TH MICHIGAN DAILY Planes... (Continued from Page 1) in which San Francisco was partially blacked out. It was the city's first attempt to black out for air raid protection. Sirens wailed continuously, air, wardens rushed from door to door darkening lights in their areas, andr in the downtown area there were numerous crashes as automobiles piled against each other. Police said a woman was shot and wounded by a California State Guardsman near the Bay Bridge. The reported repulse of the planes was not explained in detail by Gen- eral Ryan, who said no night fight- ing planes were sent aloft. Regarding the invaders, Ryan said: "They came from the sea, were turned back, and the Navy has sent out three vessels to find where they came from." "I don't know how many planes there were, but there were a large number. "They got up to the Golden Gate ' d then turned about and headed Authwest." w h General Ryan was asked whether he thought they were Japanese bombers. "Well, they weren't Army planes, they weren't Navy planes, and you can be sure they weren't civilian planes," he answered. -Be a Goodfelow Dec. 15 -- (Continued from Page 1) this morning send a message to Con- gress which, as is well known, can alone make a declaration of war on behalf of the United States. "I then answered him that we would follow immediately. However, it soon appeared that British terri- tory in Malaya had also been the ob- ject of Japanese attach;. and later on it was announced from Tokyo that the Japanese High Command-a cur- .ous form, not the Imperial Japanese ;government, but the Japanese High Command-had declared that a state f war existed between them and Great Britain and the United States. "That being so, there was no need to wait for the declaration of Con- gress. In any case American time 'is nearly six hours behind ours. The cabinest, which met at 12:30 today, therefore authorized an immediate declaration of war upon Japan. In- structions to this effect were sent to His Majesty's ambassador in Tokyo." Thus he told the great story of joining again of two great nations who together have never lost a war. And in flat and almost deprecatory terms he informed the world Britain was ready and moving without loss of time. 4 y Be a Goodfellow Dec. 15 -- 1Sgaoire..9 (Continued from Page 1) Military authorities here were un- able to confirm a Manila report that the Japanese had tried unsuccessfully to land in Bi.tish North Borneo. The core of action was about the town and airdrome of Kota Bharu, - near the northern terminus of a rai- way connecting with Singapore and standing at the frontier with Thai- land, in which Japanese landings had' been acknowledged. .The invaders had landed about Kota Bharu under covering naval fire from five transport. (The probabil- ity also was seen that other Japanese forces were attacking from across the Thai frontier.) Ten more troop ships some 10 miles to the south were put under long British bombing attack and at ,least two of them were declared set aflame as additional bomber and torpedo squadrons joined the attack. Thousands rowd Recruiting Offices Lu Rush To Enlist (By The Associated Press) Thousands of fighting mad Amer- icans packed recruiting offices in ev- ery state of the Union yesterclay vol- unteering-even demanding-to don the naval and military uniforms of their nation and fight the Japanese. In New York the rush of naval vol- unteers was estimated by officials at more than double that of the first day of war in 1917.1 Everywhere, from coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to Can- ada, enlistments in all branches of the nation's armed forces ran from 10 times to 100 times the normal daily total in recent months. World War veterans, Spanish War veterans and schoolboys with books under their arms stood in the long lines that formed in the streets of hundreds of cities. Hard-pressed recruiting authorities, ordered to keep their offices open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the war with Japan, couldn't even estimate the vast num- bers of applicants for service. - Be a Goodfelow Dec. 15 -- Berin (Continued from Page 1) press were intent on trying to fix the blame on President Roosevelt for the outbreak of hostilities. "We are not in a hurry to make our decisions," one authorized spokes- man said. "Suffice it to say that Japan and we are allies." The authoritative commentary, Dienst Aus Deutschland, said, how- ever, "It won't be long before the officialGerman reaction to the news events in the Far East is made pub- lic," and that German political circles were impressed by the speed and pro- portions of the Japanese