Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1942, Page 5

e Bl -‘—r- -~ @n— = drag sores. ‘o MONE FOR EVERY PURPOSE NO CO-SIGNERS BANKERS DISCOUNT 724 9th N.W. RE. 0550 Sub Masquerading As Lightship Tricked Crew of Ore Carrier Venore Lured by False Signals Before Attack, Survivor Says A new technique of trickery adopt- ed by German submarines lurking off the Atlantic seaboard was cred- ited today with inflicting another loss on American shipping, as sur- vivors of the ore carrier Venore, res- cued after 36 hours in lifeboats, re- counted their experiences when the ship that picked them up docked at | Norfolk. Shelled and torpedoed Saturday | morning, by a sub masquerading as | a lightship, the fate of the Venore ’ became known only yesterday after- | noon. Believed lost in the attack off the Carolina coast were Capt. | Fritz Duurloo and 21 members of the | crew of 43. The ore carrier was the eighth ship to fall afoul of the coast- al -siders. Allen Harte, able bodied seaman of Baltimore, one of the 22 survivors, told newsmen that “those Boches are certainly smart. * * * They fooled | us completely.” | “I was in the crow’s nest on watch | when we sighted a light,” he related. “The light blinked in code that the vessel was a lightship. She told us to come over near her. We started toward her, still thinking she was the lightship when a shell hit us in the bow. It didn’t do much dam- age, but we were called to our sta- tions.” General Alarm Sounded. “Then the submarine moved around to our port side and a tor- pedo hit us. A general alarm was sounded and darned if that sub, when it circled us that time, didn’t | signal with her lights as if she were | a buoy. 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She was | owned by the Ore Steamship Co. of | New York. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942. NORFOLK, VA.—SAILOR, 62, SURVIVES TORPEDOING—Peter Karlson of Baltimore, quartermaster aboard the ore carrier Venore, which was torpedoed off the Carolina coast, gets a light from Frank McCosco of the Navy at the United States Naval Base, where the survivors were brought. —A. P. Wirephoto. Central Labor Union Locals Plan $70,000 Civil Defense Fund $40,000 Already Pledged By Council of Building Trades, Locher Says Members of union locals affiliated with the Central Labor Union have started a campaign to raise “at least” $70,000 to be donated to ci- vilian defense authorities for pur- chase of materials or services for protection of the Capital Metro- politan Area, and $40,000 already has been pledged, it was announced today by John Locher, C. L. U. pres- ident. Just how this fund will be used was to be discussed at 3 p.m. today at a conference between union spokesmen and Commissioner John Russell Young, metropolitan civilian defense co-ordinator. Mr. Locher announced that the $40,000 in pledges had come from | he was sure the fund would reach at least $70,000, in view of the) pledges so far received. The fund drive is being managed by a large committee representing various unions, which is operating under the direct supervision of the Executive Board of the C. L. U. The Executive Board chairman is Charles B. McClosky, business agent for the Bakers’ Union. Two Trainmen Killed In Indiana Wreck | By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, Ind., Jan. 27— | The Erie Railroad yards reported two trainmen were killed early to- day in a rear-end collision of a freight and a passenger train, eight miles north¥est of Huntington, near Bippus. The dead were Herman Kessler {and William Young, engineer and | fireman, respectively, of the Erie's Chicago-to-New York Atlantic Ex- | press passenger train. The express | rammed the rear end of an east- | bound freight. iNorth River Ruritans |Announce Officers STAUNTON, Va, Jan. 27.—The Peter Karlson, 62-year-old quar- termaster of Baltimore, who was at | the helm when the attack began, | said he remained at his post until | Capt. Duurloo took over and ordered him into a lifeboat. members of locals of the Building Rev. S. M. Query of Mossy Creek | Trades Council of the C. L. U, in- | has been elected president of the | cluding the ironworkers, electrical | North River Ruritan Club, succeed- workers, steam fitters, painters and ing Wilbur S. Pence, principal of plumbers, who are pledging one the high school. day’s pay each, and from the rod-| Other officers are Hiray Arey, vice workers, who are pledging $10 per president; Raymond Caricofe, secre- ‘The captain still was in the wheel- ALASK —HUFNAGEL 133\:’?