Current Events December 7, 1942; REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR:

Remember Pearl Harbor 

(E. T.'s comment)

News paper “headlines” did not reflect on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor, but there were many stories of local heroes that were part of the ordeal.

December 7, 1941: The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship sank with more than 80 percent of its 1,500-man crew. The attack, which left 2,343 Americans dead and 916 missing, broke the backbone of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and forced America out of a policy of isolationism. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that it was "a date which will live in infamy" and Congress declared war on Japan the morning after. (AP Photo) (Photo and caption available from Denver Post)

San Mateo Times

SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1942

PEARL HARBOR

READY FOR ANY

NEW JAP BLOW

WAASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—(UP)—

The navy's anniversary revelation

of the story of Pearl Harbor indicates

that the American fleet today

is ready for anything the Japanese

have to offer. "

Court martial Demands

Navy officials would not discuss

the present strength of the Pacific fleet.

The report brought renewed demands

for immediate court martial

of Admiral Husband T. Kimmel

and leut. Gen. Walter C. Short,

navy and army commanders in Hawaii

a year ago.

HITLER ATTACKS IN TUNISIA

Tanks Battle

Allied Forces

Set in Hills

Air, Ground Help Being

Rushed to British,

Americans

LONDON, Dec. 7.—(U.P)—Radio

Vichy reported tonight that

considerable reinforcements of

infantry and artillery have

reached allied forces on the Tebourba

front.

LONDON, Dec. 7.—(U.P)—Allied

tank forces were reported

in a communique today to be

heavily engaged against attacking

axis armored elements

in the Tebourha region.

The heavy armored battle in

the Tebourba area was launched

yesterday and still is in progress,

the communique from allied

headquarters revealed.

FUEHRER PLAN SEEN TO

STRIKE FOR GIBRALTAR

LONDON. Dec. 7.—(U.P)—Adolf Hitler's apparent decision

to wage a l a s t - d i t c h-battle in Africa today was believed to increase

danger of a Nazi t h r u s t through Spain for a back-door attack

on the a l l i e d key position at Gibraltar.

It was believed in London that H i t l e r   d e f i n i t e l y had committed

himself to the strongest kind of a fight to retain his toe-hold in

Tunisia and Tripolitania.

Needs Gibraltar

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