attack on "the United States' land bridge to the Far East." The Wlhelmstrasse official spokes- man was first tp break into a dia- tribe against the United States Pres- ident, calling him "the father of war" and declaring the curse of the world would fall upon him. "Now Roosevelt has the war he wanted," the spokesman said at the regular daily press conference, with- out waiting for foreign correspon- dents to.ask him questions. "Now American boys will be plowed under. The Shylock in the White House first tried to bluff Japan, then encircled her every way to prevent her realizing her national principles and territorial needs." - Be a Goodfellow Dec. 15 -- Toko ... (By The Associated Press) TOKYO, Tuesday, Dec. 9-(Official radio pickup) -Japanese Imperial Headquarters aniounced last night the sinking of two U. S. battleships and a minesweeper, severe damage to four other American' capital ships and four cruisers and the destruction of about 100 American planes in Japan's surprise blows at Hawaii, the Philippines and Guam. g The officil news agency Domei quickly interpreted "these magnifi- cent early gains" as giving Japan naval mastery over the United States in the Pacific,,and said that any force which the U. S. could muster now "would be regarded asutterly inade- quate to accomplish any successful outcome in an encounter with the thus-far-intact Japanese fleet." Bulletins. (Continued from Page 1) SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 8-U)- Chile announced tonight the United States had accepted its suggestion for a conference of the foreign min- isters of the 21 American republics to confront the grave new challenge of Japan in the Pacific. DETROIT, Dec. 8-OP)-Without a1 dissenting vote, the executive board of the City Employes Union (AFL) today called off a threatened strike against the city, one of the nation's strategic defense centers. BERLIN, Tuesday, Dec. 9-(A)- A DNB dispatch from Tokyo today said Japanese Imperial Navy head- quarters announced an American airplane mother ship had been sunk off Honolulu. SINGAPORE, Tuesday, Dec. 9--U P) -Bombs started dropping on Singa- pore at 4 a.m. today. Searchlights and anti-aircraft guns went into ac- tion immediately. NEW YORK, Dec. 9-(P)-John L. Lewis, president of the CIO United Mine Workers of America, declared in a statement tonight he joined in the support "of our government to the day of its ulti- mate triumph over Japan and all other enemies." WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - (P) - A White House statement today de- clared Germany "obviously" did all it could "to push Japan into the war" in a hope that it would end the lend- lease program. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8-(P)-The Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, top defense agency, today de- clared the country was engaged in an "all out victory program," and other defense officials said this called for a $150,000,000,000 outlay. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8-(IP)-La- bor pledged itself tonight to a smash- ing production effort to defeat Japan and the first day of war found the United States virtually free of stiks in defense industries. - Buy a Goodfellow Edition - (Continued from Page 1) man hope that if the United States and Japan could be pushed into war such a conflict would put an end to the lease-lend program." The statement was issued soon after President Roosevelt had signed a declaration of war in a short and solemn ceremony attended by leaders of both parties from the House and Senate. Earlier a grim-visaged Congress, united by the shock of battle and aroused by startling losses to the American forces in the Pacific, ap- proved the declaration by an all but unanimous vote and did so in record time. President Roosevelt, forecasting "an inevitable triumph," requested the action in a brief, pointed speech sol- emnly delivered before a memorable joint session of House and Senate. Within an hour his request was granted. "As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our de- fense," he slowly said. There will be a meeting of all Gargoyle editorial staff members at 4:30 p.m. today in the Gargoyle office. Ilirnes' Opera Opens Toni ioht For Five Days (Continued from Page 1) Hopwood creative writing contest last June.M The three-act drama was re-writ- ten into a two-act musical to accom- modate hairy-legged chorus lines and more than 20 student-written songs. Bob Adams, '30, has returned to campus to direct this year's offering. Working closely with Adams in the management of the show have been Bob Titus, '42, president of Mimes, and James