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Mighty British
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the House ways and means committes, and Chairman George (D-Ga), LONDON, Dec. 10—UP—Britain of the Senate finance committee, lost two of her mightiest capital | promptly accepted an invitation to ships today—the powerful new 35,-| talk to” Morgenthau 000-ton battleship Prince of Wwles new taxes will be nece: =| and the 32,000-ton battle crulser Re-/ nance the war, They w: Pulve—both unk by the Japanese [morrow at noon. al Single blow truck to the British navy in the whole ws joss wa: jeed by the admiralty without word of how they
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Semouty soanial point ty alspatched to the Pacine, 1efortress, the com Hagthip of the feet Botaln, hed inant ad sed and organized to defend the fold the British from Tobrate empire in the Far Eas! aad reached South African and In‘The warships went down In one of the British navy's blackest days | southeast, ‘onli carrying out operaclons mans and Itllans tl were in nguinst the Japanese attack on Ma rn perimeter aya,” the admiralty Te ndded that "no detalla wore available except those contained in| BEDS ee sree the Japanese official communique | MO! oP which claims that both ships were | troop strategic nave beenrail center 110 miies UNk by alr attack of Leningrad, in a 10-day batt Yona Grievous Blow which cost them 7,000 dead, and The loss of the Prince of Wales. have suffered new reverses. betore one of the newest and most power- | Mosco w, the Russians claimed {ul of the British battleships and a officially today. vessel especially armored against ¢ Soviet government said that air attack,
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Brest iad one-one west of the capital, and wiped out in winning back jwo of her capital ships the battie- more t several settlements at Tula, 100 nilles south of Moscow. Flow, and the 42.100ton GERMANS WITHDRAW battle cruiser Hood, sunk by the BERLIN, Dee. German battleship Bismarck May advance forces have withdrawn (0 24, 14L-in the Atlantic. lines in sector after sector Prihce of Wales was one of winter along the Russian battlefront, the yesstls which hunted down the military spokesman declai Bismarck In the royal navy’s quick Asserting that the revenge tar:tho loss of the Hoad. eastward w ah until sprba pokesman sald" st by Prim no strategie ambitionsthis winter Minister Churchill and President welt NO PEACE TALKS She arrived Singapore last} NEW YORK, Dec, 10—UP—The ship of Admiral Sir|German foreign office spokesman ‘Tom Phillips, newiappoin was quoted by the Berlin radio to day as categorically declaring there 4s no possibility of peace. talks wit Soviet Russi “Ther be no talking with the Tolanevisie, they will by bet. jhe Jpanese said, sald. being Nit by the Japanese air bombs while the Prince {Wales a vessel red acainst ait atlack, was _énmnged, fought to esenpe and tacked ‘again, suffering, additional hits which kent her under wares, No. Mention OF Cre ere was-no-mention tn-the-Jap= ement of the crews, said there W ASIN OO Bee 10“ a te __from many polnts of view was both |torneyGeneral Biddle said today’ “Tavorable-and-atverse-and-t-unT that 2,303 Germans, ftalians and Gergone important changes during] Japanese had deen seized by th the past ederal bureau, of Investigation and ‘with the Prinee of Wales and Re-| (eore being held temporarily by in stil it least raleretion official feships afloat or bullding. said-at @ press conterencé 7 Battleships now in service are flee! seat ‘ihe allene would be given inte x jueen Eltzabeth custody of the Aemyt as Ws the law wil ater their status had been determined by the civillan boards of review to 9 be set up in communities in alt parts of the country "enemy allens” selzedandinclude of abla tape in commission at the] "The pas German, 147 Tatiana 1.291 start of the. japanese, : ‘The Prince of Wales was one, of @ five Mips of the King Geo: Jars SEIZE 1210 class, all of which were schedated Dec, 10—un_‘orfletad for completion in TST. Ratio® "ed Up By
Government
Seizes 2,303
Axis Nationals
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DECEMBER
14 PAGES
10, 1941
Still Supreme
Successes
Roosevelt
Dec,
con-
