The OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. Oregon. Monday Morning. December 8, 1941
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'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President
Member of The Associated Press
War Comes: We Face the Test
The United States is at war.
It is not a war of our making. The suddenness and dead
liness of the enemy's attack serves outstandingly to emphasize
this fact.
The United States was attacked and if there was any
danger that in a war with Japan the American people would
not be united, the manner in which war came wholly elimin
ates that danger.
Of the causes, the reasons for Japan's almost incredible
action, there will be ample time for consideration later. This
is not a time in which these and other questions may be dis
cussed calmly. .'
Americans are stunned at the suddenness with which the
nation was plunged into war. They can scarcely believe it.
As realization dawns, they are shocked. Of a peace-loving
people this is natural.
There are some, especially here on the Pacific coast, near
est continental American soil to the scene of conflict, who are
fearful; who are greatly disturbed by the success of initial
surprise attacks.
Any such fears are. for the present, unwarranted. What
may come, no otfe knows. But for the present, it is reassuring
to realize that our own strong navy stands guard; that our
armed forces, thanks to our government's foresight in the last
two years, are prepared to meet this attack; that though they
alone are a match for the enemy, we have powerful allies
whose interest also is to crush this menace as quickly as de
cisively as possible.
We are at war. Well, we have been at war before and
have acquitted'ourselves honora&ly. We will do so again. We
are all Americans, united in this war of defense.
Simpson Terms Island Forays
"Suicide" Raids, not Likely
To Be Repeated by Japanese
Singapore and Burma Road May Be Main
Objectives of Rising Sun, Analyst Says; Holds
Japan Doesn't Dare Risk Her Main Fleet
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst
FDR Messaged
Personal Plea
Asked Jap Emperor
To Aid in Bringing
Peace Into Pacific
Wanton Japanese surprise attack on American Pacific out
posts from Guam to Hawaii and on shipping off the continental
coast of the United States has set the flame of ruthless war burn
in St clear around the globe.
The first blow fell with staggering suddenness. Yet it was as I am doing, give thought
of surh scope, reaching across thousands of miles of sea, that some this definite emergency to ways
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-6P)
President Roosevelt's personal
message to Emperor Hirohito of
Japan was an appeal for help in
restoring traditional Japanese-
American amity and preventing
'further death and destruction in
the world."
The message, sent to the em
peror Saturday afternoon a few
brief hours before Japan attacked
Hawaii and Manila was made
public by the White House Sun
day night. v
At the outset of the communi
cation. Mr. Roosevelt spoke ot ne
gotiations looking toward peace
in the Pacific, the lifting of arma
ment burdens and resumption of
commerce without discrimination
or favor.
I am certain." he said, "that
it will be clear to your majesty,
as it is to me, that In seeking:
these great objectives both
Japan and the United States
should agree to eliminate any
form of military, threat. This
seemed essential to the attain
ment of the high objectives."
Mr. Roosevelt referred to the
alarming developments in the far
east in the last few weeks and
Japan's strengthening of troop
concentrations in French Indo-
China. The administration had
looked with apprehension on this
action, he said, and added that the
people in that area, the Philip
pines, the East Indies, Malaya and
Thailand, could not sit "either
indefinitely or permanently on a
keg of dynamite."
After extending an assurance
that this country had no thought
of invading Indo-China even if
every Japanese soldier or sailor
were withdrawn, the chief execu
tive said he thought the same as
surance could be obtained from
the governments of the East In
dies, Malaya, and Thailand.
"I would even undertake," he
told Hirohito. "to ask for the
same assurance on the part of
the government of China.. Thus
a withdrawal of the Japanese
forces from Indo-China would
result in the assurance of peace
throughout the whole of the
south Pacific area.
"I address myself to your ma
jesty at this moment in the fer
vent hope that your majesty may,
in
Air Field Japs' First Target;
Civilian Airmen First to Die
HONOLULU, Dec. 7-(VFirst attack by Japanese airmen
here seemed to center against Hickman field, huge army airport,
and Pearl Harbor, where the islands' heaviest naval fortifications
are located.
