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N THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
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t Philippines Under
0 Two Raid Alarms;
5th Column Eyed
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: In The ,
Day's
News .
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By FRANK JENKINS
AS these wordi ara written
(noon Tuesday) e n a m y
plane, presumably Japanese, are
belioved to have down over ban
Francisco last night. No bombs
were dropped. Indicating thut it
was a roconnalssance (getting the
lay of the land) flight.
Other enemy planes (presunv
ably Qerman) ara reported to be
nearing tb Atlantic coast.
Victoria, Seattle and Portland
ara houry""epectlng the sound
of enemy motors overhead.
The Panamanian radio says
Japanese aircraft ara .reported
to be flying over the Panama
coast
'THIS question la In every
A mind: .
What purpose lias back of
these mysterious and rather
spectacular threats which, of
course, may develop at any mo
ment Into performance, as in
Hawaii?
..
f ET'S do a llttlo guessing here.
The REAL PURPOSE Is to
frighten the American people
Into demanding .that their fleets,
both Pacific and Atlantic, be
brought back to the home waters
to defend Amorican homes and
American soil.
If that could be brought about.
It would greatly please Germany
and Japan.
T ET'S do soma more guessing.
Germany'i Is the dominat
ing intelligence of the axis. Ger
many, above everything else,
wants to STOP American' war
materials from reaching the
British and the Russians.
Germany, at this moment,
must have two main objectives:
Frightening the American peo
ple into demanding
1. That their fleets be kept
in home water for homo do-
fenso:
2. That America's total pro
duction of war material be used
for American defense.
'THESE spectacular threats of
air attack on American cities
must be designed to further these
axis objective.
...
TJERE Is where YOU come Into
the picture:
You - can get frightened and
Join in a clamor to bring the
fleet back home and to use our
total military production for our
OWN defense.
Or you can grit your tooth,
tighten up your bolt, say to your
self that this is a WORLD war
and that you are ready to ploy
YOUR PART in it as such.
It 1 up to you to make the
choice,.
...
DUGET SOUND cities (along
with others) were blacked out
last night.
A a result, night shift produc
tion was stopped at the Puget
Sound navy yard, the Boeing
aircraft plant and the various
plants of the Tacoma-Seattle
shipyards.
AH such things are water on
the axis wheel.
. . .
r)URINCt the Seattle blackout,
a mob estimated at 1000 con
stituted itself a "light out"
squad. Window were shattered,
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Light Signols Guided
Jap Attackers to
Target, Claim
MANILA, Dec. 0 UP) Manila
underwent two fulso air raid
alarms tonight and National Air
Raid Warden Alfredo Eugenlo
said he suspected a fifth-column
conspiracy was the cause.
Two air alarm workers were
arrestod and two others were
under Investigation. Tho war
den said the police were taking
over the ulurm system immcd
lately and he recommended that
tho U. S. army tuko it over to
morrow.
Light Signals
An army spokesman said Jap
anese filers raiding the Manila
area had been aided by light
signals, from, the ground, -mark
ing out certain sections.
Military and civil official are
taking every precaution to arrest
and punish thojo responsible for
setting off flares,' fire-works and
other signals, the spokesman
said.
German Hand Sn
At the same time an American
filer who participated In this
morning's air battles said the
Japanese ground-xtrufing tactics
Indicated German Instruction if
not actual German participation
in tne lighting.
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.
BERLIN, Dec. I) OP) A DNB
dispatch from Shunghol today
quoted the Japaneso army
spokesman as saying Japanese
troops nad landed In the Philip
pines. The spokesman asserted the
landing was effected without
losses, DNB said.
Ho also told of successful
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Local Defense
Board Issues
Air Raid Rules
District Attorney L. Orth
Slscmorc, chairman of air
raid precautions for tho ci
vilian defenso council, stated
Tuesday that an ARP pro
gram la being organized here
but In view of tho emergency
tho following Instructions aro
given tho public:
1. For tho present, a local
air raid warning will consist
of . prolonged sounds from
sirens and whistles, and tho
following sequence on tho
city's lighting system:
Black for 10 seconds
turned up for 20 seconds
black again for 10 seconds,
2. Keep Cool.
3. In caso of a warning:
Stay' at homo. Get nfr tho
street.
