Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - December 12, 1941, Yuma, Arizona TUB by U S Weather 1 p.m today Wot Bulb Temp Humidity M 0 p.m 71 0 05 57 Noon C5 Generally fair and Saturday somewhat cooler night AND VOLUME 271 YUMA ARIZONA FRIDAY DECEMBER 12 1941 THE YUMA Temp at last hours 01 Lowest last 24 hours Average high this date 07 Average low this date 43 Rainfall last hours 01 for since Jan 1st of 52 VOLUME 291 JAR FLEET FLEES FROM U S WARSHIPS INFANTRY UNIT GUARDS YUMA BRIDGE Troops Arrive Last Night Stay At Legion Hall Without advance or a detachment of arrived in Yuma early last evening made arrangements for temporary quarters in American Legion hall at cr of Fourth avenue street and set up camp there J Lt Win 3 Bartley is in charge with Sgt Iverson second in com- mand 1 is understood that another I of the same unit is stationed al Parker with a small group at Transport Systems Guarding vulnerable points in transportation systems rail and highway is the assignment which brings the detachment here it is said Soon after the soldiers ar- rived they took over the ta.sk of guarding highway and road bridges across the Colorado j river here and probably by this time will have been stationed at bridges and structures in this area important to tion and production Altho tlie officer In charge was to give details of the dis- position of the entire he did indicate that vulnerable spots in transportation systems would be closely guarded He so asked for the cooperation of and a warning to the Mic y Ask nut to loiter around plants and structures where tage be done And If anyone Is challenged on a plant or bridge nr that challenge We're not ing in tills anil orders to don't want tu have n purl in getting 4 im 11 Keep Boats Off River Warning Of BRITISH AID OFFERED U.S After conferring with tary authorities Sheriff T if Newman this morning issued a warning to ail owners mi lie river must keep their boats off the river al all times ir secure permission from military In or Authority will be granted boats are fn service ami these will carry a serial insignia for tion persons gating the river may find themselves Investigated by troops on each side of the river Permission from officers at thf in Yuma and from the officer in command YUMA HAS ITS SECOND BLACKOUT City Included In Area With El Centra Report Flood on Expect No Damage Here James H Gordon of the local U S weather bureau reports that 1 he has notified of a flash flood on Inc Gila river far east of here which he docs not expect will cause any overflow water to reach the Cila valley iti this area Kelvin reported that the Yuma underwent its second blackout in as many nights al 11 last night Lights were turned 25 minutes later Sheriff T H ed this morning that the raic is being Installed on he rooi of the court house and will be ready for use within the two days A signal system will be worked out by that time Newman slated that Yuma wil be included in the area ab San Diego and Centro and any blackout orders those j two cities will also be applied to j Yuma orders will extent throughout the valley and the snr 1 rounding territory Motorists a the blackout signal must turn on their lights and pull off the road Red Cross Drive To End Saturday New War Relief Appeal SAYS FAR President Asks Press Not Publish Casualty Lists WASHINGTON Dec 12 resident Roosevelt disclosed day Prime Minister and Supply Minister ord Beaverbrook of Britain have offered the United the out- niL of three shell plants in ada States needs this immediately They have offered to help relieve any urgent shortages in the United States of certain uai materials The President offered these nn example of what lie described as the very fine t between nations Defensive Areas Named Mr Roosevelt announced of defensive sea areas at Portland Me Portsmouth Bay SHU Diego Calif Sun Francisco the Columbia River entrance the Strait of Juan de Kuca and Sound The executive order forbids en- trance of non-government vessels into these waters under United States naval or other government authorized except in good ity in daylight and then only ter specific permission has been obtained Knler At Own Risk The executive order said any vessel entering these waters so at its own risk and that tors of such ships may their in tiny of the defensive sea areas Under impetus of this country's entrance into the war sales of government defense in- bonds and rocketed early this week Mr on in The regular roll call of bers uf Yuma county chapter of the American National will be concluded Saturday man John II announced day The goal set by na tional headquarters was members Next week the new drive for for use in war relief will begin Chairman Huber said he had re- hundreds of calls from zens who wish to join the ing and home hygiene classes or wish to work in the drive for funds A meet of chapter officers and committee chairmen was held this at the San Carlos coffee shop to map plans for the drive and for emergency work in the county Welfare Defense Division Asks in State Funds To Start Committees Appointed Reports of progress made in plans for care of emergencies which the war with the axis powers may bring to Yu- were submitted