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' 1 -- i - ' - '' 4-'- - :i 1 J:N1 1 A ' ' : Salt Lake City Utah Sunday I kst 1 ( 1 t g 1): s7-5'''--7-:-(- --- ' ' 1 ' s' 7 I ' - f December 7 1941 I i 7741 ' t g i i - z 77 A '' ele:11 114 ' I 1 I ' ' i l 1 I 4 i 1 I 1 1 e we' ' - - AD - A 1 ri ri 41 C - 61111""It LIAO I 4i ' 1 1 L00 4ta: - P --- 0 LI I ! 1 N 'C I - le- s i L ( 113 --1- 1 1 tc 1 i 3ritish Get I‘ 7 et to Join ' S in War antr—N N --- 2L f1- 0J ‘ v 1 ' i 0 b 116 Churchill Drafts 6tatement With Aid of Winant itit ' -- I -- A BritLONDON Dec 7 dd of United States Ambassador $ h statement composed with ths !ohn G Winant was expected f'fairly sZon" Sunday night as ton-io- n 1 ‘ e te e 4 - ) ---- --- I1 '111:1) 4 r '1 (lo'N AZ i ' t- 4f4:- tpIt I ' 11 t b ii4 US t : ' MIDWAYI- Ika a ' 4o i'it ' fts- i li a ' siP ' :: I 0 0Fitte 1 NEW 0: If ' I ' PANAMA '- raTwdipeod 's - °- - ' 'ct ' ' " 1 r - - y- - 4- r kman Field 3 : 166 1"0 - - se pa ''''''' :'''''- - 1 Appeared' Before (L1LI '412:''''"14 ' N" ''' 10 ” - kv 1 --"- - ' i : - w-- Itim-07g- i ''- -''''' - '' :: 3 : 77''' 1 WORK Dec ' '11 ' ': othr eecrt afhroipms ithnethaceenhearbor S Major Parley — - ''' ' '' :'':: Most of the British cabinet was believed to be in London The prime minister's promise made in a speech November 10 was recalled on every hand It was then that he said United States naval operations in the Atlantic had freed Britain to send formidable elements of her naval power to the Pacific -Excitement swept this eapitalF In a strained voice a BBC announcer broke into a Sunday evening program to tell the news Officials of the ministry of information said their first knowledge of the Washington announcement came from Washington amazement Thej expressed There was an instant flurry as spokesmen made contact with their departments but all official mources declined to make any immediate comment 4 Hotel lobbies filled quickly with amazed people asking "Is it real- 13 true?" Crowd Tlekers '''-':- ''' - -- 4Z"zr- '-' ' rapidly-aspossib- ' 1 ''''''-- ' 1 1 - -- tf ' 1 1 fA-- 16210aomfiddmeem11001Micgcolgl loWadivAdin41Mmaonnna0120CS 'A 0 - z t : '1' - -- ' - -- '''':-'4:''- 3':: " -- : --- - IEyewitnesses Describe AMA& on Hawaiian base - : "s ' They crowded around chattering news ticker but learned no detaihr to fill in the bare annotmceiments Howe owners with radios became neighborhood hosts their parlors thronged with excited men women and children waiting for further word The B B C announcer told them: The British empire the United States China Russia the Netherlands East Indies and the other peoples in the Far East do not make the mistake of underestiznating Japan's strength but they are aware of Japan's Athille's heel '"In every way these peoples have made afl necessary preparation" The gravity with which Britain views the announcements was shown immediately in stories which started flowing over British news agency tickers ' - - Times in Far East - : - high-rankin- am 7 ' ok- - Wartime Basis Affects Air Depot - - ' A - ppm On Honolulu m - relieved In London 9 7 : ::: S It WASHINGTON Dec 7 111 The president decided Sunday after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and Manila to call an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet for 8:30 p m Sunday night and to have congressional leaders of both '''' parties join the 'conference at l'':!''K — ' :' ':'1:lx 9 p m 1 Mr Roosevelt the White House i '' - ' 4 ' J said "is assembling all the facts ' '''' 'I le in all as awl ':1 I he will as quickilt as possible 1 ' make a full informativwreport to ' ri c 11 1 C K A m FIELTsz ' of c 4 congress probably in the --! 