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Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
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she says. "And they said let's get
a color we all like. So we did. A
nice shade of gray for both Sides.
From where l sit, so often when
there's difference of opinion it's
best to sit right down and work
things out Qike when our vOlun-
teer firemen decided to serve both
lemonade and beer at their annual
picnic last month";. Don't let preiu-
dices color" your opinion of your
neighbOr. He'll probably be quite
as Open-minded as you are.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
Code Of Mann

Just as the rules Of modern war.
fare protect prisoners Of war and
outlaw the use Of poison gas, midas
ancient Code Of Manu- forbade the
use Of barbed or poisoned arrows
or the killing Of an enemy who had
thrown down his arms.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
Too Much TAX

"a fluent tongue is the only thing
a mother doesn't like her daughter
to resemble her in."-Richard Brin-
sley. Sheridan.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26
,.Experlenced' Drivers

Ninety-seven per cent Of drivers
involved in 1851 auto accidents had
at least one year Of experience be-
hind the wheel.
Evening star., 1952-11-10

geysers of water rise alongside the
freighter's bow. Almost immedi-
ately he slows down. his bow sinks
deep, his stern rises. Lights flash
on and off about the decks. A
cloud of smoke and escaping steam
envelops his bridge and center
section. 4
Just as the stern disappeared
we heard loud explosion and felt
a heavy shock through the water
Evidently his boilers had finally
exploded.
Dawn was approaching so we
dived.
The next night we surfaced even
closer to the shore near the Bungo
Suido, the southern entrance to
the Inland Sea, hoping for another
contact. We got one almost i'm
mediately.
Object bearing zero eight
zero!" from a lookout. We look
and there against the gloomy hills
f1anking the Bungo Suido we see
peculiar white v. No radar in
these early days.
What is it? Can you make it
out?" ..-..
mo, SIR"
The explanation, when it hits,
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Van Fleet 10 Give Up
Eighth Army Post
Within Two Months
BY the Associated pfSss

SEOUL. Nov. 10.-Gen. James
A. Van Fleet plans to give up his
command of the 9th Army with
in two months, it was learned au-
thoritatively last night.
His plans are uncertain. They
may hinge on talks with Gen
Eisenhower when the President
elect visits here before the end o1
the year.
Gen. Van Fleet. a hard-fightine
veteran of World War II. the
Greek campaign against Com
munist guerrillas and 10 months
of the Korean war, is 60. There
have been frequent reports he
would retire from active duty
early next year.
His press adviser refused tc
comment on the reports and re-
ferred all queries to Gen. j. Law
ton Collins. Army Chief of Staff
in Washington. Gen. Collins, too
refused comment.
A letter written by Gen. Van
Fleet to an old Army friend in
Washington was used as political
ammunition in the recent presi-
dental campaign.
The letter expressed the gen.
erals conviction that the South
Korean Army should be increased
and given more of the Korean
front to hold against the Reds
Gen. Van Fleet said Washington
had not approved the plan.
Gen. Eisenhower used the let
ter in support of his argument
that a greater share of the fight
ing front should be turned over
to Republic of Korea troops.
Evening star., 1952-11-10

zero seven Zero" says the sound
man.
up periScope! Yes, he's turn
ing. AS soon as he swings toward
us, we'll swing toward him, let him
have whole salvo. set shallow
down the throat!
Standby forward! I see him
Fire one! Fire two! Fire three
Fire four!"
Forward room reports all tor
|pedoes fired electrically, sir"
"Torpedoes running on zero zero
zero, sir. Merging with targets
screws"
WHAM, WHAM: We look
around unbelievingly. Can those
have been hits? Impossible. Pre-
natures!
TOrpedOes Miss.
What about the other two?
Thirty seconds. Any time now
Thirty-five seconds. Forty seconds
Forty-f1ve seconds. Oh, God
We've missed!
Hes seen the fish! He's turn
ing away! That explosion dead
ahead must have worried him,
anyway. We've spoiled this run
for him. Here's a 60-starboard
angle on the bow. Chance for
another shot! Standby forward! |!
Standby Fire five! Fire ski"
But we hear no explosions even
though we see one torpedo pass
directly beneath him.
Take her deep, boys. We're
dry forward now, and there's
else to do"
Down we 60 and prepare for a
beating.
We got it, too, but after a while
the Jap went away and a little
later so did we. No doubt he en-
Enthusiastically reported destruction
of one United States submarine
for night or two later Tokyo
Rose said she regretted to inform
all American submarines that off
the Bungo Suido one of their num-
ber had recently fallen victim to a
destroyer of the Imperial japanese
Navy. And then she played a re-
cording of Rocked in the Cradle
Of the Deep!"
Plagued with more bad fish, we
sank one other ship, a large tank
er, and damaged still another be-
fore running out of torpedoes and
having to return to Pearl Harbor.
There we found to our dismay that
since we had not seen our tanker
ship, we could not get credit for
him. We vowed that we would not
make this mistake again!
Copyright 1852 by Edward L. Beach.
Published by Henry Holt and Co.. Inc.
Distributed by the REGISTER and Tribune
Syndicate.)
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
Evening star., 1952-11-10

