Motorist wounded by Army sentry
Jersey youth critically hurt near armory
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Pacific casualty reports delayed
Washington, April 4 (UP) –
The Navy Department today asked the public to refrain rom sending to Washington individual inquiries regarding casualties to naval personnel.
The request was made through the department’s 65th communiqué disclosing the loss of the aircraft carrier Langley, the naval tanker Pecos and the destroyer Peary.
The Navy said:
War conditions in the Southwest Pacific have greatly complicated and delayed reports of casualties and the public is urged to refrain from initiating individual inquiries regarding casualties.
The next of kin of all casualties are always notified by telegram as soon as possible.
Johnson and Cripps hold India parley
American, Briton confer as nationalists voice displeasure at U.S.
FDR to get report
Negotiations take new turn as guidance of Gandhi is sought
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G-men seize William Pelley as subverter
Founder of Silver Shirts arrested on orders issued by Biddle
Faces quick trial
Accused of attempting to interfere with success of U.S. Navy
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Navy releases details of Langley destruction
700 officers and men lost in sinking of U.S. aircraft tender and two other warships in recent battles off Java
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Navy commander describes Makassar Strait battle
Tells how 4 U.S. vessels raided Japs
Enemy ships ‘evaporate’ as torpedoes, shells wreck
By Cdr. P. H. Talbot
Editor’s note:
Cdr. Paul Talbot, 45, of Willoughby, Ohio, has recently returned from the Southwest Pacific where he was in command of a destroyer division of the Asiatic Fleet. It was his division of four old World War I-type destroyers that made the now-famous attack on a Japanese convoy in Makassar Strait. Here is his story of that battle as told to a press conference in Washington.
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