7 It v t a message" 0"0eMkitSiet 1 At the time of his decision for ! —447'o? a special meeting of the cabinet :446iilt and congressional chieftains Mr zr ' - '' t Roosevelt was conferring with his ' ':''!"war and navy secretaries and the e9'''' "': ' ' army chief of staff General 4 '7::' '1'Ft George C Marshall ' ''"'"zt - ::7--' ::i'' Presidential Secretary Stephen ' Early said that the meeting would emphasize international affairs 4 rather than military strategy He In attack life air of loss on Oahu Japanese by Sunday's heavy The entrance to Ifickam field arm air corps post emphasized that for the time beairplanes island Hawaii which suffered serious damage and a ing Mr Roosevelt was not calling in chairmen of the senate and house military and naval committees Invited to the White House from Capitol Hill Sunday - night were Vice President Wallace a m and several more attacks Rayburn House Majority Speaker Leader By Ftanels McCarthy followed McCormack House Republican United Press Staff Correspondent The planes apparently were Leader Martin Chairman Bloom HONOLULU Dec 7—Japanese based on an aircraft carrier They of the house foreign affairs combomber squadrons torpedo planes came in at great ' altitude but mittee Representative Eaton (R) and parachute troops attacked the in went Lake of Tribunte extra edition The Salt mig This sweeped low in dive attacks New Jersey a wat United States' great naval and air saw one dive This time m Jake this At 4:30 at Salt correspondent com' (mountain) same of member p the press City at harbor nority base Pearl Sunday bomber swoop down in an attack mittee Senator McNary of Ore'hour the following times prevailed at other points: blasting furiously at warships and the red ball on its wing tip clearly gon' the Republican leader Senam Praneisee--3:3- 0 San p Sunday war installations but suffering discernible landa-- -1 m tor Austin of Vermont the assist Is Hawaiian p Sunday loss of "many" attack craft It now is possible to reveal that ant Republican leader Chairman a :30 in Ind-naafis Monday Philippine Governor Joseph B Poindexter no this was surprise attack The Tokyo-8- :30 (D) Texas of the senate Monday declared a state of emergency His Hawaiian department had been Connally m committee Senator :30 a affairs Singapore-6Monday foreign was to first order to the public 4"14' London-10- :30 m Sunday waiting for it for a week of Kentucky the majority p Barkley streets and off the calm stay keep Army officials confirmed that leader or in his place as acting (National Broadcasting comthe planes bore Japan's Insignia leader Senator Hill (D) Alabama pany said its Honolulu observer antiairof With burst the tint was attacked This III was home from warship ahip returning reported that untold damage was craft fire policemen and firemen done to the Pearl harbor naval work and was above Pearl harbor again and again were summoned by radio to army a bomb fall on Ford base and to the city of Honolulu when "I also saw what looked like and navy posts in accordance with The observer was quoted that the island in the middle of the har- dive bombers coming over in a prearranged plan battle had been going Obt for three bor Heavy smoke from antiaircraft hours and that one bomb fell "The bomb exploded with a single file Some of the ships dived guns drifted from the Pearl Harwithin 50 feet of the tower of deafening roar It must have been down very low over the water to bor navy yard and from Hiclunan SACRAMENTO Dec 7 (UP)-- radio station KGU) a big one aim bombs at warships" The army air corps Sunday placed field army bomber base saw two planes dive over the 7 Planes bore the rising atm inMerrit Laws who saw the be Sp'ectators also reported fires the huge Sacramento army air In Ford island in the 'middle of depot at McClellan field on a 24- ginning of the attack on Pearl mountains and down to the water signia of Japan and let loose torpedoes at a naval The first attack began at 7:55 Pearl Harbor harbors said hour wartime basis '' olEMI f i I1 '' ::' t 3 Calls fol: ''''' tL :' Orde I Battleship Head oiIJ -- :' 1 I t LumbenLaden 1 1 ) - Bombs 1 t Raid- 1- i Sinspoit Sunk s ' i i a - - - WASIUNG'rON D C Oct 7 (AP)—"The president