Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1942, Page 6

Planes and Warships Hunt Sub Sighfed In Gulf of Mexico One Craft, ‘Doubtlessly Nazi,’ Spotted From Air Near Port Aransas, Tex. By the Associated Press. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Jah. 29. «—A :Navy report of submarines lurking in shipping lanes off Port Aransas in the Gulf of Mexico yes- terday sent airplanes and warships on a hunt for the first enemy U- boats to menace the Gulf Coast. Capt. Alva Bernhard, command- ant of the huge new naval air station here, ordered a blackout of the Corpus Christl area and warned all ships to remain in port after reporting that a submarine “doubt- lessly German” was sighted by a patrol plane sbout 15 miles from Port Aransas, fishing village of Mus- tang Island. Another May Be Nearby. Capt. Bernhard said another sub- marine possibly was nearby. “The submarine probably sneaked in during the night with the in- tention of attacking ofl tankers,” the commandant asserted. 5 ‘The original report on the pres- ence of the U-boat came when the Navy Department issuéd a warning to shipping at Port Arthur, 300 miles distant on the upper Texas coast. Capt. Bernhard said the under- sea craft was sighted by a plane from the naval air station at 8:30 am. (C. 8. T.), and that he directed | it to “maintain contact” with the U-boat. “It evidently frightened the sub- marine, because it submerged,” he said. - Smoke Bomb Seen. “1t is possible that the second sub- marine is also in the vicinity, since it is known that they have been op- | erating in pairs elsewhere. Shortly | after the submarine was sighted af smoke bomb appeared out of the | water 4 miles south of it.” It was explained that smoke bombs, released by undersea vessels, rise like rockets and frequently are | used as signals of distress. The pass into the Gulf of Mexico | adjacent to Port Aransas is one of the principal Texas shipping ar- teries. The village, known widely as a sports and commercial fishing cen- ter, is located on the northeastern end of low-lying, sandy Mustang « Island, one of the long string of islands paralleling practically the | entire sweep of the Texas coast. Nazi U-Boat in Gulf Hints Threat to Canal B the Associated Press. The reported presence of maraud- ing U-boats right off the coast of | Texas offered fresh evidence today | that Germany has shifted a majori portion of its underseas war to| American waters. | Since enemy trans-Atlantic raid- ers appeared January 12, all indi- cations have pointed to & more con- certed campaign involving much greater strength than the spectac- ular lone-wolf forays of & few U- boats in World War days. The enemy is known to have sunk 14 American or Allied ghips—includ- ing five off the Canadian coast— and to have lost a number of U- boats in the process. Despite the losses the sphere of operations ap- pears to be widening instead of contracting. At first, Navy announcements told of hostile submarine activity off the Northeastern coast, next New Eng- land was specifically mentioned, then the waters from Hatteras to Nova Scotia and now- the latest of- ficial report places ralders deep in the Gulf of Mexico—virtually an American lake. Potential Threat to Canal. Presumably these U-boats slipped through the strait of Florida be- tween Key West and Cuba. Their apparent mission was to prey on eoastal shipping, preferably the tankers which shuttle from the Gulf ofl ports. However, there was & potential threat of even more daring activity, for the Gulf of Mexico via the Yucatan Channel is a sidedoor entrance to the Caribbean and the innér approaches to the Panama Canal. Whatever their objectives, the raiders were taking exceptionally | long risks, for they have poked their noses into a veritable hornet’s nest. A number of air and Navy bases| ring the Gulf, and while Army and | Navy authorities kept mum on | counter operations, the belief here | was that they were vigorous in | Dature. The apparent shift of intensive underseas warfare to unescorted American coastwise shipping had several aspects which aroused in- terest here. First was the enemy’s evident hope of easy prey—a tacit tfibute to the | effectiveness of the convoy methods | now employed to safeguard the vital | shipments flowing to Britain. Second was the eloquent fact that the enemy felt it necessary at this early date to carry the undersea war In concerted force as close as possible | to the shore of the great arsenal of the United Nations. Sacrifice in Striking Strength. | And third was the