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Show TTie rVcraf Tier UTAH: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, fog and low cloudiness most valleys tonight and Bator day forenoon. . Slightly - colder northwest tonight. - '. Max. temp Thursday . .' 46 Mln. temp, Friday .. 29 Send The Herald to the boy In the service or to relative for ONLY 60 CENTS a month, postage paid (la the United States or J possessions) and let them know what's happening in Utah county. IHtfdllllKC FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 112SB UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKB PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY,. DECEMBER 12, 1941 COMPLBTR UNITED PRB8S TKLEQRAPH NBW8 8XRVICB PRICE FIVE CENTS RDM 6. TTl);i SHI S (P WWlr iu UilruU lUJLr Lr MlmWisly jDESIC CHAT VVS BY THE EDITOR ; Speaking of doing the Christmas shopping early (and most of us are these days, even if we're not acting accordingly) here's one field " where "early doesn't mean "maybe." . That's in sending gifts to soldiers and sailors, especially especial-ly those on foreign service. To make sure they get their gifts on time, buy them early, and ship them early. ' And don't trust to chance. Find out the deadline for the camp . where the soldier or sailor is 'stationed, allow something extra, and get that gift on its way. ' Christmas isn't very merry on station in the services un-ess un-ess there are packages from home. Don't rely on an overworked over-worked postoffice to make up for your own delay. Ship that package to that soldier qr sailor nowp Health expert says the only safe place to kiss a girl is on her photograph ! Can you picture that? oOo In choosing father's Christmas Christ-mas present, make it as light on him as possible. We'll take of f our hat to the early riser. At least he has-g-feT-upr ' ' - ' w oOo A sample of New York poetry: Chewing gum, I've heard it said, Has taken hold in France. Here in New York the gum, instead, Took hold on my new pants. MERRY GO-ROUND A Dally Picture of What's ' Going On in National Affairs By DBXW PEARSON ROBERT S. AIXXN Senator Connally Puts Blunt'- Questions About - Surprise Attack; Asks !v Roosevelt and Knox . Why Naval Forces Were Caught Napping; Ex - Secretary Edison Foresaw Japanese Strategy in the Pacific; Chief of Scouting Fleet Had Ships "Sunk" in 1938 Naval Games. WASHINGTON The storm of c ri ticls mpve r the Navy's tragic "failure at Hawaii broke privately, and before ihe public knew any details, at he President's Sunday night session wih Cabinet and congressiOjpaltMefs. Senajtor Tom Connally of Texas, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, was particularly insistent insist-ent in asking blunt questions as to why our forces were caught unprepared. As the Cabinet and congressional congression-al advisers filed into the large red room on the second floor of the White House, the President greeted them grimly, saying he supposed they had all been listening listen-ing to the radio reports and kxew -what had happened; that-there was Httle to add except to say, of course, that he would ask Congress Con-gress to declare war. "But Mr. President," spoke up Connally, "what in the world was wrong with our forces at HawaU? Apparently they weren't on the job. How did they get caught like that?" - A. ' i The President replied he was unable to answer, as complete reports re-ports had not been received, but on the basis of reports which had come in. the damage to manpower and equipment was pretty heavy. Pressed by Connally for details,' the- President said that on the basis of information received up to then, at least one battleship (Continued on. Page Four) - 'ALERT' UNIT HELD READY FOR DEFENSE 600 Men In Training 'For Emergency In Local Defense A "defense alert unit" of 600 men which has been in training for many months, stands ready to meet any eventuality in Provo arising from the war emergency, accord ing to Police Chief Claud F. Hawkins. Organization of the unit, com posed mainly of veterans of other wars, began May 29, 1940 at the Instance of federal authorities, and since that time the men have been training quietly and are ready NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Daring the next few weeks, a number of tests wUl be conducted con-ducted of signal alarm equipment equip-ment In the city and upon Provo Bench. This means Is taken of notifying the public In order to avoid excitement and rumor among the people. peo-ple. During these tests,- the mobilization signals provisionally provis-ionally arranged for organized organ-ized protection units will bo the same as heretofore ordered order-ed and established. to function in case of any