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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
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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
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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.
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Whit Home alio reported
(3) oi th United Stat Pacific
about 400 miles farther east.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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. .
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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 . . .. :
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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