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Survivors Reach U. S. Panamanian Sailor With Hardship Tales Puts Color in Story Of Gambier Bay Of Bjr the Associated Pres«. Dorsey-Hall Fight SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.— By the Associated Press. Sharks and thirst took the lives of LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—The pros- some of the American seamen who survived fire in the Oc- ecution finally has found somebody Japanese tober 25 sea battle off the Philip- who claims to know what happenec pines, their comrades disclosed on In Tommy Dorsey’s Hollywood apart- arrival here. ment brawl last August 5, wher Wearing borrowed uniforms and broad of the men Movie Actor Jon Hall almost los1 grins, 1,200 whose went down before the the end of his nose. ships Japa- nese fleet was routed in that famed Antonio Icaza, a swarthy Pana- battle landed in San Francisco manian sailor and actor, claims that yes- the band leader, incensed at terday. IJali Many of the men were among the putting his arm around Mrs. Dorsej 730 survivors of the escort carrier, (Pat Dane), picked up a bottle and Gambier Bay, sunk off Samar by bashed it across big Jon’s face. and others were “Where did he get the bottle?’ enemy shellfire, from the destroyers Hoel and asked Edwin Myers, who is prose- and destroyer escort cuting Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey and Johnston, the Samuel B. Roberts. their friend. Allen Smiley, or charges of felonious assault. Two Lost to Sharks. “Bottles All Over Place,” Tales of heroism, of death and close from of “Why, there were bottles all over escape hungry sharks, the place,” he replied. thirst, and finally of rescue after two in the sea were recounted The way Tony tells it, everybody days but himself at the party, staged by officers and enlisted men who In celebration of Mrs. Dorsey's 26th poured down the gangplank as a birthday, had consumed too much Navy band played “Anchors Aweigh" liquor. and waiting wives screamed a wel- come to their “What about Hall: was he drunk?” husbands. Two men were sharks “Mr. Hall, yes; I believe he was grabtyd by intoxicated too.” as they leaped from the doomed Gambier said took a Bay, and others, were so Tony Dorsey dislike SAN FRANCISCO.—FORMER ALL-AMERICAN AMONG GAMBIER BAT SURVIVORS—Comdr. tempted by thirst as they bobbed to several persons sitting on and Fred “Buzz” on rafts that sea Borries, jr. (left), all-America football star at Annapolis in 1934 and air officer of nearby a sofa with Mrs. Dorsey and they swallowed sickened the escort carrier Gambier which was sunk in the second battle of the is shown told all to “get the hell out of here, water, and died. Bay, Philippines, as he arrived here yesterday with other survivors. With him are Comdr. Arthur M. (center), you so-and-sos.” Ship Sank in 50 Minutes. Purdy of a Comdr. Leon “And He Ha.” Greenwich, Conn., skipper the destroyer Abner Read, lost in Pacific storm, and Laugh, Ha, The Gambier Bay, a among group 8. Klntberger (right), Bay Ridge, Md., of the destroyer Hown, also lost in the Philippines. “And then,” continued Icaza, “Mr. of American escort carriers and de- skipper Dorsey, he say: ‘Look at their silly stroyers which were confronted by faces.’ And he laugh, ‘ha, ha, ha!' enemy battleships and cruisers off like that.” Samar, was hit by shells at 8:10 House Group Probes “Well, you, Mr. Icaza, how did a m., ordered abandoned at 8:50 and you get to the Dorsey party?” asked went down at 9 o'clock. Mr. FIRST LIBERTY SHIP DOCKS AT ANTWERP—Unloading operations proceed at a dock in Myers. Some survivors were in the water About as the in a of for Allied armies. The Complaints That was a question everybody in Antwerp, Belgium, first Liberty ship brings cargo supplies more than 40 hours before being the courtroom was waiting for. be- vessel was the first of the ocean-going convoy units now pouring supplies into the Belgian port. picked up from the rafts 40 miles cause nobody had been able to place —A. P. Photo via Signal Corps Radio. from the Philippines. GI Artificial Tony as among those present when Some eyewitness glimpses: Legs the hostilities started. Capt. Walter V. R. Vieweg, Elmira. A thorough probe of charges that “I was in another party at a N. Y., Gambier Bay commanding artificial legs furnished wounded club where Assails night the Dorseys were London Paper officer who corroborated accounts of American soldiers by the Army are and my asked me to to of inferior people go sharks killing two men: quality was promised to- the apartment and have a Chairman of a House nightcap." “I acted as doctor and chaplain day by Kelley “Did you have one?” Kent Labor subcommittee Cooper's Plan for my group (of rubber rafts). We investigating “I didn’t see any there.” aid to the buried some of the men at sea, men physically handicapped. “Did have a drink?” you who died of injuries received in the He directed Samuel Barker, com- “I was offered one, but I put it mittee to a For World Free Press fight. We recited the Lord's Prayer counsel, make prelim- away.” in unison.” inary investigation of the charges This confused Prosecutor Myers. By the Associated Press. in Lt. (j. g.) Henry Pyzdrowski, Pitts- preparation for early public hear- He wasn't certain what Tony meant LONDON, Dec. 2.