disturbance, dis-turbance, invasion, or threat of Idisturbane .and . invasion, . Membership in the alert unit started with the American Legion and all service men, but has since been extended to non-service men. Working in harmony with federal fed-eral authorities and in close cooperation co-operation with local peace officers, the' men are armed and suitably equipped. They expect, in case of a grave emergency, to protect the city at all vital points from the north limits of Springville to Deer Creek dam military, industrial and civilian. "We have recogmized the definite defin-ite problems because of the national na-tional emergency and we. want every citizen to feel that proper protective measures have been taken," said Mr. Hawkins. Realizing that in the face of the stunning war developments of the past few days there is no telling when an emergency will strike here, the organization is now poised for any sudden de-( de-( Continued on Page Two) SUPPORT URGED FOR RED CROSS Utah county people were urged by county defense council officials today to contribute generously to the appeal of the American Red Cross for funds to finance Its wartime activities. The Red Cross has called upon the people of Utah for $162,850 as their proportionate share of a $50,-000,000 $50,-000,000 war fund for carrying out the tremendously expanded responsibilities re-sponsibilities of the Red Cross in wartime, including aid to the sick and wounded of the armies, personal per-sonal and welfare assistance to members of the armed forces and their families, relief for the sufferings suf-ferings and distress caused to the citizens by the catastrophic nature na-ture of modem war such as the relief operations being carried on in the stricken territory of Hawaii, as well as the services the Red Cross renders in the home defense program. Governor Herbet B. Maw also issued an aDDeal fa the Red Cross drive. t ITher is His wife 1.0 SHOPPING DAYS r-r-J ffHiJHJlJlMJ.U 9i.fy.M.tWs .;iniiillJ li ULilir Ul "infill I" . rjTn rill r " ;:.:-;:.:-: ::::.: ox S:Wy:v :: ' - '- - ' " , '-''; : , - -'f','t' - VV . ' 1 - ' -r - '" s '' ' "-, '', ',- ''"' v" ' - - I'" ' -V-SMmmiM ft lYInil Ml flT I I ' " ' T ? y: 'If xrJl I vfc m Propellers spin at Hamilton Field, Calif., as ground crews of the 20th Pursuit Group go on the alert . lor possible Japanese air raids on west coast cities. . .... .. " 1 BILL PROPOSED FOR 18 TO 64 REGISTRATION WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UEH-The (UEH-The "war department today presented pre-sented to congress legislation that would require all men in the United States between the ages of 18 to 64, inclusive, to register with the selective service system. sys-tem. Only those between the ages of 19 and 45, Speaker Sam Ray-burn Ray-burn said, will be liable for military mili-tary service. The broad registration will be for the purpose of getting an accurate survey of American manpower. Chairman Andrew J.; May, D., Ky., of the house military affairs committee, introduced the war department's legislation. SHELL LOADING BLASTJCILLS 8 BURLINGTON, Iowa, Dec: 12 ni pAt least eierht men were kill ed and 18 injured today in an explosion ex-plosion at a shell loadnig plant unit at the Burlington ordnance plant. Lieut. Col. K. F. Adamson, commanding com-manding officer, said bodies of one or more victims might be ra covered from water standing in the basement of the building which was wrecked. "But we don't expect the list of dead will exceed 10," he added. Col. Adamson said none of the injured appeared in danger of dying although they all were "pretty badly battered up." Adamson said that about 50, men were employed in the unit, a three-story structure which was used for melting TNT before the explosive is mixed with other ingredients in-gredients to load into shells or bombs. Water from broken pipes flooded the basement. The building was wrecked and the force of the explosion "shook the whole neighborhood," according accord-ing to persons living nearby. f None of the other buildings was endangered because they are scattered scat-tered over the 20,000-acre tract. AIR RAID DAMAGE INSURANCE REFUSED NEW YORK, Dec 12 (UJ!) Insurance In-surance companies . refused today to insure . property in the United States and its territories against air raid damage a though demands were heavy and increasing. The companies could not agree on a standard rate. bedlam at Mr. Jones house He shopped late, did this dutiful spouse. So the cat gets a mink Coat, and what do you think? gets a nice catnip mouse. TILL CHRISTMAS West Coast Defenders J , "''- . if . '. - ' i' V- . Coast Getting Used To Air Raid Alarms SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (U.R) The