Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-13 | Page 1 | U. S. S. Arizona Sunk, Say Japs

U uI U. S SI 8 S 8 ARIZONA SUNK JAY SAY JAPS Warship Loss Claimed With Without ut Confirmation TOKYO TOIYO Dec 13 Official Radio Received by AP The AP-The The Japanese raised to three their claims of United States battleships sunk in inthe inthe inthe the initial aerial onslaught on Hawaii Hawaii Ha Ha- wail la last t Sunday adding Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day the U. U S S. S. S Arizona to the previously claimed battleships Oklahoma and West Virginia The naval section of imperial headquarters said the sinking of the Arizona is now confirmed How this was confirmed the did not say and there was no verification of the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese assertion in any other ter ten It has been an axis technique to make spectacular war claims especially naval In hope of learnIng learning learning learn learn- ing the true result of attacks from its adversaries' adversaries denials The United States has acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged one battleship capsized and anda a a. destroyer was blown up in the enemy attack on Pearl Harbor December December De De- cember 8 NEW YORK Dec 13 INS INS INS- The Columbia Broadcasting system system system tem pointed out Saturday that Japanese claims of destruction of the American battleship Arizona represent an altered version of a astory astory astory story broadcast by the Japanese Friday asserting the ship had been damaged At 1045 a. a m. m Friday CBS said the Japanese reported via the radio that the Arizona purportedly purportedly pur pur- ha had been seriously damaged damaged dam dam- aged CBS said the Japanese used announcement announcement an an- of ot the death of Rear Admiral Kidd idd as a basis to put this is sto story y across ss