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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1941)
WEATHER SUNRISE TABLE HUNTERS! Thursday, Dombtr 11 Sunrise 7il Duck hunting to 4 p. m. la Prince of Wales, k Repulse Lost in Malay Encounter . In The : Day's News X By FRANK JENKINS TF you havo read today's dl 1 patches and llatoncd to the broadcast, you are aware by thli tlmo that wa are facing a national emergency that no fur di tho Pacific Coant Is concerned Ql an IMMEDIATE one. You are probably asking your self tills question: What shall I do. as an Individual, to help; This writer (purely os another Individual and wholly without official capacity) will try to sim- iirst horo soma answers to your question. riRST! Until called upon by your defense council for some specific task, go about your ORDINARY business In the ordinary way AS EFFICIENTLY AS YOU KNOW HOW. DON'T get panicky. OUY what you need. Within u the limits of ordinary prud ence, buy what you want re calling that ordinary prudence calls for spending a ' littlo less than you earn. Whatever your REASONABLE plans for Christmas have been, go ahead with them. The spirit ft of Christmas Was never more Im- portant than now. , DON'T HOARD. "THE life of the nation must 1 go on. Back of tho army, the navy end the marine corps must be an EFFICIENT people. Beyond what Is NECESSARY for the maintenance and supply of the armed forces, we mustn't disrupt the productive Ufa of the United States. If you get panicky, if you hoard your money, If you run around In circles instead of sticking In dustriously to your job, In dustries will fold up and unem ployment will stalk over the land. That will do NO good and IMMENSE harm. nEMEMBER that the. morale of the people behind the lines Is VITALLY IMPORTANT to the success of the armed forces. That ALWAYS has been truo. but It Is more important In mod- Oern warfare than aver before. Keep your personal morale up. . T EARN to accept discipline. Modern war Is no place for rugged individualists. War al ways, has called for teamwork, and modern warfare calls for It more loudly and Imperatively than ever before In the history of tho world. Learn to accept leadership and obey instructions. If your' son or your brother In the armed forcos con do It YOU CAN DO IT. Your defense council, In this emergency, will bo your leader. Follow Its suggestions. Obey Its Instructions. Remember always that a load erlcss mob Is helpless and usa lcss. ' , jTSON'T laugh et blackouts. Don't say: "This town Isn't Important enough to bo bombed, Oso wo don't need to do any thing." Remember that from your town, though it may contain no military objectives, enemy air planes may obtain BEARINGS 1 ' (Continued on Page Two) ASSOCIATED : no PRICK FIVE CEN No Details Available On Battle, Fate Of Crewmen LONDON, Dec. 10 UP) Brit- uln Inst two of her mightiest capital ships toduy the power ful 33,000-ton battleship Prince of Wales and the 32,000-ton bat tle cruiser Repulse both sunk by the Japanese off Malaya In tho most disastrous single blow struck to lha British navy in the wholo war. Their loss was announced by the admiralty without word of how they were sent to the bot tom of the Pacific ocean or of tho fntc of their crews, together more than 3000 men. Air Attack Clalmsd A Japanese communique said thcy were destroyed by air at tack. '9 "v '; A ' - Tills, If .confirmed, would be the first" known' staking of any' warship of the size either of the Prince of Wale or the Repulse by aerial bombardment. Prime Minister Churchill made public the announcement In a terse statement before the shocked house of commons. Ho gave the news, bluntly: "I have bad news for the (Continued On Pogo Two) . Draft Change Action Delayed By Johnson WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (JP) An objection by Senator John son (R-Colif.) temporarily block ed senate action today on leg islation authorizing use of se lectees, reserves and national guardsmen anyhcro in the world. Chairman Reynolds (D-N.C), aftor explaining that the senate military affairs committee un animously approved tho bill, asked unanimous consent of the senate" for Immediate considera tion but Johnson twice objected. Reynolds said ho expected to obtain senate action later in tho day. Johnson explained his action to reporters by saying that "I want to keep the president's promises." Ho said these were promises Mr. Roosevelt had made "again and again that Americans would never be re quired "to fight on foreign soil." Asked whether ho thought tho Japanese attack was suf- (Contlnued on Page Two) Klamath's First No Blackout Klamath's first experience with a blackout proved a failure, so far as blacking out tho city was concerned. Blackout signals wcro given at 2:02 and 2:31 a. m. Wednes day. They enmo through the Southern Pacific company, which received Instructions from ninth corps area headquarters a't San