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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1941

LOSS SEVEREST

FOR ONE BATTLE

Sinkings by Japs Are 3d

And 4th Capital Blows To Royal Navy.

. By UNITED PRESS Prince of Wales and Repulse were the third and fourth capital ships lost by Great Britain in this war. They were Britain's most severe losses in a single engagement. The naval losses in the war to date: : GREAT BRITAIN : Battleships Prince of Wales, 35,000 tons. Royal Oak, 29,150 tons (torpedoed during first month of war). Battle Cruisers Repulse, 32,000 tons. Hood. 42.100 tons (sunk by man battleship Bismarck May 24). Ajreraft Carriers Courageous, 22,500 tons. Glorious, 22,500 tons Ark Royal, 22,500 tons Nine cruisers. 14 converted cruisers. 56 destroyers. 31 submarines. 196 auxiliary craft UNITED STATES One old Battleship (Pearl bor). Un bor) Destrover Reuben James torpedoed by German submarine Oct. 30 GERMANY Battleship marck, 35.000 ish planes and May) Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee, 10000 tons (sunk bv British cruiser in first months of war). Three cruisers. 10 destroyers An unknown number of submarines An eraft.

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ITALY Five cruisers 13 destroyers. 18 submarines Ttalians). 10 torpedo boats Nine auxiliary edged by by Tealians).

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All Corp. Mrs. McPheeters’ husband is | tillery at Ft. Knox, Ky.

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Central Indiana's small facturers got first-hand information today on the roles they in the all-out national effort. In a steady stream, beginning) with an early delegation from the | Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, | they hibit of the OPM's contract distribution division at Union Station. There they inspected and handled {the equipment — everything from heavy motors to tiny gadgets—which

defense

{the various sections of the armed |

forces now need in huge quantities. Army and Navy experts and other

| representatives from the OPM head- | [quarters at Washington were sta-|

| tioned throughout the eight coaches {to explain and answer questions. More than 50 Indianapolis busi- | | ness leaders attended the C. of C. | breakfast at the Indianapolis Ath- | | letic Club this moming and then lattended a preview at the station. | Frank Hoke, Indiana Lg of the | OPM contract distribution Wivision,

{urged the local businessmen to as-|

{sist him in his work. “If you hear any manufacturers who have questions or need information, please direct them to us,” he said. The train will remain here today and tomorrow and is not open to the public. Two representatives from each industrial plant in Central Indiana have been invited to inspect the exhibits. Similar trains already have visited South Bend and Evansville.

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| LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P) me] {perial forces in Libya have recaptured El Adem, thereby assuring |the relief of Tobruk, authoritative | quarters said today. { “The recapture of El Adem means the relief of Tobruk now has been established in fact and it would be very surprising if it were invested again,” a spokesman said. “It means the Axis has no inland bases in Libya on which it can de{pend for a considerable distance | westward. Our forces still continue operating around enemy's southern flank, pushing out westward against

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Mrs. John W. McPheeters, manager of the Knox-All Corp., is sure | that her company’s soap could be used in scouring this field kitchen. The officer is Lieut. William M. Day, of the Quartermaster Department of the Army, and right, is 0. P. Epler, sales manager of the Knox-

{The fact | Singapore said heavy gunfire was | {heard off the Malaya coast aroused {speculation that Axis naval vessels

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REFUSE COMMENT

LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P.).—OfFficial sources today refused to

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comment on German reports that the British battleship King George had been sunk.

LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P)— (BBC) —Broadcast Naval and air reinforcements have reached

nounced today.

SINK ITALIAN SHIP

ROME, Dec. 10 Italian transport returning from Libya with 2000 British prisoners has been torpedoed by a British

the high command said today.

Rescue operations were in prog- |

ress, it said.

South of Tobruk fighting con-

tinued. RUSSIA NEUTRAL LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (U.P).

saying there would be “no change in relations” Japan as a result of the deciara-

States and Japan.

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SER Dec. 10 (U.

‘Sn view of the fact that contrary

press correspondents in nee, States have

forecast. How . Son and how ban today, on de is as” depends moment there is confirmation of enemy airplane activity off either coast,

Weather forecasting will continue for the guidance of American and Army and Navy units, particularly the seronautical branches, and commercial air lines. But there will be no transmission to the public. with the possible exception of brief warnings of the approach of severe storms.

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ing free advice to enemy

SCHRICKER CONSOLES GOLD STAR MOTHER

Governor Schricker touy {telegram of condolence Sarah Allen of Sims, Bs. {of Robert Allen, the : announced as killed in the Japanese bombing of Hawail. ao Indiana's first

| War, T wish to express the. | felt sympathy of all Citi State,” the Governor §

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Singapore from India, it was an- |

(U. P).—An |

submarine off the coast of Greece, |

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tions of war between the United

to all International law, German |

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U.S. MAY ‘CONCEAL | WEATHER FORECAST

Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 —Plans are “on ice,” ready to be applied instantly, for suspending public dis- | semination of the official weather

No chances will be taken of giv- | bombers. |

THIRD WARSHIP RUMORED SUNK

New King George V Sent to Bottom by Japs, Berlin Claims.

