Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 46

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The FAN A © inion Japanese leaders who decided to MN attack the United States are not quite the madmen some Americans would have us believe. They are takers of calculated risks, as all who wage war must be.

And while our legders and our people believe

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risk too much and calculate toe little, yet they have calculated. ° FF We can upset , those calculations only if we drop now the great American Mr. Johnson sport of wishful thinking and take & Jook at the cards. It requires no card expert to fathom SHEER Japan's game, She counts on strik- : PER ing quick, hard blows to win a short, : ites diamond fierce war. And she leads with : : i : EEE engagement ting war's most demoralizing weapon— . ; i Hueith gingle apar. surprise, backed by its toughest— / [) 2 : ; NEE pie glen

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In that hardest, best school were taught her seamen who approached Hawaii, her airmen who bombed it, despite our Navy's offshore patrol and our Army's defenses; her soldiers who have invaded the Philippines and are attacking Malaya. For 10 years, practically, they have been at war, which is 8 far better teacher than maneuvers—as all old soldiers know, Yet maneuvers are the ony preparation any of the troops opposing her, save the under-equipped Chinese, have had.

Of the British in the Far East— OPEN EVERY NIGHT

including Canadians and Austra.

lians—almost none has heard a shot fired in anger. Britain's Fast In- UNTIL CHRISTMAS dian and Indian armies, totaling a million, comprise diverse and sometimes mutually hostile races and re- p ligions, mostly crude farmers in- " 3 Na g : ar : ) experienced in mechanics, CAR : X ) haha

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tively little fighting experience and 3 has been weakened by the demands You can buy on easy terms whether weekly, semi-monthly or monthly to fit your

of Europe. family budget. Whether you are looking for costly diamonds or some trifling And all these armies that have now become our Allies and our ad- token, remember that BARNEY'S have them all! vance guard, rely on us for equipment, especially tanks, and the air-

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must be brought by ship, since ’ ’ neither they nor any other weapons Ba are made in our Philippine outpost. T0 OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT AT rney S They know also that Lieut. Gen. Douglas McArthur’s 150,000 native troops are still so incompletely trained, especially in teamwork and staffwork, that the islands must be defended largely by American troops.

Garrisons Increased

Of late our garrison has been greatly increased in number and efficiency, but the sudden bombs bursting among them were the first enemy fire they had endured, just as the whole sudden onslaught was the first trial by fire of their superors. And fire bursting bombs and shells or just the heat of real war—may crack many a weak vessel that looked strong in the mild days of peace. There can be no more Sunday holidays at exposed outposts nor gasoline and oil supplies left above ground, nor broadcasting actual or potential to enemies, the full details of defense projects and progress. Another card Japan uoigl is hit her supreme command is not only . war-wise but really supreme, It says Beautil strands of to a subordinate “Go” and he goes. y poarinr ne colon ‘It need not say to four or five $e A WER equals; “Where shall we go? And I Re public that every diahow?” And worst of all— “Why?” \ iii i mond sold will be g 4 The Gamelin-Ironside disaster . EE Bb): wery best quality. The showed that co-operation among h \ CN ; integrity of this sto g'built on bona fide qual

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fornia to the Philippines; the three weeks from the Atlantic Fleet to the now weakened Pacific Fleet-three weeks so long as the Panama Canal works.

OBSERVE BIRTHDAY OF BILL OF RIGHTS

Programs throughout the schools of the city will mark the 150th anniversary of the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Federal Constitution on Monday. As requested in a joint resolution

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation fixing Mone day as the day on which the nation pays its respects to the source of its liberties,

Governor Schricker and Clarence Ag gh

fense for Indiana, have ternal, civic and

a echoes to participate in

fra.

the observance.

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