The Anadarko Gazette (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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Covering the War Front
At Home and Abroad
SINGAPORE I)r 11— (UP)— British headquar-
ters reported tonight that their forces fought off a Jap-
anese paired in extreme northwest Malava today
The Japanese apparently were moving down to the
Malaya frontier from Thailand
British forces continued to hold their original fron-
tier lines in the Kuantan area and in northern Malaya
there was little to report
VICIIY Dec 11 — (UP) — German authorities tit Brest
occupied Francs have executed 11 Frenchmen for illegal pos-
session of arms
The executions bring to a total of 190 the number of per-
sons executed in occupied France in reprisal for anti-German
activities
BATAVIA Netherlands East Indies Dec II —
(UP)— The Aneta official news agency today reported
that Australian bombers have attacked a Japanese air
base on the island of Pohra between the Celebes and the
' Japanese island of Palau
Pobra is southeast of the Philippines
The Australian bombers were based on the Nether-
lands East Indies island of Ambon the report revealed
One Australian plane failed to return from the attack
No hostilities have occurred in the Dutch East In-
dies an army communique said
SINGAPORE Doc 11 — (UP) — A British communique
reported today that Japanese air and sea forces still appear
to be engaged in raiding operations over wide areas of the
Pacific
The communique rejKrted that British defenses in north-
ern Malaya are holding firm against Japanese attacks and
that “there appears to be no change in the enemy’s plans”
British headquarters reporting on Japanese operations
against the Philippines said it appears that the Japanese
have divided their main effort between Manila and northern
Luzon where troop landings have been made
BERLIN Dec 11 — (UP) — German broadcasts re-
corded by United Press said today that all American news-
paper and press association corespondents in Berlin were
arrested at midnight in retaliation for the arrests of Ger-
man correspondents in the United States
He
WASHINGTON Doc 11 — (UP) — Brig Gen Lewis ITer-
shey director of selective service said today that it might be
desirable eventually to register all men between the ages of
18 and 64 inclusive for military service civilian defense and
other purposes
Hershey made it clear however that he did not expect
any abrupt changes in the present system rr any later changes
which would “wreck our national life”
“The selective service act has been for a dual purpose —
training and service Heretofore the emphasis has been on
training Now we have come to the place where the mphasis
is going to be on service”
Anadarko Is Ready
For Teachers Meet
Santa Claus To
Treat Kiddies
In Afternoon
Anadaro has kcompleted her wel-
come plans today and everything
is ready to welcome the Caddo
county teachers convention here
Friday along with hundreds and
hundreds of kiddies and parents ex-
pected to rub shoulders with Santa
Claus on the streets In the after-
noon Santa will give away candy for
all the youngsters and Anadarko
merchants will play Santa Claus for
the grown-ups and give away a
pocket full of $10 bills at the week-
ly hospitality day feature
A last minute change in the
teachers program saw the “Thunder
Rock” play to have been presented
Friday night by the University of
Oklahoma drama students go out
and in its place a group of enter-
tainers from Oklahoma A and M
college were procured to fill out the
program
Several young men members of the
WEATHER— Cloudy with occasional
snow flurries in northern sections
today and tonight Occasional rain
in central and southern portions to-
cast of the O U Play were called I night Slightly warmer Friday after-
Into armed service early this week
forcing producers to discontinue its
presentation
Heading the Stillwater college en-
tertainment will be a master ma-
gician an outstanding lady ven-
triloquist the Artists’ trio a solo-
ist and a marimba played
Edwin Sipple the magician has
had 10 years of experience although
he is only a junior
in the Aggie col- ?