The attack The J States extent which h They also

War Moves Today

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analvet

The Japanese, having scored héavily in the opening rounds of the battle of the Pacific, are hitting hard in an all out effort to win control of the western half of that ocean.

on Pearl Harbor was the first step.

nese were out to cripple part of the United t by a surprise foray and succeeded to an

as not yet been fully revealed. sought to intimidate the United

BERLIN, Dec. 10 (U. P.)—The States into keeping a good part of the fleet and air force in the eastern

{official news agency said in a Tokyo | {paeitic for defense.

dispatch today that it was “almost | A parallel move was the attacks

certain that Britain's new 35000- which the Japanese now hold or)

ton battleship King George V had | threaten to seize. been sunk. | The islands are America’s aerial (The official German Agency re- | “stepping stones” to the Philippines the King George had land the rest of the Orient. Their

{been sunk was received with con- loss would be a handicap to the

siderable skepticism because the ‘mobility of American operations. battleship is the same type as the | From Midway and her own manPrince of Wales, which London gated islands, which she developed acknowledged had been sunk off [as air bases contrary to treaty, Malaya. It was suggested that the | Japan can present a constant threat German dispatch had confused the |to Hawaii, our chief Pacific bastion {two vessels, perhaps deliberately, in of defense. order to make the Japanese sut-| For the nt, these are covercesses seem greater. There had ing operations, designed to facilitate been no indication that the King|the main task, that of driving the | George was in the Far East) | Americans, British and their allies The D. N. B. dispatch claimed the | [out of southeastern Asia, the Phil King George V had been sent to ippines and the Indies. the bottom during “an attack| If this is to be a long, world-wide |against the British East Asian fleet [war as predicted by President Roose|off the east coast of Malaya. | velt, the first essential for Japan is (Prior to outbreak of war -in the to get the oil, tin, rubber and other Faeille there Jaa Ween Repos that | vital commodities of the Indies. e German battleship Von Tirpitz, Whittle Naval Ratio SE S00 os a sume Without them, it is officially espe |timated by the British that Japan|

that dispatches from as enough reserves for at least a|

might be able to carry on indefinitely,

as well as airplanes participated in out

the battle against British warships | there.)

BRITISH EXECU TE SPY LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P).

attack on the American fleet { Pearl Harbor,

— A the Allies.

today said Rickard Richter, 20, a the Pacific. | Sudeten German, was executed this |

{year of fuil war. With them, she |

as long as her navy holds]

It whittles down meas- { British Home Office announcement urably their superior naval ratio in

The Japanese obviously hope to]

on Midway, Wake and Guam islands,

ern Pacific, where they are well based on land. Even now a naval battle is reported in progress, al though what proportion of the opposing fleets is engaged is not known. Keep Forces Divided

It seems more likely that the decisive engagement would be fought off Hawaii later in the war, if the Japanese reach a point where they have sufficient naval strength to risk a showdown. The British and Americans coms bined far excel Japan and her Axis partners in naval strength, but a good part of it has to be tied up in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and other waters. A further Axis diversion in the Atlantic is not at all improbable, to keep the American, navies occupied on two oceans and prevent the British from reinforcing their Asiatic fleet.

LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P.).—Brit-

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Frisco, 'Careless' Monday,

SAN Sop Dec. 10 (U.

Sacramento was blacked out.

The blackout was lifted at 5:23 a. m.

Imposes a Total Blackout

P) ~The Fourth Interceptor Coms

mand flashed a “red” warning—meaning unidentified planes almost over head—early today and the central coast district from San Francisco to

(Indianapolis time) after an

hour and five minutes. The blackout in San Francisco was total, except

for a few small lights, contrasted with Monday's careless response to air raid alarms, which Lieut. Gen. John lL. DeWitt, commander of the Fourth Army, had denounced. Rooftop observers reported that they had seen a flash, possibly a flare from a plane, toward San Rafael, 20 miles north of San Francisco. The interceptor command immediately spread its warning, covering “all of California north of Bakersfield,” or two-thirds of the state. In the area are the Mare Island Navy Yard, the McClellan Field Air Depot, important air bases and big defense industries, Radio stations were silenced. San Francisco was organizing an effective air raid precautionary system. Addressing a Civil Defense Coun-

cil meeting last night, Gen, DeWitt minced no words. He said San Francisco had been guilty of “crimi= nal apathy” in the indifference with which it responded to two air raid alarms Monday night. Japanese planes were over the city, he asserted and it might have been a good thing if they had dropped some bombs to “awakén this city.” In San Francisco, he said, were “more damned fools . .« than I have even seen. “If I can’t knock these facts into your heads with words,” he said, “I will have to turn you over to the police and let them knock them inte you with clubs.” Monday night's blackout in Seattle was excellent, he ssid and Army authorities were having no trouble in Oregon and Washington.

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The loss of two British battleships | Singapore and throughout the seven | loft Malaya, coming so soon after the seas today to the American fleet and | inthe fleets of Britain's other allies] is a severe blow tojand associates.

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