The White Falcon - 13.12.1941, Page 6

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THE WHITE FALCON
WAR EVENTS - Cont’d
The Maritime commission
forbad publication of the car-
goes or destination of any
American merchant ship,
x
President Roosevelt made his
report to the nation. (See re-
port) .
Wednesday
Cuba declared war early on
Wednesday. Uruguay, Argen-
tina, Venezuela affirmed their
support of the United States.
Columbian officials reiterated
their co-operation in the de-
fense of Panama Canal. Two
Italian vessels were seized at
Carteginia Wednesday.
X
Mexico was given permission
to move troops through the
U.S. to reinforce her garrisons
in lower California.
St
The State Department an-
nounced the safety of diplo-
matic and consular officials in
Peking, Tokyo, Shanghai, Te-
intsin, and Manilla.
st
No further news was avail-
able on the fate of the Paci-
fic Islands. President Roose-
velt in his Tuesday night report
to the nation, said we could
expect to hear that Guam,
Wake and Midway islands had
been seized.
st
No further news of the Nav-
al Battle in the Pacific,
st
No further news of Hong
Kong.
st
Manila was bombed again
Tuesday night.
st
Manila authorities admitted
japanese landings on the is-
land of Luzon, northernmost
and largest of the Philippines.
The island has been raided at
least six times in the last three
days. Heavy units of ground
forces supported by naval and
air units were making the at-
tack. The japanese reported
successful landings on both the
northern and Western coast of
Luzon.
X
London. — The British Ad-
miralty announced the sinking
by aerial torpedoes off Singa-
pore, of the Battleship Prince
of Wales, and the battle .cruis-
er Repulse.
2400 survivors were later re-
ported rescued. This number
did not yet include Admiral
Tom Phillips, Commander in
chief of the British Asiatic
fleet, who was aboard the Prin-
ce of Wales, and an eyewitness
said when he was last seen he
and the captain of the battle-
ship were standing in water
on the bridge.
X
Tokyo. — The Japanese ad-
miralty announced the Japan-
ese navy is determined to gain
control of the Pacific, Indian
and Arctic oceans.
X
Detroit. — Production begun
of 60 ton monster U.S. tanks.
X
San Francisco. — Pan Amer-
ican airlines announced Wed-
nesday that all their employees
had been successfully evacuat-
ed from Guam.
x
Tokyo. — The Imperial Ad-
miralty headquarters admitted
officially Wednesday that two
transports have been sunk, and
two serverely damaged. It was
also stated, that 28 naval air-
craft and 12 army aircraft were
shot down in raids over Manila.
(The British claimed sinking
of the two transports in a
morning attack on north Mal-
aya).
Manila. — It was reported
all Japanese parachutists have
been rounded up.
Thursday
12.00 (Iceland Time). —- Pre-
mier Mussolini announced that
Italy was at war with the Un-
ited States.
1.30 PM (Iceland Time) —
Adolf Hitler concluded a
speech declaring war on the
U.S. and outlining additional
provisions of the tripartite pact
which had been signed in Ber-
lin Thursday morning — the
points were:
1) Germany, Italy and Japan
jointly and with every means
will prosecute the war with the
U.S. and Britain until victory
is secured.
2) There will be no armist-
ice or treaty except by mutual
agreement.
3) After the victory there will
be the closest co-operation a-
mong the three powers to in-
sure the establishment of the
new order based along the lin-
es of the three-partite pact.
4) The provisions of the
agreement will, bind the nat-
ions concurent with the tri-
partite pact signed September
27, 1940.
4.35 PM (Iceland Time) —
The Presidents message was
read in Congress, it was a terse
16 lines outlining the facts that
Germany and Italy had declar-
ed war on the U.S., and con-
cluding: “I therefore request
Congress to recognize a state
of war between the United
States and Germany, and the
United States and Italy.
Action was swift. The Senate
passed the war resolution a-
gainst Germany by a vote of
88—0. Two more Senators ar-
rived—Ihe Senate passed the
war resolution against Italy by
a vote of 90—0.
The House also achieved un-
animity. The declaration of
war against Germany was pass-
ed in the House by a vote of
399—0, the vote against Italy
was 393—0. In both cases Paci-
fist Rep. Jeanette Rankin of
Montana, who voted against
war in 1918, and who opposed
the Japanese war resolution,
voted “Present”.
X
Tokyo. — The Japanese
claimed the occupation of Gu-
am was complete, that 350 Am-
ericans had been made pris-
oner, including the Consular
General and the Governor of
the island.
X
Tokyo. — .The Japanese ad-
mitted losing a light cruiser, a
destroyer and several planes in
an attack on Wake Island. The
BBC said these ships were de-
stroyed by U.S. Marines de-
fending the island.
X
Tokyo. — The Japanese
claimed the American Aircraft
carrier Lexington was destroy-
ed off Hawaii in the first days
fighting.
x
Parachutists landed at an air-
field six miles from Vigan, P.I.,
but are being rounded up.
x
Manila. — General McArthur,
commander of the American
forces in the Philippines said,
“The situation in the Philip-
pines is well in hand.” He ad-
mitted a small Japanese foot-
hold in north Luzon, but said
attacks on the Western part of
the Island had been repulsed.
x
The Germans are making
withdrawals from the Moscow
and Rostov sectors. It is believ-
ed the nazis are planning a
drive through Turkey to take
Bi’itish forces from the South
Pacific and from Libya. (Ear-
lier in the week the German
High Command had announced
its intention to secure the East-
ern front for the Winter, and
was falling back into defens-
ible positions.
The Russians announced re-
capture of 6 villages in the
southern sector, and 15 villag-
es near Tikhvin in the Lenin-
grad area.
x
Washington. — A war De-
partment Communique con-
firmed the sinking of the Har-
una, 29.000 ton battleship off
the North coast of the Philip-
pines Wednesday by an Amer-
ican bomber.
X
Washington. — Sec’y of State
Hull announced a conference
of Pan American foreign min-
isters to be held in Rio de Jan-
eiro the first week in January.
X
London. — The British sub-
mitted a list of lend-lease items
they could do without, urged
the U.S. to cut down on lend-
lease in the Pacific crisis.
X
Washington. — There has
been no official confirmation
of the fall of Midway, Wake
or Guam.
x
Hong Kong. — Japanese ad-
vances were abruptly halted by
the British troops. Chinese
forces of Gen. Chiang Kai Shek
were reported at a late hour
to be harassing the enemys
commuication lines fi'om the
rear.
Friday
Manila. — Official American
sources reported another Jap-
anese battleship had been de-
stroyed.
X
Hong Kong. — There were
no raids on Hong Kong Thurs-
day night, but a duel between
shore batteries and a Japanese
warship outside the approach-
es caused small damage in the
city. British sources reported
the sinking of two Japanese
naval vessels by fierce mach-
ine gun fire.
X
Honolulu. — Governor Poin-
dexter of Hawaii announced
that 30 Japanese bombers had
been shot down during the Sun-
day attack on Pearl Harbor.
X
Washington. — It was an-
nounced today that Rear Ad-
miral Kidd was killed in action
at Pearl Harbor Sunday.