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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Two Washington Men
Spend 8 Days Adif
After 1orpedoing

W1tlam Searle and Earl Smith
both Of Washington. spent eight
tense days adrift in q lifeboat after
their merchant vessel was torpedoed
lin the Indian Ocean last November.
Their lifeboat was one Of the three
picked up. A fourth was lost.
In the log book, which was MAIN
tanned while the men were adrift,
the story Of their anxiety and dra-
matte rescue was related.
The tanker was hit aft by a tor
pedo. The explosion caused the port
boiler to explode, killing two men,
shutting of all power and rupturing
the main and emergency radio an
tennae, thus making all radio COM
munication impossible.
Lifeboats Shattered.
One lifeboat was lowered within a
few minutes. just as two other life
boats were lowered, q second tor
pedo hit the ship between the two
boats, breaking one In two pieces
and tossing its occupants clear, and
completely demolishing the other.
Seven men were killed In the latter
boat.
The ship was sinking rapidly after
the second torpedo, and all men
were ordered to abandon it.
The three remaining lifeboats
were lowered, along with five RATS.
About 80 minutes after the vessel
had been abandoned, the submarine
surfaced In the vicinity of one OF
the boats. An ofiicer with a heavy
German accent asked the national
ity and year Of construction of the
boat he had destroyed. The men
offered this information and the sub
departed.
The men kept the four boats to-
gether as much as possible and
divided up the supplies from the
RATS. The following morning the
first radio calls were sent over q
portable transmitter.
Picked Up Separately.
The boats became separated on
the second day during a bad storm
and three Of the craft were picked
up separately within the next two
weeks.
The log related how most of the
men were shivering with the cold al
the while they were adrift. One day
there was no wind to fill the sails
and all forward progress was
stopped. Men who were burned In
the explosion were treated with tan
mic acid.
Included in the logbooks are rec
concentrations that compasses be
self-illuminating so they can be
read at night when the weather
makes 1t impossible to light a Ian
tern; that blankets be waterproof
and that lifeboats carry as standard
equipment dry clothes for men who
have been in oil-covered waters.
These books have been sent to
Coast Guard headquarters in Wash
ington to aid in the future rescue
OF shipwrecked men.
Smiths address Is listed as 94s
Rhode Island avenue NV. by the
Coast Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Set of Germun Drawings
Sent Home BY Bucus

A set Of reproductions of pencil
drawings Of THE Wehrmacht-Men
and Weapons" by the German artist,
Joseph Arens, found by Pvt. Harry
A. Bacas when American forces
entered Belgium have been received
by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Arts
Bacas Of 3l18 Westoyer drive Sc.
In q letter telling them that he
was sending the drawings, Pvt.
Bacas said, These ought to make an
interesting souvenir of q war that
has all too few pleasant aspects. y
He was in his senior year at Mary
alnd University prior to entering
the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Hospital Ward Struck BY Shell,
Patients Cut by Flying Glass
Ordeal in Holland,
Ammunition Lock
Told in Letter

From q hospital in the European
theater which was Shelled by the
Germans, Sergt. William r. Crowell,
paratrooper, wrote his parents about
the hardships Of battle in Holland
and the lack of ammunition.
you have probably been wonder
ing why I am in the hospital" he
wrote bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Crowell, GAL l. street S.W. "On
November 20 I entered with pneu-
monia, but can say am on the road
to recovery. On the Oath the hos
|pital was shelled. and my ward suf-
fered direct hit. Although no one
was seriously wounded, it knocked
the hell out of us and several were
cut by flying glass. Mine was only
a scratch, but 1t was a wound. Ha!
1.-THE ordeal in Holland is over,
and by what has been printed in
the papers, you can understand
what happened in the area where
we were. The situation at times
was severe, and I cannot begin to
tell of the hardships that were SUI
fered.
If you can picture it-a small
group of men fighting for their lives.
not knowing where the next round
OF ammunition was coming from,
or from what direction the Germans
were going to strike next; with the
rain coming In torrents, and mud
knee deep; with your. foxhole half
full OF water-then you have a per-
feet picture of the campaign in Hol-
land.
1.-The fighting at Carentan was a
picnic compared to the smallest bat
tie here. The nights were like black
paint and the rain only dulled our
minds until the strain was like that
OF the C. string of violin.
If only the people at home could
understand the hardships that 1t
takes to win a battle-and the losses
involved-I am sure they would give
their bodies and souls to end this.
The boys here know what a living
hell can mean.
Il am i'll today, not because of lack
OF sense in caring for myself, but
because the German is smart, cruel
and skillful fighter, and because the
people at home are not doing their
all in an effort to supply us with the
weapons of war.
Our lines swayed and bucked.
leaving the dead and wounded be-
hind. These men, the finest of their
class in physical strength and brav-
cry, were left to be buried on a for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. - Pvt.
Margaret v. Shaw, daughter Of Mrs.
Fred Nicholson, 1851 Park road
NV, celebrated her first annivers-
airy Of service in the WAC some
where In the Philippines.
Pvt. Shaw attended Roosevelt
High School and was employed by
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. when she entered the
service. Former training as lyric
soprano has helped her entertain
soldiers in this theater.
INDIA.-Pvt. Esther Greco, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Louise Saija, 1861 Irving
street NV, is q member of the first
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turret gunner OF
q 4th Marine Air
Wing torpe d o
bomber, recently
helped save the
life OF his planes
radioman during
q strike at en-
envy targets on
Babelthuap Is
land.
s. erg t. Sud-
duth, %, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G.
q. Sudduth, ST.,
$40 Upshur street
NV, and cousin
OF Newman Sud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04

