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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1941
Page
1
New York and coastal areas faced a tense air raid alert with alarms in the eastern United States. Officials questioned the alarms as rehearsals while planes were drafted into the air and residents evacuated or sent home as a precaution.
The White House said President Roosevelt will address the nation over networks at 9 p.m. central standard time tonight. The speech will include a more complete documentation of the war than has been possible so far.
Allied dispatches report German forces driven back beyond Mariupol near Rostov and in retreat in Libya after heavy losses. Rommel’s units regroup in Libya while Tobruk area sees ongoing fighting as winter slows major operations.
Local Kansas State Guard units were mobilized on short notice for a staged emergency drill led by Col. Charles H. Browne. Guardsmen secured key city sites at the Kansas Electric Power sub station and the city waterworks, with passes required for all workers and an armed guard at the armory. First Lieut. Will Johns Jr and Second Lieut. Gilbert Francis led the operation, ending with coffee and doughnuts after the drill.
Secretary Hull said the United States must guard against a sudden German move to support Japan in the axis tripartite pact. He warned such an act would trigger a strong national response and insisted Americans should resist with all speed and might if a Pearl Harbor like attack occurred again.
Buenos Aires reports wide Pan American alignment with the United States in the war against Japan. Chile says Washington accepted a plan for a 21‑nation foreign ministers conference to forge a common policy. Brazil backs the idea through Foreign Minister Aranha. Panama declares war on Japan as several nations join the effort started by Costa Rica.
Norman Davis national chairman telegrams Frank Gray county chairman urging 7000 local quota as Red Cross launches a fifty million dollar war fund campaign. Roll Call reports due by Friday. directors meet tomorrow at 4 to plan action.
A northward cold front brings probable snow flurries to Topeka and the northwest tonight with lows near 18 to 22 degrees. Eastern and southern regions may see snow tomorrow while the east stays warmer with 22 to 26 degree lows and 35 to 40 degree highs.
Lawrence airport prepares to return to nearly normal operations as government releases pilot licenses. The Sunday order grounded most pilots to verify citizenship of airmen, with current license holders awaiting clearance.
The Admiral Hart office reported 18 light and medium bombers attacked Guam at 8 45 am yesterday with about six planes making a second attack at 2 45 pm It was not clear if any damage or losses were announced.
The average of 60 stocks fell to 36.7 yesterday from 38.1, signaling a weaker trading session. Investors remain cautious amid market fluctuations and mixed earnings reports from key firms.
Early evening air raid alarms and blackouts hit San Francisco bay area as enemy planes reportedly scouted the Mare Island navy yard and coast. Army and navy units tracked aircraft, while 15 miles around the harbor was blacked out and civilians evacuated from Fort Macabine.
An insurance offer promises deposits insured up to 5000 per person by the Cacaneavings and Loan Insulate Corporation. The Lawrence Bridine and Loan Association advertises at 800 Mast St with phone contact 55.
Berlin radio broadcast that America faces a two front war both in the Atlantic and in the Pacific and that the nation is unprepared. NBC heard in Berlin reported a clarifying statement on the American Japanese war was expected soon and Reichstag may meet tomorrow to receive Germanys official stand.
Hon Richard B Stevens of Lawrence will discuss The Military History of Douglas County at 7 30 pm tomorrow in Pinckney school auditorium. The event opens the county historical society annual meeting with reports on past activities and an officers election. Parents and relatives of service members are invited, as are local patriotic groups.
Manila endured two false air raid alarms as Alfredo Eugenio warned of a fifth column. Police arrests followed, with calls for U S army control. An American flier suggested German instruction or participation in Japanese raids.
In Emporia Kansas on December 9 the police received protests from northeast residents who cannot sleep due to roaring lions. Captain Hart, circus trainer, agreed to remove his six lions from a backyard cage and relocate them outside city limits.
Ralph Dicker was named acting chief of police by Mayor C B Russell for an indefinite period after Jude Anderson left for St. Louis to join McDonnell Aircraft. The council did not discuss a permanent appointment.
Western Union announces stringent rules for cables to outside the continental US. Manager F H Cox says several cables were sent but completion is unclear. government censorship applies. Messages must include full sender and recipient names, avoid codes, be in coherent English, and are sent at the sender’s risk. collect and transferred messages to Japan are canceled.
Mrs Spencer F Weaver of Honolulu told her Dallas mother by transatlantic telephone that there have been no raids since late Sunday night. She warned not to mention war weather or information that could aid the enemy.
Dr Bert A Nash professor of education spoke to high school and elementary teachers in Atchison yesterday afternoon about heavy limitations of school children. He outlined impacts and urged practical steps.
Kansas draft boards received a notice from national selective headquarters to gear plans for higher requirements. January quota is 1,185 men with exams beginning at Fort Leavenworth under a new pre-examination plan. February quota stands at 1,113 with January exams. 40 to 50 percent more men than the basic figure will be examined to cover rejections.
Washington reports the war department released the army's first casualty list of World War II naming 37 killed in action from the Japanese attack on Hawaii. Six were commissioned officers all in the air forces, the rest air corps personnel. notification sent to next of kin.
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel announced that a casualty list from Pearl Harbor attack was sent to the Navy Department in Washington for next of kin notifications. Honolulu reports adequate hospital facilities for all injured, marking AP's first dispatch from Honolulu since censorship began after the attack.
The army stated one U S soldier was killed and 12 injured in a pre dawn raid on Fort Nichols near Manila. Two other soldiers were wounded when a bomb landed near Fort William McKinley in the Manila area.
U S naval sources denied claims that the seaplane tender Langley was bombed in yesterday’s Japanese attack on Davao. They said the carrier remained safe and continued routine duties.
Two armed bandits robbed the Bank of Perry shortly after 1 pm netting between 1000 and 1200 dollars. A chase north of Midland ended with gunfire and a car wreck as Lawrence and Leavenworth officers pursued the suspects, one possibly wounded, in a 1939 Ford V8 with Kansas plate 3 22661.
In Williamstown Kansas three children of Clarence and Mrs Wales Ray Ruth and Clyde ages two and one perished when their four room home burned while the mother walked a half mile to the mailbox. The father was away on a WPA project and the mother suffered facial burns trying to save them.
Mostly cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries and colder conditions. The outlook covers December 9 to 13 with below normal temperatures first half and near normal second half, occasional light precipitation in Kansas and Oklahoma, and diminishing northerly winds.
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