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Developments yesterday on all [Chicago Tribune Prell ServIce.) EFENSE POWER war fronts of the world: Washington D. C., Jan. 8.-A day OF FOE'S CRAFT An American submarine of the to day diary of the epic battle at Asiatic fleet has sunk a Japanese Wake Island by marine corps land and sea forces, written under Japa- Virtually Tells Him transport and three enemy cargo nese fire by Maj. Walter Bayler, one ships totaling 30,000 tons, the of the defenders, was released today Bags Transport, 3 to Resign. na vy department announced. by the navy department. Another postscript was added The diary covers the period from Cargo Vessels. Dec. 8 to Dec. 20. Pre sum a b 1y to the story of the 14 day defense BY WILLARD EDWARDS. Wake fell on Dec. 22. Maj. Bayler's of Wake Island when official re- (Picture. on page 2 and back page.) [Chlralfo Trlbnne Pre •• Servlr •. l report was flown to Hawaii in a navy Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.-A signal ports disclosed that the Japanese patrol bomber the night of Dec. 20. [Chicalfo Tribune Press Service.] Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.-A de- rebuke to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia German-type twin engined, twin- had lost off Wake a total of seven fense of American soil that will take of New York City, who has be••n tailed land bombers were used by warships-a destroyer and a gun- its place in history with the nation's acting as national director of civilian --:--- the Japanese most often in the raids, Ilefense activities, was administered boat added to the list of a cruiser, ';r-- - t greatest military exploits was re- the major wrote in a footnote to the vealed in full tonight in a navy com- by the house in a series of votes submarine, and three destroyers diary. He said they resembled Nazi munique that told a dramatic story of today. La Guardia was in effect previously reported. . -- Dornier craft and cruised at :.60 Wake Island's valiant defenders. The kicked out of his Washington job by ,,---- knots [180 miles] an hour. The Jap- report also disclosed that seizure of the ballots and told to go home. Add to Saga of Wake. anese planes always held a "line of the important Pacific base after a two The vote showed La Guardia, who A newly received diary and re- has carried the Republican label dur- division V's in close formation," he week siege cost the Japs a total of ports of officers commanding the ing most of his political career, op- said, and showed excellent air dis- seven warships, adding a destroyer and a gunboat to the cruiser, sub- posed by 139 Republicans, 46 Demo- Wake defenders added more de- cipline. marine, and three destroyers previ- crats and 2 Progressives. Lined up tails to the heroic story of the de- Maj. Bayler's Report. for his continuance in office were 162 ously reported. ferse of the Pacific outpost. The dramatic diary reads: Democrats, 5 Republicans, and 1 In addition, the navy announced ••Dec. 8-7 a. m, [Wake is west of American Laborite. In the Philippines, American that an American submarine of the international date line and thus was Asiatic fleet had sunk a Japanese Administration Tries Hard. forces withstood varying enemy one day ahead of Honolulu]-Re- transport and three cargo vessels to- Vainly, administration 1e a d e r s pressure as Gen. Douglas Mac- C::==>Rfk-o ceived word bombing Oahu. All taling 30,000 tons. Neither the time pleaded with members that La .. Arthur prepared his defenses for forces alerted. At 11:58 a. m, 24 Jap nor the place of the action was given. Guardia be empowered in a bill to a big scale Japanese assault. bombers on northern course hit air- ••pend $100,000,000••for the adequate President Cites 385 Men• Invading Japanese reached the drome in close formation of division The communique detailing Wake's protection of persons and property ••V's" from 3,000 feet. Used 100 from bombing attacks, sabotage, and halfway mark in their drive down defense included a citation of the NEWS SUMMARY pound fragmentation bombs and island's garrison of 385 men by Presi- other war hazards." In stubborn the Malayan peninsula toward simultaneous straffing. Casualties: 25 Milk Deliveries of the Tribune Mystery Lover dent Roosevelt. mood, the chamber insisted upon giv· dead, 7 wounded. Seven airplanes ing the secretary of war instead of Singapore. Fighting centered on The cool courage of the men who (And Hrsrorical Scrap Book) burned, destroyed. the director of civilian defense Kuala Lumpur, the rubber capital stood off overwhelming enemy forces on Every Other Friday, January 9, 1942. Finds Divorcee ••Dec. 9-11:45 a. m. 26 Japs authority to supervise the protection under the most dilllcult conditions of the world, 240 miles north of bombed hospital camp No.2. Three of the nation. was compared by the navy with