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Adm. Kimmel Asserts He Vas Misled By Pre-Var 7arning Into Believing No Jap Attack On Hawaii 'Probable' i WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 P) Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim mel asserted today he was "mis led" by a pre-war warning into bellevinc that the navy depart ment thought no attack on Pearl Harbor was "Imminent or probable." A crowd of 200 spectators gathered as the gray haired former Pacific fleet commander appeared before a senate-house committee to tell publicly for the first time his story of tne dis astrous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Attired in a dark suit with a bright blue tie, the 63-year-old retired naval officer began read ing a 25,000-word statement in which he asserted that washing ton officials had denied him in formation he said might have made Pearl Harbor an ambush for the Japanese. Report Published ' Before Kimmel took the stand, committee counsel Seth Rich ardson placed in the record a let ter from former Associate Just ice Owen J. Roberts, who headed a commission which investigated the attack. Roberts said the full report of the commission had been published after it was turned over to President Roose velt January 24, 1942. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) had asked for the original copy of the Roberts report, but Miss Grace Tully, secretary, informed the committee by letter that it could not be found in the White House files. Reading in a strong voice, . Kimmel contended before the committee: 1. He was not supplied infor mation available in' Washington from intercepted messages "which told when and where Japan would probably strike." 2. That, withholding this in formation, the navy should have instructed him specifically to "be on the alert against a hostile overseas raid." 3. If he bad had Washington's knowledge of intercepted Jap anese messages, he would have considered revising war plans to provide "an opportunity to ambush the Japanese striking force as it ventured to Hawaii:" "War Warning" 4. Orders he received the same day he got the Noveraiajr 27 "war warning" message to trans port army planes and troops to Midway and Wake, "indicated to me that responsible authorities in Washington did not consider an air raid on Pearl Harbor either imminent or probable." 5. The war and navy depart ments knew that long range reconnaisance from Oahu was to be flown "only when a carrier strike against the islands was probable within narrow time limits." 6. He would have ordered the fleet to sea if he had known what Washington knew on suc cessive dates from November 27 to December 7, but without this Information he kept his battle ships in harbor where he thought them safer against air attack than at sea without carrier sup port. Kimmel's testimony placed him in direct opposition to much the committee heard from Ad miral Stark, the last witness be fore it recessed January 5 until today. Stark said he considered the war warning messaee suf ficient to alert the fleet to a war basis. . . When Kimmel's testimony is completed, possibly late this week, Major General Walter C. bhort, Hawaiian army com mander at the time of the attack. is expected to follow him to the stand. Kimmel told the committer in his statement that "no reason able man could have been ex pected to consider that Stark's .November 27 "war warning" message "was intended to sug gest the likelihood of an attack in the Hawaiian area." Negotiation! Cease The message said diplomatic negotiations had ceased and "an aggressive move by Japan is ex pected within the next few days." It said there were in dications of "an amphibious ex pedition against either the Philippines, Thai or Kra penin sula or possibly Borneo," advis ing Kimmel to "execute an ap propriate defensive deploy ment . . ." This did not warn the fleet of an attack in the Hawaiian area, Kimmel said, adding: "I did not state expressly or by implication that an attack on the Hawaiian area was im- !' Every ; WEDNESDAY ; ; and ! SATURDAY ! Sat. 9 till 1 ! I WeiU-8:45 till 12:15 ' i ' ' ' ARMORY j; ! Baldy's Band j: ! IV. PER PERSON !' 