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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATUR6AY. DECEMBER 27, 1941.
Jap Bombers Rain Ruin,
Death on "Open" Manila
(Continued Irom page 1Y
without pause until J:15 p. m.
Other reports said the raid last
cd an hour less.
While- Tokyo remained silent
on tho assault, the German radio
asserted that "the Japanese mlli
tary does' not recognize that Ma-
' nila is to be treated as an open
city."
' The broadcast pave the expla
nation that "because that deci
sion was taken by General Mae
Arthur without consultation with
the Philippine population," the
Japanese could not agree to an
open-city designation.
City Left Defenseless.
There apeared to be no legiti
mate excuse. The city had been
stripped of Its anti aircraft de
fenses. All American troops and
marines had long since with'
drawn, In accordance -with Gen
eral MacArthur's designation of
the city as "open" to save the
populace from further suffering.
Unmovable military stores In the
city had been destroyed and U.
S. army headquarters had been
moved outside tho city.
While Tokyo had given no word
regarding General MacArthurs
proclamation, the Japanese-con
trolled .Saigon radio said yester
day that as from December 25
Japan was "considering Manila
as an open city."
Moreover, waves of Japanese
planes had flown over Manila
yesterday, apparently to test Mac
Arthur's statement that the capi
tal was no longer defended and
. met no opposition.
Even the Germans refrained
from attacking Paris after the
. French capital: was proclaimed
"open" shortly before the fall of
France last year.
Significantly, General Mac-
; Arthur's proclamation contained
this paragraph:
"In order that no excuse may
be given for a possible mistake,
the American high commissioner,
tho commonwealth government
and all combatant military in
stallations will be withdrawn
from its (Manila's) environs as
rapidly as possible,
Dispatches from Manila late
yesterday said this pledge had
been fulfilled.
There were reports of Increas
ed Japanese pressure on the
Atimonan front and a total gain
of 20 miles or more by Invasion
forces driving south from the
Llngayen gulf area toward Ma
nila. Bauglo, tho commonwealth's
summer capital, still was in
American hands up to this morn
ing,' high military sources said,
and was being defended by Ameri
can regulars guarding roads lead
ing Into tho mountains both Irom
the north and south from the
Llngayen gulf shore. .
Fire and bombs ruined many
of tho Manilas most ancient re
ligious institutions but by sun
down the flames appeared to have
been Iconfined to an area of about
six blocks.
The dead among Manila's in
' habitants were estimated tenta
tively at about 50 and scores of
others were wounded most of
them by a direct hit on the roof
of the treasury building.
New Chief at Singapore.
Meanwhile Lieut. Gen. Sir
Henry Pownall, 53-year-old artil
lery specialist who formerly was
vice-chief of liritaln's Imperial
general staff, took over command
of British far east headquarters
at Singapore from Air Chief Mar
shal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham,
with checking of the Malayan in
vasion as his first major task.
Pownall, who had -been boost
ed over the heads of 100 higher
ranking officers from a colonelcy
since 1938, was made a full general.
The shake-up climaxed sharp
criticism in London newspapers
and elsewhere over the conduct
of the Malayan campaign.
I A German broadcast said Ja
i panese troops driving down the
Malayan peninsula toward Singa
pore had broken through British
defense lines in an advance so
deep that the tin-mining town of
Ipoh, 300 miles northwest of
Singapore, "now Is within the ter
ritory of their military opera
tions." British dispatches, however,
said there had been no change
in the situation, with fighting
continuing In the Perak river area
on the west coast and in Treng
ganu province on tho peninsula's
east coast.
British-allied Dutch bombers
were credited with two more suc
cesses in their shipaclay toll of
Japanese vessels the sinking of
the largest ship in an enemy con
centration off Kuoliing and a
lighter.
Anetn, the N! K. I. news agency,
said the official tally listed Ja
Jap Attack on This Tanker Included Torpedo an d Shelling Lifeboats
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0 miles off the North California coast, not only was hit by torpedoes
The American tanker Emldlo, badly crippled by a Japanese torpedo attack
but. lis crew members were shelled after they had taken to their lifeboats. Thirty-one crew members landed at Eureka. Several were wounded,
and five were missing.
We'll Join the Navy, to Do or Die, Say Seattle Boys
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an apparently unending stream, youths of Washington are shown marching behind a naval recruiting
nick down a Seattle street to pet their en'i-tmenls perfected. It is typical of the rush to the colors
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guarded against. If, arter the first
warning lias been sounded, it
turns oul to lie one of our own
pianes, that does not make it a
'fake' tip oi a 'phoney' alarm.
