the disoatch of 10
Cracow University professors 10
the SaChSenhauScn concentration
camp. whore al least 20 died and
two went mad.
A quartrfof a million of Polands
best workers have been sent 10
Germany for enforced labor and
! 500 900 peasants and artisans
from the western provinces have
been sent into central Poland 10
build roads and fortifications with
out pay, Mikolajczyk said These
workers are permitted 10 send
their families the equivalent Of 50
cents monthly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
FOOD LINES FORM

But normal" was soon restored
and women began again. to stand
IN line for hours waiting for food
Even before the war there had
been n scarcity and there had
been no cotton, leather or woolens.
Dietary ailments are now alarm
ingly common and other diseases
such as tuberculosis are increas-
ing.
During my intcrnmcnt. the po-
lice helped N e m 5 q YES TO my
household possessions. | noticed
they especially wanted shoes and
suits even above more valuable
possessions such as curios.
japanese are now permitted
fueltwo months a year. Prices are
sky high and many go heatless.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

Under him American patrol boats and volunteer
yacht.
There has been perfect harmony everywhere between
the British and the Yankees he has job
to do and there is neither time for qubhng.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
TAXES SKY HIGH

Salaries in Japan have remained
stationary for four years; taxation
has increased up 10 500 per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

glass house, is trying TO bring his
side-mounted m IN ne gun 10
bear He's closer now and the
smoke putting from his plane is
laced with white streaks OF tracer
coming our way.
My stomach sucks in and my
breath comes fast. / wonder il
I'll see the glass break in front
before the bullets stitch a seam
across my middle.
HARBOR IN CLEAR VIEW
3:22-He began an attack up
through cloud but he didn't
press il home. We're down "a
5000 feet and except for bits OF
fluff we have a clear view of the
harbor.
Occasionally we see our play
mate skipping out of one cloud OF
rolling into another. The drifting
clouds won't let us get a good
look at our work, but we can see
the upended hulk Of the transport
bombed and sunk by this plane
three days ago.
There's another ship in there
We had glimpse of il. anchored
near the lagoon, but we can't get
at IL this low and we won't be able
TO see it If we go higher. We
can't see the tent village, but we
know it's there, and probably. the
navigator says, well bomb that
on a bearing from IN peak.
3:34-We're started up again
through the murk. The navigator
says we're going 10 bomb and
the bombardier is fiddling with the
bombsight and checking his bal
listic tables.
READY TO DEAL TERROR
S:44-The bomb doors are open
behind us. We're coming on the
target and I'm breathing quickly.
thinking what terror and death
we are about to turn loose and
wondering If such merciless de-
structlon can be dealt without
something like terror in the
dealer.
3:44 The bombardier'S fing-
erS move slightly on the switch.
We hear a series OF faint clicks.
Bombs on the way" the
navigator says and grins.
| haven't felt anything and /
try 10 look below and back. won
derlng II | can see them fall /
can't. It's as simple as that.
From this height we can't even
hear them hit above the motors
constant yell. Nor can we see what
they accomplish under the mist.
3:45-We're in a circling dive.
heading down under the blanket
oil soup again for the long run
home. It's almost over. but not
quite. The fighter breaks out Of
cloud at the right and swings
in front of us for one more try.
our guns open up momentarily
and we see the darling white
streaks OF his tracer again and
then he's gone.
S:5O-The mai or asks the navi-
gator for the homeward compass
setting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
FEAR INVASION

The coast guard officer .a.le.
Of the detail ordered m, m.n ="
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
British TrawIers Off East Coast

In port that night. told British trawlers
doing convoy work all along the American coast proper
under direction of the American An almost perfect
system has been organized stretching along the coastne
and many miles out to
Heavier American escort ships reinforced by corvees
manned by American extending the convoy system
into the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico may
critical indeed in this sector of battle the moment but it
is the conviction of many navy talked that it
be long before the tide begins to turn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
Ndzi Sub Loads
TOrpedOeS at
Caribbean Base
u. s. Sailor, Rescued
by U-Boat Tells
Of Secret Contact
BY SETH PERKINS
United Press stan Correspondent

AN EAST COAST PORT, july
PA German submarine taking
on a fresh supply of torpedoes
somewhere in the Caribbean was
damaged by bombs from an Allied
plane, an American seaman who
was a prisoner aboard the raider
reported.
Archie Gibbs, 36, OF Roscoe.
Tex, who was rescued by the L.
boat after his ship had been tor
pedoed. said ne was certain the
submarine was near land when il
It's magazine.
Gibbs, who was on the U-boat
for four days. was kept below
deck when the raider surfaced
during the night of June II TO
take on tOrpCdOeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
UNDER BLOB OF CLOUD

