Crucible of a Generation

by J. Kenneth Brody

  Mothers Mobilized For America, Inc. 75

  McGuire, Matthew F. 135

  movies 47, 84, 125, 206–7

  Mackenzie, Dewitt 46, 73, 210

  Moxley, Albert S. 37

  MacLeish, Archibald 68, 243

  Mr. and Mrs. Cugat (Rorick) 84

  MacMurray, John V. A. 65

  Mr. Dooley’s America (Ellis) 39

  MacMurray, Mrs. John V. A. 65

  Mrs. Appleyard’s Year (Hunt) 217

  McNair, Lesley J. 22, 46

  Muller, Martha Jordan 164

  Index 265

  Munich Playground (Pope) 39

  51; “overwhelming press support” for

  Murphy, Adrian 39–40

  Washington’s policy 108; on pessimism

  Murray, William H. 98, 135

  of United States negotiators 94;

  Museum of Modern Art 40

  presence on desert battlefield 55–6;

  Mussolini, Benito 141, 197, 213

  President’s performance. 246; pundits

  205; “Quizzical College Girl, The”

  Nagumo, Chiuchi 146

  137; report on investigation of Japanese

  Nagumo, Chuichi 146, 249

  espionage 201; response to German and

  Nakano, Seigo 71–2

  Italian declarations of war 216; rules for

  Namesake Towns Destroyers Committee

  conduct in air raid 184–5; shipbuilding

  of the English Speaking Union 76

  25; sport 102–3; Sunday newspaper 4,

  Nassau Sovereign 13

  5; threat of war 44–5, 92, 94; troop National Advisory Committee of United

  training maneuvers 23; “United We

  China Relief 176

  Stand” 175; war preparations 133;

  National Association of Manufacturers 77,

  wedding reportage xiii, 31–2, 217; “You

  110–11

  Can Help a Great People . . . and Help

  National Community Christmas Tree 236

  Beat Japan” 176

  National Conference of Christians and

  New Zealand 72, 178

  Jews 242

  Nichi Nichi (newspaper) 72, 93

  National Council for the Prevention of

  Nichols, Morris 31

  War 175

  Nimitz, Chester W 249

  National Foundation for Infantile

  Nine O’Clocks 31

  Paralysis 137

  Nine-Power Pact 9

  Natwick, Mildred 53

  Noble, Irene 162

  Nelson, Donald M. 14, 206

  Nomura, Howard 163

  Neuberger, Richard L. 37

  Nomura, Kichisaburo 46, 57, 92, 107, 143

  Neutrality Act 189

  Noorsworthy, Mrs. T. M. 87

  Newspaper Days (Mencken) 39

  No Other Road to Freedom (Stowe) 39

  New York Central Railroad 64

  Normandie (ocean liner) 223

  New York Daily Mirror 161

  North Africa 6–8, 43, 46, 68, 71, 89, 118, New York Daily News 161

  133, 199, 227, 249

  New York Herald Tribune 20

  Norway: Neutral and Invaded (Koht) 38

  New York Marriage License Bureau 234

  November 30, 1941: arts and entertainment

  New York Sun 4

  38–40; dispatches from Op-Ed Wars

  New York Times : Arrival of Buyers 62;

  13–16; domestic relations 34–5; automobile advertising 179; Baltimore

  economic indicators 24–7; Equal Rights

  Bachelors Cotillion 65; books advertised

  Amendment 27–8; home economics

  in 102; “A Call to Duty” 190; change

  35–6; human interest stories 36–7; local of opnions on war 193; “Christmas

  geography 37–8; pronouncements and

  Buying Off to a Good Start” 25;

  positions 9–10; social spectrum 30–4;

  concern for Japanese penetration into

  spiritual counsels 10–12; stand-off 17–22; Thailand 72; dangers of communism

  Sunday newspapers 4–5; threat of war

  99; defense of liberty 242–3; defense

  12–13, 22–4; world at war 6–9

  spending 76; domestic servant notices

  Now, Voyager (Prouty) 84

  35; editorials in 16; editorial turnaround

  Nye, Gerald P. 49, 98, 135

  160–1; Eleanor Roosevelt 37; events of December 8, 1941 158; “The

  O’Brien, John F. 171

  International Situation” 10; Japanese–

  O’Daniel, W. Lee 157, 171

  American negotiations 107; legislation

  Odlum, Floyd 15

  limiting strikes in defense industries

  Office of Production Management (OPM)

