Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1942 — Page 4

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Japs Die in Swarms, Still Come Like Bees

Graphic Eye-Witness Account of Fighting in Malaya Given By Writer

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and there was no cessation of the stream of little yellow men, who

came on wave upon wave.

The Japanese are using every trick of warfare, the wounded said, except to face the bayonet. They were still mass fighters.

“They are like bees,” being blown out of existence.

“The smaller groups who make filtrators, are being picked off mercilessly by our marksmen.

they come on.” The Japanese, evidently as the espionage. seem to posses a comp but of the individual rubber estates. Headed by their tanks, they a

of rubber and tin, stretching their tentac

an officer said.

“Whole groups of them are

sorties, and the individual inStill

result of long preparation, through lete knowledge not only of roads

re coming through a rich country les along roads and jungle

trails, leaving behind a wilderness of what was a happy, beautiful

country.

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AN INTREPID BAND of Empire Commando troops, outnumbered

sometimes scores to one, is out in like the jungle beasts keys, are making their way thro

the wild jungle, waiting to spring

on the Japanese who, with the agility of monugh country which had been thought

impenetrable to organized fighting forces. The Commandos are ambushing Japanese troop columns and con-

voys on the narrow roads. They are operating many miles

ing and hacking their way into Japanese troop units

way back to their own lines. All along the coast, they ar nd the hand grenade the Japan fashion. are attempting to gain fo long the vital Malacca Straits

The fighting here is of such nature, considering the eno merical odds against the Empire forces, that it has been

to form a static line.

The Japanese are pressing southward at

Empire general headquarters—the | gecond city of Malaya, now almost | a dead city—the rumble of gun fire approaches ever nearer

= » =»

ALTHOUGH THE Japanese drive is of general nature, it is | not the sort of offensive that is |

fought in the West. Where in ! campaigns in Eurcpe tens of | thousands of men go over the |

top, here the Japanese perforce attack in bodies up to 1000 men or more which make their way along jungle trails to press back Gen. Lewis MacClesfield Health, B6-vear-old veteran of 27 years of active service who is in command here, said today that®the situation on the Malaya front was going to get worse before it got better He said the Japanese army posgesses native guile plus the organization of a modern army. Incidentally. he said that on two occasions official reports had | confirmed that European officers, | ibly Germans, had been seen command of Japanese com-

Japanese advance guards usually in Malayan dress in-

are stead of their own uniforms. They approach the empire lines, |

usually, mounted on bicycles, he | said. and next come midget cars | which maneuver with surprising efficiency in the thick jungle | Next come the heavier mech- |

| which come ashore

behind the Japanese lines, shootand fighting their

e waiting to meet with the bayonet ese landing parties who, in leap frog

otholds farther and farther south

rmous nhuimpossible

Kuala Lumpur, the

anized units—testifving to the rapid repair of bridges, roads and

trails which the empire forces had demolished. » 2 2

GEN. HEATH said most of the small, gallant band or Empire commanders are mostly Indians, with British and Australian leadAll are volunteers. All know

ers. { that they can expect no mercy | from the Japanese if they are

taken. They have been picked carefully. Aside from their ambushes, the commandos are performing valuable service by bringing back information which they have obtained far behind the Japanese lines. The Commandos are the striking force, and they and the artillery are playing the big role in the defense for the moment

On the coast. the is

artillery

| backing the Commandos in the

work of waylaying landing parties in fleets of

mosquito craft,

N. D. GRIDDER LOSES SUIT

GOSHEN, Ind, Jan. 8 (U. P)— An Elkhart circuit court jury today returned a verdict against Paul Lillis, 1941 Notre Dame football captain, in a $10,000 damage suit for the death of Dorothea M. Summer in an auto accident at the entrance to St. Mary's College in South Bend Feb. 21.

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Hub of Fighting

Kuala Lumpur, shown on this map, 200 miles north of Singapore, is the first goal of a fierce Japanese offensive now raging in Malaya.

HAWAII READY, SAYS EMMONS

Islands Can Hold Off Any Attack, States New Army Chief.

FT. SHAFTER, Hawaii, Jan. 9 (U. P.)—Gen. Delos C. Emmons, Army commander-in-chief in the Hawaiian Islands, said today that United States forces could hold the islands. It was Gen. Emmons’ first press

conference since his assumption of command. In a fighting statement, he warned that the Japanese might attack the islands at any moment despite their pre-occupation with the Philippines and Singapore. “We are prepared for the worst and we expect to meet it,” he continued. “We are prepared at all times, day and night, to meet any situation with all our strength. “We can hold the islands.” Gen. Emmons said this midPacific American basticn was now far stronger than it was when the Japanese made their sneak attack on Dec. 7. “We are strengthening fortifications continuously,” he said. “The loss of Hawaii would put the West Coast in a very difficult position. If the Japanese had a base here it would make coast shipping very difficult, since Hawali is the key to this side of the Pacific. “This is where we start our offensive. “We are taking no chances—we are hot going to be surprised again.”

