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lmvy day raids in U. S. Bases In Phillipines

Heavy damage to ilrfields; Grave danger of Fifth Column activity (pom Jap settlement.

ltl.\‘.\‘ll..\. Dec. 9—('l‘uesday) _(.-\l')-—.lapanesc troops Wort! reported today to have landed u-llh tllc probable help “ftsllcrilli-ll" fifth columnists on lalllailg island ilcur the en- trailre to Manila flay as Jap- anese plant's carried out. wide- spread raids on military ob- jectives thriliigllout thc Philip- pines, including moonlit lis- saulis on Manila itself.

,\ rl-llliillc source said tlic Japanese were in full control of Lulmlig island and the uililn city of the some name. The island controls waterways ltctlrrrn the middli- Philippine arclilprlalgo and the China Sea.

lllliNllnl, P. 1., Dee. 9- (Tucsday)-—(Al') —A fleet of Japanese warplanes as» laullcil Manila in the bright moonlight early this morn- ing aflcl- a ‘lay of almost continuous blasting at Un- ited States military camps, bases and ports throughout the islands and an iiir at- tack oll the United States aircraft carrier Langley in lllalalag" Bay, near Davao.

(NBC reporters llrond- casting dilring the Manila raid said Fort McKinley, Nichols Field and the RCA transmitting station were bombed; that a heavy fire raged for a time “that looks ‘W’ null-ll as though a gaso- linc dump or something like that is burning" in the vicin- lly of Nichols Field. This was bctlvecn 3 and 3:30 a.m. -or ii to 3:30 p.m. Monday. A.S.'l‘.)

Thcl-c were unconfirmed Nports of at least 350 cas- ualties at half a dozen lioints outside Manila.

A "' of attacks was mode a-

Illllist (work Field, military nu"- llflimc 4o miles north of Manila

(Continued on page ll, Col 5)

Spurt noted In enlistmcnts

OTFMVA, Dec. 8—-(CPl-Lt .-C01, 55ml llcs. ClVlllllll director iliitlllg. told nil Ottawa l1 (Rotaryl today that ik of war lr. Hi6‘ Pacific resulted in a spilr‘. in in Canada.

itccr enlistment has

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leased still further. . mTtlc young fellow has his objec- e and l'm satisfied he will “M? the call."

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Coming Events

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"Queen Mary Needlework Guild phone 1138 for wool. The that. IrBBO-IB-B-ll.

_ w...» ‘The regular monthly meeting ma“! Ladies Aid Prince Edwe-rd “Ind Hospital will be held in Mil Home on Wednesday, De- ot 3.30. L-Sltl.

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JQAP TPLANES nnrnoncn sin rnniicisco?

TTA CK MANILA Uniden tified

Japan claims Big naval, Air victories

TOKYO, Dec. B —(AP) -Japan clilincd today smashing naval and at." iictorles against the United Sortes in the first shock of her of- fensive in the Pacif

Imperial headquar rs. 1n an lin- nouucelnent broadcast by Daniel, asserted two battleships and a. mine- swecpei- liad been sunk, four heavy cruisers damaged, many mcrchant ships seized and scores of plane! (l£‘5tl‘OyCd aground and tn the air in Hawaii and the Philippines.

'l‘lie communique said also a Unit- rd states aircraft carrier had been sunk by submarine off Honollilu “although this is not. continued.

So far as naval losses went, the Japanese said they had escaped unscathed and acknowledged the loss of only two planes in Philip- pine actions.

The Japanese said tltc mincswfiflli- cl‘, the Btu-ton Penguin, was sunk in all air attack early today Bl? Guam, United States naval station.

British planes In offensive

coupon, Dec. 8-—tCP>—-F°11°W' lng up DV0l‘l‘ilglli._I_0l‘BY5 mil? West‘ crll Gcmziny, British bombers and tighter planes swelli- 0F" nllrm‘ orn France in a daylight attack today, blasting nt- facwrles and iiirficlds. _

Tile air ministry said l0 fight- crs were missing and reported five German planes shot down and others damaged on the ground.

Last night the R. A. l". attacked the wcstem German rallwa. cen- tre of Aachen and ports o Ger- mall-occilpied France.