a long, hard struggle before It can win the war and the peace that follows, And, me commanderin-chief, he warned the country in the frankest words thats coast ront line of the war (hat exploded “The attack at Peart anid bluntly, “can be repeated Golne at many pointe pol tn along both our Inst all the rest In War All The Way med in this war, We are all in Itcail the way. Every. single woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertake ing of our American history, We must share togethertho bad news \e goodnews, the. defeats and iries—the changing fortunes of war. He mad tempt to minimize the character of the initial It all had deen bad, he could not say officlaliy how much Hawall had suffered until further surveys pleted. wards bespoke calm we are going to win the peace that day, the Président overnment had jecided on. a severrday week for sl ini Including the prov auction ot essential raw materials, di that there wehals Ser tremens cosh expe sion of Ure natiog's munitions production induatrles, by the conatructlon of new ts, the enlargement of old ones, and the mobiti-| uation of small plants tn the prov duction drive. cea hery: Mr. Roosevelt combined his blueprint for the victory effort with » scathing condemnation of “treachs Japan, She} erously ad been egged Into war, he feried. by Germany's Promise tnat a trkumphant Tew ort J Pe world 100! petual control of the whole Pasi and that means not only the East, not only all of the Islands in) the Pacific, but alsa a strangle an the west coast of North, ce tral and South Americ he continued, was. working in ‘com pista aesoee, tN the Axls grand strategy, and he added these words r always that Germany and Italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider them.| with the United States at this moment Just as much Ibey conaider themselves at War veld Sette in that there With this in mind, ne announced that tha lend-lease program woul 0 pour out quahllée of riatlions needed to supply both the armed forces of the United Statea.and -the tee umes and. isin of eh world which were fighting the Axis,| inch In talking ‘of the mighty produce|
Enemy Troops Make Landing In North Luzon.
TOKYO. Dec. 10-Otficial Radio| Picked Up By AP)—Loudspeakers | shouted Japan's most tremendous news of war succesyes so far—the| sinking of two of Britain's mightiest | capital ships and the landing of| forces in tho Philippine mediate Japanese ais today to Jubilant throngs stirred, to ot |Men hilled In Hawaii later In the The Associated Presa! , Two Unper Peninsula men in the off (United States armed forces in that t sof Japan © killed in Sunday's at's promises.” He headquarters © promises Mr. IooseSina iiith Pat" Raster | ere ay et tene bombers, reintives ade “agin and again” Relat corieant Mekwian Reuison Americans would never of
tinued supremacy for the United! States Navy in the Pacific today, despite the serious losses the fleet suffered in the surprise outbreak of the war. He dismissed as “fantastic” Jap. anese claims that they had ined all kindred ni es eects propaganda purpo: Rut within a few hours the Mikado's forces scored another amashIng double blow against the AngloAmerican re in the Pacific by sinking one of Britain’ newest 35,000-ton battleships, Prince of Wales, and the 32,000-ton British battle cruiser, Repulse. These new reverses underline the words the President used last night when he told the
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
ie Nipponese
President
Treasury Launches War Tax Program WASHINGTON, 10—u— je Treasury launched its war tax
MICH. WEDNESDAY,
F.D.R.Claims Senator Blocks Action On AmericanNavy Lifting Troop Restrictions WASHINGTON,
- Capital Ships
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Two Upper Peninsula
USS. Forees Smashing A Nipponese
way bad Claimed nasal on Menominee. ani Manfred Ander-
Sunday
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Hancock: are the: Michigan men killed, Reuss’ vite, the former [35 Is Reant tole Olin, aes of i aa Marinette. to whohom || selae control of both the alr and [Water of the Paritis Indian and |Mether, Mrs, Alfred Reuss ot Merve ‘Avitarcile acess n Hono Anders Mies Latadinge Bicesatul jea In Hancock. The and navy’ sections of ne vimperint headquarters said Tnnding parties had eek teecmubisre, acre beta AN the | n, OW The coast, 200 miles northPiliprines rorth of Manila in Joint west of Manita perniions against £1 Arey henipenttees Bhilippine resists nounced th nemy was ‘nee fs P Jou aly tenorted, secuee:| heavy force off the northern. coset
4 imperial | Haveai, wait Keher today proclaimed thet
Robert R. Niedzwieckl, 2, of Grand Ri pis wae the rat ree ported Michiven caaually Neat in the Pace, NicdawlecK!, eprivate Inthe was killed in linwail Sunday by “m! chine gun and shrapnel wounds, evidently while he, was_on leave {Wheeler Field,
