Current Events April 17, 1942; SEVERE LOSSES IN PHILLIPPENES

                                                     Oakland Tribune

                            OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942

Leahy Called Home as Crisis Mounts;16 Generals. 65.000 Lost in Bataan

35 OOO Combat Troops Among Those Missing

This figure included approximately

35,000 combat troops about

5,500 sick and wounded, a number of

supply and other non-combatant

troops and some 25,000 civilians, a

communique reported.

(A Japanese broadcast picked up

by the United Press in San Francisco

reported more than 50,000

prisoners taken in Bataan, including

9000 Americans.)

No reports of casualties in the

last few days of fighting in Bataan

have been received, the communique said.

Current Events April 16, 1942; VICHY CRISIS MOUNTS, NAZIS MAY POSSESS FRENCH FLEET ;

The Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1942.

U. S.--VICHY CRISIS MOUNTS

See Nazis In Possession Of French Fleet Soon

Government

(By The Associated Press)

The Washington-Vichy crisis

mounted sharply today

amid general expectations

that France would proclaim

her solidarity with Germany

and that Adolf Hitler might

soon get his hands on the

French fleet.

U. S. consular officials

urged all Americans to leave

unoccupied France as soon

as possible.-----

Explains Newspaper

Censorship To Editors

Director Price Gives Reasons

Why Certain News Must Be

Withheld From The Readers

Why newspapers are asked not to print certain stories

that are common gossip to their readers in a community was

explained to American Newspaper Editors at conferences

held in Washington this week and at 20th annual meeting

of American Newspaper Editors which is being held in

New York this week.

Director of Censorship Byron.,,

Price told editors that it was recognized

that American newspapers

constituted one of the greatest fact

finding organizations in the world.

While Axis agents may forward to

their governments various rumors,

these governments never trust rumor

the way they will a newspaper----

US Bombers Hit islands

From Hidden Air Base

By C. YATES McDANIEL

United States Army Headquarters in Australia, April

16 (AP)—Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce, volunteer leader of the

bomber squadron which delivered the United States' first

long distance smash in the Philippines, disclosed today that

the raiders used a base hidden in the islands, protected by

fighter planes; and provisioned it for future use.----

Current Events April 15, 1942; U. S. FIGHTING BACK IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

MIDDLESBORO. KY.. DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942. 
U. S. BOMBERS RAID ENEMY BASES IN PI

BOMBERS RANGE TO MANILA AREA;

ONE PLANE LOST

M'Arthur Headquarters

Communique

Reports Raids

General MacArthur's Headquarters,

Australia.—American

bombing squadrons, per-

sonally commanded by Brig;

Gen. Ralph Royce, successfully

attacked Japanese bases

in the Philippines on Monday

and Tuesday, a communique

said today.

Raiders Hit Cebu,

Manila and Davao

UNITED STATE ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,

April 15 (AP).-Thirteen big American bombers

operating from Australia made smashing attacks on Japa-

nese bases and shipping at Manila, Cebu, Davao and

Batangas in the Philippine islands Monday and Tuesday it

was announced tonight.

Current Events April 14, 1942; VICHY FRANCE SWINGS TO NAZIS:

T H E C A PITA L TIMES

MADISON, WlS., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942

Vichy Swings To Axis; May Break With U.S.

Say Pro-Nazi Laval Gains Control of New

French Government

Petain -Mere Figurehead ; Darlan

Loses Power

[By The Associated Press]

FRANCE moved sharply toward tys

with Germany today as chief

of state Marshal Phillipe Pe-

tain decided to form a : new

government including Pierre

Laval, c h i e f exponent of

stronger ties with the reich.

and Admiral Jean -Darlan.

anti-British vice premier.

The 85-year-old marshal's

anti-British vice premier.

The 85-year-old marshal's

decision, stirring immediate

speculation on the possibility

of France turning her still

powerful fleet over to, Adolf

Hitler.

.

Nazis, Puppet; Premier

Acts as Ministers

ignore Orders

BERN, Switzerland — (AP) —

The puppet premier, Vidkun-

Quisling, has taken over

personal direction of churches

in Norway after failing to force the

rebellious clergy to resume- the pulpits

from which they resigned en-masse a

week ago, reports reaching here said----

Demands U. S. Seize

French Possessions

American resentment over the

new powers given Pro-Nazi Pierre

Laval in .the shakeup of the Vichy

government was expressed in congress

today. Rep. Poage of Texas

demanded that the United States

seize French possessions in the

western hemisphere in retaliation

The Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1942

Laval, Axis Pal Gets Post In Vichy Cabinet

Chief Of Government'

Expected To Expedite

Collaboration With Nazis

Petain Yields To Berlin Pressure;

Riom Trial Changed To 'Place

Guilt For Franco-German Clash'

Bern, Switzerland, April 14 (AP)—Marshal Petain

agreed under German pressure today to reorganize his

Vichy government under pro-Axis Pierre Laval for renewed

collaboration with the Nazis which may lead to a diplomatic

break with the United States, foreign diplomatic

sources said

US-Filipinos

Fight Back

Jap Invaders

(By The Associated Press)