&when last seen by the sur- COAL CO. | PSKIlsimt;Cool 1“ Cucumber.” | raising the skipper for his con- Detter rade coals—no higher dries B | quct under fire, Quartermaster 2 Yards for Quick Delivery | Karlson said Capt. Duurloo was 2:310! e 4o ke ton “cool as a cucumber.” Other crew Every Pound Delivered in Bags to members said the master's only chance to have escaped was to have launched a life raft on the deck amidship. | R. L. Garrett, first assistant engi- neer of Christian City, Fla, said Capt. Duurloo ordered the men not to launch the lifeboats while the ship was running toward shore at full speed. Some of the men, how- ever, became panic stricken, Garrett related, and lowered three boats, one of which was swamped as the ship moved ahead at about 10 knots kicking up the sea, Garrett added. Harte said the survivors remained on the bottom of the lifeboat not | only to keep the wind off them, but also to keep the submarine from firing on them. “Those dirty Ger- | mans,” Harte said, “have a habit | | now, you know, of coming up along- side a lifeboat and machine gun- ning the men. We were not going to take any chances that way, so | we stayed in the bottom.” | ~ If the men in the lifeboat had not | been afraid that the sub might fire on them, Harte said, they “could | easily have rowed ashore, but we | could not use our oars after pulling | | away from the Venore because the darned sub keep hanging around. So we drifted with the Gulf Stream. We were pretty sure we would be saved because we had sent out an SOS before the second torpedo struck us.” Garrett relat®l that “when the shell struck us we didn't know what had happened, so we just kept on with our work, but when the first of the two torpedoes hit we | knew what that was, believe me! Water sprayed down on us through the ventilators and the ship soon began to list.” Church Bells Hushed WESTMINSTER, Md. (#)—For | | the duration, church bells here will | not sound a call to prayer nor toll | 8 mournful requiem. At the request | | of the county civilian defense coun- | ic“' the bells will ring out only as | air-raid alarm signals. Your Bin at No Extra Charge. MARYLAND SMOKELESS Coal with little Soot or Gas. Size, $10: Lump. $9.25; Nut Size, $10.25, VIRGINIA HARD COALS Esx Size. $10. Nut, $10.35; P Steve (haif Stove POCAHONTAS OIL TREATED Low ash. highest grade bituminous. 1135 Stove, $11. FPea, $8.45. PA. 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Gerald Stokes, 16, 5 feet 5 inches, 125 pounds, brown hair, wearing brown jacket, trousers and shoes. Missing from 943 G street S.W. since January 19. Robert Harris, 14, 5 feet, 120 pounds, brown eyes and hair, burn scars on right arm from elbow to wrist, wearing dark green corduroy trousers, green stripe shirt, dark blue sweater and brown leather Jacket. Missing from 741 Kentucky 1 avenue S.E. since Friday. ] Grace Briscoe, 16, colored, 4 feet 9 | |inches, 105 pounds, black hair, wear- 1 Get your car checked often! We v original factory parts. complete facilities ing gray coat, brown corduroy skirt, P flowered blouse. Missing from 2229 L— o v e - Georgia avenue since Friday. i Alex Hooks, 15, colored, 5 feet 6 [ : | inches, 150 pounds, dark eyes, black i hair and dark skin. 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The functions of these boards are outlined in the following statements: Members of the boards will con- fer with representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China and such other of the United Na- tions as are necessary to attain common purposes and provide for the most effective utilization of the joint resources of the United Na- tions. Combined Raw Materials Board. A planned and expeditious utiliza-~ tion of the raw material resources of the United Nations is necessary in the prosecution of the war. To obtain such a utilization of our raw material resources in the most effi- cient and speediest possible manner, we hearby create the “Combined Raw Materials Board.” This board will: (a) Be composed of a representa- tive of the British government and a representative of the United States Government. The British member will represent and act under the instruction of the Minister of Sup- ply. The board shall have power to appoint the staff necessary to carry out its responsibilities. (b) Plan the best and speediest development, expansion and use of the raw material resources, under the jurisdiction or control of the two governments, and make the recommendations necessary to exe- Such recommen- dations shall be carried out by all parts of the respective govern- ments. (c) In collaboration with others of the United Nations work toward the best utilization of their raw material resources, and, in col- laboration with the interested na- tion or nations, formulate plans and | recommendations for the develop- ment, expansion, purchase or other effective use of their raw materials. Munitions Assignments Board. 