the the British base on the west coast. dead. Got one Jap plane. On an amendment abolishing the Day Proposed WAB SITUATION. SPORTS. Suicide, Flees valor of the Americans who fought at 01llce of Civilian Defense created by Tokio said the Japanese had" in- For summary of action on all war Hawks whip Canadiens, 5-1; game Jap Forces Attempt to Land. Bunker Hill and other battles that executive order of President Roose- filtrated" to the rear of Kuala fronts see cOlumn :J!, this page. ends in flght. Page 27. "Dec. 10-10:45 a. m, '.l:1 Jap are cherished pages in the nation's Daily deliveries of milk to the door- WASHINGTON. Louis faces Buddy Baer in 15 round (Pictur. on JIG •• S.) bombers. No casualties. velt May 20, 1941,and designating the Lumpur's defenses and that the history. war department as the new regulator steps of Chicago consumers may be- House votes v I r t u a !1Y kick La battle tonight. Page 27. While her two canaries sang in ••Dec. 11-5 a. m, Landing attempt The reference to Bunker Hill, the of civilian defense, the house first, British had retreated 30 miles to come a thing of the past if a sugges- Guardia out of defense job. Page 1. Willie Hoppe opens defense of three their cages, a pretty 19 year old by 12 Jap ships, including light cruis- navy said, was pertinent in the ex- on a standing vote, declared itseif in the south. tion by the 01llce of Production Man- U. S. officials predicted war with cushion billiard title tonight. Page 27. brunette, thwarted in love, killed her- ers, destroyers, gunboats, two troop treme because the marines, manning favor, 110 to 58. Another standing agement, made yesterday in Washing- axis last fall. Page 8. Americans score four goals in last self in her room at 3206 Maypole ave- or supply ships. Jap casualties: ••. light naval shore guns on the island, vote decided, 103 to 73, that an addi- U. S. Flyers Raid Bangkok. ton, is carried out. Order distilleries to make commer- period; beat Wings, 5-4. Page 29. nue last night a few hours before One light cruiser, two destroyers, one adopted the famous tactics used by The OPM asked the newly formed tional assistant secretary of war Five American volunteer flyers cial alcohol for powder. Page 9. FEATURES. her mystery lover called to see her. gunboat, two bombers. Note: Japs. the Revolutionary war troops. The dairy industries committee, composed should carryon La Guardia's job. A Senate restores curb on powers in Radio page. Page 17. She was Ruth Limbach. a divorcee. closed in to 4,700yards [approximate- marines allowed Japanese landing in the force defending the Burma of milk company officials from many teller vote was demanded. The count price control bill. Page 12. Crossword puzzle. Page 6. The method she chose to end her ly 2%. miles] before the 5 and 3 inch forces to approach until they could road bombed airdromes near states, who went to the capital to was 113 to 85. LOCAL. The Inquiring Camera Girl. Page 10. life saved the lives of the canaries, guns opened up at point blank range. almost see the" whites of their eyes" confer on defense problems with gov- Still Against La Guardia. Bangkok in the second raid in 24 OPM urges fewer milk deliveries Food news and recipes. Page 21. which are peculiarly sensitive to [Navy experts say 3 miles is con· before blasting a landing attempt at ernment officials, to consider the Democratic leaders sent out for hours on the Japanese dominated to save tires, trucks. Page 1. Society. Page 23. gases. She had fitted two bath towels sidered point blank range tor 5 inch Wake on Dec. 11. "every other day" delivery system into a tight hood around her head, recruits and demanded a roll call on capital of Thailand (Siam). They Mystery lover calls on divorcee, Front Views and Profiles. Page 23. naval cannon.] FightIng Heart of Flyers. as a means of conserving tires, gaso- finds her a suicide, and flees. Page 1. run a tube from the gas outlet into the ••La Guardia" amendment. But line. and wear on vehicles. Looking at Hollywood. Page 25. ••Dec. 12-27 Jap planes bombed But this was only one incident in when the votes were tabulated, the destroyed seven enemy planes on Gen. Wood and Gen. Hammond her mouth, and had asphyxiated Ask Standardized Bottles. CART~ONS. Peale and Wake [Wake Island con- what was universal gallantry. the decision was 187 to 168 against the ground and lost one craft. named to ordnance staff. Page 7. herself. Another suggestion was that the Terry and the Pirates. page 20; Lit- sists of three small islets, including navy said. The cannoneers were permitting the Little Flower to Leo M. Lyons to become St. Luke's Lover Quickly Disappears. Chinese forces sought to .