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By HALLETT ABEND CHAPTER 1—APPETITE FOR CONQUEST
ALMOST NO ONE in this country would believe the facts, but for more than four years
Japan has been avowedly bent white man out of East Asia.
Besides the tens of thousands of American businessmen, legitimately representing Amer-
Y 2, 1942
ance.
upen driving the
ican industry and finance in the Orient, other
thousands of persons were forced evacuation which began 1940.
There were also the thousands of missionaries, the teachers and professors in Japanese and Chinese schools and colleges, the doctors and nurses in widely scattered hospitals who had been trying to teach cleanliness and hygiene and sanitation and modern methods of
smashed by the in the autumn of
healing to the swarming hundreds of millions
of people of East Asia. Every night and every
THE NEWS HIT Shanghai particularly hard, because the more than 4000 Americans there
morning and at
Americans.
Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,
every meal hundreds and hundreds of missionaries were praying and asking God for guidShould they abandon their converts, their work of years, and seek personal safety, or should they run the risk of death or internment and stay with the people to whom they had dedicated years of their lives? And if they went home, how would they live, how support their families and educate their children?
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WHEN NEWS WAS cabled to the Orient that the United States Department of State was “advising” all Americans to return to the United States, it was at first thought that the advice was meant only for women and children, Then, a few days later, came the news that ships were to be sent to evacuate at least 15,000 That meant everybody—men as well as women and children.
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Indianapolis.
Matter Ind.
Washington said
the probability of
Japan.
solely “precautionary, Shanghai’s mind the move meant
ory of Ruthlessness
constituted the largest American “colony” on the Asiatic mainland. Diplomatically worded announcements from
the evacuation
was to be ”. but ‘to >
war—war be-
tween the United States and
The supposedly soothing as-
surance that this
icans to get out autumn of 1939 w
was precisely
similar to the advice to Amer-
of Europe in
as heavily dis- Hallett Abend
counted. For had not the Japanese and Chinese even then been actually at war for more than three years without such a wholesale evacuation being carried out?
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AMERICANS HAD been advised to get out
of Europe's zone
s of hostilities and possible
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SCHRICKER GIVEN CONTROL OF FAIR
Beamer Ruling Takes Commissioner of Agri-
culture Post Away
Governor Gives It Back. By EARL RICHERT | Control of the multi-million dollar State Fair Grounds) property here was taken from Republican Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Dawson and handed to Governor Schricker today in an|
official opinion by Democrat
Beamer.
The Governor immediately took the political aspect out of the move hy announcing that he would appoint Mr. Daw-
STATE DEFENSE WORK SPURRED
McNutt, Schricker, Ferree Speak at Meeting of All County Leaders.
Hoosierland’s civilian defense program moved into high gear in all 92 counties today. County officials and civilian defense directors resolved to complete the organization of home defense programs with new deter-| mination after an all-day meeting in the Claypool Hotel yesterday “tc get their bearings.” It was the first State-wide de-' fense get-together since the war) started. Officials and defense airectors compared notes on defense organization, heard Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt laud "ndiana’s defense effort and listened to the State's hew healtn program. outlined by Dr. John W. Ferree, State Health Commissioner Schricker Lauds Time Saving Governor Schricker told the 1000 men and women at the all-day conference that daylight saving time, to begin next Monday. will speed the production of the vital tools of war. Former Governor McNutt summarized the war effort and Hoosierlands part in it in a luncheon address. He said: “No war is this you see. but a battle for the world—a battle which shall go to the strong. ! ‘Your neighbor's boy, at this very {Continued on Page Two)
ADVANCE IN CLOCKS TERMED ‘WAR TIME’
WASHINGTON. Feb U. P)—} President Rooseveit has suggested that the term “War Time” be used when the nations clocks are advaitced one hour on Feb. 9 instead of the usual “daylight saving time,” the White House disclosed today. Secretary Stephen T. Early said, railroads, industries and certain! Government agencies with branches! extending into several time zones had sought the proper terminology for the new “fast” time. To their inquiries the President suggested that after the new time goes into effect at 2 a. m. Feb. 9! it be known as “Eastern War Time.” “Central War Time™ “Mountain War Time,” or “Pacific War Time.” depending upon the zone.
