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C1B LATE NEWS it N1 WEATHER Showers, warm tonight; cloudy, warm tomorrow. DAILY AND SUNDAY 3 CENTS Entered at the Brooklyn Po 2d Cm Mil MU (Copyrkht 14S Th Brooklyn Ef Zee I BROOKLYN, N. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1945 104th YEAR No. 135 4 a 2 f- fr1 Via Ji-t- ,..,,1 sr-. llito4ltU 1 i.lr....,.M..

ni. JJ ORDEAL BY FIRE Viewed from the cruiser Santd Fe, the burning Essex class carrier Franklin, which is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after a voyage home, seems about to capsize after two hits by a Japanese dive-bomber. Members of the Franklin's crew on the flight deck may be seen awaiting assignment to fire-fighting details despite the flames and exploding bombs and rockets. S. Nivy photoa CLOSE-UPS OF DISASTER Center panel shows a crown of flame above one of the 5-inch gunmounts of the carrier Franklin.

At right, one of the series of explosions that rocked the ship for five hours after the dive-bombing scatters debris and adds a new series of names to the already large casualty list of "Big Ben." Members of the fire-fighting detail fall back but they surged to battle the flames soon after. YANKS BATTLE Poultry Shortage TO SHURI GATE Laid to OP A Laxity Air-Bus-Rail Terminal Urged for Brooklyn Aviation Expert Proposes L. I. Station As Site of Strip for Light Plane Landings Brundage Declares Faulty Price Control Diverts Food From City JAPS REPORT Tokyo Says Big U. S.

Fleet Left Marianas, Maybe for Okinawa Guam, May 18 0J.R Tenth Army forces on Okinawa to-i As Brooklyn, butcher shops faced another day of early closings as a result of scanty supplies, Markets Commissioner Brundase cave consumers a definite idea as to the reason A vV it I f0r the shortage. Commenting on poultry raids on day slugged toward the heart'two alleged hotesade black market conflsoate uninspected poultry. Of the capital City Of Naha and operators in Mannaitan and sub- Sold at Legal Trice hv pnpmv arr-niint hrokP mLiislon of aainst eight The department, after inspecting ny enemy account OlOKe accused of illicit oper- Ihe birds, sold the poultry to re-into the "immediate out- ation to the United States Attor- tailers at ceiling prices. Mr. Brun-skirts" of the inland Citadel ny's office in Mr- Brun- dage said that there was no doubt dage said that lax enforcement of that the poultry was headed for 01 bnuri.

price controls outside the city was the black market, and stated that i Radio Tokyo also said a powerful diverting much poultry from the the wholesalers from whom it was American fleet had steamed out of; seized "will not get a nickel from the Marianas last. Snnrinv nr Mnn-I Phnln nn PaaA A sale. HEROES BRING JAP-CRIPPLED CARRIER HOME Vessel Makes Trip Of 13,400 Miles Under Own Power By VIOLET BROWN Left for dead by the enemy 53 miles Off the Jap Coast, her hull racked by ammunition DlasUS and enveloped in flame, the aircraft carrier Franklin hnmo In tho Ttrnnirivn XNdvy ara loaay aner an epic 14fln-milo vnvatrp with a voyage skeleton crew of survivors. Sh started her journey back March 21. just two days after a Jap dive bomber, in one of those chances that her skipper, Capt.

Leslie E. Gehres. frankly called "an aviator's dream," caught, her as she was about to launch her and landed two 500-pound bombs on her flight and hangar decks. A little more than a month later April 26 th Franklin sighted the Statue of Liberty, her main mast lpaning at a sharp angle, her foremast a torn stump, her steel plates ragged and her flight deck gone, witn a greater numoer ol men lost and damaged worse than any other ship that ever entered New York harbor under her own power, she had joined the long dti tinguished roster of the navy's "hero ships. 832 Dead, Missing There were 704 men aboard (they call themselves "the 704 Club" now) out of the more than 3.000 sailors, fliers and marines who were there.

Behind her she left 832 of her crew in uir ni OrilH day. for new forays against the Japanese Empire 'city. He averted that Wednesday's Although it is not definitely, iiVe poultry receipts in the New York Eslablishnipnt in Brooklyn of a combined air, bits and rail terminal was urged last, nicht by John F. Budd, chairman of the aviation section of the New York Board of Trade. He addressed more than 100 members of Group of the New York State Savings Bank Associa- tion in the Hotel St.

