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Prince of Wales and Repulse Sunk
U.S. Bombers Sink 4 Jap Transports Off Manila
Japanese Sink British Battleship
Prince of Wales, ('miser Repulse
U. S. Sinks Four Jap Transports
UNDATED, Dec. 10 </Pl — U. S.
Army and Navy forces defeated a
Japanese attack against the West
Coast of Luzon, chief island of
the Philippines, the War Depart
ment announced in its first com
munique of the war. The com
munique indicated only that the
U. S. Army and Navy forces
were engaged in a batt e. Pre
viously a German broadcast re
ported. without confirmation,
that a great sea battle is raging
between the U. S. and Japanese
navies off Manila, on Luzon Is
land.
The War Department said ‘Our
first bombing attack on six trans
ports began and resulted in dir
ect hits on three hostile ships
and damage to the remaining 3,
one ship capsizing and sinking
immediately.”
Dutch Rush
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Reinforcements
In the conflict now flaming ac
ross thouacuuu -uf- miles uf the
Pacific and far to the southwest,
the Dutch East Indies rushed
powerful reinforcements of war
ships and planes to the battle in
northern Malaya, while in Jap^n
the nation is widely celebrating
crushing blows to Britain’s Ask
tic fleet, with the acknowledge .1
sinking of the new 35,009-ton
battleship Prince of Wales, and
the 32.000-ton battle cruiser Re
pulse off the Malay coast.
Considerable
Loss of life
British Minister Alfr d Duff
Cooper announced in a broadcast
from Singapore, that there has
been considerable loss of life on
the Prince cf Wales and Repu'se.
The two ship® carried a normal
complement totaling more than
1000 officers and men.
Japs Striking
\t Singapore
With the Japanese s' riking sav
agriy in a drive down ♦he Malay
5,.ni:-?u!a, against S'”g' p re. dis
catches from the Fm- Ess* said
Dut'n homhers and fighters al
ready jolnei the Br tish. Austral
i in and New Zealrnd airmen in
rcn.irdng Japanese transports
a”d land bases in southern Thai
land since dawn Monday. Dutch
warships have also gone into ac
tion against the invaders, dis
patches said, battling to check
Japan’s sharpest new threat to
Singapore at Kauntan, on the
Malay east coast, 200 miles north
of Singapore. Most of the Nether
land’s fleet was s ationed in the
East Indies when Ho'land cap
itulated to Hitler's invasion arm
las. anbP-,.re'umably these forc
es are now aiding the Brit'sh.
Claim Sinking
King George \
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DNB quoted Japanese naval au
thoriues as saying that they had
reason to believe that the new
35 000-ton British battleship King
George V was aiso sunk by atr
attacks off Malay. There was no
confirmation e sewhere.
A Tokyo war bulletin said the
Pr r.ce of Wales and Repulse
wore sunk wihin 21 minutes of
each ether in a battle with Jap
anese bombers north of Singa
pore, in the most disasterous
single blow to the British navy
in the whole war.
WORLD LOOKS ROS Y—To avoid injuring the eyesight
of British girls working as plane-spotters in London, colored spec
tacles are provided, which may give the “ack-ack” recruits a rosy
outlook. And well hair-waved they are, too
Propose Repri
nu md Officers
Hawaii Affair
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 </Pt —
Rep. Dinge'l told the House that
he proposed martial proceedings
be instituted against four high
ranking Army officers and the
commander of the Pacific fleet
“for what happened at Hawaii.”
Dingell specifically named Lt.
Gen. Walter Short, commanding
the department; Maj. Gen. H. H.
Arno'd, Deputy Chief of Staff of
the Air; Major Gen. George Brett
Chief of the Army Air Corps:
and Admiral Husband Kimmel.
commander cf the Pacific fleet.
Rep. Bulwinkle immediately
arose and said: “It behooves the
members to keep their feet on
the ground and not act without
knowing the full facts."
Japs Aided By Light
Signals In Manila Area
MANILA, Dec. 9 (iP) — Japan
ese fliers are raiding the Manila
area, aided by light signals from
the ground, marking out certain
sections, the army spokesman
said, a- Manila underwent its see
and night of air raid alarms.