nt a meeting there will be beds available of the division of health welfare and consumers interests last night W J WaUller chairman an- today The meeting was held at Mrs home 565 First avenue Members in attendance Dr R R Knotts Mrs Guy Musgrove of Somerton John H tis Hay Bower Francis Robert Johnson Mrs Eleanor McCoy Dr H R Morrow Dr Archie P Dr W C Cain Paul Lipscomb Dr J Lloyd and Mrs The funds from Governor Sidney Osburn to start tin ivor Emergency hospitals have been lined up Mrs Waidler said and to care for injured and ill also room ment Committees were named as Kirst Aid Units X-Ray Rower Robert Johnson Francis Johnson and Keene This committee will have charge of th corps REGISTERING Of MEN 18 TO 64 ASKED May Introduces Requested By War Dept WASHINGTON Dec The war department today pre- sented to congress legislation that would require all men in the Un- States between the ages of IS to 64 inclusive to register with the selective service system Only those between the ages of 19 and 45 Speaker Sam Ray bum said will be liable for military service broad registration will be for the purpose of getting an curate survey of American power Introduced By May Chairman Andrew J May D Ky of the house military affairs committee introduced the war de- legislation shortly ter the house convened at noon Selective service officials said they had no intention at this time of seeking authority to register women May said his will not change the existing system of classifying Nipponese Land More Troops In Northern Luzon BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor Japan attempted to tighten a steel circle around the island of Luzon today but met stout opposition from American planes land forces and warships which chased an enemy battle fleet from the Philippines coast The enemy appeared to be putting his main effort into the offensive against Luzon striking at three main coastal sectors with still undisclosed results and heavily bombing our main arr and military bases in an effort to disrupt the defense system Reports of losses on both Hospital Corps Dr n R Knotts chairman Dr A P Kimball Dr J Lloyd Dr H R Morrow This com- decided is to enroll doctors in slate tered nurses laboratory r l ambulance selective service registrants If Married Men Arc Colled f Continued on BULLETINS was up to the state lost evening but had fallen to 5.8 feet this morning indicating that it was merely a flash flood nnd that na effects would be felt from it here unless there are continued heavy rains in the eastern part of the state nnd unless the Salt river should also add overflow water to the stream On Sept 30 Gordon said the gauge at Kelvin was at 5.8 feet and no effects of the flood were received this far west LOVAL WASHINGTON Dor L Quezon dent of the Philippines has In formed President Roosevelt after an lour of tlie attacked Pacific area Mini everywhere the people tire loyal to America ami lo stand liy her TIRE SALES RENO Ncv K P last night notified Nevada tire dealers lo mul delivering new and until Dec In accordance with a national order RUSSIANS GAIN LONDON Dec A special Soviet communique Continued on Blast Wrecks Part of Iowa Munitions Plant San Diego Blackout Lasts An Planes Sighted Off Point Loma HV UNITED PRESS Presence planes off the Southern coast to a one-hour blackout of San Diego and a alert in Angeles Additionally the Pacific west was blacked out from to a ni The Monterey sula and Santa Cruz also experienced blackouts and Dec 12 explosion wrecked the melt loading line No J at the Burlington small arms munitions plant injuring many ers and possibly killing some The three story structure was said lo have beets wrecked K K Adamson com- manding officer at the plant im- mediately placed guards around the huge plant and refused to ad- mit anyone Ambulances and fire trucks from the plant and ambulances from the city brought the la Burlington hospitals after the field hospital at the plant was filled tu capacity The ordnance plant was built j at a cost of approximately and has been In operation since late last summer although it is not entirely completed Kiwanians Hear Huskison Speak On Work of State Highway Department for Carll resident State highway road maps of tlie state highway 1942 were distributed and vice president elect U Baker president was in of the Kiwanis club was the club charge of the general meeting He speaker Thursday noon pinch ting for the superintendent of the state highway patrol Mr Miller who had been engaged to give the address However recent defense ties calling for extensive use of- the highways by troop caravans prevented Mr Miller's appearance and Mr substituted Ralph Pease was chairman of the day Huskison listed the various de- nnd their duties of the itale highway organization and gave interesting sidelights on highway field in tins area He stated in connecting the highway department with al defense guards have been placed over all strategic bridges in the state including a number in tUis locality read a letter from the al president calling on ians in the United States to back up his pledge to President velt that the clubs of the nation could be counted on for full support in the national war