The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8903. “ALL THE NEW'S JUN ALL THE TIME” e U, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE FLEET FLEES FROM U. 5. SHIPS U. S. Chief of Staff [ AFL UNION MEN TAKEN PRISONERS Navy Reports Japanese Capture Americans on Midway, Guam WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The American Federation of Labor announces the Navy has | notified it that more than 1,000 members of its Building Trades Unions were taken pris- oners by the Japanese when Midway and Guam Islands were captured by the enemy. | The AFL said it has been in- | formed that 700 of its mem- | bers, all building workers, | mostly taken from California to work on Army and Navy base construction, were taken prisoners by the Japanese forc- es at Midway and about 400 at Guam. | S eee AIR RAI PRALIL! Two Japanése Warships UNDER BAN | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 12—| There will be no “rehearsals” of| air raid alarms in this section. One was ordered last. night by the De-, fense authoritied™ But<Jater coun-| termanded by orders from the Commandant of Division as unnecessary, who stat- ed that when a real air raid alarnm is. sounded there would be Hun- dreds who might be under the im- pression it was only a ‘“rehearsal.” 50,000 Selediees | | the Interceptor General George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U. S. Army, is pictured in this new photo at his desk in the War Department. Note the four . stars on his shoulder straps. They mark him as a full general, the only. one on the active list in the U: S. Army, Blasted by U.S. Bombers; Grid Star in Army - OneSunk,OneD_a_maged WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — The Navy Department announced late last night that Admiral Thomas C iHa“' Commander cf the Asiatic | Fleet, reports that American Patrol | Bombers hit a Japanese battleship | of the Kongo class off Luzon and ‘bndl,\‘ damaged the vessel. | This attack is apparently in addi- | | designated on both coasts and these |State and Vancouver |ish Columbia. DEATHLIST WILL MINE DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS Designdedflbors,firails Will Be Protected - To- | day’s Announcement WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—-It is officially announced today that eight defensive sea areas have been | will presumably be mined The areas include the waters near Portland, Maine; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston and Narragan- sett Bay, San Diego, San Fran-| cisco; entrance (o the Columbia | River in Oregon, and Strait of San Juan de Fuca, entrance to Puget Sound between Washington Island, Brits ~ ATHAWAII GROWING Thirty-seven -Additional Names Added to Those | Killed in Action | WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The names of 37 additional soldiers lost {in the Japanese attack on Hawali ‘lut Sunday is announced by the | War Department. The additional list brings to 158 |the number of officers and en-| ;lislcd men, the War Department |announces, killed in action or dead | |from wounds at Hawaii. | lapane se Bom v e . These are big Japanese bombers on maneuvers somewhere in the Far East. The War Department of the bers Are Shown in Air United States gave the White House a preliminary estimate of 104 dead and more than 300 wounded in of Japan’s bombing of the Island of Oahu. e e the army forces alone as the result Nazi Rattlesnake of Air . e NIPPONS IN RETREAT IN ONESECTOR Sea Battle Takes Place on Pacific But Enemy Es- capes in Darkness 'SLAND OF LUZON IS UNDER HEAVY ATTACK ,Afr Raid on Cavife Base by Bombers Leaves Losses in Navy Personnel MANILA, Dec. 12—The flight of Japanese warships to escape an encounter with the ships of the United States Asiatic Fleet “some- where in the Pacific” is officially reported as Japan increased the fury of its seaborne attacks on Luzon Island. This is the official com- munique of the War Department here. The communique also said Japan- ese troops are attacking the Island of Luzon, the richest and biggest island of the Philippine Archipelago, in several directions. Concentrations of the enemy on the east and west coasts are reported, especially near Legaspi, 250 miles south of Manila and the major port on the Pacific side of the islands. Also Off West Coast The Japanese are also. off the | west coast of Zambales Province, northwest of Manila, and extend- ing southward toward the Corregidor to Manila