Winter stops Germans short 0f Moscow

BERLIN, Dec. o-(Arl-wtrlm- has stopped the 0611118118 811°" t“ lviosccw and capture of the Soviet capital it. not expected until the end of the cold woathcr. a milttol’! spokesman acknowledltfid will t-

It scented likely from the 30° @8- monls statement. that uni-ll mrlno them could be no further mnlor German offensive except alonfl m9 extreme southern front--

This word reduced the B11551"! campaign to secondary interest. for the Germans for the first time. and attention focussed instead 011 Japan's ivar with the United States in the Pacific.

DNll claimed that. nearlicgtlfitllh- om Russian troops had " n l out of action" since Gennlilll’ n" varied RllsStB. last June.

Explaining a statement by the high command that conduct 0f m‘! w-ir in Russia "now is dictated b)’ the setting in of winter, the srnkcslnarl said:-

“The cold is so terrific that even the oil frrcn-s in motorized ve- hicles. Soldiers and officers "Y- lng lg take to cover simply mm

' 1d."

“will.” sglfiihnilcn in North Affllrl still \\'il5 hazy to the German pub- lic. ‘Itic high command sold only that heavy flghtlri! wrillnimt .__-_-----—--

00F. determined to tiontcst by-clcction

EDMONTON. Dec. B-(CPP-Gl- J. Coldwcll, acting 0.6.1". lender ill the House of commons. may N‘ gcted an appeal by Dr. Herbert A.

ruce of Toronto that. the 0.0.1". withdraw from the forihcomlfll federal by-electlon in South Y0!!-

Mr. Coldwell released cables d I telegram from Dr. Bruce. 0011891‘- votive MP. from Toronto-Piirkdalc, and his own telegram re-olrlne W Dr. Bruce.

The by-electton in south York resulted from the resignation t! Alan Oockeram, Conservatvle. i0 open a seat for Hon. Arthll! Melghen, newly-elected Conservat- tive leader. An acclimation for Mr. Meighen was prevail-ed when the 0.01‘. decided to cont/m ti" by-election.

SKYROCKET WAR RISK!

NEW YORK, Dec. a-(Arl-Am- marine insurance under-

m mm‘; 3131'}. skyrocketed war risk ma! hogs g, d t g on Urlitcd States Ship °BTI°U ' $5.0?‘ rlrugfiiniztmsemiigrm "L “w”! u“ PM“

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ium to and from the Hawaiian Island! t" u per $100 valuation from it"

WAR

F-War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK! L, SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Stirred to fury by treacherous Japanese surprise attacks that have strewn peaceful Pacific islands with death and destruction, the people of the ' ’ democ all] and of the British Commonwealth of Nations have voiced their answer.

It h war to the death. War to destroy the last vestige of a cynical and ruthless military regime that apes and even outdo" it; Nnl mater in frigbtfulneea.

Just how heavily the United States has suffered in military and civil dead and tnlured, in aunk or damaged combat and merchant craft or in planes caught aground in the infamous surprise bombing ll yet to he revealed. There i; heartening word from Pearl Harbor, however, that Japanese claims of the fleet damage wrought there are utterly exaggerated.

I I I I

It is now certain that the attack on that American naval outpost W" dfllllled to catch the fleet dozing at anchor and disrupt naval activities In the Pacific at a blow. Grave as the toll of ship, plane and human casualties ls, it does not accomplish that purpose.

That. the battle fleet in the Pacific now is deployed for retaliatory blows cannot be doubted. It. l; still a powerful factor to lush at the flank of any major Japanese sea-borne invasion of blatant or Siam. It. is also a menacing threat to all the long Japanese coastline, open to air and sea. raiding from the Pacific.

It still seems, in the absence of reports of Japanese aggression elsewhere, that the far spread and probably carrier-borne air raids in the Pacific were intended to prevent American fleet intervention in time to break up Japanese invasion thrusts southward. The simul- taneous air attacks on Singapore and in the Philippines tend to bear out that theory of Japanese strategy.

l O O I

Yet to strike such far separated air blows, substantially all available Japanese plane carriers must have been dispersed to points thousands of miles from their home bases. Virtually the whole weight of Japanese naval a ' " supplemented by arrny craft was required for operations of such scope.