  113; letters to editor 49, 64–5, 74–5;

  26, 77, 206

  magazine section of 136; nation at war

  O’Hanlon, Virginia 4

  205; “Navy Takes Up the Challenge,

  Oldsmobile advertisement 68

  The” 237; “Our Marines Out of China”

  O’Lilly, John D. 171

  266 Index

  Oliver, Lillian 162

  people to attack on 171–5; rumors of

  Olsen, Ole 53, 67

  women pilots taking part in attacks on

  O’Mahoney, Joseph C. 28

  167; secret maneuvers of Japanese fleet

  O’Mahony, Joseph C. 61

  118; Striking Force xii, 145–7, 249

  Open Door policy 9, 45

  Pegler, Westbrook 193

  Operation Barbarossa 8

  Pershing, John J. 203

  opinions/editorials: December 1, 1941

  Peterson, Otto 135

  48–52; December 2, 1941 58–60; Pettit, Karl Dravo 30

  December 3, 1941 74–6; December 4,

  Pettit, Mary Estelle 30

  1941 94–100; December 5, 1941 108–9;

  Pettit, Mrs. Karl Dravo 30

  December 9, 1941 175–6; December

  Philippines 154, 199, 210, 221, 232–3

  10, 1941 190–1, 193; December 11, 1941

  Philipson, Irving J. 10

  204–6; November 30, 1941 13–16

  Phillips, Tom 182

  Orange Bowl 103

  Pilkenton, Ruth 87

  Oregonian : American Weekly supplement

  Pittman, Marvin 111

  37–8; “Blueprint for an Empire”

  Pitts, Fern 67

  editorial spread 37; celebrating Christmas

  Plain Words About Venereal Disease (Parran &

  244; cigarette advertisement 207; comics

  Vonderlehr) 39

  38; editorial on Mothers Mobilized For

  political wars 60–1

  America, Inc. 75–6; “Foe Fleet in Flight

  Poorten, Hein ter 132

  From Navy” 221; hamburger editorial

  Pope, Ernest R. 39

  52; moral questions on bombing 225;

  Porgy and Bess (Gershwin & Heyward) 67

  “Ours The Right and the Might” 175;

  Porter, Cole 53

  photo spreads 82; stories from 5; stories

  Portland Advisory Council for Negroes 171

  of real people 101; U-boat attack 75–6; Potts, A. L. 18

  war preparations 122

  Price Administrator 26

  Otis Elevator Company 76

  price controls 26–7

  Ott, Mel 86

  Price, James H. 243

  Out of the Night (Valtin) 84

  Princeton University 12

  Producto Machine Company 76

  Paassen, Pierre van 53

  Proper Bostonians, The (Amory) 30

  Pace, Guy 162

  Prouty, Olive Higgins 84

  Panama Hattie (Porter) 53

  pundits 204–5

>   Pankin, Jacob 160

  Pappenheimer, Jack 87

  Qualters, Tommy 18

  Pappenheimer, Mimi 86–7

  Quezon, Manuel 132, 154

  Parker, Cecilia 84

  Parran, Thomas 39

  race issues 61–2, 77–8, 96, 111–13, 164

  patriotism 87, 213–14

  Radcliffe College 37

  Peace Vigil 11

  radio programs 67–8, 86

  Pearl Harbor: aboard Japanese carrier

  railroads 52–3, 63–4

  before 143; account of losses at 190;

