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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1941)
run u wests- Weather TJT" nvon Forecast: Cloody with cations light rain tonight and IHXlnttdAT. Little cbang In tvoiperatore. Teinpcnitiir Hlgheft Yesterday M .1 Lowest this M"-'"f SI n Thirty-sixth Year EAST MAir HAS C3WI Tl Japanese Planes Attack Pearl Harbor I V5V Vs china rwf ' PHILIPPINE i. i tv ri - sj KV ft, I i a Ol At ! AUSTRALIA Japan airplan attacked United Stati defense batt in Hawaii (2) Sunday and Monday, th Whit Hout reported. Th an army fhip carrying lumber was torpedoed 1.300 miles west coast, and said a cargo ship had bn landing distress signals 4 ' ff 1 : '. Japanai warplan st Sunday en th Pearl Harbor Mail Tribune Carriers Sell Defense Stamp Mail Tribune carriers were enlisted today in the sale of U. S. defense savings stamps to help pay for the cost of war. The boys volunteered to as sist in the national defense plan by taking orders for th stamps. Each carrier has been accredit ed, each has taken a pledge to serve faithfully as "official U. S. defense agent for defense stamp sales" and each has been author ized to take orders from the Mail Tribune readers he serves. The carriers will sell only the 10-cent stamp. They will take orders for the stamps and start; I delivering them the following week In th amount specified. Subscribers may order the de livery of one stamp or more each week and the order will remain in effect until cancelled. No money will be collected for the stamps until the time of delivery. Order blanks are be ing published in the Mail Trib une for the convenience of sub scribers. These may be filled out and given to the carrier when he calls. Upon delivery of the first order of defense savings stamps, the carrier will also deliver an album in which the stamps may be stuck. Th album holds S18.70 In defense savings stamps. When filled, it can be exchanged with 5 cents in coin for an interest-bearing defense savings bond having a maturity value of S23. The U. S. treasury depart- ' meat has enlisted the aid of newspaper carriers all over the United State because oi the Medford MIDWAY fSX 6 ? . fjOHNSTONIS; HOWLAND IS. SAMOA i-r fir to th U. S. battleship Oklahoma (abor) In a sudden raid naval bate and Honolulu. large number of families the boys reach every day. The aim of the treasury department is to reach as many persons as possible with the defense sav ings stamps so that all may "buy a share in America" in accord ance with their means. Salem, Dec. 9. W Gover nor Charles A. Sprague, In a telegram to the navy depart ment, today offered the battle ship Oregon to the navy for pos sible use as a patrol vessel. The decommissioned vessel. which fought In the Spanish American war, now is in Port land harbor. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Hizzoner Judge Bill Allen de claring he gets no end of pleas ure out of Mail Tribune ac counts of local happenings. Police Officer Ray Sloneker looking and looking and looking at the shrubs being planted around the federal building. Frank Van Dyke emerging from his Ashland storm cellar to come to Medford for canton ment information. Arthur Cannon hlnff nroud of th hlarknut ftrennrstinna made at Fluhrer'i Bakery. Full Associated Piw v ? 'HAWAIIAN IS 1 E2 th Phillppln islands (1) and Whit Home alio reported (3) oi th United Stat Pacific about 400 miles farther east. - 5k V" WSi'- '",v JAP WARPLANES BELIEVED SEEN OVER CALIFORNIA San Tranclsco, Dee. 0. (ffV The army and navy were on the prowl today for an enemy air craft carrier which army author ities said sent at least two squa drons of planes In reconnalsance flights over Industrial plants ringing San Francisco bay- without dropping bomb. The 30-odd planes ranged from San Jose at the south tip of the bay to the huge naval yard at Mare Island, the fourth army Interceptor command re ported. The Tight caused the first blackout In San Francisco's his tory. Two other blackouts fol lowed In the darkness of early morning, but army authorities did not disclose whether enemy planes again approached. Army interceptor planes fol lowed the first of the enemy squadrons, but were unable to determine where they finally went. The navy then took up a search for a plane carrier, pre sumably lurking off California's coast, and possibly 900 or 800 miles at sea. "I don't think there's any doubt the plane came from carrier," said Lieut General John L. Dewitt, command of the fourth army and the western defense command. San Francisco learned of the MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1941. I'M MOS REPORTED NEAR PACIFICjOAST U. S. Interceptors Fly Far Asea In Search Lights Out Ordered 12:30 A.M. Seattle, Dec. 9. Vt) Planes from Portland and Seattle area bases flew criss-cross patterns high above the Pacific ocean from 600 miles to sea back to the coastline today, seeking two or three Japanese aircraft car riers and some submarines re ported operating offcoast. Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. Wash, head of the 2nd Interceptor command, said blackouts will continue. He permitted com mercial broadcasting to resume within a 100-mile radius of Se attle at 10:45 a. m., today after a 15-hour hiatus, but said im minence of attack might cause a shutdown as early as S p. m. today. Start At 12:30 Tonight's blackout, covering all Oregon and Washington west of the Cascades, tentatively will start at 12.30 a. m but the start actually will depend on the Imminence of attack. At. 9:19 a. m.. General Wash had station K1RO, th 80,000 watt station which remained on the air last night to carry of ficial announcements, broadcast terse statement that "there has been no change In the situa tion. The possibility of air at Uck Is still present" Radio stations were swamped with calls as to when they would resume commercial pro grams, and Col. G. P. Tourtellot of the northwest defense com mand, brought home the war condition bluntly with the an nouncement that: "The time has passed when we're trying to please the pub lic with radio programs. "We're trying to save their lives. "We know what's best for them, and they've got to realize that this is war!" Until the presence of hostile craft in the north Pacific are disproved, he added, "Seattle's defense and the coast's defense comes first." ELKS POSTPONE YULE PROGRAM The Elks lodge Christmas Tree program was Indefinitely postponed today because of the emergency. A statement issued by Exalted Ruler Ernest L. Scott and General Chairman Major M. Morris explained the action as follows: "In view of the national emer gency and in order to cooperate in every way with national de fense it Is impossible for the B.P.O. Elks to have their charity Christmas tree program Thurs day night, Dec. 11 and the com mittee has made a temporary postponement. Further notice will be given of the date of the program." The committee further stated that because of the national emergency the necessity of th Christmas program is probably more necessary than ever. WHATI NO MISTLETOE? Honiell, N. Y Dec. 9.- Principal Edward W. Cook, an nouncing plans for the week before the Christmas holidays at Hornell high school decreed "no one Is to be allowed to bring In any mistletoe in the building or on the school grounds." presence of enemy planes after hours of confused and conflict ing reports given out during a sudden early evening air raid alarm first on the mainland and blackout lasting two and hall hour. m Japanese Slash At Philippine Don't Use 'Phone For Distant Call Unless Necessary Telephone users are asked not to place any long distance calls unless absolutely neces sary as long as the present national emergency contin ues, R. B. Hammond, local manager for the company, announced today. "Due to the communication needs of our armed forces vital to our defense, govern ment calls will come first," Hammond said. Civilian calls will be subject to delay, he Mid. RENEWS TALK OF Y BASE HERE Declaration of war between the United States and Japan has created new Interest in th probability of th construction of an army cantonment and air base here. It has been pointed out that because of the declared war the army will undoubtedly be ex panded faster than planned un- raer peace-time programs and that Medford had been desig nated as a likely place for a camp If and when the army was enlarged. Further speculation was caused by a telephone call yes terday from Capt. Theron W. Bean, former constructing quar termaster here who was trans ferred only last Thursday to the zone 8 constructing quartermas ter's office at San Francisco. Capt. Bean telephoned Fred W. Scheftel, city superintendent, to inquire whether the army might have use of the armory again if he returned to Medford. He was assured the armory was at the army's disposal, Mr. Schef tel said. Capt Bean was quoted as saying the armory would be needed only for a short time until the army put up its own building, presumably at the pro posed camp site. He was quoted also as saying that he had re ceived 48-hour standby orders. What either of