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disclosure 121–3; sizing up enemy 120–1;
Denver, Colorado 64
threat of war 118–20; world in flames
Denver Post : editorials on naval force 15;
117–18
“The Mask’s Last Tatters Fall Off”
December 7, 1941: charge of treason 138;
216; President’s message to Emperor
restrictive covenants 135–6; social
Hirohito 132; report on radio reports
spectrum 136–8; threat of war 131–3; of attack 155; report on “socially
war preparations 133–5; world in
prominent Denverites” in Hawaii
f lames 131
163; response to German and Italian
December 8, 1941: diplomatic documents
declarations of war 216; retail sales 25;
155–6; editorial turnaround 160–3;
stories from 5; threat of war 132; troop
President addresses nation 157–60; race
training maneuvers 23
issues 164; reports of naval engagements
Derby, Judith Q. 30
153–5; war of nerves 163–4
Devil in France, The (Feuchtwanger) 102
December 9, 1941: causes for concern
DeVries, Paul 135
169–71; human interest stories 180; Dew, Frank xiv, 83–4
opinions/editorials 175–6; response
Diamond Jubilee Ball 137
to Pearl Harbor attack 171–5; war of
Dingell, John 183, 237
nerves 166–9; war with Nazi Germany
diplomatic documents 155–6
176–8; widening war 178–80
Disney Organization 84–6
December 10, 1941: economic mobilization
domestic servants 34–5
191–2; expanding war 189–90; human Dominick, Gayer G. 32
interest stories 192–3; opinions/editorials
Dominick, Mrs. Gayer G. 32
190–1, 193; war in Pacific 182–4; war of draftees 96
nerves 184–9
Drum, Hugh A. 22–3
December 11, 1941: challenges and
dry-cleaning industry 26
response to expanded war 199–200;
Duchin, Eddy 68
economic mobilization 206; Hitler
Dudley, Harry 240
speaks 196–9; opinions/editorials
Dulles, Alan Welch 65
204–6; repercussions 201–4; war of Dulles, Mrs. Alan Welch 65
nerves 200–1
Duranty, Walter 39
December 12, 1941: Churchill addresses
Commons 212–13; Civil Defense 214–17;
Early, Steven T. 98, 109
expressions of patriotism 213–14; social
East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere xii, 7
spectrum 217–18; upbeat reports 210–11; economic mobilization 191–2
U.S. Congress 211–12
Eddy, Nelson 54
December 13, 1941: desire to serve as
Edman, Irwin 39
civilians and in armed forces 226–7;
educational equality 51–2
Index 261
Eighteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Fourth Corps (U.S. Army) 22
24, 113
Fourth Interceptor Command (U.S. Army)
Elder and Johnston Co. 63
200
Eliot, Samuel Atkins 48
Fowler Progress Club 15
Ellis, Elmer 39
Fox, Mrs. Caleb, Jr. 214
Emergency Advisory Council for
France 6, 9, 34–5, 52, 74, 91, 97, 133, 156, Negroes 62
178, 203, 223, 245, 249
Empire State Cleaners and Dyers 26
Franklin, Emily 65
Empire State Express 64
Franklin, John Merryman 65
employment ads 27
Franklin, Mrs. John Merryman 65
enemy aircraft 166–8, 200–1
Free French Relief Committee 136–7
England Bros. Co. 63
Freidel, Melvin 40
E. N. Joslin Co. 63
Fuchida, Mitsuo 146–7
Epiphany Episcopal Church 11
Equal Rights Amendment 27–8
Gahagan, Helen 12
Evans, Madeline 162
Gannon, Robert L. 102
Evans, Maurice 53
Gardner, Ava 193
Garrett Biblical Institute 174
Fadiman, Clifton 53
Garvin, Earl 171
farm families 33–4
Gates, Charles C. 163
Farthest Reach: Oregon and Washington
