The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, December 24, 1941, Page 1, Image 1

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li the signal (or blackout In Klamath
Falls. Another long blast, during a black'
out' la a signal lor all-clear. In precau
tionary parlodi, watch your atraat lights.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
PRICK FIVI4 CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WrDDNKSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1941
Number 9467
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By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S dispatches are not
1 pleasant reodlng.
' Japanese forces, landed from
Wan armada of Jap troopships at
Llngayan bay, are moving aiininst
Manila from tho north. Another
Jup force, landed lust night from
troopships at Atimonn, a fishing
villnao some 79 miles to tho
south. Is moving on Manila
tho purpose being the now fam
iliar ono of catching the Amorl-
can defenders between plneer
jaws.
This morning's brief army
communique from Manila says
American and Filipino troops,
greatly outnumbered, aro resist
ing stubbornly. The communlquo
adds: 'Tho enemy continues to
land reinforcements."
General MacArthur and his
staff havo left for the front.
Thero Is talk of declurlng Manila
an "open city" to save it from
destruction by bombardment
air and otherwise.
WfAKE Island, after an epochal
defense by outnumbered
American marines, has apparent
ly ly fallen. An Inferior British
force at Hongkong, fighting as
heroically aa did the American
Marines at Wake, Is still holding
out as these word are written,
but little nope la held that Hong
kong can conttnuo to hold out.
North of Singapore OUTNUM
BERED British forces, fighting
bravely and skilfully, are being
forced slowly back by superior
Japanese forces.
EVERYWHERE, in the fighting
D around the China Sea, the
story is the same:
NOT ENOUGH AIRPLANES.
Especially fighter planes to beat
off the Jap bombers.
That has been the sad story
flnce the war began.
TF you haven't done so already,
take time out now to read
''Reveille in Washington." You
will find in it needed encourage
ment. , The North, as pictured therein,
own utterly unpreparod for war.
When tho crisis broke, Washing
ton could only go round and
round in holpless circles.
Yet, out of this pandemonium,
came ultimately the machine
that eventually crushed Leo at
Appamatox.
CUPERIOR ' resources, when
possessed by a TOUGH peo
ple, eventually make their weight
felt. ' Americans are slow In
starting, but they are TOUGH.
The war bctwoon the states,
starting In confusion and unread
iness, became one of tho grim
most, most determined, most ef
ficiently waged wars of all his
tory. ' Its military lessons havo
been textbook for soldiers the
world over ever since.
' That i something for the Japs
to think about.
THEY are thinking about It.
From the momont when
they deolded to move, they hove
moved with lightning speed,
throwing in from the very out
9set all tho military and naval
force they possess, risking every
thing on the hope of knocking
us out before we have time to
get started,
They WON'T.
Eventually the crushing weight
of the United States will be
brought to bear, and when that
time comes Japan will be OUT.
TONIGH-RMJl bo Christ
- eve. !
Christ nfcWMs traditional
time ojcacon earth, goU
will to mini Trfeffi Is little pen
(Conajnued; Oy 'Pago Two)
No Jfoper Oiit
Christinas W
In keeping with a long
established tradition. The Eve
ning Herald will not be pub
lishad on Thursday, Christmas
day. The Klamath News will
not appear on Friday morning.
The Herald and News family
wish all very Marry Christmas.
T
TRIPOLI LOOMS
Attack Through Spain
Termed 'Nerve War'
Scare by Nazis
LONDON, Dec. 24 VP) A
swift British sweep across the
desert fur on nttuck on Italian
bases around Tripoli to smash
tho cntrywuys for axis rein
forcement lo North Africa was
predicted widely tonight.
Military commentators de
clared thut although Gen. Erwin
Rommel's remaining German
mechanized forces would try to
fight their way through British
lines now athwart their route
of rctrrut, their plight seemed
desperate.
No Choice
The Italian divisions attempt
ing a stand near Bengasi were
regarded hero as even more
surely doomed.
Ono source said this force
tho remnant of four divisions
left with little or no mobile
or armored equipment had no
choico except a futile fight,
surrender, or an attempt to
escapo by sea that would prove
In hn "nnnthnr rtinlrfmn "
Observers said that even (fTf
uoni'rai nummci s lorces on
DRIVE AGiS
AFRICA IR
351
through to the cast they p
amy would find their cache
fuel and, supplies destroyed,' b.!
the British patrol which Jisawadrjf
hat penetrated ISO m
Trlpoiitanla.