these two asser tions meant was not known here. Court Martial for Hawaii Commanders Is Sought by Solon Washington, Dec. 9. (AP Rep. DingeU (D-Mlch) told the house today he proposed to de mand that court martial proceed ings be Instituted against four high-ranking army officers and the commander of the Pacific fleet for "what happened In Ha waii." Dingell named specifically Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short command ing the Hawaiian department; Major Gen. H. H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air; MaJ. Gen. Geo. H. Brett, chief of the army air corps, end Admiral Husband Kimmel, commander of the Pa cific fleet . Radio Highlights President Roosevelt will lay the war situation before th peo ple of the United States and the world tonight In a broad' cast to be carried on all major networks at 7 p. m., P.S.T. Wednesday, the war; 7:15 NBC-Blue , 8 MBS, 9 MBS, 10:45 NBC, 12:55 CBS, MBS, TRIBUNE United Pre LIGHT SIGNALS GUIDE INVADERS IN MANILA AREA Manila, Dec. 9. (AP Japan ese fliers raiding the Manila area have been aided by light signals from the ground, marking out certain sections, an army spokes man said tonight as Manila un derwent Its second night of air raid alarms. Military and civil officials are taking every precaution to arrest and punish those responsible for setting off flares, fire-works and other signals, the spokesman said. At the same time an American flier who participated in this morning's air battles said the Japanese ground-strafing tactics indicated German instruction, if not actual German participation in the fighting. The army said It could not verify a report that German filers took part in the raids or that one German pilot who para chuted from a burning plane had been captured. T IN PACIFIC WAR Tokyo, Dec. 9. (Official Broadcasts Picked up by AP) Great initial successes and widening scope and increasing tempo of Japan's air, land and sea war of the Pacific with the United States and Britain were reported by the Japanese today. A navy ministry spokesman declared the Japanese navy al ready had landed blows which had ahanged the old balance of American and Japanese sea pow er to such an extent as to nul lify President Roosevelt's "high pressure eastern policy." Strategy Shattered The achievements of the Jap anese navy, he declared, had "completely shattered all naval strategy popularized by United States naval experts." Roosevelt's program of en circling Japan had been based upon a miscalculation of Japan's strength, he added. 'The fruit of this Irresponsible estimate has been to deprive America of the very foundation naval su periority of its hopes of ob structing and frustrating the na tural growth of the Japanese empire." The army announced that its bombers had hammered Nich ols field, U. S. air base near Manila In the Philippines In mass attack which demolished "Important air facilities." A ring of Japanese warships which shelled tiny Midway isl and, United States possession 1,400 miles west of Honolulu, set hangars and fuel stores ablaze In a bombardment yester day, said a communique. Claim Island Taken ( A Tokyo broadcast heard by CBS, declared that Guam and Wake, two other United State stepping stones across the Pa cific from Pearl harbor to Man ila, were now under the Japan ese flag. The broadcast was heard last night, and there was no subsequent elaboration.) The Japanese said they shot down nine planes in their at tacks on Wake island yesterday. At th same time Imperial headquarters announced that Japan's air and land force be- BIT WKS lCoatiaued est r Tea) Again Islands War Bulletins I New York. Dee. fP) Ford Wilklns. CBS corres pondent In Manila, reported at 6:12 a. m. PST., today that there had been unverified re ports of bombings of th Jap anese Island of Formosa and th cities of Tokyo and Kobe. New York. Dee. I A Panamanian radio broadcast heard in New York by NBC said Japan aircraft were reported flying over th Pan ama coast this morning by no bombs wr dropped. New York, Dm. 9. W Th British radio said lata today that the Chungking government of Chiang Kai Shek bad declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy. NBC heard th London broad cast TO DOUSE LIGHTS IGHT Jackson county was prepared today for its second successive blackout tonight. The first of ficial blackout went into effect with the blowing of sirens at 11 o'clock last night. A blackout re hearsal was held In th county October 31. ' The second Interceptor com mand today issued an order con tinuing the blackout because