45. Associated Press, “Pacifist Duke of Bedford Takes Seat With Lords,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A1.
46. Associated Press, “Lady Astor Charges Churchill Draft of Women Is Too Weak,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 1X.
47. Atlanta Constitution, “Poll Reveals Britain Approves Defense Conscription of Women,” December 3, 1941, 2.
48. Dan E. Clark II, “Angelenos Vote Against Draft Law for Women,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1941, 9.
49. Dorothy Dix, “Be a Square Shooter and Hold Your Husband,” Boston Daily Globe, December 3, 1941, 27.
50. New York Times, “Japan’s Imports Cut 75% by War,” December 2, 1941, 6.
51. Associated Press, “Episode Considered Effort to Determine Tokyo’s Good Faith,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 1.
52. Associated Press, “Japan Asked to Explain War Moves,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
53. Associated Press, “F. D. Pushes Tokyo Showdown; Demands Japan State Aims in Indo-China,” Boston Daily Globe, December 3, 1941, 1.
54. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “A Test for Tokyo,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
55. Garnett D. Horner, “Showdown in Pacific Hinges on Tokyo’s Reply to U.S.,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 1X.
56. Lloyd Lehbras, Associated Press, “F.D.R.’s Jap Query May Hurry Nippon to Take Her Choice,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 1.
57. Associated Press, “Washington Awaiting Japan’s Answer,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 8.
58. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “A Test For Tokyo,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
59. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “A Test For Tokyo,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
60. Dewey L. Fleming, “Roosevelt Asks Tokyo Just What Its Plans Are,” Baltimore Sun, December 3, 1941, 1.
61. Wilfrid Fleisher, “Japanese Deny Tojo Made ‘Purge’ Speech,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 2.
62. Claude A. Mahoney, “Situation in Pacific Prompts Naval Speed, Bard Declares,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, B24.
63. Associated Press, “Navy Aware of Japanese Naval Power, Bard Says,” Baltimore Sun, December 3, 1941, 4.
64. Hedley Donovan, “Reply on Troops in Indo-China May Settle Issue of Peace or War,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 1.
65. Washington Post, “Tokyo Must Explain Actions,” December 3, 1941, 1.
66. Hedley Donovan, “Reply on Troops in Indo-China May Settle Issue of Peace or War,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 1.
67. United Press, “Japan to Exhaust All Peace Avenues; Tokyo Reported Reconsidering Points in Reply to Hull,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 2.
68. Hedley Donovan, “Reply on Troops in Indo-China May Settle Issue of Peace or War,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 1.
69. Lloyd Lehbras, Associated Press, “F.D.R.’s Jap Query May Hurry Nippon To Take Her Choice,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 3, 1941, 1.
70. Clark Lee, “Japanese Reported Massing Huge Forces in South Indo-China,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 1X.
71. Office of Naval Intelligence, “Bulletin,” December 3, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
72. Larry Rue, “London Papers See U. S. Action if Japs Attack,” Chicago Daily Tribune, December 2, 1941, 5.
73. Royal Arch Gunnison, “Dutch Are Reported Pressing British to Move Into Thailand,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A8.
74. Editorial, “Eating His Own Words,” Chicago Daily Tribune, December 2, 1941, 14.
75. Chicago Daily Tribune, “The Tribune’s Platform: Save Our Republic,” December 2, 1941, 14.
76. Frank L. Kluckhohn, “Japanese See Hull,” New York Times, December 2, 1941, 1.
77. Associated Press, “U.S. Navy Can Shoot Straight, Connally Warns Japanese,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, 2X.
78. Baltimore Sun, “Japan Decides to Continue Her Discussions With Us,” December 2, 1941, 12.
79. Atlanta Constitution, “War Imminent in Vast Orient,” December 3, 1941, 11.
80. New York Times, “Saks Fifth Avenue,” December 2, 1941, 11.
81. Associated Press, “Soldiers Are Polled on Gift Desires, and Money Leads,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A6.