sacrifice in U-boat striking strength which such operations involved. In this connection, experts ex- lained that as a general rule one- ird of a submarine fleet is at action stations, one-third either en route to or returning from action stations, and one-third at bases for overhaul, refitting or resting their crews. There is also the factor of diminished military return. Although | the raiders have manifested a pref- erence for tankers, they have not ignored other cargo carriers. And a shipload of bauxite ore bound for | an aluminum plant, to take a| hypothetical case, is not as valuable | a victim as a shipload of completely {fabricated aluminum bombers bound for Britain. Nor does a coastwise tanker with oll destined for civilian motorists match a convoyed tanker with high octane gasoline for war- planes, Lecturer to Describe Dutch Guiana Tomorrow Dutch Guiana, which supplies | much of the aluminum ore for the United States, will be described in | & lecture by Nicol Smith at Consti- | tution Hall tomorrow night. The lecture is sponsored by the Na- tional Geographic Society. Mr. Smith recently visited the\ Bouth American colony, stopping | tt- ucmmque en route. He made ttn? nlmu during hu K, | to see the British .\ | in turn for space THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, REFORM GROUP MEETS—Among those who attended the 47th annual fellowship breakfast of the International Reform Federation here this morning were (left to right) Senator Capper, Re- publican, of Kansas; Clinton N. Howard, general superintendent of the Fi Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, and Chinese Ambassador Hu Jap Advances B In Diplomatic Accents Here Even British Ambassador Now Has to Wait Turn to See Australian Minister By HELEN LOMBARD. The rapidly decreasing margin of | safety for some portions of the | British Empire is bringing changes | in diplomatic accents in Washington. | Today it is actually harder | to see the Aus- tralian Minister, Richard G. Casey, than it is Ambassador, Even Lord Hali- fax has to wait - on Mr. Casey's overloaded en- gagement book. When the “fly- {ing Caseys” ar- rived in Wash- ington in their Mr. Casey. own airplane two years ago, they ! created something of a mild sensa- tion. Australia, hitherto, had been vaguely known in Washington draw- ing rooms as a faraway place which produced kangaroos. It suddenly be- | came a tangible reality in the shape | of an addition to the diplomatic | corps. The Caseys increased the curiosity about the first minister from Down Under by arriving late. Their plane was delayed and George T. Sum- merlin, Chief of the State Depart- ment, Division of Protocol, kept leaping to the telephone from luncheon, cocktail and dinner parties to trace thé Caseys progress, so he could be ready to greet the new Minister on his arrival. Summerlin Gave Up. The plane evenbually landed in the dark morning hours. But the Chief of Protocol had given up and gone to bed. Thus a brand-new diplomatic baby—the first Minister from Australia to the United States —came to Washington without the ritual greeting from the State De- partment. President Roosevelt more than assuaged the solitary landing of the Caseys. When “Pa” Watson took the biography of the new Minister | to the President so that Mr. Roose- velt might know something about him before their first conversation, the President remarked: “His nami MAXWELL our highest with regular il Juicy Finest FLORIDA CALAVOS | Grapefruit | LETTUCE AMERICAN Today its buy American. Magruder susgests these twe fine domestie cheeses. FRESH QUALITY MEATS Long | JUMBO |nyoxi INGS Sweetbreads G(IFFEE ring Changes is Casey and that’s enough for me!” One of the first acts of Minister Casey was to address the working newspaperwomen of the Capital. He gave an inspiring little talk ex- plaining just why Australia was straining every nerve to help Great Britain. Was Cavalry Officer. Mr. Casey served in the First World War as a cavalry officer. Tall, dark | and slender, with mustache curled | in British military style, he wu‘ often taken at Washington Em- | bassies parties, before he became known, for an officer of the British Household Cavalry. He laughingly would disclaim the honor, and say that he had been a simple Aus- tralian cavalryman. The only two decorations the Minister has ever aceepted are the D. 8. O. and the Military Cross. Two years have passed since his arrival, and the Minister's pleas for | help for England have changed to requests for aid to Australia. Now that England’s war has