Week’s News Highlights
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variously reported as a balloon
or airplane. Some observers
claimed to have seen two planes
. over Long Beach. In San Fran
cisco the Western Defense Com
mand announced no bombs were
dropped and no planes shot down
during the firing.
The Command said ‘‘cities in
• the Los Angeles area were black
ed out on orders of the Forth In
terceptor Command when uni
dentified aircraft were reported
in the area, although reports were
conflicting every effort was being
made to. ascertain the facts. It is
• clear no.bombs were dropped and
no planes shot down. There was
considerable amount of anti-air
craft .firing.”
The Army Intelligence, al
though uncommunicative, scoffed
reports that as many as 200
planes were over the area There
were no reports of bombing but
several instances of damage to
property by anti-aircraft shells.
Washington
Washington (JP)—Secretary of
the Navy Knox reported that
during January and February 56
attacks were made on enemy
subs in the Atlantic, resulting in
the sinking of 3 and damaging 4.
The Navy communique disclosed
that a total of 114 ships of Unit
ed Nations registry were attack
ed by enemy subs west of 30 de
grees longitude. The meridian
roughly divides the Atlantic.
In a recapitulation of losses in
flicted on the Japanese in the
Pacific combat Knox reported 15
combatant vessels sunk, 3 believ
ed sunk, 2 believed damaged and
sunk and 1 carrier believed sunk
and additional carrier believed
sunk. Noncombatant vessels be
lieved sunk by American naval
action numbered 38, 4 believed
sunk and 3 damaged, giving an
overall total Japanese loses of 53
ships sunk, 7 believed sunk and
5 damaged.
Washington (JP)—Legislation
giying the Maritime commission
authority to extend the commis
sion’s insurance to vessels engag
ed in commercial fishing but not
sport fishing, was approved by
the House Merchant Marine
committee. The authority is to
expire 6 months after the end of
the war.
President’s Speech
Washington (.-P)—President
Roosevelt said that America has
been compelled to yield ground
to its enemies, but added that
with constantly increasing pro
duction the Allies will take the
offensive soon in a drive on to
victory
‘We and the other united na
tions are committed to destruc
tion of militarise Japan, Germany
and Italy. We are increasing our
strength and soon we, not our
enemies, will have the offensive;
we, not they, will win the final
battles; and we, not they, will
make the final peace.”
Despite cruelly long distances
involved, the President disclosed
that large numbers of planes
manned by American pilots are
now in daily contact with the
enemy in the southwest Pacific,
and said thousands of American
troops are in the southwest Paci
fic.
Recent surveys have disclosed
prodigiously high production
goals established 2 months ago
j being attained, and this he re
peatedly emphasized as the key
to victory.
Roosevelt spoke on the radio
in this third major address made
since the country entered the
war.
Discussing strategy only in
broad terms he attributed Japan
ese successes to command of the
air by Japanese wuo uau imum
advantage because their small
fighter planes could be flown to
the scene of combat while ours
must be crated and shipped, lhe
strategy of war with Japan is not
changed and called for delaying
battles, with America meanwhi e
waging war of attrition against
Japanese in this United States.
The Allies are taking a terrific
toll of the enemy. Including los
ses at Pearl Harbor, we have de
stroyed considerably more Jap
anese planes than they have do
stroyed of ours.
The President was unsparing
in castigating Vumoi mongers
and poison peddlers in our
midst” who among other things
spread the losses at Pearl Harbor
far beyond reality. The President
laid down three high purposes of
Americans at home:
1. We shall not stop work for
a single day. If any dispute a
rises we shall keep on working
while the dispute is solved by
mediation, conciliation or arbi
gration until the war is won.
2. We shall not demand spec
ial gains or special privileges or
advantages for any one group or
occupation.
3. We shall give up conveni
ences and modify the routine of
our lives. If our country asks us
to do so we shall do it cheerfully,
remembering the common enemy
seeks to destroy every home, ev
ery p^rt of our land.
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