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Army Given Power To Remove Any or All Persons from U. S. Defense Areas by President111VitaVisiting Army Pilot Causes Alarm Over Plant At DenverDenver, Feb. 20.—A visiting nr my pilot who wanted lo view DouyoFb Park of Iho Red Rucks nnintenliuh-ally th'NY over Ike Do 11 vor ordnanceplmt lodHy.Guard? at tlie plant pul out a call oror the Denver police rndlo ays I era to Lowry tleld.Words Uko “myalorfoua and un-iflehtUlod plane'' gain oil an Immediate response at Lowry, 8llo of the army’s air training: school.Major John O’Neal, operations of* tl.ee r, fin Id a bomber, I In guns londed was ordered out to Intercept the plane.Hut meniitime Hie visiting pilot had viewed the Red Hock formations billing out ot the foothill R and landed nl Lowry, unaware ot the mlxup IiIb jaunt bad eaueed,clChinese Claim Jap Setback in Burma CampaignI Associated PrciiCluing king, Feb, 20,—Chinese troops hi ouo of ilieir mast successtul efforts yet In defense ot Burma have Imrled back Japanese troops attempting- to force acroaa a river weal of CbieURscti, a town on the north edge of Thailand, a Chinese ootmtiiKiLqng bifid tonight.GOOD CROWDS AND INTEREST AT ASSEMBLY OF GOD REVIVAL(AuocUlcd Prw'Washington, Feb. 20.—Ill a dms-lie move nimed primallly at the Japanese problem un the west const, Lie nrmy was given sweeping authority today to remove “any or all pcrRons from “military atcae or to Imp os d rest riot ions on l hem.Tho uuitiorUy \vu* cotifoired by an oxeci live order based on the prosItlmil's win time poweru os comm a tider In-clilef.Attorney General Biddle who had given a fannul tnil*'mi on the legality of Iho step, told a press coil-ftrenre Hint “thla is a lapnue^o pt ■fblcm” and tho army din not now co nt cm pinto any action except on lhe west coast and except with respect to Japanese and Japanese-A m Dl*iCAiis—Ainerien»i*boin per-sou* of Japniseao descent, many of whom have dual citizenship.lHdrt3e explained, howcvpr, that Hie order was “very simple and YCly broad, -and that the army could act anywhere in the United BlRtOH—Sn the heart of New York, if IL wished.Howovor,-as-a practical matter, lie Kftiil, it was not tutended that Amoi kau citizens other than those ■of Japanese descent would lie affected. .Ho said that thevo are about 69,-000 such citizen in California, in addition to 30,000 Japanese aliens, 52,000 Italian aliens and 10,0(10 German aliens. •No military a vena have yet been designated, Biddle said, but the army has been studying tho mo Iter and may act very soon. Ho added that tho whole problem involved in moving families 1ms been umLurconsider at Ion, and will require tho cooperation of other agencies, such as the Federal Security agency and the Farm Security administration. He declined lo say what loenlilies svoro under consideration. But commented that “undoubtedly largo groups will ho placed tempo rut lly in camps until they can bo settled, Ho snld that 3,000 or 4,000 alien enemies now were being settled uiitlor evacuation orders Issued by him oil the recommendation of tlio wav department. He referred lo “prohibited areas, many of which will Id a fmperscded by Iho now method,Designation of tho areas and execution of order6 will bo dono hy the military commanders.Bid rile declared that It emphnti-cally was not mm tin I law ami llmt it did not affect the normal civil primoHHCK In thn nvens. Asked aboutT.C:MMOiilegal recourses o£ persona whoKvaugciisi and Mr a. Vernon M. Murray, nationally known Toxas singing- evangelists, arc CDiidncllug a revival campaign al the Gi■eeloy Asseuibty of God church, 13th Avo.and lth St,, with s or vice b each night si 7: -IE wlUi the ex caption of Saturday,In spllo of cold weather good Crowds liavo at tended the services of tills past week. Evnngcllel Murray has announced that he will speak on Hie subject, “Thieo Tllblo Reasons Why Adolph Hitler Will Kail,” on Sunday evening, Fob, 22nd, A record attendance is expected at this service and a Eoimou Which we believe will interest nil the public.Evangelist Murray 1ms conducted revival mootings from coast to coast and Is considered a dynamic pylpitecr. Their singing nnrt preach* ing have drawn record crowds throughout thn nation and pnBtormight he ordered to move, he snld that they could seek writs of habeas corpus. lie added, however, that lie lt;110 not believe that the courts would go behind military judgment as to what was necessary. He explained also that thora was no appeal Irmn a military order, Tom C. Clark, western coordinator for alien enemy control, will represent the attorney general and Will have charge Of coordinating [lie work of agencies other than the war department in carrying out DVit cun lion orders, This will include transportation, shelter, food; utilities, sanitation, protection of crops being worked by persons subject to evacuation, and administration of property left behind.Tho attorney general said .that the order-was not based on any specific action, but was derided upon as a wise precaution In view of tho way tbo war is going'1—na protection for both the United States and for tho Japanese themselves.K 1, flrliUiT-V Ffifil b tlml lin nnil
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Sat, Feb 21, 1942
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