5uv Defense Bonds and Stamps
To Hold All
Navy Enlisted iVIen
For Duration
WASHINGTON. .Dec, 9 (/P) _
Tile House completed congres
sional action on legislation to
hold all Navy enlisted mem in
service for the duration of the
war, as an intensified drive to
build warships faster than ever
before, was announced. The mea
sure passed the Senate yester
day.
Chairman Vinson of the House
Naval Committee announced the
p an.s to speed construction to
compensate for naval losses in
fi cted by Japan and to prepare
the nation for a two-ocean war.
Japanese Troops
Land in Philippines
BERLIN, Dec. 9 (.T’i — A DNB
dispatch from Shanghai quoted
the Japanese army spokesman as
saying that Jap troops landed in
the Philippines.
Jap Landings GO Mi. From
Manila Are Unconfirmed
MANILA, Deo. 8 oP> — Tues
day— unconfirmed reports said
that Japanese troops landed on
Lubang Island, one of the small
er Philippines, some 60 miles
southwest of Manila.
NEW YORK CITY PUT ON
ALERT TWICE IN I HOUR
~ UNCONFIRMED REPORTS
NEW YORK. Dec. 9 <JP) — The
great metropolitan area of New
York City was put on air raid al
ert twice within an hour shortly
after noon, amid varying uncon
confirmed reports of an imminent
attack by hostile planes. The first
alarm sounded at 1:25 p.m. and
the al! clear followed 20 minutes
later, but at 2:05 p.m., wailing
police and fire sirens sounded an
other warning. The vast stretch
of Long Island from the City to
Montauk Point also braced it
self for possible attacks. A mil
lion school children in New York
and a thousand on Long Island
were sent home.
The New York Defense Inform
ation center said as far as they
know, there was absolute'v no
reason for the second alarm.;
They said the metropolitan area
had been all clear since the pre
vious all clear siren sounded.
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Alarms In Alaska
And the East
Not Rehearsals
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 </P) —
Major General Herbert Dargue,
commander of the first air force
said in a statement: “I don’t
think" that the series of air raid
alarms in Alaska and the east
ern section are a rehearsal. Pub
lic safety officials have said the
alarms were a rehearsal and that
reports of approaching enemy
p'anes are false. j
The General S3id “We don’t ex
plore the mechanics of our alarm
system. Remember the number
of alarms over London without
any bombs dropped. I will not
disclose the source of these al
arms.” The statement followed
the sounding of two air raid
alarms in New York, the first in
the history of the metropolis.
Hostile Forces
Hour from Boston
PORT! .AND, Me., Dec. 9 (TPi—!
Authoritative sources here which
didn’t wish their names disclosed
said it was reliably reported that
“hostile forces” were an hour out
side of Boston at 2 p.m.
Publish First
Casualty List-37
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (/P) —
The War Department published
the Army’s first official casualty
list of the war, making public the
names of 37 Army officers and
men killed in action in the Jap
anese attack on Hawaii.
To Requisit ion
Private Material
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (ZP> —
The Office of Production Manage
ment established machinery for
the prompt requisitioning of war
materials from private owners.
Look For Sudden
Move by Germany
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 f/P) —
Secretary Cordell Hull indicated
that this country should be on
guard against a sudden German
move supporting Japan in fullfill
ment of the Axis tripartite pact.
FRISCO AREA BLACKED OUT
THREE TIMES MONDAY WITH
APPROACH HOSTILE PLANES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 (ZP)
—Three air raid alarms sounded
in the Bay Area, the first on Mon
day evening, followed a short
time later by another, and a third
at 2:20 a.m.
The Army reported formations
of unidentified aircraft, believed!
to be the enemy, heading toward
Frisco. The first two were believ
ed to be reconnaissance planes
and were forced seaward and lost
in the darkness. They were be
lieved to have been based on a
carrier.
The third alarm was preceded
by a shutdown of radio stations, j
and a blackout at Vallejo’s Mare
Island Navy yard. The rest of|
Frisco was unlighted after 11 j
p. m.
Japanese Planes
Prove ’ll Can
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 tZP. —.
