The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
Country Warned

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 Washington, June 4-tUP)-Sec- ret2Ey of War Henry L. Stimson warned the country today that it may expect more Japanese raids like those on Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
 While new naval reports on re- suits of the action at Dutch Har- bor were awaited, Stimson reminded at a press conference that only last week he had cautioned that the United States must expect reprisals for the raid by American air forces on Tokyo.
 Referring to the two Dutch Har- bor attacks which occurred yeSter- day, he said:
 T warn you this is not the only and last raid we may expect"
 Asked whether his warning ap- plies to the continental United States as well as to outlying pos- sessions, he said he would place no geographical boundaries on where the enemy might strike.
 Stimson reminded his listeners that all news on Dutch Harbor was being issued by the navy and that he could add nothing to the sparse details made public.
 Stimson's warning of possible Jap- anese attempts to extend their air raids on American territory focused attention on the state of rigorous alert now in effect from the north- ernmost reaches of Alaska, down the North American Pacific coast to the Panama Canal.
 Rear Admiral Speaks
 New York, June 5.-(UP)-Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr. U. s. Navy, retired, said the next 48 hours may bring news of the utmost inl- portance from the Alaskan theater and perhaps from the regions around Vladivostok and >Kamchatka in the Soviet far east.
 The two Japanese raids on Dutch Harbor suggest an all-out effort to smash our Alaskan bases in prepa- ration for an invasion of Siberia. The fact that the enemy attacked twice would indicate he means bus mess.
 On the basis of the information available, it would appear that the raiding planes came from an air. craft carrier which, suitably escort ed by cruisers and destroyers, ap- preached Dutch Harbor between 6 D. m. Tuesday and 6 a. m. Wednes- day, Alaska time.
 It would seem certain that an aerial battle took place over Dutch Harbor and perhaps over the car- rier.
 A raid on Dutch Harbor had been expected since our raid on Japan. It would be a good guess that some of the attacking planes were de- stroyed by our airmen. No informa- tion is available as to our aerial strength at Dutch Harbor but 1t should have been sufficient.
 Congress Not Surprised Washington, June 4.-(UP)-The Sapanese attacks on Dutch KarboT did not surprise members of Con- gress or Alaskan delegate Anthony J. Dimond.
 Tt shows good sense and judg- ment if they can bust up what we are doing in Alaska and the Aleu- tians," Dimond said. "T.he Japanese anticipate that their greatest dan- ger lies in the approach to their shares which we are going to make from Alaska.
 i've been preaching for 6 long time to these boys in Congress and the war department that If we are going to win this war we'd better do 1t through Alaska"
 Chairman Andrew J. May, D., of the House military affairs con1- mittee predicted that the attacks would result in more aggressive action on the part of the United States"
 "The raids were to have been ex- pected," he said. T think they are feelers to see how much resistance there is up there. But think 1t will result in more than feeler on our part in the next few weeks"
 Chairman Low w. Harter, D., O., of the House military affairs subcommittee on aviation, said We've got to expect few raids on our outpoSts but it is not a fitting retaliation for the raid on Tokyo"
 No Bombs, 2nd Raid
 Washington, June 4-(UP)-The navy, describing the situation ct Dutch Harbor as lat present quiet, :" announced that the Japanese failed to drop any bombs on their second raid on Dutch Harbor yesterday. At the same time, the commini- que said that the attacking Jap- anese aircraft were thought to have been carrier-based
 The Japanese dropped high ex-