. Maximum, 50; minimum, 46. Today?s Tide. Temperature at neon today, 48. Temperature during 24 hours ending at noon today: Sunrise. 7:46 a. sunset, 4:16 p. Tomorrow's Tide- First low .. .. 1:42 a. 0.2 ft. lFirst low . . 2 26 a. 1.0 It. First high . .. 9:00 a. 12.1 ft. First high . .. 9:40 a. 12.0 It. Second lour' .. 3:16 p. 6.0 It. Second low v. .. 4:15 p. 5.3 ft. Second high . 1:42 p. 43.41:. Secodd high .. 8:52p 8.0 ft. I I Published Daily and Sunday and Entered as Second Class Matter atSeattie, Washington, Vol. DXIV, 'No. 343. - 9, JAPAN AN HEPUHT BilASl ll? By; Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Tuesday,? Dec. veltdisclosed at his press conference today?that Lieut. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commandingathe forces in the Philip- pines, was trying to obtain further information of a?Japan? ese attack on Clark Field there, this morning. This attack, at least theisecond since the hostilities opened, resulted in some casualties to officers~and= men, the President said. High lightsin wardevelopments today were-:9 . ?h?ayeG-seiized Iiuba'ng island, 50 miles from Manila Bay invasion (of Mindanao ., eair alarms in -. .A ?Singaporeedap ish naval base; invasion of Malayaand capture of by Japanese reported. Hengkong-lnvasion 'of Crown [colony reported under way; Japanese troops reported landed in North Borneo. Mid-Pacific?s-Midway Island reported shelled; Guam and Wake; Islands . under Japanese waii attacks reperted. ?ag-says Tokyo; no new ?Ha? SaniFrancisco?iEnemy planes reported tohave flown overCalifOrnia areas during. the night. - New York?~New York has East Coast on alert. . SeattleT?Another blackout orderedtonight- as North; 3.. West planes ?11th Japanese plane carrier; radio stations to be quieted again. By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Tuesday, De?c. [Panamanianiradio broadcast heard in New York x. by C. said Japanese air- craft .were reported flying over the Panama coast this morns ing, but no bombswere dropped. - By Associated Press. Reports of Japanese planes reconnoitering over the San Francisco Bay? area and other reports that Japaneseforces were off the Aleutian Islands, inthe narrow Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia, stirred new alarms today in the three-day?old Battle of the Pacific. - Unverified reports of the bombing of. Tokyo, Kobe and- . (Continued N. W. PLANES on following page.- Column 3.) SEAREH . PAGIFIG FOR JAP CRAFT. Army planes from Washington and Oregon fields searched~area5 in the Northwest were in the air today as Weather cleared. but 2nd 0f the North Pad?c Ocefm today Interceptor Command officers here after reports were received the. did not disclose whetheranyming Japanese aircraft carriers operating with subma- rines, _but there were indications this afternoon that no signs of enemy actiVity had been found. Portland Air Base planes . re- turned this afternoon from search ?ights without reports of enemlr activity. Planes from other fields were had been found. At a conference this afternoon, Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. \Vash,.head of the command, said the official time for tonight?s Seattle blackout will be-12:30 o?clock in the morn- ing, an hour and a half later than (Continued on Page 10, Column 2.) F. R. Talk on 4 Statiohs.Here If Broadcasts Are Resumed The Times? has suspended publication of radio schedules tempo- I mnly, because of the recurring interruption of programs. Schedules will be published again when regular broadcasting is resumed. Station KIRO, 71.0 kilocycles, will boadcas: 2nd Interceptor Command an- nouncements, but?no regular programs, during? periods when regular broadcasting is suspended. Four Seattle radio stations will carry?if they are on the air?the broadcast of President Roosevelt's messagtho the United States at 7 o?clock tonight. NBC-KOMO and KJR, and scheduled the program. but it was probable that all Seattle stations Would be silent at the time, as they were last night and this morning. It Seattle stations are off the air. Seattle listeners may be able to hear the address through KGO, Oakland, 810 kilocycles. or KPO. san Francisco, 680 kilocycles. If they are off the air, KOA, Denver, 850 kilocycles, 9p stations farther east may bah-card, depending on radio recepticn conditions. Stations Resume Temporarily Not until 12:45 o?clock this after,- noon did N. B. announce at Los Angeles that the Army'had given permission for general?although temporary?resumption of broad? casting along the Coast, the Asso- ciated Press reported.? There was less than five minutes of radio broadcasting in Seattle last night and most of this morning. as (Continued on Page 13, Column 5.) .5 ?l are; a a? Battery Park turned their eyes Skyward during Bl Enthusiastic Seattle citizens, who thronged the city?s streets last; night as the first war-time blackout began, caused damage estimated at thousands of dollars in stores in which lights were showing. Twenty-six plate-glass windows were brokenbefore police and fire? men quelled the?rioting. Seven per- sons were arrested. Among those held was a 19-year? old_girl, wife of a United States seaman, who is charged with being the leader and ?firebrand? of .a mob of almost 2,000 persons who swarmed through the central busi- ness district, leaving destruction in their wake. The girl is Mrs. Ethel Chelsvig, 2405 Fourth Ave. wife of a sea? man aboard the United States de- stroyer Kane. Mrs. Chelsvig readily admitted her part in inciting the mob to break windows where lights were showing. admit I incited that Chelsvig told Walter B. Kirtley. as- Amusement-s Page 18 Classified Ads Pages 24, 25. 