uidJOI Naval TASK
force command
er during the in
vasion of South
ern France in
August, 1914.
After study of
p h o t o 6 raphic
and other in
formation on en-
envy coastal ter
rain, 1t. Sandoz
skillfully applied
h is exceptional
ability in topo-
graphic recogni-
ton S IL houettes
for all assault
ko,ohoe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04

liver supplies and
food to frontline
soldiers at Cas-
sino. 1t. Gen.
Mark w. Clark
pinned the medal
on him in Italy.
1t. Kiesel was
charged with the
organization of
all out g o / n 6
conveys during
the early phases
Of the invasion
of Europe.
Pvt. Alexander,
with two other
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Capt. Amber Gets Assist
In Army Pilot Rescue

MARIANAS ISLANDS Delayed
Capt. John A. Amber,
2527 @ street NV, Washington,
D. c., and his tiny unarmed grass
hopper" plane, have been credited
with an assist in the rescue Of an
Army pilot near here, reports q
Marine Corps correspondent.
The Thunderbolt pilot had to par
achute from his plane. He drifted
about, like floating cork in a heavy
sea, while companion planes from
his own unit searched q small area
of the Pacific.
An emergency call was put
through to a grasshopper unit Of the
4th Marine Air Wing. Capt. Amber,
commanding officer of the squadron,
took of in a few minutes with his
tiny plane and soon located the
downed flyer, who was quite safe in
his Mae West life jacket although
buffeted by heavy sea.
Capt. Amber lowered over the
pilot until destroyer raced to the
spot and picked him UP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04

