The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-08

Allies Discover
Way to Defeat
l. Boat Menace
eN chsrIsa P. steMart

most solid aud encouraging
mrn. Thirty OF Hirler's uudersea
'aiders we're sunk in May. and IN
lune. the Allies had the bes'
month we have ever known In the
whole IS OF the war
Though Mr.. Churchill did not say
30. evidence IL piling up that the
Allies al long last have developed
the weapons and The methods 10
beat the U.boat New long range
patrol planes and bombers. faster.
more maneuyerable escort ships 10
protect conveys, and new sonic
detection devices are sending Hit
lers l-boat marauders 10 the bot
tom with accelerating tempo
In the past two weeks, better
than a I'-boat day has been sunk,
according 10 Malcolm Macdonald.
British High Commissioner IN
Canada. And, according TO Mr.
Churchill. in the past As DAYS
scarcely a single merchant ship
has been sunk in the whole OF the
North Atlantic
Even the German military com
mentators conCede the fact that
when announced. Allied shipping
losses for June will he the lowest
in years From high in March,
according 10 communiQues OF the
German High Command OF Saloon
tons. Allied losses fell to 4l5.Ouu
tons in April and $4,000 tons in
May. Though these figures are
doubtless greater than our actual
losses. they do indicate the down
ward trend
T-boat warfare Is growing I'm.
creasingly hard" Vice Admiral
Luetzow complained recently in
the German Leipziger Neueste
Nachrichten The euemy's Law
ish use OF effective depth charges
hampers the activity Of G-bOats
10 an extraordinary extent Fur
Their difficulties are caused by the
constant enemy patrolling OF vast
stretches Of sea Off the North
American and European coasts and
the use OF carrier-borne aircraft
on the high seas"
The Atlantic Patrol OF huge four
motored bombers operating out
OF the L. S. Canada. Nevfound-
land. Greenland. Iceland and the
British Isles is what the Admiral
referred 10. The planes make day
long series OF interlocking sweeps
and watch over conveys mile-by-
mile from the time they leave our
East Coast ports until they reach
the British Isles
The British Admiralty and Air
Ministry issued a joint comnunique
late last month describing a day
battle In which land based planes
OF the Patrol. including B-74 Liber-
stors and BIZ Flying Fortress
bonn bers, teamed with wArships
and aircraft from an escort car
rier 10 hammer Uboat packs stalk
ing Allied conveys
In the fight, which ranged over
hundreds OF miles OF the Atlantic.
the planes attacked the U-boats
with depth charges. machine gum
ed them when they surfaced and
directed the conveys destroyers 10
the spot where they we're hiding.
Final score 2 U-boats sunk, 3
probably sunk, asd others dam
aged.
Also aiding in the war against
the U-boats are the new DE anti
submarine vessels being turned
out by the hundreds In L. S ship
yards 10 protect our conveys. The
300 ton. 300 foot D-E's are larger
and faster than the British cor
yettes used for this purpose.
Germany banked heavily on her
U-boat fleet TO keep the Allies
from mAssing sufficient men and
equipment In England and North
Africa for the coming European
offensive. and possibly. even 70
starve the British into submission
Last year German subs and
bombers sank some l3,50O.0OO tons
OF Allied shipping. thus multiplying
all new L. s. and British construc-
ton. In addition. much precious
war cargo went to the bottom with
the ships When thin Tipped. Brit
ish hating Vice Admiral Karl
DoenitI was made commander.in-
chief OF the German Navy early
this year. everybody expected an
intensification OF the U-boat war.
Doentz was the originator three
years ago OF tho T-boat technique
known as the "Rudel-sytem or
"wolfpeck' as the British named
1t. II consists OF number Of sub
marines attacking the center Of a
convoy. preferably At night. firing
torpedoes In every direction, and
then. slipping away.
However. despite DoenitL Of
forts, The war AZ sea seems 10
have turned definitely in favor Of
the Allies New ships came from
Allied shipysrds : to 10 times fast
or than DOenitz could sink them
last month Hitler If finding. az
the Kaiser did before him. that he
cannot win The war with his I'.boat
fleets.