Wave after wave of bombers streamed through the cloudy
sky from the southwest, shattering the morning calm.
Perhaps the first to die was Bob Tyce. owner of a civilian
airport near Honolulu, who had startd to spin the propcllor of a
plane when the enemy came over
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In War Area
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One plane swooped down, machine
guns blazing and Tyce fell dead.
One man was killed by a
bomb which fell in front of the
governor's mansion in Wash
ington place, an observer said,
and another dropped near the
Advertiser building.
There was heavy bombing of
Pacific heights and other resi
dential' districts, he said. One
woman was killed.
The governor proclaimed a
state of emergency and traffic
came to a standstill in parts of
Honolulu.
However, he added, traffic to
and from Waikikt seemed to be
still normal.
The hit on Hickman field was
on a barracks or derricks (the
word was not clearly heard in
New York) the announcer said,
and another field on the other
side of the island also was heav
ily bombed.
Poindexter's residence, but he was
not injured.
Fire Chief Wallace Blaisdell an
nounced the fires were under con
trol, thanks to a radio call that
brought all firemen to duty. The
fires, he said "were not as bad as
I expected."
Some streets were pocked
with big holes, and several citi
zens were wounded by bomb
fragments.
Concern for Safety of
Players and Salem
Citizens, Felt Here
(Continued from page 1)
c urse, quiet in the islands.
Howard Maple, assistant foot
ball coach at Willamette, said
late Sunday he had been be- j
sieged with telephone calls
from relatives and friends of
the football party.
1 Twenty-seven football players.
Coach R. S. "Spec" Keene, Mana
i ger Dick Kernes and Publicist Gil
Lieser make up the Willamette
; university party, proper. In addi
J tion, 19 Salem residents, one Dal
i las resident and one Kent, Wash.,
; resident are with the football
team, which was scheduled to
! play San Jose State college De-
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cember 16 and to board the Lur-
Farrington high school was line December 19 for the return
converted into a hospital to care trip home.
for the wounded and injured.
The team played the University
When the attack started, radio j ()f Hawall Saturday aftern00n,
definite strategic design in Tokyo
must underlie it. What that de
sign is can not yet be discerned.
Presumably it is an attempted di
version to aid European axis
mates, but it may be intended jo
screen some major Japanese rniii-
pressure, weeks ago when the war
in Russia and in the north Atlan
tic began going sour on Hitler's
hands. Tokyo's course, excoriated
by Secretary Hull as an exhibition
of falsehood and treachery un-
tary movement against Russia or J paralleled in history, tends to in-
C'hina or Britain from American i dicate Japanese desperation over
the axis plight in Europe as well
as over the fate of Japan's far
eastern ambitions if the axis falls
or even is stalemated for a long
war of attrition.
The Pacific attack probably was
planned both as a screen and with
a hope of forcing public clamor in
the United States for suspension
or curtailment of lend-lease aid to
Britain, Russia and China until all
American war needs have been
fully served. Recall of American
naval craft from the Atlantic pa
trol to active war deployment in
tiie Pacific is another probable
Japanese objective. Either course
would be playing into axis-Japanese
hands at this crucial moment
m the war and no change in pol
' icy by Washington in that vital
iKe a unci uiicspeei is to oe expeciea.
of dispelling the dark clouds.
"I am confident that both of us
for the sake of the peoples not
only of our own great countries
but for the sake of humanity in i
neighboring territories, have a
sacred duty to restore traditional
amity and prevent further death
and destruction in the world."
intervention until it is too late.
Tokyo's announcement of a war
declaration after the fact of the
bombing of Pearl Harbor and
other Hawaiian targets and the
torpedoing of an American ship
700 miles west of San Francisco
removes the possibility of a Japa
nese military party coup to check
mate peace moves. It also chains
Japan as irrevocably to the wheels
of the Hitler-Mussolini war jug
gernaut as it seals British-American
mutual aid facts.
