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i 7 ' - MY RO MORE! .VOLUME a--NO. THE WORLD'S "W GREATEST """ NEWSPAPER SnffifflSffltr1'" MONDAY. DECEMBER 8. PACES f*f*« cumins a, imtrai imka •» - ifrHHIr'tl '•"•'"••^ * Jjt!. •> -»*>- . w.- • "•* „ *1 " *Bjf •« J Jr * . •>£ 1 HAWAII, MPPON TROOPS UNDMIMUYA; BATTUBRUISH Takio's Ships Flee After Attack. f ws- %utXETnr. BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec. 8 ((Monday) (AP).--Thailand, after brief resistance to Japanese invasion from the sea and across the 'resell Indo-China border, ceased firing today and opened jiegotiap9B$ Witirthe invaders* 1 ^SINGAPOReT Dec. S (Won-* day) <**.--The Japanese landed fend -Engaged British .forces in northern Malaya, 300 miles north cf^SiflgapOre, today and bombed Ibis great British naval stropsbold, causing small loss of life smoog civilians. ^Iftw ttlllft ciihiii ww iwHal (WlinpAtv frit* inroc* bit*, aacardkeg {to « CdttmbioffiroHfattiiig system L»bIMML] , An officii report from norfhtfrn Malays-Aid all Japanese surface craft fled at high speed under British fire after leaving a few troops on the beaches. The troops Were heavily machine gunned, the Report said. Earlier reports from the north said the Japanese landed about 300 men at Sabak. near the Thailand border, at I a.m. (noon Sunday- Chicago time) and that they were attempting to fight theirway toward Kota Bahru, 13 miles to the north. Other troops Unded at Keroassin, near Sabak. Hapalae First Attack.' ' Kota Bahru, the siteofan ah> 'drome, is near the northern terminus of a railway leading to Singapore, 300 miles to the south. A previous attempt to land (troops.at Kola Bahru was report' oil repulsed by the British. - The Singapore raiders met a vigorous anti-aircraft fire when die attack came at 4:10 a.m (3:10 p., m. Sunday, Chicago time). Two flights of planes bombed the city. They struck before an- alarm could be sounded, but disappeared1 when British, fighters took ta the air. [Planes fromjfre Dutch Biut Indies fOok partj* the air action owr1 Singafli «, mBrm BBC resort quoting Batevto diepatches.l Casualties at "Singapore were limited to a few watchmen and All Have Only One Task (An Editorial.) War has been forced on America by an insane clique of Japanese militarists who apparently see the desperate conflict into which tbey have led their country as the only thing that can prolong their power. Thus the'thing that we all feared# that so many ot us have worked with all our hearts fo avert, has happened. That is all that counts. It has happened. America faces"war thru no .volition of any American. J Recriminations are useless and we doubt that they will be indulged- in. Certainly not by us. All that matters today is that we are .in the. war and the nation must face that simple fact. All of us, from this day forth, have c»ly one task. That is to strike with all our might to protect and preserve the American freedom that we all hold dear. • ICooA teaodeapa gs a, eeloaf COLOR MAP OF < A fafi page color map el Ihs arr war zone in the Pacific ocean* irons the .west of North and . South America to the east coast of Asia, will be printed in all "" ms oi -tomorrow's Trib- _____ This map will contain details such as mileage ben the American mainland our island posaei'ons, the location oi American. British, and Japanese naval bases, and other information that will be needed for a comunderstanding of the r's war news. This will be the first ot a series of war which the Itibune will in fall color. ^ Manila Suburb, Islands* Second Capital Raided BULLETIN. rOKlO, Dec. 8 (Monday) (AP).--Army and navy sections of the imperisl headquarters today announced that SO or 60 American planes were shot down in air combat over Clark Field, in the Philippines, and 40 more over Iba, 80 miles northeast of Manila. Domei broadcast the announcement. BY VINCENTE PACIS. [Ctlnn IrikiM Frmt Scrrlca.1 "MANILA, p. L, Dec. 8 [Monday].-- Japanese bombers raided Pampanga, in the environs of Manila, and four other points in the Philippines early today. Among the targets was Baguio, summer capital. The raiders concentrated on the island of Mindanao, striking at Davao and Cagayan. The other city on which bombs were dropped indiscriminately was Tarlac,.7S miles north of Manila on, Luzon. No details of the bombings were available except that the first casualties were scored at Baguio. tAt least 990 eaeualties were canted, by two Japanese mr raids o» the Philippines, wwrdnf to e CBS report! Gen. Douglas MacArthur, com mander of tho Philippines, told THE TRIBUNE correspondent that the first Japanese thrust was repulsed 30 miles off Zambeles at 1} o'clock last night. This morning raiders tried to attack Clark field at Pampanga. but were driven off. dropping their bombs on Tartar. Baguio, and