Gormsen, '42, general chairman of the production. Jack Collins, '42, will play the lead- ing role as Fenno Hedge, the pulp writer, and will be supported by Dick Rawdon (as Lana Carter), and Keith Muller, '44. (as Stuart Hedge). Other cast members include Woody Block, Bruce Forbes, Jeff Solomon, John Funk, Stan Glassman, Jack Armstrong, Bob Shedd, Bill Beck, Don Yost, Andy Marsch, Eric Tysk- lind and Bob Sovern. Author Ingham will portray one of his own characters. The cast also in- cludes Dick Schell, Sheldon Finkel- stein, Dave Matthews, Bill Todd, Bob Titus, Buck Dawson, Bob Shelley, Kermit Schooler, Chuck Solar, Jack Brown, Dick Stuart, Jim Gormsen, Howard Wallach, Jack Brackett, Don Battin and Bert Kolb. Thirty-five men will take part in six different chorus lines. -- Be a Goodfellow Dec. 15 - State Is Readyw For Total War Michigan Assumes Duties With GrimEfficiency (By The Associated Press) Michigan shouldered its war bur- den Monday with business-like effic- iency and comforting demonstrations of comradeship in a grim task. Over the length and breadth of the state men in civilian and military capacities acted swiftly to set up the home safeguards with Michigan once again ready for a vital role in Ameri- can destiny. Just as it had done in '17, Michigan made haste to meet its responsibilities. The fact long preparations had been made for this hour of crisis simplified the job. Procedure for guarding industry and public utili- ties had been laid out far in advance. John S. Bugas, Michigan director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, said "every agent-every em- ploye" was working on a 24-hour-a- day basis in some protective capacity. He disclosed "about 25" Japanese had been questioned since the out- break of hostilities in the Pacific. None of the Japanese questioned was detained, he said, but they were pho- tographed and fingerprinted. Extra guards took posts at the great arms plants of Detroit to protect against sabotage. WAR BRIEFS I ' .. I BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 8. -(.41- Argentina will consider the United States as a non-belligerent, thus per- mitting U.S. use of Argentine ports in the conduct of the war against Japan, Foreign Minister Ruiz Gi i na- zu announced tonight. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 8.-U)- All Spokane radio stations went off the air tonight at 5 p.m. and at stations KHQ-KGA it was an- nounced they would be off "until further orders." It was said the silence was at the order of the Signal Corps of the Second Air Force headquarters here and applied to all stations in the Northwest, west of Boise, Ida. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -P- Maxim Litvinoff presented his cre- dentials as Soviet Ambassador to President Roosevelt today and dis- cussed the whole war situation with the Chief Executive. He said after- ward he could not make any state- ment about the chances of Russia going to war with Japan. SEATTLE, Dec. 8. --(A)- Brig. Gen. Carlyle Wash of the 2nd In- terceptor Command late today an- nounced a blackout from the Can- adian line to Roseburg, Ore., would be invoked at 11 p.m. tonight. BERLIN, Dec. 8.-(iP)-Adolf Hit- ler has received the fugitive Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the 'presence of Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop for "conversations of great importance for Arabian lands," DNB said tonight. CUT BANK, Mont., Dec. 8-(,)-- Rep. Jeannette Rankin (Rep.- Mont.), who cast the only vote in Congress against declaring war on Japan, was called upon by Dan Whetstone, Montana Republican National Committeem aito "re- deem Montana's honor" by chang- ing her vote. 1 r 9 SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 8.-(P)- The Chilean Government tonight or- dered naval measures to protect the coast and the Straits of Magellan. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -(IP)- Norman Davis, Red Cross Chair- man, announced today after a con- ference with President Roosevelt that a dive would be lanuched immediately for $50,000,000 to be used for "our own armed forces." WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -(AP)- Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau declared today's declaration of war against Japan means "even greater expenditures for defense and a corresponding increase in taxes." * * * KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Dec. 8.- (P)-Official Russia kept silence to- day on receipt of the news of the Japanese - American conflict, but some official comment was expect- ed later. 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