1 UUU INC. TAX Crater Lake Phenomena To Be Studied Crater Lake national park authorities reported progress toward the observation of pos sible phenomena at the lake when a group left by snow-cat Tuesday morning to establish quarters. Geologist Cather of Wash ington, D. C, and J. Carlisle Crouch, chief park ranger, with Paul Herron and Darrell Pal mer, park mechanics, met Mon day at Union creek to get an early start into the area. Living quarters will be es tablished at Rim lodge and Her ron will remain with Cather as mechanic and boatman to assist in installing a sound recording device at the bottom of the lake. A cable from the instru ment will be connected with a machine at the lake rim where daily readings will be taken to determine any vol canic disturbances, v A short wave radio will be set ud at the lodge for daily communication wun je,. f. i,eav itt, park superintendent, Med ford, and Assistant Superinten dent T. C. Parker's office in Klamath Falls. Findings wiU be announced as soon as received, they advised. Palmer is the son of a for mer park mechanic, Martin Pal mer, resident of Medford. He spent two years in a Jap prison camp after the wreck of a sub marine on which he was serv ins in the U. S. navy. Herron was with the park service be fore the war' and both are ex perienced in their work. Crouch is a returned veteran of World War II, and he has resumed his position with the park service. Enrollment At SOCE Doubled Enrollment for the winter quarter at the Southern Ore gon College doubles that of a year ago with the men outnum bering the women. This ratio is unique in the history of the in stitution. Fifty-five of the 70 odd men enrolled are veterans. The college has resumed most of its pre-war activities. The social program started off with an all school skate party this week and next week the plans call for a dance. Nearly three squads of men turned out for the first basket ball practice last Wednesday. Jerry Gastineau, former coach at the Ashland high school is basketball mentor for the re mainder of the season. The college team plans to play inde pendent teams this season, be cause of the late start. Students may register for an other 10 days in any of the curricula offered at the college. These include teacher educa tion, junior college or lower division, medical-dental assist antships, merchandising, secre tarial science, and radio-electric service. Many men are enrolled in preprofessional courses lead ing to engineering, business and law, which they plan to pursue at the state college or univer sity. All students have been sat isfactorily housed. Living ac commodations are still avail able. minent or probable. It did not repeal or modify the advice pre viously given me by the navy department that no move against Petri Harbor was Imminent or planned by Japan. The phrase 'war warning' cannot be made a catch-all for all the contingencies hindsight may suggest." The information he continued to get from various sources up through December 6 all pointed at a Japanese strike in southeast Asia; Kimmel said. He added that even the in formation on December 3 that Japanese consuls had been or dered to destroy most of their codes meant to him that the Jap anese were taking precautions in case the United States and Brit ain declared war because of Jap anese attacks in southeast Asia. He also contended it was not unusual that radio calls of Jap anese carriers were not identi fied after December 1. During the six months preceding Pearl Harbor, he said that 12 times in periods ranging from nine to 22 days there was no radio trace of the Japanese carriers. Kimmel recalled that Stark had written him October 17 say ing that "personally I do not be lieve the Japanese are going to sail into us and the message I sent you merely stated the pos sibility. Not Probable "This letter made it clear to me that when Admiral Stark stated certain Japanese action to be 'possible," he meant that it was not probable, Kimmel said. It was one thing, he said, to warn a commander of "the prob able outbreak of war in theaters thousands of miles away and "it is quite another thing to warn commanders at a particular base of an attack to be alerted in their own locality." Kimmel said it was his con viction that if he had known by November 28 everything known by the navy department in Wash ington, he would not have sent carriers to Wake and to Midway to deliver planes. "I would have gone to sea with the fleet and endeavored to keep it in an intercepting position at sea," he said. Even early in the morning of December 7, he said that if he had received the "significant in formation" the navy department had, he would have moved all light forces out of Pearl Harbor and put the remainder on a "gen eral quarters" battle-readiness alert , Siromberg-C allien Radiol. Derby's Music Co. Joan O'Neill