—The press before the House whose was unable ings group. it burgh, plane to by “putting away.” freedom campaign conducted by take off: Mr. Barker explained that the Put Drink on Table. committee had heard of Kent Cooper, executive director of “I swam for an hour until I came reports complaints by many legless veterans Tony just put the drink on the the Associated Press, was attacked to a raft. There were too many of that the “GI” limbs table, he said. us for the raft so we supplied them a British took turns yesterday by weekly maga- were not as good as could Hall was a hesitant and confused riding and hanging onto the edge.” they buy witness who couldn’t reconcile the zine. the Economist, with a sug- in the open market and wanted to gestion that his program might Critical of determine whether there is conflicting stories he gave to the Jap Marksmanship. any allow American news agencies "to Lt. W. F. basis for such complaints. newspapers the day after the fight. Cordner, Cranford, N. J.: Seaman (Second Class) Earl Fetkenhier of dominate the world.” "Fire Adrian, Mich., In the After about eight hours on the control of the Jap ships disclosing investigation, who also was among the survivors. He spent two days and Mr. 6tand, Hall admitted he The politico-economic publication, stinks. They should have us a Kelley said, “We must see to it finally got on a raft carrier was —A. P. established in 1843. included the long time before did.” nights after the sunk. Wirephotos. that our returning wounded soldiers wouldn't want to see the defendants they i- The and sailors the best care and convicted on the kind of testimony following in an "American survey” morale, heroism and spirit of get ap- their men were for their he had given. He said he was beat- section devoted to short articles on praised highly by pliances necessary complete rehabilitation.” en and cut, but he couldn’t hon- the United States: Capt. Vieweg. Comdr. Richard R. Ballinger, executive officer of the On the Roll of Honor— He emphasized he would await estly tell who was responsible. “Mr. Kent Cooper, general man- Gambier and Comdr. Leon S. results of the before Icaza was still in the witness ager of the Associated Press and Bay, investigation com- Killed conclusions chair when court adjourned until author of ‘Barriers Down,’ is leading Kintberger, Bay Rridge, Md., reaching any about manding officer of the Hoel. Marine First Lt. Charles H. whether the reported Monday. a crusade to incorporate a ‘charter I Kelly, complaints the are Tony brought a $40,000 damage of freedom for news and communi- Although attacking Japanese whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry justified. group was far more it was Mr. Barker said the suit against Dorsey the day after cations’ in the peace settlements. powerful, E. Kelly, reside at 4724 South Da- complaint* prevented by the from had been to the the fight, claiming he was injured. “In an article in Life he demands plucky fight kota avenue N.E., was listed by the I brought committee's getting to Gen. MacArthur's attention an official of a When Dorsey got his notice he ex- freedom of access to news, freedom Douglas Navy Department as killed in action by local claimed: “Who invasion scene at Leyte Gulf and in the Pacific area. The Star carried I trade union which had is this Icaza?” for agencies to compete or to ex- organized suffered terrific losses under the November after his for of vet- change news and an end to prefer- per- story 19, | outings groups legless sistent attack of carrier-based ential rates of transmission. Mr. parents were notified. erans here. Many of the veteran* Western Front planes as it retired from the scene. Robert 412 were to have been so Cooper, like most big business exec- Sergt. W. Gibbs of reported dis- (Continued From First The battle off Samar was one of satisfied with the Page.) utives, experiences a peculiar moral Sixty-fifth street, Maryland Park, | artificial legs sup- \ three segments of the second battle was J-—J who on War them BELGIUM glow in finding that his idea of Md., listed today's plied by the Army that they which still was in of the Philippines Sea and was the as Union, enemy \ |°i.»nin«»,»° freedom coincides with his commer- Department casualty release iwere planning to throw them away hands.