And unquestionably it sweeps
away the labt of American hesita
tion or uncertainty as to national
policy. There can be no turning
back now from the grim, business
of smashing the tn-partite axis
both in. Europe and m the far east
It has struck first
the night.
That Japan's diplomatic negoti-! f, .
ators. in session with Secretary LUIHlOIl UiierS Help
Hull m Wellington when word of Jn essae Q y
the Japanese bombing raids came, . r
were sTftnncd bv the news is clear
ly indicated. Tokvo guarded its TOPF.KA, Kas., Dec. 7.-OV
real pu.po.es even from its own Alf M. Landon. 1936 opponent of
"peace" emissaries They have ' President Roosevelt, telegraphed
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of Japans domin- i'K-mul1 .-himo.iv niKm.
mere is imperative need Tor
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al mission, unknown to "ll"'"u immeu action oy
American people, the Japanese
leaves no choice. Nothing
Soldier in
Pen Called
Roy J. Titousek, Honolulu at
torney, was piloting his own
plane in an early morning sky ride
when the attackers came over
Several enemy craft chased him,
I byt he got .away safely.
"Most of the attackers flew high,
! but a few come low. Five came
j down, to under a hundred feet
; elevation to attack Pearl harbor,
j An oil tank there was seen blaz
'. ing and smoking. Others appar
ently headed directly for Hick
man field to drop bombs.
The sky was filled with puffs
of smoke from exploding shells
fired by American army and navy
anti-aircraft units.
Whether surface units of the
United States fleet were in ac
tion against the enemy could
not be Immediately determined,
but columns of water rising
from the sea, as shells hit the
water, indicated a naval action.
Viewed from the hills back of
Honolulu, where many city folk
went to view the fight, columns
of heavy black smoke went sky
ward from Pearl harbor.
There was no immediate state
ment by -military officials as to
whether any service men were
killed or injured, or as to prop
erty damage to military and naval
posts.
Spectators said they saw the
Japanese rising sun emblem on
the low flying planes.
Japanese Consul General Sajao
Kito said he believed the bomb
ing was ' by United States army
planes on maneuver."
When told that there were
dead and wounded as the result
of the attack, Kito still ex
pressed doubt that they were
caused by Japanese planes.
Unconfirmed reports said that
; the attackers came from two car
j riers.
! United States destroyers -were
1 seen steaming full speed from
Pearl harbor, apd spectators' re
ports of seeing shell splashes in
the ocean indicated there had
been an engagement between
United States and Japanese ships.
One of the bombs that started
Honolulu fire's fell near Governor
calls ordered all sailors, marines
and soldiers to report instantly to
their posts.
Soon, the sky was filled with
puffs of smoke showing anti-aircraft
batteries had gone into ac
tion, and their shells were stab
bing for the high-flying bombers.
United States planes took to
the air, and spectators on hills
back of the city could see dog
fights over the area.
just a few hours before bombs
were to rain down within a few
miles of the football field.
The party was scheduled to ar
rive in Salem Christmas day.
Camplete party:
Willamette football team Bill
Reder, Marshall Barbour, Marvin
Goodman, Bill Kelly, Martin Bar
stad, George Constable, Andy Ro
gers, Neil Motley, Jim Fitzgerald,
Tony Fraiola, Wally Olsen. Gor
don Moore, Bob Bennett, Pat
White, Al Barre'tt, Teddy Ogdahl,
Chuck Furno, Irv Miller, Buddy
Reynolds. Gene Stewart, Cecil
Conner, Al Welden, Earl Hamp
ton, Glen Nordquist, Jim Burgess,
Ken Jacobsen and Poul Cooking
ham. With football team Coach R.
S. "Spec" Keene, Manager Dick
Kernes, Publicist Gil Lieser.
Salem residents Mrs. R. S.
Courtney Jones at center and Bud 1 Keene, Mr. and Mrs. Harry U.
