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THE SUMTEK DAILY ITEM SUMTER 0 Monday December 8 1941 page six Bulletins Casualties Hawaiian Islands Stand At Crossroads Of Pacific Call Goes Out For Women Volunteers CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Urges Cotton Farmers To Vote Dec 13 at a special press conference tonight He said China was prepared to make every sacrifice to collaborate with the United States and Great Britain In defeating Japan Tokyo Dec i-MJP) Army and navy sections of the imperial headquarters announced today that 50 or GO American planes were shot down in air combats over Clark Field in the Philippines and 40 more over Iba 80 miles northeast of Manila Domei broadcast the announcement British casualties in the morning raid i Windows of a building housing the United Press Singapore office were shattered and automatic printers were put out of order The Japanese air raiders struck before an alarm could be sounded but disappeared when British fighter planes took to the air (Dutch planes from The Netherlands East Indies participated in the air action over Singapore the BBC today quoted dispatches from Batavia as saying The broadcast heard by NBC said British planes had been invited to use East Indies bases) tlie aerial attack gunfire was hehfd off Messing 90 miles east of Singapore on the east coast of Malaya but the significance of the action was not immediately clear Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke Popham British commander-in-chief in the Far East and Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Ldytrtn meanwhile Issued an order of the day expressing confidence in the outcome of the struggle with Japan are ready" their statement said had plenty ot warning and ou rpreparation are made and tested do not forget the years of patience and forebearance with which we have borne with dignity apd discipline petty insults inflicted upon us by the Japanese in the Far East We know those things were only done because the Jap- anese thought they could take advantage of our supposed weakness when Japan herself has decided to pul matters to a sterner test she will find she has made a grievous mistake" types of warfare In combined area the islands although only slightly larger-than Connecticut are the only major group in The north Pacific 5tst ol the population of 423000 are Orientals slightly more than a third of them of Japanese stock lOne-seventh are Polynesian one-fifteenth Chinese Pearl Harbor lies on the southern shore of Oahu A narrow channel provides the only entrance from the sea and makes it one of the best natural havens Ships in the harbor cannot be seen from the open water Thousands of soldiers their numbers increasing steadily recently are housed in the Schofield barracks on the cehter of Oahu There also is on the island a big army air field to which a maBS flight of 21 big bombing planes was made secretly from California earlier this year The Hawaiian Islands politically are territory of the United States ceded to the United States by the republic of Hawaii in 1898 and made a territry by the congress in 1900 (By The Associated Press) The Hawaiian Islands stand at the crossroad of the Pacific approximately one-third of the way across the vast ocean separating the United States and Japan in these islands the United State has constructed a great naval base and drydock at Pearl Harbor on the picturesque island of Oahu This harbor 60 feet deep and spme ten square mllee in area can accommodate the entire The strategic location of Hawaii and the great defense works centered there make the territory a major key to war in the Far East Honolulu the principal city of Hawaii lies a dot in the ocean approximately 2000 nautical miles from California from Japan almost 5000 from the Philippines and the naval base at Hongkong To the average American Hawaii may mean hula dancers ukuleles and pineapples! to the' army and navy and air force it is one of their major outposts dotted with guns sinewed with the most modern machinery for all Tokyo Dec 8 P) The Japanese Information bureau announced today that about 00 British and American subjects and other foreign nationals were rounded up this morning throughout the Japanese empire Dome! broadcast the announcement The local Red Cross now on active war duty issued today an urgent appeal for women to take training In various units of the volunteer service of the organization Already established in Sumter are the motor corps the canteen committee home nursing and first aid groups After Christmas officials wish to organize in addition a nurses aide corps and a hospital and recreation group the latter the famous A home service group also will bo established here according to plans an-nqunced tojay and a nutrition group will be organized by the canteen committee Persons who volunteer