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stand in her own defense during the day at Pearl The &
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trol of the Fair Grounds was in-
BEGINS 1-YEAR TERM
‘mitted to the Indiana Women’s airplanes” 53 minutes before the
‘diana Supreme Court last Decem- (R. Ind), a member of the White
From Dawson but
Mr. G. Hog, whose ancestors roamed over North America long befere the Mayflower anchored at Plymouth Rock, violated the Government's censorship regulations today. He made an important weather forecast too far in advance by seeing his shadow and thus predicted six weeks of cold weather.
J. H. Armington, head of the Weather Bureau in Indianapolis, refused to confirm or deny Mr. Hogs long-range forecast. All he could say, in view of the Government's restrictions about publication of weather data was that the ground hog was wrong in 1941, The temperature dropped to 12 degrees at 6:45 a. m. today. The normal temperature at 7 a. m. on Feb. 2 is 26 degrees. Yesterday's low temperature was 16 degrees, recorded one minute before midnight.
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ic Attorney General George
son as Commissioner of Agri-| culture—one of whose duties| will be the supervision and] - —-~ - | maintenance of the Fair Grounds property. i Mr. Dawson, who is suffering from a cold. haa left the State House to| visit a doctor's office when the opin- | ion was announced and could not! be reached for comment. | Rules Part of 41 Law Veid |
Mr. Beamer ruled that the por- |
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Dawson Commissioner of Agricul-|
ture and as such giving him Sn JAP FISHERMEN ON AST REMOVED
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valid in view of the Supreme Court's |
“ripper” suit decision. Ww 00 He pointed out that the decision | 1 specifically stated that the Gover- | nor should have control of all state property and that while the Legis- FBI lature could create the office of x Commissioner of Agriculture, it] Prevent Sabotage. could not designate the person to] hold that office. The power of ap-| LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2 (U. P).— pointment of officers rests solely | The Federal Bureau of Investigation with the chief executive, he said. { forcibly removed 500 Japanese alien In announcing that he would ap- shermen on Terminal Island in| 1 s na i Cpvernar the Los Angeles harbor area today. | Richard Hood, San Francisco FBI
pointed out that back in 1933 the Lieutenant Governor's salary was head, said his orders merely were! to “round up” Japanese alien fish-
raised to $6000 a year because of the additional duties placed upon ermen and transport them to the | Immigration Bureau. |
him by being named CommissionHe said the roundup was planned
er of Agriculture. | some time ago to remove possible] Holds Several Posts agents from areas where they might “He does have the salary,” the commit sabotage or espionage. | Governor said in referring to Mr. Military authorities have comDawson, “and I think he should plained repeatedly of the activities) be given an opportunity to earn it. of the Japanese fishing boats which And I expect he will.” they said had been following thw In addition to supervising the United States fleet on maneuvers Fair Grounds, the Lieutenant Gov- off the coast. ernor as Commissioner of Agricul-. At the same time, Attorney ture serves as chairman of the General Francis Biddle in Wash- | State Milk Control Board and as ington designated 15 additional | a member of the Soil Conservation areas in California from which all! Commission, the Livestock Licensing enemy aliens are to be excluded) Division. the County Agents Board after Feb. 24. and heads the State Fruit Grading and Inspection Division. Had the Governor chosen to name some person other than Mr. Dawson as Commissioner of Agriculture, he would have left the Lieutenant Gevernor with practicalIv nothing to do except preside over the State Senate during the legislative sessions. The possibility remains that Mr.
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ASKS LOAN FOR CHINA WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U. P).—| President Roosevelt today asked | Congress to approve a $500,000,000 loan to China. Mr. Roosevelt made! the request in a letter to Speaker|
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approve the necessary appropriation and enabling legislation.
