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LOCAL FORECAST CLOUDY, SHOW JOHilSOIl COUNTY'S LEADING PAPER KT IWIEKJnKJCG PRICE: THREE CENTS FRANKLIN, INDIANA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1941 PHONES Builnet 710. Nawa 65. VOLUME 57. NUMBER 127. 2000 1 000 Americans Dead, bounded In Jap Raids On Hawai Pfn Q-1 a fo I i .0 UU L- 1 UU L-J BECOMES THEATRE OF U.

WAR. PACIFIC OCEAN 1 i a i i Congress Puts ya u. s. Sg1 Smashes Big Toll, Reveals 3 Air I ake FDR Bill A A Through In Swift Smash 'Treachery In Pacific, Surprise Element Aids Nippon As Fleet Sweeps Pacific; Jap Troops Move Through Thailand By EDWIN C. STEIN i International News Seritrl Muw than 1 Americans have been killed in Hawaii and another 2.000 wounded.

President Roosevelt announced today as the battered island stronghold duir out of the wreckage wrought by three yi bOVlbT to British Bases rrji i i jjSSIAl JZ SCAN ADA 'Japanese Bases W'w Lww UN ALASKA CHINA 13 midway lhiscS 7 1 WAKE WhAWAII SINGAPORE vfei CAROLINE MARSHALL 1 PALMYRA I SAff PACIFIC OCEAN TL CARTOGRAPHER LIMIT I 1 ygAUSTRALiA western hemisphere! President Tells Cheering Solons; Promises Victory BULLETIN. CWashington, Dee. 8 (INS) The Inited States today entered second World war -when Congress formally declared a state of war I.as existed against Japan since earlv Sunday when Nippon launched a blitzkrieg attack on America's Pacific outposts. The House and Senate passed the war resolution within i.i minutes after President Roosevelt asked the joint session of Congress to smash the Japanese "treachery in the Pacific," and pledscd Ununited States to gain "inevitable triumph so help us The amazing speed with which Congress responded to the request, demonstrated America's solidarity in seeking vengeance for the Tacific assault. Japanese air raids and counted its dead The a cr- warplanes of Japan, fly-! ing the blazing red nia of the land of the Ris-ji Ships, Planes Locked in War Out On Pacific By WILLIAM K.

HUTCHINSON, (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 8.

(INS) President Roosevelt today asked Congress to take the United States into the second World War by declaring a state of war with Japan. To a historic, sober joint session of the House and ing Sun. swept over the eastern half of the broad Pacific like a scourge, bringing death and -struction in their wake The of rct- cd uith the mimcii cf the Mikado. shortly after d.w plur.sed the United State into to- Honolulu. Die.

8 INS Warships and of America. Britain and Australia wire locked in far-flung naval war today with Japanese forces, as dawn broke over the Senate, he said: "I ask that the Congress Honolulu erne race! from a total tal all-c CThLs is the vast theater of war in the Pacific where Japan has declared her nnvai aim land forces at war with the United States. Bombing attacks on Hawaii, evidently carried out by planes based on aircraft carriers, and on Guam punctuated this declaration, while the U. S. Facific fleet steamed out of Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii.

NEA Photo. Governor Plans-Indiana Role In War Moves lit war savage, ceaa- I attacks, on Pe.irl Harbor, ir.fl G.iam. American out- 'he Pacific. nnjor Japar.c-o victory ly air Ma nil. i I ir-t blackout this morning, with U.

S. At my and Nary planes filling the skies from which "suicide" squad-ions of Jap vvurplanes rained death and destruction yesterday morning in aenal assault o'n American soil. Details of a tion weie lacking in the naval battle which was presumed to stretch across 5 000 miles of ocean, from the Philippines to aicr :r.a writ the speedy ion et little Thailand, at- Anxious Parents came capi' ulat: tacked a twe by Japanese air the troops, and from Llerk Called Furloughs End For Local Boys Overaffe AIen Get Calls To Service by N.pp e- tx nilers. Make Promise Good. Word rrom Hawaii off the Cali- Prmic Wuistcii the Eastern I Ch ir.hill mote made good hi- forr.ia coast.