Cagayan as they fled. Asked if th* Philippines-air force were adequate. MacArthur said: "X cannot tell you. but we will do the'best we can with what we have." Several thousand JApaneseln'Manila and Davao Were rounded up this morning and put In concentration camps. Jape Seise V. 8. Soldiers. MANILA, Dec. 8 [Monday] <*V Adm. Thomas C Hart fommander of the United State* Asiatic i eat, today announced that a .small contingent of ^ American marines stationed at Peking [China] had been forced to suS render, to the Japanese and that the American g-<nboat Wake at Shanghai also had been compelled to surrender. " There was nothing else they coutd do," Adm. Hart said. Francis B. Sayre, Amei an high commissioner in the Philippines, said the sitqation was "well In hand." "Japan without warning attacked America." Sayre declared. "The constituted authorities have the situation well >ft hand. There is no need for anxiety. With quiet determination and courage the Philippine American people will show the stuff that's in them." President Gets Report. Washington. D. C, Dec. t OP).--The White House announced tonight that during President Roosevelt's conference with legislative leaders and the cabinet he received word from Gen. Douglas MacArthus that "enemy planes were over central Luzon in Ihe Philippines about 1 p. m. I Chicago time]: that a bombing attack ha* been made on Davao at the southern end ef the southern inland »l Mindanao, and that another attack has keen made ea Camp John Hayes at BULLETINS New York, Dec. 8 (Monday) --NBC said today the V. S. aircraft carrier Langley was reported unofficially in Manila, to have been damaged in action with Japanese forces. The NBC correspondent said .200 persons had been wounded at Park Field, 150 miles from Manila. Propaganda leaflets were dropped urging Filipinos to assist Japanese to " liberate yotrfrom tho tyrannical hands of tho United States." LONDON, Dec. 8. fHw&T] (AP).--A Routers (British) news dispatch from Shanghai today quoted an unconfirmed report circulated there saying American owned Wake Island in tho Pacific had been occupied by tho Japanese. Reuters said the Shanghai rumors had it that the occupation of Waka was accomplished peaceably. Lo« Angtitf, CaL, Doe 7 (AP). --A broadcast from ToUo said tonight that 63 American soldiers had been disarmed at the Inter* national settlement in Tientsin, China. Baguio la (ho northern mountains of Luzon. * IT. 8. Transport Beportod auk. New York, Dec. a (Monday] VP) Reports ef the torpedoing of three American transports were, received here early today. There was an official announcement that a lumber laden army transport had been tor pedoei between California and Ha wail, but the statement did not say whether the vessel sank. The second report, orisinatlng with NBC at Manila, had the transpor. General Hugh L. Scott sunk about 1,600 miles from Manila. Another transport the former liner Preside Harding, was reported seized or sunk in the Yangtze river, south of Shanghai. In Japanese air raids on the Philippines, several lives were reported lost In the bombing of Davao, home of the largest Japanese colony in the islands. "Some estimates were as high as 50," NBC said. The pest office end radio station were wrecked. Has* Carrier Off Davao. A Japanese aircraft' carrier was reported sightedeff the bay of Davao. "A, number of casualties" were caused in the bombing of Camp Ord, 100 miles north of Manila. It was said. Seven Uvea were reported lost In an attack on another army post. Clark field also was bombed. The Philippine arriy was reported out in full* force, Manila Itself, the broadcaster sald< had not yet been bombed. UfMtua! Bioadcattinff Syttem reported from Manila that Japamen parachute troops had landed <* the Philippines. . The broadcast also taid native Japantie had seised control of urniif rommuniTfcr.i I'he broarttast-said the Pan-American alleys "We at. Giiam had been bomberf and machine gunned end; RAIDERS BUST , AIR JU0NWMSES Claim to Have Sunk Two Battleships. BULLETIN. TOKIO, Dec. 8 (Monday) (AP). --The navy section of the im<- perial headquarters today announced two American battleships were sunk, four others damaged, and four heavy cruisers damaged at Pearl Harbor by Japanese naval bombers during the sttack yesterday. The naval statement, broadcast en the Toldo radio, said there were no Japanese losses. It was also announced that a United States aircraft carrier was sunk by a submarine off Honolulu. HONOLUU?t?.IM>ac..7 (ft --War struck suddenly and without warning from the sky and sea today at the Hawaiian Islands. Japanese bombs took a heavy toll of American lives. Cannonading offshore indicated a naval engage-^ ment in progress. {.The Berlin radio broadcast a Toldo announcement that the United 8t&{es battlethip Wett Virginia hod be< tunk and the battlethip Oklahoma eftre by eheUing in an engagement tween the Japanese and the American and British navies. Another American warship was declared hit, and it was said tte naval battle " still is going on.