Show Sub Shells California Oil Refinery 11 BAKERSFIELD ELD L L. L SANTAMARIA SANTA MARIA MAR ELWOOD SANTA BA BARBARA ARA 0 J OS ANGELE Sf I. I vi T L VIl Son a San fa Co Colo fa Una no I. I WHERE WAR CAME TO 10 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Elwood area scene cene of enemy submarine attack is well known to Japanese mariners Attack Comes as as' as Roosevelt Speaks Sortie Sortie i in little Damage j Gurin Gunners rs S Score ore Hit on Only One W Well II By U United ni lcd P Press ess Sharp eyes of army and navy fliers and the keen ears o of navy submarine detectors aboard surface vessels coursed a widening area of the Pacific Tuesday in a search for the submarine which shelled an oil refinery near Santa Barbara Barba a Cal while President Roosevelt was addressing the nation Monday night I The shelling which caused little damage and and no casualties was from the thc two inch five guns ab aboard ad the submarine presumably presumably pre pro Jap Japanese n c. c Twenty five r rounds rounds' were fired at the Oil company refinery near Elwood 1 12 miles west of Santa Barbara according to a war vat department announcement from Washington An hour after the attack observers reported they saw flares above Santa Barbara cham channel el The Ventura Ventura county county sheriffs sheriff's office office of of- fice also said flares were seen near ie south of Santa Bar Bar- bara baia The Los Angeles F FBI B I said it w was s not investigating those these reports It was presumed the flares were dropped by aircraft searching f for r the submarine I From a position about quarter one mile mile off ff shore the sub- sub marine m maintained its fire at in intervals ir- ir for ab about ut 25 minutes Observers Observers Ob- Ob Ob servers who watched it from shore hore in the twilight said it rem remained on the surface until after dark They de described it as very large jk First Raid Since 1918 It was the first attack o on the United States mainland since 1918 5 i when a a per boat l lobbed shells shells' at a Cape Cod objective with similarly trifling g results The fact that the army com corn said the Japanese submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine carried two inch five-inch guns indicated Japan Nipponese were calling upon pon a known fleet of at least 19 huge new mew ocean ocean-g ocean going ing which are believed to have a cruising range of at least miles mUes These ships most of them built in 1939 and 1940 apparently were designed especially for long distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance such as was wa demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon- demon Monday night They range from 2180 to 2500 2509 tons and carry cary two t inch guns and six inch 21 torp torpedo do tubes They hey are approximately approximately approximately 3 35 30 0 fee feet long lonS- Jap Subs Speedy Their l s surf surface rf ce speed of 17 knots is unusually fast for a a. a submarine They can make nine knots sub sub- merged They are capable of carrying carrying carrying car car- large stocks of ammunition as well as torpedoes The The bulk of the ocean-going ocean giants are arc of the Improved I or the 16 1 class The shelling began at p. p m. m p. p m. m An official of the naval district revealed that the refinery of the Oil company company of f El Elwood and th the adjoining ad ado joining coastal oil fields were its targets ts It also revealed that the the damage was slight The quoted the account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of F. 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Borden superintendent superintendent superintendent of the company as f fol follows l- l lows At P p. p m. m one tone large submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine came to the surface and fired shells from a deck gun One direct hit hll was registered on a well causing minor damage to the pumping unit and the derick der der- rick ick There hc e. e were sev several tose iose misses on a crude oil storage tank and a a a g gasoline tank Apparently no damage was caused by thee these shells A co complete con com survey of the ground has not yet et been made and there may be superficial damage Whatever other damage is discovered will wiIl not be extensive No fires were started as sa a result re reO S re-S suIt sult of the firing No tan tanks lis were wert hit The shelling was followed by a blackout which went into effect at 8 p. p m. m 25 m minutes after the Continued Two Two Four Column Marksmanship Does Little Damage 0 1 mr r r Y 1 M 1 L a kyc mu F r RAM RAMI L' L I u ut I r Cy y y i iH t H q I I. I Yh 44 I vas J i W u Associated Press W I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A DESTROYER OR CRUISER G. G 0 O. Brown oil field worker who saw submarine attack oil oll refinery near Santa Barbara Sub Attacks Refinery Oil Field FieldOn FieldOn FieldOn On Coast Near Santa Barbara Continued from Page One last ast shell was fired The blackout black- black out ut extended along the coast from Santa Barbara to Ventura 30 miles to the southeast and was not lifted until 1210 a. a m. m Tues Tues- day A number of Japanese aliens and nd Japanese-American Japanese citizens were found wandering in in the blackout blackout black- black I out ut in Ventura and were arrested Cruising Japs Seized Police said two of those arrested arrest- arrest ed d were armed and were cruising cruising cruis- cruis ing ng in a out blacked-out station wag- wag on n. n The men admitted visiting the he the Goleta area earlier police said No charge was filed against them Radio stations went off the air during the blackout Their broadcasting broadcasting broad- broad casting asting of President Roosevelt's war report to the nation was not interrupted It was suggested by persons familiar familiar fa fa- familiar with Japanese psychology that hat the captain of the submarine had deliberately chosen the time when the president was speaking to o shell the coast The speech had hadeen been een widely advertised by radio and the submarines submarine's officers undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- knew of it A connection between the shelling shelling shell- shell ing ng and the German submarine activities against tankers and oil refineries on and around the Dutch island of Aruba in the Caribbean also was seen A prearranged schedule of attacks against the American oil supplies of the united nations seemed apparent First Since Christmas It was the first report of Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese submarine activity along the coast since Christmas day when an army bomber blew a Japanese submarine to bits The Goleta-Elwood Goleta coast line is well known to Japanese mariners who for years have brought their tankers to the submarine pipe lines and docks in the vicinity It was pointed out that many of the crew members undoubtedly were naval reservists who had ample opportunity opportunity opportunity to study the channel cur cur- rents and depths as well as th the e refineries and fields ashore The submarine operated wi with th the arrogant boldness It could have hav e waited for darkness but it didn't and was seen by a number of per per- sons Santa Barbara is 94 miles u uthe up p the coast from Los Angeles Goleta Goleta Goleta Go Go- leta and Elwood are suburbs |