| Show t Guam Lost Luzon 5 Mops Up t Foe Dark Bright Spots in War News GUAM S MACI ii 7 S S I i S I O AGANA 7 I i c-i Y mj S c OCEAN OCEANo I Iw w MERIZO o 0 10 MILES Associated d Press frett Map PRESUMED CAPTURED BY JAP ATTACKERS U. U S. S navy unable to raise Guam by cable t U. U S. S Holds Wake Midway Jap Bombers Raid Cebu Dogfights Rage Over Manila I 10 0 ICO IS S L MILES Q M MAIN IN ROADS I 5 S CHINA S E q t t y 5 3 11 U OSAN J S I r d LINGAYEN IS ti PAC PACIFIC I F C CLARK FIELD oc OCEAN EAN 5 j jo c o 1 MANILA S S r rS Vy S Associated Press Frett Map AMERICANS ROUT JAPANESE IN PHILIPPINES Arrow points to Lingayen where sea-borne sea Nipponese troops ft were beaten off after gaining foothold Dutch Subs Sink 4 Transports S With Men S By Associated Press f The United States navy announced an an- n flounced Saturday that it was unable mable to o communicate with the Pacific i island land of Guam by either radio or cable and added that capture of the island by Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese was probable Fewer than naval personnel personnel personnel per per- and marines were stationed on t the island said the navy and these defenders defenders defenders de de- de- de fenders had hadt bombed re re- re- re No mention was made of civilians Furthermore Japanese troops were said to have landed at several several several sev sev- sev- sev eral points on the island The navy said that Wake and ad Midway islands which which- lie closer t to Hawaii than Guam which Guam which is closest to the Philippines were Philippines were continuing to resist Invaders Destro Destroyed ed edIn S In the Philippines it was officially officially r reported ported that seaborne Japanese Jap anese troops who had gained a foothold at Lingayen on the west coast of Sf f Luzon island have been wiped out This point is miles north of Manila American fighter planes pitched into waves of Japanese bombers in spectacular dogfights over the Philippine capital Further bad news for Tokyo was reported by the Batavia a Dutch East Indies radio which said that Japanese troops lost their lives when N submarines submarines rines rifles sank four Japanese troop transports off southern Thailand near Malaya Japanese Bomb Cebu The war department nt in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington reported that Japanese aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft bombed Cebu in in lathe the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pin pines s south of Luzon island where the islands island's defenses are concentrated concentrated concen concen- Saturday Other aircraft bombed Clark Clarkfield Clarkfield Clarkfield field north of Manila the department department depart depart- ment meat said c Japans Japan's scheme for moving in on the Philippines the U. U S. S war department department department de de- de- de said said- is now clearly re revealed revealed revealed re- re as calling for establishment establishment establishment establish establish- ment of improvised air bases outside ground defense areas This interpretation was in a department department department de de- de- de announcement that Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese aircraft had bombed Cebu Navys Navy's C The U. U S. S navy in Washington said Saturday The navy department announced announced announced an an- I that it is unable to communicate communicate com corn with Guam either by byi i radio or cable The capture of I the island is is- probable A small i force of less than naval personnel personnel person person- nd nel and marines were stationed stationed stationed sta sta- sta- sta in Guam According to thelast the thelast thelast last reports from Guam the island had been bombed repeatedly and Japanese troops had landed at several points on on- the island Wake and Midway continue to resist The above Is based on reports j until 9 a. a m. m m. m today Simultaneously imperial Tokyo headquarters obliquely conceded that hat American forces still were holding out out outon on tiny Wake island about midway between Honolulu Continued on 00 Page Two Column Seven j Navy Loses Guam Guam But Marin Marines s Cling Cling to Wake and Midway ay Islands Island J Aerial Dogfights i Rage e Over Manila a Area Continued from Page One and Manila where U. U S. S marines marinesI I have been fighting off of savage Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese anese air and sea attacks for days Japanese Admit Losses Japanese headquarters said military military military mil mil- objectives on Wake island had been severely damaged In an attack by Japanese naval units Thursday The Japanese suffered some losses it was admitted The made no mention mention mention men men- tion of American civilians on Guam or what their fate late might ha have ve been Some time ago congress congress congress con con- gress appropriated considerable sums for development of seaplane facilities there and it was believed that unless the workers had been withdrawn even after Japans Japan's lightning attack on Pearl Harbor Sunday many of them probably were on the island at the time of its supposed capture Fall of Guam Expected The fall of Guam had been expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex in Washington virtually since the start of the war with Japan President Roosevelt said in his radio address Tuesday night that the people must accept the Idea that Guam Midway and Wake could all be t taken ken Further proof of this expectation was seen in the small size of the armed force stationed stationed stationed sta sta- there men in all Similarly Wake and Midway may fall despite heroic resistance The navy already has reported that in one hour 48 period the Japanese attacked Wake Vake four times by air and once by naval units and that in the latter assault assault assault as as- sault a Japanese light cruiser and destroyer were sunk by aerial counterattack by the Wake marine marine marine ma ma- rine g garrison Jap Raids Extended The bombing of Cebu