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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1941
Page
2
U S naval air and army units claim victory in early hostilities around Wake Island. They say four Nipponese warships and four troopships sunk and at least 60 enemy planes downed in six days. Submarines reportedly active near Hawaii. Red Cross urges support for troops and families.
Amid wartime fervor youths flock to army navy and marine recruiting posts from New York to San Francisco. Clerical help and doctors are being sent out to cope with queues as an air corps emphasis grows. Navy quotas rise to 16 000 monthly with many applicants harboring Harvard accents and college backgrounds.
The Dutch Bay report cites internment of Dutch East Indies settlers on the east coast of British North Borneo and the closure of settlements in Japanese areas facing the Philippines. It notes that several vessels were captured or destroyed and that radio stations in the archipelago were ordered off air during alarms from 6 pm to 6 am as evacuees were moved near Surabaya.
Tokyo radio says U S submarine was sunk and an interceptor shot down in combat. Japanese high command claims two British troop transports sunk off southern Burma during raids. Exchange Telegraph reports cited by Vichy quote total Allied ships sunk in week at 350000 tons with 279000 American and 80000 British vessels.
Congress moves toward approving a war fund bill authorizing 900000 extra tons of fighting ships with no set cost limit and navy experts to allocate tonnage. The Red Cross urges public support for war relief, noting letters from veterans and families calling for duty and faster mobilization.
In fighting near Gazala about 100 miles from the Egyptian border and southwest of Gazala, Axis frontier posts are wiped out. Farther east about five troops were captured and 18 guns taken at Bir Hacheim as Italian tanks were destroyed. Ghirba in Salum area was captured, with Germans and Italians holding trench systems. RAF losses totaled 16 planes. 18 enemy planes were shot down. Allied bombardment targeted the Bomba Derna road, Derna airport, and three southwestern Greek ports Argostoli and Navarino.
Harold J. Sturtevant, 26, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, formerly dismissed from the U S Navy for tearing down a Nazi swastika from the German consulate in San Francisco last January, has applied to reenlist. Recruiting Officer Charles Mitchel said Sturtevant was not given a dishonorable discharge and left the navy on misconduct charges after he and four youths climbed to the ninth floor windows and ripped the flag from the staff.
Two men Gene Penninger and Fred Harlow were severely burned in a gas explosion at Sissonville yesterday. They work for Godfrey L. Cabot Inc. and are listed in favorable condition at Charleston General Hospital.
Fort Knox soldiers develop slang terms for meals gear and roles. A rolling field kitchen meal is “bean-gun grub,” an armored force member is a “gasoline cowboy” and artillerymen are “red legs.” A motorcycle is a “popsicle” and the guard house becomes “Barracks 13.”
In Nassau Bahamas native wood carvers re create Hepplewhite Sheraton and Chippendale designs from London originals. Starting as G R Baxter’s hobby, these craftsmen now craft Haitian mahogany and mahogany pieces that experts can scarcely distinguish from the originals while singing island songs.
Five people were seriously hurt late last night when their car struck a traffic blinker on Kanawha Parkway at Delaware Avenue. Qbediah Jones 33 Allen Branch Shirk Shamblin 30 Charleston Frank Bean 25 Sissonville and an unidentified woman were rushed to Mountain State Hospital with serious injuries. Beans jaw and possible skull fracture Jones and Shamblin with leg fractures and possible internal injuries. The unnamed woman remained unconscious early today Miss Dixie Jones 18 Sissonville was treated at Staats Hospital for possible back and internal injuries. Ambulances Cunningham Owen and Barth Casto and Bartlett transported the injured.
A Maryland trailer camp for Glenn L Martin employees and families lacks ovens or has ovens too small for roasting turkeys. The piece notes the conflict between holiday traditions and limited kitchen facilities in the Middle River camp. It urges Red Cross support for defense mobilization.
A pamphlet advertises Household Finance loans up to 300 dollars for jobholders with flexible repayment plans. It lists three methods: personal note, auto, and furniture backed loans, emphasizing quick, private approval, no endorsement needed, and rates around 234 percent monthly on unpaid balances.
The West Side Business Men's club will meet at 8 p.m. at its Tennessee Avenue headquarters to view a moving picture presented by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, announced Secretary J. G. Hall.
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