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Served By Leased Wire Of The ^ ^ j5S? I I Hii mtunj ^tcu* - - - WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867. ft S. Hunts Japans /ipies As Censorship Is Invoked; Defense Council Summoned —— «---+ _ ICON NATIONALS 1 FACE internment I FBI ROUND-UP Outgoing Cablegrams And Radio Messages Halted By Navy Order nation on war basis Frisco Mayor Calls On La bor To End Strikes; Unity Urged WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — (/P) - The Navy department announced tonight that a cen sorship had been placed on all outgoing cablegrams and radio messages from the United States and its outly possessions. So other information was dis ced about the censorship. The tee-line announcement said: “The Navy department an nounced tonight that censorship oil all outgoing cablegrams and radio messages from the United States and its outlying possessions had ten placed in effect.” Shortly befo"e, the War depart ment had issued this memoran dum to the press: “AH information relative “to strength, location, designation, composition and movement of H. S, troops or army trans ports outside the continental (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) AMERICA RALLIES , DEFEAT JAPAN Isolationists And Other Classes United Behind Nation In War By The Associated Press bike a momentarily stunned 8!a”t, the nation awakened Sunday to the grim fact of war in the nciIlc and Americans of aU class es and ranks responded immediate y to the necessity of repelling racks on the far-flung ocean ram Perts of their homeland. , whole the reaction was all tu Amid the hurried recall of the nation’s military elements, ii izens gathered in small and us y..silent groups to watch new li,J!t“E’ buy newspaper extras or hsten to their radios. trv 6 'vestern uoast of the count where the warfare was clos sprang immediately to the • Air raid listening devices ICon»iuinl on rai;e Ten. Col> 8) NO DOUBT! ..,3®w York, Dec. 7.—m— a i Ve,not the slightest doubt sh “ What a United America SI1a"d wi" d0>” declared in. ® Wilikie today on hear dec, ‘ at 8mimrial Japan had the t- e? a state of war against --^^d States and England, Broughton’s Prophecy Of U. S. In War Comes True Almost To Hour! RALEIGH, Dec. Gov ernor Broughton qualified as a prophet of the first magnitude last Sunday. Teaching his Sunday school class at the Tabernacle Bap tist church, he said, “this coun try may be involved in war even before we meet here again next Sunday.” The news of the Japanese at tack in the Pacific was receiv ed soon after church time to day. The governor immediately began conferences with heads of the agencies which must protect industries from sabo tage—the SBI, the State High way patrol, Die adjutant gen eral’s office, the state office of civilian activities, the Home Guard units and the local de fense councils. “We will be thoroughly pre* pared,” Broughton said. SECOND SUICIDE BY GAS REPORTED Ray Smith, Shipyard Work er Found Dead In Apart ment; No Inquest Slated The second suicide by gas in the last four days was reported by city police Sunday when Ray Smith, 24-year-old shipyard worker, whose home is reported to be in Jackson ville, was found dead on the floor of his room in 606 Greenfield Ter race, about 9:30 Sunday morning. Coroner Asa W. Allen pro nounced the death as suicide from asyphyxiation, and said that no inquest would be held. Officer Teague, who investigated the death, said that Smith was found in his room which was filled with gas from three jets, which were wide open. A suicide note was found i n Smith’s pocket, the officer stated. He was discovered by a Mr. Miller who roomed next door to him. Jack Mathis, of Nesbit Courts, who was found dead Thursday night, was the first suicide victim. Murray, Kennedy Refuse Mediation Board Return WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— 137 — Philip Murray and Thomas Kennedy of the CIO refused today to withdraw their resignations from the Defense Mediation board, and told President Roosevelt also that labor would take no part in any mediation machinery which might be established by “re pressive anti-labor” legislation. New Russian Ambassador Arrives In Washington WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — liB — Maxim Litvinoff, the new Russian ambassador, arived in Washington today to assume an important part in troubled world affairs, and assured the American petople that the Red Army would continue its stout resist ance against the Nazi invasion. Japanese Troops Swiftly Grab Shanghai Settlement fiij a ■. 4r ■■ i —■■■ 1 1 - — The t„„ ' Monday' Dec. 8.