The main Japan fleet presumably now is deployed either to protect Japanese coastlines from counter British and American raid- ing flight; or to safeguard troop and supply convoys moving south- ward for full scale invasion of Thailand or investment of Si gaporc. Wherever it is, it la all but slgbtless until those carriers and planes return. That. the hunt is on at sea for thcni and for the Nipponesu fix is n foregonc conclusion; but it’: L needle-in-u-haystiwk busi- n _ .

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Onset of the Japanese-Amerlcan-British war distracts attention from theltuuian and North African campaigns somewhat. Yet there comes now from Berlin a definite hint that the timing of the Japa- nese blow in the Pacific milst have been made ln Berlin; that. Hitler gave the order.

Nazi military spokesmen any expectation of ltfuscow‘; capture or investment before next spring has been abandoned. It‘ that is true, the North Atlantic is apt to witness a resurgence of German U-boat Ind plane attacks In the winter months.

It is the indicated Nazi hope that the war in the Pacific will force both the United States and Britain to reduce their forces in the Atlantic, now seriously cramping the Nazi sea siege. And it still ls in the Atlantic that this battle royal will bc decided. Japan's fate can be no lea; sealed there than in the Pacific.

BU LLETINS

MELBOURNE, Dec. 9—('I'uesday)—(CP)—Australla formally do» clared war on Japan today.

BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 8--iAI')-Culombia broke off diplomatic relations tonight with Japan.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8-—(AP)—Mexlco broke off diplomatic rela- tion: with Japan tonight.

WELLINGTON, N. Z., Dec. 0—(Tuesday)—New Zealand declared war on Japan today.

NEW YORK, Dec. S-(AH-Thc Federal Bureau of Investigation tonight widened lte roundup of aliens in include Germans, police re- ported. Only JIPIIIQHQ bud been taken into custody previously. (From San r noloco came somewhat similar reports which said both Italians and German nationals were being included in the roundup.)

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 8—tAP)—The commandant of the 11th naval district announced tonight that if. might be advisable

ll a precautionary measure to black out San Diego "at any min-

ute."

SANTIAGO, Chile, Doc. 8r—(AP)-—C\|b announced tonight the United States has accepted her suggestion for u conference of the for- elgn ministers of the 21 ' ' republics to confront the grave new challenge of Japan in the Pacific.

LONDON, Dec. 8—(CP)--Prime Minister Churchill said today he had lent a rnusige to Gen. Chiang Kai-Shel: of China "assuring him that henceforth we would face the common foe together." -

BUENOS AIRES, Doo- S-(fll-Argentina will consider the United Staten u u non-belligerent, t-hul permitting U. s, uu of Argentine ports in the conduct of the war against Japan, Foreign Minister Ruin GIIIIII-fll announced tonight.

SINGAPORE, Dec. tb-Ulucsdlyi-(Clfi-Bornbs started dropping on Singapore at 4 mm. today. Searchlight. and anti-aircraft guna went into lotion.

NEW YORK, Dec. l-(AH-Preuldent Roosevelt will address the United States by radio tomorrow at 11 p.m. A.S.'I‘.. NBC announced to- night.

HAVANA, Dee, 8—(AP)-—'l‘hc Liberal leader in the Cuban Home of Representatives told a rally of 50,000 , room tonight that Congreu will declare war on Japan tomorrow and against Italy and Germany an well within l! hours.

BERLIN, Dee. k-tTuesdlyi-(Alfi-A D.N.B..dtapalch from Tgkyo teduyeald "Navy‘ .5" ‘m’ airplane mother elalp bad been cunk off Honolulu.

WINNIPIO, Dee. 8-(Cl')—Under order; from the western air command beedquurt“. at Victoria, B, 0., all Alberta and Saskatchewan radio station: were shut down at 10 pan. M.S.'l‘. tonight. (i can. l.I).'l‘. Tuesday).

BATAVIA, N. I. 1., Dee. ll-Ffucsdayl-(AIH-Brltish forces have broken up u Japanese party in North Borneo, the Netlierlanda new!

