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airplanes were tracked towards the
island and then lost.
On November n, 1941, there was
sufficient partially trained person.
mel available to operate the air
craft warning system throughout
24-hours of the day, as installed in
its temporary locations. An arc OF
nearly 800 degrees around Oahu
could have been covered.
Admiral Kimmel, on and prior to
December 7, 1941, assumed that the
aircraft warning system was being
fully operated by the Army, but
made no inquiry after reading any
of the messages of October and
November from the War and Navy
Departments as to what the fact
was with respect to its operation.
XIV
The joint coastal frontier de-
fense plan provided that, when it
became effective, the Army should
conduct an inshore airplane patrol,
covering the circumference of the
Island of Oahu to a distance of
about 20 miles. Prior to Deem
ber 7, 1941, no inshore patrol was
conducted, except during drills and
maneuvers. Pilots were being
trained on week days, and the
training involved flying around the
confines of Oahu from about 8
o'clock in the morning throughout
the day. On Sunday morning no
inshore airplane patrol was. con-
ducted.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

various areas of the Island of Oahu,
and in connection with such opera
tions carrier and patrol planes con-
Quoted reconnaissance of the oper-
ating areas. The sectors searched,
however, constituted but small arcs
of the total arc of $50 degrees and
rarely extended to a radius of 700
miles.
Means were available for distant
reconnaissance which would have
afforded a measure of security
against a surprise air attack.
Gen. Short assumed that the Navy
was conducting distant reconnais-
sance, but after seeing the warning
message of October and November
from the War and Navy Depart
ments he made no inquiry with
respect to the distant reconnais-
sance, If any, being conducted by
the Navy.
Evening star., 1942-01-25
XVIII

The attack on the morning of
December 7, 1941, was a combined
air raid and submarine attack on
the Island Of Oahu, bombardment
OF Midway and a continuous air
attack and bombardment on Wake
Island.
Available Information indicates
that the force attacking Oahu con-
sisted of either three or four JAP
anese carriers, with supporting sur
face craft and a few small subma-
rines, and that this force had main
tanned radio silence during its ap-
proach, which. except for the sub
marines, was from the northward
Of Oahu.
In the attack on Oahu a sus-
plcious object was sighted in the
prohibited area of Pearl Harbor
at $50 am. by the U. S. S. Antares.
Between 6:33 and GAS this object,
which was small submarine, was
attacked and sunk by the concerted
action of a naval patrol plane and
the U. S. S. Ward. A report Of this
action by the Ward reached the
naval base watch ofilcer at 7:12
am, who notified his chief Of stan.
The ready destroyer was dispatched
to investigate, but no alert warn
ings were issued based upon this
report. Another small submarine was
fired upon, depth charged, rammed
and sunk inside the harbor between
1885 and 8:43 am. A third small
submarine grounded In Kaneohe
Bay and was captured There is no
evidence of any damage by torpe-
does fired by these submarines.
Pearl Harbor was provided with
an anti-torpedo net which would
have prevented the entrance Of tor
pedoes into the harbor, and would
have revealed the entrance of a sub
marine. The procedure prior to De-
cember 7, 194l, was to keep the net
closed during the hours OF darkness,
opening it only when necessary for
q vessel to pass through. It was
kept open during daylight hours, on
the theory that, during daylight,
the channel entrance destroyer, the
net vessel and other vessels in the
vicinity, would detect q submerged
or partially submerged submarine.
December 7 the net was opened at
4:58 am. for the entrance of two
mine swespers. 1t was kept open
until $40 am, when 1t was closed
by orders. The net was not dam
aged. The submarine was first
sighted tn the harbor ut 7:45 an.
The time Of its entrance Is not
known, but probably it passed In
about I Am.
Evening star., 1942-01-25