Gephart In Naval Corps; Out Of Town CAnxious parents and friends of John.son county naval ensigns and armv draftees stationed in the Hawaiian Islands today awaited word of rcn.i-e to iunvvit the United Rumors fly fast. were fhnv thick and fast. There CReports Gephart. clerk of the how they fared in the Japanese attacks launched Sunday in the isolated CRobert pourin; into Th? of soldiers bein rfntirvr. nf Star effice today Johnson county selective service Pacific territory.

called back into active service after having been released in recent i Known to be in the "trouble zone" are: i board, was reported to have been Ensian Norman Vandivier. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vandivier. near called to Indianapolis today to re- Pa if i' by bvatirj; ilt la ration cf sar a a a A Uc a li i Nt'.

ei land East Iitt (' al i Rica al-' ar with the Land c-f declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japanese Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States a the Japanese he told a tense joint session. "Hostilities exist' the chief executive asserted. "There is no binding at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are- la grave danger. "With confidence in cur nrmrrl forces with the unbounriing determination of cur people we will tnun the inevitable triumph so he.p ui God." FDR Accuses Japan The president directly afcu.crl Japan of having planned, and pie-pared "many days or even its series of devastating blitzkrieg attacks on America's outicsts.

Mr. Roosevelt also pledged thij United States "to absrlute victory." He indicated it minht be a long war but that in the end, it would be ait American victory. There were many somber the President's speech but. the tragic was when he described Am' -ican losses in the initial Jap.ii'.c i reports that vengeance-bent U. fe-; warcraft had ink six Japanese sub- marines as will as one of the air- t.tate in America to a Ja; New and iean Kepnl: Tcady wire the -A fcrma! i Franklin, an aviator, stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base and lo-j port at the U.

S. Naval Armory for weeks beenrse cf the aze limit. crs were here on futlcuch and were V- 1, cated aboard the U. S. Enterprise, i possioie war-time service.

craft camels front which the Hon- i rt lmnrlipri or of called back bt fore their time asu Clndianapolis. Dec. 8. INS) Governor Henry F. schricker today was meet with State defense leaders to plan Indiana's role in the fight with Japan as all Hoosierdom went on a war-time basis.

Gathered for a session in the executive's office are Adjutant General Elmer H. Straub; Lieut. Col. John D. Friday, the acting adjutant general; Don F.

Stiver, stat superintendent of public safety; Clarence A. Jackson, state civilian defense director; Thomas R. Hutson, state commissioner of labor, and Clem Smith state fire marshal. The Governor ordered State police on the alert for sabotage in defense industries and sent President Roosevelt a telegram pledging Indiana's full support avenge the dastardly assault made upon our nation." Police Force On Job. In Indianapolis, Mayor Reginald H.

Sullivan warned all citizens to be on the alert after declaring the existence of an emergency, and Chief of Police Michael F. Morris-sey placed the 500-man police and Japanese claims that to date they Mx Smith, stationed in th" Corps at Ounter Field. navfil aircraft carrier. 11 could not be learned definitely Pvt. Richard Barnett.

son of the Edinburgh man had been Alta Barnett of Franklin R. r. called to duty, but friends said he 5. stationed ith Headquarters Bat-I had received a telegram at 3 o'clock terv. Second Batttalion.

98th Coast Sunda-V afternacn instructing him An.t an declaration ses-i cf a a i cht, fts War camp: to franklin i 1 1 i mornin2 cie-royers. and two tankers. five.d;r, furlouih with his mother. There wa name bomb-torn rj smith, returned that Honolulu. Rather, the savage Jap- evenlI, ancse attack scned to fire the civil- I It a an Ax Grrtr.ar.y and v.

i i jubilant. No were or Rente, but in both i 1 tlie possibility (Continued on 1' -r Iic). ian population with a fierce er- fcr. icp J.chool at the Great Ulkc cxhe rity trday took on a warlike mination to justify Hawaii's 5" Training Station near Chi- The break of day found jv sit ton as the spearhead of Amer-I i-ere with; Old Glory flyin- from homes and Artillery, Schofield Barracks. Hawaii.

Pvt. Robert Bechman of near Franklin, also with the 98th Coast Artillery but with a different battery than that of Pvt. Barnett. Fvt. James Mclntire.

address unknown, who is also stationed in Hawaii, with the 98th Coast Artillery. to report at a ciock Monday mcrn-ing. Gephart is rejwrted to be a member of the Naval Reserve. He was a radio operator aboard a minesweeper in the North Sea during the World war. and he has frequently tcld friends recently that if the United States became actively engaged in this war he would "jcin up Pacific ct en.se.

i his mcth.er. Mrs. O. I. Dematee.

re- in front of business houses thrcugh-i turning Sunoay evening. out tb.e downtown area. Ben: cn ar.cl retaiia- Dud lev IluL-e of Greenwood, also ticn. tiie cm.n gray warcraft of the! mighty United States fleet, concen- in Hawaiian water for more! than, two ears. slid out of Pearl i at Great Lakes, returned Suncur funht.

alter a weekend visit at hi i 8 home. I Haibor seeking the aircraft carriers Ralph Vandivier. until reeentlv CAltnn Snyder wjs seen walk-ii-jr west on Jefferson street mornin? with an American flag- bundled under one arm and a bi? double-barrel shot-Sim in the other. IILs friends were kidding him along: the way. from which the death-dealing- Jap planes were launched.