• an- milk dealers conserve glass and labor tle Orphan Annie, page 21; Gasoline Wilkes in addition to the two men- matched by the fighting heart of rna- continue in his position. On another hospital director. Page 7. nihilate" 30,000 trapped Japanese by standardizing milk in quart bottles Alley, page 25; Moon Mullins, page Her lover stood at the door when tioned] from 22,000 feet. No cas- rine corps aviators on the island who roll call vote concerning the creation Warren Wright to announce for 27; Smilin' Jack, page 29; The Gumps, her landlady found her. He had fought literally until the last plane of retreating from Changsha and and cream in half pints. senate nomination today. Page U. ualties. of a new assistant secretary of war, page 29; Dick Tracy, page 29; Winnie called and asked to see her. With their squadron of 12 was downed. It Officials of Chicago milk companies Maj. McCloskey reported indicted All Quiet on the Wake Front. the leaders had to content themselves 2,000 of them were reported al- Winkle, page 35; Harold Teen. page the landlady he entered the room and also was matched by the sheer cour- said they were not familiar with the in $25,000bond larceny. Page 111. ••Dec. 13-All quiet. with a one vote victory. The count ready slain. 36; Smitty, page 37. found her dead; quickly he dis- age and Yankee ingenuity of marine recommendations, but were willing to Deaths and obituaries. Page 20. ••Dec. 14-32 Jap planes hit air- was 179 to 178 against a new assist- COMMERCE AND FINANCE. appeared. corps mechanics who kept the planes cooperate with the government. They drome. Two killed, one plane down. ant secretary of war. Claim Sieges Lifted. DOMESTIC. Grain trade markets vast quanti- Whether the man fled in fear of in the air. knew, they added, that the discus- Our own destroyed by bombs. The general purpose of the bill is sions had been going on. Gen. Lear warns his men to expect ties of federal corn. Page 30. exposure, or in grief, the police hope These mechanics, withstanding con- The sieges of Sevastopol and to fight against odds. Page 2. ••Dec. 15-Dawn raid by three rour- to provide funds for the purchase of The alternate day delivery program OPM steel speed-up plan calls for later events will uncover. tinual daylight bombings, worked Leningrad were reported lifted NBC to divide its two networks, engined planes. 11 a. m, 27 Jap gas masks and the erection of bomb undoubtedly would be fought by union 24 hours 7 days a week. Page 31. The girl's mother, Mrs. Lydia thru the night to trade engines, parts, selling the Blue. Page 17. bombers. Shot down two Japs. shelters. The measure also contem- with the Germans withdrawing to labor, as it would take the jobs of Heavy truck production for civilians Limbach, 3244 Maypole avenue, said and assemblies among the squadron's to be stopped March 1. Page 31. "Dec. 16-5:45 p. m, Forty-one Jap plates the financing of fire fighting new positions. The Russians also hundreds of the city's 4,000 milk EDITORIALS. her daughter had been married at 14 craft until toward the end of the bat- organizations, especially equipped to wagon drivers. Another factor they The War BUdget; Still in Business; Fears of steep war taxes send to an Otto Seeliger and had been bombers hit Camp 2 and airdrome. tle "no single airplane could be iden- were reported to have entered stock prices sliding. Page 32. Jap four motor plane raid. One Jap deal with incendiary bombs. The dislike is the possibility that more Streamliners; A Question of Law; divorced, resuming her maiden name. tified" according to Maj. Paul A. Put- Kharkov, industrial center of the The Living Billy Mitchell. Page 18. Want ad index. Page 33. shot down. . ••danger areas" in which such meas- doorstep customers would be driven She said she did not know any ad- nam who commanded the fighters- eastern Ukraine. ures are necessary have been declared to buying their milk in stores. ======:;;======.I mirers the girl may have had reo "Dec. 17-32' Jap bombers at 1:17 squadron 211, Marine Air Group 21. to be a belt around the continental In Libya, the British admitted Union Chiefs in Capital. cently, p. m. hit Camp 1, Peale Island, Diesel "Engines have been traded from Writes to ••Darling Buddie." oil supply, mess hall, and pumps of United States reaching from the coast that intermittent rain and howling Frank Gillespie, secretary of the FINNISH PEACE ALSOP,ROOSEVELT~ plane to plane, have been junked, Beside the death chair was a note lines approximately 300 miles inland. Inside Dairy Workers, and Peter evaporators, Camp 1. stripped, rebuilt, and all but created," san d s tor m s had enabled axis MOOT QUESTION addressed to "My Darling Buddie." Equipment Still Available. Hoban, vice president of the drivers, KIN, BELIEVED TO BE Bombs Hit Airport. he wrote in a report that was flown forces to escape westward from It read: The military affairs committee re- are in Washington watching the work- ••Dec. 18-11:40 a. m. One Jap high out before the island fell. IN RADIO BATTLE ••Plee.se forgive me, darling. I love port noted, however, that nothing in Agedabia. The axis thus evaded ers' interests. reconnaissance plane [2 engined]. The history of the battle was pieced New York, Jan. 8 (JP).