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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
President Is Probing
 Hawaiian Disaster
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sets was among those who praised the secretary.
 T was informed" he said, "that Knox made his trip under highly dangerous circumstances and in addition returned to report to the president in he worst kind Of flying weather imaginable"
 Senator James M. Mead, D., ", Y, Baid the Pearl Harbor matter might Dc brought to the attention of the senate defense committee, of which he is R member. And there was Q scattering of interest in an iin- mediate congressional inquiry and speedy court martial for any officers guilty of negligence.
 Thank God For Wake
 Washington, Dec. 10 = (UP.) = "Thank God for Wake and Midway they have been Oil the alert"
 T'hta was the expression of Chair man Tom Connally, D., Tex, Of the senate foreign relations committee and the sentiments of many others today.
 Secretary Of the Navy Prank Knox revealed that the army and navy At Hawaii, were not lon the alert" against the Japanese sneak" ct. tack.
 wake ana Midway = tiny island stepping stones between Hawai- and the Philippines = at the same time.
 Guam Is believed to have been captured by Japan, but nine days after the first attack Wake and Midway "continue to resist"
 The details Of the fight put up by tho handful of marines ct both islands are military secrets. How many marines are there, who their commanders are, what they have to fight with, how long they are likely to be able to continue fighting-all these are questions that must be answered In the future.
 The question asked most often iA whether the navy is planning to 70. infcTce the gaFrisong. The navy, ot course, will not say anything that might tip it's hand to Japan. Bui naval sources hinted privately that you wouldn't lose If you bet that nc chance Is being passed by for lift- Ing the sieges.
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of obedience, not to tlS cod, and not to hS conscience, but to Adolf Hitler; and that his only value ts his value, not as q man, but aS a unit of the Naxi state.
 To Hitler the ideal of the people, as to conceive it -- the free, self. governing and responsible people --is I9ce7nprehensible. The people, to Hitler, are "the naaaDeS" and the highest human idealissn is, h his own words, that . man shouid wish to become "a dust particle of the order "os force which is to shape the universe.
 To Hitler, the government, as we conceive lt, is an impossible conception. The government tc him is not the servant and tho instrument of the people but their absolute master and the dictator of their every act.
 TO Hitler the church, ns we conceive it, is q monstroslty to be destroyed by every means at his command. The Nazi church is to bo the national church." lab. soiutely and exclusively In the service of but one doctrine, race and nation"
 To Hitler, the freedom of men to think as they please and speak as they please and worship aS they please ia, of all things inc aginable, most hateful and most desperately to be feared.
 The Issue of our time, the issue of the Wag in which we are en- gagged, is the issue forced upon the decent, selfsrespectlng peoples of teh earth by the aggressive dog. mas Of this attempted revival of barbarian: this proposed return to tyranny: this effort to impose again upon the peoples of the world doctrines Of absolute obes dience to dictatoriai rule, and of the oppression Of conscience, which the free nations of the earth have long ago rejected.
 Human Liberty
 What we face is nothing morG nor less than an attempt to over. throw and to cancel out the great upsurge of human liberty o. which the American Bill of RlghtS is the fundamental document: To force the peoples of the earth, and among them the peoples of this continent, to accept again the absolute authority and des- potlc rule from which the courage and the resolution and the sacris Aces Of their ancestors liberated them many, many years ago.
 It is an attempt which could succeed only if those who have inherited the gift of liberty had lost the manhood to preserve 1t. But we Americans know that the determination of this generation of our people to preserve liberty is as fixed and certain as the de- termination of that earlier gen. eration of Americans to win 1t.
 We will not, under any threat, or in the face of any danger, sur- render the guarantee of liberty our forefathers framed for us in our Bill of Rights.
 We hold with all the passion of our hearts and minds to those commitments of the human spirit.
 We are solemnly determined that no power or combination of powers of this earth shall shake our hold upon them.
 We covenant with each other before all the world, that having taken up arms in the defense 6S liberty, we will not lay them down before liberty is once again see cure In the world we live in. For that security we pray; for that security we act now and ever more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
American Planes Are
 Battering Japanese
