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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941.
Japanese Pacific Successes
Provide Grim Reading But
No Decision Says Analyst
Br DsWItt MacKensie
(Wide World War Analyst)
The further Japanese successes In the war of the Pacific
notably the sinking of the great British warships Prince of
Wales and Repulse, and the landing of Jap troops in the
Philippines make grim- reading for the allies, but they are
far from decisive and needn't cause any discouragement
whatever.
Probably there Is little dan
ger that we snail allow our
selves to fall under a complex
which attributes superhuman
capabilities to the enemy, but
we should guard against any
such tendency. A lot of folk got
the superhuman complex re
, garding the mighty German
war-machine. And it was two
years before the Russians de
flated the Invincibility balloon
under which much of the con
tinent of Europe (and the peo
ples of some other countries) sat
and shivered.
Superman Myth
Long Disposed Of
The Japanese aren't super
human, despite the fact that In
three days of bombing they
have inflicted damage which the
Germans haven't been able to
do In more than two years with
what once was the greatest air
force ever created. And what's
the answer to that?
The Nipponese fighting ma
chine Joesn't compare In power
with that of the nazis. Certain
ly the Japanese aren't better
warriors. I think we have the
answer in three points:
(1) The Japanese created a
vast advantage by a surprise at
tack, and have worked with ter
rific swiftness since the start;
(2) , their bombers have been
favored with a good fortune
which hasn't fallen so plenti
fully even on the Germans with
all their skill and power; and
(3) , They have been fighting a
"suicide" war thus far, striking
widely and with utter disregard
for consequences to equipment
or their own lives.
That last point is Important.
The Nipponese are risking
everything in these early hours
In an effort to secure an advan-
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through. That type of warfare
brings either great rewards or
terrible disasters. It is the sort
of thing the Japanese are well
adapted to, for a people who
are endowed with such courage
that they don't hesitate to com
mit hara kirl to satisfy honor
surely aren't going to hesitate
to sacrifice themselves In this
emergency.
Strategy Has
Nasi Earmarks
The Japanese are carrying
out a strategical program which
is Hitlerian in Its daring and
scope, and it Is given to wonder
whether Berlin hasn t had a
considerable hand In shaping
the plans. The line of strategy
now begins to take form.
Their immediate objectives
are the occupation, or at least
the Immobilization, of the two
great allied naval bases of the
Far East Britain's Singapore
and our own Philippines. It is
not hit-and-run attack which the
Japanese have made on these
strongholds.
The British battleship Prince
of Wales and the battle cruiser
Repulse were sunk in a naval
engagement off the Malayan
peninsula above Singapore, and
there is heavy land fighting in
Malaya between the British
and Japs. The enemy apparently
have made one or more land
ings in Luzon, the Philippines,
and Berlin reports a great naval
battle between our ships and
Japanese off Manila. .
If the Japanese could knock
out both the Philippines and
Singapore, they would have se
cured command of all those
waters.
The object of the Japanese
assault on the narrow Malayan
peninsula is two-fold; To give
them a land base from which
to strike at Singapore, which
lies at the end of the peninsula,
and to cut the lifeline between
Singapore and British Burma,
against which the Japanese
likely will fling an attack.
FILIPINO MISTAKE
Manila, Dec. 10 VP) Filipino
soldiers at an army training
camp at Davao cheered raiding
Japanese planes Monday after
noon and realized their mistake
only when the Japanese opened
fire with machine-guns, belated
reports said today. At Baguio
the populace made a similar
mistake.
ON DEFENSE JOB
Arrival of Mrs. Roosevelt
And Mayor LaGuardia To
Spur Area Preparations.
By the Associated Press
The expected arrival of Amer
ica's first lady Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and New York
city's Mayor Fiorello La Guar
dia, in Seattle tonight empha
sized the stress on home defense
preparations in the Pacific
northwest today.
Mrs. Roosevelt and La Guar
dia will arrive by plane at 7
p. m and tomorrow at 10 a. m
will Join Washington's Governor
Langlie In a meeting at Olympia
of the Washington state defense
council.
Meanwhile there were these
developments after the second
night of blackout for numerous
northwest cities:
Continue Roundup
The federal bureau of investi
gation continued its roundup of
Japanese, Germans and Italians
suspected of plotting "overthrow
of the government." Some 150
suspects already have been de
tained, including 122 Japanese,
27 Germans and three Italians.
The Seattle city council pre
pared blackout ordinances con
taining penalties ranging up to
90 days and $100 fines or both.
The council also authorized em
ployment of SO additional regu
lar policemen and between 30
and 40 more special police.
Sandbags Sought
A Junk company manager in
Spokane reported the army en
gineer corps in Seattle was
strongly in the wheat sack mar
ket, needing 6,000,000 for sand
bag protection around buildings
in strategic places on the coast.
