“Brother of Local Man is Killed at Hawaiian Airport” from the December 12, 1941 Door County Advocate
Brother of Local Man is Killed at Hawaiian Airport
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Son of Another Badly Wounded; No Word on Others
The United States is at war with the entire Axis, as a result Sunday of an unprecedented surprise attack by Japan Sunday morning at the very moment when representatives of the --- government were discussing with our government in Washington the principles of peace.
Congress, following a brief address by President Roosevelt, declared a state of war with Japan Monday, unanimously except for the dissenting vote of Representative Jeanette Rankin (R), Montana, who also voted against entry into World War I. German and Italian war declarations followed and U. S. replied Wednesday, in-
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WIRE FROM MANILLA
Hannes Anderson, who started around the world with the Merchant Marine aboard the President Grant, wired his mother, Mrs. Gertie Anderson, Tuesday that all was well with him.
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volving almost the whole world. Central and South America is rapidly lining up with the U. S. and England.
Official U. S. sources admitted an old battleship and a destroyer sunk at the Pearl Harbor naval base, and about 1,500 fatalities from aerial bombings that morning both in and around the harbor, in Honolulu and army posts, and since have announced heavy fighting by the army to prevent an invasion of the Philippines. Reported also was a big naval battle between the U. S. Philippine fleet and the ---s, while a similar conflict was seen between the English and ---s as the latter were invading the Malay peninsula.
Warns of Rumors
Enemy planes were definitely admitted to have flown over San Francisco, although not dropping bombs, and signal fires pointing to Seattle, believed to have been planted by fifth columnists, were put out by state police Tuesday night. --- planes in Malay were said to have sunk two of England’s capital ships, and U. 8. planes were said Thursday to have sunk a big --- battleship assisting the Philippine invasion.
Reports were keeping millions at their radios beginning Sunday shortly after noon when the attack began, and have monopolized the air waves since. Fearing harmful results of rumors, President Roosevelt warned in an address that the public should not accept any news as authentic until its source was known to be official.
Many Homes in Suspense Here
As the war raged, hundreds of Door county homes were among others in the nation anxiously awaiting news of the welfare of relatives in the war zone.
Only two causalities had hit home up to Thursday noon: Francis Holloway of this city, learned of the death at Pearl Harbor, of his brother, John P. Holloway of Green Bay. Another brother, Larry, former golf pro at Peninsula park, recently was discharged from the service. Almost at the same time, John S. Clark, Smith shipyard worker, was notified that his son Charlie of Mosinee, Wis., was wounded at Pearl Harbor.
Following is a summary of some of the names of Door county people in the war zone:
At Hawaii or at Sea — Arnold Krause, Fish Creek on the Cruiser New Orleans; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Kuneah and children, cousins of Mrs. Ed Aznoe and residents of Honolulu; Charles Egeland, signal corps; Raynold Ullman, Brussels, in army near Honolulu; and Leonard: Potier, Sawyer, R. D., at Pearl Harbor, who was to have finished his enlistment period in the navy Dec. 14, but now will probably have to remain for the duration.
At Philippines—Lieut. Chas. Leasum, Sturgeon Bay, army medical corps; George Loritz, Jacksonport air corps mechanic; Earl Wood, Jacksonport, navy; Lieut. Earl Greenwood, Jacksonport.
At Panama—Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McKeever, Sturgeon Bay, Mr. McKeever teaching there.
Were to Sail from California to Far East—Roy Woldt, Sturgeon Bay from San Francisco Dec. 8; Robert Washburn, Sturgeon Bay, from San Francisco on the President Cleveland Dec. 5.
On Pacific Coast—Major R. M. Griffin, army quartermaster corps (was due to go abroad); Roland Hasse, Nasewaupee, last with navy at Seattle; Stanley Anderson, at navy school at San Diego; Jack Tong, Sturgeon Bay, Marines, San Diego; Wallace LeRoy of Egg Harbor, Woodrow Wolalen of Carlsville, Robert Johnston of Sturgeon Bay and George Jorgenson of Washington Is., all at Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Alvin Carmody, Egg Harbor, air corps, Coronado, Calif.
On Atlantic—Hoyt Vrooman, Egg Harbor, probably off Greenland on patrol duty.
Precautions at defense plants were evident here by addition of shipyard guards, and the keepers of Cana Is. light, Donald Langohn and Michael Drezdon, were told to remain on duty rather than turn on the automatic light and leave for the winter Dec. 10.
Private fliers here were notified that in order to fly they would have to be fingerprinted and re-registered.
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
[An ethnic designation is censored, the original and uncensored version is available from the Door County Library Newspaper Archive.]
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