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5§§;‘,,,,,_,_ i0. S. Congress [(17198 Sighted lii lilimliletc And Driven Off

§Acts quickly ‘Blackout E —— i z Reach Golden Gate before

ET!) lattice arms vwroam‘ Dec “(GPPV Only Oflitdfififiéllflllg . n gggi; filcco,glgglggug,d°lmecqggtggi voice heard in (hlllgress; they are turned back —— U. o. Navy sends ships to search for possible Aircraft Carrier.

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mainland because "the war sit-Q - - -

l, Japanese m“, 1,, m, Pr; Nation united for action.

cfftc northwest ooaat is lnunixn,

exit." was ordered tonight. z ‘m _ _ The blackout order was an- (fly j, F. bzllltlt-ii-uil, tlillzullziti

uution l5 such that an attack: Pr .. on“ “up ,.)

muriccci by western air c0m-, , f“ j , l ‘U

hezfiilqtlltlncrslnhled-e and . .\\,"\5.I.]|‘\(‘.l.”‘\" . h” 8“ s.“ FRANCISCO, mc. B-(APJ-MBYQI‘ Ansell J- Row! o OM“ 5 or "l a 5 n r order’ ((-1 )--1 llu hlillcri >'..'i1.< ~. 'l\t'lli said tonight that high army and navy officials, 'neludin Mal.-

for Washington and Oregon:

Ill- Gen. John L. Dewitt, commander of the fourth army had con-

s(ale5_ . into tllc war again-t la] u;

The order said that all light-o 111v in a _<-,i;w_-.- of 1|; ‘ ,1 m1. firmccl personally to him that unidentified planes, supposedly of 1118 and T3510 Cnmnllmlwlilmls‘ z “My inf), ,1 .; t"Ii('IIl_\’ turrrs, tried to approach San Francisco. on Vancouver Island and the: - l ' - ~ "ll whdmihcoflsté): Briiiiiiiriigrfmilfbigv “'1“1“ ~“"‘ ‘_““' t” ““ m?“ lnsiilxcroiv. rm. 9—tTucsda¥) -— lAPi-Tl" Unttfll an e 1°“ ‘ ’ ' nrcr a with: expanse (ii tile stall-g Wai- Dopartment said early today it has “no information

dusk to dawn were blacked outo until further notice, z Earlier inspector S. J. Modie,‘

of the report that any enemy planes attempted an attack 0n chief civilian protection officer. To a (kd,,,.i,,,u,, n, ‘Yul. ‘m tlic nest coast and no means of verifying it at this time. fCf the province ma noltificd allo japan. (he Lulu-d stairs to- pa); FRANCISCO, Dec. 8-(AP)-An apparent at- gg {geldnfgffauiwns “MS i° b”: iljillll lllllllfl fl" "*“"lf1"\l"1l ill-ii tempt by Japanese planes to bomb the San Francisco bay Shortly after the order was: Utiflllllll)‘ "414 1111 ll with‘ i" area was reported tonight by Brig-Gen. William 0rd Ryan b'°“d‘"“5° ‘we’ ‘he l”°‘1“°l"1X Filth" ‘hi’ T "i ‘5 “Wllllilfilll of the fourth interceptor command, who said a large i "l will‘ ills‘ hill" llunlbci" of unidentified aircraft were turned back at the

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network of the oanaolaii Biozid- . mm the CM“

casting corporation. lights in the g _ _ cities a-ffcclcd began t0 blink: of curling lhk‘ illwgrllln 0i irntl- Golden Gate, out. Officers stooped motorists ’ 10,150 m-(l m mimm H0 Said ‘he invading

and Sm, them hcmfi planes vanished to the south-

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“p. 1 lllll- f1 Willis llvliw siulc- west ovcr the sea, after searchlights at the Prcsidio of San %———-——-— "W!" iillfl. lllt‘ PM ll Oi -\m- Francisco were turned on and other measures taken to , , I Cllfilil llvlti 10 r-ulill "will thwart an attack. Ryan did not disclose the llatul-c of

continue in full opi~rriiirnl," those pleasures tiilly a sin-rt wllfilt- l». lid-o, The (lencrzlls statement came aftcr ihrcc hours of lin- lH-inlt- .\lllii%t(‘l' (hurt-hill lizni certainty in which San Francisco was partially blacked