-Roundabout HONGKONG PRISONER you very much more than you think. the bill precluded the furnishing of a decisive engagement and in- Gillespie said last night he did not "Dec. 19-10:30 a. m. Jap bombers together by the navy from Maj. Put- believe anything drastic would .have reports and rumors concerning F'in- I love you so much I don't want to equipment to any American city creased the difficulties for the Washin/tton, D. C., Jan. 8 [Special]. hit airport and camp. to be done to solve the problem. land's position in the war-increas- hurt you in any way. That is why I [Continued .on page 3, column Ii.] which might be subject to attack. -Joseph W. Alsop Jr., former news- ••Dec. 20-All quiet; first day of pursuing British. "We have urged that there is no ingly acute now that Germany is be- am going to do what I am. ••We must at least anticipate the paper syndicate writer and a relative bad weather. Total casualties, 28 shortage of tires now and that the ing driven back in Russia-continued ••If only things could be different, possibility of bombing attacks," the [Details appear on pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.] of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was dead, 6 wounded." ______1dealers can easily have tires re- how happy I would be. Why, oh why, NIPPONESE FREIGHTER report stated. to come in over Europe's shortwave believed today to be a prisoner of Nine Japanese bombers were shot treaded," he said.•• There is no reason couldn't you have made them differ- Rep. R. Ewing Thomason [D., Tex.I, radio channels tonight. the Japanese in Hongkong. The Red down "sure," Maj. Bayler wrote in why horse drawn vehicles can't be ent? Well, darling, as long as they who led the fight against abolishing The British radio said the Berlin Cross has been asked to make an his footnote, altho the navy depart- DAMAGED BY TORPEDO THE WEATHER used. The industry is peculiarly can't be the way I want them, let the New York mayor's job and trans------radio had quoted a Finnish newspaper effort to locate him. me wish you all the luck and happi- ment's final report allowed the ma- lerring its duties to the war depart- FRIDAY. JANUARY 9, HWl. adapted to them. We are cooperating 100 MILES OFF TOKIO as saying that "Finland's fate is in- Alsop recently has been serving as ness in the future, which you really rines only five certain air victories. I:.. ' ment, told the house that Secretary ------with the government, and a few small an adviser to the Chinese Nationalist deserve because you are one in a mil- He wrote that there were three other of War Henry 1.. Stimson didn't want Sunrise. 7:18 a. m, Sunset, 4:37. Moon rtses changes will better serve the public separably bound with the victory of TOKIO, Jan. 9 IFriday J [OlIlcial at 12 :08 &. m , tomorrow. Mara, Jupiter. government. No word has been re- possible air victories, Including one and be more logical than sweeping the axis powers. lion. Broadcast Recorded by Asociated the civilian defense job. He read a and Saturn are night Iuminartes. . ceived from him since Dec. 12 when ••There is only one thing I could four-engined Japanese flying boat. He letter from Stimson asserting that he CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Cloudy with oc- changes that would hurt everybody." "Finland has clearly recognized Press].-Penetration of an enemy sub- he cabled his mother, Mrs. Corinne stand to let part us, and that is death. also listed the following surface craft: had neither the time, the facilities caslonal light snow and slightly warmer marine to within 100 miles of Tokio this morning. becoming partly cloudy to that a victorious Britlsh and soviet Robinson Alsop, from Hongkong Please don't be sorry, because that is "1 CL, 2 DD, 1 gunboat" as victims what I want. Love. Ruthie." was disclosed today when imperial nor the opportunity to undertake the fair and colder this afternoon and early 7 LANDED SAFELY union would mean the loss of her that he was alive and well. of his pilots' air bombs. This cryptic task. tonight; highest temperature today near 15 "Buddie," police learned, is Ben headquarters announced the torpedo- degrees falling to 5 by midnight; wind freedom and independence." the An official inquiry sent to Chung- Smolsky, 30 years old, of 1911 South line means the marine aviators' share But the house obviously was out to 18 to 28 miles an hour. AS ARMY BOMBER ing and severe damaging of the 2,225 paper continued, according to Berlin. king since' Japanese forces captured Christiana avenue. But the landlady, in the sinking of Jap warships was ton Japanese freighter Unkai Maru ••get" the present occupant of the TEMPERATURES IN CHICAGO. CRASHES IN WEST ••The attempt to weaken Finland's the British island brought a reply Mrs. Kenneth Mann, said Buddie was one light cruiser, two destroyers, and civilian defense position, who himself 8a.moo- 9 :lp.m .