Seattle's second blackout night
was calm and orderly. A group
of about 300 persons who congre
gated in midtown at Third and
Fourth and Pike streets, appar
ently to see whether another
outbreak of window smashing
and looting would break out, was
effectively handled by an en
larged police force and no dam
age was done.
At Bremerton, Rear Admiral
C. S. Freeman, commandant of
the 13th naval district, issued
warning to the public not to be
unduly alarmed if anti-aircraft
firing should be heard in that
area. He said ships there would
be firing their anti-aircraft guns
at D a. m. each morning for test
purposes.
Treasury department orders
ban financial transactions be
tween American citizens and
any Japanese or Italian na
tional, unless the national is li
censed. Such nationals are be-
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Jailed without charge, accused
by air raid wardens of refusing
to turn out their lights on re
quest. Shortly before the black
out ended this morning, four
more Japanese were arrested
and Jailed on $30 bond each
for turning on restaurant lights
too early.
Public Invited To
Accordion Contest
Baldwin Auditorium
The first time an event of
this kind has ever been held in
southern Oregon, where the
public is invited to witness a
group of musicians playing off
in contest for $200 cash and
many merchandise prizes, the
accordion contest will be play
ed off in the recital hall at the
Baldwin Piano Shoppe at 7:30
tomorrow night.
Three out of town Judges
from Tacoma, Salem and Klam
ath Falls will Judge the contest
according to the rules of the
American Accordionists associa
tion whereby the winners are
judged by interpretation, tech
nic, stage appearance, etc.
During the intermission at the
conclusion of the contest, while
the Judges are making the se
lection of the winners of the
several groups, the entire en
semble will entertain the audi
ence in addition to the several
spe'clal novelty numbers by the
sextett from the Priscilla Meis-
inger studios of Salem, Ore.
These girls have been brought
to Medford at considerable ex
pense for additional entertain
ment because of their reputation
as the outstanding musical per
formers in the northern part of
the state. They will be enter
tained Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at the Purucker resi
dence, 13 Glenn Oak Court.
A.P. MAN ENLISTS
Portland, Dec. 10. Ph-Wln-
fred J. (Bill) Brazeau, Jr., traf
fic attendant in the Portland
bureau of the Associated Press,
took leave of the news business
today for the duration. Brazeau
was one of the hundreds who
enlisted in the navy at the Port
land recruiting office since the
outbreak of war with Japan.
TO BE LISTED FOR
EMERGENCY USES
Residents of Jackson county
were called upon today to list
all spare clothing and bedding
that could be used in cases of
emergency.
A record of such articles is to
be kept by Adjutant Charles K.
Cox, head of the Salvation Army
here and chairman of the cloth
ing committee of the Jackson
County Council of Defense. Ad
jutant Cox said it was urgent
that every family mail to him
without delay this information:
Name, address and telephone
number, number of garments
for men, women and children,
sizes of the garments and the
amount of bedding.
This information should be
mailed without delay to Adju
tant Cox, Salvation Army, P. O.
Box 467, Medford, the adjutant
said. He emphasized that the
information requested should be
listed carefully so as to avoid
the necessity of clerical tabula
tion at his office.
ELKS MEMORIAL
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The local Elks lodge will hold
their annual public memorial
services tomorrow at 7:45 p.m.
in their temple. Change in the
date has been due to the tem
porary postponement of the
Christmas Tree party which was
to have been held on that date.
The service is one of the few
open meetings of the Elks and
the public is cordially invited
to attend. Special music and a
speaker has been provided for
the evening and Exalted Ruler
Ernest Scott urges all members
of Medford lodge to attend and
pay tribute to their departed
members. A short session of
lodge will follow the public service.
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CAMPBELLS HEAR
Mr. and Mrs. Ell Campbell of
240 North Holly street this
morning received a cablegram
telling of the safety of rela
tives in Honolulu.
The relatives are their son,
Winston Campbell, who has
been in Honolulu about a year.
and Mrs. Campbell's sister, Mrs.
W. E. Heavlln. The cablegram
said that Winston and Mr. and
Mrs. Heavlln and their two
daughters were safe. Winston
and Mr. Heavlln are employed
in Honolulu by private com
panies. The Heavlins have re
sided there four years. Mrs.
Heavlln is a former Medford
resident.
Mrs. Carrie Young, IS Rose
avenue, received word this
morning by cable that her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Nugent, were safe In
Honolulu. The Nugents resided
in Japan until last summer and
Mr. Nugent is now first lieuten
ant in the marine corps at Hono
lulu, acting as interpreter. Mrs.
Nugent visited her mother a
short time last summer before
sailing to the islands with her
husband.
CHILD DROWNS
Portland, Dec. 10. (JP) Lola
Lyon, 2-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Lyon, form
erly of LIbby, Mont., drowned
yesterday while playing on a
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