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TWO ADRIAN DAILY TELEGRAM, ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1942 Sailor Says It Lasted Six Consecutive Days note: The German high command on July 10 claimed to have sunk 35 out of a convoy of 38 ships on the way to the Russian port of Archangel, in addition to a United States cruiser. The British Admiralty said then that the claims were "grossly exaggerated." The following story describes the ferocity of the German submarine and plane attacks on convoys bound for Russia and may be related to the group of ships which the Germans claimed to have broken LONDON, July 17 (JP) Two convoys carrying war supplies to a Russian port, one including American ships, fought off German submarines and bombers for days at a time and reached port with the loss of only a few vessels, survivors reported last night. Officers and men of the freighters and escort vessels manned their action posts for six consecutive days in one convoy's battle and for three days in the other. When the fight was over, at least two German submarines had been sunk by gunfire and depth charges and an undetermined number of attacking planes shot down. "It was a.

miracle that in spite of the incessant bombing, so few ships in the convoy were lost," Stoker Frank Robinson said in his account of the six-day fight. "The trouble began with a lone Focke Wulf plane," Robinson continued. "We saw it overhead, that was the beginning of six days and nights of excitement While it lasted we were bombed an average of ten times a day. "Our own ship was sunk. We were flung into the sea and German pilots came down low anc machine-gunned us while we struggled to find something to cling to.

"As soon as we saw the Focke Wulf reconnaissance plane busy preparing the ship for action. The first attack came shortly before nightfall. "They came over in wave after wave of dive-bombers and torpedo planes. The air was filled with the roar of motors and the noise of bursting bombs and anti-aircraft fire. Little Sleep for Anyone "That was the beginning.

It went on through the night and on into the next day. And then it went on six days and nights. There was little sleep for anybody. "We could only snatch our food between watches. The longest TONIGHT! SpinV chilling mystery! RiEW QUEER Shown at Shown at 8:30 Only SATURDAY SUNDAY let-up they gave us was two hours.

"Once we saw a lone British fighter catapulted off a merchant ship. He went up to mix it with nine German bombers. He got one of them and damaged another and then they got him and we saw him bail out A Corvette picked him up, wounded in the leg. "The day came when it was our turn. A bomb hit the ship forward.

Before we knew what had happened, three more hit us amidships. For a few seconds we were living in the confusion of rending, crashing smoke and the stink of explosives. "Then the old ship fell away in two halves and those of us who escaped the bombs found ourselves in the sea. "After we had finally gotten into a lifeboat, the Germans came back to machine-gun us again. We finally, were picked up and the convoy went steadily on.

"We reached a Russian port but still there was no let-up. Ten or twelve times daily they came over trying to set. the whole place alight. Thanks to the Russian barrage, which was something terrific, they failed." British warship developed engine trouble during the voyage and had to be taken in tow by a merchantman. SATURDAY SHOWS AT2-3-B-7-8 SUNDAT SHOWS AT 1-3-0-7-9 EXTRA ADDED Chapters 1 and 2 "JUNIOR G-MEN OF THE AIR" FFuzzy KNfGHT EDDIE DEAN TRIO Bar These Saddle Songs! "HAPPINESS CORRAL" "GERALDINF "WELCOME HOME" Our modern Air Conditioning Plant is making Mountain Top Weather for you.

KEEP COMING to this theatre and you'll keep COOL all Summer. TODAY, SATURDAY OU'LL ROAR ROAR AGAIN AT THIS BIG HOWLEROO! WARNER raw Ut from MM ploy Ibol had a laugh for way CgM on Broadway! JACK CARSON EUGENE PALLETTE HERBERT ANDERSON STARTS SUNDAY JohnSteinbeek Author Victor Fleming, Director TRACY LAMARR GAR FIELD VICTOR HfcMlNG'S PRODUCTION ot JOHN STflNBFCK'i WlltA TUT FRANK MORGAN AKIM TAMIROFF SHELDON LEONARD JOHN QUALEN DONALD MEEK CONNIF CttCHRISr -AILLN HNKINS HENRY O'NEILL Clayton James Hoag of Iron Mountain is spending the summer with Duane Lord. The condition of Mrs. Earl Hedge who recently underwent a major operation at Thorn Memorial hospital in Hudson and has returned home is improving satisfactorily. Mr.

and Mrs. Rex Green and daughter Sandra of Flint have returned home after a visit with Mrs. Green's parents Mr. and Mrs. B.

