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OttawavCouniy Population gS35736 PRICE IVE CENTS VOE XXXIX NO i33T MIAMI OKLA' MONDAY DECEMBER 8 1941 A DECLARES WAR JAPAN i A At vf 1 tf '5 ji (z i Thejater ofWarinPacificWhereJapanese Attacked ALASKA ggxsovierw CANADA ITCHWAflSS OR DECLARATION si PAN HAWAII was i WAR BULLETINS AUSTRALIA be announced British a Spirit of America Speaks rri Limit HCMiVHtM Tndo( hina Raid a I nited transport had been sunk loss of 350 men in waters Manila and full RIO DE JANEIRO Dec 8 4P) President Getulio Vargas and his cabinet agreed at a meeting today to absolute solidarity to the United the Brazil government announced WASHINGTON Dec The United Brotherhood of Weld ers Cutters and 'Helpers an inde pendent labor union today rescind ed an order yesterday calling off a nation wide strike and instructed all local officers to get their men ready "for a sudden and determin ed A strike which had been set for tomorrow was called off because of the war situation AAM Wmcitci House had as i to hear Presi 1 the declaration enthusiastically the resolution Welders Order With Strike RUSH TO 'NAVY OR ARMY OCCURS HERE BERLIN Dec DNB re ported tody that Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo had broadcast a message to his people warning them that they must be prepared for a long war with the United States and that the fate of the Japanese Empire hung in the balance NEW YORK Dec I The Rome radio said today in a broad cast that the Japanese declaration of war in acocrdance with the Three power pact the ex istence of a state of war between to two Axis powers and the United CBS heard the broadcast (Continued On Page ive) Lindbergh Refuses To Air War Views WEST TISBURY Mass Dec 8 G) Charles A Lindbergh one of the leading isolation ists remained in seclusion on the island of Marthas Vineyard today as he was sought for comment on war on the United States He declined to see interviewers or to receive inquiries by telephone Transport Reported Sunk Was Bringing Passengers to SAN RANCISCO Dec L) Shipping sources here said today that the transport Hugh Scott reported sunk about 1600 miles from Manila yesterday was formerly the American President liner President Pierce The source said the liner was not carrying troous but was bring ing passengers to the mainland from the ar ast Th? 12579 ton ship left Manila Nov 28 and was due in Honolulu on Dec 10 Britain Declares War and Smaller Nations Join in BULLETIN BERLIN Dec Ine German army does not expect tn capture Moscow this year a military spokesman said to night in explanation of a high command refer ence to the coming of winter The comment acknowledgement that Hitler had failed in hos boast that the Mos cow offensive would be last great decisive campaign of this followed a high command communique declaring: continuation of opera tions and the manner of the war conduct in the east from now on will be dictated by The spokesman said the cold was so intense that the oil freezes in motorized and officers he ad ded tryipg to take to Previously the Germans had asserted that neither nor would hinder military ma chine in its onslaught against the Russians BERLIN Dec A DNB dispatch tonight from Tokyo quot ing a report in the Japanese newspaper Tomiun from Saigon I rench States with a around British on Offensive Again in Desert War LONDON Dec A Brit ish authority declared today that empire troops were attacking from three directions against major Axis armored forces between El Gobi and El Adem and asid Gen Erwin Nazi African divisions were on the Earlier dispatches had said the Japanese landed about 3U0 men at Sabak a short distance from the border of Thailand and that they were attempting to fight their way toward Kota Bahru the site of a British airdrome and north ern terminus of a 300 mile rail way leading to Singapore The raiders presumably were from Japanese occupied rench Indo Cluna striking across the Gluf of Siam The above map shows the theater of war in the Pacific where the Japanese attacked Hawaii and Guam Also indicated are distances of ar Eastern hot spots from coast of the the United States (NEA TELEPHOTO) poured into three coastal Congresswoman Rankin Is Lone Dissentei After President Reveals Heavy Toll Dealt in a 1 wr STATB MANILA Dec The Jap anese Radio at Taihoku formoa reported in a broadcast today that Japanese warships have surround ed Guam and said all big buildings I on the island were ablaze Havoc in Manila Bombing Called Text of DR Message Asking War Declaration WASHINGTON Dec text of President war message to Congress fol lows To the Congress of the United: States: i December 7 1941' A date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately at tacked bv naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan he United States was at peace with that nation and at the solicitation of Japan was still conversation with its gov ernment