ALARMS ALONG PACIFIC COAST

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20635, 10 December 1941, Page 5

ALARMS ALONG PACIFIC COAST

JAPS. PRESS MALAY ONSLAUGHT

ROUND-UP OF ALIENS IN AMERICA

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 10. 11.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dee. 9. An official warning has been received from Washington that hostile planes were reported two hours out of New 1 ork. The Mitchell Field air base, Long Island, is on the alert. All families have been evacuated from Mitchell Field, and every Aeroplane has .taken off.

It was stated in Boston that official warning had been given of the approach of enemy aeroplanes. There was no confirmation of the approach of hostile bombers, but official warning had been given.

Reports from San Francisco give details of tests of air raid precautions along the Pacific coast which apparently were followed by an approach by enemy aircraft flying at a great height, to within 20 miles of the Golden Gate.

Singapore reports two air raid alarms during the night but no actual raids. The Japanese have attempted further landings on the Malay Peninsula. Fighting continues for the Kotabaru airfield.

Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation seized nearly 400 German and Italian aliens throughout the nation. Raids were made during the night, according to an authoritative source The German Embassy in Washington declined to comment to-day on current reports that they had begun to burn official papers.