C. Lord and son Duane. Church Notes Methodist: The Rev. Bertram R. McNally, pastor.

At Weston: worship service 10 a. m. Church school 11 a. m. Carl E.

Emmons, superintendent Midweek service Wednesday 8 p. m. At Clayton: Church school 10:30 a. m. Garrett D.

Baker, superintendent Worship service 11:30 a. m. Evening service 8 o'clock. Presbyterian: The-Rev. G.

Wilmer Miller, pastor. Sunday school 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Arloine Aldrich, superintendent Worship service 11:30 a.

m. Youth fellowship 7:45 p. m. Evening worship 8 o'clock. COMING STARTING MONDAY AND All Next Week Voiture Locale No.

997 40 8 CARNIVAL MULZER FIELD Division St. at Airport GREAT ATTRACTIONS THE MOST GIGANTIC ENTOURAGE OF COLLECTIVE AMUSEMENTS EVER TO EXHIBIT IN ADRIAN. Junior Christian Endeavor Tuesday 3 p. m. Miss Wavah Ellis, leader.

Bible marking class Tuesday 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 p. m. Demings Lake Memorial: Sunday shool 1 p.

m. Jay Sturtevant, superintendent The Rev. Andrew Spoolstra of Fort Wayne will hold special services at 2 p. m. and at 8 p.

m. Mr. Spoolstra will conduct the services July 26. RAF (Continued From Page One) 2. Drain on the RAF bomber command by operations elsewhere campaign in Egypt, the threat to India.

These are said to have diverted heavy bombers earmarked last winter for this summer's raids on Germany. 3. F.ailure of the Allied air forces to produce a long-range fighter capable "of escorting heavy bombers over targets in daylight attacks. Thus, it was asserted, the RAF's attack apparently does not yet mean much relief for Russia. Soviet sources here appreciate the immense damage British bombers have dealt to German war plants but, in the opinion of one: 'Only British and American soldiers fighting on the continent of Europe under the protection of their bomber and fighter fleets will divert German troops from the Eastern Front." An RAF commentator described two prime aims of Britain's bomber blows as: 1.

The destruction of all industry supplying Nazi armies on the Russian front. 2. The curtailment of the Nazi submarine menace in American waters by smashing the U-boats in construction and at home bases. Hit Five Times Toward these ends, the Ruhr area which forges much of Germany's armament, has been hit five times since June with 1,036 bombers. Bremen, arsenal of the U-boat fleet, also has suffered heavy attacks, with more than 1,000 planes in the heaviest of them.

More daylight raids such as the recent far-flung stab at Danzig may help stem the flow of German armor eastward. 'This was in ine with the RAF's long-standing bombing policy but such flights can be made only under special conditions, such as the cloud cover which cloaked the round trip flight to Danzig. Another barrier to such long- range attacks or swift trans- Channel stabs is the Focke Wulf formidable German fighter )lane which British say is super- or to the Spitfire at certain altitudes. As yet, they said, there is no Allied fighter with the combination of speed, long range and maneuverability to fight off the F-190. 'NO LIMITS TO NIMITZ' Wide World Features Of Chester William "Cottonhead" Nimltz a friend once remarked: "Ive never know him to start anything he didn't finish." Now Admiral Nimitz, 57- year-old commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, has one of the toughest jobs of the war; that of smash- the Japanese navy.

He's make headway, marks the victories at Midway and in the Coral Sea as stones in avenging Pearl Harbor. ALTHOUGH he came from a line of Chester was raised in landlocked Frederieksburg, Tex. As a child, he listened to his grandfather relate the experiences of Nimitz sailors. Chester's early inclinations were for a business career. CALL of the sea was strong, though, and at 16, he entered the Naval Academy.

He conquered seasickness, made good marks and scores of friends. Associates say no admiral afloat has as many acquaintances as Nimitz; his ships are noted for high morale. (Continued From Page One) From the scale of the action, observers here believed that Marshal Erwin Rommel, whose German- Italian forces have been stalled before El Alamein since June 30, might be staking everything on a new all-out attempt to smash the British defenses and push on to Alexandria, 75 or SO miles away. While the heaviest fighting was reported in the central sector a seesaw battle also was surging around Tel El Eisa on the coast. Military advices received in Cairo last night said that counterattacking Australian troops had recaptured the Tel El Eisa ridge yesterday only to be driven out again by enemy infantry supported by tanks.

