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109. Associated Press, “Nazi Reversals Cause Japs to Ask More Time,” Panama City News-Herald, December 1, 1941, 1.
110. United Press, “Strategic Areas Are Ordered on War-Time Basis,” Idaho Evening Times, December 1, 1941, 1.
CHAPTER 2: THE SECOND OF DECEMBER
1. Birmingham (AL) News, “55 Minutes to Atlanta 4 Flights Daily $6.50,” December 1, 1941, 11.
2. Washington Evening Star,” Fast Non-Stop Commuter Service to New York,” December 2, 1941, A7.
3. New York Times, “Subway Smokers Beware,” December 1, 1941, 21.
4. Associated Press, “Those Service Men on Leave: ‘Give Them a Lift,’” San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1941, 4.
5. Floyd Healey, “’Secession’ Movement Is Backed,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1941, 1.
6. Washington Evening Star, “Yerela, Calif.—Thursday ‘Rebels’ Show Determination,” December 2, 1941, A4.
7. Associated Press, “11 Per Cent Gain Seen in U.S. Use of Gasoline,” Washington Evening Star, December 1, 1941, A3.
8. Washington Evening Star, “Traffic Report,” December 1, 1941, A12.
9. Time, “Missouri: Scientifically Drunken Drivers,” December 1, 1941, 18.
10. Washington Evening Star, “Nation’s Auto Dealers Told U.S. Will Stop Inflation in Prices,” December 1, 1941, A12.
11. Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981), 154.
12. Time, “A Few More Billions,” December 1, 1941, 32.
13. Associated Press, “Buffalo Sets Stamp Sale Record,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 10.
14. Time, “Building: More Dirt,” December 1, 1941, 72.
15. Associated Press, “House Groups to Air Role of Lobbying in Defense Contracts,” Washington Evening Star, December 1, 1941, A1.
16. Washington Evening Star, “Two Hearings to Open Tomorrow on Defense Contract Lobbying,” December 2, 1941 A3.
17. New York Times, “Permanence in Workers’ Areas Seen by Miss Gladys Miller, Consultant—Number of New Units Equals Slam Razings,” December 1, 1941, 16.
18. Associated Press, “Pro Football Title Game Will Be Played December 21,” Washington Evening Star, December 1, 1941, A1.
19. Associated Press, “American Football Meets to Plan Expansion,” Washington Evening Star, December 6, 1941, 1A.
20. Time, “The Real Thing,” December 1, 1941, 49.
21. Time, “Words, Words,” December 1, 1941, 49.
22. Boston Daily Globe, “Lodge Says U.S. Needs a Standing Army of 750,000,” December 2, 1941, 2.
23. Boston Daily Globe, “R.H. White’s Basement,” December 2, 1941, 2.
24. Boston Daily Globe, “Jordan Marsh Company,” December 2, 1941, 3.
25. Boston Daily Globe, “Jordan Marsh Company,” December 2, 1941, 7.
26. Boston Daily Globe, “Conrad’s,” December 2, 1941, 11.
27. Washington Post, “Woodward and Lathrop,” December 2, 1941, 4.
28. Associated Press, “O. P. M. Asks Public to Economize on Yule Wrappings,” Washington Evening Star, December 1, 1941, A12.
29. Associated Press, “Don’t Be Too Practical in Yule Buying, Mrs. Roosevelt Urges,” Atlanta Constitution, December 2, 1941, 4.
30. Washington Post, “Indians Here to Demand Fire Water,” December 2, 1941, 15.
31. Time, “Words, Words,” December 1, 1941, 49.
32. Time, “Casualties,” December 1, 1941, 49.
33. Tallulah Bankhead, Tallulah: My Autobiography (New York: Harper, 1952), 101.
34. Eugene S. Duffield, “How’ll They Pay? Mr. L, Income $30,000, Adjusts His Savings Plan to Meet Higher Taxes,” Wall Street Journal, December 1, 1941, 1.