—«* funded a"fe Arnr|y and Navy sur ment at a1"6 Internat»onal Settle »otice on in0 3’m' today and served Gunboat ;, v'0?rimander of the U. S. Glared ake that war had been About tho tiinboat d Same time’ the British Settler. ont trel exP>°ded off the Panese'awlnater£ront’ and drew Ja' burned « .ery fire. after which it The JaUrl,JUSly a"d sank. •"'iftlv t,PHnese columns marched *‘0eLnr h the SeCti0n 0f the I'tines oniv Vacated by the U. S. Ma i Then,aw Weeksasa Petrel anffe’ lylng not far from the I cred no immediate harm. r i! (A pro-Axis radio broadcast from Shanghai said she was captured by the Japanese.) Japanese naval and army patrols surged across the Soochow creek bridges into the main section of the International area from which they had been held in recent years by United States and British defense forces. The British army units were withdrawn early in the European war. All hands are believed to have gone down with the 310-ton Petrel, whose normal complement was 55 men. Furious artillery and machine (Continued on Fase Six: CoL I) WILMINGTON AREA PLACED ON ALERT AGAINST SABOTAGE Page Calls Urgent Meeting Of New Hanover Group To Map Defense Plans UTILITIES GUARDED Railroads Also Watching To Prevent Damage By Enemy Groups The New Hanover Defense Council was called to assemble Monday afternoon at 3:30 D’clock in what was termed “an urgent meeting” by R. B. Page, chairman. The meeting, called Sunday night following reports of Japanese at tacks on American islands in the Pacific, will be held in the coun cil’s room in the basement of the Wilmington Pdst Office. Mr. Page, in announcing the call tor the meeting, stressed its im portance, urging all members of the defense council and chairmen of all committees to attend. He said that defense plans for Wilmington and vicinity, as viewed from the "new emergency facint the country as a result of Japan’s attack,” must be promptly met. Meanwhile, power, telegraph, telephone and railroad companies operating into Wilmington were re ported taking "necessary precau (Continued on Pace Ten; Col. •) CIO WINS UNION SHOP IN MINES Steelman, Lewis Outvote Fairless;' Welders* Walkout Off NEW YORK* Dec. 7.(S>>—The United Mine Workers of America (CIO) tonight won a 2-to-l arbi tration board decision awarding a union shop in captive-mines own ed by the country’s major steel producers. The decision was announced by Dr. John R. Steelman, chairman of the board. John L. Lewis, president of the union, agreed with Steelman in the majority opinion. Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the Unit ed States Steel corp., dissented and returned a minority opinion. The eight steel companies, hav ing previously agreed to abide by the decision of the board appointed by President Roosevelt after the recent captive mine strike, will be compelled, as a result of the board’s award, to sigh the Appala chian wage agreement which is in effect between the union and (Contlnaad w r*w Six; Cxi. S) WEATHER FORECAST: NORTH and SOUTH CAROLINA —Partly cloudy Monday sad Tues day, slightly warmer Monday, (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday): (By U. 8. Weather Bureau) , , Temperature: 1:30 a. m, 44; 7:30 a. m. 35; 1:30 p. m. 50; 7:30 p. m. 46; maximum. 63; min. imum 35; mean 44; normal 50. Humidity: 1:30 a. m. 48; 7:30 a. m. 0t; 1;30 p. m. 30; 7:30 p. m. 70. PreeipitstioB: Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m., 0.00 inches; total since the first of the month, 1.33 inches. Tides Per Today: (From Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey): High Law Wilmington_12:21a. 7:00a. 12:48p. 8:21p. Mason boro Inlet_10:07a. 4:07a. 10:32p. 4:44p. Sunrise 7.06a; atinset 5:03p; moonrise 9:30 p; moonset 10:28a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette vllle at 8 a. m.. Dee. 1, 8.0 feet. (Cantlaued an Pare* 81x: Col. 2) » War Stirs i Gity; All Flay Japs Time To Get It Over With’ Concensus On Streets Of Wilmington SOLDIERS READY Tough On Christmas Fur loughs, But Doughboys Take It Smiling People on the streets of Wil mington Sunday night, fol lowing the first Star-News extra, from the oldest citizen to the smallest lad, were alive with excitement as the news boys yelled the headlines, “U. S. Attacked By Japan.” “Jeez,” was the general state ment of the soldiers listening to a Sunday night program over the radio at a USO club when the announcer broke in with the news that the Japanese had bombed Honolulu^ All of the soldiers were very luiet about the prospect of going :o war, but were loudspoken on he subject of Christmas furloughs aeing cancelled. “I wouldn’t mind fighting 10 rears, if I could get my 16 days’ ’urlough,” one buck private stated. Another soldier shouted with jlee when he heard the news and; relied, “Maybe We will get a little action now.” v One other man in uniform (Continued on Paso Six; Col. 4) CIVILIAN DEFENSE OFFICE WILL OPEN Volunteers’ Bureau Will Be Set Up In Pos tal Building Following the formal declaration of war on the United States by Japan the Civilian Defense council immediately went into action in an effort to cope with the situation and George Jeffrey, director of civilian defense in Eastern North Carolina, said a volunteer parti cipation office would be set up at once in Room 16 of the Post Office building. In a statement issued Sunday night Mr. Jeffrey said," This is the day defense councils have been preparing for and our programs for civilian defense will go forward at an even faster rate. “American pioneers learned early how to deal with snakes and jackals and present day Americans have not forgotten.” The volunteer participation of fice which will be opened in the Post Office will be a place where civilians can register to do their part in the defense of America, the director stated. The names of volunteers will be taken and then, after the informa tion on them has been carefully studied: they will be classified and placed in the position were they are most needed. 