U.S. Navy Department (October 19, 1943)
Communiqué No. 475
Pacific and Far East.
According to the latest available information, U.S. submarines, operating over wide areas and carrying the war to the enemy’s closest home waters, have sunk a total of 319 Japanese ships, have probably sunk and have damaged 105 others since December 7, 1941.
In previous Navy Department communiqués, the sinking of 221, the probable sinking of 31, and the damaging of 60 enemy vessels were announced. To bring the score of damage inflicted on Japanese shipping by U.S. submarines up to date, the following additional details of results are reported for the first time by types:
Sunk (98 total):
- 6 large tankers
- 17 large cargo‑supply ships
- 45 medium‑sized cargo‑supply ships
- 3 large transports
- 2 medium‑sized tankers
- 5 small cargo‑supply ships
- 20 miscellaneous vessels
Probably sunk:
- 5 medium‑sized cargo vessels
Damaged (45 total):
- 4 large tankers
- 2 transports
- 2 large cargo‑supply vessels
- 31 medium‑sized cargo‑supply vessels
- 5 miscellaneous vessels
- 1 small cargo‑supply vessel
The Pittsburgh Press (October 19, 1943)
ALLIES OVERRUN 23 TOWNS
March on Rome advances along 100-mile front
Germans cleared from river’s north bank; Yanks seize strongpoints on right flank; resistance weakens
By Richard D. McMillan, United Press staff writer
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Allies agree to boost aid for Russians
Accord signed in London after Hull arrival in Moscow
By Lyle C. Wilson, United Press staff writer
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House, Senate vote boosts in allowance
$30 monthly voted first child of serviceman, $20 for others
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6 days and no coal –
Miners ignore leaders’ pleas
Strike shuts down 7 Alabama steel furnaces
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GOP flatly opposes any tax increase
Let President cut needless 300,000 off payroll, statement says
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Wine-and-dine probe pledged by House group
Comptroller General challenged War Department to deny charges
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Japs repelled in attacks on base in Guinea
Australian troops beat off new thrusts against Finschhafen
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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17 Americans held by Nazis will be freed
Wounded Yanks included in 4,340 prisoners to be exchanged
By Jack Fleischer, United Press staff writer
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Churchill says he won’t reply
Stays silent on charges by U.S. Senators
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Foreign plane driven off on Pearl Harbor outskirts
Craft, believed Japanese reconnaissance flight, is caught in beam of searchlights
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In Washington –
Senate group fails to act on the post-war resolution
Despite pressure of administration, no voter is expected Thursday in special session
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Wage demands listed by Bioff
More money ‘works both ways,’ he says
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Mt. Lebanon flier sheds pieces of Japanese shell
Every time he showers, metal is washed from skin
By George Weller
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WAC lieutenant slain by estranged husband
Richmond, Virginia (UP) –
Police said today that Wendell P. Arrington, of Dade County, Florida, slashed his own wrists and throat with a razor after killing his estranged wife, WAC Lt. Mildred S. Arrington, 31.
Arrington phoned police yesterday from his wife’s home that he had killed her and had attempted to kill himself. Her body was found in a bedroom.
Arrington was taken to a hospital. His condition is fair.