The warning is still real, urgent,
and in the exercise of the discip
line that an aroused and alert
people should have, It means that
certain prearranged, prescribed
steps must be taken. They should
be takn without question and
without discussion because they
affect the common good, the de
fense of the entire community.
Warnings, Not Promises
"If It is an enemy formation
that has been located. It may be
very far from our shores. We do
not know In which direction it
will turn. It may head north or
It may head south, Ignoring what
pdn's, losses at 16 ships sunk andls,,enied to be the original target,
five damaged by Dutch fighting!1' " nr? mistaken. If we-guess
forces In the 21-day-old battle of .hk. me win ning win uuicKiy
the Pacific.
Raid Warning Service
Vital to U. S. Defense
(Continued from page l
on legitimate business. The 'all
clear' Is sounded.
"Everything approaching our
shores must be challenged and
oe loiioweu ny an 'all clear.'
"The second air force presents
this explanation in the hope that
it will enable the people to under
stand why there may be warn
ings. Berlin had three the first
day of the war. London had 12.
"They are warnings that some
thing may happen. They are not
promises, h'very citizen has a
patriotic duty, for himself and
his country, to carry out orders
that are the result of these warn
ings, no matter how many there
are, no matter if he never sees
an enemy plane. For after all,
seeing no enemy planes is the
best break he can get."
Attends to Business D. V.
Fate, o( Days Creek, was a busi
ness visitor In this city Friday.
Stock and Bond
Averages
STOCKS
Compiled by
Dec. 27.
Associated Press
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Firemen Called Thrice
To Local Trouble Spot
The city fire department made
three runs to put cut one fire last
night, when a small blaze, caused
by defective wiring In an apart
ment house at 114 VV. Douglas
street, refused to die out.
The first alarm was at 8:20 p.
m. The firemen were called
back to put a damper on some
smoldering rags at 10:30, and at
2:30 a. m. were called again.
This time, a large American flag,
folded in the bottom of a trunk,
started to burn, resulting in more
smoke, and more trouble for the
over-worked firemen.
However, they reported this
All Prisoners To
Get Humane Care,
I). S. Tells Japan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.
(API The United States has in
formed the Japanese government
that all Japanese prisoners cap
tured by American armed forces
will be treated In accordance
with provisions of the prisoner-
of-war convention adopted by 47
nations at Geneva in 1929.
While Japan signed but never
formally ratified the pact, it was
expected here that the Japanese
government would grant all
American prisoners of war recip
rocal fair and humane treatment.
Germany and Italy, Japan's
axis partners, signed and ratified
the pact and, on the basis of re
ports from the international Red
Cross, are observing its terms in
the treatment of British, French
and other European prisoners of
war. i . .
To carry out the convention's
terms the United States govern
ment will set up an organization
to handle war-prisoner questions
In cooperation with Marc Peter,
former Swiss minister to Wash
ington, who will represent the
International Red Cross here.
The Japanese already hold a
number of Americans as prison
ers of war, including marines
who were stationed at Peipino
and Tientsin; the crew of an
American gunboat captured at
Shanghai and the small but va
liant marine garrison on Wake
Island.
In expectation that large num
bers of Japanese soldiers and
sailors will ultimately be cap
tured, the war department al
ready is planning Internment
camps where Japanese prisoners
of war as distinct from interned
Japanese nationals will be held
until exchanged or for the dura
tion of the war.
VITAL STATISTICS
BORN
SMITH To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Smith of Reedsport, at
Mercy hospital, Friday, December
26, a son, Walter Allen; weight
eight pounds, seven ounces.
WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Williams, 615 S. Jackson
street, Saturday, December 27, a
son, Glenn Myron; weight seven
pounds, eleven ounces.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
WITT-K EITHLEY Cleon
Frank Witt and Margaret L.
Keithley, both of Cheyenne, Wyo.
DUNNCARDWELL
Dunn and Beverley
both of Roseburg.
Robert
Cardwell,
, I
DAYANNIS Leonard Partly
Day and Augusta Annis, both of
Marshfield, Ore.
TOMERLIN-MORRIS Thorn-
as J. Tomerlin, Jr., and Juanita
Rachel Morris, both of Glcndale.
morning that everything was un
der control, they hoped.
NOTICE
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erlin will elasa December 30
until spring.
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Roseburg Undertaking Co.
EMabllahtd 1901 . M. E. HITTER, Manager
Founded and Maintained on Efficient
Service and Courtesy
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Phone 600
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kicanead Lady
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Strategy Conferences
Open in Washington
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bassador, and Harry L. Hopkins,
American lend-lease chief.
