Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 5

FRIDAY, DEC. 12, 1941

JAPAN'S FLEET FAILS TO FIGHT

Report Another Battleship,

Is Seriously Damaged By U. S. Forces. (Continwed from Page One)

+ as extremely difficult to defend and * that the American forces there are fighting an unequal battle. According to Manila dispatches, they appeared to be holding their . ground and putting up strong aerial opposition to the swarms of Japan‘ese planes—one estimate said 118 were overhead in one wave—that struck at Cavite, Iba, Batanga, and other targets, First U. S. Heroes Out of the heavy air action emerged the first American heroes of the war. They ‘ were: FIRST LIEUT. BOYD D. WAGNER, U. S. Army Air Corps, who carried out the attack on the Japanese air base at Aparri this morning, downing two planes in a violent dog fight and racing to low levels to attack the J nese planes on the ground, destroying 12. CAPT. COLIN KELLY JR, Army Air Force, who scored three direct hits on the battleship Haruna, giving his life in scoring the first major American victory of , the war, It was announced that ‘he had been “killed in action.” : LIEUT. C. A. KELLER, naval i gviator, who spotted the Kongo class battleship northwest of Luson and held it in sight despite fierce anti-aircraft fire until naval bombers led by Lieut. Commdr. J. V. Peterson came up to press home the attack which put the warship out of action.

Sinking Is Confirmed

(A Nationa! Broa Co. reporter at Manila said it had been officially confirmed that the Kongo class battleship hit by U. S. bombs was the Kongo itself. He reported that the Japanése sent at least 113 bombers over the Philippines today, attacking various objectives including an airfield at Batanga.) Manila was on a virtual full war footing today. All Axis aliens were placed in protective custody and a decision was being pondered concerning action against Spanish nationals and members of the Falange Fascist

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party. = Admiral Hart said the Navy Cavite base, eight miles southwest of Manila, had been hit by a powerful Japanese airplane attack There were extensive fires and great damage was done, he said. Small ships lying in the yard were also damaged.

Bomb Hits Dispensary

One bomb directly hit a dispensary, Hart said, and everyone in it was killed, including nurses and doctors. He emphasized that the dispensary was in the center of the fortified area.

He said that loss of life figuresp not been completed, but that was known that most of the dead were civilians. Hart said that submarines of the Asiatic fleet had not yet reported. “But we expect big results,” he added. “When a torpedo hits a ship, it stays hit.” “The submarines are the big game hunters of the fleet and they used! only elephant guns, not shotguns,” Hart said.

Ne Battleship Sighted

Discussing naval operations, Admiral Hart said that no Japanese| battleship had yet approached] within sight of the Philippines coast, and he deprecated reports which “always call avery craft a battleship.” The Army announced that Capt. elly who scored the three direct its which sank the first Japanese Battleship was 26 years old and a tive of Florida. He died in erica’s first oulstanding naval tory of the Pacific war. £ A graduate of Florida University, graduated from West Point only ur years ago. He graduated from e primary flying school of the in 1938 and from the adnced flying schoel bombardment Sourse, in 1939. He was accepted §s a combat pilot in September 1940 had. served in Hawaii before was assigned to the Philippines. ; An earlier Army communique id a small Japanese force was to have pushed ashore at on Albay Bay.

RAINBOW MEN TO MEET

HAIL OF BOMBS STRUCK HAWAI

Honolulu Citizens Watched First Grim Battle From Hilltops.

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nightclothes, took the raids with almost the same calm they had shown during the recent months of maneuvers. They gathered on hilltops to watch the grim battle. Radio stations sounded the | alarm and went off the air. Army, Navy, police, firemen and civilian

ture.

= - = Women and Children Taken From City IMMEDIATELY AFTER the first alarm I drove to the Army's Hawaii department headquarters at Ft. Shafter and the Army confirmed that the attacking planes were Japanese. I reached Hickam Field within an hour and a half first raid and witnesses me the Japanese attacked distinct waves, totaling as

Food Stores Sell Oly To Regular Customers

THE ARMY WARNED against a waste of food or gasoline. Food stores were closed Tuesday for inventory, but reopened Wednesday under orders to sell only :to their regular customers and in normal amounts. Gasoline was rationed a half tank at a time to a customer. “There is no immediate cause for alarm,” Governor Poindexter announced, “and if everyone exercises good judgment the food situation can be worked out without causing anyone to suffer.” For months Hawaii has been storing food in preparation for Just such an attack. Residents have been encouraged to grow their own vegetables. Meat must be imported. Most business houses are operating as usual, but closing at 4:30 p. m. to permit employes to reach their home before the blackout begins.

= = sr THE FEDERAL BUREAU of Investigation has taken a number of enemy agents and sympathizers into custody. Of the approximately 160,000 Japanese that number almost half Hawaii's total population, less than a quarter are aliens. The rest are deeply loyal American citizens, The aliens are under scrutiny and may not possess firearms, explosives, cameras or any form of

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‘We Expected War, Let's Win,’ Says Man on Street:

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James A. Skillman, 2001 W. Michigan St, automobile salesman: “I'm not surprised. We may not be as well prepared as they are, but we'll be able to top them in a short time.” Glen Davis, Danville, bus driver: “I'd say we got a big job on our hands. I'd say we'll do it, t00.” Hartpence, 3522 Kenwood Ave, elevator operator: “The only

thing to do is to go ahead with what's been started.”

Miss Harel Palmer, 637 E. 56th St, sales girl: “It's a terrible thing. It will last a long time.”

August Bloom, 3146 Boulevard Pl.

barber: “We've got to protect ourselves or we'll be sunk.”

Mrs. Hazel Lightburne, R. R. 2, Box 16-B, telegraphs office manager: “To bad we didn’t dive into it before. I think everybody's heart and soul is in it now.” Wesley Kearney, 712 E. Ninth St, City fireman: “The only thing we can do is to clean house with them--permanently.” Walter Mendell, 11368 Wade St. hatter: “I think we should have smashed them in ‘the face six months ago.”

Mrs. Leah Hormaday, 1323 E.

Michigan St., trimmer: “It's up to all of us to do what we can.” Staff Sergt. Don E. 'Hornaday, Camp Shelby, Miss., in a letter to his mother: “The men in general are taking it okay. By that I mean they are not excited and none of them has lost his head. “I heard the President's speech today and thought it a good one.- It was short and sweets“You could almost feel as though you were in his place as he stood talking to all the world. It seemed as if he was telling us something that he hated very much to say. “If every camp and post is like this one, there will be no trouble

in getting American boys ready to

fight for their rights, for I believe every man stands ready to do or die for our country and its institutions.”

ALIENS WARNED ON USE OF CAMERAS

, WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (U. P). —The Justice Department issued a warning today that any Japanese, German or Italian national found in possession of a camera, regardless of the use to which it is put, faced loss of his equipment and possible detention along with “dangerous” Axis - nationals in concentration camps. These aliens—more than 1,100,000 in all--also are forbidden to possess firearms.

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