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NAVY AVENGES PEARL HARBOR
U. S. Forces Blast Six Bases on Marshall, Gilbert Islands.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U. P.).—
‘The United States today carved two!
big notches on its Pacific guns for| major Army and Navabwvictories over’ Japan. The U. S. Pacific fleet, reported in| action for the first time. collected partial revenge for Japan's treacherous assault upon Pearl Harbor by sending tons of bombs, torpedoes
and shell onto six Japanese bases
in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. The U. S. Army's huge guns on, fortress islands in Manila Bay dished | out to the Japanese a sample of
what American forces hope will] =
keep Japan from using bay facilities indefinitely, They blasted into] oblivion a Japanese force preparing | to take Corregidor fortress by storm. |
Jap Island Hit Hard
The Army's communique left no| doubt about results—"the (invasion) | force and its equipment were de-/ stroyed.” | Details of the extensive damage! wrought by the Navy's surprise at-| tack on Japanese bases, midway be-| tween Hawaii and Australia, how-| ever, may remain secret for some time, The Navy reported only that “many enemy fleet auxiliaries were sunk, beached or otherwise dam-| aged extensively. . Japanese] military installations on shore were hit hard by naval aviation units’ and shell fire. .. Many enemy airplanes were destroyed both on! the ground and in the air. £ «4 heavily bombarded severai of the enemy's key shore! positions. Naval aircraft sttuck the enemy positions and ships with bombs, torpedoes and guns.”
Knock-Out Blow Dealt
But between the lines of the naval communique could be seen the signs of a “knock-out” blow at important Japanese bases—delivered with the same element of sur-! prise used by the Japanese at! (Continued on Page Two) = = 2
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Dawson may decline to accept appointment to his old post from the Democratic Governor, but most State House observers believed he would take it. Mr. Beamer's opinion leaves the {Continued on Page Two)
MRS. MARY RUNYON
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U. P).— Remember that unnamed soldier in {the Roberts’ report on Pearl Har- | bor who stayed overtime to pracMrs. Mary Runyon, former State tice on the air raid warning system
Health Board employee, was com- and detected “a large number of
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Prison today to begin serving a one- surprise Japanese attack? year sentence on a charge of failure; His name was revealed today— to stop after a fatal traffic acci- Pvt. Joseph L. Lockard, 20, of Wildent. ‘liamsport, Pa. She was convicted last June by! Announcement of his identity Dewey Myers in Criminal Court. came in a letter to President RooseThe finding was upheld by the In- velt from Rep. Forest A. Harness
ber. Her auto was alleged to have House Military Affairs Committee. struck and killed Noah Russell and! The Roberts reports’ revelation of his 4-vear-old daughter on Road 40 what is now known to be Pvt. Locknear Bridgeport in December, 1037. ards discovery was one of the most Mrs. Runyon did not take the heart-breaking details of that Sun-
Harness Reveals Identity of ~ Alert Pearl Harbor Soldier
4 to 7 a. m. but the Roberts report revealed that one man (now known to be Lockard) wanted to practice, and asked and received permission to remain on duty after 7 a. m. Shortly thereafter he detected what he believed to be a large group of airplanes and reported it to an “inexperienced” lieutenant. The lieutenant “assumed” that they were friendly planes. Rep. Harness declared that although Pvt. Lockard's conspicuous service was nullified by an error in judgment of a superior officer, it remains outstanding “against the background of error and negligence that made the Pearl Harbor disaster possible.” Rep. Harness said he would make a personal call on Secretary of War L. Stimson to ¢ “suita-
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Wants Curfew
JAP BOATS IN BURMA SUNK
Singapore's Big Guns Blast at Foe. By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign Editor
led punishing Allied counter-attacks today, against a powerful and
(spreading Japanese offensive in the
~~ |Far East.
; States naval stab into the enemy's
Wilson (R. Ind.) caused a storm of protest from Government girls in Washington when he suggested a 10 o'clock | He contended that they staved out too late, reported for work sleepy, without without makeup and consumed most of the morning getting ready for lunch.