~ " - - . ~ es
Chapman of Ar
lington after the
so hard-f fought
sorties he few
In Italy.
ut was more
like a second
holiday for me
after some of
the fighting with
the Desert Air
Force in Italy,"
1t. G h a p m a n
said. He lost
two planes fight
ing in Italy
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.SS. ISs. 49,. -. -
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: : = - go ~ 49, -
$500, $3.50 3 1890. .v.
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duth, stan artist Of The Evening
Star, Washington, D. c., landed here
with the first torpedo bomber squad
ron to use this airstrip..
I'VE were on q routine patrol"
Sergt. Sudduth said. when we de-
ctded to look for activity along Ba-
belthuap's shoreline. First thing we
sighted was a Jap barge"
His pilot on the mission was Ma
rine First 1t. Mort w. Landsberg,
jr., Bronxville, N. Y, former Cornell
University and Philadelphia Eagles
football player.
Japs in Hidden Positions.
Sergt. Sudduth said Landsberg
completed one strafing run on the
barge before they were aware that
the Japs were firing at them from
hidden gun positions.
I'VE heard the radioman shout
that he'd been hit" Sergt. Sudduth
related. 'The shell shattered his
leg badly, so went to work rigging
q tourniquet out of his headphone
wires.
The leatherneck airmen didn't
discover until their plane touched
the airstrip here that the Jap fire
had shot out their tires.
Luckily, we stalled-in safely, OF
that waiting ambulance would have
had three patients instead Of one,
Sergt. Sudduth said.
Submarine" Sighted.
Two days earlier his keen eyesighi
gave rise to an incident that caused
him considerable embarrassment.
Il sighted what I was sure wa.
an enemy sub during a patrol hor
around the Jap islands north Of
here" he said. "It was at least 1Ol
feet long and cruising at about 81,
knots under the surface"
1--WE came in low over 1t severa
times after following the wake fol
an hour. Just before We dropped OIL
load of depth charges, I suddenly
shouted to the pilot. sits a whale!'
"IIl never hear the end Of that
one" the sergeant added.
A graduate Of Mckinley High
School, Sergt. Sudduth was EN-.
ployed as an apprentice machinist
at the Washington Navy Yard be.
fore he enlisted in October, 1912
He has completed a year Of Pacific
service with his present squadron.
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6a1ety.
Sergt. Moore was decorated for
Initiative, courage and loyalty when
as a mess sergeant he contributed
UNNECESSARILY to the health and
morale of assault troops during a
critical stage in the invasion Of
France" the citation said.
Corpl. Girolani volunteered to de-
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OK, for I'm doing . lot OF praying
myself. honestly don't believe
that an atheist ever new In an air
plane In combat"
Veteran Of 40 nissionl over enemy
territory, Sergt. Uust3Ad was In
jured when . heavily laden plane IN
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lOT uleIlLOIlOuS
achievement in
the invasion of
Saipan. w h ii e
member of a
beach party dur
Ing the assault
and capture of
Saipan and while
under e n e m y
sniper fire he
v oil III n t a il y
went to the aid
Of a shipmate
who had been
W o u n d e d and
helped to evac-
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corDI Gfrolanf. men, at great
risk, walked ~ miles to a German
town in darkness across muddy fields
under an intense enemy artillery
barrage, carrying a radio with them.
They established an observation post
and communications were main
tanned until the men were relieved
on December 7. 1914.
1t. Sandoz was decorated for his
service as an officer on the staff of
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WAC contingent
to 8 erv re with
the Army Air
Forces in the
India B u r m q
theater. She is a
secretary at Maj.
Gen. George e.
s t IA t eineyer's
AAF headquar-
tiers.
MIAMI, Fla
Pvt. M ar garet
Bonar and Pvt.
E. M. Sirnuro,
both Of Wash
ington. h v e
haar, aScinnad tn
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1t. Martin in Italy
Plotting Bomber

Second 1t. Calvin s. Martin, Is.
husband of Mrs. Mary L. Martin of
1928 Davis street NV, has arrived
IN italy to serve as pilot Of . B-24
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Back From the Wars
DUCK WQrS
Fighting in Asia Is Vacation
To Air Ace With 80 Missions

His 80 missions strafing Jap bases
and protecting Super Fortress air.
dromes in the China-Burma- India
theater were a vacation" for 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Heroism Of D. {. Men
Cited in Awards on
Distant War Fronts

capt.. ernest D. Scott, IT,, "A
Bit pilot, son Of Brig. Gen. Ernes,
D. Scott. ST., 3549 Springland lane
NV, has been awarded an Gal
Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished
Flying Cross for extraordinary
achievement" on q bombing mission
over Germany. October 28, 1914.
Plotting the lead plane which was
severely damaged by enemy anti.
aircraft ire 80 seconds before bombs
away, Capt. Scott kept the craft on
course, leading the formation to the
assigned target where bombs were
dropped In a concentrated pattern
Other men who were awarded the
DFC include:
First 1t. Homer b. Miller, "a, Lib
orator co-pilot, 2508 Fourth street
NE, now in Italy.
Second 1t. Donald C. Tolson, pilot,
3508 T street NV, now in India.
1t. Miller was cited for heroism
during a mission over the oil refin-
cries at Florisdorf, Austria. After
dropping their bombs, 1t. Miller's
group was attacked by 40 enemy
fighters. Holes were ripped in the
bombers' gas tanks and the gas sat-
urated both crew and plane. The
mems parachutes were soaked with
gasoline and the crew could not fire
guns for fear of igniting the plane.
The bomber ran out of gas and was
forced to crash-land in friendly ter
ritory. As the Lberator hit the
ground fire broke out and by the
time the plane was halted it was
burning like finder. After 1t. Miller
got out of the plane he realized five
crewmen were still inside so he
plunged into the flames and helped
carry the men to safety.
Bronze Star awards have been
received by:
Wallace Eugene Ship, pharm-
acist's mate third class, 81, U. S.
G. G. R., 5421 Carolina place NV.
Second 1t. Daniel A. Murphy, in
fantry, former reporter, now In
Germany.
staff Sergt. Robert w. Moore, "a,
of 1897 Nebraska avenue NV, now
in the European theater.
Technician Fifth Grade) Andrew
J. Girolani, "a, of 414 Varnum street
NV.
Maj. Harris j. North, 6621 Second
street NV, with the 5th Army in
Italy.
1t. Harold nj. Kiesel, U. S. N. R.,
6817 Georgia avenue NV.
Pfc. Arthur E. Alexander, member
of Headquarters Company of tank
destroyer battalion, zoos Columbia
road NV, now in Germany.
Pfc. George M. Ross, infantry, 227
South Pitt street, Alexandria.
Pvt. John T. Lynch, infantry, 657
E street S.W. "
1t. u. g. Edouard Sandoz, 26,
U. S. N. r., 1854 Homer avenue Sc,
Suitland, Md, now stationed at the
Navy Department.
Pharmacist Mate Shipp was cited
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
Marine Corporal
Battles Death
From Truck Crash

