Evening star., 1942-09-01
Navy Reveals Sinking
OF Two More Boats;
Sub Toll Up 10 451
TobuIotion by Months,
However, Shows Axis Is
Losing in SEQ War

B, N Associated Press.
The sinking in June of a British
and a Dutch merchant ship by
enemy submarines off the northern
coast of South America brought to
45l today the Associated Press tab
ulation Of announced wartime Allied
and neutral merchant losses in the
Western Atlantic area.
The Associated Press tabulation
to August 81 showed that 5000
crewmen had been reported killed,
1884 rescued and 1.767 missing
from the 45l ships sunk.
The Navy. in disclosing the June
sinkings, said the entire crew Of
43 was rescued from the Dutch YES
sci, but that six men were killed
aboard the British ship and its cap
tain taken prisoner by the attack
ing submarine. Thirty-one others
| were saved.
U-Boats Seen Losing Fight.
Another sinking in April also was
disclosed by the Navy yesterday,
but the sinkings in July and Au-
gust indicated that Axis submarines
were gradually losing the fight.
The ship announced as sunk in
April had already been included in
the total in May on the basis of
announcements from Cuba. Five
seamen were reported killed in the
attack, which occurred about $50
miles off the East Coast of the
United States.
One hundred and eleven ships
have been announced as sunk in
June, As in July and % in August.
The totals represented an average
of less than two ships day since
the United States entered the war
Bad news for the Axis was the
Navy's announcement that more
than $50 warships. including many
small vessels, would be launched or
have their keels laid on Labor Day
termed by the Navy another
victory"
Ship Captain Seized.
In announcing the sinking OF the
British merchant ship the Navy re-
ported that Capt. L. o. Everett OF
New Jersey was taken prisoner
aboard the German submarine
which killed six crewmen in q
] rain of shellfire. Fifteen survivors
brought to an East Coast port, sale
they covered 300 miles in IL days
before their lifeboat reached lane
in the Caribbean. These men re-
ported that Is others had been &C.
counted for to the satisfaction ol
the ship line
Attacking the vessel early in the
morning. the submersible rsked hel
with shells and machine gun bullets
keeping the crew away from theil
guns and forcing them to take tt
the lifeboats within 30 minutes. two
boats, were damaged, but two other.
were launched successfully.
Chief Officer Frank Delany of Ar.
lington. N. j., said shortly after the
crew pulled away in lifeboats tn,
submarine commander ordered
Capt. Everett to come alongside
After Capt. Everett was taker
aboard the undersea raider turned
her guns on the blazing ship ane
sent her to the bottom, aided IL
searching for other survivors ant
then moved away.
The two lifeboats became sepa
rated the first night afioat, Delan.
said. A patrol plane spotted De
lany's boat when it was within sigh
OF land ii days later and later tina
day a powerboat assisted the life
boat to beach. The Is men ii
the lifeboat finally obtained passag'
to the United States after remain
ing for many weeks in the Carib
bean area.
During their lifeboat voyage eacf
survivor received twice daily on,
large cracker, four-f1fths of al
ounce of bully and about two third
| Of can Of milk and water.