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The Japanese suffered punishing blows in attempting to land here, 1t was revealed, In q threesday bate tic against a Philippines division which expressed It's determination to fight to the last man, If neces. sary to keep the Japanese of Phils ipppineS soil.
 iSA Landing Boats
 In the fir6t assault, 1t was reports cd, ct last ib4 boats were employed in q landing attempt. The landing force was crushed, its boats sunk by bulls eye artillery hits and the sur. vlvors sent scurrying back to war; ships steaming beyond the horizcn, the reports revealed.
 The Japanese then attempted an. other landing and another. Each was beaten of with the same de- cisive results, the reports said.
 Tho Japanese air force, badly clawed by American and Filipino pursuit squadrons in its most recent attacks, was reported less active. The Manila area had no new air raid alarms.
 The communique announced that Major Gerald II. Wilkinson Of the British army had been assigned to headauarters of the American forces and would act as Jason btfi- for the second time, but apparently the attack was a light one.
 A correspondent Of the phillps pines. Herald obtained first detaila Of Lingayen operations in aii inter- view at the front with c colonel of a Philippines division.
 cer in order to insure close cooper atlon.
 For Second Time
 Japanese planes bombed the Oios gapo naval base, on the west coast above Manila, at 6:4b 6. m. today
 The colonel described a three.day battle on the beach ct Llngayel sn which the Japanese had sought vairly to land men.
 We awaited eagerly tho Japanese atempt to land," the colonel said ''Tbe enemy showed up "Wednesday night. I counted iB4 motor boats iil ali. We did not fire until they were near. Then our artillery roared into action. Most of the boats were des. troyed. A few managed to escape tc warshipS, which must have been an. chored far over the horizon. Since then the enemy has attempted to has been frustrated"
 The colonel said he and his fner were ready to defend their shores to the last man. This sentiment wal echoed by every officer and the cor' respondent interviewed.
 The correspondent telephoned that two of Q formation of three Japanese planes had been shot dowr near Dagupan yesterday by anti aircraft guns and an American pur. suit plane which challenged oil three Japanese planes.
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attack on the unarmed target ghly Utah fY1oored where on aircraft car Tier normally would have been. Th( attackers evidently knew well wha' they sought and where to look fol it. The authorities thought they haE dealt with the fifth column threa iSl Hawaii but it wag evident thA they had failed there.
 From the projected investlgatIof may come Q service scandal. O the Investigating officials may final ly determine that Hawaiian officer were guilty neither Of errors Q judgment nor dereliction of duty But If someone's judgment was Q fault, that officer probably will no have opportunity to make anothe mistake as Q combat commander And if dereiictlon of duty iB diBeoy cred, punishment will De prompt aat vigorous.
 Congress is expected to accept th, executive branch's decision to con duct the investigation with on in formal understanding that Q Con gressional inquiry may follow. Chair man David I. Walsh, D., Mass, O the Senate naval affairs committed and Chairman Carl VlnBon, D., Ky Of the House naval affairs eotnmittel viii confer today with Knox.
 Less Of WaFships
 The secretary announced yester' day that tho Navy had lost six sur face craft and that other vessels, in' cludlng the Dattleship Oklahoma which capsigod, had been damaget but could be repaired. The ship lost were the BattleshIp Arizona bombed and destroyed by explosion of It's boilers and forward magazine the target ship, Utah, which had no had coSnbatant status for man! years; the destgoyeFs CaBsin Downeg and Shaw; and the Mine iayer Ogiala. The army and nav lost an undscloSed number Of sir planes.
 Japan lost 4i airpianes and thre, submarines, one Of which was cap tured. It and one Of the destroyed submarines were tWosniafl crAf from nearby mother ships. Whei Knox reported yesterday, the mali body of the United States fleet wa at sec seeking contact with th, enemy.
 Disastrous Loss Of Men
 Loss of life greatly exceeded frs estimates. There were 2eDT of boti services killed, eeT wounded and 2 missing. Those figures are remark able for the high ratio of dead t' wounded which probably is to b accounted for by the almost inevit ably largo loss of life aboard tn Arizona which apparently went Of like Q gargantuan cannon cracker It was c lucky" hit on the Arizona A bomb went down her stack.
 skiliful and brave, Knox said 0 the fight both army and navy mel put up once they got going, an' that did not take long. But 1t is tn few minutes or few hours before tn Japanese struck that is subject t' the investigation now proposed am If 1t was command failure, the ac ton to be taken will be flor tn good of the service" however, dis tasteful that may be.
 There was some congressional crit icism of Knox. Senator Burton K Wheeler, D., Mont, said 1t woulI seem to me that what we need Is new secretary of navy"
 But House Democratic Leade John W. Mccormack of Massachu
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NANtAANkAA0NAA AhSANA . NEN @F
 