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Vik Quint Set
For Friday Go
With 'Mooks
It'll probably be Dutch Sim
mons and Don Butler at forwards.
a- -, - .-
Coons and Rex Hardy at guards
when the Salem high Viks line
up for their first hoop fracas of
the season next Friday night, said i
Coach Harold Hauk Saturday. !
This quint, of three veterans
and two members of last season's
Jayvee squad, is most likely to
start against Tillamook, perennial
trouble-makers for the Viks, said
Hauk.
Simmons, Cutler and Coons
are holdovers from last year's
runner-up to the state champion
Astorias, while Jones and Hardy
are up from the Jayvees.
Boys looking especially good,
said Hauk, Include Gordy McMor
ris, hard-working, hard-driving
transfer from Dallas; Keith Mor
ris, sopohomore from Leslie; and
Stan Prather, transfer, ineligible
until mid-year.
Miller, Barbara Miller, Jack
Hedgcock, Wayne Hadley, Sena
tor Douglas McKay, Shirley Mc
Kay, Lorena Jack, Mrs. Waldo
Zeller, Mrs. Charles O. Wilson,
Mrs. Bud Reynolds, Betty Byrd,
Mrs. George E. Lewis, Mrs. Ray
M. Waltz, Mrs. Gordon Moore,
Miss Maxine Adsheim and Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Anderson.
From Dallas C. W. Henkle.
From Kent. Wash. N. B. Shaf
fer.
The order cancelling leave of
soldiers away from their posts
over the weekend reached inside
the walls of Oregon's penitentiary.
But it didn't summon ony of the
inmates, though many no doubt
would be glad to fight.
Corporal Guy Tucker, guards
man stationed at Fort Lewis, was
watching the advance showing of
the Elks' Christmas show at the
penitentiary. He is a member of
the Salem Civic Players, organiz
ation , which is producing the ,
show. ' "Between acts, word to re- : relayed to him, backstage in the
port at once at Fort Stevens was ' penitentiary auditorium.
Bears Defeat
Cards, 34-24
CHICAGO, Dec. 7-A(,-The
Chicago Bears defeated the Chi
cago Cardinals Sunday, 34-24
and tied the Green Bay Packers
for f.rst place in the western di
vision of the National Football
league. The result created the ne
cessity of a playoff game next
Sunday between the Bears and
Packers to determine which will
meet the New York Giants, east
ern titlists. for the league cham
pionship December 21.
The Bear's came from behind in
the last five minutes of the fourth !
Quarter for two touchdowns and a
victory.
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LaGuardia on
Way to Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7h.P,
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, di
rector of the Office of Civilian De
fense, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
assistant director, will fly to Cali
fornia Sunday from New York to
aid in organization of civilian de
fense, the Civilian Defense Re
gional office announced here Sun
day night.
They will go directly to Los An- , XEW YORK. Dec. 7.-A -"I
geles where Governor Olson has have not the slightest doubt as
summoned the state defense coun- i to what a united America should
cil to meet. ! and will do,", declared Wendell
Mrs. -Roosevelt later will visit I Willkie Sunday on hearing that
San Diego and San Francisco j imperial Japan had declared a
later in the week, and then go to i state of war against the United
Portland and Seattle. 1 States and England.
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Willkie Confident
From top. Senator Douglas
McKay, Mrs. Waldo Zeller,
Karbara Miller and Shirley
McKay, all Salem residents
who are with the Willam
e t t e university football
party in Honolulu, scene of
one of the surprise bomb
ings Sunday by Japanee
planes. Relatives and
friends here could obtain
no news of the Willamette
Dartv from Honolulu at a
late hour Sundav because of May Play, Yet
strict army and navy cen
sorship on all ingoing and
outgoing cables.
Sport
Sparks
By RON GEMMELL
News from Honolulu reached
this desk at 10:42 p. m. Sunday,
via Clipper ship, probably the
last to leave the islands before
bombs began hitting there.