It was presumed that at hast small fleet cf Cher Nipivnese warships acccm- Union messenger I was liere for a vi-it with his niothc. I Mrs. Omer But kner. after havin i i i completed a six-w eek-- trainmu. ha- ft S.

Says: near -o orci. if they'll take me." Tb.e Vandiviers reported that they Associates at the Franklin Arm-had received no word from their son. ory. headquarters for the selective a Franklin College graduate, despite service board, reported that Mr. rumors of Franklin persons that Gephart was out of the office today a cablegram from Norman had ar-.

and would not retuif.i untiil late rived today. this afternoon. They declined to say Pvt. Barnett's mother also report-j where he had gene, ed this afternoon she had received One member cf the county selec-no word from her son. 'the service board said he had not Schofield barracks was reported 1 iforml that Mr- Gephart n.

left the citv to resume training. rurs cn t.icir suieice ir.isMon. pvt Harold R. Ltisk. who is sta- as o.u- O-lethorne.

Ga was announced offi- 1 Crf. CurtLs Moore, popular secretary in the city building, was attired in true patriotic colors Monday. She wore a blue skirt, and a red blouse over a white shirt. tally that 2 memtvrs oi the mil- 104 members of the mil post Sunda: CTHE QVFSTION: Do an ultimate ii. the v.

ar v. itli i itary naa tten Kiaea ai.u evot-m, aftcr ne and Mrs. Lusk had more than wounded ty the two tiif-ir nar- in press stories as hard hit by wv" ble Naval Reserve duty. tni- CMima.e a-miieai T.n.t estimate admittedly rMane and the fmal fig- s. preltmina Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Hut ton. Mr. If the local draft board clerk is called into service, it ill necessitate the appointment of a new Japanese aerial attack on U. S.

bases. Another Johnson county young man. Earl -Bud" Branigin. sen of Mrs. Elizabeth Branigin of Frank- is expected to op-.

The official an-' ri not include civilian I whhh were COne of the first sovrrnmcnt orders affecting local residents was that prohibiting amateur radio operators from broadcasting. This will affect several in Franklin and throughout the county. lire on death, proximate 32, neuncetnent casualties, cf wlio h.is been living at Roos- Ga returned with her hu--band. Anion- recently obtain- ing their release liom the Regula'- Army and h.o have been called back: and Jesse Webb, current members cf the three-man beard. N.

I the'll coir.t like they in th war We arc better; to: war to-day than i erV the l.u-t tun-. dl CW WII. Clotliif.i illS-j man N-. It'll be an easy jol. eien if I to lltdp Ai'hur liu: No.

many. Sea I'a'tle Looms, A large sea ci "ga cement appeared the aking. Clouds of planes leveled over the V. S. warships detective force on 12-hour duty.

attacks. He calmly told C- n-jn Also, it was disclosed that the rcg- that "very many Ameikan live; ular force had teen augmented by have been lost" and announced th 500 special policemen to aid in "American ships have been guarding local defense plants. torpedoed en the hinh sets hx-'wrcu Mayor Sullivan prepared to meet San Francisco and Honolulu." with city leaders today and pos- Distinguished Guests Present, sibly plan to appoint a City Dcfen.se The Supreme Court of the- Ui.r-I Council- States, the cabinet, scores of Gen. Straub announced that the lomat.s. ranking armv and navv 'i-new Indiana State Guard was not Iicial.s.

ancI many riistim-ui being mobilized at present. (guests of congress heard the Double Plant Guards. i dent's sjeech. Thousands of rUn- Officials of defense plants in In-jary citizen milled around th--diana, third-ranking state in de- itoi grounds, held at a -fense production, imposed a censor- armrd soldiers the first to rlo r. ship on news of plant activities and on Capitol Hill since the Inst Woi id guards were doubled at all factories war.

engaged in defense work. The text cf the presidents Powcr shipments were ordered follows: be made secret hereafter at thej "To the Congress of the Um' huge Charlestown smokeless powder states: plant, where additional guards went 'Yesterday. Decemb-r 7. 1UU on duty. The U.