now.
On that dark December day when
the Japs erupted all over the Pa
ciflc, Gen. Macarthur had fewer
than $1,000 trained and equipped
American and native troops. He had
a limited supply of imported ord
nance and ammunition on hand,
and no native armament industry
to make up action loss in these. He
had small number of tanks and
airplanes and flying fortresses.' y
How many was once a deep military
secret. But that they were not
enough is no military secret 70
anybody now. The number was far
too small to overcome the many
times larger Jap Army aviation,
which, once the Jap Army had
established bases in the Philippine
Islands, could lay its eggs almost
at will.
MacArthur's naval support, Ad-
miral Tommy Harris Asiatic squad
ron, was a mere handful of cruisers
destroyers, submarines and Navy
planes, based at vulnerable Cavite
Admiral Hart's assignment, which
was in effect to protect 11,444 miles
of Philippine seacoast against the
whole Japanese fleet and its all
arm, operating out Of nearby Toxic
and closer air and naval bases, was
perhaps even more of pineapple
than MacArthur's. In the China
Seas themselves it is doubtful ii
Hart's squadron was strong enough
to stand up against one Jap battle
ship, fully supported by airplanes
destroyers, and submarines. How
unhealthy life on cruiser must be
today in the China Seas one may
guess, reading in the papers. that
Admiral Hart arrived in the N. E.
I."-not aboard his flagship, the
cruiser Houston, but in the bowels
of submarine.
Japan Well Prepared.
And what did the Japs havei
plenty-and that near at hand. They
Evening star., 1942-01-25

rorccS on DccemDcr q,
On December 7 Naval Task Force
8 was about 200 miles west of Oahu
proceeding toward Oahu. Another
was about TOO miles west of Oahu
A third. Task Force II, was in the
vicinity Of Johnston Island, about
TOO miles southwest of Oahu. These
task forces were engaged in opera
tions connected with strengthening
the defenses of the outlying islands
= On the morning of December 7,
194l, prior to the attack, the fol-
lowing searches Of sea areas were
being made: Six patrol planes were
searching south and southeast
wardly from Midway. Three patrol
planes were In the air engaged in a
joint exercise with submarines
south of Oahu. Eighteen scouting
planes from Task Force 8 had
been dispatched to scout in ad-
vance of the force which was on its
way to Oahu. These secuted to the
southwestward Of Oahu. After the
attack the following searches were
made: The three planes in the air
south of Oahu. according to their
standing orders, searched to the
northwest Of Oahu q distance of
about 375 miles. Nine planes were
dispatched by Task Force 8 and
searched to the south and south
west Of Oahu. Carrier planes Of
Task Force IL searched in an area
about 500 miles southwestward of
Oahu. About 11:27 am. two heavy
Army bombers and four light
bombers took OF to attack a car
rier reported about IS miles of
BARRIERS Point. After failure to make
contact the two heavy bombers
searched frst to the southwestward
and then In areas to the northwest
Of Oahu. The other four searched
to the southwestward. At 11.0 am.
six Navy VS. planes searched SOUTH
ward Of Oahu. Thereafter mine
Evening star., 1942-01-25

Clare Boothe, ,oell-kno,Dn au-
thor and playwright, recently in
terpietoed Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur in Manila. She toGs in Bel
GUM ,Dhen the Germans inpaded
that country in May, 1910.
Henry J. Reilly, brigadier gen.
eral in the O1fcers' Reserpe
Corps, serped In the Philippines
seDeral years and later in the
World War, tDhen he received the
D. S. M. He is q former editor
OF the Army and Navy Journal.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