for the aide corps will receive a short hospital training course to assist nurses Their dutles then will be to Rive the nurse help to free her from those services which others than a graduate nurse can do The need for aide volunteers is urgent because of the shortage of graduate nurses now Any woman between the ages of 18 and 50 with high school education or equivalent are eligible to become members of the group which requires 150 hours of service each year The hours are divided into three groups: 35 hours of classwork under a graduate nurse 45 hours In wards of specially selected hospitals under nursing supervision and a 20-hour course in first aid The hospital and recreation corps "Gray will be composed of a (rained group of women to help maintain morale through friendly service and recreation for convalescent partients Work of this group is done in army navy and civilian hospitals and members must be 20 years of age or older A 15-hour lecture course is required The home service corps which offers a 30-hour course in work and special institutes for technical instruction will perform Welfare service for men and families of men In the armed forces as well as for veterans and their dependents Especially desired for this group are persons with special qualification for doing family cash work to act as aides to social workers 2 20-hour courses in nutrition offering Instruction on proper foods for health will be open to women girls men and boys it has been pointed out "are the first line of The volunteer service units already established here provide basic training In first aid to the Injured wherever they may be in the first aid course simple training for care of sick in homes home nursing training for operating a canteen service to provide mass feeding in emergency and operate canteens canteen corps and a transportation service for the chapter and for approved local or national organizations the motor corps The mobtle unit helps transport worker refugees doctors nurses evacuees supplies and equipment in disaster of war Persons Interested in joining any of the groups offering their services to the humanitarian organization which lends its help in every great crisis and is of paramount importance in wartime are asked to call Mrs Leland Moore immediately Further information about the groups may be obtained from Mrs Moore Rod Cross headquarters or the Item office Washington Dec 8 (ft) Federal agents arrested 736 JApaneso aliens during the night In the United States and Hawaii Attorney General Biddle announced Columbia Dec 8 -Boll weevils and unfavorable weather cut South cotton crop short by more than 50 per cent thig year but an agricultural adjustment adminitsration official said today the picture would have been even darker had the marketing quota control program not been in effect State AAA administrative officer Hamilton discussing the cotton referendum to be held next Saturday said it had pot been for a national farm program the farmers would have been wdrse off than because $17000000 had been paid or will be paid in parity and soil conservation practices checks Federal legislation also lifted the price of cotton from eight and nine cents a pound to 17 cents Hamilton said and thereby increased the returns to farmers who saved some cotton from an otherwise disastrous year Growers have shown decreasing interest in the referendum since the first vote in March 1938 The percentage in the entire belt last year was only 336 of thp eligible voters and the decline in South Carolina has been from 113560 votes in March 1938 to only 62752 of 168000 eligible voters last December Hamilton appealed to farmers to visit the 800 voting places in great- er numbers this year am not telling them how to vote but they should he styid is so vital to all cotton producers and to all agricultural in this state that every farmer should feel it his duty to vote" In the March 1938 referendum 1527028 farmers or 55 to 60 per cent of those eligible -voted Last year the number voting was only 60 per cent of the number in 1938 and 34 per cent of the eligible votes By The Associated Press Following is the list of members of United States armed forces killed in the war in the East as disclosed by official advices to the next of kin: First Lieut Hans Christiansen 21 Woodland Calif marine aviator at Pearl Harbor Private George Leslie 20 Arnold Pa army air corps at Hawaii Robert Niedzwieckl 22 Grand Rapids Mich at Hawaii Second Lieut Forge A White-man Sedalta Mo air corps at Pearl Harbor Gordon Mitchell Hoislngton Kas air corps at Hawaii Private Donald Plants 22 of Wausau WIs air corps at Wheeler Field Hawaii John Fletcher 32 of Janesville WIs air corps at Wheeler Field Hawaii Lieut James Derthlck 22 Ravenna army air corps at Honolulu Sergeant James Guthrie Republican Grove Va air corps engineer in Hawaii