Pacific coast is getting into stride with the emergency conditions imposed by war in the Pacific. After four nights of alerts and air raid blackouts, citizens have lost ning-" to -accept emergency cMer as routine even though incon venient. Here is a roundup of last night's developments: San Diego was blacked out at 2:45 a. m. on orders of the air raid warning service. Five minutes min-utes later an "alert" was sounded at Los Angeles, indicating possibility possi-bility of immediate blackout. The all clear signal was given for San Diego an hour later. The fourth interceptor command com-mand said the blackout was ordered or-dered because of the presence of unidentified planes off Point ix- ma, at entrance to San Diego bay All aircraft factories in the San Dieeo area, except Consolidated, shut down during the blackout. Consolidated continued operations under full light. A' spokesman explained the plant had received no blackout orders. The interceptor command said the alert for Los Angeles was given because unidentified planes were in the Los Angeles warning zone. All radio stations in the Los Angeles area were ordered off the air at 3:10 a. m. The all clear came at 4:10 in Lbs Angeles. Farther north, the central California Cali-fornia coast centered at Monterey was under . blackout orders from 4:15 to 8:15, but radio stations remained on the air. There was an evacuation order for more than one thousand citizens, living on the 40 miles of coast between Santa Cruz and Monterey. The people were escorted .'from their homes by police to security of schools and churches. . They were permitted to return after an hour without explanation.. The Pacific northwest had its usual blackout. Cold Blamed for Death of Woman TREMONTON, Utah, Dec. 12 OLE) Long exposure in an un-heated un-heated - house, was blamed today for death of Mrs. E. D. Horton, 41, Ogden. Mrs. Horton was found unconscious uncon-scious on the floor of her home late Wednesday by neighbors who wondered why no fire had burnea In the house for two days. The woman was taken to a hos- .pital here, but died last night without regaining consciousness to explain what caused her to collapse. col-lapse. Wireless Brings Joyful Message "All safe," was the cheerful message received today from Mrs. Dora Anderson Howie t, of Honolulu. Hono-lulu. Mrs. Howlet4 is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Anderson, of 337 South Third East Street. Her husband, J. M. Howlet - is a plumber at Pearl Harbor They have lived in Hawaii about two years. The wire did not state any particulars. , armUp;.; V.A Kit'', r their jitters. They are begin Worry Over War Brings Death to Utah Physician SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 12 UE) A series of heart attacks apparently ap-parently . brought on by the outbreak out-break of the Japanese-American war today claimed the life of Dr. Lyman L. Daines, 58, dean of the University of Utah medical school and an authority on leprosy and tuberculosis. Dr. Daines died at a Salt Lake hospital. He became ill Sunday night, and suffered a second at tack last' evening. His physician said the educator was similarly stricken in 1940 when the Ger man armies marched into the lowlands. He had been dean of the university uni-versity school since 1933 succeed' ing Dr. B. I. Burns. He was born at Hyde Park, Cache county, March 15, 1883, and graduated from Brigham Young university. He obtained his doctor's degree at the university of California. inalUIeCuimo WASHINGTON, Dec.-12 HE Manuel L. Quezon, president of uie pnuippines, nas lniormea President Roosevelt after an auto mobile tour of the attacked Pacific Pa-cific area that "everywhere the people are loyal -to 'America and determined to stand by her." LONDON, Dec 12 U.R A special spe-cial soviet communique tonight said two German army groups on the Moscow front, had been driven back with heavy losses and that 400 towns, including Stallno-Gorsk, Stallno-Gorsk, had been recaptured In Red army attacks on the eastern i root. MANILA, Dec. 12 OLE) Heavy rains and indications of . storms over a wide area tonight limited Japanese aerial operations against Luzon Island. i , . PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Dec. 12 fUE) Haiti today declared war on 'Germany and Italy.