 enabled them to escape, He climbed through the fire to q higher level 4ro,n which ho passed ono line to an adjoining battieship, and ati- cthsr to his trapped shipmatef. By his 1rail means they made their way to safety"
 There was tho case of & bluejacket who manned 0 five-lnch anti"asr- craft gtn after hlS 10 battery mates had been shot down by q strAfing attack, His record:
 "We would seize . shell from the 9lsse.not, place 1t in tho tray. dash t0 the other side of the gun, and ram 1t home. He would then take his position on the pointers seat and fire. After the tthrd such yound, a terrific explosion blew him over the side of tho battieship."
 Even his relatives aren't likely to know much more than that until he getS home to tell the story. He was rescued.
 Then there were the men ct the navy yard signal tower which Slaaked orders to tho fleet. While Japanese boSnhs fell all around them, and while Anti-aircraft shrapnel peppered down upon them, they re- snained at their posts, presumably during ell the attack. An officer lay ill in q hospital ped when the first cir raid alarm sounded. It may have resempled a movie thriller, because. the navy said, he brushed aside nurses and ran across the navy yard to his ghip!'' That officer was 70 gallant and courageous that his captain recotn- snended him for promotion.
 A naval reserve ensign;
 "Volunteered as skipper of a mo. tor launch. With four men he pros ceeded across Pearl Harbors teverberating channel through q hail of enemy machine gun fire and mhTapnel. They saved almost 100 men from one hattleship-men who had been injured or blown over- board into the oil-flred waters :. suddenly the launch's propeller damned. Coolly, the ensign di- rected the work of disengaging the screw as flames licked around its wooden hull, meantime also super- vising the picking up of more yic- tins from the harbor." The ensign's captain, the navy said, cited him for initiative. Tee sourcefulness, devotion to duty and personal bravery.
 Therewas the seaman who had been confined to his battleShip's brig for misconduct. Then came the sudden attack, and an ex- plosion tore open the door. The seaman made for his battle station on an anti-aircraft gun.
 Finally, a bluejacket was on a submarine base dock. He was carry ing a heavy machine gun for which there was no mount immediately available. He shot the weapon from his arms. He staggered" un- asr the concussion of the rapid fire.
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(ContinueQ rom RhEe lD liberty, would not quit fighting be- fore liberty once again was secure in the world. He accused the Axis powers, particularly Germany, of attempting to revive barbarian, of seeking to impose upon the world the doctrines of absolute obedience. dictatorial rule and suppression Of truth.
 Human Liberty at Stake
 "What we facet he said, lis noth. ing more or less than an attempt to overthrow and to cancel out the great upsurge of human liberty Of which the American Bill of Rights is the fundamental document; to force the peoples of the earth, and among them the peoples of this continent, to accept again the ab- solute authority and oespotic rule from which the courage and the resloution and the sacrifices of their ancestors liberated them, m y, many years ago."
 The small clique of ambitious and interruptions politicians" who as- cended into power with Adolf Hit Ter in Germany in 1883 brought on the tissue of our time" MT. Roose. welt said, the issue of war.
 The conflict, the President con. tinued. was forced upon the "de- cent, self-respecting" peoples of the earth by the aggressive dogmaS of this attempted revival of barbar- ism"
 Tn Germany, he said, the church Is 'fmonStroSity to be destroyed" :" and the freedoms of speech and press most hateful and most des- perately to be feared"
 Attorney General Francis Riddle, speaking on another radio pro- gram, said that the protection of the Bill of Rights must be extend- ed to "all human beings who live on American soil" Sen. Hiram John- son. R.. Calf, warned that sO Eor- got tho Bill O. Rights in the days tc como would mean that the war would have been fought in vain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
Hitler Ordered
 Into "Rest Cure''


