Carrier rolled over ‘like a tired whale’
Survivors of stricken Yorktown wept as big ship went down
By William Tyree
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Rubber ‘czar’ admits he’s in a strange role
‘Don’t know a thing about rubber,’ he says, but will do his best
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Coney’s lights shine 9 minutes past dimout
Violation occurs on second night of Mardi Gras as 250,000 cheer Merchant Marine parade
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3 Eagle Squadrons back in U.S. uniforms
London, England (UP) –
Members of the three Flying Squadrons who were flying in the Royal Air Force while the United States was still taking measures “short of war” were in American uniform today.
Just as American members of the famed World War I Lafayette Escadrille entered the United States Army in 1917, so the Eagle Squadrons were “repatriated” yesterday.
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FDR gives princess sub chaser for Norway
Washington (UP) –
President Roosevelt presented a new American submarine chaser to the Norwegian Navy in tribute to Norway’s valiant resistance to the “treachery and brute force” of the Axis.
The 173-foot vessel, named the King Haakon VII, was accepted by Crown Princess Märtha of Norway at ceremonies held at the Washington Navy Yard.
U.S. Navy Department (September 17, 1942)
Communiqué No. 128
Far East.
U.S. submarines have reported the following results of operations against the enemy in Far Eastern waters:
- Two large freighters sunk.
- One medium-sized freighter sunk.
- One small patrol boat sunk.
- One large tanker damaged and left afire.
- One large freighter damaged.
- One large transport damaged.
- One medium-sized cargo ship damaged.
These actions have not been announced in any previous Navy Department communiqué, and are not related to operations in the Solomon Islands.
Brooklyn Eagle (September 17, 1942)
Army, Navy hunt ‘prowler’ after mysterious Long Island landing
He leaves raft on beach, eludes Coast Guardsmen
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Premier hails behavior of U.S. troops in Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland (UP) – (Sept. 15)
Premier Ólafur Thors, in a statement on the eve of the anniversary of United States troop landings in Iceland, said today that Icelandic relations with the occupying forces had been “entirely satisfactory” and that “99.99%” of the Iceland people were in sympathy with the American cause.