News Of War Grim But Not Decisive By DoWitt MacKensle (Wide World War Analyat)
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itary committee, cated Paisage of Textsiation would permit retention of all hting forves for the duration, and fees to be dispatgned to at on the globe, to the President erday # bill freering naval eniisiments for six months beyond al Lewis B. cf national selectiv said reclassification of selecate] n
BERLIN,
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Dac,
10—-UP—United correspondents were dismissed from the
aupner HteRcks reners ee ed tal 6 LONDON, Dec Chinon cus to three others, (Japanese head~ ma tong thecarted Germanembesay feneraston ted Si Se ard Japaneseie | ington Ive wee in'Waske| newapes| quarters. were sunk admitted and oxo ‘two,were. transports damaged fieets was In progiers ott Banta | OEIOD, a4merte Iu delat there as none of Gat gure an inciestion of tne wary | : Soon
that we shall allow oursett-tn fail under a complex, which atts bute superhuman capabilities to the en= emy bu Should guard against any such tendency. A lot of folk Rot the superhuman complex. te= garding the mighty German warmachine, and it was two years Defore the Russians deflated the Inyinelbility balloon under Lerrpeoionrgerg re muct same athe
De , 10 Knudsen put himself on record for or fight
polnts a vast attack ternine
spans itary ad ‘To Homes
te Although General Hershey sald grounds that Axis newspaper: ‘LOSE AIR BASE there was @ "strona possibility” that arrested in the Unit | gRINGAPORE. Dee. 10—2—Tpe Congress would low yer the draft age lost Kets, ed States In violation of incernation- British apparen: sen minimum from 21 to 18, ti tative May said he did not believe cknowledged only that two at Benctee. gone down and such @ change would be made soon, transports had id of going to the conference ‘maybe 1" He said ra were damaged, with no lous table, the Wilhelmstmsse spokes Uhouxht likely that the t man stood at the enirance and anmaaimum might be falaedabove planes were. mistin {more men ari planes and 38 naval. I jontrary to International prac: aI Ileeahey apoke of the pos RUMOR ANOTHER Si 200 milee north of here German 10 of Lusi, axtenming ‘trom Visxh se aust Jebanme naval aut Aparrt Apart” landed nouncing they reason to believe that t 15 rd pernapeat several continous British bactieship Ki evel! ears x | Paints, alsa a German snd itale|. Six Japanese transports escorted of Wales and battlec Marge Japancse naval elements” datory. inrurson bywore e) in abr attacks on Britain's Far Eatt-| upon th ted ern fleet nea Vigan aboutn landing operations
‘The further Japanese success in the war of the Pacific—notably the sinking of the great British warmhips Princo of Wales-and Res pulse, and nding of Jap} troops in the Philippines grim reading trom the altin the} far ft isive and needn't cause any slecouragerent| whatever. al robably there is little danger
doesn't compare In power of the Nazis, Certainly nese aren't ir warriors ‘we have the anewer in tires panese created surprise And
Nazis Confine | US. Newsmen
WA, Onl, Bee, 10—u— Plane for the joint” Canadian. Untied. Staton defense of the ‘orth American ct “completein ev yeas tated offllaily’ today "An fica sald. that the Joint
A second comme inlague cee ei Mi. Intoresalta the official German news agency.! im. cs, no fur: “LEAVE FOR JUG" |Dies* Agents. Raid Switzerland oP . . American prevs correspenitents tr German Aid Group offense for their aid "While not 4 p.m. today, presume verited, It is reborted CHICAGO, Dec, 10 Agents aie real edid not af she Des commitine dlactoved to)" Laniey Angi ‘Thucemer 1 lay that th made, a series of | Associated Prete In rel ralds upon an organization which | answered automatic loted d by a they eald had been ecilecting about [3 ery from here at 12 5 Fitpine4a f accounted for one 81,000" Sweex emtensibiy for the te linconicr “tury wp. We Teave: for Japanese et af German wap. prisoners in Can OM in at ine | ombers ata Nparri( wehich Papers of the organization Thuermer 50 “Themileslanding was un= user Bund ai Were Rudolph | der cover nof: @ ofheavy, Manila, nightlong alr vera f bombardmen War Department communique Issued in Wai reported "de. See {teat of ah ack wgalnat he West coms: of Luzon between San Fernando aad Vig parently & clearing house in Philad 1ittoren money was supposed"
Inve the prisoners. in akemts said, but ectet indicat diverted to “other Welined to furnish additional dee tails.