lege Miss Ann '
Pfost the ventril-
oquist has travel-
ed with some of 1
the leading the-
atrical groups of
this country and
recently appeared
in Kansas City to
round out one of d
Major Bowes’ un- '
If® Stewart Hartal
Miss Mary Alice Wells formerly
of Apache will present the marimba
solo The singing strings known as
the Artist’s Trio will present classi-
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Mis Ann Pfost
noon
Otis T Mayo a former navy
man who lives out of Anadarko
on route one was in the office
Wednesday trying to Join up for
another hitch he says he’s
always wanted to take a shot at
a Jap and this looks like his
chance Mrs C O Smith
has a convincing tone in her
voice We still think that a
good bet was passed up when
we didn't take Jim Hall on that
dollar a bird bet Sherman
Billingsley former Anadarkoan
and who now operates tire fa-
mous Stork Club in New York
City sent Bryan Gardner a copy
of the New Yorker that carried
an account of that goat on
the roof story Peggy Clay wrote
before she left That story
certainly made the rounds
The Anadarko GJ
VOLUME SIXTEEN— NUMBER FORTY-THREE
U S Bombers Sink Japanese Battleship Off Luzon
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nflfiEnr
Hitler and Mussolini Make
Formal Declaration of Aid
To Japan
BERLIN Doc 11 (German radio recorded by United
Press at New York) — (UP) — Germany and her axis partner
Italy today declared war on the United States
Foreign Minister von Ribbontrop made the formal dec-
laration on behalf of Germany at noon (4 a m CST) in a
note handed to the American charge d'affaires in Berlin
Adolf Hitler in a speech before the Nazi reichstag an-
nounced that “I today gave the orders that the passports
shall he given to the American ambassadors in Berlin"
Germany and Italy Hitler said are honoring their ob-
ligations under the tri-power military alliance and coming
to the aid of Japan “in the struggle forced upon her”
The association of Germany Italy and Japan proclaim-
ed the fuehrer will last “at least as long as the war lasts”
Simultaneously Premier Mussolini appeared on the bal-
cony of Venice palace in Rome and announced to the throngs
in the square below that the axis partners have gone to war
against the United States
Germany Hitler assured hisaudiencc has the power
and foresight to take all necessary measures for the worftl
conflict
“We will always strike first”-he said “We will always
deal the first blow”
Germany Italy and Japan he revealed have bound
themselves in a formal alliance of four articles
They agreed:
1 — To carry on to final victory the war against Brit-
ain and the United States with every conceivable means
2 — Not to conclude a separate peace or armistice
3 To continue the closest collaboration and to estab-
lish a new and lasting order along the lines of the Tri-
partite agreement
4 — To effectuate the pact immediately
“After peace has been won” said Hitler “the three
countries will proceed in close collaboration to guarantee a
lasting peace”
“President Roosevelt has done everything in his power
to prevent Germany and Italy from securing their rights of
existence” the fuehrer said
“Our patience” he shouted “has come to the strain-
ing point We have always tried to prevent a break with
the United States
“But now Italy and Germany in loyal fulfillment of their
obligations under the axis agreement associate themselves
with Japan in their struggle against America and Britain
“Never before” said Hitler “has Germany been so united
“No one will vanquish Germany” he declared “No
one will detrov German units Germany is strong Lei
us thank God that we can enter our names in the history
of the reich
As Hitler concluded speaking after making his war dec-
laration Reich Marshal Goering rose and said:
“God bless our fuehrer God bless our reich”
The reichstag rose and sang “Deutschland Uber Allcs"
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs Meet
For Program Here Wednesday
The Anadarko Rotary club enter-
tained Kiwanis club members nd
queens Rotary Anns and addition!