-- A declaration of war against Japan was made last Monday. WASHINGTON Greece has severed diDlomatic relations with igg&s learaed at 8Utf NBW TORV TWv it TlnAn Berlin : reported today " that , d heavy. Japanese air. attack, on Penang island, off Malaya, had sunk one British ship , and damaged dam-aged four others. - Asserting ."Japanese air superiority super-iority in the southwest Pacific is assured," the broadcast said the Japanese had again bombed Hong Kong. - t RUSSIA BARS LONE PEACE WITH NAZIS Alliance In P a c i f i c War Discussed In General Terms BY UNITED PRESS Russia's official radio Kuibyshev broadcast today to-day the Soviet Union would never sign a peace treaty with Germany except ex-cept in agreement with the United States and Great Britain and added: "By that time there will no longer be a Hitler in Germany.1 There was as yet no official pronouncement from Russia as to what action it will take in the Pacific war. In Washington, Maxim-Li tvinov, the new Russian ambassador, the one man among great European statesmen who for years had said that point defense by, the democ-f racies against aggressors was the sole hope of civilization, said to newspaper correspondents: "Naturally we have a common cause and a common enemy. We are fighting Hitler more than any one else. We fully understand each other." Litvinov conferred . yesterday with President Roosevelt, Secre tary of State Cornell Hun and Lord Halifax, the British ambas sador Asked as to the extent of as sistance Russia . might - give in the racmcr sucn as Tokyo from its Siberian bases, he " o said only: "We shall see.' Denying reports of a possible Russo-German peace, Litvinov said: "I have no doubt whatever that we will continue resistance against the Germans to a final complete victory. Asked regarding possibility of a firm American - British Chinese- Netherlands-Russian alliance, he said: . "We shall see. Naturally .we have a common cause and a com' mon batue. -1 - cannot make any statement about Japan." .; Radio Moscow quoted an edi torial in Pravda, the official Communist Com-munist party newspaper, which, in discussing the Pacific situation, mentioned the United States, Brit ain and China as constituting a "powerful front" "The first partial successes by Japan in the Pacific are not decisive," de-cisive," the editorial said. ."The fact Germany and Italy have declared de-clared war on the United States does not alter the position materially. ma-terially. Stop Publication Of Casualty Lists WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 No more casualty lists will be issued is-sued by the war and navy departments. depart-ments. President Roosevelt explained to his press conference today that army and navy felt that publica- J uun vi ubu) ui idcu - siueu - ur wounded in action would provide information of aid to the enemy, enabling the enemy to determine where and when large numbers of American soldiers and sailors suffered suf-fered losses. He said the army and .navy wouldnotify next of . kin of the casualties immediately by ,' telegram. tele-gram. The government will release for "newspaper publication only today to-day figures on casualties. The president asked that Press associations, newspapers and radio stations refrain from compiling their own casualty lists from the notices sent to next of kin.' WAR NEEDS MONEY! It will cost money to defeat Japan. Your government govern-ment calls on you to help now. ; Y Buy defense bonds or "stamps today. Buy them every, day, if; you can. But buy them-on a regular basis. - - . '.- : V; 'Y 4-- f '''f- - Bonds cost aa little as $18.75. Stamps come as low as 10 cents. Defense bonds and. stamps can be bought at all banlcs and pret offices, and stamps can also be purchased at retail stores. - The Daily Herald urges all Americans to sup port your government with Japanese Bold Attempt Capture Islands . . - -v -"-"...' , - Armed Forces Stab At Scattered Points On Philippine Islands in Search For "Soft Spot" in Coast Defenses ' BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign. Editor Japan's armed -forces stabbed at scattered points on the Philippine coast in search for a soft spot today after an enemy battle fleet fled to escape a clash with American warships off Manila Bay. Official statements and dispatches dis-patches from Manila indicated the enemy so far had failed to find a soft spot in the defenses although the reinforced units that landed and were under attack in the Aparri region of northern Luzon island. Use Blitz Tactics A series of concentric thrusts the encircling and cutting up tactics tac-tics favored by Nazi blitzkrieg strategy against Luzon island was reported by the United States, war communique, with new landing land-ing attempts at Legaspi in southern south-ern Luzon and off the coast of Zambales, a province on the west coast of Luzon, northwest of Manila. The attack in the Legaspi sector sec-tor appeared to be a minor oper atlon for testing . defenses or . di- eraion purposes .but It appeared I BOm fnnM hart lanHart a . was assumed that reinforcements might make: that thrust more serious seri-ous if a foothold