It woe pointed out hrt"Aih,it
the capture of Barce amUjidntea
gave the British possession of
the last major nlr in
eastern Libya. Thlsf ft,wai
sain, would forco Gonnan and
Italian planes to rlJKftttie. Jise
of Improvised field! liable' to
sudden capturo, or Soise thoirj
to withdraw to far rrtngo bancs
in inponiania. Ti kf i
By The Associated -4ret
"t
today that Adolf HltloZyth?J.VW
battered armies retrttttfiiB'id
Russia and North Afeicl wtK In
stlgating a new "wnrrf Wrves
by floating rtimors at Sns Jmml.
nont German invoslom of .Spulti1,
Whllo Pone Plus XIE.n?i
Christmas eve broadcast. Uniicht
ed that "harsh violence tnges ull
over the world like a sjocin,". n
London foreign office spokesman
sold tho Germans thcmsrlvee
were fostering fears of ye ati
other outburst of violence byThe
nazl war machine.
Not Confirmed
The spokesman said there was
nothing to confirm cither rumors
of an Impending German thrust
Into Spain or Turkey or other
reports circulated by tho Brit
ish news agency, Reuters, and
(Continued on Pago Two)
Second Shipload -Of
Evacuees From
Alaska Arrives
SEATTLE, Dec, 24 (P) A sec
ond ship bringing evacuees from
Alaska Points, most of them
families of service men or of
civilian employes .working on
defense projects in the north,
has arrived here, thirteenth
naval district headquarters an
nounccd today.
Most of tho 724 evacuees were
women and children, a navy
spokesman said. Red Cross
workers mot tho ship and nr
ranged to assist some of the
families but many arranged to
find their own atiarters or go, to.
r4WTnVncarVy
Jidcd 47 vvTv.es
tye&fcnd ehil
enlisted men
J2 wivesfend
y enlisted nn
!8mSv ship
similar group, includ
ing 38 children, south from Sit
ka, Alaska.
ARP WARDEN LIST
A list of air raid wardens
and maps showing the air raid
precautions sectors in the city
and suburbs will be found on
Pages 8 and 7.
raasLMheir hntMi hfj
Vlitles. J 1 i
- T 1
bMWTho ftun lil
Re'i tuo cltopiayts, 71
J dlen m lAvV aid
1 L woolcih
brought a
Commands U. S. Fleet
V-N.lt$t& .... Wl
v.
Admiral Ernest J. King
(above), was elevated to ceorni
mand of the United States jffUeftnsMl
and will have suprenmrs-crpn
of the operating foreae
i in Aha,
Atlantic. PacWr nd AtatlciiiLjr-addltlon to the 12 lighter
waters, SeereUyol.. tp
'VI
Frank Knox, nnerjcjju jfyVSfl
l-J..'rl
a' If if
Amount to
ought irv
f House Bi
HINGTON, Dec. 24 (P)
an Doughton (D-N.C.) said
todny4ho house ways and means
Mrmmice might havo to write
new tax bin next year car
chViil'"S to bring In "every do!
1uL.W can reasonably get" in
atSHjd of Just a fixed amount of
neuir revenue.
k!lV have to obtain all the
1 1 '
.jlinfTnev
jtlfTney we can as expeditiously
fc-fwraiblc." Doughton
P"Wrs, and that me
told re-
means per-
hiiB I tapping new sources of
fevefitc. increasing some of the
etIslfhK rates and tightening up
wnerever we can, especially no
mintsttativcly." Tho group will
jl)irfXpnsidcrotlon of the new
I uiu. juiHiury 19.
' BolIN3ouRhton and Reprcsen-
-1attvo'f-eD,dway (R-Mass.), an
other cotriniittce member, said
scope nf trfty measure could not
be dett-rtliineA until the commit
tee pWi(l recommendations
pys'Trcasirrjl n(V congressional
ttul WtnllnJcuAsY
But fnemhorst DuUtan (D-Mo.)