3 HILLMAN CALLED BACK HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Fla., Dec. 7.—tm—OPM co-director Sidney Hill man cut short a Florida vacation to night to fly back to Washington un der orders of President Roosevelt Nazis Map ‘Knockout’ In Russian Campaign NEW YORK, Dec. 7.- (A — Reports received by the Associ ated Press from Europe tonight said the German army was pre paring an effort to take both MOs sow and Leningrad and recapture Rostov within two weeks in a move linked with the outbreak of war in the Pacific. These reports said that the Ger mans would try to take the two big Russian cities, long Invested, “at any price.” The reports seemed substantiat ed by comment in the Axis-aligned Hungarian press in July that Jap an would enter the war when the tall of Moscow either was accom plished or definitely in sight. RUSSIAN FRONT STATIC BERLIN, Dec. 7.— (A —Sub-zero weather virtually paralyzed both I—..— ■■ 1— '■■■■■■ armies on the Moscow front today. German war reports indicated. Extremely reticent, the German high command passed in silence both the Moscow front, where the heaviest Nazi push was reported under way yesterday, and the Ros tov front, where the Russians were on the offensive. The Germans claimed local suc cesses in the Donets river basin and said some Russian attacks at undesignatdd points were thrown back. Dispatches pictured the Germans moving hundreds of tons of food stuffs along the upper Volga river to feed the Moscow attackers, 150, 000 strong in one sector alone. The high command said Russian smashes against entrenched Lenin (Continued on Face Three; Col. 8) • t President Will Address Congress At 12:30 p. m.; Philippine Isles Raided •—-I — —. w - a. _ U. S. ARMY PLANES ROAR INTO ACTION FROM MANILA BAY Air Corps Craft Depart After Attack On Hono lulu, Pearl Harbor ISLAND CAPITAL QUIET Asiatic Fleet Placed On Alert As Gen. MacArthur Calms Filipinos MANILA, Monday, Dec. 8. — (A1)—United States Army bombers and pursuit planes roared into the air and head ed northward at dawn today soon after word reached Manila of the outbreak of hos tilities between Japan and the United States, .... • v. This was the only sign of' war here at 5:25 a.m. (4:25 p.m. EST Sunday). Upon being advised of the at tack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Complete Text Of President Roosevelt’s Appeal To Emper or Hirohlto On Page Eight. Lieut. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U. S. forces in the Far East, placed his entire command on the alert. Adm. Thomas C, Hart, com mander-in-chief of the U. S. Asiatic fleet, declared that all steps had been taken to meet the situation. For the past 10 days Admiral Hart has kept the fleet out of (Continued on Page Fire; Co], 8) TOJO TELLS JAPS •NOTHING TO FEAR Premier Promises' Nation Victory; Says War In ‘Self-Protection’ LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—UP) —Premier Hideki Tojo told the Japanese people in a broadcast from Tokyo tonight, “I hereby promise you that Japan will win final victory.” He said Japan was declaring war on the United States for "self-protection and self-exist ence.” The broadcast was picked up by the NBC listening-post. To jo appealed to all Japanese to cooperate in the struggle and declared that in 2,600 years of history Japan never had lost a war. The rise or fall of East Asia depends on the outcome of this fight, said Tojo, adding: "We have nothing to fear in this war.” Thailand Invaded By Nippon Forces; Singapore Bombed, Tokyo Declares Hostilities After Surprise Attack On American And British Possessions NAVY, ARMY REPORT HEAVY LOSSES Island Of Wake And Gunboat Taken And Two Battleships Damaged, One Possibly Being Sunk LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—(AP)—Japanese troops have invaded Thailand, the Tokyo radio said tonight in a broad cast held by the NBC listening post. Radio Tokyo said that "in order to maintain the inde pendence oi Thailand, Japan has entered the southern por tion oi the tiny country to combat British troops which have entered from the Malayan border." , The broadcast also said informed sources in Japan believed Germany will declare war on the United States within 24 hours. