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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Dacmbr 17, 1941
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Br DeWltt M.cKENZIE
Wide World War Analyit
Secretary Knox's report on
the Pearl harbor affair Is bad
enough news in all conscience,
especially as regards the loss of
life and the statement that our
services weren't on the alert,
but the material damage re
vealed Isn't so bone-crushing as
most people had anticipated
from the rumors which circu
lated and grew until they
reached gargantuan proportions.
The colonel Is a direct action
1st and has tackled his uncom
fortable Job after that fashion.
His bluntly told story is calcu
lated to remove fears and re
store confidence not only at
home but among our allies who
also have been living on bug
bear rumors for the past week.
The manner in which Knox
has made his investigation and
handled his report reminds me
of one day in London some
, years ago. The colonel, with
the London correspondent on
his Chicago Daily News, Negley
' Farson, and I were facing the
necessity of getting across the
city in a little open car which
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ar may o north in the Americas this winter, for Alaska and the Aleutian Islands are closest points on this continent
to Japan and the Pacific, war theater. Long range tl. S. bombers based here could raid Tokyo if allowed to refuel at
Vladivostok, while Japan, in turn, might attempt Alaskan invasion.
wouldn't hold more than two
people no matter how much
belts were tightened.
The colonel refused a seat.
perched himself precariously on
the side of the car, with his legs
dangling over the side, and thus
this distinguished gentleman was
carried across one of the world's
most conservative cities. That
is a mild example of his meth
ods of operation.
Once more the word from
Manila is that there has been no
change in the position, and
that is all to the good, for time
fights on 'our side. Meanwhile
we have the assurance that the
Pacific fleet is busy and one
must assume that almost any
hour our defenders in the Far
East will be getting assistance.
By the way, a British general
here in New York telephoned
me to say that his people were
thrilled by the magnificent
stand being made by our ma
rines at Wake.
There may be bad news for
the allies if there is confirma
tion of the Japanese claim that
tney nave landed an expedi
tionary force on the coast of
British Borneo. This is a highly
strategic position, stuck right
m tne Heart of the Philippine
Singapore - Dutch East Indies
area.
Borneo would give the Japs
a valuable naval and air base
from which they could strike
readily in ail directions. This
move is an indication that they
may attack the Dutch East In
dies in the 'rear of Singapore
without waiting to try to knock
the great British base out.
Another British snot which
is in trouble is the big naval
base and port of Hongkong.
ine iionaon newspapers today
appear to be preparing the nub-
lie for the loss of this posses
sion wnicn is one of the par
ticularly bright gems in the im
perial crown.
However it can be said that
if Hongkong does fall, its loss
will not be fatal to the allied
set-up in the Far East It would
oe a serious blow, of course,
out Hongkong's importance is
small as compared with Singa
pore. The Japanese capture of
ims nistonc place would mean
wis:
1. It would dem-ivs the Brit.
ish of their strongest naval base.
nexi to Singapore, in the South
uuna sea.
2. It would remove one Drone
of the Hongkong-Manila pincers
wnicn grip we South China sea
3. It would dem-ive the Brit
isn or a bomber base to reach
such places as the Japanese
uiana or rormosa and the Jan-
occupied Island of Hainan, off
ine coast of south China.
4. It would give the Japanese
an additional air base from
which to reach Manila and the
rest of the Philippines.
OLDEST RESIDENT DIES
SALEM. Dee. 17 UP! Mr.
Mary Littler, 102, Salem's old
est resident, died at her home
today. Born in Ohio, she had
lived here since 1910.
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Two-Man Submarine of
Japs Revealed By Navy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UP)i 3 Possibly in fleet action
Japan's so-called secret naval mother ships going along in the
weapon is a tiny, two-man sub
marine a "suicide" craft that
can loose torpedoes or hurl itself
at enemy ships with the same
destructive effect of a torpedo,
the navy revealed Tuesday.
The secret was exposed by the
capture of one of the midgets
during the Dec. 7 Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor,
The navy found the pigmy
sub "carries a 300-pound charge
of high explosives under the
stern, wired to the battery so it
can be used as a demolition
charge either for the submarine
itself in case of attack, or against
ships or harbor objectives."
The craft also carries two 18-
inch torpedoes. Standard size
American submarines, some
seven times the length ot the
pigmies, carry 21-inch torpedoes.
There were indications, the
navy said, the captured "suicide'
sub was launched from a mother
ship about 100 miles off the
Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Two other Japanese subs
one a midget, the other the con
ventional type were sunk dur
ing the attack.
Idea Adopted
Describing the suicide ele
ment, the navy said "there are
indications the personnel oper
ating the submarines will go to
any extreme, however desperate,
even to self-sacrifice, to carry
out their objective.
While the Pearl Harbor at
tack was the fist known in
stance of their use in modern
warfare, the idea is not new.
The same idea in cruder form
was experimented with as far
back as the Revolutionary war
when Asa Bushnell tried to sink
a British man-o-war with a one
man, hand-propelled submarine.
Again during the war between
the states, the same general idea
was adopted. But those experi
ments backfired when one such
one-man submarine was blown
up by its own explosives during
an attempted attack.
The navy said the Japanese
"suicide" subs are of such size
they could be carried on the
deck of larger craft and launched
overside by the same cranes and
facilities used for handling the
small boats of a combat ship.
They have a cruising radius
of 200 miles at low speed and
are powered by electric motors
with a designated top speed of
24 knots.
Here is how the Japanese
Probably will employ the tiny
subs:
Base at Small Islands
1 The way they did against
Pearl Harbor, dispatching them
from mother ships delegated to
pick them up later on.