Heavy artillery duels were reported along the entire front and aerial activity was growing in intensity, with the Germans calling upon plane reserves which apparently had been saving for a crucial moment. Battle Started Wednesday The battle in the central sector was joined Wednesday when the RIDE IN THE EVENING at the Diamond Dude Ranch Out West of Adrian on M-34 Saddles, Bridles, Spurs and Riding Clothes at the Trading Post Tonite, Sunday Matinee Dance and Howl Walter Powell with and his Musical Maniacs, direct from 6 months Jack Dempsey's New York BARGAIN MAT. 20c Bring; the kids, they will enjoy Ocean Beach Pier CLARK LAKE, MICH. GAKBEB COMMISSIONED in 1907, Nimitz rose steadily, served brilliantly in World War I. Veteran of pig- FULL admiralship and command of Pacific fleet boats and battleships, he once told a House commit- came 10 days after Pearl Harbor.

He won superlatee: "No government can risk its entire naval force tive praise from the United Nations leaders after his on a single battle future fighting will be by Midway Island victory; quipped a Chinese corn- special units. mentator: "There are no limits to Nimitz." British pushed forward about seven miles and occupied a ridge approximately 12 miles southwest of El with the intention of relieving pressure on Australian forces in the coastal salient. Repulsed in a series of counterattacks on the British positions, the enemy began throwing heavier armor into the struggle late yesterday and by nightfall the battle had swelled to such proportions that its outcome threatened to prove a decisive factor in the campaign. Rommel's chances of success appeared to hinge on the size of the reinforcements he has received during the comparative lull which marked the first two weeks in July and the degree to which he has been able to strengthen his extended lines of communication. received today from Ankara, Turkey, said reports of German-Italian convoys plying daily between Greece and Tobruk indicated that Rommel had been reinforced heavily with both men and equipment.

His air force was said to have been bolstered by planes ferried across to north Africa from When Rommel's drive stalled before El Alamein at the end of June military experts agreed that his troops probably were at the end of their endurance after their swift 350-mile advance across the desert and that his supply lines were too tenuous to permit further progress. Tipton Mrs. L. T. Dibble and Mrs.

Earl Luce were hostesses to the Past Chiefs Club at the former's home Wednesday afternoon with 21 members present. After the business meeting five tables were arranged for cards at which Mrs. Harley Anderson and Mrs. Paul Geiger won the prizes. Refreshments were served.

The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Frank Feight with Mrs. Kenneth Dowling assisting. The Pythian Sisters will meet with Mrs. Grover Swarts next Wednesday afternoon.

The committee consists of Mrs. Swarts, Mrs. George E. Taylor, Mrs. Orville Treat, Mrs.

Leila Van Winkle, Mrs Richard Vollmer, Mrs. Alton Whelan, Mrs. Lyle Bailey and Mrs. Harley Anderson. Mr.

and Mrs. Ernest Linger have received a letter from their son The Weather FORECAST tonight and tomorrow morning with showers and thunderstorms In extreme north portion tonight. Temperatures gl- lowest 64; mean, 72. Temperatures one year -ago est 78: lowest 56; mean 67. Temperatures this date past 69 years 101 In 1887; lowest 51 In 1940 The sun sets today at 9:05 P.

and rises tomorrow at 6:12 A. M. The moon sets today at 11:27 P. and rises tomorrow at 11:15 A. M.

Garrett saying he has arrived in England. Mrs. Burt Poucher has returned home after spending a few weeks with her nephew and wife Mr. and Mrs. Lester Van Ness In Cleveland.

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Elwood drove to Chelsea Tuesday, taking Mrs. Maud Fox to her home after spending a week here. Miss Iva Luce is spending a week's vacation in Chicago and Detroit.

Church Notes Community: Lewis Green, pastor. Preaching services at 10:30 a. m. Children's church during the sermon period in charge of Miss Lydia Nofzinger. Sunday school at 11:30 a.

m. Classes for all ages. Christian Endeavor at the church Sunday evening. Boy Scouts meet at the church Tuesday evening. Maurice Evans and Fritz Mattis, scoutmasters.