Greatly out-numbered American

and Filipino troops were officially

reported putting up stubborn resistance

to Japanese invasion forces

today on Cebu island in the Central

Philippines while Lieut -Gen Jonathan

Wainwrights defenders of

Corregidor underwent four more assaults

by Japaneses bombers

The Japanese force on Cebu 250

miles south of Manila was estimated

at 12000

Wartime Brings Vice

Problems to Portsmouth

N. H. Probationist Says

WCC Told That Today's Youth

Needs Restriction, Discipline

"Portsmouth does have a vice problem and there are

houses here that definitely need dealing out," Miss Bernadette

Connor, only woman probation officer in New Hamp-

shire declared last night before members of the Woman's

Community council

"And it you could talk with some of the girls that I have

had under my supervision from Dover you would realize

that this is the truth," she stated.

Current Events April 13, 1942; PAY FOR PEARL HARBOR RAIDS IN INDIAN OCEAN;:

TIMES OLEAN,N.Y HERALD

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13,1942* * *PRICE THREE CENTS

Americans Wreck Four Japanese Base In

Series Of Ferocious “Pay For Pearl Harbor” Raids

Nippon Battle Fleet,

Operating In Indian

Ocean, Menaces India

By EI)\V.\R1> IV. BEATTIE

LONDON—A large Japanese

battle fleet, headed by at

least three battleships and

five aircraft carriers, is operating

in the Indian ocean, an

official spokesman revealed

today in the first government

indication of the urgent danger

of a Japanese attack on India

Huge British Bombers

Spread Destruction On

Wide Front In Europe

LONDON — Britain's biggest

bombing planes distributed

death and destruction over

a 500-mile front in Axi

Europe during the night----

United Press Staff Correspondent

GEN. M A C A R THUR'S

HEADQUAR T E R S . Australia—

United States flying

fortresses damaged two large

Japanese ships, destroyed or

damaged twenty-five planes

and spread ruin through four

invasion bases in a series of

ferocious "pay for Pearl Harbor"

raids during the week

end. communiques and dispatches

revealed today.----

Current Events April 12, 1942; U. S. JOINS R. A. F. ON RAIDS IN GERMANY;

THE BELLINGHAM HEARALD

Bellingham, Wash. Sunday April 12, 1942

JAPS HAMMERING AT CORREGIDOR; BIG GUNS. BLAZE

U. S. Air Force to Start Blasting Germany Within Month;

Russia Hits Hard

American Flyers Helping R. A. F. is Result of Marshall-Hopkins Talks

Cumberland Sunday Times

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1942

U. S. TO JOIN RAF ON GERMAN RAIDS

Japs Claim Capture U. S. Ships In Philippines

Joint Attacks Within Month Thought Behind Marshall-Hopkins Talk

TO MASS POWER TO AID RUSSIA EXPERTS CLAIM

British and Americans Pictured

as Expecting Germany's

Supreme Effort

During Summer

HOPE TO CUT SUPPLY

LINES TO SOVIET

German Thrusts Also Expected

Toward Oil Riches

of Caucasus and Persian

Gulf

By ROBERT E. BUNNELLE

London, April 11. VP) — The United

States air force will join the RAF in

blasting Germany within a month.

and the two allies will do everything

in their power to help Russia's epic

effort to crush the common Nazi

enemy, highly placed experts predicted

tonight.

Current Events April 11, 1942; CORREGIDOR CEBU UNDER HEAVY ATTACK;

THE BELINGHAM HEARALD

Saturday April 11, 1942

JAPS INVADE ISLAND OF CEBU

Hungry, Fever Ridden Bataan Force Yielded After 98 days of Torture

THE DAILY TIMES-NEWS

BURLINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942

JAPS SWARMING INTO ISLAND OF CEBU

PIanes Blast Corregidor to Knock Out Last Bastion

BY ROGER D. GREENE

Associated Press War Editor

Japanese invaders swarmed

into the Island of Cebu in a

new phase of the Philippine

campaign today while their

warships and planes blasted

at Corregidor in an attempt

to knock out the last bastion

of resistance in Luzon-----

Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942

Japs Invade Cebu, Fight In Streets;

India Parley Ends As Offer Rejected

Heavy Loss Inflicted On Invading Nipponese

Defenders Stubbornly Resist Enemy Force of 12,000;

Corregidor Battles Raids; Bataan Surrender Claimed

WASHINGTON, April 11.—(A.P.)—The War Department reported today that a

small American-Filpino force defending Cebu, in the Philippine: had inflicted heavy causalities on a Japanese invasion force estimated at 12,000 which was able nevertheless

to effect a landing.

A communique said that the defenders continued to resist stubbornly.

The invaders, supported by a fleet of four w a r s h i p s and 10 transports, by dive

bombers and tanks, were said to have been able to advance only a few miles. The island fortress of Corregidor and nearby Fort Hughes in Manila

Bay meanwhile were subjected to intensive air attacks and intermittent artillery

cross-fire, but the War Department

said casualties were few

and the damage slight.