ollOulu Dc Idkcl pun ISudIlI 10 LIE OF
ders received. Dispositions as a re-
suit of the messages we're inde-
pendently made by each comman-
der. Neither of them informed
himself of the measures and dis
positions taken by the other.
The dispositions so made were
inadequate to meet a surprise air
attack.
Both commanders were handi-
capped by lack Of information as
to Japanese dispositions and IN
tent. The lack Of such knowledge
rendered more urgent the initia-
ton Of state Of readiness for de-
fense.
The personnel, material, and
equipment we're insufficient to place
the forces on a war footing and
maintain them on that footing for
an extended period. These def
ciencies did not preclude measures
which would have to o great extent
frustrated the attack or mitigated
its severity.
A considerable number Of the
Army and Navy personnel were on
pass or liberty December 9Th, for
the reason that the state Of alert
or of readiness demanded by the
emergency had not been put into
effect. With immaterial exceptions
Army and Navy personnel had re-
turned from leave and liberty hours
before the attack ensued, At for
duty.
Both officers and men responded
Immediately In the emergency and
exhibited initiative. efficiency and
bravery in meeting the raid.
(From this point on the report
ID devoted 10 the conclusions
which are D6blshed n fun sn
Page ALL
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Worlds TaIIest Quini
Plays Creighton in
Garden Opener -.~ =
West Texos Teachers
Formidable Arroy;
|. !. U. Fuvorite
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l6.-Door-
ways were being enlarged, beds
heightened and bridge spans raised
today with the arrival Of the West
Texas State basket ball team, one
Of the cage squads chosen to COM
pete In the annual New York in
vitational tourney.
The towering Texas, labeled as the
worlds tallest team. lost a 58-to-
56 overtime contest to Long Island
University in a midwinter meeting.
That triumph, plus % others the
Brooklyn Blackbirds chalked up in
26 starts, makes Coach Clair Bees
team the favorite to annex It's third
tourney title in four years.
Tonight the West Texas State
five. which three times climbed
above the Hotpoint mark in sub
DUNG opponents, takes on Creight-
ton, co-champion of the Missouri
Valley circuit, in the first game.
Long Island mixes with West Vir-
ginia in the nightcap.
Thursday night, City College OF
New York, metropolitan champion,
tangles with Western Kentucky
state and Rhode Island State, with
an average OF 10 points in 81 con-
tests this season, tests its marks
manship against Toledo University,
winner of % while losing 3.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star staff Correspondent.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March
i6.-To his teammates Pitcher Har-
din Cathey is Little Abner" and
the description fits the body and
personality. He "a hill-biliy" from
the metropolis Of Burns, Tenn, who
regards a necktie as an unnecessary
frill but he also currently is the fair
haired boy among the Mats rookie
hurlers.
Cathey is a 6-foot 4-inch, 1885,
pound righthander two years of a
farm and he hasn't altered the gait
he cultivated walking behind a plow.
Only 81, he already has supplanted
Ray Scarborough as Washington's
most promising rookie pitcher.
Scarborough appears more polished
but Cathey is getting better results.
The looking, black-haired
Cathey owns jerky pitching mo-
ton that ordinarily would relegate
him to minor consideration as major
league timber. ThsJ motion has
fascinated Manager Bucky Harris,
Who has seen its deception annoy
numerous hitters in basebalps citrus
circuit.
Cathey doesn't figure to make the
grade off his record with Charlotte
Of the Piedmont League last sea-
son. He won 13 games and dropped
as many, which hardly is a recon-
mendation, but down here he seems
to have found himself and he virtu-
ally is a certainty to be retained.
On the urging of Joe Engle the
Mats paid 5000 for Cathey despite
the fact his only record at the time
was with the class D Thomasville
(Ga.) club of the Georgia Florida
League. He had won 10 and lost
Evening star., 1942-03-16

became an Army Air Corps major
and then almost at the Dawson an
nouncement 1t was learned that
Sheldon Beise, backfeld coach, and
the great Gopher fullback Of 1888
1885 was going to Holy Cross as
backfield coach.
War Service Lures Others.
Lastly, Dallas Ward, assistant
coach, is trying for Naval physical
education post and Bert Baston, end
coach, is considering resumption of
his First World War role as marine
captain.
In trying to plug UP the leaks, the
regents hired another Minnesota ia
vorite. He Is Charles BUD Wilkin-
son. Wilkinson, assistant coach at
Syracuse, becomes Minnesota fresh
man mentor. He was star for
Bierman back in the days of the
first major winning streak. One day
Bernie needed quarterback, so he
picked Wilkinson, big, shifty guard.
Buds most spectacular piece of
skullwork was in the 1885 game with
Nebraska. The Cornhuskers had
one minute to play to get scoreless
tie and a tremendous upset. They
punted. Wilkinson grabbed the ball
near his own goal line. Smothered,
Bub tipped lateral to fleet Andy
Uram and Andy ran some 80 yards
for the winning touchdown just be-
fore the final gun.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Tulane Aide Expected
To Succeed Dawson
As Top Grid Coach
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-Tu-
lane University authorities were
tight Tipped today, but the guessers
openly predicted that one of Lowell
Red" Dawson's assistants would
succeed him as head man of the
Green waves football team.
Heading the spectators list for
the Tulane post was Claude Little
Monk" Simons, jr, backffeld mentor.
Next came Charley Rucker, the line
boss. Both are on the all-alunni
staff and both were stars when they
played for the Wave.
Usually wel1-informed observers
pointed out that q big name coach
probably would not be considered
due to the uncertainty Of sports dur
ing the war. Then, too, they said,
the Tulane job repeatedly brought
only $1,000 to Dawson, hardly
enough to be attractive.
Evening star., 1942-03-16

