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1 . Defeated
uses Only Slight Damage
PRESIDENT DECORATES DOOLITTLE
President Roosevelt a£ Washington pinned the Con
gressional Medal of Honor on Brig. Gen. James II. Doo
little for leading the American bombing haid on Tokyo
Apr 1 18th. Behind them are Lt. Gen. H. 15. Arnold,
air force commander, Mrs. Doolittle, who witnessed the
White House ceremony. Doolittle’s background shows
Alaska is entitled to part claim to the hero, llis parents
took him north in the gold rush at the age of three.
He started school in Nome and later returned to San
Francisco.
Details Of Japanese Aerial
Attack On Dutch Harbor
^ (Delayed Telegraph on Dutch Harbor attack)
WASHINGTON, June 3. (APt — The Navy announi
ed that 4 Japanese bombers and about 15 fighters at
tacked Dutch Harbor at approximately 6 a.m. The at
tack lasted 15 minutes the communique said. No other
details are available at this time. — Received June 4.
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Make Second Attack After <> Hours
WASHINGTON, June 3 (AP) — The Navy announc
ed tonight that Japanese planes made a second attack
on Dutch Harbor, 6 hours after 4 bombers and about
15 fighters made the initial foray. The second attack
was a noon Dutch Harbor time, or 3 p.m. Pacific Time.
— Received June 4
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No Serious Damage and Only Few Casualties
WASHINGTON, June 3 (AP) — The Navy announc
ed that the Dutch Harbor attack caused no serious dam
age and only a few casualties. A second communique
on reports received up to 6 p.m. Eastern time, said:
k “Further reports on the Japanese air attack on Dutch
Harbor state that there were but a few casualties. A
few warehouses were set afire but no serious damage
was suffered. There is nothing to report from other
areas.” — Received June 4.
(miening Sends Message to Alaskans
JUNEAU, June 4 (Empire) — Governor Gruening
issued the following statement this afternoon:
“To the people of Alaska: An anticipated air raid on
Alaska began this morning with an attack by Jap
planes on Dutch Harbor. Our Army and Navy are ren
dering an excellent account of themselves. All civilian
defense units should rem*»n on the alert. Details as
deemed advisable will be released in time by military
authorities.”
Sink Jap
Ships Totalling
22,009 Tons
Allied Headquarters in
Au ;r: 'da, June 4 (AP) —
A’lied subs sank an arm
ed transport of fi.000 tons
with "the probable loss of
all Hoops.” and sent two
heavily loaded s u p p 1 v
ships i.i) the bottom, and
dam e i a third. A com
munique said the ships
sunk to: bed 22,000 tons. It
is estimated that 'he Japs
might have" lost 12 000
t.ro( ps. The communique
didn’t sn city the time cov
ered in the operations, but
said the sinkings occurred
during a raid on enemy
shipping lines.
Headquarters also an
nounced that Jap subs
sunk one ship off the east
coast of Australia.
Prime Minister Curtin
said three of the four Jap
subs which entered Syd
ney harbor last Sunday
were sunk before they
could attack. Curtin told
Parliament that a fourth,
submarine alone was able
to fire its torpedoes, but it
also was sunk. It was pre
viously reported that only
> midget subs were sunk.
Allies Rain Bombs On
Japanese in Timor
And New Britain
Allied Headquarters in
Australia, June 4 (AP) —
Allied bombers rained ex
plosives on the Japanese
held airdrome at Koepang,
Timor, Thursday, and on
the docks at Rabaul, New
Britain. MacArthur’s head
quarters announced that di
rect hits were scored in
both target areas where
fires where started and
a n t i-aircraft installations
were destroyed.
BOMBER OF TOKYO
IS BIT HOMESICK
San Diego. Calif. —A let
ter frorfl Gen. James Doo
little to Mrs. Wanda Stork
Shuler informed that her!
son, Lt. J. Wovden Stork
one of the 79 men who re
ceived the distinguished
service cross for bombing
Tokyo “is well and happy
although a bit homesick’’
in India.
The letter was dated
May 22 at Washington.
Doolittle also stated that
the men who bombed To
kyo also were decorated
by the Chinese govern
ment for their exploit.
“Lt. Shuler pfobably
will return sometime in
the not too distant future,”
the letter said.
‘Hangman’ Dies
563 Are Already
'rad In Reprisal
Ror''n. June 4, (AP) —
•'“inhal'd Heydrich. aged
"T Reichsprotector of Bo
mia and Moravia, died
in Prague this morning
f- m wounds suffered in
. attempt on his life on
’’ v 27. it was announced;
t "dally.
The assassination of the
man known among a score
millions of Europe’s op
e rd peoples as “der
T nker." the hangman, is
i - pected to bring about
me shooting of hundreds of
h stages in addition to the
Hi3 already slain in swift
leprisals. Czech sources in
London said the automatici
rifles used by the two men,
to shoot Heydrich. were
from ordnance of the dis
b: nded Czech army, pos
sibly dropped by para
chute.
