CURRENT EVENTS MARCH 22, 1942; MacArthur Acclaimed Hero in Melbourne:

Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1942

U.S. Gunboat is Sunk162 Are Feared Lost

Asheville is Missing in Java Battle

Special Service Ship

Reported Attacked

Early This Month

WASHINGTON, March 21.—(U.P)—

The U.S. gunboat Asheville. attacked

by the enemy south o£ Java early

his month, is missing and presumed

lost, the Navy announced tonight.

Ships of this type normally carry

a complement of 162 officers and men.----

HERO OF BATAAN IS ACCLAIMED IN MELBOURNE

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, -Arriving with his wife and son Arthur from Adelaide, was welcomed

fay a cheering crowd yesterday in Melbourne, before going into staff conferences.

This picture, radioed from Melbourne to London and from London to New York, is the first

photo of the MacArthurs in Australia to reach the United States. (First photo radioed direct

from Melbourne to San Francisco appears on Page 10).—Wirephoto.

MacArthur Warns Australia Of Grim Struggle to Come

Victory Will Depend on Resources in

Men and Weapons, Declares Chief

By Harold Guard

MELBOURNE, March 21.—(U.P)—

Australia tonight welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur and heard the new commander's

grim warning that success against Japan hingesupon "careful preparation .

. .sufficient materials and sufficient troops.----