Francisco to black out its entire lines. Tho warning was relayed to tho police department. In ac cordance with a plan announced and publicized Tuesday, the po lice notified tho power company. Tho company dipped the lights of tho city as tho prearranged blackout signal and railroad sirens shrieked. There was no general black out, except that which lasted momentarily when tho main switch was pulled. Southern Pacific blacked out. Police Chief Frank Hamm, re MM in i Dutch Join Fighting As Heavy Battle Underway By C. YATES McDAMIEL SINGAPORE. Dec. 10 UP) Tho British apparently have lost Kota Bharu, the northern Malaya air base whero the Japanese havo landed strongest just In' side the Thailand frontier, -but a communique Indicated tonight they have balked Japanese drives both In that area and at Kuan tan, only 200 miles north of hero. The communique mentioned JuDQiicse tanks for the first time, saying seven were trapped and destroyed yesterduy in the Kedah area along the Thailand border by a British Punjabi motorized unit., i a ':.' - l; '. Hmyt Flohtino -- British troops, "aftcr acquit ting themsolves splendidly have reorganized south of Kota Bharu and now are in excellent spirits after heavy fighting over a wide area yesterday," the communique said. "Our- casualties remain com' Doratlvclv Unlit" it added. "Elsewhere our frontier re mains unbroken. 'The situation In Kuantan has been unchanged since the morn' ing communique and the posl tlon there remains Intact." The communique was Issued at 10 p. m. (4 a. m. PST.) Strong Netherlands East In dies warship and warplane rein forcements had joined British land and air forces In trying to check the Japanese assault on northern Malaya In the spread' lng battle of southeastern Asia. Singapore Threat Tho Dutch fliers also have been fighting alongside British Empire air forces to contest Japan's admittedly vigorous ef forts to win quick mastery of the air. Dutch warships are with Brit Bin's eastern fleet In the China sea. British land and air forces were reported in action this morning trying to check Japan's latest and nearest threat .to Singapore at Kuantan, on the Malayan east coast 200 miles north of this vital fortress. Details were not available con earning this new Japanese land' ing attempt, but Britain was known to have strong defenses around Kuantan,' the hub of roads leading south along the coast to Singapore and west to- (Continued on Page Two) Blackout Says Official porting to tho defense council Wednesday in answer to a query about tho blackout, said: "Whot blackout? A lot of peo ple heard the warning and turn- ed their lights on to see what It was all about. Automobiles with lights continued on the streets." All-clear signals turning on tho street lights were given after the first blackout warning at 2:17 a. m and after the second at 4:30 a. m. , There were ap planes overhead at any time, the warning origin ating out of San Francisco via the railroads. ' Orlh Slsemore, chairman of air raid precautions, announced Wednesday that tho light-dipping signal, adopted temporarily for Tuesday night only, has been discarded. An official statement on additional plans was an nounced Wednesday, and appears elsewhere In thtgpaper. BRITISH LOSE I BASE ON FRONT HE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. Official Blackout Bulletin There will be no practice blackout in Klamath county this evening. In the event that St becomes necessary to have a blackout the warning will be given by a series of two short blasts on railroad and mill whistles. There will be no signal given by lights. When this whistle signal is heard all persons should remain where they are and turn out all lights. If you are driving an automobile pull over to the curb and turn out your light. Persons having lighted ahop windows or lighted in dustrial plants should make arrangements for the extin guishing of those lights. Adequate provision should also be made for the turning off of lights on all illum inated signs. Keep cooL Keep off the streets and if you must move from where you are, go at a walk. Do not call the police station, fire station or the sheriff office except in the event of actual necessity. These telephone line will be needed for official calls. Once the alarm haa been given all light are to remain off until an all clear signal of one long blast on the whistles is given. (The above statement was issued Wednesday afternoon, De cember 10, by the air raid nreeautiniu mmnltiu nf h- d.f.... council). , , . S SETTLED Lights,' Radios to Be Off From. 12:30 To 7:45 SEATTLE, Dec. 10 UP) The second Interceptor command to day set the start of tonight's blackout in Pacific northwest coastal areas at 12:30 a. m., the same time as last night. Radio stations, which went off the air after President Roosevelt's ad dress at 7 p. m. last night, were permitted to return to the air at noon. Brig. Gen.