Gates, Mrs. Charles C. 163
(Ross) 38–9
Gehrling, Otto 240
fashion 87
George, Walter 73, 77
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Germany: Britain’s war effort 21;
163–4, 177, 179, 201, 202
declaration of war xiv; its armies
Felduishiny, Victor 76
retreating from Rostov 54, 68; its attacks
Fellowship of Reconciliation 203–4
on Moscow 131; its declarations of war
Ferber, Edna 53; The Land Is Bright 53;
on United States 197; its operations in
Saratoga Trunk 53, 84
Eastern Front 90; its war machine 90;
Feuchtwanger, Lion 102
in retreat from Soviet Union 234; in
Fey, Harold E. 132
Tripartite Pact 141, 177, 189–90, 197; Field, Marshall 217–18
and war in North Africa 43, 46, 71, 89, Field, Mrs. Marshall 136
118, 133, 199, 249
Fields, Joseph 39
Gibson, Charles Dana 32
Fifth National Youth Anti-War Congress 51
Gideonse, Harry 160
Filene’s of Boston 63
Gillette, Guy 19
First Army (U.S. ) 22
Girl Scouts 23
First World War Industries Board 26
Godwin, Walt 162
Fitzgerald, Shirley 83
Goering, Hermann 8
Flannelly, Joseph F. 47
Golden Lantern Restaurant (Denver) 64
Fleischer, Wilfred 20
Goldstein, Israel 76
Fletcher, Ellen 101
Goodrich, Horace 162
Flory, Vera 15
Gordon, Lewis 77–8
Flournoy, Matt 77
Gore, Albert 26
Flynn, Errol 54
governesses 34
Flynn, John T. 215
Grable, Betty 37
Fontaine, Joan 53
Grand Coulee Dam 37
food costs 64–5, 114–15
Grant, Cary 53
Ford, Henry 100
Grant, Georgia 162
Fortune (magazine) 20, 176
Grant, Hugh C. 57
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway) 84
Great Britain 6–8, 15, 21, 72, 75, 90, 170–1
Fosdick, Harry Emerson 59
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Foster, Stephen 23
xii, 21–2, 144, 250
Fountainheads of Freedom (Edman) 39
Great Neck Estates, Long Island, NY 35
262 Index
Greenberg, Hank 192
Hoffman, Paul G. 176
Green, William 52
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfuerst,
Griffin Daily News , Georgia 112
Sophie 202
Gunnison, Royal Arch 154
Holland, William Dutton 35
Gunther, John 53
Hollingsworth, Margelee xiv, 82
Guthrie, Ernest Graham 173
Hollywood 84–6, 192–3
Gwen, Edmund 53
Home Guard (Great Britain) 68
Gwynne, Josephine Armstrong 101
Home Owners Loan Corporation 136
Gyllenhaal, Charles P. 13
Hoover, Herbert 49, 59, 173
Hopkins, Dianna 66
Hamley, William A. 99–100
Hopkins, Harry 57, 66, 157
Hand, Mrs. Learned 136
Horan, William J. 214
“Happy Days Are Here Again” (Ager/
Horyu (aircraft carrier) 249
Yellen) 24
Houston Chronicle : “Answer This One, Mr.
Hardwick, Cecil 53
Tojo” 95; automobile advertising 190;
Harkness, Georgia 174
Carrollton town budget 80; defense
Harriman, Mrs. Averell 136
of liberty 242–3; delivery boy 235; Harriman, Mrs. E. Roland 136
domestic servant notices 35; editorial
Harrington, Joseph B. 98
turnaround 161–2; expansion of
Harris, Cynthia Ann 163
Japanese war 178; Far Eastern crisis 21;
Harris, Henry, Jr. 163
human interest stories 137; “Let’s Go
Harrison, Carter 14, 49
Texans” 236; “ Oil leasing spreading
Harrison, Mrs. Kirk M. 87
in East Texas. ” 62; Oldsmobile
Hart, Margie 238
advertisement 68; price controls
Hart, Thomas C. 56, 221, 222
27; response to German and Italian
Haruna (battleship) 210, 222, 249
declarations of war 216; stories from 5;
Harvard University 13