is binding. 'My God! A de.
stroyer-coming right at us!"
Clear the bridge! Dive! Diver
The diving alarm sounds. "Al
ahead emergency! Two hundred
i feet! Rig for depth charge! Rig
for silent running!" Down we go
but with maddening slowness
Trigger, in common with her SIS
tiers. always "hangs" on a dive al
about 35 feet. Full dive on every
thing, making emergency speed
we can do no more.
We can hear it now. A throb
throb. throbbing noise coming
from outside the hull, steadily ano
rapidly increasing in volume
thum, thum, thum, Thum, Thum
Thum, THUM, THUM! Only one
thing it can be! Pray we can get
UNDER!
What's the depth now?'
"Thirty-six feet" Will she ever
break through? All hands are out
of their hunks. all officers in the
control room, startled by this un-
expected dive.
What is it? What is it?" Then
they hear this horrible drumming
noise, THUM, THUM, THUM
THUM, look at the depth gauges
and fall silent.
Forty feet. She's going through
at last. Fifty feet. We're under
And not a split second too soon
for the drumming at that moment
increases to an unbearable pitch,
resounding through Triggers
thick hull until all other noise is
drowned out and thinking is froz-
en- in the hypnotic rhythm which
rises to an incredible. screaming
maddening horror of sound that
stops the heart beat. then abrupt
ly drops in tone. continues loud,
but evidently diminishing now.
We look at each other and smile
weakly. Click WHAM. Swish
Click. WHAM! Swish! Click
WHAM-WHAM-WHAM! Swish
swish swish. We knew that was
coming. This little evening is just
starting.
These are the first japanese
depth charges we've heard. but
we knew what they'd sound like.
First the click. as the first con-
cussion wave hits you.
Then the noise of the explosion
and afterward a prolonged swish
ing of water through your super
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Senator Morse Hints
His Vote Will Hinge
On Party Platforms
BY the Associated Prsf

Senator Morse of Oregon has
cast just flash of light on how
ihe intends to vote in the 83d Con-
lgress: For the Democratic plat
form and against the Republican
platform.
Senator Morse, who bowed out
of the Republican Party to back
Democratic Presidential Nominee
|Adlai Stevenson's unsuccessful
campaign. appeared on two tele-
vision shows-CBS Man of the
Week" and NBC Youth Wants to
Know"
Morse Role Is Topic.
The interviews centered on Sem
ator Morses new role as a pos
SCISSOR of a key vote in the Senate
session which opens January 3.
The Republicans hold a 48-47
edge in the Senate over the Demo-
Gratis. If Senator Morse votes
with the Democrats. however. the
48-48 tie could be broken by Re-
publican Vice President elect
Nixon.
Senator Morse was asked how
he would vote. He first declined
to say, observing, That's what a
lot of people would like to know"
But later he said he would vote
against the Republicans if they
try to enact their platform. and
with the Democrats if they try to
put their platform across.
The Oregon legislator said he
cannot envision himself returning
to the G. o. P. or joining the
Democratic Party. ..
He said he expects Congress to
remain in the hands of the coali-
ton of reactionary Republicans
and reactionary Democrats" He
said such a coalition, plus a band
ing together of liberals" in both
parties, could lead to a realign-
ment of party affiliation or. pos
sibly, formation of a third party.
Sees G.. o. p. Loss in 1856.
Senator Morse also predicted
the Republicans will lose the 1856
presidential election, but he would
not forecast Democratic victory.
He said he plans to stand for
reelection in 1856 as an Inde-,
pendent.
Over NBC-TV's Meet the
Press" meanwhile, Democrats
Senator elect John Kennedy of
predicted Demo-
cratic victory in 1856 IF the Re-
publicans carry on as they have
in the past"
Mr.. Kennedy said deflation will
be the big problem for the next
decade. -.
Evening star., 1952-11-10