- Carlylc H. Wash, head of the force's second in terceptor command, said he had decided on an earlier blackout tonight but had not fixed the starting time. Last night, the (Continued on Page Two) Response to Call For Volunteer . Firemen Not Good Fire Chief Keith K. Ambrose' call for 100 volunteer firemen to serve In event of emergency was met with "half-hearted -response," according to Ambrose late Wednesday. Only 23 men answered the call, however Chief Ambrose stated he felt once the need was realized there would be a much greater reaction to the plea. Those Interested in becoming a member ot this important de fense group should call at the central fire station on Broad street and an application will be given them. Men who have signed up in clude Henry G. Hancock, Es planade courts, first to offer his services: Gordon Ulrlch, 210 South Wendling; Henry Morten son, 417 North Spring street; Jack Shirley, 1745 Menlo Way; Lowell Brown, Shell OH com pany; Bob Elliott, 725 Uerllngs street; A. C. Smith, 1815 Esplan ade; Alex McMillan, 508 Plum; D. W. Starkey, Rivervlow addi tion; E. W. Downs, 900 Owens; Harry L. Brown, 1204 Califor nia; Raymond Smlck, 16011 Main street; William Georgen-son,- 2243 Reclamation; Lloyd Wilson, Fred Herring, Junction Scrvlco station; K. I. Douglas, 220 Commercial street; B, H. Trlppett, 429 North Third street; George A. Phillips, 2441 Eber- lcln avenue; R. G. Gaynor, 2315 Applcgate; G. L. Williams, city; Mike Robbln, 944 'Eldorado; Lloyd E. Plae, 819 North Second street; Howard Smith, Howard Cooper corporation.' . LniUlliy vLU ul IL IhJ ib iyj u mmm mm . u TT Sah Francisco " Learns Lesson On Blackout SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 VP) Two air raid alarms early today plunged San Francisco into a blackout almost 100 per cent effective. The alarms were accompanied by reports that a half dozen flares had been dropped over the city, presumably from enemy planes. The army interceptor com mand, silent as to the cause of the alerts, said no information was available concerning the flares but added it was unlikely they had been dropped from U. S. planes. Army planes took to the skies at the first warning a yellow alert Indicating the presence of "unidentified" planes in the area. This was about 1:45 a. m. (PST). l"ive minutes later the all-clear signal was sounded. Then, at 2:15 a. m came a second alert; this time a blue (Continued on Page Two) Philippine i 6'aguio FORT I n-V CAMPISV Luaon jr?rnv7J STOTSENBURGl V"7 I FORT rin n ji'MANILA CAVITEiVy CHINA PHILIPPINES ISLANDS SEA Mindoro? VSSSI pv SULU A' kSH l fj&& 't'Mindanao 1 . Important bases In tht Philippine Islands are shown on the above map. The icena of Wednesday' Japanese attack was on a northwest tip of Luzon, largest island of the, group. VAv UNITED PRESS 1941 Number 9456 Fl JAPS' L Nation Advised Long War Ahead But Victory Sure By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 UP) President Roosevelt claimed con tinued supremacy for the United States navy In the Pacific today, despite the serious losses the fleet suffered in the surprise out break of the war. He dismissed as "fantastic" Japanese claims that they had gained the ascendancy and all kindred rumors circulated " by enemy sources for propaganda purposes. But within a few hours the Mikado' forces scored another smashing double blow against the - 'Apgloi-. American - naval strength n the Pactfio: by sink ing-one oi Britain, newest'35 000-ton . battleships, .Prince of Wale and the 32.000-ton British battle cruiser. Repulse.--: : ..London - confirmed - the : loss somewhere off Malaya of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales, the wamhiri on which President Roosevelt and Prime. Minister Churchill held their historic A.t- lantic meeting. ; ' - These new reverse served to underline the word the presi dent 'used last night when he told the American people in his first war report that the United States faced a long, hard strug gle before it can win me war and the peace that follows. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UP) President Roosevelt told the na tion last night that it faces a long, hard war against "crafty and powerful bandits" a war already marked by a "serious setback" in the surprise Japan ese attack on Hawaii. The president charged that the Japanese aggression was collab oration with the policies of Ger many and Italy, a collaboration "so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all (Continued on Pago Two) War Scene O SO KM ISO MIllS - McKIN LEY DENIES euro PACIFIC AREA NICHOLS FIELD . P A C I Ft C OCEAN Low 28 PRECIPITATION 24 hours to S . m. ........ Season to dato Normal praetpltatlon Lait ytir to dato ........ Americans Block Island Attacks; Sink Transports Foothold Lost to Enemy on North End of Phil ippine Island; Aircraft in Action Against Attackers : ' "'. ..' ,:-'"V':": -' - By The Associated Press United States army and navy forces have blasted sea-borne Japanese attack against the west coast of Luzon island in the Philippines, the war department said today, but other Japanese troops have effected a landing on the north end of the island in the first full-fledged enemy landing on American soil since the war of 1812. ' . Dispatches from Manila quoted the Philippine con stabulary as saying Japanese parachute troops had cap tured Vigan, on the coast 200 miles northwest of Manila, Two waves of Japanese bombers raided Manila and its suburbs, pounding military centers including Nichols air field, Fort McKinley and the Nielson airport districts. This was shortly after noon Wednesday, Manila time. Lines. to; Be Reformed For Winter, Says Berlin Report BERLIN, Dec. 10 UP) Ger man advance forces have with drawn to winter lines in sector after sector along the Russian battlefront, a military spokes man declared today. Asserting that the nazl push eastward was through until spring, the spokesman said, "Germany has no strategic am bitions this winter. He acknowledged that be cause of the withdrawals "to better defensive positions" it was possible that the Russians had reoccupied Tikhvm, rail line center 110 miles southeast of Leningrad. MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (IP) A special radio announcement de clared tonight that red army troops have recaptured Olets. routing two German infantry divisions and inflicting casual ties of 12,000 nazis killed and wounded. Oulets is due east of Orel, on the front about 200 miles south of Moscow, and had t-en in German hands since the. begin ning of this month. New gains for the red army, particularly in the southern sec tor, were announced by the Rus sian communique tonight after earlier reports that German troops had been blasted from Tikhvln, 110 miles east of Len ingrad, leaving 7000 dead in a 10-day battle, and had suffered new reverses before Moscow. Mistake Causes Air Raid Warning At Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES. Dec. 10 UP) An air raid warning was report ed to the Los Angeles police tele type department today by mis take, due to a mix-up in tele phone signal?' The federal communications commission ordered radio sta tions in the Los Angeles area off the air at 12:20 o'clock, and at the. same time a private number flash signal was recorded in the police teletype room, indicating an air raid alarm'. It was the second erroneous air raid warning notice in recent days and police said different equipment would have to be in stalled at once to remedy the condition. Police said a tele phone . operator making the wrong plug of the private num ber starts the alarm under the present Sttap. a.27 i iy&&a I COLD Manila dispatches said Amerlt can and Filipino troops bad gon into swift action against Japa nese invaders who landed at Aparrl, on the far north coast. 1 US army Headquarters report recT that Japanese troop transports' ' and ruival -forces. in great num bers were hovering off the north coast on a 150-mile stretch from Vigan to Aparrl. . . First Communique : : In Washington, the war . de partment, issuing Its first com munique of the war, said the army and navy had smashingly defeated a Japanese" attack On still another section of Luzon between Vigan and San Fernan do to the south. ..' The war department's com munique was based on "informa tion received last night" from Manila, but in view of the 13 hour time difference between Manila and Washington it appar ently referred . to action of Wednesday morning, Manila time. " . By R. P. CRONIN JR. MANILA, Dec. 10 UP) Japa nese parachutists were reported to have captured the northwest ern Luzon port of Vigan today and sea-borne troops landed near the northern port of Aparrl In the first full fledged landing on American soil since the war of 1812. ' - ; ' An army communique said the Japanese first landed at Aparrl "and perhaps other con tiguous points" and conducted (Continued on Page Two) State Guard Unit Forming In Klamath Formation . of a state guard unit at Klamath Falls began Wednesday under authorization of Governor Charles A, Sprague. Major Theodore D. Case wa named commander of the unit here by Governor Sprague. . It was announced that appli cations for enlistment should be made Immediately at tho cham ber of commerce offices, which are Klamath county defense headquarters. Those eligible are men be tween the ages of 35 and 60, and men with military experience will be given preference. Arm and ammunition will be received soon and uniform will be dis tributed later. - " ; Major Case announced the first meeting will be held at the armory Friday night. New Index City Briefs .....Page 8, 18 Comics and Story Page 14 Courthouse Records ....Page - 4 Editorials -....Page 4 High School News Page lfV Information .... Page S Market, Financial ...Page 13 Midland Empire New, Page 11 Pattern .' Page 0 PTA Note Page 9 Sport Page 12, 13 V A