“In Their Righteous Might” 175; threat
Hatch, Carl A. 61
of war in Asia editorial 49–50; war
Havilland, Olivia de 54, 84
preparations 132, 201
Hawks, Howard 207
Howell, Claude Raymond 97
Hayes, Helen 12, 53
Hull, Cordell 9–10, 45, 48, 56–7, 91–2, 145, Hedges, Arthur J. 216
148, 155–6, 167, 197
Hedin, Sven 217
Hundley, Frederic F. 135
Hellman, Lillian 53, 67
Hundley, Mrs. Frederic F. 135
Hellzapoppin (Olsen and Johnson) 67
Hunt, Louise Andrews 217
Herman, Sydney B. 172
Hutchins, Robert Maynard 59
Hershey, Lewis R. 211
Hickerson, Loren 13
I Have Loved England (Miller) 39
Hiei (battleship) 145
immigration 100
High Kickers (Jessel) 53
Imperial Conference (Japan) December 1,
High Standard Manufacturing Company 76
1941 145
Hill of Doves, The (Cloete) 84
Imperial Conference (Japan) September 6,
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 131, 141, 226
1941 144
Hiryu (aircraft carrier) 145
Inside Latin America (Gunther) 53
Hitler, Adolf 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 47, 141, 177, interceptor planes 200
183, 196–9, 245
Investment Bankers Association 61
HMS Devonshire 56
isolationism xii–xiii, 14–15, 16, 48, 98, 135
HMS Dorsetshire 131
Is Tomorrow Hitler’s? (Knickerbocker) 39
HMS Prince of Wales 182, 199, 205, 212–13
HMS Repulse 182, 199, 205, 212–13
James, F. W. 40
Hochi (newspaper) 57, 92
Janney, Hennita Blackfan 31
Hodgekiss, L. D. 179
Janney, J. Allison 31
Hoffman, Clare 11
Janney, Mrs. J. Allison 31
Index 263
Japan: aggression against Chinese
Kimmel, Husband E. 237
“democracy” 15; air attacks on
King, Charles L. 87
Philippine islands 154; attack of
King, Newton 79
Honolulu and of Pearl Harbor 148–9;
Kirishima (battleship) 145
attacks across Southeast Asia 182–3;
Kleist, Paul Ludwig von 54, 90
British declaration of war 171, 178;
Kluckhorn, Frank L. 245–6
crucial decisions 144–5; diplomacy
Knickerbocker, H. R. 39
73–4; diplomatic documents 155–6;
Knox, Frank 57, 97, 133, 170, 183, 211
foreign policy 92–3; France cedes
Knudsen, William S. 206
control of Indo-China empire to 9;
Koht, Halvdan 38
Pearl Harbor Striking Force 145–7; in
Konoye, Fumimaro 17–18, 144
Tripartite Pact 141, 177, 189–90; war Kremlin and the People, The (Duranty) 39
in China 58
Krock, Arthur 94, 205
Japan Advertiser (Tokyo newspaper) 20
Kurusu, Saburo 21, 57, 143
Japanese Air Force 58
Kuznick, Joseph V. 74
Japanese American Citizens League 163,
173
labor disputes 52
Japanese Americans 163–4, 173
Laburnum Grove (Priestley) 53–4
Japanese businesses 169
Lady In the Dark 53
Japanese espionage 201
lady’s companion 35
Japanese truck gardeners 201
La Guardia, Fiorello 73, 93, 176, 214, Japan Times Advertiser 57, 92
238–9
Jarrett, John H. 110
Lahm, Frank 46
Jarvis, Clare 203
Lamberton, William P. 121
Jarvis, Clare, Jr. 203
Lamont, Thomas 176
Jean’s Style Shop 63
Land Is Bright, The (Kauffman and
Jelke, Jane 65
Ferber) 53
Jelke, John F. 65
Lane, Lola 23
Jelke, Mrs. John F. 65
Lane, Thomas J. 98
Jessel, George 53
Lansing, Robert 48
Jewell, Edward Alden 40
Larchmont Gardens 35
J.H. Williams & Company 76
Last Resorts, The (Amory) 30
job advertisements 34–5, 190–1
Laurin, Pierre 20
Johnson, Chic 53, 67
Lawrence, Gertrude 53
Johnson, Hewlett 84
Leaf in the Storm, A (Lin) 217
Johnson, Hugh 135
League of Nations 141
