Evening star., 1942-01-05
laps Report Damage
To Enemy Warship'
In Hawaii Attack
Three Hurbors SheIIed
In IsIonds Roid on
Dec. 81, Toxic Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Ass0ciAte0 PTess.
TOXIC, Jan. 5 (Onicial Brood
casD D.-Inpsrial headquarters re-
ported today that Japanese naval
units heavily damaged an enemy
warship" 1T Hilo, Hawaii, in an At
tack December 81 on three Hawaiian
Islands.
Besides Hilo, two harbors on Maui
Island and one on Kauai Island were
attacked by the japanese warships,
the communicate said.
(The United States War De-
partment, announcing the attacks
last Thursday. said only slight
damage WAS caused by japanese
submarines which shelled Hilo,
the harbor Of Kahului on the
Island Of Maui, and the shore
line near Lihue on the Island OF
Kauai. There was no indication
that any American warship was
hit)
The army section Of imperial
headquarters announced that its
forces occupied Brunei between
North Borneo and Sarawak on the
island Of Borneo January !. In the
same operation japanese troops were
said to have occupied Labuau island
OIL the North Borneo China Sea
coast.
Raids on Corregidor.
The war report said that since
New Year Day Japanese bombers
had been hitting at the fortress
island of Corregidor in Manila Bay
and the auxiliary naval base At
Olongapo.
1t said heavy damage was caused
by q mass raid by naval bombers At
Singapore the night Of January l.
Japanese troops in q fierce onen-
sive launched at dawn January l
have swept across the Perak River
in the face Of heavy artillery hre
and annfhilated the greater part OF
the 9Th Australian Division, Domei
reported yesterday in a delayed dis
patch from somewhere in Malaga" !"
Elements Of the 9th Indian Divi-
sion also were wiped out in the
fighting which saw the japanese
cross the river despite the destruc-
ton of more than q dozen bridges
and occupy q keypoint in the British
defense in Central Malaga on
January 2, the dispatch said.
British Declared Weakened.
British forces have been greatly
weakened by this fighting on the
western side Of the peninsula. Domei
said, and Japanese planes already
are striking toward another British
defense point along the coast They
are finding Singapore itself an open
and easy target, the agency added.
Army planes struck at 4 British
air field at Moulmein In Burma and
set one fighting plane Afire and
destroyed three others on the
ground, it was reported Moulmein is
about 100 miles east Of Rangoon. on
the coast Of the Gulf Of Martaban.
Although Domei said the British
defense was weakening, the news
paper Yomiuri said in 4 dispatch
from Bangkok. Thailand. that 10000
fresh Australian troops had landed
in Singapore on December 81.
Summing up naval operations in
Philippine waters since the start
of the war. the navy section of i'm
perial headquarters declared four de-
stroyerS, seven submarines and five
other vessels had been sunk and
$50 aircraft destroyed by the Japa-
nese.
Craft Damaged.
A destroyer. two auxiliary ships
and 30 smaller craft were damaged
the navy added, and 1903 of the
destroyed planes were shot down ir
fights.
The Toxic populace, clad in fes.
tive garb. paraded in jubilation yes.
terday over the capture of Manila
Uniformed service bands Of thu
amy and navy led the enthusiastic
procession through the streets oi
the capital. Holiday crowds stroll
ing along the Gina in their New
Year dress, girls and women ir
traditional headdress and gay
kimonos. and men in stiff attire
| j0inAd children in Hiyino the m RI "a