*WiArmy and navy and. White Souse officials in Washington tcere inclined to regard tho reports as Ger> man pxopagekdo and classified them system'* New York listening post reported it had hoard a broadcast by a Panamanian *hort wave station which stated a Japanese aircraft carrier had been sunk off the Hawaiian coast.] Waves of Planes Attack. Wave atter Wave of Japanese planes streaked over Oahu Island in an attack which the army said started at 8:10 a. in., Honolulu time, and which ended at around 9:25, an hour and 15 minutef .later (at 1:55 p. m. Chicago time). Witnesses said they counted at least 50 planes in the initial attack. The attack seemed directed principally at Hickarn field, huge atmy airport three miles northwest of Honolulu, atid Honolulu, where the islands' heaviest fortifications are located. The planes streamed thru the [Ooattnned ea page it, oohuui M THE WEATHER •b MOHDAX. 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WAR MAPS AND PICTURES The Tribune today present* oM bade page ef kngs sn4 fflHipslnsriTS maps of tlM( " MSrter of war ha tho Oft-pad* ft In ft fnB of idclHDBHi - HhnBQttm all phaaee of the dnekp< wfaich followed yorttast dctfm attade by Japan upett the XMted States. NATE PLANES IHD.S, Only Air liners Will Be Permittod to Fly. •Slrbnt. tLoweft.ttTnnfflclal fp. m. X *m r«f S4 Mer* «Mrd «^«e p. Bw-'/Tv Mean temper*lure. 37 di-iriW*;. normal. II dearaaf: December excear. *3 itiarnw: M arm elnce Jan. I. Milft druriui'. IWipttatimi. none; December <teSHeHry9,4r «f an Ineh. Total *inr« Jait.' 1, 34.34 inc^ea; rxrrm ainea Jan. t. 3.t» tnebea. «... hum .ii tad <»u»«». »*»««*«* • BUM wilt. WW. Washlngton. D. C, Dee. T tSpedaU. --All private airplanes in the United States and its possessions, except commercial airliners, Were ordered grounded tonight by tfce Civil Aeronautics authority. It vss estimated that the order will affect 80.000 private pilots and 17.000 private planes. The CAA ordered temporary suspension of all pilot licences except those held by pilots on regular air lines. Robert Hinckley; chairmen of the CAA sir safety board, sent telegrams to the governors of all the state*, Alaska, and the Canal Zone, requesting them to assign police immediately to all known landing fields. • Police to Guard Ttanea. The police will protect the facilities snd keep aircraft on the ground uri< leu the ships are engaged in scheduled air transportation, or sre publicly owned or operated under, eta* trsct with the governmt nt. Hinckley said the orders will be in effect until CAA representatives or army or navy air field commanders issue instructions allowing specific planes to fly. The,orders will also be in effect until the Office of Civiliani/..",""ln"pr'incipU.-7 Defense issues directions for forming a dvil air patrol. ' Bar Amateur Radios. The federal communications mission tonight prohibited all amateur radio operation in the United States and its possessions except for Stations specifically authorised by fed' era!, state, and municipal authorities in connection with emergency mat< ters. Chairman James Lawrence Fly said he had been in touch with all major communications companies "with relation to the execution of preexisting plans, for cooperation In the emergency." D. H. Connolly. CAA administrator, signed the order (or suspension of pilots' licenses. It was announced pilots at schools engaged in training operations for the government may get back their licenses when army. navy, or CAA ofHclsIa are (satisfied they sre ".of unquestionable loyally." Sjtniiar certification Is necessary. before pilots at aircraft and other jluts'may regain their licenses. Parliament Convenes Today;: Expected to Declare War MPSS'imm m LONDON, Dee. a [Monday] (*).-- The British parliament was called Into special session for 3 p. m. today [8 a. m. Chicago time],, to hear a go*> eminent statement which every one agreed would be a declaration of waragainst Japan, expected to coincide with similar action by the United States. Japan already had declared war en Great Britain and the United States last night as Prime Wfilstor Church. IU conferred with United States Ambassador John G. Wtnant and as London awaited fulfilment of ChorchUl's now unneeded pledge to declare war en Japan "within the hour" If Japan' attacked the United States. Belief was expressed In British quarters here that the Japanese already had attacked some British possessions as well as the Pacific bastions of the United States. Embassy Papers Boned. The Japanese embassy, which had been inaccessible by