emergency Chris Thompson Santa Cruz Calif was a visiting Kiwanian Guests of Kiwanians were Frank Hobart guest of Homer Stanley Sturges guest of hia Te Begin Hearings On Tax To Raise Billions No Relaxation Of 40 Hour Law Planned Says WASHINGTON Dnc 12 no plans tn re- quest relaxation of tlie week provisions of the law He said as far tts lie knows thn basic week will continue tn be in force and tiuK hulf pay will continue to be required for nil work in ex- cess of 40 hours He disc I used that the joint industry he last night wi II con e Ii e re n ex He called he meeting lo plan for war production and nn early truce among all warring labor tions dents of Santa os were- evacuated in what was described as a precautionary measure The San Francisco area scene of air raid alarms Monday and Tuesday nights nnd Wednesday morning had its second successive night Broadcasting Slopped Radio broadcasting was Inter- during the in the Pacific Northwest and An- geles areas Radio beams would sorve as guides to raiding planes Civilian defense authorities tinned perfecting precautions for protections of cities and tions in event of actual raids The aim was 100 per cent perfect blackouts The defense ties said the aim had not yet been achieved but they were hopeful of complete success as the j lace becomes more familiar with regulations and precautions Becoming Blackouts marked by jitters when they started Monday were becoming routine The air raid alarm in San Diego came at Five minutes later Los Angeles was placed on the alert indicating a possible coming blackout but the alert was cancelled before lights were ed out The all clear given for San Diego an hour later The Interceptor Command said the blackout was ordered be- cause of the presence of fied planes off Point Loma nt the or o disclosed a proposal was now under consideration to establish some sort of government support if married men and others with dependents who are now de- ferred were found to be needed Hershey told the conferees that an additional men ably can be combed out of present registrants between the ages of breach the age of military service We lot of he and we've got to find out now where we can get them were vague hut the Japanese paid heavily for such gress as they have made so far n attempting to find a soft spot in our defenses The strategical situation which favors the anese nnd puts a heavy burden on the and defenders showed these on Luzon: NORTH Japanese forces ed in the sector reportedly using parachute troops and later were reinforced The attack was designed primarily to get an base for bombing -t attacks against the southern arena ai the mountains present an almost obstacle to nn army ad- vance nn Manila the extreme north Japanese forces made their most important attacks at two coastal points Vigan and the province in an attempt to flank and seize the main United States win con- trol of and railroads over they gilt drive I Crews Removed From All French Ships WASHINGTON Dot 12 French crews of all now in arc today from I heir ships It was by tlie slute NEW YORK Dec A boarded the French liner al its pier today and for the United States Navy presumably for use as an aircraft carrier The ship has been docked here since the outbreak of the war Navy men recently the vessel and discovered that it had been constructed so that it could be swiftly converted into a plane carrier These enemy apj to be directed against such j bases as Iha a 1 in the Lingayen might hope to reach the coastal highway nnd the railroad leading south cruisers 14 light cruisers about 126 destroyers and 86 sub- marines Jnp Strategy Apparent Although details were today's dispatches and ques began to make clear that the Japanese were using large sea air and land unite in a campaign de- signed to cut off and attack Luzon from all sides seeking to divide the defense forces at the sarne time that aerial attacks pounded main military bases on the island Official statements at acknowledged considerable age to sue n oases as Cavite ad- jacent to Manila as a result of enemy air ed against There still was no definite indication of ot the coastal areas most cf which present for- obstacles such mann ul against forces i landed at on the extreme I southeastern tip of the island pre- sum ably attempting to seize a small marine station and open a comparatively flat j try toward Manila Difficult To Defend The actual trend of these I tions and the success of the de- I fense forces in breaking up at- tacks remained to be clarified but t should be emphasized that exists in the past have regarded Die Philippines as extremely to defend and that the American forces are ing an unequal battle According to Manila dispatches to ship A Japanese battle fleet To Free Youth Who Confessed Wrecking Train WASHINGTON Dec Chairman Robert I D N of the house ways and me tins committee today said tha his committee will begin hearings about Jan 15 on a war tax to raise several billion dollars and Chairman Walter R George D of the senate finance committee discussed the tax program with Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr I at luncheon George said that the senate j mi t tee probably would hold its hearings