structure. The length OF time be-
tween the "click" and the 'wham'
is a rough measure of the distance
of the depth charge. If the click
and explosion come close together
he's getting warm. If they come
almost simultaneously, he's hot.
Trigger was strong and ruggedly
built, but the shock of the explod-
ing depth charges shook her
sturdy hull as though it were made
of light sheet metal. The noise
was as if a giant were swinging a
thousand pound sledge hammer
time after time against her side.
We inside were flung about by
each succeeding shock. until we
hit upon the idea of not leaning
heavily upon any piece of gear
secured to the ship. With each
charge the whole hull whipped
the great steel frames bent. and
piping ventilation lines, and other
internal gear set up a strong SYM
pathetic vibration. until we thought
they would fall off the bulkheads
and overhead. Broken bits of cork
and dust flew through the air and
carpeted the deck.
Temperature Shoots Up.
With ventilation and air con-
ditioning secured, the tempera-
ture shot up to 120 degrees, and
all hands began to shed clothes;
our uniform became sandals and
skivvy y-shorts with towels or rags
flung around our necks.
Leveling off at 60 feet, finding
we had successfully withstood the
initial salvo of depth charges, "He
cant get away with this!" Benson
said. We have tubes full of fish.
We can play rough, tool" So be-
gan one of the wars strange bat
ties. Since he had only moonlight,
the enemy destroyer could prob
ably not see our periscope. but it
was light enough to see him
through it.
Battle stations! Well fix this
guy! He has contact on us by
sound. Well have to wait him
out, wait till he lines himself up
for a shot
Up periscope. Bearing 045.
Angle on the bow five starboard.
Oh. oh! He's starting a run. Pass
aStern this time, but close. No
chance to shoot.
Here he comes! Hang on!
Click-WHAM. swish-swish-swish,
clck-WHAM, swish, WHAM,
WHAM, WHAM, WHAM, swish,
swish, swish. swish! Trigger
shivers and reels from the pound
ing. but all still seems well.
Back in the coming tower.
Bearing 285. range 1900. angle on,
the bow zero. Here he comes {
Still no shot. Down periscope!
Coming right overhead this time.
The fast Thum-Thum, thum of
his screws is the same as before.
Here il is. WHAM-WHAM-
WHAM - WHAM! Really close
that time!
Locker doors burst open to strew
their contents on the decks run
ming with human perspiration.
One man gets sick and vomitsI
into slop bucket. out the bucket
overturns and the slop gets all
over it's sides and on the deck. Al
valve wheel flies off a gauge in
the coming tower, bounces twice
on the deck plates. ringing fan
tastically lound in the silence be-
tween charges.
screws Sl0Wino down hea O
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Virginia Fugitive Held
For Shooting Sheriff
By the Assoeioted Press

CORDELE, Ga, Nov. TO-
James Spradley, 27-year-old men.
tai patient sought in Virginia fol-
the wounding of Louisa County
(Va.) Sheriff William C. Bickers
has been recaptured by Georgia
authorities.
Spradley. spotted by police in a
house near here yesterday, was
shot and wounded when he ig-
nored a command to surrender
and tried to flee the building.
Police said he was in good con-
dition today in a hospital at
Vienna, Ga.
Sergt. H. w. Beckham of the
Georgia State Patrol said officers
surrounded the house in which
Spradley was hiding after re-
ceiving an anonymous tip.
Sheriff BickerS was shot and
knitted on November 3 in his office
at Louisa. Police said that after
the shooting. Spradley-who had
been with the sheriff in the lat
Evening star., 1952-11-10