Germany Acknowledges
8.000 Persons Killed Since
Beginning “Air Attacks”
BERN, June 4 (AP) —
—Swiss Telegraph Agency
Berlin in
night said that Germany
officially acknowledged 8
thousand persons were kill
ed “since the beginning of
the air attacks.” The
phrase was not explained,
but it was presumed hero
to refer to deaths since the
British mass attacks on
Cologne and Essen.
A dispatch received
Monday bv the New York
Times from private sourc
es in Europe estimated the
deaths in the Cologne raid
alone was 20,000.
Jap Battleship and Air
craft Carrier Damaged In
Surprise Raid on Midway
Honolulu. June 4 (AP)
One Japanese battleship
and a Japanese aircraft
carrier were damaged and
other warships believed
hit in the sixth and heav
iest Japanese raid on Mid
way Island, it was said in a
communique issued by Ad
miral Chester W. Minitz,'
Commander-in-C h i e f of
the Pacific fleet.
Congress Formally De
clares War on Bulgaria.
Hungary and Rumania
Washington, June 4, (AP) i
— Congress formally de-;
dared war against Bul
garia, Hungary and Ru
mania, the Senate unani
mously aproving the reso
lution passed by the House
without dissent. The ballot
ing was completed in 32
minutes.
Jap Attack On Midway Island
Becomes Staggering Jap Defeat
UNDATED, June 6 (AP) — American battle forces
are reported slashing anew at a powerful Jap naval
squadron off Midway Island in the Pacific after beat
ing off a dawn attack at 6:35 a.m. yesterday, by battle
ships, aircraft carrier and cruisers with heav\ losses
to the enemy. "Our attacks on the enemy are continu
ny" said a bulletin from the headquarters of Admiral
Nmitz.
U. S. Promises Retaliation Jap Gas Warfare
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt declared that au
thoritative reports have been received that Japan is
using poison gas in the war in China and promised that
the United States will retaliate "in kind in full mea
sure" if Japan persisted in this form of “inhuman war
fare."
Only minor damage and no casualties wer Inflicted
on the defenders of Midway, 1.149 miles northwest <>f
Hawaii and 2.600 miles southeast of Tokyo, commun
ique said, turning the surprise attack into a staggering
defeat. American fighters, including Marine :nd sea
and air forces, are officially credited with d imaging
a Jap battleship, an aircraft carrier and possible other
warships as well as taking a heavy toll of plane-,. Thou
sands of miles west of other naval action, this marked
the growing struggle for the control of the sea-,.
MacArthur’s headquarters announced that Allied
planes, guarding the vital lanes for U. S. war supplies
flowing to Australia, sunk two more Jap subs and pro
bably-a third off the east coast of Australia, The-c new
successes made a total of 6 and possibly 7 Jap undersea
raiders destroyed in the Australia theater in the past
o days. Four enemy subs were sunk in an abortive raid
on Sydney harbor Sunday.
Deny Jap Claims Sinkings at Diego Suarez
Tokyo asserted that Japanese special subs torpedoed
■ and seriously damaged a 30,000-ton British battleship
of the Queen Elizabeth class and a 5,200-ton British
light cruiser of the Arethusa class in a surprise dawn
attack on Diego Suarez naval base. Tokyo’s claim met
a swift denial by the British admiralty which said
that Jap subs attacked the British-occupied base on
May 30, but said that there were "no casualties to his
Majesty’s ships."
Scctv. Stimson Asserts Raid Not
V
Last One On American Territory
WASHINGTON. June 4 (AP) — The Navy, describ
ing the situation at Dutch Harbor as quiet as present,
reported that a second wave of enemy planes flew over
yesterday but failed to drop bombs and were probably
engaged only in reconnaissance. A communique declar
ed that the total damage to the base was not extensive.
Fires were quickly extinguished after the initial raid
yesterday m o r n i n g.
While the source of the attacking aircraft was not
definitely determined, the communique said, it is be
lieved they were carrier-based. The communique also
announced the loss of the U. S. S. Cvthera, a small
naval patrol vessel in the Atlantic area. It was said that
next of kin of personnel aboard the converted yacht
were notified.
War Secretary Stimson predicted that yesterday’s
attacks “were not the last raids” to be expected on
American territory. Stimson declined to predict where
i further attacks might be expected, telling the question
: er he didn’t “Care to go into that phase of the Japan
j ese minds.” He similiarly fended off the question why
! the foe struck first at the Aleutian outpost.
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All Pacific Coast Radio Stations Go Off Air
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 (AP) — All Pacific Coast
radio stations went off the air tonight in accordance
with orders issued by the Western Defense Command
and the Fourth Army last night. All radio stations went
off the air for approximately 8 and one-half hours
Tokyo Radio Silent on Dutch Harbor Attacks
NEW YORK, June 4 (AP) — Radio listeners at the
monitor station here, to Tokyo broadcasts around the
clock, reported that the Tokyo radio was silent on the
Jap air raids on Dutch Harbor, nearly 24 hours after
the first attack was made