There was Kiska. tucked under
a hundred-acre blob of cotton wool
cloud. The plane eased toward it,
still climbing l looked at my
watch. Two forty-thrce p. m, il
said.
The next hour and 10 minutes
were busy but somehow your
hands, having nothing else 10 do.
took notes on this odd transaction
in death. 1t went about like this:
2:45 -- The navigator lef t his
charts when we started and now
croucheS lovingly over his ma
chine gun in the tear drop glass
nose we occupy. lie SquatS sud
denly and twists the gun in It's
swivel
Here he comes" he says
quietly. Out there against the
white cloud rack a tiny black
Speck moves. II moves fast
growing larger as we stare and
there is something in my throat
] cant swallow.
2:17 The Speek is nearer ittt
something's got into him He isn't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
BIG FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

japanese finance faces tremen-
dous problems because of sky
rocketing initiation. The govern
ment is trying to keep public pur-
chasing power at a minimum by
heavy taxation and ineffective
price fixing. One item in this
years budget provided funds 10 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
FIRES At JAP PLANE

The navigator is scrunched over
his gun firing back and the pilot
lifts the nose a little so the bot
tom turrent can get at him too
There's a hellish racket in your
ears. The fighter breaks his run
suddenly and dives. fitting out OF
sight into a cloud. The young nav
igator turns and grinS lopsidedly,
Missed him. dammit" ne says.
II never even got shot,"
means the navy ensign, equally
young and more disappointed.
3:06 The upper turret fires a
quick burst. so he must be back.
But we can't see him Your spine
crecpS a little and YOU look back
apprehenSively half Xpectin &
bullets TO be coming through the
side.
S:0S We're still going down, in
and out OF the clouds, and the
top turret fires again, a short
burst. lie must be attacking each
time we come in the clear, but we
cant see him from here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

So even II supplies were available
the average japanese could not
buy them.
The government promised the
people rice and sugar from the oc-
cupied South Seas. But in mid
June the situation was worse than
in December.
The transport system is unable
TO handle war necessities despite
the sharp restrictions. Even food
shipments are reduced 10 bare ne
ceSsities.
Railroad rolling stock has not
been repaired or replaced for sew
eral years. Railroad stations are
piled with essential material
awaiting shipment. Much rolling
stock must be shipped 10 occupied
areas for army use in Scorched
earth districts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
WORST FLYING WEATHER

Thus another bombing raid on
KiSka comes 10 as successful a
conclusion as any raid can hope
for in this worlds worst flying
weather.
This one attack Of many al
tacks began 10 take form an hour
and 40 minutes ago when the
major Shoveled on the coal and
heaved the big bomber up out of
what had until then passed for
visibility.
We roafed into the soup in a
steady grinding climb and for
seven endless minutes We bored
through a thick gray nothing with
no top and no bottom. Then we
broke through into another world
of unearthly beauty.
There's your mountain" the
beWhiSkered bombardicr said,
pointing ahead. You had time
10 note his peaceful calm and
you wondered how this could be-
come old stuff TO any man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27

attacking and II requires 9
moment of incredulouS amaZemen'
to realize what he's doing. He:
over there by himself - stunting
He's doing a pretty Immelman
but even TO you it seems like q
silly way 10 fight and you sup.
press a giggle. You wonder whom
he's showing off for.
cit wasn't until much later
that the major offered an ex-
PLANTATION for the Japs odd an
tics. The guys smart" the
major said. He knows his pals
down there can hear his motor
but they can't see him through
the soup. They'll hear that en-
CINE howl and they'll think what
hell of fight he's putting up.
Makes hero out OF him before
he starts to fight.")
3:00--The top turret Is firing
over our heads, yammering slut
ter sharp and clear above the
aW-Wa-wa' OF the engines. We
can't see what the gunner's shoot.
ing at but it must be our playfel-
low in the fighter. The firing stops
suddenly and the Jap crosses ir
front of US sliding into the soup
3:O2-He'S coming in again
From the front this time. He's
diving dead toward us and there's
smoke squirting from the front of
his machine. You realize suddenly
with an odd feeling Of shock that
he's shooting at Us. Your stomach
sucks itself in and tries to get
behind your backbone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-27
u. S. Filters Battle og<
jap Plane to Bomb kiskd
By KEITH WHEELER

copyreht by Times by
Evening star., 1942-04-23
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