George. The would include an airstrip for light planes and helicop'ers. Mr Blltld suggested the present Long Island Railroad depot at At- lantic and Flatbush Aves. was "as near a central spot in Brooklyn as any one can find" because of the DMximitv of subwavs. local sur- face transportation facilities, large department, and chain stores warehouses.

and ter- 3 Modes of Travel The central portion of the minal would be given over to a large rotunda divided into three sections, each lor passengers seek- ing one of the major methods of transportation, according to Mr. Budd's plan. Bus passengers would use the rear part of the terminal and rail passengers would descend to the lower level to meet their trains. Air travelers would ascend to the upper level to board small intrastate planes or feederliners to meet long distance schedule Yanks Threaten Valencia, Airfield Manila, May 18 (U.R)-American troops on Mindanao today closed in on Valencia and Its important 31st Division's position as of MK.nr. uir uMiiaHA or ikh.

me Droaa acuvuies requne a ijjv 1 .,1 Additional small American atixil- lary carriers have arrived off Oki- HEROIC CHAPLAIN Lt. CathoJic chaplain described planes at LaOuardia Airport. Mle- wild, or other fields, Stiasestltift the airstrip be laid' down over the pre.sent submerged tracks of the Long Island Railroad in the area the station. Mr. Budd assured the audience that "this would not necessitate the tearinu down of any structures." "I have alwas thouijht it rather sillv," he declared, that a Brook- lynite oent on meeting a plane at LaGuardia Airport must travel along a wide curve from Brooklyn, to Manhattan to Long Island.1 Bdieves Air Age Here native and resident of Brook- lyn, Mr.

Budd, who is editor and publisher of Air Transportation, believes the air age is already here, disagreeing with others who claim it still has to come. Brooklyn needs rapid transit be XV(n iuelf and big airports," he big airports, sajd. "It needs this becae thej borough is an important center of business, industry and population; because it cannot afford to drop behind when there is a general rush eunent for better position in the; postwar era; because we owe it to, ourselves and our community, as, Continued on Page 4 ALL QUIET IN TRIESTE AS TROOPS SHUN CLASHES Trieste, May 18 U.R) Both Allied, and Yugoslav troops in Trieste are trying to avoid incidents, pending 1finnI dpcision on the Prt' I An Yugoslav sti11 trolled the streets to- Yugoslavs, blamed for irresponsible tion peddling as a cloak to conceal nawa. Tokyo said. At least 11 were OPA and Markets Department in said to have been spotted around fitv was ending meat to parts the island yesterday.

The number 'of the' East where black markets of American land-based aircraft could be obtained. Okinawa also has been saw" by his skipper, prays as he administers last rites to a dying crewmon aboard the flaming carrier Franklin, ignoring his own perilious position amid exploding bombs and shattered debris. Chaplain Leading Hero In Saving of Franklin who will never again man gun or two-strip airfield after a surge 0'" more maime so.oiers nave plane, being counted as dead or six miles along the Sayre highway, replaced those who originally en-missing in the fieht to save their; a rnmmnninne tt-hirh irnve the tered the city. Many of the young i department exercised its right to I i i to the Brooklvn, the OPA said that co- operation bv 50 borough retailers had enabled he move Meanwhile, the New York OPA consumer council sent to Washing- ton a recommendation that poultry and PgEA be rationed Jap Cruiser Sunk In Malacca Strait London, Mav 18 (U British warships penetrating the Malacca strait northwest of Singapore for the first time in three years, sank a Japanese gun cruiser of 10,000 tons Wednesday, the Admiralty announced today. The cruiser was attacked first by wrier aircraft and finally by de- stovers 30 miles west -southwest of Penang Island, off the Malayan Peninsula.

A British destroyer suffered a small number of casualties in the engagement. Japan has four lOOOO-ton Natl cla.ss cruisers the Nan. Mvoko, Asigara and Haguro Thev carry a complement of 692 officers and men. The communique said the Japanese cruiser fim was sighted in the North Malacca S'ralt bv Avenger aircraft from the escort carrier H. M.

S. Shah. The planes scored one probable hit and a near miss on the ship, which was accompanied by a riest rover. A force of British destroyert speeded to intercept the cruiser. Tnrpedo attacks were made and the Japanese cruiser was seen to sink.