Johnson, Lyndon B. 171
League of Women Voters 32
Jones, Alfred P. 16
Leanevic, Jake 135
Junior Assemblies 30, 126
LeBlanc, Georgette 38
Junior League 87
Lee, Mary 78
Junior Miss (Chodorov & Fields) 39
Legion of Decency 47
Lehman, Herbert 10
Kaga (aircraft carrier) 145, 249
Lehman, Mrs. Herbert 176
Karloff, Boris 53
Leibowitz, Samuel 160
Kauffman, George S. 53
Leighton, J. A. 49
Kaya, Okinori 106
Lend-Lease bill 77
Kaye, Danny 53
Let’s Face It (Porter) 53
Keep America Out of War Congress 215
Liaison Conference of October 23, 1941
Keller, Clarence A., Jr. 222
144–-5
Kelly, Colin P., Jr. 222, 249
Life (magazine) 20, 176
Kelly, James F. 31
Lillienthal, Max D. 239
Keys of the Kingdom, The (Cronin) 53
Lincoln, Abraham 136, 164
Kieran, John 179
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 59
264 Index
Lindbergh, Charles A. 11–12, 49, 59, 97, McNary, Charles L 107
135, 172
Maeterlinck, Maurice 38
Lindley, Ernest K. 246
Malaya: British forces in 120, 210, 222, 233; Lin, Yutang 217
Japanese campaigns of
aggression against
Lippmann, Walter 73, 94–5, 109, 204
7, 72, 118, 142, 178; Japanese landings in Little Tokyo 169
154, 171, 183, 249; preparations for war
“Locksley Hall” (Tennyson) 100
in 56, 71; rumors of German battleship
Lodge, Mrs. John 138
off coast of 200
Lodge, William 134
Manners, Marjorie 217
London Daily Telegraph 109
Manning, J. Fred 99
London Pride (Bottome) 38, 102
Manning, William Thomas 10
Longstreth, Mrs. Bevis 31
marriage announcements 31–2, 87
Lord, Walter 149
Marshall, George C. 133, 157
Los Angeles Times : air-raid sirens on roof
Martin, Joseph 158
of building 189; automobile advertising
Martin, Mary 207
179; call for end to internal dissension
Mason, George 242
and debate 161; celebrating Christmas
Maugham, Somerset 37
243; “ Let’s Not Get Rattled “ 190;
Maw, Herbert H. 171
managing editor L. D. Hodgekiss.
Maxwell, Elsa 86
190; man-on-thestreet interviews 162;
May Company 80–1
“Morale Is a Women’s Business” 236;
Maynor, Dorothy 114
report on directors of the Medical
McConnell, John 239
Women’s Association 136; reports on
Mencken, H. L. 39
battles in Philippines 232–3; review
Merman, Ethel 53
of sermons to be preached on Sunday
Meyer, Eugene 66
124; special report on MacArthur
Meyer, Mrs. Eugene 66
120; sport 192, 218; stories from 5; Middle East, British forces in 7, 72
war preparations 108, 136; “We Will
Milland, Ray 54
Triumph—So Help Us God” 175
Millay, Edna St. Vincent 12
Lowder, Mrs. R. D. 15
Miller, Alice Duer 39
Lowered Price Policy 176
Miller, Merle 74–5
Lucas, Scott W. 211
Ministers’ No War Committee 174, 204
Luce, Henry 20, 176
Miro, Joan 40
Luce, Henry Winters 176
Mishue, Thomas F. 235
Lukas, Paul 53
Mitowsky, Hyman 26
Mizell, Larue 192
MacArthur, Douglas 56, 132, 141, 154, modern art 40
183, 210, 221, 232
Molyneux, Hugh William Osbert 101
Macbeth (Shakespeare) 53
Monmouth College 33
McCormack, John W. 107, 109
Morehouse, Ray 77
McCormick, Cyrus 35
Morgan, Ann 30, 51
McCormick, Leander 35
Morgan, J. P. 30, 66
McCormick, Robert E. 35, 236–7
Morgan, Junius S. 30, 66
McCormick, William G. 35
Morgan, Mrs. Junius S. 30
McCormick, William S. 35
Morrow, Edward R. 68
MacCracken, Henry N. 215
Morrow, Mrs. Dwight 11
McGill, Ralph 20, 31
Mosolino, Anthony 213
McGraw, John 86