The basketball game which was scheduled for tonight to be played with the Mcdlord Tor nadoes has been post poued until to morrow night because of the c o m m u n ity concert which is to be hold tonight. This game is ex pected to urw & quite a crowa because of the heated compe tition between the two towns. Medford, according to a brief editorial in the Tornado's high school paper, is feeling quite strongly toward the Pels be cause of an editorial in the Klamath Kratcr. Looks like it might be an interesting game! Schedule Changes Effoct Many The hall was jammed with kids changing their schedules yesterday. The home - room period was prolonged until 9:45 to allow for the changes. The counselors were working most of the day as well as all last Friday. Schedule changes wore due to failures, dropped classes and switching of classes. And Incidentally Cards reporting the student's grades for the last semester will come out tomorrow. The Book Exchange lias been busy selling and buying books to and from the students for the term. An assembly is scheduled for tomorrow to bring pep to the halls of KUHS. Body Of Drowned Woman Identified PORTLAND, Jan. 15 (JP) A sister has identified a woman found drowned in the Columbia river as Mrs. Vera Ada Len hart, 36, a mother of three children, the coroner's office re ported today. Officials reported Mrs. Paul ette Clark said her sister left her home here Nov. 19, and the husband was now in California seeking her. Classified Ads Bring Results. USE 666 Cold Preparations Liquid, Tablets. Salve, Nose Drops. Caution Use only as directed. Road Travel Hindered By Heavy Fog SALEM. Jan. 15 UP) Fog was hindering highway traffic this morning on the Pncific highway from Portland to Medford, at The Dulles mid Pendleton, and on the Wlpinitln cutoff, the stalo highway commission reported. The road report also said: Government Camp Fog, 21 degrees, total snow 49 Inches. Packed snow and ice throughout district. Santinm Junction Clear, 10 degrees. Packed si)ow and lco throughout district, but Minded. One-way traffic on South San tinm highway at Upper Soda. Odell Lake Clear, 12 de grees. Packed snow cast of mllc post 55, partly sanded. Packed snow at higher areas, rough. Grader operating. Total snow 103 inches at Summit. One-way traffic between Oakridgo and summit. Siskiyou Summit Icy in spots, sanded. Roads Normal Klamath Falls All roads nor mal. Temperatures 2 below at Sun mountain, 12 above at Kcno, 5 at Quartz mountain. Eugene Two-way trnfflc at Blue River bridge on McKcnzie highway. Astoria Columbia River highway closed at east city lim its of Astoria, detouring through Tongue Point naval base. One way traffic on Oregon Coast highway at Mnnznnltu junction. Nehnlem secondary highway now normal. Pendleton Foggy and roads frosty. Mcncham Packed snow on Old Oregon Trail between mile posts 250 and 269. Bend 500-foot detour 10 miles west of Mitchell on Ocho co highway. John Day One-way traffic north of Service creek. Austin Temperature 0. roads clear. Flashes Of Life FIREMEN'S WORRIES SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 15 (A1) A woman's telephoned re- Co r t of a "roaring inferno" rought firemen with all equip ment of the Salt Lake county flro department to find tho "In ferno" had been quenched with a pull of water. Mrs. J. Raymond Spencer, discovering a fire in her attic, called to a nolghbor to summon the fire department, The excited neighbor did. HOW ABOUT A (SAIL)T PORTLAND, Jan. 15 (!) Vlco Admiral Daniel E, Bar bey, back from directing the Korean occupation, went shop ping for "civvies." Like Gl's, he found storo shelves bare of what he could wear. So the admiral's wearing a stilt borrowed from a relative; a shirt whipped together by a Chinese tailor from "some of my old bed sheets." DIAPER BRIGADE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 UP) The most acuto laundry prob lem in Los Angeles: A thief stole tho only wash ing machine In a trailer court where 125'WorId War II veter ans and their wives live. Mora than 100 of them have babies. RHEUMATISM and ARTHRITIS I suffered for years and am so thankful that I found relief from this terrible affliction that I will gladly answer anyone writing mo for Information. Mrs. Anna Pautz, P. O, Box 825, Vancouver, Wash. For insurance, at your serv ice. Hans Norland, 123 N. 6th St. Siromberg-C a r 1 1 o n Radiol, Darby's Music Co. JDo YOU suffer from CRAMPS NERVOUS TENSION m "CERTAIN DAYS" of the month? 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