which is both an island and a city about air miles from Manila represented represented represented an extension of recent Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese raids in the Philippines At the start of the invasion however the air attacks were made more than miles south of Cebu at on the island of Mindanao The did not state whether the island of Cebu or the city by the same name was bombed The city is the third in size of the Philippines ranking after Manila an and ana It is an important shipping point for tor sugar lumber and other products Bombings Reported The text of the official U U. 5 S. S army covering reports reports reports re re- re- re ports up to 7 30 a a. a m m. m rn a. a t t. t I 1 1 Philippine theater Enemy aircraft in medium strength bombed Cebu and Clark Clarkfield field Japanese ground activity on the island of Luzon was sporadic and unimportant The enemy plan is now clearly revealed as an attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to secure Improvised air airbases airbases airbases bases outside of the area encompassed encompassed passed by our ground defenses On Wednesday the secretary of ot war war authorized the commanding general genera of the far east command to award the distinguished service cross and the distinguished flying cross for gallantry in irs action beyond beyond be be- yond the call of duty He also gave General MacArthur the power pow pow- er to promote officers and enlisted men of the far east command for outstanding leadership in the present present present pres pres- ent operations 2 2 Hawaii No further reports of enemy activities have been received A Tokyo said eight American planes were shot downin down in aerial attacks on the Philippines Philip Phillp- pines and 14 others were destroyed on the ground Eleven American flying boats also were reported destroyed by the Japanese In the far east Dome Domel broadcast a dispatch from Saigon French Indo-China Indo asserting that British troops defending Hong Kong had withdrawn from their first line Une of defense following Japanese capture cap cap- ture of Kowloon on the mainland facing the great British nava nava bas base Claim T Trap ap for British Domel Dome declared that British forces in Hong Kong have been trapped and the fate of the crown colony is virtually sealed A bulletin from the Manila headquarters headquarters head head- quarters of Lieutenant General I Douglas MacArthur U U. S S. S army commander in chief of the far east indicated that Japanese forces attacking attacking attacking at at- tacking the Philippines had failed to gain any new bridgeheads on Luzon island The situation on the ground has not changed the said adding that mopping up inthe in inthe the Lingayen area has been con- con eluded Manila itself experienced a wild gun-blazing gun night in which wh sentrIes sentries sentries sen sen- sen- sen tries and police battled fifth columnists columnists columnists col col- col- col who fired red signal rockets rockets rockets rock rock- ets over the city Rifle fire crackled in the sections sections sec see where the rockets were sent lent up and sentries shot into several houses showing lights in violation of the city's rigid blackout Reuters the British news agency agen cy quoted a dispatch h from Shanghai as saying that Honolulu had undergone six Japanese air raids within nine hours after Navy Secretary Knox arrived there There was no confirmation of this report Dispatches from Manila timed 3 10 p p. p m m. Manila time 12 1210 10 a.m. a.m. a. a m m. m m. s s. s t t. t said the enemy heavily heavily heavily ily bombed Nichols air field and native residential sections One flight of the raiders at an altitude of feet passed directly directly di- di dir r over the Associated Press lookout post drawing bursts of of shrapnel from antiaircraft guns Defenders Strike Twice American defense pilots at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked from above the planes and then swung up from below to get geta a second crack at them the dispatches dispatches dispatches dis- dis patches said First reports said several Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese planes were shot down Meanwhile Tokyo naval headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters silent on official U. U S S. S reports that Japanese warships i had fled to avoid battle with units of the American Asiatic fleet claimed the sinking of a third United States battleship the battleship the 32 ton Arizona Arizona in in action off Ha- Ha wan wail The Arizona launched in 1915 has a normal complement of 1358 officers and men I IOther Other swift breaking developments developments developments develop develop- ments in the seven day seven old old battle I of the Pacific included One One One-An An official Tokyo broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast asserted that Japanese troops had occupied Kowloon City in Britain's Britain s crown colony of Hong Kong on the mainland facing the great British naval base on Hong Kong island In London authoritative quarters quarters acknowledged that British troops might have withdrawn from Kowloon in m accordance with plans but said there was no con con- of a Japanese claim that Kowloon City had bad been occupied Hong Kong is second only to Singapore among Britain's key strongholds in the Far East East- Two Two The The Stars and Stripes were officially reported still flying over scarred battle-scarred Wake and Midway islands U U. S S. owned stepping stepping stepping step step- ping stones across the Pacific j with American marines fighting off violent Japanese air a and sea attacks I Three Three Three-A A Singapore que reported that Netherlands submarines had sunk four fully loaded Japanese troopships off Patani Patani Pa Pa- t tani southern Thailand not far from the Malayan frontier Tour Four In In Manila U. U S S. S High Commissioner Francis B B. Sayre broadcast an urgent appeal to th United States for help before it itis itis is too late 1 f |