To defence 0f llnitiLlStates

Acts even before U. S. itself takes action.

said a riililiilllti-ul of such lit-iii out. was to be ex ' “Obvlouslv (t. could to push J _ the tt/littc House Gcrnlrin hop:- ill States and Jtl ' into irar that .l put an end to ‘J c

it ivas the city's first attempt to black out for air raid )1 protection. ' Sirens wailcd continuously, air wardens rushed from door to door darkening lights in their zireals, and in the " ,, downtown area there were numerous crashes as airlo- . ; .. “Olll. . . . .1.,,,,; m,“ mobiles piled zigainst each other. _ Police said a woman was shot and wounded by a Cali-

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gliflnl. "A . tl ‘ n. ~- f - _ _ , .~ ,h,_, w ‘ fnfh“ fol-ma state gualdsman near the Ba) Illlilgc.

>. The reported repulse of the planes was not explained l i" in detail by (lien. Ryan, who said no night fighting plant-s were sent aloft.

Regarding the invaders, Ryan said:—

"They came from the sea, were turned back, and the ~ l1 navy has sent out three vessels to find where they came ‘"1" from,“ Gcn Ryan said.

“l dolft know how many planes were there, bilt there were a large number.

“They got up to the Golden Gate and about and headed southwest."

Gen. Ryllll was asked wllcthcr Le thought illqv were Japanese

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LONDON, Dec. 8 ~tAPi _Brlr-- and public anlloil: . aln sprang proudly today to the ing from GPl‘fllfll‘l_ w aid of hgi" Kinsmen and 1111010012 tllc will" aild [he lllas _ declaring war upon Japlm gram. l even fore the United States lt- ‘That such German ’ self had taken formal action. and annntiriccnlciiis arc m“

Prime Minister Churchill rosc l_v and (‘flm'l‘1“(" lflol before an impressively united and accurate i- . ‘ ' cheering Parliament to make guild the lcasc-lcnci 3.1 .. without reserve the pledge that hc continue, in full o; had solemnly delivered a monah ___ > V _ V ago-the pledge that the outbreak of Japanese-American hostilities (Continued on page "l, Col 1i would put Britain instantly at. the ————————~——— side of the United states.

He had spoken dining the night with President Roosevelt. over transatlantic telephone, he said, to arrange “the timing of our respec- tive declarations," and, he went. on:-

"The President told me he xvculd this morning send a message ‘to Congress which, as is well known can alone make a cicclaration of

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Soviet Envoy talks With Roosevelt

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WASHINGTON .

. h 1 (m U m. 5t, l.__ Maxim Lit-rillcvjvrc-w 51nd, “y; 0&3 Q‘,{,§,,,,d° his, {hunt-l genitals ti?’ SOP-til‘ A lllelit came at the end To B: (HE) . . . i-eslceli C..."tl\'1‘.. ~ , 1 - 1- h _ would follow immediately. Houelcl cuwfi _ e whzlfio ‘ uxuoéglllingllnangfli BOUT ‘YHAN TAT /

it soon appslared that British tcr- ritory iii bfolaya had also been the object of Japanese attack and iot- ei" on it was announced from Tokyo that the Japanese lush colnmand— a curious form. not the imperial Ja- panese government. but the Japan- ese high command-ditto declared that a state of war existed botirr-cn them and Great Britain and the

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the President. H he could no: ni about the chant to war wizll J

from Yokollalilil-uiitcr- in‘ cvel it was in ixril of 1'0 air assault, and that out ordered by air raid was lllorcly practice.

cc who ordered the blackout pin, illlllfllillCtd at 7:30 Qlat lights could llc turned .43 ll“l‘ly WCYB

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u ltcd st Les. ' ' . l w rAThat bgtng s0. there was no need T1,.‘ 1n-._.=,-..l,n,,_ \ to wait for the declaration of con- s it had not ilflccl the black- r

gross. In any case, American time ls nearly six hours behind ours ‘File cabinet, which met at 12:30 coda, therefore authorized an immetntc

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TORONTO. Dec, tl-bliziimiim

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