W Roed. (f.y iSriKilfctcd the
bill jinfilil Wie.huco;ehUhks out
of miiSidual: ana;,corRQition
lncott!"wIthout niacins much
cmphirMg Aitjiew x.6ioyfes.lpremacy
Treadwatiuld QVrwcVSwdiSsrted
heard or-a-pianTp- sKUn oft By
taxation all incairie!ajveraixcd
xigure. f I Vjn-'T;.
Many commll.toenleri-'' jblf d
away irom a aiscunionik.en1
crai saics tax plan -cr trnit'
withhold for tho governrrfeitf V
per cent of all salaries at the
source.
They also said It was prema
ture to discuss suggestions that
the 1042 tax bill be collected
immediately on 1042 incomes.
Federal taxes normally are col
(Continued on Page Two)
Mysterious Blast
Wrecks Factory
BROWNTON, Wis., Dec. 24
M-A mysterious explosion,
Allowed by ttroWday dMtroy-
orowniowmf auica company ,
whlcB hndibeen engn&ed in shp-
'plying aillua, VacV irt processing
steel, to detente-. industries. No'
mhvas iirfured. ,. '
PtW. Palmer, onoMthe own
H5PmBi damage ,t $150,
i0. Ilo sfiid ho could" not ex-
V - 1 .. . l-.
orn,
000,
plain tho explosion as thero was
nothing in the plant that could
cxplodo.
Normally about 25 men work
in the building, Palmer said, but
there were only two at work
when the blast let go. Both ran
to safety.
FBI agents at Milwaukee were
notified. j.
NAVY PRAISES
IKE DEFENSE
BY TIN! UNIT
14 Assaults Driven
Off by Less Than
400 Marines
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (IP)
Fewer than 400 marines with
12 fighter pianos and a small
quantity of weapons held Woke
island for 14 days against heavy
Japanese attacks, the navy de
partment said today after con
ceding that Wake probably had
been
The
ed bMs'taoW,
rnsrfiwWfWra, J6;
ncs, one
olukm and six
fatal' meOlatgf ratings (enlisted
Jutl)4tie announcement said.
with which the beleaguer-
ed.gjirrlson sank one Japanese
1 cruiser ana tnree destroyers, the
Imnrinps nn lhA tinv Pnrifftn mil.
marines on the tiny Pacific out
post had six five-inch guns; 12
three-inch anti-aircraft guns; 18
SO-calibre and 30 30-calibre anti
aircraft weapons, plus the usual
light weapons, said the navy.
They also had six searchlights
on the island. Apparently cut
off from all outside aid as soon
as Japan struck at Pearl Harbor,
the garrison-at -Wake withstood
13 'raid! from December 9 to
December 23, inclusive. On the
final day, however, the Japanese
launched another heavy attack
in which they effected a landing
on the island. -
The navy said earlier in the
day that radio communication
had been severed.
At the same time, the navy
announced that Palmyra island
and Johnston island, both in the
mid-Pacific, had been shelled by
enemy submarines with no cas
ualties resulting. Damage at
Palmyra island was negligible,
the navy said, and there was no
damage to material at Johnston
island.
The communique said the S.S.
Larry Doheny was shelled by an
enemy submarine in the eastern
Pacific but reached port safely.
TOKYO, Dec. 24 (Official
Radio Recorded by AP) Japan
ese reports said today that Wake
island was occupied completely
at 1 a. m. yesterday (8 a. m.,
PST) by Japanese naval forces
defying blazing American de
fense guns, raging seas and a'
violent gale to carry out a night
assault.
In tho Philippines, these re
ports acknowledged, the Japan
ese were locked in a fierce strug
gle but they declared successes
at all points "and absolute su-
of sea, air and land"
ed Jhfi Philinni
I e
JaW
Wue'isaldsio
verflrfdBtttoyed
craft
SUB!
Large, fluffy flakes of snow
fell early Wednesday afternoon
on an already snow-covered city
and promises of a beautiful white
Christmas were fulfilled by the
weatherman. Crowds filled
Klamath stores as last - minute
shoppers hurriedly replenished
stocks of gay ribbon ties and
tags, bo4 bought the cc-rAd
for Christmas dinneaT
JJppartment storcsJana special
ty shops were dohtft a "land
qfflec" business ahd shoppers
rondo up Wednosd!fiK-.what they
forgot to buy on Tusnay.
