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Social Activities Will Be Curtailed for Defense Work
Declaring the necessity for “adjustment of our programs as best we may,” Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid yesterday told a record-sized assembly in
>icked up by detectors ap-;y moved north to Eureka, ire were about 60 planes.
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and one-half hours before i ig toward the southwest.” ice at Gen. Ryan’s orders, Twice police advised the j Iff. Twice Ryan insisted it
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;ver had blackout practice, darkening of virtually the [tire metropolitan area.
Street lights were turned off [ice ordered residents and mo-;ts to turn off their lights, lio stations were silenced. The Isidio of San Francisco had a ±out, and lights were turned off :he Golden Gate and San Fran-ro-Oakland bay bridges.
'he blackout went into effect iut 6:40 p. m. About 9 pm. the clear” signal was given and its began to go back on.
|ther cities including south San ncisco. Monterey, Salinas. San Sacramento, and the Hamil-field air base were blacked out a time.
lhe report gave the central Cali-Kia area a realistic touch of war.
Itreet lights went out suddenly [San Francisco—apparently ex-fuished at the city’s master ler switch.
ights on downtown skyscrapers tt out.
was a clear night over San ^ncisco—a city which never had >ractice blackout and now was jmpting to darken itself im-j>mptu.
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Bovard auditorium that “as good citizens we must undertake the task set for us against the day when we can enjoy the fruits of peace in a land of liberty.”
Referring to the U. S.-Japanese war,- he emphasized that “we are doing our best to help the nation carry on, and it is up to us to see to it that when the day of peace comes—as certainly it will—the United States will be the victor.” College students, Dr. von KleinSmid said, can find some opportunity to help in the national emergency and will “gladly exchange for fun a substitution that will let them realize that they are doing their bit to help the nation carry on.”
While students crowded onto , the platform behind the speaker’s podium to hear the address, Dr. von KleinSmid spoke to one of the largest audiences ever to assemble in Bovard auditorium. His speech followed by a few moments President Roosevelt’s message to the nation.
That students should go about their work with a careful scrutiny and consideration of the news and with the thought of adjusting their programs as well as possible was stressed by the president of the university, who added that it isn’t unpatriotic to do the task at hand as best we may.”
Recalling that President Roosevelt had formerly urged men and women to continue their college educations whenever possible, Dr. von KleinSmid stated that “we are proud to emphasize that request as seriously as we did before—with an added touch of seriousness.’* Although berating Japan for her “treacherous” attacks upon this nation, he said we have* come to know many Japanese students for their courtesy and intelligence and that we should still respect them as individuals for their fine qualities.
LaGuardia Sets Air Raid Rules
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(U.E)— In event of an air raid—“above all, keep cool!”
Roosevelt speaks tonight
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(U.P.)—White House Secretary Stephen T. Early announced tonight that President Roosevelt will make a nation-wide broadcast at 10 p.m. EST tomorrow to give “a more complete documentation” of the Japanese attack on Hawaii, the Philippines, and other areas.
Early said the broadcast, over all networks, will be for half an hour. He said the speech will contain information on hostilities in greater detail than “has as yet been possible.”
Panama joins allies
PANAMA, Tuesday, Dec. 9.—(U.P.)—The Panama assembly last night adopted unanimously a resolution declaring a state of war exists with Japan.
reports denied
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8.—(U.P.)—Pan American airways denied tonight reports that one of its clippers “probably” had been captured by Japanese at Wake island.
'no planes over Tokyo
by United Press
The Tokyo radio, as heard by the NBC listening post here, announced yesterday that up to Tuesday (Japanese time) not a single hostile plane has been sighted over any part of the entire Japanese empire.
l/.S. fleet reduced, say Japs
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8—(U.P.) — Japanese radio broadcasts picked up by a listening post here tonight told the Japanese people that the United States Pacific fleet had been reduced to “two battleships, six cruisers, and one aircraft carrier” as result of Japanese attacks. The broadcasts claimed the capture of Midway and Wake islands and said “the rising sun flag of Japan is flying over these islands.”
second blackout ordered
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 9.—(U.P.)—A second blackout of Sacramento was ordered tonight by Col. John Clark, commandant at McClellan field, huge army air corps repair base near here.