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JOBS LISTED IN CIVIL DEFENSE

Men May Be Raid Wardens Or Fire Watchers; Women Also Are Needed.

Jobs for then who register Sunday for civil defense are: Air raid warden, bomb remover, clearance crew, decontamination squad, fire watcher, fire fighter, police duty, building repair, road repair and airplane spotter. Women's jobs are: Sewing by hand or pedal, sewing with electric machine, knitting, cooking, serving food, caring for children, friendly visiting, cleaning, canning food, gardening. First Aid Included Nursing, first aid, legal advisor, poster making, arranging exhibits, making maps, computing statistics, photographing, making speeches, leading discussions, planning teaching programs. Organizing study classes, telling stories to children, writing articles, social case work, riding bicycles, driving cars, trucks or motorcycles.

Serving at information desk, typ-

THE . INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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Sullivan, City defense director, said they anticipated a mass turnout. Both the Mayor and Maj. Gen, Tyndall said that unity has been achieved in the organization of the City-County civil defense effort. The following Legion posts will conduct. registration Sunday at the Indiana World War Memorial: Bruce P. Robison Post No. 133, Indianapolis Post No. 4, Memorial Post No. 3, Hayward Barcus Post No. 55, Hilton Brown Post No. 85 and Bell Telephone Post. Legionnaires, auxiliary members and male civilians will be registered by other Legion posts at locations as follows: Osric Mills Watkins Post No. 162,

819 Massachusetts Ave; Sahara Grotto Post No. 264, 13th St. and Park Ave.; Broad Ripple Post No.

312, 64th St. and College Ave; Robert E. Kennington Post No. 34, 4174 College Ave.; Wayne Post No. 64, 6566 W. Washington St.; Bunker Hill Post No. 220, Wanamaker; Madden Nottingham Post No. 348, 1130 W. 30th St. the fire station at 18th and Dexter Sts., 2756 Roosevelt Ave, and in Acton; Irvington Post No. 38, 5503 BE. Washington St.,, Warren Central High School and the Town Hall in Woodruff Place, and Big Four Railroad Post No. 116, 960 S. Keystone Ave. Garfield Post No. 88, fire stations at Prospect St. and Madison Ave, and Shelby and Kelly Sts.; East Indianapolis Post No. 13, 46 N. Pennsylvania St, third floor; Emerson

Post No. 262, fire stations at 1100 E. Washington St. and Beville Ave. and Vermont St.; E. C. Atkins & Co, Post No. 355, the company personnel offices; Charles M. Young Post, 321 N. Senate Ave.; John H. Holliday Post, Riviera Club; Speedway Post, Speedway City High School; Federal Post, east end of the Federal Building lobby; Southeastern Post, Christian Park Community House and the Southeast Union Church, Minnesota and Sloan Sts.; Service Post, the American Legion Hall in Oaklandon; Y. M. C. A. Post, 450 N. Senate Ave.; Mcllvaine-Kothe Post, the Athenaeum, ang Hugh Cropsey Post No. 361, Shelby and Thompson Sts., Perry Township. Posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars which will be open for registration Sunday are:

FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1942

Men of County Register Sunday for Home Front

Hoosier Post, 143 E. Ohio St, all day. Frank T. Strayer Post, 210 E. Ohio St., all day. Sergt. Barker Post, 1421 Central Ave, 9 o'clock in the morning to midnight. Department headquarters of VFW, Sixth floor, K. of P. Building, 8 o'clock in the morning to o'clock in the afternoon. Burns West Streibeck Post, Denny and Washington St., 8 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock at night. Lavelle-Gossett Post, King Ave. and Walnut St., all day until mid= night. Speedway Post, 3368 Wilcox St., all day until midnight. Benjamin Harrison Post, Colum= bia Club, all day.

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ing, keeping books, operating switch-| S board, operating calculating ma-| chine. operating mimeograph, oper- §

ating addressograp h, checking stockroom supplies, making charts, | making door-to-door surveys.

Other Ways to Serve

Teaching: Citizenship, American history, life saving, vocations, health nutrition and handcraft. Chaperoning groups, ballroom dancing, singing, accompanying musicians, playing musical instru- | ments, leading orchestra, serving as club hostesses, leading songs, radio, engineer and notary public.

é Indian Nations May Join Allies

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 9 (U. P.) —Germany and her Axis partners face the possibility of finding themselves at war with

another “six nations.” Indian chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy—the tribes of Mohawks, Oneidas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, Onondagas and Senecas— prepared to hold a “long house” council on the question of declaring war against Germany and her allies. Despite their opposition to the Selective Service Act and its application to them, the chiefs are being polled on their attitude toward a war declaration. Although the confederacy has appealed to the Supreme Court against the Selective Service Act. young braves continue to enlist in the United States armed forces.

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