Merchanti plannJ
- ,fcrly Christmas eve
- , afye employes the
5f sharing the hollda
Merchants plannedSto close
TIKMHVIO
op
sharing the holiday with their
families. Few places in tho city
were expected to remain open
Christmas day and stores, li
braries and some restaurants
were to be closed, .
Union Service
Ministers of the city have
planned a union Christmas night
service at 8 o'clock Thursday in
the FJrst Christian church with
lost to the
rirfonijFoairm'andJ
herolswar
Major Tlamesl
hneatcal
Wfl&re. -V tifc world feiiSkV! Al'TW.WBf
Anerteam -dllifeTT. BTiAtinlfhaioiir'-JvJ'1Tf airTroectIoi
Ih 'WtaclWVonl thtbiAaAds nnntfrarl i'mttSrfKlihtl A
w nitnrjpwtcwmeworur
British Score
Small Success
At Hongkong
LONDON, Dec. 24 UP)
Forced back to Hongkong's
mountainous-strongholds, British
defenders of the besieged crown
colony off the China coast were
reported tonight to have won lo
cal successes in counter thrusts
against ' the Japanese on the
southern part of the island.
Reports which trickled out
through Hongkong's 'crippled
communications facilities de
clared that civilians and British
administrative officers were
helping the defense by holding
out in armed stands at isolated
vantage points where repeated
Japanese onsets were repulsed.
Although competent observers
still gave tho hard-pressed de
fenders little chance of holding
out unless aid could be gotten
through to them, one source
thalatheir present Po
well suited
An
Chungkmgton
Hongkong area
Chinese had two attac
(Continued on Page T
Bethlehem Center of
; Worship for Many
-Wc
ar 'Refugees
By The Associated Press
The faithful climbed the dark
ened Judean hills to the Church
of the Nativity in Bethlehem
late today to utter their prayers
lor peace in a world of war.
As men fought and died on
distant continents and far-away
Pacific islands and bombers
droned over black-out lands,
Pope Pius XII in Vatican City
broadcast his third war-time
Christmas appeal for peace.
Blackouts
In most warring lands tradi
tional Christmas lights flickered
behind closed shutters. Rations
and other restrictions made this
Christmas a subdued affair.
The main exception was the
United States, where blackouts
were only trial affairs and
where stores were piled high
with goods.
After sending his personal
greetings to the armed forces in
which he expressed confidence
of a triumph "on all fronts
against the forces of evil which
are arrayed against us," Presi
dent Roosevelt planned the usual
ceremony of lighting the nation
al community Christmas tree on
the White House grounds at
dusk. ;
Prime Minister Churchill of
Britain will participate in the
ceremony, and both leade
;oadcast
the Rev. Victor Phillips presid
ing. Music will be presented by
the host church. The public is
cordially invited.
Following is the order of serv
ice, organ prelude, hymn, "O
Come All 'So Faithful," Invoca
tion, scripture, "The Christmas
Story," by tho Rev. Hugh Bron
srjni anthora, pm9'eahjhe Rev.
Charles fA, ljates.HWtnotjnce
rhejlts, offeaorAhymn, "'Q liittle
Tdwn of Bfthleliam"; the Christ
sale byflfle Rev. i. the-
ir.f smith:
khV'TJarTedic
hymnr'Silent
fen post-
lulotta
I ft tradilftnaf
(ifcaervert' far
turies
Scandinavian people, will be
held at 8 o'clock Christmas morn
ing at the First Covenant church,
823 Walnut avenue, according to
tho pastor, the Rev. Gottfred J.
Anderson. There will be a beau
tiful candlelight ceremony with
a program of music. The ser
mon will be in Swedish, the
program in both Swedish and
English.;
T ' -Wi.'
r 1 1 A-S At J -
YperKtiorr IreWTert:' i . ..
nun ninnrni urnni n ijvr?rv
in nu n mini- in u i rh ajx
linll IIIUULII IIU LU FrWhar..,1
UBbtK tS HULIUM
ucs in- broadcast Chr almas message! ti K2?.t,Krs.ay
FREIGHTER HIT MAGARTHUH IN
nil
RESCUE TRIED
Ninth Attack Seen by
Watchers Along
West Coast
LONG BEACH, Calif., Dee.