Put out lights, stay away
from windows,
Don't scream keep quiet
and do not run for shelter
walk! Don't bcllovo wild rumors;
await official notlco from
local officers.
Keep your radio turned on.
If bombs fall, lio down.
whether at homo or outside.
Tho all-clear signal will
como when street lights aro
turned on,
Slscmoro .BHkl that in a
short time air raid wardens
will call on each householder
and glvo Instructions. Ho
Bald the above instructions
wero offoreel as strictly a pre
cautionary measure.
PRICK FIVi "AO .xi,AMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1941
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Above map showa the distances' and locations
World war II. -il i
British Declare New
Libyan War Shows
Important Gain
By The Associated Press
rieia Marshal Ewald von
Kleist's fleeing German armies
of the Ukroino were declared in
Soviet dispatches today to have
been thrown back beyond Maria
pol, 100 miles west of Rostov-on-
Don, while on the north African
front, nazl tanks forces wero re
ported in retreat.
London quarters said that the
British imperial army was "get
ting to the end" of the second
phase of the battle of Libya
aimed at annihilation of axis
ormorcd forces and that Ger
man tanks had withdrawn after
being heavily hammered.
Premier Mussolini's high com
mand said violent fighting raged
around siege-girt Tobruk but
gavo no details.
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
east front headquarters reported
merely "local fighting" and nazl
military dispatches emphasized
the bitter cold paralyzing move
ment in the Russian campaign.
Soviet reports, however, de
clared that Gen. Gregory K. Zhu
kov's red armies had hurled tho
Germans back with heavy losses
In tho Tula sector, 100 miles
south of Moscow, and estimated
total German casualties at 6,000,
000 men in the first five months
of the wor. Tho German news
ogency, DNB, sold last night that
10,000,000 Russians had been
"knocked out of action."
Legion, VFW Men
Asked to Report
For Defense Duty
SALEM, Dec. 9 (P) Govern
or SproRue today urged all mem
bers of tho American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars to re
port to their county co-ordinat-ors
of the slato defenso council
for assignment to defense duties,
The county co-ordinator in
cluded: Deschutes George Simer
vllle, Bond.
Harney William Bennett.
Burns.
Jackson Frank Hull, Mcd
ford, Josophlne Louis E. Hammer,
Grants Pass
Klamath Earl C, Roynolds,
Klamath Falls.
Lako Thornton Galo, Lake-
view.
Lane Howard ,Merrlam, Eu
gene. '
raw II
War Zone in the Pacific Ocean
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WAR r
BULLETINS
' 1EW YORK. Dec. 9 UP) A
Panamanian radio broadcast
heard in New York by NBC said
Japanese, aircraft were reported
flying over the.. Panama coast
this morning but no aombs were
dropped.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 9 UP)
A declaration that someone re.
sponsible for the defense of Ha.
wall "was asleep" at the time of
Japan's lightning attack on Pearl
Harbor was made in the house
naval committee today by Rep.
resentative Vincent (D-Ky.).
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 UP)
The arrest of approximately 400
Germans and Italians designated
as "dangerous aliens" has been
begun by the federal bureau of
investigation. It was learned to
day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 UP)
President Roosevelt indicated to
day that it might be necessary to
institute a seven-day week to
speed up war industries and he
said he was considering calling
a conference of labor and Indus
trial leaders to consider an
agreement to replace anti-strike
legislation.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 9 M)
President Roosevelt placed Jap
anese, Italians and Germans in
this country in the category of
enemy aliens" today and pre.
scribed by proclamations the
conduct they must follow.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 JP)
The house swiftly completed con-
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$10,000 Quota Set
For Klamath in
Red Cross Drive
Klamath county chaDter orthe
American Red Cross was notified
Tuesday that $10,000 Is the quota
for Klamath county in tho rais
ing of a $50,000,000 Red Cross
war fund.
"Again the American Red
Cross is called upon to serve our
nation in war," wired Norman
H. Davis. Both nationally and
locally wo face vast and definite
responsibilities for service to our
armed forces and for the relief
of distressed' civilians. ... We
must not and shall not fall In
thiieorjf!":
Earl "idman, chairman of
the K' Jfl chapter, said that
stops v e taken Immediately
to rW 4he Klamath quota. Ho
said. Vi ti view of the situation
cent jig the Red Cross, there
shoi-4 be an immediate and gen-
ere response to tho anneal.