and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of the Pacific Duplicity Proved Indeed one hour after Jap anese air squadrons had com menced bombing of Oahu the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message While this reply stated that it seemed use less to continue the existing dip (Continued On Page Two) sv BANGKOK Thailand Dec cP) Thailand after brief resist ance to Japanese invasion from the sea and across the rench Indo Cluna border ceased firing today and opened negotiations with the invaders The result ot the negotiations were expected to shortly Japanese forces Thailand from points Prachuaginkhand bingora and Patam which are on the southernmost part of gulf of Siam coast close to Brit ish Malaya and across the land frontier from heir southern Indo China base at Siemreap (Doemi broadcast from Tokyo that the Japanese embassy in Bangkok reported that forces had crossed from Malaya into Thailand shortly after dawn this morning and were being swept back by the Japanese Ja pan it said acting to save independence and NEW YORK Dec 8 An NBC reporter broadcasting in the midst of an early Tuecjsay morn ing air attack on Manila said that had been left by the Japanese attackers includ ing the apparent destruction of the gasoline Supply at Nichols air field fire is simply raging out said Bert Silen the radio reporter Don Bell another NBC man standing above a bombproof shel ter said the anti aircraft fire in progress for 15 routes before he spoke had quieted down He added that this action was for the present But at 2:32 est (3:32 a Tuesday Manila time) Bell casually remarked that ladies and gentlemen you can hear the sound of those Japanese bomb ers again Apparently the raid is not over Then Bell went on saying that Corregidor army base guarding Manila had been bombed but very serious There was a lull in the action some time after 3 a Manila time but at 3:41 ax my the anti aircraft fire 1 reopened said the radio reporter Don Bell He added that the fire had died down at Nichol? field in the southern part of Manila He continued: what we can see from the top of this building the whole sky is a brilliant A fw minutes after the renewed anti aircraft firing the all clear was Bounded A 9 4 The raiders had smashed at ort' William McKinley and the radio corporation of America short wave transmitter as well as Nichols field Bert Silen a colleague of had said earlier that fir(e is simply raging out Clusters of young Miami men i perhaps in all swarmed into 'the Jaitii pbstoffiee today toask where they could' enlist navy They declared al rjno8t 'without exception they wanted a crack at Postmaster Roy a McGhee $sug Jjgested those wishing to join the jland forces to see the recruiting officer "at Vinita He 'toldhavalapplicants they should go toJop £lin 3 The5 local army recruiting sta tion was moved from here to Vini ta less than a we6k agoy times there "were tnany xaa'six or seven young fellows in group wanting to know where rthey said the post 1 never saw anything fifce (Relatedistory on Page Two) (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Great Britain formally declared war today on Japan allying her self with the United States Simultaneously Australia de cided to declare war as Japanese forces attacked the tiny British mandated island of Nauru And allies were declaring war upon Japan even before Washing ton and London got around to that formality Little Costa Rica a neighbor of canal bisected Panama was the bellwether in Pan America and de clarations of war against Japan were pledged in other capitals to the south in a speedy invocation of the Havana accord against aggres sion The Netherlands East Indies the Dutch government exile in Lon don and Canada setting the pace for British dominions were others declaring the opening of hostilities against Japan THE WEATHER air tonight and Tueaday warmer Tuesday and in west tonight MISSOURI air tonight and Tuesday cooler tonight and in southeast Tuesday KANSAS air not so cool west cool extreme east tonight Tues day fair and aomewhat warmer ARKANSAS air slightly colder northeast portion to night Tuesday' fair CONGRESS VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY AT ALKfcP (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) German and British tanks fought massive showdown battle on the sands of North Africa today while the Soviet front the Russians re ported a continuing counter offen sive by Red army troops north of Moscow A from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters said 'Russian troops made a futile attempt to land on the western shores of the Crimea peninsula and had been mostly destroyed Only a few man aged to escape by ship the high command said Nazi military quarters said the sea borne attack was aimed atYevpatoriya a port 40 miles north of the siege bound Russian naval base at Sevastopol The high command also report ed progress by German and Italian troops counter attacking