become| America’s war, the country which gave everything without stint is asking help from both Great Brit- ain and the United States. Conservative members of Eng- land’s Parliament are getting around to considering the admission of an Australian representative to cabinet meetings when matters affecting Australia and the Western Pacific are discussed. They expressed regret, however, that Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia saw it to.appeal for aid to the President of the United | States as well as to the Prime Min- ister of Britain “because it Breaks the tradition of a century.” Australia’s Own Province. Tradition is important, but geog- raphy is vital, and Mr. Casey un- hesitatingly has informed American officials that Australia’s diplomatic dealings are her own province and WANTED 1940 PONTIAC WILL PAY HIGH PRICE FLOOD PONTIAC 4221 Conn. Ave. - WOodley 8400 Oldest Pontiac Degler in D.C. % LIBBY’S TOMATO JUICE . 31¢/4 -~ 25¢| s 22¢ CRISP ICEBERG CHALLENGE SHARP (exeellent send MAGRUDER’S BONELESS CORNED BEEF 29‘ 15.390 | Bstion the Right —Star Staff Photo. .Capper fo Push Bill Banning Liquor Price Ads in District 200 at Reform Federation Breakfast Hear Pinchot Predict New ‘Dry’ Era Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas declared today he will fight for passage of a bill, recently ap- proved by the House, which forbids advertising of liquor prices in the District. Addressing the 47th annual fel- lowship breakfast of the Interna- tional Reform Federation at the Methodist Building, Senator Capper | characterized the measure as “one her own initiative. The ordinarily gentle-mannered Minister forcibly drove his point home to high of-| ficials in Washington when he |~ painted the menace should the un- der-populated Australian continent, capable of feeding 300,000,000, fall into the hands of the Japanese. Washington, from the Naval Af- fairs Commtttee to the White House | and the State Department has be- come, in less than two weeks, Aus- tralia-conscious. The main impulse has been the hard fact of military necessity. But the presence in Wash- ington of an able spokesman for Australia, worked valiantly for the empire as a whole, has been helpful to Can- berra in her present need. (Released by The Bell Byndicate. Inc.) FREE PARKING At 14th & G who has in the past| KITT'S reform leaders or the session, president of the Former Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania declared he was “ab- solutely satisfied” that the time is g:mln( when this country will again dry. The Rt. Rev. Ralph 8. Cushman, Methodist Bishop of St. Paul, warned, however, that “we are not going to have a dry America until we wake up the churches of Amer- ica.” ‘The group was told by the Rt. Rev. Jemes E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, that a lowered moral tone was the cause of the depression from which this country “has not yet emerged.” Tribues Paid to Sheppards. A floral tribute was presented by Clinton N. Howard, general super- intendent of the Federation, to Mrs. Morris Sheppard, widow of Senator Sheppard of Texas, and Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, president of the Wom- en’s Christien Temperance . Union, paid tribute to the activities of Sen- ator Sheppard in the interest of temperance. Other guests at the breakfast in- cluded Representatives Guyer of Kansas and Bryson of South Caro- lina, Dr. Willlam T. Ellis, interna- tional Sunday school lessons writer of Philadelphia; Henry M. Johnson, president of the American Business- men's Research Foundation; Dr. John W. 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Despite howling Arctic gales, ice and bitter cold, which-makes oper- ations extremely hazardous, the So- | viet Navy is winning this under- water warfare, the dispatches as. serted. Germany's original plans were said to have called for blasting at- lowed by an expedition into the claiming the undersea craft had S tacks on Russia’s polar ports, fol- | ‘White Sea to cut off the Soviet sup- ply base. The dispatches sald Grand Admiral Erich Raeder had sent large " | torces into this action, but that so far the Soviet northern fleet had not ylelded a single mile of coast- line nor s single port. Instead, they dectared the grow- ing Russian submarine fleet had car- ried- the attack to the Nazis. The latter withdrew into the fjords and harbors, erected anti-submarine nets and mined harbor mouths, and sent out transports from Germany only under the heaviest guards. 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