35. Time, “The Presidency: The Old Master,” December 1, 1941, 13.
36. Time, “National Affairs: Advice to Japan,” December 1, 1941, 14.
37. Time, “Foreign Relations: Aid to Iceland,” December 1, 1941, 14.
38. Time, “Foreign Relations: How to Beat Rationing,” December 1, 1941, 24.
39. Time, “Medicine: War & Sanity,” December 1, 1941, 54.
40. Time, “Medicine: War & Sanity,” December 1, 1941, 54.
41. Time, “Welcome Stranger!” December 1, 1941, 31.
42. Washington Evening Star, “Sugar-Control Bill Passes House Despite Opposition by Hull,” December 2, 1941, A3.
43. Time, “Music: Juke-Box Divas,” December 1, 1941, 36.
44. Time, “Art: Artists’ Rations,” December 1, 1941, 39.
45. Time, “Education: First Two R’s,” December 1, 1941, 57.
46. Time, “Education: History Lesson,” December 1, 1941, 57.
47. Atlanta Constitution, “Today’s Radio, Tuesday’s Local Programs,” December 2, 1941, 17.
48. Time, “Cinema: Baghdad-on-the-Pacific,” December 1, 1941, 82.
49. Los Angeles Times, “Day for Soviet Aid Proclaimed,” December 1, 1941, 12.
50. Birmingham (AL) News, “’Citizen Kane’ Will Be Shown Next at Empire,” December 1, 1941, 25.
51. Time, “Cinema: Baghdad-on-the-Pacific,” December 1, 1941, 82.
52. Time, “Books: Great Improbabilities,” December 1, 1941, 88.
53. Time, “Books: Murder in November,” December 1, 1941, 92.
54. Christian Science Monitor, “U.S.-Tokyo Talks Resumed; Nazi’s Face New Soviet Peril; British Push Ahead in Libya,” December 1, 1941, 1.
55. Associated Press, “Nazis Fleeing From Rostov Facing Trap,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1.
56. United Press, “Din of Moscow Battle Heard on Air in London,” New York Times, December 1, 1941, 2.
57. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “Informal Remarks of the President to State Chairmen of Birthday Ball Committees December 2, 1941—5:00 P.M.,” December 2, 1941, Hyde Park, NY.
58. Associated Press, “America First Reveals Plan for Role in 1942 Election,” Baltimore Sun, December 2, 1941, 9.
59. Look, “Colgate Dental Cream,” December 2, 1941, 25.
60. Look, “Chesterfield,” December 2, 1941, 68.
61. Boston Daily Globe, “Lux Toilet Soap,” December 2, 1941, 19.
62. Raymond Clapper, “What Roosevelt Is Not Telling Us,” Look, December 2, 1941, 11.
63. New York Times, “288 Men, 1 Woman Listed in Dollar-a-Year Class,” December 4, 1941, 11.
64. Carlisle Bargeron, “”Wall Street Wolf” Protects the Little Businessman,” Look, December 2, 1941, 18.
65. Look, “Café Society Holds a Board Meeting,” December 2, 1941, 22.
66. Look, “Meet The People: Meet the Men and Women of Russia, Whom Hitler Will Never Enslave,” December 2, 1941, 28.
67. Samuel Spewack, “What’s Happening to the Rich in England,” Look, December 2, 1941, 30.
68. Look, “Vice-President Wallace Sets a Hollywood Fashion,” December 2, 1941, 36.
69. John C. Henry, “76 and 80 Cent Pay Raises Won By Rail Unions,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
70. Associated Press, “18 Convicted of Plot Against Army Face Terms of 10 Years,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A2.
71. Associated Press, “British Report Sinking Italian Destroyer, Two Supply Ships,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
72. Associated Press, “Nazi’s Cut Through British Ring to Rescue Force in East Libya; Capture Rezegh in Fierce Battle,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
73. Matthew Halton, “Libyan Sand Wastes Strewn With Litter of ‘Dead’ Axis Tanks,” Boston Daily Globe, December 2, 1941, 21.
74. British Embassy, Washington, D. C., Memo to The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States of America, December 2, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
75. Associated Press, “Churchill Proposes Extending Draft to Men 18 to 50,” Washing
ton Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
76. Otto D. Tolischus, “U.S. Principles Rejected By Japanese as ‘Fantastic,’” New York Times, December 1, 1941, 1.
77. Garnett D. Horner, “U.S. Asks Japan to Explain Troop Moves: Prompt Reply Is Requested By President,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
78. Associated Press, “Japanese Troops Drill With Parachutes,” Boston Evening Globe, December 2, 1941, 19.
79. United Press, “Japan Seizing Private Shipping for Transport Duty,” Boston Evening Globe, December 2, 1941, 19.
80. Garnett D. Horner, “U.S. Asks Japan to Explain Troop Moves: Prompt Reply Is Requested By President,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
81. Associated Press, “Roosevelt Is Reported Taking Personal Role In Washington Talks,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 2, 1941, 29.
82. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “Roosevelt Calls In Navy Adviser to Hear Hull Report on Orient,” Washington Post, December 2, 1941, 1.
83. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “A Test for Tokyo.” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
84. Garnett D. Horner, “U.S. Asks Japan to Explain Troop Moves: Prompt Reply Is Requested By President,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
85. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “FDR: Day by Day—The Pare Lorentz Chronology,” December 1, 1941.
86. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “Japan Sees Hull.” New York Times, December 2, 1941, 1.
87. Associated Press, “Roosevelt, Stark Confer Knox Says Fleet Is Ready Tokyo Continues Talks,” Hartford Courant, December 2, 1941, 1.
88. Associated Press, “F.D.R. Calls Navy Aide in Asia Crisis,” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1941, 1.
89. Constantine Brown, “This Changing World,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A9.
90. Garnett D. Horner, “U.S. Asks Japan to Explain Troop Moves: Prompt Reply Is Requested By President,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
91. Associated Press, “Battleship Leads British Flotilla into Singapore,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
92. Associated Press, “Battleship Leads British Flotilla into Singapore,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
93. Associated Press, “Japanese Are Not Told,” New York Times, December 4, 1941, 4.
94. Associated Press, “All Marines Out of Shanghai; Will Remain in Philippines,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
95. Garnett D. Horner, “U.S. Asks Japan to Explain Troop Moves: Prompt Reply Is Requested By President,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A1.
96. Royal Arch Gunnison, “Philippines Maintain Ceaseless ‘War Alert’ Against Japanese,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A3.
97. Associated Press, “Just Like ’76, Tokyo Says,” Baltimore Sun, December 2, 1941, 2.
98. Associated Press, “U.S. Revenue Collections Only Third of Spending,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, 1X.
99. Washington Evening Star, “Knox Plan to Change Navy Cafeteria Setup Brings Controversy,” December 2, 1941, 2X.
100. Washington Evening Star, “Knox Plan to Change Navy Cafeteria Setup Brings Controversy,” December 2, 1941, 2X.
101. The White House, Washington, “Memorandum for the President” by J.R. Beardal, December 6, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
102. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “Memorandum on Poles in U.S.S.R.,” December 6, 1941, Hyde Park, NY.
103. Associated Press, “Navy Is Ready for Anything, Knox Asserts,” Atlanta Constitution, December 2, 1941, 1.
104. Atlanta Constitution, “Patrolling the Sea,” December 2, 1941, 1.
105. Washington Evening Star, “Exit From the Ark Royal,” December 2, 1941, A1.
106. Associated Press, “Cruiser May Have Been Sunk By Pocket Battleship,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A3.
107. Associated Press, “48 Merchant Vessels, 11 Naval Craft Sunk in Month, Nazis Say,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A6.
108. Associated Press, “Baltimore Yards Will Launch Six Ships This Month,” Washington Post, December 2, 1941, 8.
109. Walter Lippmann, “Today and Tomorrow: The Turning Point at Home,” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1941, 4.
110. Washington Post, “House Asked to Have Pegler Explain Epithets,” December 2, 1941, 6.
111. Matthew Frye Jacobson and Gaspar González, What Have They Built You To Do? The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2006), 6.
112. Kenneth Goff, Red Betrayal of Youth (Enterprise Print, 1946), 29.
113. Washington Post, “Parking Fee Control Here Is Proposed,” December 2, 1941, 13.
114. Dewey L. Fleming, “One Hostile Tokyo Act May Mean Conflict at Once, Washington Hears,” Baltimore Sun, December 2, 1941, 1.
115. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “FDR: Day by Day—The Pare Lorentz Chronology,” December 1, 1941.
116. David Lawrence, “Formula Yet May Save Pacific Peace,” Washington Evening Star, December 2, 1941, A9.
CHAPTER 3: THE THIRD OF DECEMBER
1. Washington Evening Star, “Bureaucrats Blamed for Blocking Plans for Army of Jews,” December 3, 1941, A4.
2. John Barry, “War Diary (823d Day—Dec. 3, 1941),” Boston Evening Globe, December 3, 1941, 2.
3. Boston Evening Globe, “New Zealanders Await With Bayonets,” December 3, 1941, 2.
4. John C. Henry, “Roosevelt Pledges Lease-Lend Defense Supplies to Turkey: Move Is Viewed As U.S. Attempts to Thwart Axis,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A1.