Pie a la Mode Hard Hit As Sugar Cut Looms a la mode may become a rarity after July 1. bakers and ice cream manufacturers preriiced today, declaring that they anticipate another 20 percent rut in u'lntas They now are on 70 percent of their normal supplies, they said. WHERE TO FIND IT Paa vir Fnhor 9 Fit- 21 --I'. 15T 18 A My Word i'rs A' -Tien 13 17 10 iy in in Iclvn 9 A is 13, 13 20 Wednesday put the leading ele- shootings which might have started emerged as the outstanding hero of movlntr the bodlp. of rirrf rnrnrartPs in the outskirts of Valencia serious incidents, are gone.

ithe carriers ordeal said the fight to he sald and onlv two miles from the air-1 get the fire tinder control lasted- "Through all that dav and most drome. The 31st had slashed ahead Steee Convicted, Faces I hours after the morning of tnat nl hl on six miies Wednesday and five miles: rL 'attack. end the second dav all the bodies the dav before, and there were noi60 Years Ofl Girls Charges, "We got a couple of hours of 7cTPiml were hurieri indications their advance had1 Mark Steele, 47, who was found he said, "and ate a half slice of Thprp wpr. rt euiltv of using magazine sub.vrip- bread with some sausage. Then we ship.

In addition, 270 of her men were wounded, 90 of them seriously. Yesterday at 3d Naval District headquarters, 90 Church Man- hH CaP'innr's' who comes from Coronario, Cat, for the first time made public some of the details of the Franklin's gallant tory. He has been her skipper since last twwiiu. 1, wnr iiniiMju i c- repHim at tne Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremer piuKuiuuuii, wuaj lai-csing me acaa. 1 Cly terminal had been 4.i.ono while Newark had received 3000OO pounds.

This charge served to verify the boUef jn manv quartprs that stnrt enforcement, of nrice ceilings hv the Mtuation Better But this explanation for the Lshortage did not aid borough butch ers in their quest for meat. At tnp Boro Mpat MarkPt it was sald lnp situation "was no better than vesterdav" and that the meat sllpplv wouid undoubtedlv no. last an dav "very, very was the com ment at Bernie's Meat Market, 3M1A cwmin Ronri In nonitrv totl of 12.000 pound of uninspected fnu-I wac Cfi7ivl hi- rw- partment officials at the markets nf yu 5fiSR Rth Ave nnd Sam 2fi98 Rth Ave. The seizure marked the first time th 98 Local Men Anions Casualties The today, names killed, War Department announcing the of 742 soldiers 1,279 wounded, 384 missing and 698 liberated, listed 28 Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island dead, 39 wounded and nine missing in the European and Pacific areas, and 21 released from German prison camps. The navy listed six dead, 13 wounded and three missing.

Local casualty lists are on Page 9. Call the Brooklyn Chapter, American Red Cross, and arrange to donate a pint of blood NOW. TRi-angle 5-8040. ton, Wash. 'Big Ben was not newiThe 40th was working its way south U.

Nnvy photos Joseph O'Callahan, Comm. as "the bravest man ever the bodies were buried under tons of stee1' Busy Removing Bodien AH members of the crew, except the engineers and those manning tne guns, were busy those two days Father O'Callahan, a former math 1 Continued on Page 2 Seeks Sanity Hearing For Frances Farmer Seattle, May 18 (U.R An insanity complaint has been filed against former film Frances Farmer, 30. for the seconl time within two years. Her mother, Mis. Lillian Farmer of Seattle, entered the complaint.

TllP blond M'ss Farmer, whose SPrlPS nf wllri Papades began early 1,1 1943- w'ly disappeared from her mother's home here, but turned the following morning. A sanity hearing for the actress probably will be held Monday at King County Hospital. County Clerk Norman Riddell said. Await WPB Decision On Auto Reproduction Washington, May 18 (UP The decision as to when passenger car "'1'iwucuon wm oegin is up Is up to iw rimuu Linn Di'nm UIIMll IIIHIl J. A.

Krug. Mr. Krug is studying proposals submitted by automobile manufacturers and labor leaders who seek speedy reconversion. The manufacturers suggested they rould make at least 200,000 pa.ssen- eer cars this year on the basis of WPB estimate of available steel suppnes. Tokyo said.

Fate Hinges on Buttle An article in the Japanese news paper Mamie ni reiterated earner, Japanese warnings mat tne iate 01 lm the Japanese people lunge on the outcome of the battle for Okinawa. Tftlffn cniH Am.fl.nn I.Annr I driven into the "immediate out-! mi u. imu skim" of Shun, central anchor of the Japanese line on southern Okl nawa, as well as into Naha, and were "attempting to infiltrate our positions lniO iron I reporis saia maiines 01 me 6th Division were cracking fanatic Continued on Page 11 Raids Wreck Jap Plane Factory, 4 of -Biggest Oil Plants Guam, May 'UP' American planes have wrecked four of Japan's biggest, oil supply plants and a hit h-: erto unknown aircraft assembly works, it was disclosed todav. 1 The 21st Bomber Command an- nounced 400 B-29s had "rendered inoperative'' the oil centers in at tacks on southern Japan May 10. A "50 percent knockout blow" against the new Kumamo'n aircraft assembly plant in north -central Kyushu by earner planes last Monday was revealed in a delaved dispatch from a tak force off Japan.