Fairfield Mrs. James Thompson of Adrian, a recent bride, was complimented with a shower at her home Monday afternoon. Those present were her former school mates at the Sand Creek school. She received a lovely gift and refreshments were served. The Fairfield Woman's Missionary and Aid Society met Thursday at the Masonic Temple with about 40 members and guests present.

A potluck dinner was served at noon after which the president Sam Myers conducted a business session. The following program with Mrs. Clair Force in charge was presented: readings, Mrs. George Mead and Miss Jennie Baker; vocal solo, Mrs. Harry Myers; reading, Mrs.

Don Myers; a song by the group. BLISSFIELD School Board The board of education met last evening and ratified'the election of Monday at which time Mrs. J. G. Bauer was re-elected to the board for a term of three years.

Lawrence B. Hall was re-elected president of the board, Fred Josenhans was re-elected secretary and Mrs. Bauer was re-elected treasurer. The other members of the board are Parker Tagsold and Earl Houghtby. Missionary Group Mrs.

Will Sayler was hostess to the Bethel Woman's Missionary Association yesterday afternoon. The program opened with group singing interspersed with patriotic Scripture verses. The devotions were led by Mrs. Clyde Whitman with prayer by Mrs. Jacob Betz and Mrs.

Sarah Heckert. Missionary readings were given by Mrs. Ernest Knapp, Mrs. Lena Loar, Mrs. Raymond Loar, Mrs.

Clayton Loar, Mrs. Lawrence Iffland and Mrs. Emery Knapp. A duet was How A CommanidoGefs Tough Wide World Features HESE grips, blows and throws are part of the simple but terribly effective methods of hand-to-hand combat that are taught Britain's soldiers, Commandos and Home Guards. They are described by Captain W.

E. Fairbairn, formerly of the Shanghai police in his book "Get Tough!" Prefaced with the notice that "we've got to be tough to win," the book points out even the most innocent-appearing grips and blows are deadly effective when delivered full strength. Local Obiervatloni For the 24 hour period ended at midnight the U. S. government weather instruments here registered the following temperatures: Maximum, 89; minimum, 60.

hundredths inch. Last night's minimum temperature, 70. Today's readings: 9 a. SO; 1 p. Temperature one year ago today: Maximum, 82; minimum, 65.

The Weather elsewhere stands for the maximum temperature recorded In the 24 hour period ended at 8 o'clock this morning. stands lor the minimum temperature recorded in the 24 hour period ended at 8 o'clock this morning. Atlanta Bismarck Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Duluth Grand Rapids Houghton Memphis Miami a 96 92 79 77 96 92 SI 68 86 73 101 83 Paul New Orleans 88 New York 94 Pittsburgh 83 97 S. Ste. Marie 80 Washington 89 72 58 63 66 77 70 71 56 72 60 78 75 SO 75 70 68 '77 61 74 Edge-of Hand: delivered across or downwards with bent arm, chopping, motion from elbow.

Strangle Hold Break: swing rapidly to right, moving foot back; deliver edge-band blow. Wrist Hold Break: when held as shown, bend wrist, arm toward body, against foe's thumb. Chair Foil: if foe rushes with knife, jab quickly with legs of a chair at his body, face. Hip Throw: pull foe downward with right hand, keep left leg rigid against thigh. Boot Kick: shoot right teg just below kneecap, finish with weight on foot bones.

sung by Mrs. Will Sayler and Mrs. Clyde Whitman and a Bible quiz was conducted by Mrs. Jacob Betz. There were 16 members and guests present.

The next meeting will be held with- Mrs. Edward Webster. Blissfield Richard and Donald DeShettler of Columbus, Ohio, who had been visiting their uncle and aunt Mr. and-Mrs. Tine Shedler for two arid a half weeks went to Toledo Wednesday evening to spend a few days before returning home.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Palmer and son of LaGrange, called on relatives here Wednesday afternoon. Miss Kathryn Bates will return home this evening from Erie where she has been a guest for a few- days of Miss Kathryn Cousineau. Mr.

and Mrs. C. Raymond Zink Jr. of Fort Wayne are moving today to Toledo. They will be guests tonight of her parents Mr.

and Mrs. O. L. Rappleye. in Blissfield.

Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rohrback and daughter Harriett will return tomorrow from Lakeside, Ohio, where they have been spending the past two weeks.

LENAWEE COUNTY GOSPEL TABERNACLE 131 N. McKenzie St. 11 A. M. "BUT GOD" 7:45 P.

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