2 Base them at small Islands
or tiny atolls which are num
erous in the Pacific to search
the sea in the vicinity for enemy
warships or supply vessels. The
shallow water in the atolls would
prevent enemy ships from enter
ing their lair.
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same manner as aircraxt carriers,
and launching the baby subs at
sea. The main Japanese fleet
then could feint a withdrawal
and leave the little subs as
screen to torpedo the advancing
enemy.
Speed-Up Ordered
For Bonneville
Transmission Lines
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 17
VP Bonneville Administrator
Paul J. Raver, anticipating con
gressional approval of a $30,
000,000 appropriation, ordered
speed-up today in construc
tion of transmission lines and
substations to meet increasing
demands of war production.
He directed that lines be
strengthend down the Wil
lamette valley to Oregon City
An additional line will be built
to Eugene, making it possible
to move power south through
connections with the California
Oregon Power company and
other systems.
Bonneville would take over
their loads, permitting them to
serve northern California in
case of damage to generating
pianu mere.
Raver, said William S. Knud-
sen, OPM chief, had approved
the appropriation now pending
in congress. It would take care
of power requirements for the
next six to eight months.
ine army has advised that
industry must be decentralized.
and many future installations
are slated for eastern Oregon
ana nasnington, Raver added.
He said industrial applications
for power are at an all-time
high, one or two additional re
quests being received daily.
They are for aluminum, chroma
phosphate derivatives, chlorine
and other metal and chemical
Plants, many of which are plan
ned east of the Cascades.
Icy Roads Account
For Mishaps Here
Snow and lev roads
for several minor traffic col
lisions in the Klamath district
monaay and Tuesday. George W.
Feck of Route 2 and Manuel
triages, driver of a school bus,
were involved In a minor ool
lision on the Hill road to Merrill
No injuries were reported.
Arthur E. Wolf of Burns and
Mrs. Edna Villlquette of Port
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day on snowy highway 97.
Ralph C. LaSalle of 3824 Crest
and Louis Brown, 3310 Bristol
collided on Altamont Drive enrly
Tuesday -omlng.
Merchants Warned
'42 License Fees
Must Be Paid
Establishments in the city
which operate under license
were advised of the approaching
January 1 deadline, last day li
cense fees may be paid without
a penalty imposed, according to
the police judge's office Tues
day morning. Some fees have
been paid.
Licenses are placed on the fol
lowing: Restaurants, rooming
houses, hotels, apartment houses,
pool halls, card rooms, soda
fountains, taxicabs, barber and
beauty shops, bowling alleys,
plumbing and electrical con
tractors and meat dealers.
Swell line of Men's Slippers
at The Gun Store 714 Main.
FIRST
TJKEN OVER BY U. 5,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 (UP)
The United States Tuesday took
over tho French Luxury liner
Normandio, ,.hlch has been tiod
up In Now York since 1039, but
the state department requested
there bo no speculation about its
probable use.
Tho maritime commission took
ownership of the 83, 423-ton ves
sel under existing law and the
state department snld adequate
compensation will be mndo to
tho owners.
Tho department disclosed the
United States had been negotiat
ing with France for purchase of
the Normandle. The French
were willing to sell, it was said,
but US entry into the war
against the axis rondered Im
practicable proposed conditions
for payment.
Seizure of the Normandle fol
lowed the snmo procedure by
which tho Swedish vessel Kungs
holm and ships of other friendly
powers were taken over. The
procedure is Justified by the law
of angary which permits a bel
ligerent to commandeer, on pay
ment of fair compensation, ves
sels of other nations which mnv
help In lis war effort.
Tho Normandio Is one of a
dozen French vessels in US ports
from which French crews were
removed InM week as a "pre
cautionary" measure.
64 EXECUTED
LONDON. Dec. 18 (,11 The
German radio, quoting a itis-
nntrli frnm Tlelffr?.,!,- nM titHnv
that 6-1 persons, including seven
women, had been executed In
German-occupied Y u K oslavia
and 130 persons arrested. The
broadcast was heard by Reuters
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Jap Hangs Self
In Stockton
STOCKTON. Calif., Deo. 17
(P) Dopresscd ovor the American-Japanese
war, George Oka
da, 23-year-old American born
Japanese celery packer hanged
himself In a bunkhoiise Tuesday.
"Everyone Is so kind to nin
here," he wrote In Japanese, "lot
me die in the United States.
"Winter comes, then spring
conies.
"Sadness comes, then gladness
comes."
MARSHALL. Tex., Dec. 17
Would you give a penny
for every enemy plane shot down
by United States forces?
That question was asked 203
Marshall citizens. Two hundred
answered "yes." The "A Penny
a Plane club" resulted. Marshall
hopes the Idea will spread.
Harry Adams of Marshall,
who started the club here and
signed up 2(10 members In (our
hours, .mid the plan was outlined
to him by a friend from the Ar
gentine. A South American club rapid
ly drew 30,000 members, whoso
contributions made possible the
purrhuse for the British of a i
fighter plane costing $7.1.000
each month, Adnnis was told.
Members anyone may Join
are being asked to drop their
contributions In boxes to be put
! un Ptlbllc P'cc. Funds will
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Ilka much but with two mil
lion members the rocelpts on
oven planes shot down would
be $140,000, Adams pointed out.
"Think how good that will
mnke the fellow who fired the
guns feel," ha said.
Salem Youth Killed
In Raid on Hawaii
SALEM, Deo. 17 (Pi Ensign
Verdi Saclnrstrom, U.S.N., son
of Mr. and Mr. Oscar F. Seder
strom of Salem, was killed In the
Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor,
his parents were advised Tues
day. Ho was the third Marlon
county resident to be killed In
the war.
He was a graduate of Salem
high school and the University
of Oregon. He was trained on the
Atlantic est, and left Salem
last August after brief fur
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