82. New York Times, “Tell Macy’s Where He Is,” December 3, 1941, 9.
83. Washington Evening Star, “George’s Radio Co.,” December 3, 1941, A16.
84. Washington Evening Star, “Radio Program, Wednesday, December 3, 1941,” December 3, 1941, B22.
85. Atlanta Constitution, “Next Friday Night Will Be ‘Shirley Temple Time,’” December 3, 1941, 21.
86. Washington Evening Star, “Coal: High Quality—Low Prices,” December 3, 1941, B24.
87. Washington Evening Star, “Furloughs Forecast Record Travel for Holiday Season,” December 3, 1941, A7.
88. Atlanta Constitution, “Camel,” December 3, 1941, 11.
89. Ralph McGill, “Soldier Stretches 10-Day Pass Into 22 Years, But Comes Back,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 1.
90. Baltimore Sun, “U.S. $5 Auto Tax May Be Repealed,” December 2, 1941, 13.
91. Associated Press, “Taxes Have Reached Near-Peak Levels, Senator George Says,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A2.
92. Washington Post, “Treasury Spends $3 for Every $1 Revenue,” December 3, 1941, 29.
93. Associated Press, “Senators Discuss Special Treatment for Small Firms,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A3.
94. Walter W. Ruch, “Says Reich’s Debt Is Near 18 Total,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 7.
95. Associated Press, “U.S. Purchases Chile’s Secondary Metal Output,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A4.
96. Associated Press, “Use Statues for Bullets, Congressman Proposes,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 7.
97. Chicago Daily Tribune, “U. S. Lets Huge Aluminum Pile Go to Waste,” December 2, 1941, 1.
98. Stephen Trumbull, “Puerto Rico Called U. S. Headache,” Hartford Daily Courant, December 3, 1941, 9.
99. Stephen Trumbull, “Poverty and Disease Make Puerto Rico Problem for Army,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, A5.
100. E.M. Castro, “U.S. Navy Is on Patrol Duty as Brazil Bolsters Defenses,” Washington Evening Star, December 3, 1941, B6.
101. Los Angeles Times, “Irish Expect Attacks at Sea,” December 3, 1941, 7.
102. Los Angeles Times, “Axis Planes Stranded Liner,” December 3, 1941, 7.
103. Washington Evening Star, “Decrease in Atlantic Sinking ‘Good Story’ Knox Tells Press,” December 3, 1941, A3.
104. Los Angeles Times, “America Turning Out Ship a Day,” December 3, 1941, 9.
105. United Press, “Warships Launched Daily by the Navy,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
106. Los Angeles Times, “Shipping News,” December 3, 1941, 26.
107. Los Angeles Times, “Air Mail Schedule,” December 3, 1941, 26.
108. Judson Bailey, Associated Press, “Mel Ott Named Playing Manager of Giants, Succeeding Terry; Bill ‘Promoted’ Into General Manager Role,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 16.
109. Associated Press, “Boudreau Picks Aides,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 16.
110. Ron Kaplan, “From Pike to Hirsch: Jews on First (and Second, and . . . ),” Jewish News, December 21, 2006, 10.
111. Jack Troy, “All in the Game,” Atlanta Constitution, December 2, 1941, 17.
112. Associated Press, “Griffith Joins Nats,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 16.
113. Associated Press, “Morris Brown Can Win Negro Title Saturday,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 17.
114. Los Angeles Times, “Slave’s Son, 100, to Wed,” December 3, 1941, A1.
115. Washington Evening Star, “Airport Coffee Shop Refuses to Serve Colored
Quartet,” December 3, 1941, A6.
116. Associated Press, “Jury Convicts Ex-Warden in Negro’s Death,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 1.
117. Associated Press, “Georgia Negro Troops Seize Tampa Air Field in Blackout,” Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1941, 7.
118. Otto D. Tolischus, “Japan Still Says U.S. Must Give In,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 4.
119. Associated Press, “Nazi Peace Move Seen,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 4.
CHAPTER 4: THE FOURTH OF DECEMBER
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “Japanese Intelligence and Propaganda in the United States During 1941,” December 4, 1941, Hyde Park, NY.
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, “Japanese Intelligence and Propaganda in the United States During 1941,” December 4, 1941, Hyde Park, NY.
3. Washington Evening Star, “Randolph Protests Moving U.S. Bureaus to Crowded Cities,” December 4, 1941, A-2. United Press, “Jap Evacuates Ship Sails After Mail Is Ordered Taken Off,” Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, December 3, 1941, 2.
4. Washington Evening Star, “Leaders to Tell Plans for War Office Roads,” December 4, 1941, B1.
5. Associated Press, “Army Plans to Add 38,728 Acres to Site of Hill Reservation, ”Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, B13.
