MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1941.
PAGE FIVE
TOKYO BOASTS OF
SEA VICTORY AND
HONGKONG'S PALL
Tokjio, Dec. 13. (Official Ra
dio Received by AP) The Jap
anese claimed tonight that a
land drive in their week-long
Pacific-Asiatic offensive had
"sealed the fate" of Hongkong
while the campaign at sea, they
said, had run up a total of 140,
000 tons of British and Amer
ican warships sunk.
They declared that Kow
loon's "four mile-long and sup
posedly impregnable defenses
have been shattered." Hong
kong, second only to Singapore
as a British far eastern naval
base, was said to be under an
Incessant rain of Japanese
bombs.
(There was no direct tword
from Hongkong but London ad
mitted the possibility that the
colonial defense forces might
have fallen back to pre-arranged
positions).
The Japanese now say that
the Arizona was sunk in the
Initial onslaught at Pearl Har
bor last Sunday, along with the
battleships Oklahoma and West
Virginia. It took them nearly a
week to claim the Arizona.
(It Is familiar axis practice to
make extravagant claims of sea
successes in the hope of learn
ing the true results of attacks
through reaction of the other
side. The United States has
acknowledged that a battleship
capsized and a destroyer blew
up in the Pearl Harbor assault).
Premier General Hideko Toio
himself cautioned Japanese
against over-optimism based on
Japan's early successes. He told
a public rally that Japan must
be prepared for long war and
all the hardships that go with
it. He painted Japan's cause as
one of "self-defense" and "right
eousness." "We must not be intoxicated
by initial victories and we must
be ready to undergo every kind
of necessary hardship," the pre
mier said.
Tom Flynn Buys $500 Bond
Through Mail Tribune Carrier
Mail Tribune carriers, enlist
ed last week by the government
in the sale of defense savings
stamps, will begin delivery of
the stamps tomorrow. They
started taking orders last week
from the homes where they de
liver the Mail Tribune. Orders
are taken one week and the
stamps are delivered the next. It
is hoped that deliveries can be
made on Mondays or Tuesdays.
The carrier campaign got off
to a big start yesterday when
Tom Flynn of 1301 East Main
street insisted that he buy $500
worth of the stamps from his
carrier, Bruce McKay of 102S
Reddy avenue who serves Route
24. As the carriers sell only 10
cent stamps and as so big an or
der would be too much of an
individual drain on supplies, ar
rangements were made by Ger
ald T. Latham, Mail Tribune cir
culation manager, with Postmas
ter Frank DeSouza for the pur
chase of a $500 bond for Mr.
Flynn with credit for the sale
going into Bruce's record so as
to put him in line for the awards
the government is making to the
boys. By virtue of so large a
sale, Bruce became entitled to
a bronze shield with 41 gold
bars.
Mr. Flynn said he insisted
that Bruce get credit for the
sale as a token of his apprecia
tion of the boy's loyal and faith
ful Mail Tribune delivery ser
vice. Mr. Flynn said that not
only is the daily service excel
lent but that Bruce went out of
his way to be certain that he
gain the benefit of bargain days
last fall.
The carriers yesterday report
ed an excellent general response
in their solicitation of orders.
The aim of the government in
enlisting the aid of newspaper
carriers is to reach as many per
sons as possible as every ten
cent stamp counts and Uncle
Sam wants to give everyone the
opportunity to help attain vic
tory and peace.
Cairo, Dec. 13. (.IP) Axis
armies in Libya, cut into seg
ments by the revitalized British
offensive and lashed by the
furies of the RAF, appeared
today to be trying for a stand
at Derna. oasis port 100 miles
west of Tobruk.
A considerable number of the
German and Italian troops were
reported hemmed in by hard
fighting New Zealanders at Ga
zala, on the coast 40 miles west
of Tobruk. Beyond them, far to
the west, other axis unit were
said to be trying to break
through British forces impend
ing their retreat to Derna. .
Clotlng tiros (or Classified Ad,
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AREA ES WARNING
Bremerton, Dec. 13. JP In
a statement addressed to resi
dents of Bremerton, Port Or
chard and other communities
"adjacent to the navy yard and
at other navy activities," Rear
Admiral C. S. Freeman, com
mandant of the navy yard,
warned today that the danger of
attack on Puget sound is not
over.
Emphasizing that he was
speaking in his capacity as navy
ya.rd commandant. Admiral Free
man said:
'The situation in the eastern
Pacific has become sufficiently
stabilized to warrant discon
tinuing general blackouts and
to confine blackouts to cases of
actual threatened attack. The
military dispositions of the avail
able forces of the army and navy
are such as to afford reasonable
assurance that advance warning
of possible enemy air raids or
other mass enemy action will be
given.
"The danger of attack is not
over. The attitude of the civil
community should be one of
calm, determined, never-ceasing
vigilance.
"Because of the enormous
value to national defense of the
Puget sound navy yard and
other lesser naval shore activi
ties in this area, it is of the most
extreme importance that the in
structions now being issued and
standardized by municipal, coun
ty and state officials and by the
army authorities charged with
civilian protection be rigidly ad
hered to.
"Some mistakes will be made;
there may be some initial con
fusion. We, at the moment, are
a people unaccustomed to war.
We must become accustomed to
it. Prompt and thorough action
by the civil community is carry
ing out such instructions as are
issued for insuring quick black
outs may readily be the means
of saving for continued effort
the naval plants now engaged
in an all-out effort to win this
war. It will take a long time
to win, and there will be many
temptations to relax effort. It
lies with every individual to do
his own best in this finish fight,
and not to be persuaded other
wise by an occasional bad ex
ample on the part of his neigh
bor. "We of the navy yard and
the other naval shore activities
and of the navy generally are
your relatives and friends. We
are a part of you. Help us."
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V I C T 0 R-Pres. Rlilnle
Morinlfo of Parasuay Is credited
with having defeated a bloodiest
coup d'etat of pro-Axis origin
after a three-day, late Novem
ber, crisis In his country.
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