Cleveland 10 and the Boston
Braves, 5-l. They have allowed
only nine hits and two bases on
balls.
Shortstop Repass demonstrated
his major league caliber yester-
day on play in the sixth inning
against the Tigers at Orlando.
Eric McNair swatted a grounder
past the glove of Gale, but Re-
pass backed him up and whipped
the ball to Croucher, forcing Rad
cliff at second. 1t was the nifti-
est fielding play made by q Nat
this year.
Herb Guggenheim, one of
Washington's most rabid fans, is
the latest entry in President
Clark Grffth's nightly pinochle
sessions. Rotund Arch McDon-
aid, Coach Clyde Milan and Har-
ris also sit In. usually much to
0rtnl delight
Evening star., 1942-03-16
A Boil Club Always Is q Gamble

Naturally night baseball would be staggering blow 70
committed themselves in few instances
in outputs Of With
defense work. the daytime games figure
customers Army Navy and Marine men have been
Of the armed forces had been
baseball customers.
Owning ball always has been gamble Now is Of
gamble Leonard the Of
Old Leonard wanted bonus based
fell for that complained
Griffith broke time can't live less than 100000
based 100000" 1t
that he got his
Col Jake Rupert died he left the Yankees to three
collection OF who stand
their business Ed Barrow, the crsty old fellow who the
huge but he cut down
trade for several good
Walker and JEFF Heath among them but he hasn't dealt
Walker Heath others in this used middle
only afford highprced
and the Yankees pay D Maggie $4,000 they have little
for players in the $o000s8OO0 class
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Best
Hope for Eastern
Boxing Crown
Philadelphia, New York
And Syracuse Rivals
For Team Honors
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March l6.-Lew
Hamburg, hard hitting feather
weight, was considered Washing
toms outstanding candidate for an
Eastern golden gloves crown as the
National Capitals team made ready
for tonight's opening round.
Reds Vernon, firialist In the light
weight class last year, has moved
up into the welterweight division
and will face a sitter brand Of COM
petition. Pete Cilinski, 1l8-pounds,
and Charley Petro, 135, have had
trouble making the weight and may
not be at their best.
Three Cities Co-favored.
Other members of the squad are
Dick Mullen, 112 pounds; Charley
Maimone, 100; Reno Workman, ITS,
and Frank Cady, heavyweight.
Scrappers from Philadelphia, New
York and Syracuse are favored to
win the team championship of the
three-night marathon.
A total Of liz amateur boxers
from along the Atlantic Seaboard
will compete in the extravaganza
that features a program of Sc bouts
tonight in the Bronx Coliseum. A
similar show is set for the same
spot tomorrow with the champion
ship scraps in the ring at Madison
Square Garden on Wednesday.
Thirty in Military Service.
Approximately 80 of the candi-
dates, every one a winner in tour
neys held elsewhere to determine
the makeup of the roster here, are
members Of the Nations armed
forces.
The Pensacola, Fla, Naval Air
Base. Fort Benning, Ga, and Camp
Blanding contributed seven mem
bers to the Atlanta, Ga, team, while
four members of the Charlotte, N.
c., squad are marines.
Wednesday nights winners and
their alternates qualify for the New
York Chicago intercity competition
on March 30.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Former Shadow Is Added
To Wrestling Program

Marvin Westernberg, who for
merly operated in Eastern rassling
circles with mask and the title of
The Shadow, makes his Washington
debut at Turner's Arena on Thurs
day. He Is booked for Commute
bout against Leo Numa, former Uni
versity of Washington footballer.
Westernberg is among the list of
former world champions, his claim
being based on q victory over Steve
(Crusher) Casey in Boston.
Thursdays feature bout Is be-
tween Gus sonnsnbsrg and Eddie
Dusek
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Cuthey Is Mats Favored Rookie
After His Hurting HoIts Tigers
Little Abner, Come in Pinehes, Breezes
Through Term; RoIIy in Second Tells