The bold Japanese foray which!
threatened to carry the horrors!
of the Pacific war to continental
United States, put the nation on I
notice that “It can happen here.";
Detection of enemy aircraft over
the strategically vital San Fran j
cisco area and the threat of an
enemy carrier lurking off shore,!
served as a realistic introduction
to a report in which President
Roosevelt promised this coun
try progress in the hostilities!
with Japan. The broadcast was;
made at 7 p.m. PST tonight.
The White House said that
President Roosevelt had no in
formation on these planes be- j
yond that which was available j
to the press. Most of his day was
reserved for the preparation of j
his radio address which Secre
tary Early said will have to do in j
a large extent “with what might1
be called the Nazi pattern of the
whole situation." Early said Presi |
dent Roosevelt concluded a care-!
ful reading of all dispatches and:
a comparison of them with press,
reports. There was no news is
sued.
Report Japanese
Forces Aleutians,
Bering Strait
UNDATED. Dec. 9 <7P> — En
emy planes reconnoitering over
the San Francisco Bay area, and
reports of other Japanese forces
off the Aleutians and Bering
Straits between Alaska and Si
beria. stirred new alarms in the
battle of the Pacific. Unverified
reports of bombing of Tokyo and
Kobe on the Japanese island of
Formosa, was broadcast by the
CBS.
From Manila came first reports j
of aerial counter blows against
Japan since the war began, how
ever, latest word from Imperial
headquarters in Tokyo asserted
that there has been no air at
tack on Japanese territory up to1
this morning.
A Tokyo broadcast said that
Guam and the Wake Islands are
now under the Japanese flag.
In Tokyo, the Japanese Navy’s
official spokesman asserted tri
umphantly that the "Great init
ial success of the Japanese air
and naval arms" upset the bal
ance of United States and Japan
ese power in the Pacific.
Intimations that Germany is
about to declare war on the U. S.
increased, as the list of nations,
who rallied to the side of the U.
S.. declared war on Japan mount
ed to 1G: England, Holland, the
Du'ch East Indies, Costa Rica,
Canada. Haiti, El Salvador, Hon
duras, Free France, Domenican
Republic, Nicaragua. Guatemala,
Australia, New Zealand, Panama,
and the Union of South Africa.
In addition, Mexico and Colum
bia have broken off diplomatic
re'ations with Tokyo. The pre
diction that Germany will de
clare war against the United Stat
os within a few hours, was broad
cast by the N"BC Stockholm co
respondent, who relayed the re
ports from the American em
bassy staff in Berlin, which has
already been removed.
In Berlin, the Japanese gov
ernment spokesman was quoted
as saying “We naturally expect
Germany to declare war on the
United States.”
Striking over widespread areas,
Japanese troops are reported to
have landed in the northern part
of Borneo, where the British,
said they were beaten ofT. and
started an invaion of HongKong
Britain’s second bastion of de
fease in the Orient.
Japs, Italians, Ger
mans Our Enemies
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 UP)
President Roosevelt placed Japan
ese, Italians and Germans in the
category of “enemy aliens,” and
presumably Proclamation of con
duct must follow.
Germans Claims U. S.
Now In Two-Ocean War
NEW YORK. Dec. 9 UP. — The
Berlin radio declared that “Am
erica now faces a two-front war:
.1 shooting war in the Atlantic
and a rapid-fire war in the Pac
ific. and that American is un
prepared.”
A broadcast was heard by the
NBC from Santiago that Argen
tina, Brazil and Uruguay joined
Chile in the proposal to call a
conference of American foreign,
ministers to formulate a common
policy toward Japan. The meet
ing is expected to be held within
five to ten days.
Japs Start Bombing
Singapore Tuesday
SINGAPORE. Dec. 8 UP) —*
Tuesday — Bombs started drop
ping on Singapore at 4 a.m. and
searchlights and anti-aircraft
guns went into action immediate
ly.
Japs Say Guam Taken
Without Resistance
MANILA, Dec. 8 </P) — Tues
day — The Japanese radio broad
cast from Formosa, said Japan
announced that Guam had been
taken without resistance.