Evening star., 1942-01-01
Allied Countries Hail
New Year Confident
OF Ultimate Victory
West Coust Celebrates
Indoors; New Workers
Jam Times Square

Peoples of the Allied, anti Axis
powers saw the New Year in today
with varying degrees of merriment
but with the single confidence that
1t would bring them closer to the
ultimate victory over the great mill
tary relationships.
Americans of the United States
mainland, newest corners to the bat
tie lines. were the gayest.
In New York thousands jammed
Times Square for the traditional
horn-tooting, whistle-blowing well
come.
Amid elaborate AFRAID precau-
tions, but without untoward Incl
dent. the Nations largest city gave
an uproarious welcome to 1912.
New York on Guard.
The most thorough policing ar
rangements in history involving
several thousand officers and civilian
afraid Wardens, maintained
crowd unprecedented in its order
illness for New Year eve.
The blare of horns was as deafen-
ing as in past years, but otlcers
kept the crowds moving faster thar
the average Saturday night.
Los Angeles residents, needing po-
lice admonition to keep of the
streets, crowded night spots and held
thousands of parties in their homes.
They celebrated as jubilantly as
ever. But they did it indoors, in
contrast to the noisy, street filling
celebrations they formerly held.
The same was the case at San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Portland, where
officers requested that the streets
be kept clear as precaution against
an air raid.
No News From Manila.
Far out in the Pacific other Amer
leans saw in the date change the
drab approach of conquest by an
alien race. Failure of any but off,
cial messages to come through from
Manila prevented the distressed
Philippine capital from telling its
New Year eve story.
Canadian cities, whose sons have
long been in the thick Of overseas
fighting, celebrated in less boisterous
manner than usual. The din of
automobile horns provided the chief
sound effects as factory sirens which
once screamed their salute to the
New Year were silent on govern
ment orders.
Londoners gave 1912 a warm but
modest welcome. Relatively few
merrymakers braved the unrelent-
ing blackout. but many celebrated
quietly indoors. Behind darkened
doors of hotels and restaurants al
most unprecedented crowds ate,
drank and danced. Simple souvenir
programs reflected the paper short
age, but most parties managed to
scrape together paper hats.
A crowd of some 5000 persons,
mostly service men and their girls,
gathered in Piccadilly Circus to
dance in the darkness and sing
"Auld Lang Syne" as the year ended.
Britain Escapes Bombs.
Another group of 300 did a snake
dance outside ST. Paul's Cathedral,
singing Land of Hope and Glory"
as clocks struck II. Men and wom-
en- in uniform were conscipuous in
watch night service at the Church
of St. Martins.
Scots in London, for whom Hog
manay" is q greater festival than
Christmas, felt the pinch OF
whisky shortage as they drank their
toasts in ginger beer and raisin wine.
There were no bombs, however,
and for that Britons everywhere
were grateful.
OF the three chief Axis. countries,
only the japanese had victories to
celebrate. But even in Toxic, which
was allowed alcoholic beverages to
celebrate the recent fall Of Hong
Kong. a sneak victory at Pearl Har-
bar, japanese advances in Malaga
and the imminent fall of Manila. q
special blackout may have stirred
misgivings about the outcome OF
war which their leaders said would
inevitably be long.
Russians Festive.
From partially conquered Russia,
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek's
voice was heard in a New Year eve
prophecy that while there might be
new successes for Tokio's aggres-
sion the japanese thirst for conquest
led them to drink poison which ulti-
mately would kill them.
At the heart of the Axis, Germans
faced the bitter prospects raised by
booming Russian victories on all
eastern fronts.
Russians, on the contrary gath
cred festivelv about New Year elm
trees in their principal cities to
present gifts to their children and
celebrate what their Ambassador In
London. Ivan Maisky, called the
turn of the tide against the Nazi
invader.
No word came of any Italian cele-
bration, but persons recently re-
turned from Italy pointed out that
there was left to italians neither the
will, cause nor wherewithal to cele-
brate.
For the peoples Of the Nazi-
occupied countries the New Year
brought only the prospects of famine
and impoverishment. Vice Premier
Admiral Jean Darlan told the con-
crered French treir future vas IN
c--tain and urged the tcaten French
e~'lv to be reodv to serve mo r!atter