Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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The World War's Deep-Sea Spy The excitement at the Admiralty over this further coup can be imagined. From that moment Diver Miller descended to every sunken U-boat that could be located in order to obtain possession of the familiar strongbox. No fewer than sixty sunken German submarines did Miller explore, so that the as- pect of the boxes containing their precious codes Kwhieh were so continuously being alteredl, mine plans and official orders became quite familiar to him. As an instance of his rapid movements, Miller went down one evening to a U-boat which had been sunk off Dover, and hav- ing blown off the conning tower, entered and found the bodies of the crew still warm. nThc machinery had been put out of order by the shell,n Miller explained, Hand, almost uninjured, the boat had sunk, but could not rise again to the surface. The reserve of fresh air had gradually given out, and the fifty officers and crew, realizing they were trapped, had been seized with panic and many had apparently mulcred others by sheeting, afterward committing suicide. The scene was terrible, Some had written letters to their families. Some of these L managed to get, and I believe they were afterward delivered to the rc- latives.0 I Once Miller was asked if he found many fish feeding inside the wrecked U-boat. 'I often disturbed big crabs, some of them a foot across, and lobsters 26 inches or so long. I found scores of conger cols, some of them seven to eight feet long, all busily feeding. They give one a bit of a shock. The greatest depth to which Miller went to reach submarines was two hundred and ten feet, and his descriptions of crawling on hands and knees in a mine field in the pitch darkness in search of a sunken vessel are thrilling. Creeping among all sorts of shellfish, huge eenger cols and other denizens of the sea bottom, sometincs across sands and again breast-deep in swirling sea plants, was surely a thrilling experience of lone- liness and danger. All the conditions for an accident are pro- sent in diving and Miller had several narrow escapes. That mutiny indicated by the of one submarine handle, had been while attempting was hit and sunk sometincs occurred on board the U-boats was fact that as Miller entered the conning tower he found that the commander, hanging onto a shot three times with a revolver from below, to make his escape at the moment the vessel One of the most mysterious discoveries, however, was made by Miller in- a sunken submarine off the Orkneys. He found tmm Um round he of those a couple found a whole crew was composed of officers. On searching a- quantity of neat leather suitcases. Several he opened, finding to his suprise that each contained of suits, collars, cravats and shoes, together with sums of money and other things. It was evidently the inten- tion of that mysterious crew to land somewhere on the British coast and abandon their vessel, but with what motive, still remains a mystery.

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Diver Miller continued his visits to the sunken enemy submarines until the Armistice. But while engaged in this work, he was also helping to recover gold worth five million pounds on board the sunken steamer Laurentic. Miller and his divers worked at intervals over a period of three years. At one time while the enemy were continually laying mines in the close vicinity--and recovered more than 14,000,000 in bullion from the wreck. By com and of King'George, Miller went with his wife one morning to Buckingham Palace. At His Majesty's request, Miller related the exciting story of his exploits, much as he has told it here, to which His Majesty listened with great interest. The King bestowed upon him two decorations and complimented him upon his unfailing bravery, I think this is a very interesting story ani should be encouraged in every respect. It would help every nition in time of war if they had good divers to find out important secrets from the other countries. W it 65 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF Patty Dole couldn't find words? Geneva Marean kept her elbows in? The boys eouldn't play basketball? The girls had a regular basketball team? Crowley's Ford always wanted to run? Eva Uoodbrcy get her Geometry? Charlotte Nason stopped giggling? Eleanor Lewis stopped chasing boys? Gloria Ryall get to school on time? Ramona stopped studying? The radio woulQn't go? Raymond Wood get his French? Edith Edgecomb eouldn't lpsten to Dick Powell? All the boys could dance. Ruth was a briar instead of a Thorne? Russell was a painter instead of a Dyer? Pauline was Warmbroth instead of a Coolbroth? Betty was a thaw instead of a Frost? Leith was an ache instead of a Paine? Marilyn was a raspberry instead of a Mayberry? Florence Emery didn't get A in bookkeeping? Raymond was coal instead of Wood? N -25 -39 Uncle Sam now recognizes acrobatic aviation with its sudden changes in air pressure as a possible remedial agent in certain types of deafness. So hereafter, when a commer- cial pilot has such a prospective passenger, he may obtain a special permit to go up and zoom and tailspin him back to normal hearing.