in the Donets river basin New Nazi Stand in South Soviet front line dispatches said rthe Russians had thrown the Nazis back 50 to 75 miles on the Rostov 't (Continued On Page Two) i tA Markets Calm to War Stocks Off Grains Leap Up NEW YORK Dec 8 The securities and commodities mar kets of the country weathered good shape today the shock of the news of war with Japan with stocks slipping and wheat and sug ar sharply higher Stock market prices backed down at the start of dealings for losses $1 to $3 a share for many leaders but there was no trace of excited selling and part of early declines were retraced be fore the first hour was out Although the exchange authori ties and the Securities Exchange commission had taken full precau tions to assure orderlv dealings the complete lack of excitement made these steps largely unneces sary Cotton futures off as much as $245 a bale at the opening of the New York market came back strongly to climb as much as $130 higher by noon Wheat at Chi cago opened ahead the 5 cents a bushel permissable trading limit and held fairly well Coin lard and oats advanced Soy beans jumped the permissable 6 cent lim it at the start LASHES PORT AU PRINCE Haiti Dec 8 Hati joined the Latin American nations today which have declared war on Japan pledged the United States its assistance Samoa DAricir nr cam MANILA Dec Japa neseLboinbers struck at military bases and ports of (the Philippines today smashing at the(Continued On Page ive) Canal Zone Police xNab AxisNationals I CRISTOBAL: Dec 84J) Zone police began 'round ing up Germans and Italians in the Canal Zone today in a drive co ordinated with the roundup at Col on where Panama police have tak en 11 Germans into custody and are combing the city for more Axis nationals By DEWITT MACKENZIE (Wide World War Analyst) As I was making my way to the office in the early morning hours today my friend the mild mannered young policeman on duty informed me in no uncertain tones that he was damned well going to join up to fight the Japs and so I take it speaks the spirit of all America We no longer have to hunt a name for the conflict which was whelped in Eastern Europe just over two years Sgo the Sec ond World War at last All the great powers noware officially involved and most of the smaller nations Lines Clearly Drawn It may be that the Nipponese have done this thing on their pwn initiative but ipso facto they come under the overlordship ot the German uehrer as part of his fighting machine The lines are clearly drawn a world wide battle to a finish between the Axis and the Allies and the United Etatea is one of the Allies The Japanese adventure looks like a very desperate gamble for a nation which not only ik poorly equipped but is absolutely isolated from its Axis partners (Continued On Pag Two)5 i A NEW YORK Dec Radio messages heard here at 2:10 est today indicated that an air I raid then was in progress over Manila (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A White House statement today acknowledged serious damage to American forces in Hawaii but considerably less than the naval losses which the Japanese claimed they had inflicted Casualties from attack were expected to mount to 3000 it said The White House said Japanese attacks had resulted in the capsizing of an old battleship whereas the Japanese claimed two battleships had been sunk and reported the loss of a destroyer damage to other vessels and the destruc tion of a relatively large number of planes Mighty forces of the United States fleet were reported combing tlie waters of the Pacific to seek battle witli Jap anese warships The White House said several Japanese submarines and planes had been accounted for and that active resistance was against the Japanese attacking force in the vicinity of Hawaii Henforceiueuts of planes are being rushed to the is lands the White House said i Japan claimed she had won' naval supremacy over the States in tiie VacifiC' rom official and unofficial sources some of the Japanese and their Axis allies grew a picture today of the toll of the War in the Pacific Broadcast unverified rumors that the battleship West Virginia had been sunk the Oklahoma set afire and the carrier Langley dam aged The United States transport Gen 1'Hugh Scott sunk 1600 miles from "Manila A lumber laden transport tor pedoed 1300 miles west of San rancisco i The liner President Harrison now a transport seized or sunk in the Yangktze river near Shanghai The 63 man garri son at Tientsin China disarmed international settle ment seized by the Jpanese the United States gunboat Wake cap tured and the British gunboat Pe terel destroyed British colony of Hongkong and the United States Island of Guam bombed Guam was reported to be surrounded with an oil reser '(Voir and a hotel set ablaze Japanese headquarters said a United States aircraft carrier had been sunk by a submarine off Honolulu and that many merchant Aships had been