 Amkara, Dec. 1B.-(UP)~-Kns formed German circles repoTts cd today that Adolf Hitler hes gone Co his BerchtesgaAcn mountain retreat under medis cal orders tO "take s rest cure"
 Hitler, these sources ssid, was warned by his physicians that he seriously has Overstrained his physical capacity in recent months.
 The advisers were said Ca have impressed upon Hitler she probable serious results of c0ns llnulng to Overtax his nervous system.
 They were said to have cd. Vised Hitler Co take 2 thorough rest cure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
HELEN MAURITIS
 SUE FOR $1, ,OOC

Ncn.payment Of a promissory nota in the amount of 46l0. and dated March %, l040, forms the basis of sl 900 suit brought in common pleai court today by Edna Cote Cormiel of this city. against Helen Mauritis also known as Alan Mauritis. og Wa. terbtry. The plaintiff contends thai no part Of the note has been paid and tkat the full amount ia owing together with interest.
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General Douglas MacArthur report- ed that tho ground situation" Is unchanged.
 This was taken to indicate that Japanese efforts to widen their slender toeholds at Aparri oil the North Luzon coast, vigan oil the western shore and LegaSpi oil the southeastern extremity have met no success.
 The first detailed reports of fight- ina came In from the Lingayen Sec. tor, only li0 miles northwest of Manila on strategic Lingayen Bay.
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Full Weather Report

CONNECTICUT - FaIF tonight and Wednesday. Warmer Wcdness day but becoming colder Weakness day night.
 Boston, Dec. 1G- (UP) Weather
 MAssAcHUsETTs - Fair tonight and Wednesday except snow hurries in the Berkshires Wednesday after noon. Warmer Wdnesday becoming colder Wednesday night.
 RHODE ISLAND - Fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday but becoming colder Wednesday night.
 FouF.Day Forecast
 Boston, Dec. 16-(UP)--The Wea- ther Bureaus four-day New England forecast for the period beginning at 1880 tonight:
 The temperature will average near normal. Normals for the period are Boston and New Haven, Conn., 32: Nantucket, Mass, 36; Portland, Me, 27; Concord, N. H., z6; Eastport, Me-, 26; and Burlington, Vt, 23.
 Above-normal temperatures We'd nesday will be followed by cooler weather Wednesday night and Thurs. day with rising tendency thereafter until colder again late Saturday. Precipitation will be heavy. more than two-thirds of an inch. oc- curing as light snow in Northern New England Wednesday and as heavier rain and snow in all por- tions at the end of the period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
EMULATION OF 4-A RECISTRANTS MADE
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navy and the remaining eight are pending classification.
 Tn board l5-B, 46 men were re- classified. Of these thirty-five were placed in class 3-A, four in class i-H, 3 in class l, subject to exam. nation, and one in 2-B, the class providing for deferment on account of being employed in essential in- dustry. Three remain to be inter- viewed in order to determine their claSsifications.
 Although no instructions have yet been received from draft headquar- ters regarding reclassification of other groups, 1t is expected that this will begin in the near future. IL will include principally, review Of de- pendency and occupaticnal de1eg~ |mnnks.
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Continued from Page D Ylenty excited and I know I was mad because they caught us on sunday morning, so we went up and axed them"
 An official recheck disclosed that Lieut.. Gen. walter Q. Shorts army announced that "the search for oth- ar planes believed to have been shot down is ekilI in progress and the possibility exists that even more b0mhers bearing the emblem of the Rising Sun will ahe added to the tolls
 For example, one enemy plane, a plume of smoke trailing behind it, was seen riunglng toward the seq okE Kau.st isl@nd.
 fSscrotaxy 0g tho Navy Frank Knox said im Washington that a AaAa1 nf a2 Japanese paaxfss had
 n 6ha6 a0wn ln EEaH&li
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MAY BREAK SIEGE

London, Dec. 16.--(UP)-RusSian forces in the Crirnea have gone on the offensive in an attempt to break the Axis siege of the great Seyasto- pol naval base and fierce fighting Is progressing at several points, the German ofacial news agency admit ted today in a broadcast recorded here by the United Press.
 xs was disclosed that the Russians at sevastopcl began their counter offensive yesterday with tho aid of coastal batteries.
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low waters and to get through har- Dor deferses. Once within strik- ing distance of their prey they would loose smaller, probably l0- foot tcrpedoes. They would not have to carry the standard % foot t0rpedoes because they attack at ehorteg range
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AIR WAS FULL
 OF JAP PLANES

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WEST COAST IS
 MADE STRONG

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HEROES ALL, ARE
 OUR NAVY BOYS

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MORAL TIGERS
 CONTROL AXIS

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04
Preus Suffers
Heart Attack

