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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1941
Page
3
Two-motored Japanese bombers blasted Manila on Saturday causing widespread destruction. The attack, carried out while the city was declared open and undefended, lasted about two and a half hours with unopposed strikes on buildings and infrastructure. Two freighters were sunk and a pier damaged before the raid targeted the city directly.
Washington AP reports new tire rationing limits bar new tire purchases to seven defined essential categories. Physicians, ambulances, fire and police services, sanitation, mail delivery, school buses, and certain industrial and public service fleets may obtain certificates. All others, including travelers and rural residents, must rely on used tires and reduce driving.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for cloudy conditions with snow flurries and a colder spell Saturday into Saturday night. Low temperatures expected near 10 degrees Saturday night. Local Cedar Rapids reading showed around the low 20s Saturday with a drop likely overnight and into the early hours.
Sacramento experienced a one hour blackout beginning at 3 45 am as unidentified planes were reported approaching the city. An all clear followed after the planes were identified as friend YY. In San Francisco an alert issued at about 1 50 am noted unidentified planes at a distance likely linked to Sacramento. An hour later the all clear was again broadcast.
Washington reports a mutual settlement is likely after talks between French ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye and Secretary of State Cordell Hull with Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. Henry-Haye predicted restoration of Vichy sovereignty and supervision of the St Pierre wireless station to satisfy U S assurances about status.
Prime Minister Curtin, quoted by the Melbourne Herald, says Australian policy aims to obtain Russian aid and to work with the United States on a Pacific strategy with British, Chinese and Dutch forces. He rejects treating the Pacific struggle as subordinate and calls for U S Australia leadership in directing the fighting plan.
Paul Huston of Cedar Rapids will chair the committee to plan the 1942 Jackson Day dinner at Hotel Fort Des Moines February 19. He is a banker and the son of former U S internal revenue collector C D Huston. Frank Comfort announced the plan.
The maritime commission at noon on Saturday formally took over 16 Finnish owned merchant ships that had been tied up in United States ports since Great Britain declared war on Finland.
Washington report says Roosevelt and Churchill briefed Latin American ambassadors on allied strategy from recent talks. Churchill cited possible 1942 improvement and 1943 initiative while noting RAF daytime superiority and likely spring invasion threats.
British radio announcers closed their German language programs with the taunt that four days remain, referencing Hitler’s promise of final victory as the year nears its end. The message appeared on the 361st day of the year.
The government assumed full control of imports for 18 vital war materials including copper, lead, chromite, tungsten, zinc, antimony, cadmium, graphite, kyanite, mercury, rutile, vanadium, zircon and others. Starting Saturday night, future contracts for these imports will be routed through the Metals Reserve Co or other agencies unless the OPM authorizes.
Thieves broke into Quality Pharmacy at 511 Third Avenue SE after 3 am, pried open a rear window, and stole about $15 worth of cigarets. A cash register and safe were accessed but not opened. ice cream and snacks were consumed on site.
AP report from Ventura Ia describes a 30 year old man who tried to rob the Ventura State bank and fled in a 1939 or 1940 Chevrolet coach. He was 5 feet 7 inches, dark complexioned, wearing a red and yellow stocking cap and a dark overcoat, details unclear.
The state department said Saturday that Americans in Swa tow and Amoy in Japanese-occupied China were taken into custody by Japanese military authorities. A total of 29 Americans were reported there. Sir John G. Dill, Churchill’s retiring chief of the British imperial staff, will stay in Washington for a time to oversee Anglo-American military collaboration, per the British press service.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Pownall assumed command of British forces in the Far East at Singapore succeeding Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. He arrived to stem the Japanese invasion of Malaya and coordinate allied efforts.
The article details Japanese training in China and along the Korean coast as rehearsal grounds for attacks on Hongkong, the Philippines, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It notes dive-bombing trials near Yokohama, evolving tactics, and large-scale maneuvers echoing future assaults, with pilots gaining experience through China campaigns.
Manila endures a second wave of Japanese bombing described by FRANK HEWLETT. About 40 bombers strafed the city causing fires and destruction in the walled district. The attack hit churches, schools, the Intendencia, and a college near Santo Domingo as residents fought fires and searched for the wounded.
Secretary Cordell Hull condemned Japan for fiendish inhumanity in bombing Manila after it was declared open city. He likened Japan's actions to its invasion of China since 1937 and compared them with Hitler's cruelty in Europe, responding to questions about breaches of international law.
London, AP reports Britain disclosed on Saturday that it has been at war with Bulgaria since December 13.
Japanese bombers blasted Manila for three hours destroying ships, churches, and the Intramuros district. At least 37 killed and 150 wounded as floods of bombs fell on the defenceless city while Allied defenders held Baguio.
The Treasury on Saturday froze Hong Kong assets in the United States following Japan's capture of the British crown colony, signaling new financial restrictions amid wartime developments.
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