telephone for hours, late last night completed arrangements to lesve Britain Immediately. including the burning of Its secret documents. Japanese Ambassador Kamimura was expected to be called to the foreign, office today to receive his passports. The Toldo government previously had ordered tJtuLambassador home for consultation. The ambassador said he expected the 800 Japanese in Britain to be interned immediately Japanese Third Secretary Ifatsut said' the news of war "eomes ai a surprise, but not as a shock." Stateasent to Be Issued. The only documents from Prime Minister Churchill's official residence said both the bouse ef commons and the house of'lords would meet today and that "a statement will be made in both houses." This, it waa expected on every hand, would be Britain's declaration of war as a partner ot the United States. ChurchlH's promise that Britain would follow tne United States Into war with Japan was made Nov. 10. Churchill said the' that United States naval operations in the Atlantic ocean had freed England to send formidable elements of b*r naval power t the Pacifie Excitement swept this capital oi news Of the Japanese attack *n the United States, A British Bread pasting anaonimee |B||]Hm 4m a Other* Declare Wft la a te take effect as ef Australia, reported by CBS. lfetkeefaads Bast Indies. Netherlands govenuuent In exile." War waa declared en Finland, Hungary, and Romania by India, Mew Zealand, and the Union ef Sooth Africa. strained voice, broke Into a Sunday evening program to tell the news. Officials of the ministry of Information said their first knowledge ef the announcement came from Washington. They expressed a ma rement. The BBC announced: "The British empire, the United States, China. Russia, the Netherlands East Indies, and the other peoples In the far east do not make the mistake of-underestimating Japan's strength, but they are aware ef Japan's Achilles' heel. " In every way. these peoples have made all necessary preparation." Arms Plants Told to Set Vp Guards Against Sabotage Washington, D. C, Dee. 1 (ff)>-Tite war .department today requested all radio Stations to broadcast this 'bulletin: "The secretary of war directs that all firms and' mywirfnefTlng plaats who have defense contracts or, sre working en defense orders will st once Institute proper measures against sabotage." Report Jap Flyers Drop Mustard Gas on Malaya LONDON. Dec. S [Monday] <*>.-- Reuters said In a dispatch tiym Singapore today that a British communique declared "It la T**rt"llr reported but net confirmed that mustard gaa had been dropped" In Japanese attacka en Malaya. NOVEMBER. 1941 X 1,180,160 THE CHICAGO TUBOMK »Y ARTBU* JBASS HBHMZHQg toipni Tineas flaw 1st ilssj Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.-* The United States and Japan ax# atwaf. Japan, declared war on America and Great Britain today and-at tlfe same time carried out ft aw* prise' attack on American terrie tory. inflicting many casualties and serious damage to Ameriatti warships and land defenses. The army tonight estimated lM soldiers were lciiled and 30Q wounded in repeated bombing raids on Hawaii. The navy lossea there were described as " heBvy.*' No dvilian casualties were men* ttoned. Other attacks were madd by the -Japanese on the Pfeiijp* pine*-and the island' of Guasfc F. D. R..Message Today. Presumably the United States navy b. a i c d on the Hawaiian Islands "and units stationed ;in th# far east are already on the mov« against Japan. Tomorrow at 12:30p.m. (ll :3() a* Chicago time) President Roosevelt will address a joint scs« sion Of cqngrcss to askTecognie tion of a state of war with Japan* • ' The prospect is that congress will vote war with Japan before tomorrow night by an overwhelm* ing majority, if not unanimouslyg While the President was: con*; terring tonight with his cabinet and Democratic and Republican leaders in congress, men of all parties and groups, intervention* Ists and noninterventiohists werft going on record in favor of Ito* daring war on Japan. Many were in favor also of declaring war OQ Germany on the ground that Hit* ler incited Japan to attack tfc* United States. War on Nazis Suggested* i Participants in the White Hooir conference said that the question of declaring war on Germany wa# not discussed and that Mr. Roosevelt gave no inkling of how far hi intends to go in asking reoogni* tion of war with the axis poweraa Sen; Tom Connally (D^ Tex.)j chairman of the Senate foreign relations committed, said as he left the White House that a declare* tion of war between Germany the United States is in the offing* either by America or by Germaax in accord with the a»> pact. japan loosed war operations against the United States on tht eve of the dissolution of thenegoe tiationa hot fpr a i. 7~7TT~ it., M