Paul A. Preus. twice Republican
Rsominee for congressman from the
sixth Washington district. was in
. Fresno. Calf. hospital Thursday
| In serious condition from heart
attack. members of the family
advised DR.. o. A. Tingelstad, presi-
dent of Pacific Lutheran college
at Falkland.
DR.. Tingelstad said Preus' old
est daughter, Mary Louise. who is
with him at Fresno. advised the
family Wednesday night that the
doctors held out a prospect of
recovery, but insisted Preus would
have to remain in the hospital
there undisturbed for a period of
weeks at least.
Preus and his daughter. who is
one of the supervising nurses at
T~coma General hospital. left Ia
coma last Saturday intending to
60 to Phoenix. Ariz. They were
alternately driving the family car.
Preus was stricken at Fresno,
Or. Tingelstad said.
Preus is president Of the Prismo
Pacific Safety Corp. Pierce county
chairman Of Norwegian Aid, Inc.
and affiliated with the faculty of
Pacific Lutheran college. The
family home is in FARMLAND.
Mrs. Preus, IL was presumed
here, had gone to California al
though she was just returning
from DEBORAH. Ia. where the
funeral of. her father was held
only last Monday.
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Properly Owners
Also 10 Attend
"A. ". S. Meeiinq

Owners ~ homes In the Annie
Wright seminary district among
them Mayor Harry =. Cain wsoss
home 10 nearby on Ashton NH.
viii loln Thursday night In shs
MAS msstinE called % disesss sss
proposed removal 81 the seminary
10 iisddaNay hall
Originally Designed TO bring to-
ssthsr ths Episcopal isity directly
concerned In mslntsnaAes ~ ms
seminary. the seminary slamn2s
and parents ~ students. the msss'
lnx sat for J " o'clock In shs
ssminsfys great hall took on
further siEniflesne. sssa property
owners ~ ths vicinity decided tney
mad an inpoftsas stalks IN protest.
Ing their property values
NJ Rev. y Arthur Hosssten.
bishop 81 tss Episcopal DIOCESE II
Olympus. ~lii eans from Seattle
% s,tsnf snd may pfsssds.
To obtain the fullest expr~s~lon.
NJ s<nt sst what ~ss interpreted
az virtually command call upon
thoss of ,ns church ~fso sr~ difsef-
iy cone~rned OF etbsr~lss int~f-
ss,sd IN ~h1t hsppsns 20 fns
seminary or ifs educational plant
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Injured Soldier
Is Feared Dying

Continued critical condition Was
reported Thursday for Henry
sohoentrup. 50-yesr-old Acchord
Field sergeant. who has been In
the county hospital since Tuesday
night with a fractured skull and
not expected 10 live.
Tn. roldier was hurt xhsn ths
ear he wa. driving misssd q turn
AZ Both and sales road.
A pedestrian. Mrs. Eiixab.tn
Luss. 80. Of s2d and Pacific ave.
VAS In the county hospital Thurs
day with broken leg suffered
wnsn she Sss run down ~ a ear
on Sales road about O'clock
Wednesday night
State Patrol Officer Wiliia m
Purse Sss investigating the seci.
dent but 90 NJ, hold the driver u
the ear. Frank Murphy Of PARK
Lard
His car struck Mrs. Lush about
IS feet from tbs intersection Of
saiss road and South Tacoma way.
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Anti-Aircraft
Batteries
Fire on Plane

BELGRA ABE - Jugoslav
anti.aircraft batteries on the
northern frontier across from
Germany Thursday fired upon
a foreign pursuit plane which
flew over Maribor, a border
town.
Reports from Zagreb said
that the plane disappeared i'm
mediately after the anti-air-
craft guns went into action
and may have been hit by
their fire.
The report of the air viola
tion of Jugoslavia's northern
frontier came as the venerable
CrOat leader. DIR. Vladimir
Matchek, announced officially
that he will collaborate with
new JugOslav regime for the
sake of preservation of the
peace"
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Jack Hebb Killed
In Auto Accident

Injuries suffered Wednesday IN
an auto accident In Hollywood.
Calf. where he operated restsu-
rant. proved fatal To Jack Hebb.
rs. brother Of Paul Hebh. propri-
etor Of the Grand-Pre Jersey farm
al Elmnurst.
Hebb, the son Of the late Mr..
and Mrs. p. II. Hebb Of Tacoma.
was driving a car which went out
Of control after being struck by
another machine. His car struck q
fire hydrant, tree and lamp post
He was graduated from Stadium
high school here in 1882 and later
ATTENDED San Diego Military acad-
envy.
Besides his brother, Paul. one
sister. Mrs.. Edith Grmmer. sur
wives