The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-02
HI. s. Students To Be HOnOred
|U-BOAT LOSSES
EXCEED OUTPUT
German Toll in May Is
Mounting Success OF
New Allied Defense
BY CLINTON B. CONGER
United Press staff Correspondent

OHILeu ITeSS StdH Correspondent
London, June 2. CUP First
Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexan-
der announced in Commons today
that more German submarines we're
destroyed during May than in any
previous month during the whole
war.
The months toll probably exceed
ed German U-boat construction for
May, he said.
Reliable sources have estimated
present German production at IA
submarines month compared with
a peak of 20 a month some time ago.
Attesting the mounting success of
new Allied defense measures, Alex
ander said the number Of U-boats
destroyed the last IL months eX-
ceeded the total of the entire pre-
vious period Of the war while in the
last six months the rate Of destruc-
ton had risen Is per cent over the
previous siX-month period.
Large numbers of submarines
were damaged, he said, and in the
last two months the U-boats APP
peared to have decreased in the At
mlantic.
The decrease, he said, undoubt-
edly was due to more than one
cause but primarily was due TO the
rising rate "of kills at sea-"
The Royal Air Force United States
bombing of U-boat bases and build
ing yards also contributed to the
decrease, Alexander said, and should
have an "ever-increasing effect"
He warned that the Allies should
be prepared to meet "Setbacks and
periods OF heavy losses but said re-
ports showed several favorable
tendencies Such as the TACT mat
escort carriers, several OF which are
III service, mad proved lheir worth
Each OF Ihe llrst liVe lnonVhs tilS
year showed a SupStaHVial leouc-
tion III merchant Shlpphls losses
compared 10 the corresponding pc
rlou o. iasC year a,'o ,s sayihs s,, ".
iiloie Iiiail oiie Iililu oii io'oI i, o's'
va ..r,' 49, ,, lnC , aIt'',tio,, roGoo.e
81, , e ~ ,,no &c o',r osno-t fnrcos
L ~ eo o,"i,,a 5 ond airoroSt ava tho
r,nom,i,,n, IoodIi,,oss ~ o,,. nov, ,yoanS
en-. and dovicns y A1evander said
NEornI Voc ,>oo, ,,,onth be said
but not tho wnret ~ Tho war and
the bioh ratio ~ 11nitnd states h,,ild-
inc act,,aIIy roe,Ilted IN a s,,bstan-
tial Not ooin IN tonnagn thot month
an Anvil and Nav merchant
| ebinnirg loeeoe u,orn rell,,cnd aoatn
fo Tho IovoI ~ the three months
Docon,her IN trehruory and even he
lou ho coid
Alexander assured commons the
Avie wae "onito uroror IN saving
tho Iou, rato 81 einrirge IN Anril was
dnc 70 tho small amount of shin
ni,c ot coo ei,,no Inonorte for that
month were the hioheet since the
hooirning ~ 1910 rbe German adj
n,ieoior nod hoo,, toEo,, DC eigr
thot M s,,,,,,,,o, cr,sis would do
yolo,, ror thn Attic Il, 1.-Two hottlo or
tho Atlantin
cern,on cor,ro,u,i,uos admitted
that si,,I,iros rIuriro r,ay amounted
~ 900 600 tons ooneooroJ 70 A1s mn
tone thov nIni,nod w. Anvil ord o51
ooo tone IA March
The host index IN tho hattie of
tho Atlantic ie tho norcentaoe Of
s,n,lios loavine tho Tinted States
ard arriving IN Great britain This
nercentaoe is a closely guarded
encrot hut Nav was nrohahIv tho
most favorable month for the Allies
since the Germans began using
French submarine hasos An Amer.
ican encouragement stated RECENTLY
that only five ner cent Of lend lease
sunn,ies was heinz sunk
This rather than renlaement If
destroying shinnino is the main