24 (JP) The McCormick freight
er Absaroka was torpedoed but
not sunk today by a submarine
off the California coast and at
tempts were made quickly to
tow it to a harbor.
The submarine remained on
the surface for some time after
the attack, and some observers
from shore said it appeared to
have been crippled. Later, how-
er, it disappeared.
Lifeboats Seen
al headquarters an-
e torpedoing, but de-
ent on reported
y the sub. First
leexnent said the
n aDanaonea
tion.
eriraVjifeboats
seen arJoundT nbeLVessel.
SeveralVnoTJrafter h&. tor-
pedoeing4hei bd.'Trdfc t(bt
tempt to raKh HheicnV-'irie
Absaroka :
5696 tons.
has a normal
men.
- Almost elmulAneouim
.the attack, the n
that the Canai
Rosebank, 241
"reached a- s
earlier had been lis!
ing and probably ton.
The. torpedoing of
saroga was the ninth e
marine attack on Ame
sels in Pacific waters -ffnc .'ihaf
outDreaK of the war vARr JapanJ
uecemDer y. Tnree definitely
Berlin Identifies
Aircraft Carrier
Claimed Destroyc
BERLIN, Dec. ' 24
Broadcast Recorded bJXkP))
The British aircraft ca:
a German submarine
last Tuesday to have sqTittui the
Atlantic was identified
the uerman high tgjrima
At the samA mtrior'r tiisK-
command declared thir ubdr-l
sea boats had sen'
British shipping 1
vessels and a (fe
the bottom ofSrje
tween GibBalraflsrAEilgl
une yrac9rn4rofrn air
craft cirrif JM WlSW;iPftp-tc)n
fleet fir ftufjnly U&'saliT
rij ISSand not
irtocUflaciion.
denlatjfffieially
l ineir air
In been at-
Sxiliary ves-
torpedoed while
duties with a
Appeals For
lore Ships, Planes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 W
Admiral Ernest J. King, new
commander-in-chief of the Unit
ed States fleet, declaring that
the road to victory will be long
and hard, emphasized in a state
ment today that "we must have
more planes and ships at once."
King said:
"The way to victory is long.
The going will be hard. We will
do tho best we. can with what
we've got.
"Wa m,,c I,.,.. mn nl.n..
rW sbJpsJ&Jco!hev It'
.win f)t our turn to Ytte
iWUl tt. through in time.?-
HighV5pe(ihip
lUoins U. 5 Forces
rae SOOMetr cruiser Atlanta, a
ship capable of speeding more
than 50 land miles an hour, be
came a unit of the American
navy today in commissioning ex
ercises at the navy yard In
Brooklyn.
Launched only three rhonths
ago, the Atlanta will be com
manded by Capt. Samuel P.
Jenkins, an Indiana-born vet
JrWff
icouia n
jyrjMJBjitish,
eran of tho last ear.
Holiday Talk
To Frenchmen
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Dec. 24 (JP) In a pessimistic
Christmas message to his con
quered nation. Chief of State
Marshal Petaln declared today
that peace is "farther off than
ever" and said the families of
France still were broken up by
German detention of prisoners
of war.
He said in his message, which
was addressed principally to
those French prisoners, that the
war bad been extended by the
outbreak of hostilities in the Far
East between Japan and the
United States and Britain.
Hopes Dashed
He told the prisoners that his
hopes that they could be re
leased -and returned to their
homes by this Christmas had
been disappointed, but he as
sured his former soldiers he was
working for their liberation.
This was being done, he said,
"by showing our vanquishers of
yesterday how much you seem
to us to be worthy of esteem."
While still hopeful of seeing
(Continued on Page Two)
s
Propaganda Chieftain
' Asks Hearers to
;T H6ldPdsts v ;
Switzerland. Dec. 24
)Vji- Paul Joseph Goebbels,
any s minister of propa-
appealed openly tonight
mans in countries abroad
in at your posts!"
You pioneers," he said,
ur fatherland.
ledging that they
ve to see their films
and to gather in se-
cretvffcffli assured his invisible
TOlumtW&f listeners that "time
witness a German
n" as in lia.
