Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 Page: 2 of 16
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MONDAY, DEC. 15
United States bombers have sent four Japanese troopships to
the bottom of the China Sea, badly battered three others, and
are hitting hard at the coastal footholds of Japanese landing
forces in Luzon, an army headquarters communique declared.
The Japanese transports were sunk by American fliers off Nor-
thern Luzon, and are in addition to-four Japanese transports sunk
Dec. 12 by Dutch submarines in the Gulf of Siam off Malaya,
with the loss of about 4,000 lives.
The Dutch added to their toll, announcing the sinking of two
more vessels, a tanker and a freighter, off Malaya.
The Navy rem|**^! two additional bombing attacks on Wake
Island and also said that two Japanese bombers had been shot
down in attacks on the Pacific outpost. The island, the Navy said
in a communique, wftl is being defended by marines.
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More than 10(1,000 Axis troops appear to be tied up in Yu-
goslavia and Gdeek>. opposing patriot armies waging small scale
war.
Red Russia\ Rebounding armies continued to sweep the
Germans before, them in the north, the center and the south
Sunday in a cMtefjted drive to turn Hitler's invasion into a full
“Napoleon retrSMrir In addition, the Russian's Black Sea fleet
was-reported vigorously in set ion. The communique Mid a naval
unit had sunk a large 25,000-ton Nazi transport.
TUESDAY. DEC. 16
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported the battleship Arizona
and five other warships were lost in the recent Japanese air raid
on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. He said 91 officers
2.038 enlisted men were known dead. Aside from those killed, 20
officers and 636 men were listed as wounded. Known Japanese
iosses, Knox said, included three submarines and 41 aircraft.
After reporting to President Roosevelt on his return from a hur-
ried five-day round trip to survey the effect of the raid at first
| hand, the Naval Secretary told a press conference that aside from
the Arizona, ships destroyed included the old target ship Utah,
three destroyers — the Cassin, Downes and Shaw—and also the
mine layer Oglala. Damaged vessels included the old battleship
Oklahoma, which capsized but can be repaired. “The Japanese
, failed," Knox said' in their purpose “to knock out the United
' States before the war began.”
U. S. armv bombers were reported slashing violently at Ja-
j pan's sea-borne expeditionary force off Luzon island in the Phil-
j ippines today, seriously damaging an enemy transport, while
American defense forces were credited with shooting down four
] Japanese fighting planes. The crippling attack on the Japanese
! transport was off Legaspi, 200 miles southeast of Manila, a war
1 department bulletin said. Other reports indicated that the Jap-
janese, badly stung in attempts to invade the Philippines, had
slackened their drive against Luzon island and were striking
I hardest at British (north) Borneo. Malaya, and Hong Kong, In-
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fjrmed’London quarters acknowledged that Hong Kong, Britain’s
second biggest stronghold in the Far East, might have to be
evacuated and that a serious threat to Singapore had developed
in land fighting on the Malay peninsula.
Recommending that the minimum age for induction into mil-
itary service be lowered from 21 to 19, President Roosevelt said
dhat the nation should have a sufficiently large pool of men in
its armed forces “to meet all contingencies now foreseeable.” The
senate military committee now is considering legislation which
would make all persons from 21 through 44 liable for military
service and would require all persons from 18 to 64, inclusive, to
register. Under the present law, those from 21 through 35 can
be drafted, but only men between 21 and 28 have been called re-
cently.
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 17
The navy announced that two islands in the Hawaiian area,
Johnston arid Maui, have been shelled by Japanese war vessels
in the last 24 hours. In both instances damage was described as
slight. Wake Island, much battered outpost west of Hawaii, has
sustained two new bombing attacks, one of them very heavy but
both Wake and Midway “are countering the blows of the ene-
ny,” a communique said.
In the Philippine theater. War Department's second commu-
nique of the day said there was “a marked lessening of enemv
activity.” There is nothing to report from other areas it said.
