The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-31

Themselves for the XIII.
American. must steel themselves for the facing Of
death and the taking Of hfeb<ssase Mr. Toto and ha
brown not fooinR
The bombing Of helpless Manila. after our army de-
with which we must contend. The Chinese knew him
already.
Americans rs the l94ist year Of the Christian
era draws TO close, find themselves not adept 1t
mass killing.
As individuals despite recent and evident world trsnds
they have really believed they would face the ned
to shatter bodies and cities and homes Of the folk 81 Dis
tant land
They should know better nov. u NJ. they wsn =
necessity. learn.
As a new year dawns IL Is customary to look
ahead. Likewise. IL Ia interesting and instruc-
tive 10 look back.
am scanning the file Of The Tacoma Times
Of year ago find Il related that then In eur
harbor was the Jasansse sAis Tossi Mevs
attempting To conceal the Toses objective here or even
that the Tosei here The o. s. state department. fer
example moi pleased whoa The Tmsa tod The pshs
When the Tossi sIesfuy sailed for Nippon she wss low
in the water for from our piers she had taken Is car.
loads Of steel biIlets and each billet contained 1000
pounds of melted down scrspron.
That wa. the way the grssidsnts smbsrso on scrap
iron wss dodssas steel billet ns sh.y aid - %
ammunition in the Land 81 The Rising ssn.
And the Tossis counterpart had visited. time after
time virtually every Pacific coast port including ours
Tina. represented phase Of our efforts 70 purchase
peace in our time
Az result retreat In the PhipgInss. ssvreadss
Wake and Guam And Midway ws - heas ksas fsn. ~
A. rssUt sSss"s.i. eventually .sus sls 70 rsssvss
Lost ground before achieve vietssy.
Despite our tragic errors Of omission and
commission, despite our frightfuI misjudgment
of the temper and intentions Of the japanese,
despite our already serious losses. there are those
among us TO whom the site and circumstance of
war still seem far away and dreamlike.
Of our yet ineompi~ssy defended AissIsn bases
They fail to visualize an aerial assault on san franeisse
Seattle or Tacoma.
coastal areas.
They fall In the exercise Of sr1isasy pssSssssi
write this because believe one or more o.
all Of these possible events can materislize
In fact, there are competent American mill
tary authorities who expect they will
These men are not hystsric.l alarmsts. In.y ampy
throughout the world and to translate those sssnss Int
terms Of potsntialitiss for ~.
As New Year comes, Americans, recall to your.
self that we now are 1t war with IN Ortentei
power supported and urged on by the most ruth
less militarists Of Europe.
IL the only necessity Of which the Orient hs. surpus
Even in this the law Of supply and demand applies
And II has moulded OriestaI military Mid = snteh
human life hat semsfhisg 10 - ssassasd 10 ssassistss
necessary 10 gain IN end.
Remember that. Americans, and prepare your
bodies and spirits and ntellects this year 70 cops
with this monstrous menace.
Yes. there is blood upon our New Year moon
blood that Ii TO drip upon M.
These harsh wofds and horrible thoughts but not
40 harsh and horrible viii be future and
fate unless ready give blow for blow thrust for
thrust, slash for slsxh.
Either Ne w accept bsttis - The Orsstars tssnss
viii accept peace knees'