Pr rfit 'Roosovelt will issue a
mt on the Red Cross cam-
f .Friday. . . .
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PACIFIC OCEAN
', points in the
new theatre
IIS REPORT
Jap
Forces Dectdred
Aleutian Isles
tOff Alaska :..:..
VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 9 UP)
British Columbia coastal dis
tricts bristled today in a state
of emergency preparedness fol
lowing warnings by military
and civic leaders that an attack
on the Pacific northwest coast
was "imminent" and that the
Japanese were off the Aleutian
islands and "we expect them
here any time."
Mayor Andrew McGavin
made the statement concerning
Japanese off the Aleutians and
said tho situation . "is very seri
ous." His statement came as heads
of the army and air force here
warned the blackout ordered
for coastal districts of the pro
vince last night was not a
practice blackout but the real
thing and that there is every
reason to believe there will be
an air attack on the northwest."
Later western air command
headquarters issued a statement
warning that an air attack on
the Pacific northwest coast was
still Imminent."
The statement:
A report from sources which
can not be ignored indicates
that an air attack on the Pa
cific northwest coast is still im
minent Therefore the black
out is to continue each night
until this Imminent danger
passes.
, . . It is drawn to your at
tention that the tactics used by
the Japanese forces have been
suddenness and surprise, ar
riving at dusk or dawn, or dur
ing the night, being directed
by lights.
Roosevelt to
Speak Tonight!
WASHINGTON, Dee. 9 (UP)
White House secretary,
Stephen T. Early, announced
tonight that President Rooit
v.lt will make a nation-wide
broadcast at 7 p. m. (PST)
tomorrow to give "a more
complete documentation" of
the Japanese attack on Ha
waii, the Philippines, and
other areas.
. Early said the broadcast,
ever all networks, will be for
half an hour.
- He said the speech will con
tain Information on hostilities
in greater detail than "has a
yet been possible."
JAPAN TRYING
TO LURE H. S.
FLEET, GLA!M
Coastal Air Threats
Intended to Panic
Public, Belief '
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 VP)
A far-flung Japanese effort to
panic the United States into
withdrawing its main battle fleet
to home waters appeared to be
under way today as part of an
almost incredibly daring plan
for a swift rout of all American
military and naval power in the
far east.
This was ' the Interpretation
which some informed quarters
here placed on the bold aerial
reconnaissance of the San Fran
cisco area last night, the reports
of officials in Vancouver. B. C
that Japanese naval units were
off tlre!Aleutian- -islands,- end
the. expectation in-Canada that
an attack on the Pacific North'
west was imminent. .- s - J . !
..-Pattern Seen' ; -
.'Experts keeping tab on Japan's
rapid .' utilization of - the initial
advantages gained at the start
of the war Sunday by their sur
prise attack on Pearl , harbor,
pieced' the puzzle of seemingly
scattered actions into this sig
nificant pattern:
.The Japanese grand strategy
appears to call for immobilizing
the powerful U. S. Pacific fleet
as the first major, move of the
war.
The first action designed to
this end was the devastating raid
on Pearl harbor. Full results
of this yet remain to be dis
closed.
In itself this attack had the
effect of greatly narrowing the
Pacific ocean in a naval sense
and even raised the possibility
that, under a favorable combin
ation of circumstances, the very
coast of the United States might
be temporarily vulnerable to hit
and-run operations.
Quickly taking advantage of
the initiative gained,- the Jap
aneseas all evidence indicated
today apparently had maneuv
ered an aircraft carrier clear
across 5200 miles of the Pacific
to the very shores of California
and sent reconnaissance planes
roaring landward through the
night.
The results were air raid
warnings, blacked out cities in
a word, the war was brought to
the doorstep of millions of Amer
icans who but two days before
had believed such a thing virtu
ally impossible.
NEW YORK. Dec. 9 UP) The
British radio said lata today that
the Chungking government of
Chiang Kai-Shek had declared
war on Japan, Germany and
Italy. NBC heard the London
broadcast. . ,
Coast Areas Get Taste of War
in Wide Blackout, Radio Ban
By the Associated Press
The grim impact of war and
the sudden realization that the
Pacific northwest might at any
time become the front line in
the United States conflict with
Japan vas felt in every blacked
out home, structure and street
last (Monday) night.
