Troops in Philippines reassure MacArthur
Message to general vows continuation of defense of isles with zeal and courage
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Jap aircraft carrier reported hit by sub
London, March 23 (AP) –
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Perth, Australia, said today an Allied submarine now in friendly waters had hit a Japanese aircraft carrier with torpedoes on the night of March 3 off Bali and:
If the carrier was not sunk, it will be out of action a long time.
It said the carrier was believed to be a 27,000-ton vessel.
Seven British Spitfires arrive at Havana
Havana, Cuba, March 23 (AP) –
Seven British Spitfire planes arrived here today and it was authoritatively stated that they were en route from a British base to a United States base for overhaul.
In Washington, officials of the State Department and military establishments said they had no information on the arrival of British planes in Cuba and declined further discussion.
London, March 23 (AP) –
A Reuters dispatch from Havana, Cuba, today said British aircraft had arrived there to join United States air patrols operating from Cuba against Axis U-boats.
Women’s Army plan opposed by bishop
Says sanctity of home would be affected
New York, March 23 (AP) –
Contending it would affect the sanctity of the home, the Most Rev. John F. O’Hara, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic chaplains and men in the U.S. armed forces, has assailed any proposal to:
…put women in the Army.
Without referring to the 150,000-member Auxiliary Army Corps authorized by the House and now before the Senate, Bishop O’Hara yesterday in an address asked the police department’s Holy Name Society to help oppose the placing of women in the Army.
He said:
I think a good many of you men did kitchen police duty in the last war. You don’t like to peel potatoes, darn socks or sew on buttons. But I think that for the sanctity of the home, you would prefer to do it yourself rather than have women in the Army for that purpose.
Nelson bans double pay for Sunday and holiday work
CIO leaders told to drop 'privilege’
Murray calls together chieftains of unions to fight new bills
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The Pittsburgh Press (March 23, 1942)
Evacuation of Jap aliens begins on Pacific Coast
By E. A. Evans, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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U.S. War Department (March 24, 1942)
Army Communiqué No. 158
Philippine theater.
The fortified island of Corregidor and our positions in Bataan were heavily bombed this morning by 54 Japanese heavy bombers of a new type. Damage inflicted on our military installations was of slight consequence. At least three enemy airplanes were shot down by our anti-aircraft artillery.
Several sharp encounters occurred in Bataan between hostile ground forces. Our artillery laid down a concentrated fire on enemy positions. Japanese losses are believed to have been considerable, while our own casualties were slight.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
U.S. Navy Department (March 24, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 61
Far East.
The U.S. destroyers Pillsbury and Edsall have been reported missing since early March and must be presumed lost. The next of kin of the personnel of the Pillsbury and Edsall have been informed accordingly.
The Pillsbury is believed to have been lost in the vicinity of Bali Strait subsequent to the naval engagement in the Java Sea which was reported in Communiqué No. 54.
The last report from the Edsall placed her in waters south of Java.
These destroyers were units of the original U.S. Asiatic Fleet which has been used since the beginning of the war in an attempt to frustrate the Japanese invasion of the islands of the Southwest Pacific. The ships of this fleet were fought with distinction as units of the Allied Naval Forces at Makassar Strait (Communiqués Nos. 32, 33, and 34), Lombok Strait, Bali Strait (Communiqué No. 42) and the Battle of the Java Sea.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
The Pittsburgh Press (March 24, 1942)
54 Jap bombers blast Bataan
Big raid made on Corregidor
Attack seen as opening of all-out offensive
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