Sunday Prtyate Dean Ceberr of Galesburg 111 at Honolulu Sgt George Schmersahl 32 Blojmifleld Air Corps at Hawaii- Then 20 Tampa Fla private first clase Air Corps at Wheeler Field Hawaii Sunday in Infantry On Duty Throughout State 1 1 'I Columbia Dec 8 (A5) The 28th Infantry from Fort Jackson was ordered on field duty today to guard various utilities vital industries anJ strategic pointg throughout the state authoritative sources said The post Command at the Fort however declined to comment Bridge heads in this vicinity were under guard and guards yere placed at the Lake Murray hydroelectric dam source of much power foi' Columbia and central South Carolina Railroad terminals were under guard and soldiers were patroling arlfields throughout the state Members of the homo defense force companies at Manning and Moncks Corner were put on 24-hour duty at the Santee-Cooper hydro-electric project State Adjutant General James Dozier ordered all members of the home defense force to hold themselves ready for -call to duty Governor Harley appointed A Bohlen emergency coordinator of civilian law enforcement for South Carolina During the early morning hours long lines of army trucks were seen leaving the fort but their destination was not disclosed Soldiers On Guard Here New York Dec 8 (IP) The navy announced today that need for men Is and that all navy recruiting offices lp the country would remain open 24 hours a day and seven days a week The announcement said the age limits for enlistments are 17 and 50 Berlin Dec 8 (t The German army does not expect to capture Moscow this year a military spokesman said tonight In explanation of a high command reference to the coming of winter London Dec 8 UP) Reuters said in a dispatch from Singapore today that a British communique declared is unofficially reported but not confirmed that mustard gaa has been in Japanese attacks on Malaya It required approximately 670-0U0 tons of paper to make the paper bags produced in American factories last' year says the Census Bureau Item staff this moaning that 200 men from his outfit were on guard duty in the district of which Sumter is a part The sergeant himself was stationed at the courthouse His unit he said arrived here about 9 this morning He could give no information as to where they would be quartered or for how long they would be here and no higher ofiolal could bo contacted Orders have gone out from the mayors office to members of the city police force and of the fire department to be on the alert for any trouble that might arise- Industrial leaders also were warned to be on the ldokout for disorder in what the mayor described as "simply a precautionary At county police headquarters a telegram was received this morning frqm Governor Harjey advising the oficers to be ready for any orders Earnestness of the soldiers now on duy one city official pointed out offers a grim contrast to the half-serious attitude of men who guarded Sumter during the mock battles which recently took place here part of peacetime army maneuvers Guide to Movies Soldiers In Southern Area Orders Public utilities public buildings railroads and highways in Sumter were being guarded today by soldiers from Shaw Field and detachment's from Fort Jackson Shaw Field also was under strict guard this morning and no person was being admited without an cfficlal pass 4 All city officials were put on the alert Two soldiers were stationed at the overhead bridge at the end of South Main street two at the city waterworks and one at the courthouse The railroads also were being closely guarded Out of the city at the junction of 8 Highways 76 and 521 guards were stationed two on each highway and two at the Clayton Lowder store Sergeant Safferman of Company 128th Field Artillery which has been stationed at Fort Jackson told a member of the Mlanila Dec 8 (JP) Japanese bombers struck at military bases and ports the length of the Philippines today smashing at the big Fort Stotsenberg Clark Field the summer mountain capital at Baguio the ports of Davao and Aparri and the far northern Batan island group Jap Forces CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Ease Neuralgia With Quick-Acting Use quick-acting Headache Powders when you want prompt relief from neuralgic pain also relieves headaches muscular aches and functional periodic pains 10c 25c sizes Use only as directed Consult a physician when pains persist mated at from 50 to 100 A communique said that' 11 planes in all took part in the but that they failed to drop any bombs on the naval base Itself A few buildings ivere reported damaged however The attackers were said to have come in at art altitude of about 17000 feet There were no American nor Hongkong Dec 8 -Japanese planese struck Dylce at this closely-guarded British colony today running into heavy fire which the British said brought one