Is disposed now to believe and is hopeful that the report ' of the bombing of Manila is erroneous" said Secretary ) early tonight 1 ( An Associated Press dispatch from Manila iald that at 4:5 IL rn E S T today there were no signs of war and Manila was quiet) 1 ii 1 b tt 1 F 1f 1 t — TOKYO Dec 8 (AP)—Japanese imperial headquarters announced at 6 a tn Monday that Japan Alonday had entered a state of war with the United States and Britain in the western Pacific as from dawn today (This was at 4 p ma E S T) - r t i A :j r - 1: - - 18- I said WASIIIN6TON Dec 7 (AP)—Governor Pander- He reported that two radio stations announced the attack but I ter Presidentitoosevelt late tem - I — - pf Hawalltallizedwith that residents still wire tikeptical I '' aay reporting heavy- damage to property and life in I1 until bombe began falling in various parts of Honolulu and at air lIonoulu an dsayin ga second waveof Japanese planes P force and naval bases was just coming over ZI gunfire Heavythe antiaircraft NBC attackers the greeted man said WASIIINGTON Dec 7 (AP)--Th- e White House 1 The first Japanese planes he announced m at 6:08 said attacked Ford island at Pearl p tonight that the navy had just Harbor the U S navy's mighty a of unidentified planes over the I squadron reported fortress of the Pacific dot islands of Guam a in the Pacific between 'Ismail j Several squadrons swept in from the south over famous Diamond and the Philippines d Head and dropped explosives and in bombs the city' Incendiary IIONOLULU Dec 7 (UP)--Th- e United States 1 :' - 1 - The attacking planes seemed to - - 7 Ti t 1 l - come from the south the observer - 1 - 1 tall '1 1 :' i t Raid - - - v1 r)) Roo-evel- t also were attacked he reported The first news of the attack came about 8 a m Honolulu time he said This was when a priVate plane owner reported he was given a salute of machine gun bullets by the Japanese planes His craft was damaged but he managed to land The private flier was Ray Buduick an attorney the announcer - 0: el 0 0 r 1 - rf 671 1 7 nes killed 350 men at I and set fire to the Hic U I hip Oklahoma Sunday In a sudden raid onPearl harbor and Honolulu an NBC observer - - L Us S '' 41' 1 1 p10 - L 1 11 I z ' 1I re I 1)irects Navy " It t Nippon Planes 3 to y Fig SetFireto - li) -- - 4 S- ' 00 Tr1 '' 4 f i AMI Japan Raid i 350 Kills At Airfield ! 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H01101110 gib :4'' 1707 to Ainister Churchill's promise ISLANDS V a war on Japan 'Within the tiour- - if she attacked the United '' JAPANESE PILNES HAWAIIIIILITARY 3tates BASES HONOLULU ATTACK IIANILA Churchill and Winant we it R BOIYEIED ribmeted in conference quickly BASES EQuATo an:tfter- President Roosevelt's Nt riouncement that Japanese planes ei u68 71S s1 V1 Philaad attacked Hawaii and the CAIiT011 I I ::0! ppmes and British sources said ( ' i cabinet probably would ' P SAMOA ' t i )e called for a rush meeting dure :leI 1 : ji odt v is the Ing :night ROSE! cotj N s-The prime minister and arnbas11 TA qk '' N- '' ' Ii c sador were said reliably to be out Ao ' '''''''' ' cr ' 14 I -' l et 11 :rif London but it was assumed -I that both were In elesest conununi 77 73" 15 cation with Wastangton bases at Pearl Ilarbor T IL (Early ralle reports that Panorama map of the Pacific where terror struck Inat least ' Laitial Hour ' two places Sunday with fierce attacks by Japanese war the rbuippinen had been attacked were later deeded) i heavily-fortifie- d naval The first hour after the Wash- and on State the United ) grMI planes inrton announcement was dia- 4 closed here passed without notice b T-' 1 CI moven' 110 '4 E"C if I e Ank I of a British war declaration -1 I rt I AtILL144 3141 1 Efforts to communicate with the Japanese embassy here by tele ! ''''''''' ''''' phone were unsuccessful 4ZN ''4‘ °''''''''''t 7:'q ''''1?) '''t ' Preparations for any eventual-fl- y : in the Pacific have long been under way by