1. The entire munitions resources of Great Britain and the United States will be deemed to be in a | common pool, about which the full- | | est information will be interchanged. 2. Committees will be formed in | Washington and London under the | combined chiefs of staff in a manner | similar to the Southwest Pacific agreement. These committees will advise on all assignments both in quantity and priority, whether to Great Britain and the United States or other of the United Nations in accordarice with strategic needs. 3. In order that these commit- tees may be fully apprised of the policy of their respective govern- ments, the President will nominate & civil chairman who will preside over the committee in Washington, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain will make a similar nomi- nation in respect to the committee in London. In each case the com- mittee will be assisted by Ssecr | tary; F. M. Shiflet, treasurer; the | Rev. Paul Shiflet, chaplain, and Lee | cupp, sergeant-at-arms. |tariat capable of surveying every | | branch and keeping in touch with | | the work of every subcommittee as | | may be necessary. 4. The civilian chairmen in Wash- ington and London may invite rep- resentatives of the State Depart- ment, the Foreign Office or produc- tion ministries or agencies to at- tend meetings. Combined Adjustment Board. 1. In principle, the shipping re- | sources of the two countries will be deemed to be pooled. | information will be interchanged. 2. Owing to the military and phys- | ical facts of the situation around the British Isles, the entire movement of shipping now under the control of Great Britain will continue to be | directed by the Ministry of War Transport. 3. Similarly, the appropriate au- | thority in the United States will | | continue to direct the movements | and allocations of United States shipping, or shipping of other powers under United States con- trol. 4. In order to adjust and concert in one harmonious policy the work of the British Ministry of War ‘Transport and the shipping authori- ties of the United States Govern- ment, there will be established forthwith in Washington a com- bined shipping adjustment board, consisting of a representative of the | of the British government, who will represent and act under the in- structions of the British Minister of ‘War Transport, | 5 A similar adjustment board will 1be set up in London consisting of | the Minister of War Transport and | a representative of the United States Government. 6. In both cases the executive| power will be exercised solely by the | }apprcprlate shipping agency in | Washington and by the Minister of The fullest | P} | United States and a representative = Roosevelt Dispatches Birthday Felicifations To Gen. MacArthur Stand Against Japanese Is Hailed as Magnificent; Congress Joins in Praise By the Associated Press, 3 President Roosevelt sent birthday greetings yesterday to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 62-year-old commander of the American and Filipino troops battling the Japanese on Luzon Island. The text of the message, released by the White House, is: “Congratulations on the magnifi- cent stand that you and your men are making. We are watching with pride and understanding and are thinking of you on your birthday.” Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah told the Senate earlier that Gen. MacArthur's courage and re- sourcefulness in defending the Philippines had never been sur- passed by & military commander. Senator Thomas said: “Seldom 1in all history has a mili- tary leader faced such insuperable odds. Never has a commander or his troops met such a situation with greater and cooler courage; never Fr{efids S(;an News ‘From Luzon for Word Of Mrs. MacArthur Wife Shares General’s Dangers; Brother Learns That She Is Safe By the Associated Press. MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Jan. 27—A shipboard friendship sent the former Jean Marie Faircloth from Murfreesboro to Manila to share the dangers of war with her husband, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, friends recalled today while scanning the news for some word of her where- abouts. ‘Washington sources said it was believed that she was at Fort Mills on the island® fortress of Corregidor in Manila Bay. Her bfother, Cam- eron Faircloth of Nashville, said he had learned she was safe but had had no word direct from her since the war's outbreak. But about that shipboard friend- ship— It wasn't the General whom Miss Faircloth met on a trip to thel Orient in the mid-30s, but his mother. 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