the west coast was still In danger. The order said the blackout would go into effect again at 12:30 tonight but th Jackson County Council of Defense had the understanding that lt would be effective at dark. , The blackout last night was declared successful excepting for scattered minor .instances where lights were not turned off immediately. The defense council's set-up functioned per fectly, said Capt. S. M. Tuttle, chairman, and elicited the praise of Capt. Harry L. Cole of Pear son field, Vancouver, Wash. Capt. Col arrived by car last night just as the blackout went into effect and today he told the Mall Tribune that ha had never witnessed a more suc cessful one. He congratulated the people of Jackson county for their cooperation with the air corps. He returned north today after making routine inspec tion of air corps personnel and equipment at the Medford mu nicipal airport It was under stood some new supplies were brought for the airport, now un der 24-hour guard. Capt Tuttle counseled the public that the blackout must be county-wide and he request ed everyone to assume pers onal responsibility for turning lights out or covering windows so that no light can be seen from the outside. During the present alert period day-time traffic may move in normal manner, though there should be no more of it than necessary, he said. If, how ever, enemy plane should be reported approaching, motorists should stop and seek shelter, he added. . Local Industrial plants that work at night such as Fluhrer'i Bakery, took precautions to con ceal lights from the outside. At Fluhrer's six men worked three hours last evening to cover win dows with tar paper and tar paulin and trucks were loaded In the dark. Trucks operating through the night travelled with lights dimmed and covered with cellophane. . Very Best Buy AM ye loaktag 1 u k TCetmentf Hst ja caeac th Want Adit It U aot ua Ml to find the rmy kMt hers aTertlt4. JnM lew ntae of jour Urn ma? be profitablj prat la reading tba Ada, NO. 224. OFFICIALS DIFFER Commander of 1st Air Force 'Doesn't Think' Alarm Series Due to Rehearsal. New York, Dec 9. JP) Ma jor General Herbert A. Dergue, commander of the first air force, said today in a statement that "I do not think" a series of air raid alarms in the eastern sec tion of the United State wa a rehearsal. Publie safety official had said th alarm were re hearsal, and that rennrta at an. preaching enemy planes) war false. General Dargue said: "We can't explore the me chanlcs of our alarm system. Remember the number of alarms over London without, any bombs being dropped. I will not disclose th source of this alarm." , . . Gen. Dargue' statement fol lowed the sounding of two air raid alarms In New York tho first In th history of th met ropolis, i . . .. : - ' Boston en Alert -Th vast metropolitan area of New York was given two raid alarms within an hour. Boston was "alerted" for more than an' hour, hundred of schools wr evacuated throughout the north east, and tens of thousands of civilian employes were rushed, out of vital defense factor!; and army and navy centers. - The first report around noon. had enemy plane approachirnr New York and due to arrive around 2 p. m. In mid-afternoon, however. JV W. Farley, executive director of the Massachusetts Committee on Publie Safety, said In Bos ton that th alert were only tests. "Th army and the navy now inform us," he said, "that thle was dress rehearsal. All phases of the test were met tisfactortly." Farley said that about 80,000 persons In Massachusetts had answered the civilian defense) summons. They were all dis missed by 8 p. m. New York City felt the est impact of th tests. MIDWAY ISLAND Mrs. Louis Thompson, elrk In th Justice of the peace court, was notified this morning that radio report received by an Idaho station said all th men on Midway island were safe. Mrs. Thompson's husband and hundreds of other southern Ore gon and northern California men are employed on defense construction on the island. It had been reported that Midway was among Pacific- islands bombed by the Japan. William McClur of 250 Beat ty street received word today that hi brother and hi wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jack McClur. were safe at Honolulu. Mr. Mo Clure is employed as an engi neer on government construc tion work In Honolulu. Salem, Dee. 9. IP) Stale se lectlve service headquarters, or dering Immediate classification of all registrants, told local . boards today It la likely that the law deferring men over M year of age would be repealed