The order was issued at 2:10 a.m.
Japs Bomb Manila, Make First Landing
MANILA, P. I., Dec. 9—(U.P.)—Japanese planes bombed the outskirts of Manila without warning at 3 a.m. today (2 p.m. Monday EST), starting fires in the southern part of the city. It was reported from reliable sources that Japanese troops had made their first Philippine landing in tiny Lu-bang isle, off the tip of Mindoro island.
The scene of the landing is only 100 miles from Manila, but it was reported that only a small force was involved. Meanwhile, Japanese land, air, and sea forces assailed the whole western Pacific.
Manila’s 800,000 inhabitants, including 4000 Americans, had waited in dread for the bombs they had seen showered down on nearby United States army forts and airfields. The Japanese were ranging all over the Philippines by air, while invading Thailand, besieging Hqng Kong, imperiling Singapore and ravaging m;	* ' * ”
President Roosevelt Att Dastardly Acts of Japa
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(U.P.)—The United States war against Japan at 4:10 p.m. (EST) today when Pi signed a joint congressional resolution empowering him tion’s full might against the island empire.
The senate vote was unanimous, 82 to 0.
The house shouted approval, 388 to 1.
Lone dissenter on the fateful issue was Rep. Jeannett* Her “no" was voiced calmly but her eyes were red from
She was booed and hissed but she stood firm. In 1 against U.S. entry into World War I. She said her convic| are unchanged.
The votes formalized official recognition that a state Japan as of yesterday when her planes bombed America| tary bases in Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines.
The president denounced the attacks as “unprovoked and dastai Grimly he declared he had directed “that all measures be taken “Always we will remember the character of the onslaught against “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditates ican people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victt The legislators and packed galleries thundered applause. INTERPRETS WILL OF CONGRESS AND PEOPLE
“I believe I interpret the will of the congress and of the peopl< we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make v< form of treachery shall never endanger us again.”
Rebel yells and cheers forced him to pause.
Hostilities exist, he resumed, and there must be recognition of th< ican people, their territory, and interests are in “grave danger.”
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■ I	ing determination of our people—we wj
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voked and dastardly attack by Japan state of war has existed between the Japanese empire.”
He charged that during the time th< ing “peace” they were deliberately pre]
FALSE STATEMENTS DECEIVED U.S.
“ . . . The Japanese government to deceive the United States by false! pressions of hope for continued peace,] The president grimly read the mom* words in seven minutes.
Fifteen minutes later the war res| both chambers.
House majority leader John W. Mj offered the measure in that chamber al “This is the time for action,” he sail Republican leader Joseph W. Marti] unanimous vote. He said there can b| enemy has paid “for its dastardly crim<
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Boasts of Navy Power in Pacific Area
LONDON, Dec. 8. — (UP) — Japan
claimed naval superiority on the Pacific today, the Tokyo radio boasting that the United States fleet had suffered such great losses that not even warships from the Atlantic could give it enough strength to resist Nippon’s intact sea forces.
Not one Japanese ship, it said, had been lost so far in the war operations spread across the Pacific from Hawaii to British Malaya1.
The Rome radio said a complete blackout had been ordered for Tokyo and a partial blackout for all other Japanese cities, National Broadcasting company reported, as the world waited for news of retaliation to Japan’s assaults.
Other Tokyo or Axis claims included:
1. Hawaii: Two American battleships, the Oklahoma and West Virginia sunk; four other battleships and four A-class > cruisers severely damaged; an aircraft carrier reported without confirmation to have been sunk; four American merchantmen and a “large number” of American aircraft were destroyed.
At 1:13 p.m. a majority of the housj Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex., ii tion in the senate at 12:50 p.m. (EST).| it was passed.
Only one speech was made. Sen. Mich., persistent critic of the president’s] for national unity. He said:
“The only answer we can give Jap^ sheathed your sword—and by it you sh Thus in a scant half hour the Unit reply to Axis contentions that a democi swiftly when the chips are down.
Republican and Democratic leader] for quick action at conferences with The house met at noon. It recessej until 12:30 p,m. after giving consent