can be consolidated.. consoli-dated.. ,: : The'? enemy concentration off, Zambales was of particular importance im-portance because the air base' of Iba and the naval base of Oloh-gapo Oloh-gapo are both in that province. Chutists Landing In northern Luzon, the enemy "is augmenting its forces at Aparri Apar-ri and Vigan," communique No. 5 issued at Washington said. German Ger-man reports said Japanese parachutists para-chutists were landing along a 155-mile 155-mile coastal sector, apparently between Vigan and Aparri. Although details were lacking, today's dispatches and communiques communi-ques began to make clear the Japanese were using large sea, air and land units in a campaign designed to cut off the attack on Luzon from all sides, seeking to - J! ! J . 1 1 . . . . . . divide the defense forces at the same time that aerial attacks (Continued on Page Two) IVarnick Nominee For A.C. Council LOGAN A. P. Warnick of Orem, member of the Utah State Agricultural college class, of 1914 has been selected by a special committee as one of 15 nominees to the USAC Alumni Association council, it was announced Tuesday Tues-day by Leonard W. McDonald, executive ex-ecutive secretary of the graduate group. Of the 15 candidates, five will be elected to serve three years on the council, which directs the activities of the association. Balloting Bal-loting among association members will begin in January with votes tabulated in March. v Mr. Warnick0 has been a farmer farm-er and is. at the present tune principal of .the - Lincoln .high school. 'During his four years at Utah State, he was a member of the executive council of the student stu-dent body, a member of the stock judging team and the Ag club and prominent in several other campus: organizations. your dollars. : ' 7 Renew To U.S. SEIZES FRENCH LINER N0RL1ANDIE WASHiWUiUrt, lec. IX (LLC) ; French crews of all French vessels ves-sels now in American ports are being - removed today from their ships, it was announced at the state department : The measure, which' applies to the giant liner Normandie and about a dozen other French ships, was described as precautionary. It was said that the return of the crew to any vessel might be arranged ar-ranged if resumption of service by that ship was decided upon. ' NEW YORK, Dec. .12 (UP.) A coast guard contingent boarded the 565,000,000 French liner Norman-, die at its pier today and seized it for the United States navy, pre- . - A. sumaDiy- ior use as, an aircraxi. carrier. .' -. - . -' , - The 80,000-ton ship has been; docked here sincethe outbreak of., the war. Navy men'ijecently, surveyed the . vessel : and discovered discov-ered that it had been, constructed so that it could be swifty converted con-verted into a plane carrier. UTAHNS KILLED IN ATTACK ON: PEARL HARBOR The Japanese-American -war-to- day had ' claimed two ' Utah lives, one. of the victims the son-in-law ox j. fieuoen (jiaric.jr.. ox vne The Clark family was advised by the navy department that capt Mervyn Sharp Bennioa was killed In nrtlnn nrMiimnhlv in thm Jan-, anese attack on Pearl Harbor last Sunday. , v Capt Bennion, 58, a graduate of Z Annapoua in xviu, was uie son ux Israel and Jeannette Bennion of Vernon. The other Utah victim was identified as Joseph D. Pyper, Jr., 21. of Salt Lake City. ' Hits par-; Pyper, was not informed of the exact scene of his death. He was . a private first class in the marine' corps. , - . Leaders Named in Committee 4 chairmen ' of the" county defense council were announced an-nounced by Clayton Jenkins of Provo, chairman of the division, following . a meeting in the - city and county building Thursday. They are H. W, Jacobs of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, food; Sterling Ercan-brack Ercan-brack of Provo, clothing: Dr. Wilmer Allen of Provo, medicine; Willard I Sowards of Provo, housing and 'shelters; J. Rulon O V. .WW V, V... 1.1 II I II v,, . cilitles; and KV E. i Weight of Provo. education' and' recreation. ' C. A; Grant of American Fork, county civilian defense co-ordina-tor, outlined instructions for com- pleting the organization. . ju... .ieniuns s l& Leu uie iiuuu step of the necessities dvuaion will be to make surveva and in vestigate sources-of supplies and tabulate the Information.' NAMED WAR OF GREATER EAST -ASIA . NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (HE) The Dome! news agency, reported via radio that henceforth Pacific hostilities hos-tilities formally will be known as the war of greater east Asia. The name was selected because it implied im-plied the war was aimed to estab-. hah Japan's, neworder. Howver,v this does not mean that the war will be confined to greater east Asia," Dome! said. t r |