26,- 27 Comics Page 22 Contract Bridge Page 14 Dorothy Neighbors Page 15 Editorials Page 6 Fiction Page 13 Finance Pages 23, 24 Obituaries Page 24 Marine Page 24 Society News Page 14 Sports Pages 19, 20, 21 Strolling Around Town Page 17 \Virephotou Page 12 Tim executives and sailor?s Wife" Leads} Glass-Smashing 'Mob concert audience buy three Needy Families. Page 4. AV 8700.1) 0f Dotsons, including Out Lights HAS AIR-RAID few . sailors, at - By 'Associated Press. sistant police chief. ?If I could havel found a brick or block, I would have thrown it myself. .?VVe?ye got to show these people they can?t leave their lights burn- ing. This is'war. They don?t realize (Continued ?on second following page, Column 2.) Tobey Demands Truth About Fleet?s Plight WASHINGTON. Tuesday, Dec. 9. Charles W. Tobey, Republican, New Hamp- shire said today it was ?reported on the Senate floor that a large part of the Pacific Fleet has been wiped out" and demanded that the American people be informed of the true situation. Tobey spoke on the Senate floor, questioning Chairman David I. Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, of the Senate naval affairs com? mittee about reports of damage to? the Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Walsh had obtained the ?oor tomake a statement on the subject for the Senate's information. Tobey recalled that Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox had put out a statement 24 hours before the Japanese struck. without warning againstHawaii, the gist of which he described as: ?The Navy is ready." ?The pride of the American peo- ple in their Navy and their confi- dence in some of their officials has been terribly shaken," Tobey said. (Sea second following page for iurthor details). NEW Tuesday, Dec. Eastern Seaboard?s first air?raid alarm which sent .inter- ceptor planes roaring out to sea and electrified the nation's most thickly populated area, was fol- lowed by a difference of opinion today as to whether it was the real thing or just?a rehearsal. Maj. Gen. Herbert, A. Dargue, commander of the?First Air-Force: don't think this was a rehearsal." Later, General Dargue., said: ?While thealarm turned out to be a mere test,? it was given under authentic and credible circumstance authentic and credible circum- stances?so much so that if it hap- pened again tomorrow we would have to do the same thing.? . The general added that there were ?definiter no enemy planes? but- emphasized that under a similar Set 'of circumstances the precautions would have to be repeated. Dargue declined to disclose the source of information which made the alarm necessary. He said that that was a part of the defense setup. Massachusetts committee on public safety. gave out a statement which he said Could be attributed to Farley, to the effect that Amy and Navy men had told him the alarms were a test. Farley later called in new men ing from me is an error." He said. however, he had talked by tele- phone to General Dargue, and re- peated in effect what the general announced in New York. Gen. Dar- gue said: ?We can?t explore the mechanics of our alarm system. Remember the number of alarms over without any bombs being dropped. on fol-Ewing Column 6.) and stated that ?the story as com- . an air-raid alarm: two ?nir?raid alerts. The alarms Were said to have been the :result of a P..xvircphoto.? F. R. Limits Of 5-Italianfs, Germans Activities WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Dec. 9. Roosevelt placed Japaneseltalians and Germans in this countmi inpthe category of ?enemy'- aliens" today and pre- scribed by proclamations the con- duct they must follow. In the case of the Japanese, the White House said an invasion had been perpetrated upon United States territory by their empire and in the cases of Germans and Italians it said ?an invasion or predatory incursion is threatened.? The proclamations applying to Germans and Italians said that enemy aliens were ?enjoined to preserve the peace? toward this country. refrain from crimes against public safety, violations of law. and from actual hostility or giving information,-aid or comfort to enemies of the United States. All enemy aliens are liable to re? straint, or to the giving of security, Beer Parlors Ordered Shut For Blackouts OLYMPIA, Tuesday, Dec. state Liquor Control Board today decreed all beer par- lors must close during blackouts. "Due to the existing national emergency, the board has decided that the sale of beer and wine must be discontinued during all blackout hours," it said in a statement. ?For the present time, licensees will not be allowed to blacken or cover windows in order to con- (Continued page. tinue during blackout periods." or to removal and departure from this country. The some restrictions apply to the Japanese. . . The rules provide that no enemy side'r an agre? Hg? . sm wu, umcus whim An. ?91'er's .May Be Calle'dfto Confer. With, Executive?on Plans to Curb Strikes By"_Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Dec.~9. -?President Roosevelt indicated to- day that it might be necessary to" . we strike legislation; - The Chief Executive told a: press plated? . . In addition, 'Mr. Roosevelt Said, already in existence. . . said, probably will involve. a 7-day week. The' two-fold "soc-e d?up ,?w?as agreed _upon at a conference morning in the presidentialo?fice attended by members of the Office of Production Management, andthe Supply Priorities and Allocations Board. . The Chief Executive was,? re- minded that he had seen numerous labor leaders lately . and some; of these had suggested-a confefe'nce to work out a voluntary plan for eliminating strikes"_in defense in- dustries. Roosevelt r_ said he was considering calling such a. par- ley but he did not know whether it would be an unof?cial, one, off the record, or an official confer- ence. Reduced Use Of Seattle householders today were requested by Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. Wash to cut down on use of gas for cooking and heating. Blackouts cut down on production at the Seattle Gas Company. seriously reducing (Continued on Page 10, Column 4.) use, including the Boeing plant.? A New as the salesman says, or you- buy! this simple tester shows you as you drive. YOU are the easy to make this test! stock. 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