guests with a dinner party at Un-
American Legion biulding Wednes-
day evening The meeting replaced
the regular weekly luncheons for
Funeral services were held Wed- both clubs
nesday afternoon at the Apache j Sant L Wilhite was master el
Methodist church for Herman B ! ceremonies The invocation was gtv-
Wells 40 who died Monday at the en by N T Plummer This was pre-
home of his father In Apache ! ceded oy group singing of ''America
Rev Troy O Thomas pastor con- the Beautiful My Wild Irish Rose
ducted the services and Rev J C j nnci "Ai”erlca
Dodson assisted The Smith Funeral j
Home was In charge
Wells had lived In Apache for
many years wiiere his father owns
a hardware store
Hostess Club Continues
Call For Cookies
Another reminder and call for
help was issued today by Mrs H
H Holliday president of the Ana-
darko Hostess club for cookies to
help feed the guests of the Hostess
club's party in the Legion building
here Saturday night
Mrs Holliday said tlie cookies may
be left at the hall anytime Satur-
day after 9 a m She said that
several cses of soft drinks have
been donated the club and that the
big need Is still for cookies
Boys Home Here
To Gef Another
N ew Boy Soon
Notice was made today by the
Anadarko Boys Home that Mrs
Mabel Bassett state commissioner
of charities and corrections has re-
quested the home to accept anothei
boy within a few days
This addition will mean two new
boys for the home It was pointed
out and mention wns made of the
added Importance under the cir-
cumstances for the success of the
populai miik bottle campaign" now under-
way In all parts of the county un-
A colored quarts: from the 32nd tlxider the auspices of the Anadarko
Separate Battalion at Fort Sill sang Kiwanis club
religious humorous and patriotic xhe Kiwanis club has distributed
selections They were introduced by 100 bottles It was revealed today
Chaplain Holder Fort Sill that the winners of the 1940 milk
Another highlight of the evening's bottle contest In he order named
entertainment was the appearance were: Bon Ton cafe First State
f Continued on Page Three) bank and C R Anthony store
The evenings entertainment wa-
arranged by Mrs H H Holliday
Several numbers were presented by
a troupe from the Oklahoma City
NYA unit which included strine
solos and ducts vocal duets and so-
los and tap dancing The group and
tlicir numbers were introduced by
Howard Suesz program director ol
the unit Of particular Interest wa-
tire number presented by Jimmy
Armstrong midget member of the
group who sang several
songs and did a tap dance
Successor to The
ANADARKO CADDO COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY DECEMBER 11 1941
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29000-Ton
Vessel Sent
To Davy Jones
First American Sea
Victory Revealed In
Communique Today
WASHINGTON Dec 11—
(UP) — Secretary of War
Japanese planes attacked the 35000 Stimson today confirmed the
ton Plince of Wales pride of the sinking of the 29000 ton Jap-
royal navy for three hours before anese battleship Harana off
it went down the northern coast of Luzon
The guns of both ships they said yesterday by U S army bomb-
wern still in action as the crippled ! ers
ships hit several times in vital He mado the announcement
parts were on the verge of sinking just jefore the war depart
I: was announced officially that ment issued a 10 :°l) a m com-
marc than 2000 men hud been sav- munique on Philippine operations
el
The normal complement of the
Pl ince ol Wales is about 1500 and
the normal complement of the Re-
pulse is about 1200
The survivors Indicated that the
Japanese had paid heavily In
planes for their attack A single anti-
aircraft gun was credited with
shooting down several planes but
tire ordeal was such that an accu-
rate count of enemy losses could
not be made
Repulse's guns were blazing fur-
iously as It listed to jrort
Survivors said the Repulse's crew
scrambled olf the decks when ord-
ered to abandon ship and slid down
the side to drop into the sea They
were picked up by destroyers and
brought to Singapore
in which Ilie sinking of a battleship
believed to be the Harana or a ves-
sel of the Harana class was report-
ed Thus the United States has re-
venged at least in part the Japan-
ese attack on Pearl Harbor Sun-
day In which the loss of one old
U S battleship has been officially
announced and other losses reported
Today's war department commun
ique said that there were continued
attempts by strong Japanese forces
to establish themselves along the
northern coast of Luzon
Manila Attacks Frequent
"Determined resistance has con-
fined this action to the attack in the
vicinity of Aparri at the extreme
northern tip of Luzon where the