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based on ast night tu me difference between Manila and Washington it apparently. reterrs eo widely and with utter disrex: tay New Senators Will Not of Wednesday morning, C f Consequences to eauipment or thelr Yor eltiee own (Associated Press dispatches (ram Quiz Naval Officials sonterence That Jast point Is Important. The W YORK, Deo, 10——Alr uy definitely placed, tre iands Nipponese are risking eversihing raid warnings were m occurring this morning WASHINGTON, Dec 10] WASHINGTON. Te in these early hours in an effort to New York 1am, CEST.) ©. 10>, Manila ime, the | Whit the gels warning that vantage which today after similar warnings had Chairman Walan’ «D-Mase) of sald When it is Wednesday noon In Ma | wave of aggression tas now brok-| {nila flashed over Long Inland. The all it is tt p.m Tuesday in Washe t h a s n o p e s ef ~ ington clear wan heard a ‘fad the. United Sta Police Doadquartcrs, reported about war operations should. be|vited. foreign. talsters of th 2] thle the baute 1m the north still 07 terrible, nes att em bing was inmin- iven to the American’ public other American Fepublica ent” but frstealr force “4 10, for a. peot For that reason, Walsh said, the | sult on joint measures f ters at Mitchel Field disclaimed pate commitine would make no fense of the western h knowledge pfthoatile aircraft effort to i of tolonesatisty:beat honor furrlyoe arent.are £Onet any being in the vietnity: the extent of ship losses in the aure| the. conteren ce (Turn to Ps 6, Column 1) prise Japanese attack on Pea rk air “the White house, pres | :{0 slagestiont ° ofstole Chute,moment,” In conforat field were reported unoffictally to 0 ain! announced that one old | mity wit been bombed at the-same time, plunged Man Francisco = LOU Can Help! n destroyer een was under aerial attack blackout almost 100 per cent ef- sunk, withip and other vessels damaged, gt te money 0 ate fecttve, not Involve n single command. Dec. 10
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<f buy them geon a regu Other mn California cities Machines Prok Propellor Production you Ycan, But were Vian out at appre lar basis, WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—UR—| DETROIT, Dec: -10—U—A_De-| More Bonds cost ag little ax 818.7%, the same mw ax 10 cents, mae government. today, prohibited) terit supplying s 4 WASHINGTON, Dee, 10 prouctlon af coln-operay equipment forcontractor the Nash-Kelvinator The King | George V ltselt ts} nome isiry ane ven-day week for the bureaus “bling machines afer Fri and ime | corration's defenge ‘orders plant | aueae known to-be In that ‘rm. "Peitish ‘naapen nae ~hte tRFEEY |wttaneoushy told’ manufacturers ‘ot In. Lansing, charged today. that a dre | closo | formation ‘Tuo: 40,00%tonners, the Elon and| tonals, including jians Ison! Mountain Niet ges tin ainey coine| CIOAFL dlngater arta ie ene od Unlonded other exploulves ‘Temeraire, mounting 16-inch rifles,|Australians, had been taken into | diverted the | Tore. many articles would have to to curtail their |to delay Army airplane propelior |°""" Americans 10 your are scheduled for cympletion in] custody throukhout since the the 9. production, (Tuy te Page (2, Cpluma 7 (Tern to Page& » ment wath your aller se, y Foutoreak of the war, a
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