Trigger was a member of the
United States Fleet.
No one who saw it will ever
forget the awful vista Of Pearl
Harbor. Although we had been
prepared for it. the sight of four
Iof our great battleships lying
Icrushed into the mud stag
Igered us.
That day I first sensed more
Ipurpseful note in the gentle
Ithrob of the Triggers diesels. but
she was only a neophyte, just
joining up, and almost apollo
Igetically nosed her way into her
berth at the submarine base.
We sank no ships on this first
patrol. and returned to Pearl
Harbor for reassignment. Upon
our arrival Capt. Lewis was hos
pitalized with pneumonia and 1t.
Comdr Roy Benson. irreverently
known as "Pigboat Benny" during
his days on the Naval Academy
FACULTY, TOOK command OF Trigger.
First Target Sighted.
A day or so after arriving off
the eastern coast of Kyushu. the
southernmost island of Japan,
shortly after 0100, we sighted "a
large black shadow. blacker than
the night. A few true bearings in
dicated that the shadow moved
and we knew it for what it was
a cloud of smoke from the funnel
of Ship = u IA
So we commenced to Close this
unwary fellow, went to battle
stations. and soon made out the
silhouette of a moderate-size
freighter. Although he was dark
ened, Capt. Benson and I could
see him plainly from the bridge at
about 1000 yards range. He was
Steaming along steadily. putting
out fair sized cloud of dense
black smoke, with not so much
as a hint of zigzag, or of having
SlgnteQ us.
He sees nothing, steams blindly
and confidently along. Closer and
closer we draw. Make ready the
bow tubes! Estimated range, 1900
yards. Track, 80 starboard. Gyro
angle, five left. Standby! He's
coming on-coming on-Fire one!
One, two, three, four, five. six. sew
en-. eight, nine. ten. Fire two!
Two white streaks leave the
bow and, diverging slightly. ar
row for the point ahead of the
freighter where our calculations
say he will be at the instant the
torpedoes get there.
This is the longest minute in the
world. Depending on the range
of course, the torpedoes must
travel about a minute before they
reach target, and during that
a target making Is knots
goes 500 yards. or a quarter of a
mile. Few ships are as
long as $50 yards.
So we watched our two white
streakS of bubbles. "Torpedoes
all right, looks good!"
Wham! =. Wham! Two perfect
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Bridqe-Conostu Luncheon

The Homemaking Department
District Home Economies Associa-
tion, will hold a benefit bridge
canasta luncheon at 10 am
Wednesday in the home of Mrs. P
E. Bauer. 1000 Vale street, Chevy
Chase.
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Kensinqton PTA Dinner

The Kensington (Md.) Junior
High School Parent Teacher AS.
sociation will serve a spaghetti
dinner from 6 to 8 pm. tomorrow
before its regular meeting. Later
County School Board Member Roy
Tasco Davis will speak to the
group.
Evening star., 1952-11-10
ESQ, ,000th 81 Evacuated
BY Far East Air Force

SEOUL. Korea, Nov. 10.-Tht
Far East Air Forces today chalkee
up their 250,000th air evacuation
The patient. whose name wa.
not announced, was flown from
Korea to Japan.
OF the total, 100000 cases have
been wounded and sick evacuated
from Korea to Japan or airlifted
from one place to another inside
Korea. The others have been
transported by air from other
points in the Far East, such as
Okinawa to Japan.
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Carol Ann Peters Elected

Carol Ann Peters has been
elected vice president of the
sophomore class at st. Lawrence
University, Canton, N. Y. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Francis C. Peters, 3749 Jocelyn
street NV.
Evening star., 1952-11-10

ter's office-fled into nearby woods.
Spradley was paroled last spring
from Western State Hospital at
Staunton, Va. where he had been
committed following his arrest on
breaking charges. Sheriff Bickers
took him into custody November
3 at the request of Spradley's
mother.
Evening star., 1952-11-10
Submarines:
BY Comdr. Edword /. Beach, U. S. N.
By Comdr. {
Foreword