Corporal Larn E. Williams, 81,
was near death Thursday and four
other marines were suffering from
injuries suffered Wednesday when
a marine reconnaissance truck
missed a turn and overturned in a
canal crossing on Eighth street
northwest of Imperial.
Five men from the Ell Centro ma
rine air station we're in the truck
and all suffered injuries. The driver,
Corporal John L. Ryal, 81, suffered
fractured ribs. Sergeant w. L.
BridWell, %, has a fractured left
shoulder. Private First Glass R. G..
Allen, 20, suffered a compound frac-
ture CT the left arm and left leg.
Private r. N. Audert, 10, has a
fractured shoulder. Corporal Will
liams has a crushed chest and
punctured lung.
California highway patrolmen,
summoned to investigate the acci-
dent, said the truck crossed the
canal and, instead of turning to the
right or left, proceeded straight
ahead, skidded, and went into the
canal, landing on its tCp and side.
The water in the canal was only a
foot deep.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
Soviets
Aim at
Vienna
New Drive Would
Isolate All
OF South Reich

LONDON, March %. (UP)
Berlin admitted Thursday
that a violent Russian often
sive had broken up a 65-mile
defensive front in northwest
Hungary, opening the way to
Vienna and the mountain
Businesses of southeastern
Germany.
Powerful Soviet onslaughts be-
tween Lake Balaton and the DAN
ube northwest of Budapest showed
the Germans back on the ap-
proacheS to Aust ia. The Russians
captured ESztergom, On the Danube
% miles northwest of Budapest;
Tata, 20 miles northwest of Buda-
pest and 94 southwest of Vienna,
and Felsogalla, 10 southeast of Tata.
Nazi broadcasts eaid a furious
battle was going on in Szekesfeher-
var, key base between Lake Balaton
and the Danube. On the eighth
massed onslaught the Russians broke
into the town and violent house
toulouse fighting. was raging.
Tie flare-up in Hungary came as
other Soviet armies mcpped up Ger
man pockets along the Baltic-Oder-
Silesia front and wheeled into line
for the push against Berlin Ger
man and Russian reports indicated
that it might not be long now.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
j. S. FIRST Army STARTS ON RUHR THRUST
LEST WE FORGET
f. {. Athlete
Killed in
Isle Battle

Leon WithroW, "a, Ell Centro
football anG track star of a few
years ago, was killed in action
over Luzon last month, friends
learned Thursday.
His mother, Mrs. John Roberds,
and his tep-father recently NOV
ed to Watsonville from Ell Centro.
Mrs. Roberds wrote the news to
Ell Centro friends.
The air corpsman will be re-
membered as one of the stellar
members of Ell Centro's famous
championship football team
coached by the late Coach r. M.
Armstrong. He also was a track
star.
He was born in Knox City,
Texas, December 10, 1920, but
lived in Ell Centro most of his
life. He was graduated from
Central Union High school in Ell
Centre and attended Central
Junior college one semester of
the 1939-194O term. He enrolled
again for the 1941-1942 term but
did not complete the semester,
school recorcs showed.
While he was III school he was
prominent in dramatics as well
as athletics.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
Germ ans Sense
FindI BI IoWS

