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I — le ' - —- 0111POWINNOMINE -- - - t ' : ' i 1 t Vbt 5alt gake Zeibune Saturiliy Blortang 4 - ' ' ' - r r C - i-- s 1 t 1 I - - Siamese by - Land and Sea ' ' ' 1 : - ' - - vi and : 6 100 destroyers-- ' - Japan's- Forces t -- - - ''' Japan would' have opposing these warships about 60 sub- marines heavy cruisers 25 and 150 destroyers light cruiA-t- carriers In aircraft Japan would have ip'ine against six' of the 11nite$ States Mtanwhile the battleships of ' TIfither nation would be exposed their 'Ines would remain at battlethe :United States the Jayand ut Singapore ships anese at their bases in the island sea of Japan A war in the orient would bedue to Britain's occupation elsewhere up to us almost entirelyvon- There are two strategical eeptions in the event of war with war JaPanH One is a defensive'which in Pacific eastern the in United Stales fleet would base - the irk the Hawaiian islands and aban- Japan dgn the orient to Japan force Jo cannot send a battleship Hawaii for the operative radius of her warships will not permit them to operate so far away On the defensive the United States ' could spare a number of warships tor England in Europe Islands 1Vould Avoid e' In the second strategical 'concePtioN the United States fleet would go to the far east avoidin& the Japanese mandated islands r and use Singapore as a base ' The industrial resources of the United States would work at high warships and pressure planes and as the war progressed many of these would be sent to the orient' In such a- war we would need for victory every weapon we possess and aid to Britain would be tremendously curtailed at first This lack of United States aid might turn the tide of battle against Britain Of the two plans the defensive one seems wiser unless Britain is sure of defeating Germany with but little help from this country If Britain could hold out until our war with Japan ends in victory for our fleet then the offensive being in line with gur navy's conception of such a war is the ' s logical one a in defensive :If we took the war with Japan and gave Britainmaximum aich especially in air- planes then the war against GerMany could be over sooner The essence of the defensive plan is that whatever injury Japan mightcommit in the far east that damage after the war could be quick- :repaired by the British empire ly and the United States with-thei- over- combined fleets against-thextended fleet of Japan- - 4 s - it f t - - - ' : ' ' ( ' ' k 1' - ' - I - s - 1 ' 1 I :: )- - - i- LEA '- ' ' t - - - 4 l' we K41 411101o gloo- - ' - ' ' ''' I —1 Ninow -- -- El itil-"- - s0t 0 dol" — - )ta I 'i ' - -- ' i P i V1 ' ' : N 4::- A"- ' "' i - - 5 °r : i - r1- you've waited for such a saving on famous 1 FOOT DELIGHT SHOES — Reg - 1 1 -- ' 50 miles inside the isteaming Indo- China frontier Tanks were sup-porting the- Thai advance ' ' I ) (Dispatches frob Bangkok quoted the Thai radio as announcing an offensive stretching over almost frontier bethe whole 1000-mitween the two countries from Luangprabang on the north to Siso- on the south 'phon and Battambang districts were "Several" Indo-Chisaid to have been "liberated" by the ThaiI invaders: Thailand claims territory from the French in both northern and southern 1 7 o (31 5 - I i ' ' fi? fl I I ' : 1 t' p It ::: :::'7 i '::: - t :' : ''' ' T: two-col- 4 i' ' - - a) Ends Long Lull The naval engagement was described as the first of importance since intermittent fighting began September 28 The French said "several" of their warships (probably destroyers) came upon three Thal craft while the latter were firing at a French patrol plane in the Gulf of Siam attacked them sank two and severely damaged the third The size or classification of the ships 'was not given (Thailand's fleet includes four cruisers and 14 destroyers) n American oilmane e enta- Ave ti of the Texas company told of the death trap set on January' 10 by French Foreign Legionnaires on a road hemmed in by jungle— and from which only three Thal troopers out of a whole column managed to get out alive - - - - ! :osV!-i- k e1 Y2 PRICE i ::::: : Jackets are handsomely tailored in tweeds and e the jacket type suits are plain shetlands smart season after season! 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THE CirrIS- SMARTEST' FINEST QUALITY MERCHANDISE HAS ' BEEN DRASTICALLY REOtiCEDTO CLEAR DURING THIS silti-- : 4: - ' 1 16Enm c 2: hem-new- ly I r ' : - ' ' 7"V 1 11194 -- A DIM - I ' ' ''''''T be' ' r I :: ' ' h (' 41001C- ' l H Rice The body of Dr Carlton 41 Oakland physician was found Friday in front of a North Beach cafe Police Inspector GebrgeHipper- ly said he learned the doctor had enraged in an argument about the war with a group of po9lroom Reach Camp Troops players a short time before A RIVERSME Cal Jan 17 UPI— fist fight developed and he and First troops consisting of about another man were ordered out of 190 Minnesota national guards- the place at Camp Coroner John J Kingston said men arrived ' Haan antiaircraftFriday training center Dr Rice died from a brain constructed and adjacent to orrhage- He wavgraduatedfrom ultimate- - the Universal of Minnescia iin Mrch field The camp 1926 H ly will house 12000 men - ' r71 ''' 0 6 '1761111r '''''' !':- reported Friday to have virtually wiped out a three-shi- p Thai (Siamese) flotilla Cam- wkile the jungles bedia yielded a story of how nearly 600 invading cavalrymen from Thailand perished in a machine gun death trap The French however acknowl- edged they were withdrawing on land in this undeclared war to what is known as "the little Mag- Anot line" shielding Sisophon west- - SAN FRANCISCO frnx ' ' :' t :: 1 Astaticyt squadron : " :Ei 0 J t 3 ndo-Chin- : c $ na : : : : c - army planes based on numerous islands in the possession of that nation It would be a war of blockade against Japan's communications to Asia and against the vital sup'operplies for her fleet ations from its main bases- in Japan proper AllbesuppliesIr om stopr'ped by the world would is 'America's 37 submarines heavy cruisers 22 light cruisers 0) ' ' ' ' Italy Japan would have i the advantage of air power for not only SAIGONVI French Indo-Chinaval planes would be available Jan 17 400—Units of the French bitt also Japan's thouunds of Were ' 3A NT c French Batter 7 ' - I 92 1 - A - By Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr U S N Retired Copyright by United Press I Tokyo newspapers now are talking openly of the possibility of war between Japan and the United States as a result Of Presi- dent Roosevelt's declared intention to give all possible aid to zations which are the victims of "aggression" such as China in the undeclared war with Nippon: If 'such a conflict should come our strategy in my opinion prob- ably would be somewhat similar to that being used now by Britain In her conflict with Germany and - ' t t '''" F 1 1) ' i : - ' Britain's Need of Supplies Would Prevent Aggressive Action Retired Admiral Finds in Analysis '4t 3 19-t-r I Bloclade Looms as U S Weapon Against Japan 1 January 18 i Floor - : 1 — T - : - ' ZCMI Gloves—Street f 1 i |