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(Monday)— (JP) —Bombs ' from Japan made war on the United States today and as death tolls mounted President Roosevelt announced he , would deliver in person today a special message to congress, i In the background as the Commander-in-Chief planned to go before the joint session of the House and Senate was ‘ a government report of “heavy” Naval and “large” losses to the Army. i Whether Mr. Roosevelt will ask for a formal declara- 1 tion of war by this country, to match the action taken in 1 Tokyo, was left uncertain after a hurriedly summoned meet- ! ing of his Cabinet and congressional leaders of both parties Complete texts of American and Japanese Diplo matic Exchanges Will Be Found On Page 3. Sunday night at the White House. Also uncertain was whether that declaration might extend to Japan’s Axis allies, Germany and Italy. It was' clear from a statement made by the participants, however, that congress would be requested to adopt a I resolution of some nature, and equally clear that it would quickly give its approval. A request for governmental power equivalent to that under a war declaration was expected as a minimum * War came suddenly to the Jnited States Sunday afternoon. Without warning, and while Ja panese diplomats were still con lucting negotiations for peace, the lapanese air force struck at Hon plulu, Pearl Harbor, and Hickam Field, all in the Hawaiian Islands. Soon afterward, Japanese bombs were raining upon Guam and, later, portions of the Philippines ; were attacked. As quickly as word of the first 1 bursting bomb was received, the i President as commander-in-chief called upon the Army and Navy to repel the'attack. Far in ad (Continned on Page Three; Col. 5) J War Bulletins! NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—(JP)—All three major net- 1 works—National Broadcasting co., Columbia Broad- 1 casting System and Mutual Broadcasting System—will carry President Roosevelt’s message to Congress at 12:30 p. m. (EST) tomorrow. c __ ■ > SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—(IP)—Brig. General E. * A. Stockton, Jr., commanding the harbor defenses of San Francisco, requested the Associated Press to cir- r culate the following message: throughout the United States: “All coast artillery officers and soldiers of the her bor defenses of San Francisco are ordered to report to their stations immediately. All leaves and furloughs are cancelled.” NEW YORK, Dec. 7.— (IP) —An Axis-controlled ! radio station at Shanghai broadcast a Japanese report tonight saying “a large number of Thai military forces have commenced moving towards the southern border of Burma.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—(A*)—The War and Navy departments issued the following announcement to night: “Hie War and Navy departments are receiving many inquiries regarding personnel stationed in the I (Continued on race Three; Col. t> 150 LISTED DEAD AT HICKAM HELD FROM JAP BOMBS J. S. Battleship Oklahoma Also Set Afire In Surprise Attack HONOLULU DAMAGED rwo Nippon Planes Shot Down As U. S. Forces Go Into Action NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—(fP) —Japanese warplanes killed 150 men at Hickam field and set fire to the U. S. Battleship Oklahoma today in a sudden raid on Pearl Harbor and Honolulu, an NBC observer radioed direct from the scene today. Two other ships in the harbor also were attacked, he reported. The first news of the attack :ame about 8 a. m., Honolulu time, (1:30 p. m. EST) he said. This was when a private plane jwner reported he was given a lalute of machine gun bullets by he Japanese planes. His craft vas damaged but he managed to and. The private flier was Ray Bu luick, an attorney, the announcer laid. The attacking planes seemed to :ome from the south, the observer laid. He reported that two radio sta ions announced the attack but that ■esidents still were skeptical until >ombs began falling in various larts of Honolulu and at Air Force ind Naval bases. Heavy anti-aircraft gunfire greet (Continued on Page Three; Col. » NATION PLACED ON WAR FOOTING Service Men’s Furloughs Cancelled; Utilities Un der Heavy Guard NEW BERN, Dec. 7.— UP) —All eaves at the New River Marine Barracks have been cancelled, effec ive 6 a. m., tomorrow. Approxi* natly 6,000 men are stationed there. MEN CALLED BACK FORT LEWIS. Wash.—All men * vho have been honorably discharged rom the Ninth Army Corps during last months because of reaching the tge of 28 were called back to active luty by the Army today. The men called back, including raftees, are members of the Active Be serve corps. They were ordered o report to their induction boards. WAR-TIME BASIS FORT DEVENS, Mass.—The Unit d States’ crack First Division, /hich many believe would be the irst to see action, was placed on a ar-time basis tonight. Col. William A. Smith, post com lander, Issued the order and an (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) MOPP//V&' Mysterr
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