Japanese attempted to establish
a beach head yesterday" the com-
munique said
"Air activity continued in the vl-
citity of Manila with Intermittent
attacks on air fields at Cavite and
Nichols field through the day"
Stimson said that Aparri is Just
a small landing place which is shut
"Marketing quotas have proven off from the mnln part of the Island
themselves as essential protection i by mountain' and that if the Jap-
to cotton growers against tremen-1 ance attempt to transport an army
dous surpluses and in times like tl rnUB the passes tt will be a slow
these when wi net d all our national joP
strength economic as well as pro- j stimson said that he had just mes-
ductive quotas take on added im- saiIPtj Lieut Gen MacArthur com-
portanee" mander of the United States far eaSl
These were the words today of E t rn orcos congratulating him on
H Mannschnck chairman of tiu the sinking his defense against odds
county AAA committee as he urged and th( conduct of the U S army
county farmeis to vote in the cot- and pmnpplne troops
ton marketing quota referendum Sal- stimson predicted the ultimate tri-
urday Dec 13
"Cotton is one cf the surplus crops
for which no am age increase is ask-
ed in 1942 untier the Farm Defense
Program Facid by re-tticted world
markets we have on hand a supply dy-s surprise raid but said that it
of about twice the size of recent can anc ts being made good at the i
crops" he tainted out mesent moment" He said also that
The 1942 quotas will not become fuli dctails of the attack are not yet
effective unh ss approved by two- known but that the principal con-
thirds of the eligible producers whe : cvm nf the war department Is get-
vote in tlie referendum If approval liag defensive strength everywhere
is given this will be the fifth vein 1 xie Harana was built in 1913 ant
quotas have been used by cotton i calTid a normal complement of
growers gso officers and men The ship was
"Approval of quotas to help ad- d with 8 l-4mch guns 16 6-
just the surplus will make possiblt fuel! guns and lesser arms Tlie Ha-continu--d
use of loans and we know
from cxprienri- tins year that loam
work hand n hand with quotas to
protect cotton income" Mannsrhreck
said
Under provisions of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 as
amended loans are prohibited in
years when quotas are rejected b
producers
Polling places will be set up
throughout Caddo county on Dec 13
Lookeba News
umph of the United States cause
0VPr nle -autocratic" powers
Revenge Moves Hinted
He said iheie was a heavy loss of
planes in Hawaii as a result of Sun
Goins Funeral
Set Thursday
Funeral services for I-aac Nelson
Goins 66 will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 at the Assembly of
God church with Rev Orville Paint-
er pastor in charge
Burial will be in the Anadarko cem-
etery under the direction of the J
H Farmer Funeral Home
Goins died Tuesday night at his
hnm 502 Southwest Fifth
Survivors include his wife six
children Mrs John Cavins Isaac
La Vein Goins and Buster Goins of
Orr Mrs J L Conners Frank Goins
and Wilson Goins of Oklahoma City
two step-sons Harrison and Grady
Dulsworih one brother one sister
and four grandchildren
Party Girls Asked To
Procure Invitations
All girls interested in attending
the Anadarko Hostess club's party
Saturday night for Fort Sill soldier 1
boys were notified today to get their '
invitations from either Betty Himes J
or Mrs H H Holliday
Miss Himes said girls must have
the invitations before they will be j
admitted to the party 1
Once Again Allied
Powers Face Axis
In Fight to the End
WASHINGTON Doc 11— (UP)— The senate and
house today swiftly passed legislation permitting Presi-
dent Roosevelt to use American troops anywhere in the
world in prosecution of the war against the axis
The senate approved the guard bill 86-0 and shortly
thereafter the house passed it by a voice vote
WASHINGTON Dec 11— (UP)— Speaker Sam
Rayburn signed the Geiman and Italian war resolution
at 2:13 p m today and they were dispatched immedi-
ately to Vice President Henry A Wallace After Wal-
lace’s signature the resolutions will be sent to the White
House reaching President Roosevelt at about 3 p m
(EST)
WASHINGTON Dec 11— (UP)— The United States
today went to war against Germany and Italy making it an
all-out battle against the axis including Japan
President Roosevelt sent to congress a- second war mes-
sage within 17 hours and the legislators snapped through res-
olutions recognizing existence of hostilities with Germany
and Italy
Congress received Mr Roosevelt’s message at 12:24 p
m and adopted the war resolution by 1 :04 p m
“The long known and the long expected has thus taken