•. 1Ul:lp.m 13 :la.m J,\ the gunboat. number one. The announcement said Hanna. Wyo.• Jan. 8 ()Pl.-An army brotherhood in arms with the axis from the Chinese government that it not the man who had visited the was a member of the house before he 9 a.m .. - 7 a p.m •.• 119 p.m 14 a a.m 16 death room and had run away last the submarine attack occurred early 10 a.m.- 24 p.m .•. lllU p.m .• 16I4 a.I11 16 bomber crashed seven miles south of is believed he is a prisoner since he became New York mayor in 1933. 11 a.m .• 25 p.m ••. UUll.moo1;; 5 a.m H, powers must be described as suicidal." night. yesterday off the coast of Japan near Noon .• o 461 p.m ... 12 MJdn't .. 16 6 a.m l~ Hanna tonight, and seven of its crew was not on a plane he was scheduled Again and again in the debate, 1 p.m ... 1:l1711.m.. :tl2 1 a.m ... 14 7 a.m 1a Earlier, on the opposite tack. the Miss Limbach was employed as a WAR MAP IN COLOR. the Izu Shichito, island group, south 1 of eight parachuted to safety. to take-the first plane leaving Hong- La Guardia was scored for his in- ·Hilrh est. fLowest. tUnolllcial 7 p.m.-2 a.m. British radio said that ••an article in waitress. A comprehensive map in full of the entrance to Yokohama and The other crew member apparent- kong after Dec. 9-and subsequent ------efficiency in conducting the civilian l"or 2<1.hou ••• nd.d 6:30 II. m., Jan. 8: a Finnish newspaper stressing the na- flights had been canceled. Alsop is color appears on page 16 of this Tokio. All of the crew were saved. It riefense program. Rep. Thomason bit. Mean temperature, zero; normal. 24 desreea: ly was carried some distance by his tion's desire for peace has been broad- a second cousin of Mrs. Roosevelt HALF OF TOKIO'S issue. It shows the major part of added. Nationality of the attacking deficiency since Jan. 1. 142 degrees. parachute, and is being sought by the continent of Asia, adjacent submarine was not given. terly remarked at the height of the Precinitauon, none; January deficiency, .13 cast by the Helsingfors radio." and a sixth cousin of the President. searchers. FOREIGN OFFICE waters, IImall portions of Africa Imperial headquarters declared the discussion: of an inch. The article was said to have ••This is merely a question of ani. [Detailed weather report on pace 32.) Two of the crew, in Hanna hos- and Europe, and the westerly of American aircraft tender Langley pital, were reported not seriously enumerated ••the sufferings of the BURNS TO GROUND the Netherlands Indies Islands. mosity against our old friend and had been sunk by Japanese subrna- hurt. The other five escaped injury. country" and to have declared that Briti,h Unemployed Drop TOKIO, Jan. 9 [Friday] [Official Most of the regions shown are di- rines yesterday southwest of John- eolleague. We're letting our feelings Totel .".,owo net pall ci,culotio •• The bomber's pilot said he had no these sufferings ••must be borne in Broadcast as Recorded by Associated rectly or indirectly involved in the ston island. [Johnston island is in the and prejudices run away with us." to New Low 01188,300 authority to announce the names of mind when estimating Finland's ca- Press].-Half of the Japanese foreign war. Readers are advised to re- Pacific ocean 900 miles southwest of And Rep. Emanuel Celler [D., DECEMBER, 1941 LONDON. Jan. 8.-Unemployment office was burned down today in a the crew members. He said he did pacity to endure a prolonged war." tain this map, which Is described Honolulu.] N. Y.], a close friend of La Guardia, in Britain has declined to a point two and a half hour fire which not see the plane hit the ground and Another British radio broadcast In a story on page 2, as an aid in [The Japanese have pl'eviously made chimed in. . where it is almost at rock bottom, Domei, the Japanese news agency, following further the progresll of various assertions that they had sun1.: that he was unable to verify the reo said that ••rumors of Finnish peace ••I hope," he said, ••that the mayor according to statistics issued today said was caused by an overheated the conflict. On the back page ill 01' damaged the Langley in what ports of several Hanna residents that moves have been revived and Sweden will listen to the auviee of his best by the ministry of labor. On Dec. 8 stove. No casualties were reported a full page of pictures and maps. Americans have construed to be "fish- the craft burst into flames as it is reported to have been approached the number of unemployed totaled and all important documents were THE ClUCAGO TRIBUNE ing expeditions" lor information.] [Cootinued 00 page" column s.) crashed. as a possible mediator." 188,300,a drop of 10,700from Nov. 17. saved.