Russian Red army troops have routed six German ^divisions
af 90,000 men and recaptured strategic Kalinin. 90 miles horth-
A-est of Moscow, Russia announced officially. This most sensation-
al single victory so far in the great Soviet counter-offensive now
in progress over the snow-drifted plains of Russia followed by
24 hours the Russian army's recapture of Klin, 50 miles to the
northwest, and the massacre of 13,000 Nazis.
THURSDAY. DEC. 19
The army and navy swept the ranking officers of the Ha-
waiian area from their commands Wednesday night because the
Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor caught United States defense
forces by surprise. Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander-
in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, was ordered replaced by Rear Ad-
miral Chester W. Nimitz, chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Lieut. Gen. Walter C. Short was relieved of command of the
Hawaiian Department by Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons. Maj.
Gen. Frederick L. Martin, in command of the Hawaiian air
forces, was ordered relieved by Brig. Gen. C. L. Tinker. The
duikeup in the Hawaiian command followed by two days the
report of Secretary of the Navy Knox, that the forces in Pearl
Harbor were not on the alert when the Japanese attacked on Dec.
7. In the interim, President Roosevelt appointed a five-man
board, headed by Associate Justice Owen J .Roberts of the Uni-
ted States Supreme Court, to investigate.
Firmly repulsed at almost every point, Japan virtually sus-
ixmded her assaults on American-held territory Wednesday,
while Congress rushed action on legislation that will supply mil-
lions of men for the fighting forces. Two successful submarine
! actions, and the destruction of 26 Japanese planes at Vigan in
j the Philippines, officially announced by the army and navy, told
u story of alert and forceful American counter-thrusts which
i have slowed the enemy drive to a standstill. Washington resi-
ients smiled as they read a dispatch from Tokyo detailing the
j worried warning of a Japanese official that 20 American sub-
marines were active in nearby waters. The navy at Manila mean-
j while said three submarine attacks had been undertaken, two
| of them successful.
List Suggests
For Christinas
Gift Variety
Christmas - giving becomes
more fun and less of a chore
each new Yuletide season. Time
was when “what to give a wo-
man” came under what man
termed “a nerve - wracking"
problem! That’s all changed
now.
To prove it, here’s a list of
of Christmas gift suggestions
for the fairer sex, compiled es-
pecially for husbands, broth-
ers, fathers, sons, sweethearts.
If the lady-to-be-gifted is so-
cially minded, she undoubtedly
will appreciate a gift that will
enhance her party clothes — an
evening bag perhaps . . a spark-,
ling piece of costume jewelry . a
pair of gloves . . . sheer hose, or
perfume.
But perhaps she is a home-
maker, busy from morn til night
with the problems of a house
and family. A stunning quilted
robe for her few hours of re-
laxation ... a pair of house
slippers that are casual and
colorful ... a crystal salad set
for luncheon entertaining . . all
these will be appreciated
For the high school or college
miss ... a sweater in one of
the new youthful pastel colors.
A pair of mittens ... a peasant
kerchief to wear for sport or
dress ... a tiny compact for im-
portant dates ... or one of the
latest indoor games to bring her
friends around.
For the invalid whose daily
life is centered about her bed: a
gay bed jacket ... or a now
china breakfast set with a tray,
which, after meals, can serve as j
a comfortable prop for books j
and writing paper.
For the career lady in yourj
.family, you might
that can't run ... pigskin _
for sports . . a rhinestone star to
wear in her hair ... a manicure
kit... or a pair of frilly slip-
pers.
| For the gray - haired lady in
your house, a smart envelope
handbag would “hit the spot”.
“How do you like your new
boss, Mary?” ’
“Oh, he’s not so bad, Lil;
only he's, you know kinda’
bigoted?”
“Well, he thinks words can
be spelled only one way.”
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The Violin Bottle, a del-
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St. Two enchanting bou-
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and Plantation Garden.’
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It’8 a day he’ll .remember if he
gets the things he really wants.
Early American Old Spice
shave requisites are Dad’s
idea of the perfect gift. The
quality ingredients, invigorat-
ing Old Spice scent, and sooth-
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him day-after-day satisfaction,
The pottery containers and
wood-veneer chests are deco-
rated with reproductions of
Early American trading ships.
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941, newspaper, December 18, 1941; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747549/m1/2/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.