Evening star., 1941-12-09
Japs Reported Selling
Lubang Island, Near
Manila Bay Entrance
Anxiety in Philippines
Increasing; New Roid
On MoniIu indicated
N the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MANILA, Dec. 9.-The Philippine
Islands, target of repeated and wide
spread Japanese air raids, faced
new threat today as reports reached
here that Japanese troops had
seized Lubang Island, about so miles
of the entrance to Ma, lila Bay.
Adding to the anxiety over this
situation was the fear that the jap
anese might effect landing on the
big island of Mindanao, where
about 10000 of the $4,000 japanese
settled in the Davao area were Salo
to be armed and ready to cooperate
with an invasion attempt.
One report said approximately s.
900 armed japanese already were
actively resisting Filipino authori-
ties attempting to curb incipient
fifth-column activities in DaVao
Province.
Reliable sources, authority for the
reported seizure of Lubang, said the
Japanese apparently had gained full
control there with the aid OF nth
columnistS posing as fishermen
Before the sudden japanese on
slaught Sunday morning against
United States possessions In the
Pacific, japanese fishermen were
known to have established them
selves not only on Lubang, but on
other islands farther south.
Lubang of Major Importance. -.
Control of Lubang would be OF
tremendous Importance to the Jap
snese because of its dominating po-
sition southwest of Manila Bay ana
because it virtually controls water
ways between the middle Phlllpplne
Archipelago and the China Sea.
Manila itself, which experienced
three AFRAID alarms during the
night, was on the alert for new
thrust by Japanese air raiders
against nearby strategic points.
(Globe Wireless in New York
heard the Manila radio again
reporting an air raid on Mania
at 8:55 am, E. S. T., today.
(This apparently meant sec
ond wave of japanese raiders be-
cause the Manila radio had re-
sumed it's traffic after an earlier
interruption because of air at
tack
Ford wilkins, c. B. S. cor
respondent in Manila, said an
other air raid warning was in
progress there at am, E. 8. T,
when he broadcast. Just as he
concluded he reported the all
clear had sounded, but he did not
then know whether any bombs
had been dropped and that Ma
nila, up to then, has not suffered
greatly.)
(AC. B. S. reported said Manila
was a bad dream throughout
yesterday and last night" with
the final all clear sounding at
ans pm. E. S. T. Mondayo
Details Still Lacking.
Details still were lacking on the
damage and casualties already
caused by the Japanese raiders, but
it was reported unofficially that
there were at least 200 at Clark
Field, military airdrome 40 miles
north of the city. At least $50 other
casualties were reported outside the
immediate Manila area.
japanese planes, which bombed
Northern and Central Luzon yes
terday. came in two waves, appar-
emily from Southern Formosa. The
first wave followed the eastward
side of Luzon. Flying south, 1t
bombed the Batan Islands on
Northern Luzon, then Aparri, then
an undisclosed point in Tarlac
province, then Tuguegarao on the
main highway from Manila to North
Bapuio. where nine were killed and
10 injured.
AS the invaders neared Fort
Stotsenburg and nearby Clark Field,
American interceptors roared into
the air and turned back the Japa-
nese wave before 1t reached Ma
nila.
The second wave of about 8O
planes bombed Fort Stotsenburg and
Clark Field after apparently COM
ing down the China Sea coast from
the north, probably from FormoSa
or the Island Of Hainan. Two nun
dred soldiers were reported wound
ed and an undisclosed number were
killed at Fort Stotsenburg.
One Soldier Killed.
The Army announced that one
United States soldier was killed and
u were injured today in mornings S
pre-dawn raid on Nichols Field, near
Manila.
The Army spokesman said IL
japanese bombers raided Nichols
Field, damaging one hangar ano
burning an officers quarters.
The two soldiers wounded near
Fort William Mckinley were injured
by stray bomb, he declared.
Other sources also said that fort
was not bombed but that some anti
aircraft guns had gone into action
Neither did bombs fall on the water
front, they said, and reports that
they had were the error of witnesses
who mistook the attack on nearby
Nichols Field for bombardment OF
the breakwater sector.
Because Nichols Field is neal
crowded Panaque. that district will
be evacuated, probably today, mark
ing the first Army sponsored exodus
from Manila.
Alarm Lasts Hours.
The Nichols Field air alarm lastee
more than four hours-from 3:Os
am. to 7:20 am. Because OF TN
lapse of time, many Manilans, In
cluding some soldiers, thought th'
all-clear was new alarm and ther'
was a moments furry as the crew.
manned their guns. One anti-air
craft gun fired a single shot al
though no planes were. visible.
Belated dispatches from the north
ern part of Luzon told how America
pursuit planes had beaten OH thre
separate daylight raids on western
coastal areas yesterday after tn
Japanese had caused minor damag
to air fields, bridges and buildings.
The Iba area on the Luzon coas'
az miles northwest OF Olongap
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