Blackouts were ordered from
the Canadian line to the Mexican
border along the Pacific coast
In Seattle the blackout was
characterized by a mob esti
mated at 1000 persons, including
several women, which thronged
the city's busiest Intersections
and made itself a self-appointed
"lights-out" delegation. ' Win
dow were shattered, lighting
displays were smashed, merchan
dise wa looted from broken
Number 9455
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Patrols Ranging
600 Miles From
U. S. Coastline
New York 'Raids'
Only Test for
Defense Plans
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 UP) The
eastern seaboard's first air raid
alarm, which sent interceptor
planes roaring out to sea and
electrified the nation's most
thickly populated area, was fol
lowed by a difference of opin
ion today as to whether it was
the real thing or just a rehear
sal. J. W. Farley, executive di
rector of the Massachusetts com
mittee on public safety, said in
Boston that "the army and navy
now informs us that this was a
dress rehearsal."
Major General Herbert A.
Dargue, commander of the first
air force: "I don't think this
was a rehearsal."
, Later, General Dargue said,
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F
mvoraTWS
Two Enemy Squadrons
Detected by Army
. Defense Posts
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9 UP)
The army and navy were on the
prowl today for an enemy air
craft carrier which army author
ities said sent at least two squad
rons of planes in reconnaisance
flights over industrial plants
ringing San Francisco bay
without dropping a 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 reported.
Planes Followed
The flight 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 500 or 600
miles at sea.
"I don't think there's any
doubt the planes came from a
carrier," said Lieut. General
John L. DeWitt, commander of
the fourth army and the western
defense command.
San Francisco learned of the
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store fronts, four men and a wo
man were arrested in connec
tion with smashing episodes, and
at least two men were hurt by
falling jagged glass.
Radio stations were ordered
off the air after 7 p. m. Only
KIRO, 50,000-watt Seattle sta
tion, kept its mike "open" and
was used for official communi
cations to citizens. .
Guards were increased at
Grand Coulee dam, and special
precautions also were taken at
the Bonneville dam.'
Federal airways radios were
ordered shut down as soon as
commercial planes had been
grounded.
Brig. Gen. Carlyle Wash of
the second Interceptor command
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Attack Threat Brings
" Rlnrkrn it DpfpncV.
Rush on Coast
SEATTLE, Dec. 9 (P) 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 can
riers and some submarines re
ported operating offcoast,
Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. Washj
head of the 2nd interceptor com
mand, said blackouts will con
tinue. He permitted commer
cial broadcasting to resume with-,
in a 100-mile radius of Seattle
at 10:45 a. m., today after a 15
hour hiatus, but said imminence
of attack-mtffht raitxji . ahirt
down as early as 3 p. m., today,.
" Tonight's blackout, covering
all Oregon and Washington west
oi uie i-ascaaes, tentatively will
start at 12:30 a. m., but the start
actually will depend on the im
minence of attack.
At 9:19 a. m.. General Wash
had station KIRO, the 50,000
watt station which remained on
the air last night to carry offi
cial announcements, broadcast
a terse statement that "there has
been no change in the situation.
The possibility of air attack -is
still present."
Radio Programs
Radio stations were swamped
with calls as to when they would
resume commercial programs.
and Col. G. P. Tourtellot of the
northwest defense comma n d.
brought home the war condition
bluntly with the announcement
that:
"The time has passed when
we're trying to please the public
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
Hn f nn Cl nnA ilia mact'a A&fanaA
comes first." -
General Wash said the aerial
hunt would cover a strip of
ocean 600 miles wide and as far
north and south as possible. He
said planes would go out the
full distance, then fly a criss
cross pattern toward shore, at a
high altitude.
'Every hour that passes les
sens the chance of a surprise at
tack." he said.
Homicide Charge
Filed in Merrill
Auto Accident
A charge of neeliecnt homl-.
clde was filed last night bv state
police against Alex McDaniels of
Merrill, driver of the car which
crashed into the rear of a parked
truck west of Merrill Sunday.
taking the life of Leona Bur-
dette, 21 -year -old Merrill
waitress. -
State police also filed a charge
of parking on the highway
against William Boyd Davis,
driver of the truck.
The fatality was the 20th in
Klamath county since January 1.
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