6. Washington Evening Star, “Fingerprints to Be Required of Many D.C. Licensees,” December 4, 1941, 1X.
7. Washington Evening Star, “Defense Units Study Means to Protect Girls Hired by U.S.,” December 3, 1941, A2.
8. Washington Evening Star, “Roomers in ‘A’ Zones,” December 5, 1941, A-12.Washington 1941, B1.
9. Washington Evening Star, “Defense Units Study Means to Protect Girls Hired by U.S.,” December 3, 1941, A2.
10. Wyona Daswood, “To Change the Subject: The Other Side of the Picture,” Christian Science Monitor, December 6, 1941, 13.
11. Washington Post, “D.C. Rent Czar Will Be Chosen By Weekend,” December 3, 1941, 3.
12. Washington Post, “Bundles for U.S. Bluejackets to Warm Them on Patrol,” December 3, 1941, 9.
13. Washington Post, “Government Girl, 19 Years Old, Reported Missing,” December 3, 1941, 1.
14. Washington Post, “Capitol’s First Woman Air Raid Warden Enrolled,” December 3, 1941, 21.
15. Birmingham (AL) News, “No Man’s Land: Lulu Tells Betty What’s Going On in Washington,” December 7, 1941, B1.
16. Washington Post, “2,000 Cars of Troops Move Through Capital,” December 4, 1941, A3.
17. Associated Press, “Slow Drivers’ War Continues,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941. I16.
18. Washington Evening Star, “Densest Fog in Years Hits Traffic in D.C., East and Midwest,” December 4, 1941, A8.
19. Boston Globe, “The War’s to Blame as Banshee Wails Rend Boston’s Fog,” December 4, 1941.
20. Washington Evening Star, “Senator Complains Uniform Is ‘Unwelcome’ in District,” December 4, 1941, 2X.
21. Washington Evening Star, “Randolph Says He Won’t Drop Suffrage Fight,” December 4, 1941, B12.
22. Washington Evening Star, “If You Have Cold Stay Home, Say Health Chiefs,” December 4, 1941, B18.
23. Associated Press, “Industrialists Urge Ban on Antidefense Strikes,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, A1.
24. Franklin R. Kent, “The Great Game of Politics,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, B1.
25. Associated Press, “Ford Making Munitions, but He Still Hates War,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, 7.
26. Washington Post, “Men Trailer Redcaps to Check Upon Their Tips Hearing Told,” December 3, 1941, 11.
27. Washington Post, “Air Attaché and Mrs. Kenny Honored at Informal Party Given by Canadian Minister,” December 4, 1941, B3.
28. Washington Post, “Nelson Rockefellers Are Dinner Hosts,” December 4, 1941, B3.
29. Hope Ridings Miller, “Capital Whirl,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 19.
30. Washington Evening Star, “Army Orders,” December 3, 1941, B15.
31. Washington Evening Star, “Radio Program; Short-Wave Programs,” December 4, 1941, D8.
32. Devon Francis, “Plant Is Dedicated as ‘Breeding Nest’ for Dive Bombers,” Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A2
33. New York Times, “War Victims to Be Aided,” December 3, 1941, 11.
34. New York Times, “President of Cuba Asks Extra Powers,” December 3, 1941, 11.
35. New York Times, “Argentina Seeking to Thaw U.S. Credits,” December 3, 1941, 11.
36. K.W.B. Middleton, Britain and Russia, England, U. K., Hutchinson, 1947, 177.
37. Royal Arch Cunnison, “’War Alert’: The Entire Far East Is on a War Footing—The Next Move Is Up to Japan,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1941, 3.
38. Daniel T. Brightham, “Russians Smash to Taganrog; Turks Get Lease-Lend Help; Hull Not Hopeful on Japan,” New York Times, December 4, 1941, 1.
39. H. O. Thompson, Associated Press, “Solon Predicts Pincer Move By French and Japs,” Idaho Evening Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
40. H. O. Thompson, Associated Press, “Solon Predicts Pincer Move By French and Japs,” Idaho Evening Times, December 3, 1941, 1.
41. Jay G. Hayden, “Peace Means Revolution for Japan,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A13.
42. Jay G. Hayden, “Peace Means Revolution for Japan,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A13.
43. Associated Press, “Envoys Deliver Note Contents Undisclosed; Sees Chief of Army,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1X.