KNOX TERMS NAVAL SITUATION ‘CRITICAL
It's Problem of Holding, He Tells Senate Group.
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WASHINGTON, Feb, (UP). —
American defenders of the Philippines, following up a United
flank, repulsing two new Japanese onslaughts against Bataan penin'sula with heavy losses and Allied
‘planes in Burma smashed Japanese [small boats attempting to cross the
Salween River in their drive toward | | Rangoon.
Japs Pushing Ahead
The enemy offensive, met with| heavy artillery and air hombard=ment at Singapore, still was
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Desperate Double-Bar
WARTHUR STOPS JAP THRUNTS IN BATAAN'S FIERCEST BATTLE
reled Enemy Offensive
Is Shattered, With Heavy Losses to Foe,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2
War Department Announces.
(U. P.).—Gen. Douglas Mace
Arthur's defenders of Bataan peninsula above Corregidor "RAF Strikes M any Barges: fortress have shattered a “desperate” double-barreled Japae “nese offensive in one of the most savage battles of the Philip | pine struggle, the War Department reported today,
Slashing down the west ¢
oast of the mountainous penine
sula “like the fingers of a clawing hand,” picked forces of Japanese-—called Tatori—struck southward, while across the
full-force assault.
American land, sea and air forces Narrow thumb of land the Japanese 65th division launched a
Enemy Force Annihilated
The Japanese west coast forces virtually were annihilated in fierce fighting in the underbrush of the coastal
‘region.
NELSON PLEDGES AID T0 ‘LITTLE BUSINESS
Materials to War.
halted and had pushed deeper into war Production Chief Donald M. the Dutch islands by seizing the Nelson warned Congress today that
Japanese pace was slowed. Dispatches from the world's scat-
tered war fronts included:
loss of life on the battlefields later. In a report on allocation and dis-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U, P.).—
Artillery and mortar fire drove them to the sea, where those who attempted to escape by boats were drowned.
| On the east coast about 17 miles north of the tip of Bae taan peninsula and Corregi= ‘dor, crack Japanese forces launched simultaneous frontal and encircling attacks, only
| ant % ‘Seeks Diversion of More to be ripped apart before the
assault was well underway, [the Army said. “The envelopment repulsed | with heavy losses to the Japanese,”
was
(Borneo port of Pontianak but de-|fqijyre to divert increasing amounts it Was stated.
|fense Jines appeared to be greatly of needed materials to war produc- | stiffened by reinforcements and the ition would intensify suffering and
‘Completely Mastered’
| Along the west coast where the | Japanese previously had been ate
‘tribution of materials, requested by| tempting to strike down from the
HONOLULU—American naval the Senate, Mr. Nelson promised |Port Binanga region the new Jape
forces and aircraft blasted Japanese that every effort would be made to aid “little business” if such actions
auxiliary ships, planes and bases on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, doing heavy damage in first big] counter-blow by sea.
BATAVIA—The Japanese pushed down Borneo west coast to Ponti-
did not impede war efforts. He demanded “an economy which
puts the war program uncompromis- |
ingly ahead of everything else.” “Until final victory is achieved all
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox re- anak, important Dutch port, for a Of this nation’s vast resources o gards the U. S. Naval situation in direct thrust at the Netherlands tin men. materials and machines must
both the Pacific and the Atlantic
as “critical” because “we are try-
ing to fight a two-ocean war with a one-ocean Navy,” hearings before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the huge $26,494,265.474 naval! bill revealed today.
The testimony was released as
the Senate prepared to take up the
bill. Mr. Knox told the committee that the nation cannot expect quick re-| sults in naval warfare. | “It is a problem largely of holding, and doing the best we can with what we have, and putting every|
Sam Rayburn asking that Congress Macassar Eye-Witness ,....... 3 ounce of pressure into getting more
as fast as possible,” Mr. Knox said. He described as most critically important thing,” the maintenance of communications between the United States, Great
Britain and Russia across the North |g
Atlantic.
