Daily Post - 13.12.1941, Blaðsíða 4

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Danger to Manila
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ions in Aparri, Vigan, Subig
Bay, and in Legaspi, as a con-
centric thrust towards the capi-
tal.
BBITISH WITHDRAW IN
KEDAH
The Singapore communique
of to-day, says that the situat-
ion in Malaya is not quite clear.
There was no oonfirmation of
the Japanese claim to have
landed troops at Kuala, in
Trengganu on the east coast of
Malaya. south of Kelantan, but
at Kedah some infiltration had
taken place, and our forces had
withdrawn to prearranged po-
sitions.
AIR RAID ON PENANG
Penang was heavily raided
yesterday and civilian casualt-
ies numbered a'bout 100, al-
though no military damage was
caused. Our aircraft rai^ied
Singora to-day.
INVASION BARGES
DESTROYED
It is now known that during
the heroic defence of the Kota
Baharu aerodrome our air force
succeeded in completely de-
stroying, by incendiaries and
machine-gjun fire, some 50 or
60 Japanese landing barges,
laden with troops, guns, and
ammunition.
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BURMA BOMBED
A message from Rangoon has
just told about the first air-
raid on Burma, enemy bombs
killing 7 people in an unnamed
place in Tenasserim, the west-
ern strip of the northern Mala-
yan Peninsula, shared by
Burma with Thaiiand.
The Prime Minister of Thai-
land officially confirmed today
the agreement with Japan. He
tried to defend this action by
stating t'hat in times like the
present it was not always
possible to do as one might
wish to.
Singapore reports that both
the Navy and the Air Force of
the Dutch East Indies are tak-
ing part in the operations.
There has been no attack on
the Dutch East Indies as yet,
but the sirens were sounded
and a blackout ordered in Port
Darwin, Western Australia, last
night. There was no air-raid,
however.
In Australia the War Cabinet
met to-day, and the people are
reported to be adjusting them-
selves to the new conditions
with extreme willingness.
CHINA’S PART
Hong Kong reports no major
changes. Our forces there have
withdrawn from the most ad-
vanced positions to prepared
battle lines at Kaiu. The Chin-
ese are reported to be attacking
the advancing Japanese in the
rear from the north-western
part of the Kwang-tung Pro-
vince.
WAKE ISLAND HOLDS OUT
President Roosevelt announc-
ed to-day that the garrison at
Wake Island, 2,400 miles west
of the Hawaian Islands was
still holding out. A small
group of U.S. Marines was
doing magnificent work there.
The President also announc-
ed that U.S. defence chiefs had
divided the Atlantic and the
Pacific into 8 defence-areas.
There is no fresh newjs from
Hawaii. It has been given out
officially that there were four
air-raids in all: two on Sunday
morning early; one in the aft-
ernoon; and one on Monday
morning.
CONSCRIPTION FOR U.S.A.
A bill has been laid before
the House of Representatives
in Washington to introduce
immediate conscription of all
U.S. males from 18 to 65 years
of age. Military service is to in-
clude all fit men from 19 to 45
years of age.
President Roosevelt announc-
ed to-day that 'Mr. Churchill
and Lord Beaverbrook had
promised to hand over imme-
diately to the U.S.A. the whole
production of 3 Canadian am-
munition factories.
If you are down and feeling
sad,
Get a “Battleship” block and
cheer up my lad.
Raids From
Brest to
Cologne
London, Dec. 12th.
The Air Ministry announced
to-day that the R.A.F. had last
night carried out a raid on
towns in Western and North-
western Germany, Cologne be-
ing the main target.
The doeks at Le Havre, and
Brest were also bombed, and
mines were laid in enemy wat-
ers. Three of our planes are re-
ported missing.
Battleground !
By Spike
“FOLK LORE” ASKS:—
Many of us in the past have
been stumped over the “Oracle
cf Delphi”. Can you give me a
íairly descriptive explanation
of this oracle please. What are
the Pythian games?
Delphi is a town in ancient
Greece in Phocis, at the foot of
Parnassus where Apollo had
his temple. Here he was wont
to issue his oracles by the
mouth of his priestess Pythia,
who when receiving the oracle
used to sit on a tripod over an I
opening in the ground through
which an intoxicating vapour
exhaled, which was deemed the
breath of the God, and which
proved the vehicle of her in-
spiration. The Pythian games
were celebrated in the neigh-
bourhood. — Do I make myself
clear?
ARKWARD:—
How many articles were con-
tained in the covenant of the
League of Nations?
Twenty six articles to pro-
mote international friendship
and co operation. Wonderful
dream!
Silk Polarbears
The emblem of the British
Iceland Force
are on sale at 1 króna and
50 aura pr. pair at 34 Lauga-
vegur. The shop is open till
11 o’clock p.m. This emblem
can also be obtained at the
coffee shop near the Bíó in
Hafnarfjörður.
Italian
Cruiser
Snnk
London, Dec. 12th.
The Admiralty announced
this aftemoon another success,
reported by our C.-in-C. in tbfe
Mediterranean, scored by one
of our submarines against ene-
my naval forces.
Shortly before dark yester-
day one of our submarines in
the central Mediterranean
spotted 3 Italian cruisers,
heavily screened by destroyers,
going south at high speed. The
submarine let go at one of the
enemy’s cruicers, and three
hits were registered. Because
of a rough sea the exact results
could not be observed, but
there is practically no doubt
that the cruiser was sunk, as a
violent explosion was heard a
few minutes later.
Russia
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have for months accumulated
great fighting experience, es"
pecially in inflicting enormous
damage to enemy communicat-
ions behind the front.
In the Tikvin sector alone
they had derailed 14 trains and
blown up 8 important bridges-
At one place in southern Russ-
ia 45 lorries, laden with winter
clothing and ammunition, were
blown up.
RUSSIA ON JAPAN
In a leading article today the
“Pravda” bitterly condemns
the treacherous Japanese at-
tack on Britain and the U.S-A-
The paper says that Japan has
by this act plunged into haz-
ardous adventure which lS
bound to end disastrously f°r
her, in spite of the temporary
success gained by taking the
Allies unaware. “This war is
going to be a long one,” the
paper says, “and Japan is goinfí
to succumb in the end because
of her inability to complete
in production with the three
Allies so immensely rich lTÍ
resources, Great Britain, e•
U.S.A. and China.