, he admitted, the Ger
sk at home is not easy
because of the air raids
areas.
ng Germans abroad,
said:
often live in a com-
y strange, not to say hos-
ileaaMflrld. It is not surprising
thCrou are not very popular
outside your own country, for
rmany is fighting for her
vital rights.
There is no one who tonight
oes not lift his eyes upwards.
Var has taught us not only to
be strong in the face of the
enemy, but also to be humble
in the face of destiny.1
LONDON, Dec. 24 (ff)
German propaganda minister,
Paul Goebbels, declared today
in a radio broadcast from Ber
lin that Germany will hold out
until victory has been won.
Goebbels said "our gifts were
very small this year" and added
that even "our Christmas tree
candles were sent to the front
where our soldiers needed them
German Channel
Guns Rake Coast
FOLKESTONE, Eng., Dec. 24
(fP) Germany's big cross-channel
guns broke the peace of
Christmas eve tonight by shell
ing the Kentish coastalodlstrtct.
Children were singing Christ
mas carols at some of the towns
along the white cliffs of the
Dover Strait when the guns
acri
'e-Hz
nn fWU&hroat. f
-v - -it --T --J jr xi a
moomu cnpnnai swung iwijrjip
CftnnrW irfirnr.n core
LONG BRANCH, N. J.. Dec.
24 (P) Heavyweight Fighter
Buddy Baer suffered scratches
about the face and was shaken
up today in an automobile col
lision, but his handlers said the
injury was not severe enough to
interfere with his championship
bout with Joe Louis in New York
January 9.
FIELD TO RUN
T
New Points Attacked
in Effort to Thin ':
Forces, Claim ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24 VP)
The war department said today
General Douglas MacArthur had
reported Japanese troops had
landed in two additional areas on
the island of Luzon and consid
eration was being given to the
withdrawal of the common
wealth government and military
forces from Manila.
MANILA, Dec. 24 VP) (9:50
p. m 12:50 a. m. PST (De
layed) General Douglas Mao
Arthur and his staff are taking
the field at once in personal
command of the fight against
Japanese invasion spearheads,
the army headquarters an
nounced today.
The Philippine defense forces
were said to be outnumbered and
hard pressed north and south of
the capital.
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 VP)
The war department announced
uxiay me appearance ot enemy
trnnn ahina eft Datanaa. . .V. n
I southern"' 1ip of Luzon island
about 65 miles from Manila, indi
cated the probability of another
thrust in that region. . s v.
- The enemy has landed a heavy
force in the vicinity of Antimon
an, 75 miles southeast of Manila.
The new threat would give the
Japanese two points, apparently
trying to decoy Gen. Douglas
MacArthur into splitting his de
fending force. Antimonan is on
the southeastern coast of Luzon
on Lamon bay.
By R. P. CRONIN JR. '
MANILA, Dec. 24 VP) The
defenders of Manila, battling a
Japanese invasion army 125
miles north of the capital, faced
a grave threat from a new direc
tion today as the enemy succeed
ed in landing heavy forces 75
miles southeast of the city from
40 transports which crept up
during the night. .
The new landing was effected
at Atimona, a small fishing port
on the Luzon east coast.
A communique issued from
US army headquarters at 4 p. m.
(2 a. m. EST) said that American
and Filipino troops were "resist
ing stubbornly" on both fronts,
but added ominously:
"The enemy continues to land
reinforcements."
The official bulletin, which de-.
scribed fighting in both sectors
as "very heavy," failed to say
(Continued on Page Two)
F. R., Churchill
Continue Parley
On World Plans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 VP)
President Roosevelt and Prima
Minister Churchill ; continued
work nn their nlan of anti-avls
strategy today, with a weather
eye open for a sudden nazl coup
which might put French bases'
and the French fleet under the '
swastika.
Naval matters have been fig
uring prominently in the Anglo
American consultations, and any
change in the status of tho
French fleet would' present a
grave complication for the al
lied plans for the future war at
oa.
iBoth th
'States and
shown great
icern o'i
ultimate di.ipo-
fcn of
fleet ever
stnee Fran
has been
DEFENSE F GH
Lai We
. e the
asntttnen
11 mjde plain to the? vify govern-
" Tiiif that tho iin-ona,. n tVi
Ao Ge:
ould be
aered
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