In the last conference of the
day the president and Churchill
will meet with the United States
Great Britain war councils.
The United States and Britain
were believed to have reached
preliminary agreement on the
board"? strategy to start rolling
toward victory In 1943. Today's
meetings were expected to have
a direct bearing on the details.
There was reason to believe
that arrangements for close
Anglo-American cooperation al
ready have been worked out, and
it was reported that General Sir
John Dill, the retiring chief of
staff of the British army, would
remain in Washington indefi
nitely to help assist in coordinat
ing the military efforts of the
two nations. Dill came here in
Churchill's party.
AUSTRALIA REGARDS U. 8.
AS CLOSEST WAR PARTNER
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
27. (API Prime Minister John
Curtin, in an article written for
the Melbourne Herald, declared
today that despite Australia's
links with Britain her closest
partner in war in the Pacific is
the United States.
"The government," he said in
the article, "regards the Pacific
struggle as primarily one in
which the United States and Aus
tralia should have the fullest say
in the direction of the fighting
plan."
He said his government s pol
icy "is shaped toward obtaining
Russian aid and working out
with the United States a plan of
Pacific strategy along with Brit
ish, Chinese and Dutch forces."
"We refuse," he asserted, "to
accept the dictum that the Pa
cific struggle is a subordinate
segment of the general conflict."
Curtin disclosed that before the
war Australia had attempted to
get an agreement with Russia for
defense against Japanese attack,
but said the effort then was
"wrongly regarded as premature."
Reds Trying to Lift
Siege of Sevastopol
(Continued from page 11
main axis forces In the Agedabla
area, near the Gulf of Sirte coast
around the hump of Libya south
west of Bengasi.
Despite the weather, the air
force again was credited with
heavy blows on enemy troop con
centrations and transport col
umns and, In the Agedabia area
especially, with "good results" In
attacks on enemy armored
equipment.
Ships totaling 13,000 tons have
been sunk west of Gibraltar out
of a British convoy which already
had been heavily crippled, it
was announced officially today
at Berlin.
The announcement said the to
tal toll of attacks on this convoy
now amounts to one aircraft car
rier and nine merchant ships to
taling 37,000 tons sunk and two
additional ships damaged.
Glendale
Mr. and Mrs.' Harvey Smith
and Phyllis June, Author Young,
Darrell Craddock, Mr. and Mrs.
P. A. McNeel, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dobyns and Billy, were among
those from this community to
spend Saturday in Grants Pass.
John Daniels and Ernie Houn-
shell spent Saturday in Roseburg.
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Fawcett
were business visitors in Grants
Pass Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens
left Wednesday to visit at Se
attle, Wash. They were accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Arlot
Smith, who will visit at Che-
halls, Wash.
Defense Workers Must
Pay Alaskan School Tax
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 27
(AP) Territorial Attorney . Gen
eral Henry Bodin reported today
a taxation dispute victory which
will mean thousands of dollars
to Alaska's coffers.
Roden reported that he was
notified by the United States at
torney general's office to direct
contractors at Alaska's defense
bases to collect for the Alaskan
school fund the $5 tax on each
employee.
The issue has been raging since,
summer, when some contractors
openly advised employees not to
pay the tax.
Return to Eugene Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Watson left Friday
for their, home In Eugene, follow
ing several days here visiting the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
T. Bubar.
DANCE
At Olalla
SATURDAY NIGHT
Music by
' Casey Jones Orchestra
Gents 35c Ladies Free
POWELL'S
FOR
FISHING TACKLE
245 N. Jackson St, ROM burg
in British mopping-up operations
south of captured Bengasi, the
British general headquarters at
Cairo reported today.
The communique said that de
spite tough going as a- result of
rain for more than- - two days,
British forces are harassing the
IF YOU NEED IT!
BUY IT NOW
If you buy BUY CO-OP.
If you don't buy PAY OFF YOUR
DEBTS.
If your debts are paid, BUY
DEFENSE BONDS.
Let's finish the job in '42
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ROSEBURG, ORE. ..... ..t
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VE'VE GOT TO MAKE A
LOT OF CHANGES
The thi 119s you and I have always had in abundance are under
curtailed production some things will not be produced at all
We can acclimate ourselves to these new conditions by accepting
the suggestion of the merchants that can no longer exactly fulfill
our wishes. He will have proven and worthwhile suggestions
that will meet your problem. The WIDE-AWAKE merchant will
bring these ideas to your attention through the News-Review.
Watch, and watch carefully, for your comfort for the duration
might depend on these "words to the wise."
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