of the raiders down and scattered the others A communique after the second raid declared "the de(erise plan continues to develop satisfactorily Hjv In a raid this afternoon a few bombs were dropped but the raiders scattered as soon as they Were fired on and damage and casualties were not In the morning attack nine planes bombed Kowloon mainland sector of the colony CHICAGO HOG MARKET SUMTER THEATRE Today and Tuesday: in Cast: Alice Faye John Payne Carmen Miranda and Cesar Eomero Tropical magic catchy Cuban rhythms wanji blooded senorltas dark eyed rq-meos are neatly combined in he story of this gay technicolor musical Family Wednesday and Thursday: "Chfcolate Cast: Nelson Eddy Rise Stevens Nigel Bruce A brilliant production musically end dramatically It serves as an excellent vehicle with which to introduce Miss Stevens Hollywood's newest singing star who comes to the screen from the Metropolitan opera Family Friday: Town Cast: Jane Withers Bruce Edwards Jane Darwell A gay new comedy Family Saturday: Run Cast: The East Side Kijls Bela Lugosi A mystery comedy Family Saturday night late's shot Cast: Leon Errol Lupe Velez Not reviewed Next Monday and Tuesday: "Navy Cast: Ann Sheri dan Jack Oakle Martha Raye Presidential Power Boosted Relief At Last For Your Cough Greomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw tender in- flamed bronchial mucous membranes Tell your druggist to sell you a-bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it qulokly allays the cough or you are to' have your money back CREOMULSION hr Couehs Chest Colds Bronchitis Chicago Dec OP) (U 8 Dept Agr) -Salable hog's 24000 total 31500 opened Steady to 10 higher later trade very active mostly 15-25 up good and choice 1 60-270 lbs 1000-25 mostly 1010 25 with several loads 1030 and 10:5 top 1035 Uiost 270 to 320 lb butchers 0 90-1015 good 360-to 500 lb sows lighter weights 966-80 A parachute would be worthless on the moon lor there la no atmosphere there Port-Au-Prince Haiti Dec 8 'P Haiti joined the Latin American nations today which have declared war on Japan and pledged the United States its full Tegucigalpa Honduras Dec (iP) Honduras declared war on Japan today and the government established martial lw throughout the republic Washington Dec -A state of all but lifts the limits off presidential powers Statutes which operate in such periods authorize the president to take over transportation systems industrial plants radio stations power facilities and ships arid place some controls on communication Many of these powers have been available to tlfe president under his emergency proclamations and as commander in chief of the armed forces One highly placed administration legal adviser says that in war time the government has the power "to take what it needs to meet the Clerk Of Senator Smith Dies In Fall Atlanta Dec 8 (P) High ranking army authorities and civilian officials in the southern states Icoked to Washington today for their marching orders as war flamed in the Pacific between the tinited States and Japan With first news of conflict army generals Mi the Fourth Corps area declared their troops alert and ready Civilian leaders pledged wholehearted support to President Iloodevfek Immediate specific action was chiefly confined to added precaution against sabotage of utilities and industrial plants The attitude of authorities generally was reflected in a statement by Mdjl Gen Senderfod Jarman commanding officer of Camp Stewart at Hinevllle Ga are keeping our shirts on and not get ting he said "We are ready for The 129th and 130th (Illinois) Infantry regiments at Camp Forrest Tenn were ordered to duty guarding railroad bridges munitions plants and other strategic centers in that state by Maj-Gen Samuel Lawton commander of the 33rd division 1 is order followed instruction from the Fourth Corps area headquarters ot Atlanta The army throughout the eight state area Tennessee Georgia North and South Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana was reported to be the by Maj Gen John Smith commanding office of the area Whether soldiers' Christmas leaves will be cancelled was a question pot imemdiately answered General Smith said that if such orders were issued they would come fromm Washington Weather Report Observations of Sumter Weather Bureau for 48 hours ending at December 7 Saturday Dec 6 Temperature: Max 70 Min 50 Windt North Day: Clear Rainfall Jan 1st to date 4161 last year 31 86 Sunday Dec 7 Temperature: Max 57 Min 31 Wind Northwest Day: Clear Rainfall Jan 1st to date 4161 last year 3186 Singapore Dec 8 (JP) The Singapore command issued a com munique at 5:30 (5:30 a EST) today amknowledglng that fighting continues in the Kota Bahru airdrome Kota Bahru is 300 milee north of Singapore an imediate target of Japanese invasion GIF! 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