44. Associated Press, “Japanese Diplomats in Mexico Speed Up Plans to Go Home,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A1.
45. Associated Press, “Tokio Agency Calls Hull Plan Unacceptable,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A1.
46. National Geographic Society, “Where Are They Fighting,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A19.
47. Associated Press, “Tokio Agency Calls Hull Plan Unacceptable,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A1.
48. United Press, “Collapse of Pacific Parleys Expected,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, 1.
49. Washington Evening Star, “Japan’s Intentions,” December 4, 1941, A12.
50. Washington Evening Star, “Japan’s Intentions,” December 4, 1941, A12.
51. Associated Press, “Roosevelt Sees Congress Chiefs on Far East,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
52. INS News Agency, “Hopes of Japanese-American Agreement Fading Hourly: Secretary Hull Is Pessimistic on Main Issues,” Atlanta Constitution, December 4, 1941, 15.
53. Associated Press, “Germans Are Caustic on U.S. Extending Aid to Turkey,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A3.
54. Associated Press, “Germans Are Caustic On U.S. Extending Aid to Turkey,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A3.
55. Associated Press, “Sees Japan Joining U.S.,” New York Times, December 4, 1941, 5.
56. Associated Press, “Japan’s Privy Council Discusses Crisis at 2-Hour Meeting,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A2.
57. INS News Agency, “Hopes of Japanese-American Agreement Fading Hourly; Secretary Hull Is Pessimistic on Main Issues,” December 4, 1941, 15.
58. Associated Press, “Tokyo Reply Awaited in Washington,” The Hartford Courant, December 4, 1941, 1.
59. Royal Arch Gunnison, “Fleet at Singapore to Curb Japanese and Halt Nazi Raids,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A9.
60. Associated Press, “Australian Cruiser Sunk After Destroying Raider,” Daily Boston Globe, December 3, 1941, 16.
61. Associated Press, “Reuben James Survivor Wants to Get Back to Sea,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A7.
62. Associated Press, “U.S. Would Take Cash for Sinking,” Tucson Daily Citizen, November 3, 1941, 1.
63. Associated Press, “Article 3,” New York Ti
mes, December 4, 1941, 11.
64. Associated Press, “German Parachutist Arrested in Dublin,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A4.
65. Associated Press, “Nephew of Churchill, Canadian War Pilot, Missing in Action,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A6.
66. Washington Post, “Navy Launching a Ship a Day,” December 3, 1941, 8.
67. Chicago Tribune Press Service, “U.S. Navy Bares ‘Possible’ Hit in Battling U-Boat,” December 5, 1941, 5.
68. Associated Press, “Sub Apparently Was Damaged, Navy Is Told,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A1.
69. Los Angeles Times, “Japan Sends Ships to Indo-China Base,” December 5, 1941, 6.
70. United Press, “Japan to Exhaust All Peace Avenues,” Washington Post, December 3, 1941, 2.
71. Washington Evening Star, “Speedup in Delivery of Liberty Ships Sought,” December 4, 1941, A5.
72. Associated Press, “Three Axis Divisions Are Locked in Battle With Serb Guerillas,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
73. United Press, “Siege of Belgrade By Serbs Reported; Ankara,” New York Times, December 3, 1941, 7.
74. Associated Press, “36 Nazi Prisoners Killed as German Plane Bombs Them,” Daily Boston Globe, December 4, 1941, 23.
75. Associated Press, “189 More Firms Put on U.S. Blacklist,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
76. Associated Press, “189 More Firms Put on U.S. Blacklist,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
77. Associated Press, “189 More Firms Put on U.S. Blacklist,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
78. Associated Press, “Nazis Set Deadline for Surrender of French Terrorists,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A18.
79. Associated Press, “Nazis Set Deadline for Surrender of French Terrorists,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A18.
80. United Press, “Inquiry Turns to Remington,” Telegraph-Herald, December 5, 1941, 11.
81. Associated Press, “Workers at Bell Warplane Plants Vote to Strike,” Daily Boston Globe, December 1, 1941, 8.
82. Atlanta Constitution, “Nobody Can Argue With a Paid Check,” December, 4, 1941, 5.
83. Atlanta Constitution, “Nobody Can Argue With a Paid Check,” December, 4, 1941, 5.
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