Comdr. Edward L. Beach. in
submarine" tells a story which
not many men survived to tell.
All too often the careers Of our
most daring submarines and sub
mariners were terminated, after
weeks of prayerful watching and
waiting back at ComSubPac's op-
Grating base, by the issuance of
that fateful message. Overdue,
presumed lost"
Thus were written the epitaphs
Of Trigger, Wahoo, Seawof.
Harder. Albacore. Tang. and some
tWoscore more of those silent gray
ships which carried the war to
the enemy and held the line while
the Fleet licked its wounds, and
Shipyards beat pruning hooks and
plowShareS into requirements for
Pearl Harbor losses.
Three hundred seventy-four Of
ficers and 3,131 enlisted men gave
their lives in q submarine offen-
Sive that finally swept enemy
shipping from the Pacific. yet Ned
Beach, veteran of IL war patrols,
providentially was spared to re-
capture for US the moments of
triumph. desperation, quiet hui
NOR. and numbing fear which
were the daily portion of those
devoted warriors.
Serving the apprenticeship Of
his deadly trade in Trigger and
Tirante under such daredevils as
Roy Benson, Dusty Dornin, Fritz
Harlfinger and George Street, he
early experienced the wild elation
of hearing torpedoes explode
against enemy hulls, the stomach
futtering thrills of night surface
battles, the spine-chilling sound
of enemy depth charges. and the
frustrated fury caused by "dud"
and premature" torpedoes. He
felt the sorrow which every true
seaman feels in his heart as he
watches fine, sturdy ships-evenl
though enemy Ships-take the
last. desperate plunge to their
graves.
Finally, in recognition of excel
lent service and outstanding abil-
ity, Ned was given command of
the brand-new Piper. He had
achieved the ambition of every
submariner-command of his own
boat in hot war area. Deep be-
low the surface. guided by equip
ment as fabulous as any ever
dreamed by Jules Verne, Ned
snaked his way through row upon
row of mines into that last enemy
stronghold, the Sea of Japan.
There the war ended and moth
balls took over.
Now Ned has a new command.
the brand-new Trigger, named for
that gallant ship whose story he
has so ably told. It is most fitting
that this honor should be ac-
corded him. I know that I speak
for his shipmates, living and dead,
when wish Ned Beach and Trig-
ger Good luck and good hunt
ing" "
CHARLES A. LOCKWOOD,
Vice Admiral. u. S. N. (Ret.1.
Evening star., 1952-11-10
CHAPTER I.
Trigger.

My story begins on January I,
1912. Two and a half years out
of the Naval Academy, and fresh
out of Submarine School, l re-
ported to. Mare Island Navy Yard
for duty in connection with fit
ting out u. S. S. Trigger (SS230
and on board when commits
stoned"
Before presenting myself at the
Office Of the commandant I drove
down to the submarine outfitting
docks looking for my future
home. There she was, a great
black coming tower sticking UP
over the edge of the dock, with
a huge white 237 painted on her
side. A swarm of dusty, monde
script men were buzzing around
her. and wood scaffolding. weld
ing lines. hoses, temporary
ventilation lines, and other mis-
cellaneous gear hung haphazardly
about.
There's my new home" ]
thought: wonder if I'm looking
at my coffin. To me, she GER
tainly wasn't impressive, beautiful,
or anything at all but an ugly
chunk of steel. mo life, no spirit,
no character" thought.
AS I turned my back on No.
237. ! did not know that two
and a half Of the most crowded
and thrilling years of my life were
to be spent with her. She was
to become the ruler of my life,
and the most beautiful and re-
sponsive creature I had ever
known: a hard. exacting mistress,
but loyal. generous and coura-
geous.
On January 80, 1912, 1t. Comdr
j. H. Lewis read his orders and
put submarine No. 237 in COM
mission. From that moment
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Paper Suggests BarkIey
As Presid -for-a-Day
BY the Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 22.-
The st. Joseph News-Press spec
|ulated in an editorial yesterday
that there might be a possibility
President Truman will resign on
the next to last day of his term
as President to allow Vice Presi-
dent Barkley to achieve his am
bition-the presidency.
The editorial, written by City
Editor Harold Slater, made it
clear it was only the writer's
thought of the kind of surprise
Mr.. Truman would like to spring
He pointed to Mr.. Barkley's So
year record of public service and
the fondness Of the President for
the Kentuckian.
1t stated that one-day presi-
dency would be a fitting capstone
to Mr.. Barkley's long career OF
public service.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Radio Group Protests
Korean Trip Exclusion
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. %. The
Maryland District of Columbia
Broadcasters' Association yester-
day protested the "unwarranted
exclusion" Of radio and television
newsmen from the press party
accompanying Gen. Eisenhower
to Korea.
It has been announced that
the news pool which will accom-
pany the President-elect on his
Korean inspection trip will be
limited to one reporter, one still
photographer and one newsreel
cameraman.
The association adopted by
unanimous vote a resolution pro-
testing the press setup and for
warded it to Gen. Eisenhower by
telegram.
It was signed by Joseph l.
Brechner, Silver Spring, secretary
Of the association.