S. Naval Old- 1 date whkh will hve in mfamv- nance plant under construction in united States of America -Indiana jxlis asked Chief MorrLssey 1 denly and deliberately for police protection. Other plants naval and air forces of tho where the guard was increased were of Japan. the Bridgeport Brass Company and "The United States was at pe'- the Marmon-Hcrrington Company, with that nation and. at the in Indianapolis; the Kingsbury tat ion of Japan, was still in loading plant at LaPorte, the I nation with its government and East Coast ammunition depot at Emperor looking toward the mm -Burns City the Lafayette plant of tenance of peace in the Pacific.

Aluminum Company of America, deed, one hour after and the Allison plant in Indianap- squadrons had commenced oils. in Oahu, the Japanese Amba? In the Calumet area, additional to the United Stat's and col -plant and police protection was league delivered to the rv provided for the vital steel mills. i state a formal reply to a x' Guard Military Bases. American message. W'nile this Sentries were doubled at Baer i stated that, it seemed on Four.) (Continued on Two.) liK lin.

also was reported to be station-in the Hawaiian islands. A former Franklin College student. Ensign Harold Aikin of Rush county, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. D.

M. Aikin of Franklin, is known to be stationed at Pearl Harbor base. He is stationed with an aircraft carrier operating from that base, but the carrier is not the same one on which Ensign Vandivier Is stationed. Stationed "Near" Barracks. Second Lieut.

Mont Hickok. son CEars have been slued to radio sets throughout the city since the first war news was flashed parly Sunday afternoon. All talk everywhere is abttut the war. Many moving- radios to the sides of their bed and listening to bulletins throughout Sundav nisht. I c.i'.it mi xn spec.

a to ill CRo- Cd.ifC We'll lick em bifoit water It t. CRa Tt tv n. clerk Of is Lee Sandeiur, who is now on hi way back to Camp Sh.elby. Mis'. He was a sergeant in Battel A.

133 it Field Artillery. Markets React To War News CGram and livestock maikeUs took a sliarp upward turn today as a reaction to the war ith Japan. Locally wheat reached at new bean a sweep from Pcail and anchor s.paadrcn mov-cf Ll.aairta Roads off tlte cf to protect the nether attack by the ir.es. itarthnj swiftness cf the i I Harbor. inland orn a iii Jap plan The st cious rai one thin eather Matches Gloom of War CWeather renditions trday added to the gloom which enveloped the city with arrival of the news conveying portentious developments in the U.

war situation. Old Sol did nothing to bring a bit of cheer into the hearts cf shocked citizens. Monday was very cloudy, with intermittent rain and snow-flurries, and amid the dismal atmospheric conditions a whiterish wind blew. During the weekend, the mercury 7 CPat.l ral i put democ as taken to mean but the Japanese had a number one and the coup for a week at $114 that It was pcintec of Mrs. Ida Ralston Hickok, formerly of Nineveh, when last heard from by local relatives was station-' ed "near" Schofield barracks in Ha-Iwaii.

He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Ralston and a cousin of CThere was much activity at tho college can-pus Sunday af-tcrroon. Reports were that Fhi Theta members organized a "broom brigade" and paraded around on the fraternity lawn. Those at the Sigma Alpha Ep-ilon house were said to have thrown away their books while excitement was high.

i e-. $1 13 for urn be-r two wheat, rising from S1C9 and $108 cn Saturday. Oth-r rains were up fnem three to five cef.t and sv beans were it cuid have taker, nearly a week the afack.ng fleet to steam rp to the Haw.u.an Islands, taking in- about sr.v to account that they had to slip quoted at $1.45. or five cents higher Marsha Israel, all of this city. dropped to the lowest point of the I The Johnson county selective ser- Peason.

the mark of 17 degrees the watc American sea thrcii; patrol Muc CRay Eon school teacher No I think America eientuallv i I think it ill be a is current on than the weekend market. Th" Indiana polls livestock market with 12.000 receipts quoted a. top pine of $12 33 against a high of 1 1 0 a a see; board has records of Bechman, above zero Saturday night setting a CA meeting of American Legion Mclntire and Barnett being located recerd for the fall and winter, membe rs on the Johns-: County in Hawaii, but a spokesman for the Highest temperature was 43 de-(Continued on rage rive). (Continued on rive). jc.rcco cn Saturday.

Ja-o snips mien: nave re- tCcntinucd on Tagc Six.).