Bay. The official communique said that | Vigan, 200 miles northwest of Man- |ila, and Aparri, 260 miles north of | Manila, are also under attack. ‘ Quiet in Hawaii ! The war bulletin added that as far as Hawail is eoncerned “there | are no operations reported on the | west coast and no change in the | situation.” | Details of the “scarce brush” be- | tress.” | |tion te the previous Army Air at-| | tween Japanese and United States Wi“ Go In'o “av tack cn ancther Japanese warship, | i warships, apparently does not.con- Y of an clder class that was blasted | 7 | |cern any part of the main United ?» — from the air and sent down. | States battle fleet as being engaged WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—A bill | This makes two of the Japam\w} S o SRS 5 oy now before Congress would trans- {navy fleet that have found the Air | | (Continued on Page Two) 4 fer 50,000 selectees into the Unit- iCU‘DS of the United States are i ; A ed States Navy. | | marksmen. | LA il | & { ———————— | | { i | Approved by the German eensor, this photo shows a German Stuka pl:me carrying a snake symbol ?linud | M ™ (! | | | along the fuselage. The picture was made from an accompanying Stuka flying in the vicinity of Tobruk S Aite | { in Libya. Note the bomb showing under the Stuka’s wing. | L] 5k | e A g ; " e e e e | | 1 . | . ) . Q, KNOX Now Takes Place in Darkness ;D . . ! & | . e Here is the momentous vote ® [ ] Orew Pearsos —Ol'le Shlp GOBS DOWn ® on declaration of war against ® v - | | ik e Germany and Italy: .' fcbent S. Alles \ | NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Dec. 12. . Against Germany . i Bt i | }—Eigm bodies and several surviv- e In the Senate—88 to 0. o v y po' Colm Ke"y’ Jr" Dles | | " jors of the freighter Oregon have e In the House—393 to 0. -Y | A"e[ Mo“a“ wo nd'n b - | | 1 been brought here, approximately . Against Italy L | u | Go | lMakes Safe F|Igh! A(fOSS.24 hours after the vessel went to e 1In the Senate—0 to 0. Two ® | ! Y . g — " Pacific-Only Four Ai [the bottom following a collision | o members not present at the o | bl io Japanese Bameshm WASHINGTON — The bank ac-| Y our Alr with a United States Navy ship| . . B M d ® vote on Germany arrived and e S " F Sf" R . ' i count of the Republican National| Raids Reported before dawn yesterday, about 2u‘leg|5|a'|0fl fo Be Made e casc their vote in the ateir- o/ IMAN FOFCE NI KESISIS| \ranra, pec. 12—capt. colin Committee continues to be as bare p miles off Nantucket. | " ' N R f ® mative. -‘ c ' b J Kelly, Jr. 26, Florida born, West 85 Mother Hubbard's cupboard, but = | The Oregon stayed afloat sev-, Ca Ing 10r New. KegIiS- o 1 the House—399 to 0. One o apiure by APANESE, |Pointer, who heiped even the score , the money situation appears to be| Paul Lillis WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The|eral hours and did not go to the! irati iM 18 65 | member, Miss Jeanette Rankin o | the Japanese ran up at Pear] Har- looking up for the Republican Con- | 1 Navy Department announces the pottom until long after daylight. ration or Men, 10- | ® of Montana, voted “present” e | De('ares Rooseve" |bor, when his plane dropped three gressional Campaign conpmm-ee | )l;l\ll %flhu, fuptaln of the 1941 !safe arrival in Honolulu of Secre-| The Oregon is an American ves-| PNV e on the war against both Ger- ® {bombs on the Japanese bamn::? This is'the organization which pro-| Notre Dame football team, is shown tary of Navy Frank Knox who will|se] and was headed for New Bed-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—Speak- e many and Italy, She cast the ® _|Haruna, paid for the sinking of that ides funds for GOP candidates in South Bend, Ind,, enlisting in the k ins | WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Presi b v B ol | U, S, Army Air Corps. He joined |qome, personal inspection of theiforq after a voyage to South|er Sam Rayburn of the House an- e lone vote against war on Ja- ® !, . poocevelt today told the re- g Wik B B running for election to the House . Sy oy jUn & ;Pn““ RJockne damage done by the surprise air|africa, | nounced legislation will be intro- e pan. 4 4 f | A one sentence communique issued of Bepresentaives. il Badron. |1aid of the Japanese last Sunday. et |quced immediately calling for regis-| e President Roosevelt immedi- o x;‘”;; b ool :;;“‘:"g';by Lieut. Gen. McArthur, Com- nside word is that the boys who) ~—————— | The Navy Department also an- o P’ i 4 - | mander