Detailed results of the second American R-29 fire raid in three days on Nagoya yesterday awaited reconnaissance photographs. Returning crewmen said all southern Nagoya. including the giant Mitsubishi aircraft works and the dork area, was in flames when they left. The bomber command said that B-29s which hit Osliima. a small island off southwest Honshu, on May 10 destroyed all but five of the 6.i oil storage tanks there.

Bomb damage at. the Otake oil refinery on southern Honshu covered the entire target area. The plant was listed as "out of operation." Cuts Diplomatic Ties London. Mav 18 (U The Swedish domestic radio said today Denmark has broken riinlomatlfi relations with Japan and the puppet Chinese gov- eminent, at NanKing. 1 Lt.

Comm. Joseph T. O'Callahan said today it took two days to bury the dead aboard the Franklin after the March 19 strike by a Jap The scholarly looking Roman Catholic chaplain from Boston who started the gruesome task of bury- Father OCallahan said most or TELLS HOW LUFTWAFFE CUT SHORT A SHOW, BUT ONLY FOR 24 HOURS Returning from a seven-month overseas tour, starring in the Noel Coward play, "Blythe Spirit," Peggy Wood today told of one perform- ance interrupted by an air raid and continued 24 hours Inter from the same line In the nlav Still wearing her U. Camp Shows uniform Miss Wood arrived at LaGuardia Field late yesterday aboard a transatlantic nlane from North Africa. The interruption by the Luftwaffe came during a show in England.

In the middle of the second act. while Vficc Unrv! 'ac a rr Ua n(r larm smintipd nd ne rai(1. ers appeared overhead too quickly spent the raid huddled against a brick wall. Mindful of the groans of dtsap- nointmnnt. from tho the Intemiption came, thev pre sented the show, starting with the same line, the following night.

Russo-Bulgar Accord Seen Istanbul, May 18 (U.Pi Bulgarian government sources said today that a Russo-Buigarian treaty of friend iship and mutual aid In the near future. will be signed To the north, however, the 40th mvision met stilt oppasiiion irom ijapanese artillery and mortar po- ions in the Mangina Canyon. through difficult, hilly country carneted with 12-foot high grass, The two divisions were 31 airline miles or 45 miles along the winding Sayre highway from a junction which would sdIh Mindanao length- wise. On Luzon seasonal rains con- tinned to hamper American ad- vances. but the battle for loo Dam appeared nearing a close.

Brooklyn Is In City Brooklyn's 7th War Loan drive aavancea loaay as me oorougn reached 21.3 percent of Its bond quota of $61,500,000 and first re- ports of sales to individuals re- vealed that Brooklyn had attained 16 8 percent, second to Richmond In borough records. Among the groups organizing drives to exceed the borough's 000.000 overall quota were school children, represented in the "Cash- more savings banks, the Kings County American Legion and an organization of hospitals. Sale Tabulation I "E'' bond sale Wednesday and, a bu-year-tear in prison. He wa.s convicted on all three indictment counts by an all-male jury in General Sessions, which deliberated only two hours yester- day on completion of the second trial. The first jury disagreed and a woman member said she did not believe the testimony of women who testifield against Steele.

Judge James G. Wallace will pro- nounce sentence June 18. Steele has a record of arrests for 'petty frauds and assault. Second Bond Sales cumulative sales in that category to date were: wednMrUv cumuimive Brooklyn 3so 738 20fi Manhattan i.2r2 39.442 4m BOS.SSfi 4 39 SH4 7 763 790 S79 20 a i Total Brooklyn Sanha'tun Bronx Richmond con o-i -i -SS -117 11 10 Individuals In lha sams 14 8 9 7 lV'l l.fiflO 43S 497,093 S.7S4 690 1.ZS9 67 16 17 'J6 902 6 6S5 076 63 938 186 5 1J9 fli 872 819 Total 12.188.160 94.152.838 The "Cashmore Plan" for school children's sales haa been adopted by Continued on Piie 11 Continued on Page 2 PLAN NEW DIME AND BOND PRINT TO HONOR ROOSEVELT Washington, May 18 OJ.B-The new dime to honor President Roosevelt will be the fourth portrait coin In the present series. The coin will be in circulation by Christmas and will bear Mr.

Roose-tv't's likeness. Eleanor Roosevelt has approved the project. A new series of war bonds bearing a picture of Mr. Roosevelt and a reprint of one of his popular utterances would be issued in the eighth War Loan drive. IMMEDIATELY HiATBtlBH SBOfl Avmup (Bfdtordi; deMrhed.

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