Week’s News
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line with quickly instituted cen
sorship.
War Declared!
Washington—The U.S. through
ts Congress declared war against
i Japan. The S mate vote was 82
to nothing, the House vote 383
to 1. The speed with which the
two chambers granted the Presi
dent's icquest was unprecedent
ed. The single adverse vote was
cast <by Miss Jeannet Itankin,
Democratic congresswoman, of
Montana, who was among the
few who voted against the 1917
declaration of war with Ger
many
President Signs
Washington—The President
signed the d( claration of war a
gainst Japan at 1:10 pm. PST,
formally setting the nation to its
task achieving what he called
“inevitable triumph”, while Re
publican and Democratic leaders
of a unified congress looked oq.
Thus the President took the
last step in a series of fast break
ing developements started by
yesterday's deadly raid by the
Japanese on the American terri
tory of Hawaii.
Friso Gets Alarms
ftan Francisco—Three air raid
Alarms have been sounde in the
bay area, the first Monday even
ing followed a short time later by
another. Army reported forma
tions of unidentified aircraft be
lieved enemy heading toward
Frisco, first two believed from
plane carrier. Third alarm pre
ceded shutdown of radio stations.
Blackout, in Vallejo, Mare island,
and rest of Frisco after 11:00.
Manila—Unconfirmed reports
said Japanese troops had landed
on Lubang island, one of the
smaller Philippines 60 miles
southwest of Manilla.
Singapore—Bombs started
dropping on Singapore at 4 a m.
and searchlights and anti-aircraft
guns went into action.
Formosa—A Japanese radio
broadcast from Formosa said
Japan announced Guam was tak
en without resistance.
Shipping Cancelled
Seattle—All foreign shipping
cancelled here and drastic naval
port regulations invoked. All ship
movements of coastwise and in
tercoasoal Alaska merchant ser
vice banned .or publication be
cause of the war. Forty fishing
vessels operating Folate ‘•trait to
California are Seattle boUud to
be tied up indefinitely.
Rear Admiral Freeman, 13th
naval district commandant said
armed escorts w 11 be provieed by
navy for “all important vessels
from northwest Alaska ports”.
The ruling means no more pas
senger lists out of Seattle.
(.P)—Reports are out that
Japanese forces are off the Aleu
tians and in the Bering st ait be
tween Alaska and Siberia. They
were unverified.
A broadcast by CBS said word
from Manila reported first aeria'
counterblows against Japan sine
the war began, howl ver. latis.
woid from imperial headquarters
in Tokyo asserted there had been
no a r attack on Japanese terri
tory up to this morning
i A Tokyo broadcast said Guam
and Wake islands, American-own
ed stepping stones across the
Pacific from Honolulu to Manila,
are now under the Japanese flag
Tokyo- -The Japanese navy’s
official spokesman asserted tri
umphantly “a great initial suc
, cess was scored by the Japanese
I air and naval arms” and upset
I fhe balance of U.S and Japanese
power in the Pacific.
16 Declare War
Intimations that Germany is
about to declare war on the U.S.
increased as the list of nations
who rallied to the U. S side to
declare war against Japan grew
to sixteen. The nations are Eng
land, Holland, Dutch East Indies
Costa Rica, Canada, Ha'ti, El
Salvador, Honduras, Free France
D -minican Republic, Nicaragua,
Guatemala, Australia, New Zea
land, Panama and Union of
South Africa.
In addition Mexico and Col
umbia broke off diplomatic re
j -- ■ — _
lutiiwis with Tokyo.
A Japanese government spoke
sman was quoted as saying “we
naturally expect Germany to de
clare war on the U. S ”
Striking over a widespread
area Japanese troops were re
ported to have landed in the
northern part of Borneo, where
British said they were beaten off
and to have started invasion of
Hongkong, Britian's second chief
bastion of defense in the Orient.
TUESDAY
Tokyo—Imperial headquarters
declared two American battl e
ships sunk, four damaged and
four cruisers damaged at Pearl
Harbor.
Japanese parachute troops re
ported landed in the Philippines.
Japanese claim U. S. aircraft
carrier sunk by sub off of Hono
lnlu and that they have captured
many merchant ships in the Paci
fic.
British Burma—British an
nounce Japanese warcraft landed
troops in two places in British
Malaya near Thailand were driv
en away.
U. S. aircraft carrier Langley
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