concurrently with those of the house ways and means com- in order to expedite County Physicians Adopt Plans For j Hospitalization Care of Injured ami offices cr Dr Hurbert Mrs A O guest of her band Robert Bennett guest of N S and Mrs A J Dougherty guest of Col Antiy Dougherty At a meeting of directors following the rrt of the general Service gency hospitals and local physicians To Index Blond Donors It was agreed to go ahead with of volunteer blood and bandages Officers of the society chosen at the recent election i Dec 12 j Clarence J Alexander 24 who j confessed he derailed the city of San Francisco streamlined 1 tiain has been proved not con- I with the and j released soon the district lid today Alexander was at Enid Ok In they appeared to be holding their enemy Manila to avoid with erican warships Admiral Thomas C Hart commander of the Asiatic fleet said at Manila American submarines in the Far East were reported striking at the enemy and aerial fighters were credited with knocking down 11 planes Hcrocs Details of the sinking of the Japanese battleship Haruna ever the first American aerial heroes af the war into thn re They we re Capt Colli n Kelly army flier from Florida who dived to his death in blasting at the Haruna Lieut Boyd D Wagner who dawned two planes and destroyed a round and putting up strong Qn Lhc at Aparri ial opposition to the swarms of one estimate Japanese planes aid 113 were overhead ia one struck nt Cavite Batanga and other targets Although Japanese offensive forces weve divided by attacks on Malaya as Luzon the tish association indicated the strength which the enemy available for the naval war in the Pacific The Press association said that reliable sources credited an with lo aircraft carriers 10 battleships 12 heavy cruisers and Lieut C A Keller who owed a battleship of the ton class and led an aerial attack that damaged it Filipino aviators in the can defense forces also were with heroic action in ing down Japanese planes aa new raids were launched against the Manila area The land fighting in the pines was in the Aparri sector nu the northern tip of Luzon where Continued on Tape 2 A 0 Williamson Chosen Temporary Chairman of County Defense Council With all divisions as appointed work of that committee by Gov Sidney P of Die it may be I In preparation for possible wni emergencies here members of the Yuma County Medical society at a meeting at the San Carlos fee shop yesterday adopted plans for hospitalization and care of the indexing jured Dr A I Podolski of i donors ton president announced It was suggested that the Red j Dr R R Knotts was named Cross and NYA prepare dressings j To coordinator and chief of operating units The doctors were divided into teams of two To each team Aug 12 1939 when the train wrecked near Harney Nev killing and 108 persons said 160 U.S Students Yuma county defense council rep- resented a meeting of the Mrs Maty Spaulding chairman the women's activities com 1 l.Jl_-H U rttlT men of the various divisions was reported that her held in the justice of lh has already made tentative courtroom last evening to j for a council office t mine of organization ami be in the 1 Trt If it Williamson was named To There it is There planned to receive chairman of the group ami j registrations for various activity Mrs Evelyn Smith Keep the records of the t I be attached three or four dent Dr vice-president nurses j Dr Calvin A Eaton Thc American Legion hall was treasurer Dr J Lloyd Wallar designated headquarters of the delegates to the state medical con- units and point of distribution next April Dr Archie P Kimball and Dr C S Powell Dr Podolski suggested the of citizens being against smallpox and meeting it was voted to assist in Jl 1 of the measure Neither George nor Doughton would comment on types or in- creases in the contemplated taxes Neither would estimate a specific I injured individuals Those with amount to be raised injuries will be treated nt A tax hill that didn't raise hall or at other designated etal billions of dollars wouldn't points in the community Major be much of a tax surgery points will include children also against TUCSON Dec Uni- versity students arc moving in large numbers to secure ments In the U S Army Air Corps and other branches of vice it was revealed here today Applications of men students jand carry on other necessary work by volunteers project Instructions Sought was assigned the Since Mr Williamson was to tics group by D Kelly Turner in Phoenix today on other secretary of the ness he was instructed by the council when he was here earlier group to call at the governor's j in the week office and try to secure definite for the setup and for the direction of each division in council In the meantime It Sheriff T H reported already scores of men have called at his office and volunteered 160 of whom 70 were found that each division con eligible to pilot tests and members of hia committee I their services for any duly which i may be assigned to them A file lull Yuma General hospital the cu have passed thai tianch of service for hold an possible organization meeting If and proceed with the is being of they may be notice in case of emergency said