F. D. R. FIRESIDE CHAT SCHEDULED FEB. 23
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (U, P).— President Roosevelt's “fireside” re-
port on the progress of the war will be made on the evening of Feb. 23. Chairman Edward J. Flynn of) the Democratic National Committee, revealed the date last night in announcing plans for nation-wide “emergency” banquets to replenish the party's treasury. Mr. Flynn said one or more banquets or other functions would be held in virtually all states at which the President's radioed address will be heard. He said the parent dinner would be held in Washington. The party's outstanuaing obligations of more than $600,000 include
“the first and| g
‘being strongly guarded and that the
islands and main Allied bases on| Sumatra and Java. The dutch] fought stubbornly on Borneo,! Celebes and at Amboina naval-air | base.
BURMA—British air squadrons blasted a large number of enemy | barges and boats attempting to, force crossing of the Salween River, forcing hundreds of Japanese to “swim for their lives” under heavy
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Today’
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE
be directed to the production of an ever-increasing quantity of war materials at an ever-increasing speed,” he said. “There can be no compromise with the achievement of this objective. Everything else is secondary to this purpose.”
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United Press War Analyst The attack by the United States Pacific Fleet on that the Japanese generals had ate the Japanese-mandated Marshall and Gilbert Islands| tempted to: deliver a knockout blow
| |anése assaults “have now been come
| pletely mastered,” the army come |munique reported. Directly quoting a dispatch from Gen. MacArthur, the Army said that the Japanese forces used in the “desperate venture” along the Bae taan west coast were the best that the Nipponese have in the Philipe pines. “They were shock troops especiale ly trained and selected,” Gen. Mac« Arthur said. “They have now been entirely destroyed.
Block ‘Knockout Blow’
“They resisted with the courage which is characteristic of Japanese | troops, but at the end were glad to surrender. They are being treated with the respect and consideration which their gallantry so well per=- | mits.” | The War Department said that |captured aerial maps revealed the |plan and “urgent character” of the | double-pronged offensive, indicating
once again carries active hostilities far eastward of to U. S. resistance on the Philippine the main theater of war in the direction of Hawaii, mainland after suffering enormous
but it did not decrease the gravity of the immediate losses during the past eight weeks
| ; Japanese threat. probably was designed lines to the Far East. Over these The presence of the Navy in the waters where it went into action is a hopeful sign that the lines are
flow of reinforcements will continue. The British and Dutch authorities in the southwest Pacific are not exaggerating the urgency of the need for reinforcements. The Japanese are edging closer to what appear to be their two main objectives—Burma and the main Indies Islands, especially Java. Singapore is incidental to the assault on Sumatra and Java. If the Japanese cannot take Singapore they will leave it in their rear, and proceed with the uttack
funds underwritten by state comdirect
from
urgently by the defenders of the
The blasting of these fortified islands by the Navy to lessen their menace to our communications
lines must pass the aid needed so Indies, Singapore and Burma.
boina, second in strength only to Surabaya on Java. They already have neutralized Singapore as an effective Allied base. If it falls into their hands, however, the danger to Java is intensified. The pace of the Japanese lightning war has not slackened. Their latest threat, which might be the most serious of all, is against Burma. Having taken Moulmein on the sea, they are trying to drive to Rangoon. Rangoon is the only port of entry for the supples which go to China over the Burma Road. If that life
of fighting. Battle for Several Days
The fighting, on both flanks of the mainland approaches to Core regidor fortress, was said to have occurred over a period of several days. The victory of Gen MacArthur's forces on the Bataan mainland pushed the cnemy back further from the northern approaches to Corregidor, whose battleship-size guns have destroyed a Japanese ine vasion force attempting to take the forts of Manila Bay by sea.
EGYPTIAN CABINET QUITS
CAIRO, Feb. 2 (U. P).—The Egyptian cabinet resigned today. The government was headed by Hussein Sirry Pasha, who first was
named premier on Nov, 15, 1940, The most 1 nt cabinet reorgani-
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