place” the president told congress in a message read sep-
arately by clerks In each house
“The forces endeavoring to enslave
"Allies Will
Go Forward
To Victory7
LONDON Dec II — (UR) —
Prime Minister Winston Church-
ill addressing the house of com-
mons today as Germany and
Italy declared war on the
United States said the British
empire America Russia and
China were "fighting for their
lives and will go forward to vic-
tory not over Japan alone but
over the axLs and all its works”
"Our foes are bound by their
ambitions and their crimes to
the destruction of the English
speaking world and all it stands
for" Churchill said
"It may well be that we have
to suffer considerable pun-
ishment but we shall defend
ourselves everywhere with the
utmost vigor and close cooper-
ation with the United States and
the Netherlands navy”
"I know I speak for the
United States as well as for
the British empire when I said
we had all rather perish than
t-e conquered It would indeed
bring shame on our generation
if we did not teaeh the enemy
a lesson which would not be for-
gotten in the records of a thou-
sand years”
In a wide sweeping review of
the war Churchill said Hitler
in attacking Russia had made
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Daily News Wants
Names of Caddoans
The Daily News would appre-
ciate any information from rel-
atives or friends of Caddo coun-
ty boys in the United States army
navy or marine service especial-
ly those stationed in Pacific bat-
tle zones
People of this county are in-
tensely interested in the where-
abouts and duties of her mili-
tary representatives these days
In the event of a death of a Cad-
do man a collect call to the news
editor will be appreciated
Chairman David Walch D
Mass) of the senate naval af-
fairs committee said today that
the Hawaiian casualty list was
received by the navy this morn-
ing but will not be made publta
for two or three days until next
of kin can be notified first a
United Press report revealed to-
day Walch said the list was flows
from Hawaii to San Francisco
by the Pan American clipper
te
the entire world are now moving to-
ward this hemisphere"
We went to war unanimously-this
tline There’ was no dissenting vote
to either war resolution although
Rep Jeannette Rankin (Rt Mont)
voted present instead of yes or no
She voted against the Japanese war
resolution on Dec 8
The senate sped the German res-
olution through 88-0 find voted 90-0
for war with Italy The house vote on
Germany was 393-0 with Miss Ran-
kin voting present On Italy the
house voted 399-0 with Miss Rankin
again present
Immediately after disposing of the
war resolution the senate voted unan-
imously to remove restrictions against
sending selectee soldiers outside the
western hemisphere
Race for Islands
The first move in the Atlantic
may be a rare for seizure of neutral
islands which Germany or Italy
could use as bases for aerial attack
against the Atlantic seaboard
Among the islands which lie far
out as stepping stones for bomber
attack on north south or central
America are the Canary islands
which belong to Spain and the
Azores and Cape Verde islands which
are Portuguese
And within our own hemisphere
are islands belonging to Vichy
France notably the island of Mar-
tinique in the West Indies where the
French gold horde Is located The
French aircraft carrier Beam and
a French cruiser lie there and on
the flying field are many American
planes which were en route to
Fiance when that country fell in
June 1940
The formalities to be completed
after action by congress Include only
signatures of the resolution by
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Vice
President Henry Wallace before
submitting them to the White
House for Mr Roosevelt to sign
But the war wheels were moving
with the first word from abroad
that Germany and Italy had come
in to help Japan
Peace of 22 Years End
The alert along the Atlantic sea-
board defense line was intensified
as tlie army and navy continued
preixiration for any contingency
which the new war front may bring
Life as It had been for 22 years
of continuous peace was no more
America was aligned once again
I with other powers against a German
enemy although the march of years
had reduced the effective number
of her allies and Increased the roll
of satellite nations clustered about
the German war machine
The president in his war message
said that "never before has there
been a greater challenge to life lib-
erty and civilization”
The president sent his message to
cohgress where it was read by clerks
barely more than four hours after
Germany and Italy had announced
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