5. Washington Evening Star, “Aid-to-Russia Policy Stands, White House Replies to Critics,” December 3, 1941, A5.
6. New York Times, “India Is Reported Getting U.S. Aid,” December 3, 1941, 11.
7. Associated Press, “America First Reveals Plan for Role in 1942 Elections,” Baltimore Sun, December 2, 1941, 9.
8. New York Times, “Murrow Sees End of War in Our Hands,” December 3, 1941, 9.
9. British Embassy, Washington, D. C., Memo to The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States of America, December 3, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
10. H. Ford Wilkins, “Quezon Avows His Loyalty to Roosevelt,” Washington Post, December 2, 1941, 24.
11. Associated Press, “New U.S. Arctic Base in Far North Atlantic to Check Nazis Asked,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 2.
12. Associated Press, “Germans Driven 12 to 24 Miles, Russians Claim,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 1X.
13. Associated Press, “Nazis Threaten Moscow Anew; Rout From Rostov Continues,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 11.
14. Associated Press, “British Re-form Lines for New Battle in Libya,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 1.
15. Edward Kennedy, Associated Press, “British in Libya Established on Strong Offensive Line,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 2X.
16. Washington Evening Star, “Examples Are Cited,” December 3, 1941, A6.
17. United Press, “Hull Pessimistic About Far East,” Boston Evening Globe, December 3, 1941, 1.
18. Washington Evening Star, “Wheeler Criticizes Policy,” December 3, 1941, A6.
19. Christian Science Monitor, “The Isolationists Put on a Show,” September 10, 1941, 24.
20. Associated Press, “Lewis Indorses Sen. Wheeler For Presidency,” Washington Post, July 3, 1940, 3.
21. Associated Press, “All Thumbs Real or In Films,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A15.
22. Dorothy Thompson, “On the Record: America First Committee’s Attitude Called Hindrance to U.S. in Japanese Negotiations,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A11.
23. J.A. O’Leary, “Far-Reaching Measure Passed 252 to 136,” Washington Evening St
ar, December 3, 1941, A1.
24. San Francisco Chronicle, “State Farmers: Laws to Curb Sabotage of Defense Program Urged,” December 3, 1941, 9.
25. George Gallup, “Big Majority Would Forbid All Defense Strikes By Law,” Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, December 3, 1941, 5.
26. Associated Press, “NLRB Benefits Denied Unions With Bundists, Reds in House Move,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 1.
27. Editorial, “Where There Is No ‘Right to Strike,’” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1941, 4.
28. Associated Press, “20 C.I.O. Aides Cited as Having Police Records,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 1.
29. New York Times, “Red Activities Laid to City Students; Coudert Committee Sees Real ‘Peril,’” December 3, 1941, 1.
30. Dale Harrison, “Everybody’s New York,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 9.
31. New York Times, “Dentistry to Cut Army Rejections,” December 2, 1941, 18.
32. Hartford Courant, “5 Negroes Among 197 Given Tests,” December 2, 1941, 5.
33. Portsmouth (NH) Herald, “30 to Take Selective Service Exam Tomorrow,” December 2, 1941, 1.
34. Atlanta Constitution, “State Receives Draft Order for 707 More Men,” December 3, 1941, 24.
35. Atlanta Constitution, “Alleged Draft Evader Pleads for Chance ‘To Serve Country,’” December 3, 1941, 24.
36. Associated Press, “Draft-Age Mexicans Need Entry Permits,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A16.
37. Atlanta Constitution, “Defense Program Causes Rush for Birth Certificates,” December 3, 1941, 5.
38. Frank Bristol, “Globe Exclusive: Nazis Train Mexican Youth for ‘Foreign Legion’ Service,” Boston Daily Globe, December 3, 1941, 24.
39. Dale Harrison, “Everybody’s New York,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 9.
40. Tom Treanor, “The Home Front,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1941, 1A.
41. San Francisco Chronicle, “Inland Shipyard: Denver to Share Work,” December 3, 1941, 5.
42. Associated Press, “Prison Labor Shares in Wage Bonuses,” Christian Science Monitor, December 3, 1941, 3.
43. Blair Bolles, “$5,503 Fee for Arms Contracts Totaling $16,572 Revealed,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 1X.
44. Washington Evening Star, “560 Are Disqualified for Federal Jobs by Loyalty Tests,” December 3, 1941, A1.