The letter, from Gil Lieser,
publicist with the Willamette
football team, spoke of nothing
more serious than sea sickness
and the odds on Saturday's game
there between our Bearcats end
the University of Hawaii.
Lieser, when he air-mailed
his account of the pre-tame
condition of the Bearcats which
he hoped would reach your
correspondent before the tame
little dreamed that he and the
Bearcats were soon to be sub
jected to something far more
serious than football.
"Honestly," writes Lieser, "this
trip is the greatest experience in
the lives of most if not all of us " .
(Little knowing what was yet
coming V
"It was unfortunate the trip
over was so rough. Most of the
dovs ana neany all oi the men
and women In the party of fans
were pretty ill f .r several days
and some f .r the entire length of
.he ir p.
"Douif McKay. Spec Keene.
Tony Fraiola. Andy Rogers and
yours truly were the few fortun
ate who didn't find It neces
sary to undergo the unpleasant
ness of servlnr up at lrast sev
eral full corse dinners to the
fish.
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"Swells which resulted frm s
storm that twice forced the clip
per back to rr.air.'.ar.d h.t us on
the stern quarter for f.ve long
days and the boat never ceased
wa'.lnw.ng around from the time
we left L'.s Angeles harbor Friday
until we rounded Diamond Heal
Wednesday morning
"As a result of the crossinx
the hoys had one helluva time
retting back thfir land lees. Ill
certainly vouch for that. For
the first 48 hours after we land-
everyminr i walked on
either teemed to be tlantlni up
or down. It was really a weird
feeling: and I came closer to
getting sick trying to dance on
the night we arrived than I did
at any time during the voyage.
"Spec is trying desperately to
get the boys back in shape in the
little time he has before the game.
The roughness made It impossible
to hold any kind of workout on
the upper deck as onginaHy
planned and the b-ys w-re either
we.-ik f: n not be.r.g ab to ke-ep
anyhir.c v. th-ir s- ,",;(. s or
f:- m r,-. . :. : i:
"Ciamhling over here Is cer
tainly still in full suing. The
gamblers, many of them orient
als, carefully watch eery prac
tice session of both learns and
think nothing of putting down
several thousand dollars on one
ball game.
"I'm honestly afia 1 the gang
won't be ready S.r.ur i :,y. .- keep
your fingers crossed arH we'll
hope for the breaks "
Lieser enclosed a ('.pp:ng of
a sports column from the Hono
lulu Advertiser which, ironically,
was written by a Ja;.;mese An
drew Mitsukado
O
Bearcat Gridders Weren't Loo king
been i..I.Mav.-
ant military regime
Then re
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mem, iuum iim i,,n i.. i
tinte for a Wealthy m a deployment
for the Pacific attacks. They were j
sent to lull American watchfulness,
into a faNe security against at- ;
tack while those meaningless con-,
versations went on. J
That the attacks can or will j
be repeated in force against tar
gets so distant from Japan is
wholly Improbable. They ap
pear as suicide raids, a form of
naval hari-kiri, from which
there may be no survivors, men,
ships or planes. It is fantastic
to suppose that the Japanese
fleet has been risked far al sea
to back them up.
Britain's great Singapore base
or the closure of the Burma road
to China by invasion of Siam may
be the "real Japanese main objec
tives. A Japanese attack on Rus
sia or upon the Red sea supply
route for British empire forces in
North Africa may be coming. Hit
ler's badly stalled Russian cru
sade needs help and the Japanese
bombing raids loom as a diversion
for that reason.
They could not possibly have
materially altered Japanese-
American naval relativities in
the raciflc. ' American naval
superiority forbids the risking
of Japan's main fleet in sea ac
tion. Destructio nof Japan's
fleet at whatever cost Is the
prime American purpose from
now on. Whatever plan of
strategy the navy follows, bring
ing Japan's fleet to decisive ac
tion must be its ultimate design.