Britain and the em- I Pire- l'47t'- -' beNthis the British year Early 1 gen reinforcing Singapore with i troops and strong detachments of '" ' N I ''''' It A ir pilots and ground crews 4': ''::'' ' ' P ' '''''''' '"'':7' Only five days ago the admiral- Pacific its units ty reorganized '' :' :' ''': '' '''' f:':: '': '' :' '' '7:'' ' '"' one 'command to be known as :into fleeteastern S i the Admiral r 41 Tom Phillips was given the as- t signment of whipping the new fleet into battle trim I prime Minister Churchill w a a presumed to have learned immediately of President Roosevelt's t announcements : '' '' British sources however could '' ': ' :'' ''' '' not chsclose when or where he had '' ''''''' i '' ''' '': heard it " ':' t de-Aa- 09 4-''-r'- - 04 14E4 111 -- ---) -- -- -' I ''R ' 4 i "0 Z7'': c PApIrMit 19toommr1 0 ni" ARMY 10 4t1: or 8 49140 11 Itt4 CIO' - TORPEDOED : it e - - TRAtISPa7T ' N:11 1 ti" S N IL- - lb rT ow - l - - 4Ert PHILIPPIN e I 1 6 ' 7 e ' -- e- :AI 9-- - 1- i ot - :: e " a VNod - 0 - o - 1-- 0-0- IVO- L ! 1 potitts Where Japan Shattered Pacific Peace 11't::' Lt s' dig 1 4 0410" dirt J 41 ' 1 1 t N I I ri --c--- 0-1-1--- i -- 4 1 i 1 t -7: k -- 71n t ''-- ! t - ' 1 ! 1 i - —- -- - - 4 Itu100 1 iic i - t ' VW It 0 Ito 611711 t 113 1 QI 'anip01 dmwe - 11I 4 at - : I i ry ' dwo i t- t Cents Pages--F- ive N - emen 1 5 T -' '- (1) : 1 : ' ' ' 8 - - ' 106010 'intiodboilini erirt TO - 1 ' 1 14" eloiam ao : -- t i 1 tior -- 3t 1Tht ' me i t i I i ft fleet steamed out of Pearl Harbor tonight WASHINGTON Dec 7 (AP)—Japan' declared vrar upon the United tSates Sunday An electrified nation Immediately united for a terrific struggle ahead President Roosevelt was expected to atsk congress for a declaration of war Monday During the day Japanese planes bombed Manna Honolulu Pearl Harbor and Ilickam II Wally without warning In a broadcast from lIonouht some soldiers were reported dead at Ilickam Field with numerous casualties at the other points of attack (the attack on Manila was announced by the White House The Associated Press correspondent there reported at 4:25 p ra E S T that Manila was quiet) The White House said that Japan had attacked America's vital outpost in the Pacific—Ilawall and Manlia---a-nd at 3:20 p m E S T so far as was known the attacks were still in progress gthe president's action for th'e protection ot American territory Presidential Secretary Stephen Early declared that so far as is known now the attacks were "made wholly without warning—when both nations were at peace—and were delivered within an hour or so of the time that the Japanese ambassadors had gone to the state department to hand to the secretary of stat Japan's reply to the secretary's memorandum of the 26th r Counter Measures Ordered 1 i i i 1 I F -- - i - Promptly navy officers said that long prepared counter measures against Japanese surprise attacks had been - : ordered into operation and were "working smoothly" And vvithi na few minutes the war department ordered all military personnel in this country into uniform There was a disposition I nsome quarters here to wonder whether the attacks had not been ordered by the Japanese military authorities because they feared th prsident's direct negotiations with the emperor might lead to an about-fac- e in Japanese policy and the consequent loss of face by the present ruling factions in Japan A little later the White House reported that an army transport loaded with lumber had been torperdoed 1300 miles west of San Francisco This Is well east of Hawaii The first announcement did not say whether the ship was sunk or whether there was loss of life 1 - Explosion Comes at Last - No official used the word war in reporting any of the be developments l but with the series of events there could exno doubt that the Far Eastern situation had at last ploded that the United States was a war and that the (eontinned ea Pogo Two Column Sla) -- A |