captured'iin the tPacific Some observers believed it was possible that American1 warships 'had already met Japanese naval 3K3jf5rce in battle 1 somewhere be tween Hawaii: and the Philippines orimore Japanese 'aircraft carriers presumably escorted by "strong naval formations were re ported to have engaged in the op ening attack againta Honolulu and seemed a fair conjecture that United States dreadnaughts were (Continued On Page Two) unXlmka ITALY APPEARS TO BE BACKING OUT ON JAPAN ROME Dec The Rome radio denied broadcasting today any statement that the Japanese declaration of war on the United States put ipto operation and alliance with Japan in the three powet pact The Rome radio did say: "Al though Japan was bound by the three power pact to make war should the United States wage war against Germany and Italy she did nof wait for had revealed that American forces lost two warships 3000 dead and wounded in the surprise dawn attack terday The Senate vote was 82 to 0 The House vote I 388 to 1 I As a matter of fact the armv and uavv bad been fight since a few moments after the surprise attack yester iv 'ilirl ho miiVin rrotmi ti 1 1 htul i'lLtm id) i wni tiniA tempo The White House released the first officials iu forma Won on the scope uf American losses at Pearl Harbur short ly before President Roosevelt went to the Capitol An evidence of the fast moving protective measure was seen in At torney General announce ment that 736 Japanese aliens had been arrested during the night in the United States and Hawaii Troops had assumed guard posts throughout the nation at defense industries key buildings strategic bridges and public utilities Miss Rankin otes Again The House vote was 388 to Li Miss Jeannette Rankin (R Mont)! who voted against a declaration of I war with Germany in 1917 was the I lone member casting a negative! vote Rep Harold Knutson (R i Minn) who also voted against the! 1917 declaration voted for war against Japan The Senate and sembled together dent Roosevelt ask They cheered him and then pushed tli rough with not a waste of time No Mention of Germany and Italy In his epochal message to Con 1 gress President Roosevelt made no mention of Italy and Germany as he asked for war against Japan Text of Declaration The text of the joint resolution adopted by Congress today declar i ing war on Japan follows: that a state of war exists between the imperial gov 1 ernment of Japan and the govern! ment and the people of the United! States and making provisions to prosecute the same the imperial govern ment of Japan has commuted rc peated acts of war against the government and the people of the United States of America there fore be it by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assem bled that the state of war be tween the United States and the imperial government of Japan which has thus been thrust upon 1 (Continued On Page Two) O0bKill6''d9r KODIAK AJT1 I WASHINGTON Dec 8 (AP Congress voted a for Dial declaration of war against Japan today after President Roosevelt requested immediate action as an answer to Ja and dastardly on Hawaii A United Congress acted swiftly after the President and yes REDS STRIKING BACK AT NAZIS Counter Offensive Continues Near Moscow Tanks Bat tling on Libyan Desert Jt 't I 3 i A 11 i 1 i ht JAPS POURING INTO THAILAND Tiny Nation Capitulates to Invaders British Troops Go Into Battle There MANILA IS BOMBED NIPPON CLAIMING CONTROL PACIIC 7 7T" Destroyed Also Slink and Many American Planes Are Destroyed at earl Harbor Parachutists Reported in Philippines British Malaya InVaders Singapore Bombed SINGAPORE Dec Jap I anese air raiders killed 63 persona and injured 133 today in a fierce assault on Singapore but Japanese I units were being "mopped in I an attempted land invasion of Ma 1 laya from the north a British I communique Cel lared iofe I Japanese wareraft which had landed troons at two places in northern Malrva near the Thailand border were put to flight and I forces remainiu on the beaches I were heavily machine gunned ths British announced A later communique tonight Mid that there also had been two Jap anese landings in southern Thai land but that mopping up opera tions were continuing near Kota Bahru on the Gulf of Siam just in side northern Malaya )from (ljj Thailand border Three British airplanes' were 1 knowledged to be missing fcS There were no American nor British casualties in the morning raid Windows of a building housing the United Press Singapore office were shattered and automatic printeraiwere put out of order i Metal Markets NEW YORK Dec ci per steady Lead sleady aipeC Nov York 585 East St Loels KHC Zine steady East StLenia oMt and forward 825 American leetf Hard Hit Hunts Jap Warships Philippines Raided I 1 I i 1 CMOUKE MM8HAU 4 i 11 1 1 itfa1 I vl I AW i Jt UHrtTC Uf 'x SBBSilSBa niri rtiiJS Vn: HliUTrnj ttil A3 A i I I Jr a jr li few SsiJ SlAWrSTEfft till CkpjAitHoA JHiH jbayA till CltiiAlHuzA.