of the Far Eastern Army, have quietly undertaken to fatten dokiites thit ARSRMRG ‘e hech ‘u‘n.?un or‘ nll} men 18 to 65 to reg: |® nw.»l‘y signed the resolution e son, 5o far as known, is still hold-|paid a posthumous tribute to the ’ ] ister for service. e passed by Congress, declaring e . the Campaign Committee’s lean war| uiet in the Hawaiian Islands si 3 v 4 ing out against the Japanese at- young flier. chest are Pennsylvania oil millior- u 0 ls s re ?h - ¥ W‘d ‘"‘l 15“‘“ Ss 5‘(‘;09 | Rayburn said this legislation willl @ war against Germany and e |, . The communique said: “General | c three air raids of las < “ : £ g - f gire Joe Pew and Pennsylvania &nd 5 Tousti cns Seatie Mon:l:yay in]dk& men 19 to fs responsible for e Italy, thereby ,om_ually Qut c1 The President said a small group McArthur announces with great sor- y steel millionarie Ernest Weir. | - & | BRIl i erVigas Of course, a boy of 1_9 e ting the Nation’smightagainst ® |, ynjieq States Marines there row the death of Captain Colin To National Chairman Joe Mar- : | wouldn’t be ‘sentt ‘into. combat ser-ie the Axls partners of Japan. @ |gere going a magnificent job con- [Kelly, Jr., who so distinguished him- tin and Representative J. W. Ditter| Ive“ o l(e | vice. This registration is necessary @ o o o o o ® © ® 8 idering their number, 'se” by scoring three direct hits on of Pennsylvania, head of the Cam-| I to get an overall picture of the the Japanese capital battleship paign Committee, this is the best| | country’s manpower.” Haruna, leaving her flaming in dis- | » kind of good news, for Pew and Weir have been very generous con- tributors in the past. After the 1936 debacle, Pew, almost single- handed, took the National Com- mittee out of the red. Also he has been the chief financial mainstay | of the Pennsylvania GOP in recent years, Weir has been a good sec-i ond in donations. But the jubilation of Mdrtin and Ditter is not general in inner Re-| publican circles. Other GOP chiers | are privately asking what the Pew- ‘Weir development means regard- ing the party’s stand on issues in next year's crucial state and con- OnHeadlight Chief of Police Ken Junge is giving the auto drivers in’ Juneau, those engaged innight driving on partial or total blackouts especially, the follow- ing notice and instructions: Take adhesive tape three inches long and one-half inch wide and stick it on headiights one inch from the bottom. Then paint the entire headlight s COMMITIEE IS . DISORGANIZING | Announcement Is Made by f Gen. Wood — Members | Asked fo Support U.S. CHICAGO, Dec. 12—Gen Robert E. Wood announces that the Am- erica First Committee is dissolving immediately. INSEATTLE 'Unidentified Man, Thought fo Be Chinese, Died on Execution Block SEATTLE, Dec. 12—The nearly decapitated body of a well-dressed Oriental was found. at 6:50 o'clock this morning in a south-end alley. Coroner Mittelstadt said that he had been slain on an execution block. AXIS FORCES AREONRUNIN NORTH AFRICA LONDON, Dec. 12—The British| in North Africa continue the | Treasury Department reports that SALE OF DEFENSE BONDS UP WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday | defense bonds sold in banks in the lfalian Cruiser - LONDON, Dec. down an Italian 12—The Bruish“ Admiralty announces a British sub-“ marine has torpedoed and sent | | cruiser in the|/ | Just how or when Captain Kelly |met his death was not disclosed but |it is possible that death gcame to him without his knowing that the wi Haruna was mortaly damaged. gressional elections. black. Then remove the tape— Gen. Wood urges all members to| The Seattle Times said that acreat drive on the Axis forces and United States totalled $5,529,000, up | Mediterranean. S They will be the decisive battle-| 8nd there you have your |now support the United States in|detective lieutenant had told the|in several sectors have them abso- over 126° percent over the corres- ——ee———— ground of the campaign. dimmed light, the war effort to defeat our ensmies.| Times that “investigations of a|lutely surrounded and cut off from | ponding days of last week. e e rule of T as secret nati terday and Other straggling forces averaging ———————— ure began yesterday a0 iom 500 to 8000 men. are on the run. e BUY DEFENSE BONDS Publicly the millionaires have not (Continued on Page Four) . !dhanged from left to right in most ECmtral European gountries. il | BUY DEFENSE STAMPS The Axis, | (Continued on Page Two) BUY DEFENSE BONDS