It is now clear beyond any rea
sonable doubt that Japan prepared
for making war in the Pacific,
probably under goading German
attack
must be permitted to interrupt
our victory over foreign foe.
Please command me in any way
I can be of service."
German-Italian Moves
Not Forecast Soon
ROME, Dec. 8 -fPi-Axis circles
gave the impression Sunday that
neither Italy nor Germany would
move against the United States
immediately under the three
power pact as a result of hos
tilities in the Pacific.
Authoritative political circles
were silent, but Italian and Ger
man circles said unofficially that
the attitude of Rome and Berlin
for the present would be one of
"watchful waiting."
Polish Soldiers Set
By The Associated Press
KIUBYSHEV, Russia, Dec. 6-(Delaycd)-Gen.
Wladyslaw Sikor
ski, premier and minister of mili
tary affairs of the Polish govern
ment, declared Sunday that Pol
ish soldiers equipped by soviet
Russian, Great Britain and the
United States would be ready to
take part in an offensive after
January 1.
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What now will happen to the
Bearcats and party Is a matter of"
conjecture. F:rst reaction, follow
ing the shocking news of ihe Ho
nolulu bombing Sunday. was
generally that their scheduled
game with San Jose State Decem
ber 18 would be canceled an i
that the party would encounter
terrific difficulties in trying t
get back home
Calmer study, however, led
many here to believe that the
one quick bombing at Hono
lulu would be all there: that
Japanese aircraft carriers would
not again be able to get close
enough to send planes over the
islands: and that after the first
terrific scare civilian life would
settle back to near normalcy.
1:
'.s second game w;i
is on the
i.ab'.e t e
be riayei
a stoaciic:
." mora.r on the
as f.r anything
the Wijlamct'e
will be escorted
in a troop
i land as much
cl.-e- and that
i a:v pr babiv
bat k . in due tim
tr:'port ship.
I.iiser's warning to keep fin
gers crossed in regard to the
game came too late, but he can
ret assured plenty rf us here
are keeping them crossed for the
return of the
Tats and en-
Limlherph Won't Talk
WEST TISBURY. Mass. Dec.
7 - oV'-Charles A. Lindbergh, vis
it ng at Seven Gates farm in this
Martha's Vineyard island village,
refused Sunday n.ght to see
newspapermen or ac any
meages.
rivate Planet Out
WASHINGTON". Dee. 1-A', -The
civil aeronautics authority is
sued orders Sun lav r.ight ground
ing all private airplanes in the
United States and ;t- possessions,
except commercial n.i '..riers. :
Group Promises Aid
NEW YORK, Dec. 7-(P)-The
America First Committee "of
course will support the war," if
congress declare;-, a state of war,
General Robert Wood ot Chicago.
chairman of the tore mi t tee, said i
Sunday niht
Aboard the Lurline as it sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu Novem- In the picture back row, standing : t t lajior aenK ,
ber 29, members of this Willamette university football party never agent for Southern Pacific; Martin Harstad, Gordon Moore, Ted d ah (J hu , an(l
dreamed they might be looking up into the skies for Japanese bomb- Dave Kelly, all v Olson, Neil Morley Ken Jarobson. And . N'KW yop.k. Dec h V R yat
ers nine days later. Crave concern was felt in Salem for these boys, and Reder, George Constable. Bob Bennett, C hue Furno ''rf' Arch Gunnison, m a b.oadcast to
the 21 other members of the football partv, when it was learned Mono- Marvin Goodman. Kneeling, middle row-I at Uhite, Al Barrett, Al ai- WOR.Mutual frm Mani.a. re.
lulu was bombed within a few hours after Willamette played the I'ni- den, Irv Miller Marshall Harbour Cecil Conner. Kneelmg front ro Jim p ted todav ,hjt j;M,mese para-
vpritv r Hii a fnnthall cramp thprp Saturday. i Fitzgerald. Larl Hampton, Gene Stewart, Glen .Nordquist, Jim Burgees, chute troops had been landed in
Coach Spec Keene, Bud Reynolds-