for that team before being gradu-
ated to Charlotte's Glass B outfit.
Fans Four Tigers.
He arrived as one Of the Mats
lesser lights, as indicated by the
fact he still is living at the board
ing house where Prexy Clark Grif-
fifth sends his raw recruits, but when
Washington breaks camp Cathey
probably will become accustomed to
more sumptuous surroundings.
Cathey Is an amusing character.
On the Mats bus hop around Flor
ida, Little Abner" has been a stage
show In himself. He has an endless
supply of hill-billy tunes to prevent
mapping but, more important, he
has demonstrated to Harris that his
fast ball gathers no cobwebs.
Twice Cathey has pitched and
Bucky's enthusiasm has mounted
with each effort. Against the
Yankees when the Mats absorbed
their only defeat Cathey merely
was $3.50. permitting run, issuing
two walks and allowing two hits
in two innings. But yesterday as
Washington beat the Detroit Tigers,
6-2, at Orlando an improved Cathey
was performing. 1t might be men
toned. incidentally, that Cathey
pitched against the Yankees despite
being nauseated.
Cathey labored three innings
against the Tigers and what he
showed Harris was plenty of heart
and nice assortment of pitching.
He was in trouble at the outset.
when two men were on base with
none out through the medium Of a
walk and a single, but Cathey es-
capped damage by tossing out Doc
Cramer and Barney McCosky and
(see HAWKINS, Page A-13)
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Vernon, Hitting 1886, Shines in Cleanup Spot
PofahI Subs Ably for croueher; Repass Is Flash AieId

Pitcher Dutch Leonard reports
himself in shape and eager to
test his arm. Harris expects to
put him to work in two or three
days.
Pitcher Bill Kennedy, q former
Earle Theater usher, possesses the
most stylish pitching form of any
Nat but he admits he can't fol-
low through properly when he's
on the mound. Sammy West
Z hit me on the leg twice in batting
practice here last year and I've
been timid about getting hit
since" says Bill. TITS not doing
me any good to have that fear
but I just haven't been able to
conquer it."
The Mats imported six-game
winning streak here today but
prospects of keeping it intact
appeared drab with Harris pitch
Ing what he calls the mob
Zinses, MCCULLOUGH. xsnnsdy, -
Evening star., 1942-03-16
~ a stan Correspondent Of The star.


DAYTONA BE ACH, Fla,
March l6.-First Baseman Mickey
Vernon of the Mats rapidly is
justifying Manager Bucky Har-
ris' election of a cleanup hitter.
In seven games thus far Vernon
has stepped to the front as WASH
ington's best hitter, clouting a
neat 1886.
Jimmy Pofahl performed a nice
Job of subbing for Frank Crouch
er, hitting 1888, the same figure
owned by Rookie Bob Repass.
Outhelder Stan Spence Is batting
800 while Bruce Campbell is hit
ting .296, Jake Early, 1856, and
George Case. .226. Third Base
man Stan Gale currently is O
.158 hitter.
The pitching trio Of Sid Hud-
son, Jack Wilson and Alexandra
Carrasquef has permitted only
one run In 10 innings, beating
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Dawson 10 PIuq
Gaping Breach
For Gophers
Up TO BuckfieId Coach
To Uphold Smashing
Biermun Attack
BY JAY VESSELS,
Associated Press Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS, March 16.-The
smashing Bierman system. war or
peace, continues at Minnesota. And
Lowell Red" Dawson who absorbed
the powerhouse style to become a
great quarterback and then big
league head coach, soon will begin
picking up at Minnesota where Ber-
ME Bierman left off two months ago
when he was called to active duty as
marine major.
Dawson's resignation has Tulane's
football coach was announced by DR..
Rufus c. Harris, Tulane president,
late Saturday q short time after the
University of Minnesota Board OF
Regents had hired Dawson as back
field mentor and chief assistant to
DR.. George Hauser, line coach,
moved along to Bierman's spot for
the duration.
Offense Up to Dawson.
Thus 1t will be squarely up to
"Red" Dawson, quarterbacking
hero when Bernie Bierman coached
Tulane to the Rose Bowl spot in
1881, to produce the offensive stuff
for Minnesota's 1924 championship
challenge and a continuation OF
hot winning streak now at II games.
Dawson has known about other
famous winning campaigns at Min
nesota. When Bierman left Tulane
in 1882, Dawson came along to Min
nesota as backfield coach. When
Red" returned to Tulane as head
coach in 1886, he had helped guide
the Golden Gophers along to a VIC
torious splurge that ran to 81 games
before it was broken the fall after
Dawson departed.
Hiring of Dawson helped partly
to plug one of those everything
going out nothing -coming-in catas-
trophies that began when Bierman
was recalled to the marines. Ath-
letic Director Frank Mccormick next
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Bruins Injured Center
Returns Tomorrow

BOSTON, March 16 R-Bin
Cowley, Boston Bruin center, who
has been out Of action since he suf-
fered a broken jaw in Detroit on
January a, will get back in action
tomorrow night in the final sched-
uled hockey game here with the
Brooklyn Americans.
Cowley plans to wear a mask and
continue in the playoffs If his con-
dition permits.