On a To-day front tour from
Montgomery's headuarters to Lit.
Gen. George S. Patton's meat chop
per operation in the Saar the DOM
mating feeling was one of optimism.
The generals had it. So did the
infantrymen watching the big tank
carriers moving equipment up to
the Rhine. One Of them patted the
butt Of his carbine against a tank
carrier and said:
WANTS TO START
Brother, I wish we could Just
climb aboard that thing right now
and start getting it over with"
The man with three stars on his
helmet whose tanks are eating up
German divisions-$General Patton
can't be quoted for reasons of CEN
sorship-also because this is written
for family newspapers. But he is
equally expressive on the subject.
There are three principal reasons
for the surge of optimism:
First-Eisenhower in the last few
weeks has had what he has never
had since D-Day-good fighting
weather.
Second-Patton' armored break
through upset all previous calcula-
tions and may have shortened the
war by as much as 80 days and
saved thousands of lives when it
comes to the final riiop-up.
Third-Attrition Of German man.
power is believed to have been much
greater than previously estimated.
1t now is believed the Germans
may have no more than 100000
men on the west front. That means
that once the hard crust is broken
the tanks can boil right through
with infantry following rapidly on
trucks.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
World War One
Hero Killed
In Auto Crash

PRESCOTT, AriZ., March %.
(UP)-Harry B. Wilson, of Phoenix,
who wen fame as soldier of for
tune and had been falsely reported
as the first American killed in
World War II, was injured fatally
Wednesday night when his car left
the highway and overturned near
here.
The 28-year-old adventurer's wife,
Evelyn Joyce, suffered serious in
juries in the crash and was hospi-
talized here.
Wilson shared the signal honor
with Sergeant Alvin B. York of
World War 1 fame of having wen
the Croix de Guerre and Medaille
Militaire de Colonies in single
citation. The double award was
made by the French army for Will
sons outstanding work at the battle
of Dunkirk, in which he had er-
roneously been reported killed when
serving with the Canadian army.
In II years Wilson had served
with five armies, being discharged
finally from the U. S. army because
of previous wounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22

On the other hand, and financial
ly speaking, he said: 'If we're 60
ing to look at this thing from the
initiation viewpoint, the answer is
no. Price controls on movie tickets
will never stop initiation"
Bowles renewed his demand for
movie price control Wednesday. He
told the senator's that movies aren't
luxury any mere, that 9O,000OOO
Americans go to the movies every
week, and that the total annual
cost of doing so is around billion
dollars.
Movie-going is as much of an in
stitution as "a cup CT coffee for
breakfast" Bowles said.
He said the cost of movie tickets
is no longer an insignificant factor"
in the cost of living-and the cost
OF movie tickets is going up and up.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22
Elite Guards
Battle for
Death Honors
By ROBERT RICHARDS

WITH U. S. THIRD ARMY IN
GERMANY, March %. (UP)-A
fanatical band of Nazi elite guards
is dying in tie streets of Mainz-
and killing Americans-in a useless
honor" stand that apparently has
been dictated by Adolf Hitler as an
example to the rest CT his whiting
armies.
Elsewhere on the Third Army
front, in Worms, Kaiserslautern,
Bad Kreuznach and Alley, the Ger
mans quit almost without a fight.
But in Mainz these hand picked
suicide troops seem bent on going
down to the last man for the honor
CT the German army east of the
Rhine.
The ciiy's military Importance
now is practically nil, but the Nazis
are making the veteran goth in
fantry division bleed for every house
and street corner.
Even German planes have joined
the Nazi ground forces, bombing
and strafing the attacking Ameri-
cans in an effort to delay the fall of
MainZ.
These elite guards fought to tie
death fer the villages of Mommen-
helm, Selxen, KongeIheim, Eber-
sheim and Winterheim, which line
the southern approaches to the city.
Not only are they fighting a de-
fensive battle, but they are throw
ing in repeated counterattacks re-
gardleSs of the cost in lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-22

the South China coast Wednesday
The broadcast, recorded by the FEC,
said the Japanese garrison caused
considerable damage" to the
planes)
Pacific fleet headquarters has
screened the fleets activities with
g security blackout since its planes
crippled IT enemy warships and
wrecked 600 aircraft in Japan's in
land sea Sunday and Monday.
But Radio Tokyo said the task
force with It's dozen or more carriers
Wednesday night was Fleeing at
full speed" southwark toward waters
east of the Okinawa islands, site OF
an important naval base and several
airfields midway between Japan and
Formosa.
With Japan's inland sea naval
bases still smouldering from Sum
day and Mondays attacks, Okinawa
might offer a tempting target TO
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's
fast carriers apd their escort OF
battleships and other warships In-
der Admiral Raymond A. Spruance.
The naval base is situated on Oki-
nawa, largest island In the group OF
the same name, about midway In the
Ryuku chain running southwest
from Kyushu. southernmost OF the
main Japanese islands.
Okinawa has been bombed on sew
eral occasions by carrier-borne
planes and also has been attacked
by land-based bombers from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's command.