  Raine, John 31

  bombing of Honolulu and xiii, 138,

  Raine, Mrs. John 31

  148–50, 159–61, 170, 199–200, 221, 232, Rallis, John 213

  250; call for court martial of military

  Ramsey, George H. 32

  and naval officers who had commanded

  Rankin, Jeannette 98, 211

  at 183–4, 237; Congressional reactions Raskin, Saul 40

  to attack 201–2, 211–12; f liers cited for Rasmussen, Phillip 233

  success in the defense of 233; identified

  Rathbone, Beatrice 66

  as principal target of proposed attack

  Ravenstein, Johann von 56

  144; impact of bombing on Japanese

  Rayburn, Sam 157–9

  nationals in United States 163–4; initial

  Reading I’ve Liked (Fadiman) 53

  reports 153–5; letter from son killed

  real estate 35–6

  in attack 200; response of American

  recruiting stations 234–5

  Index 267

  Red, Walter Scott 87

  Roosevelt, Theodore 30

  Reid, Joseph 235–6

  Rorick, Isabelle Scott 84

  Reif, Gordon P. 213

  Rose Bowl 103

  Reiss, Kurt 217

  Rosenwald, Lessing 135

  Remington, Woodburne E. 217

  Ross, Nancy Wilson 38–9

  restaurant food 64–5

  rumors 168–9

  Reston, James “Scotty” 158

  Runyan, Isabel 31

  retail sales 25

  Runyan, Mrs. Paul 30

  Reuther, Walter 226

  Rural Electrification Administration

  R. Hoe and Co., Inc. 76

  (REA) 60

  “Rhyme of the BB-66, The” (Wouk)

  Russell, Archibald Douglas 31

  133–4

  Russell, Mrs. Archibald Douglas 31

  Richards, Lucyle xiv, 83–4, 113

  Russell, Isabel Doolittle 31

  Richardson, Mrs. Tom 33–4

  Ryan, William Ord 166

  Richardson, Tom 33–4

  Ryskind, Morrie 215

  Ridgeway, Matthew B. 237

  Riggs, Tommy, Jr. 12

  Saint Patrick’s Cathedral 47

  Rings on Her Fingers (Mamoulian) 84

  Sanders, W. B. 18

  “Road to Freedom” 136

  Saratoga Trunk (Ferber) 53, 84

  Roberton, Frank 15

  Satoh, Hitoshi 107

  Roberts, Jack D. 49

  Sayen, Frederick R. 31

  Robinson, Evelyn King 30

  Sayen, Mrs. Frederick R. 31

  Rockefeller, John D., III 176

  Sayen, William, III 31

  Rogers, Mary Pickford 176

  Sayre, Marie 169

  Rogers, Will 4, 108

  SBD Dauntless (scout plane/dive bomber)

  Romberg, Sigmund 54

  249

  Rooney, Mickey 192

  Schanandoah, Chapman W. 171

  Roosevelt administration 14

  Schleifer, Louis 200

  Roosevelt, Eleanor 23, 37, 66, 113–14, 158, Schriner, Samuel A., Jr. 12

  176, 189, 238, 240

  Scott, Joseph 51

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.: accused of treason

  Scott, William W. 216

  xiii; addresses nation 157–60; as calm Secor, Jay K. 217

  and resolute 245–6; Diamond Jubilee

  Selby, William H. 227

  Ball 137; inquiry as to massing of

  Selective Service Training and Service

  Japanese troops in French Indo-China

  Act 22

  107, 148; labor disputes 52; personal Selznick, David O. 176

  message to Emperor Hirohito 131;

  Senior Service Scouts 23

  plea to continue discussions 141–2,

  Sergeant York (Hawks) 207

  155; press support 224–5; remarks at Seymour, Charles 176

  service of Cathedral of St. John the

  Shelton, Frances 34

  Divine 10; rendezvous with Churchill

  Sherman, Philemon Tecumseh 138

  182; response to German and Italian

  Sherman, William Tecumseh 138

  declarations of war 197; responsible for

  shipbuilding 76–7

  the enmity between United States and

  shipyards 25–6

  Germany 197; rules for disclosure of

  Shirer, William L. 39, 53, 86

  war information 205; scrap metal and

  “Shooting of Dan McGrew, The” (Service)

  iron embargo 9; talks with Japanese

  135

  envoys Nomura and Kurusu. 68; visit

  Shore, Dinah 86

  to Warm Springs 18–20, 45, 98, 113

  Short, Walter 237

  Roosevelt, Mrs. James 158

  Sikorsky, Igor 59

  Roosevelt, Mrs. Kermit 136

  Simpson, Kirke L. 204

  Roosevelt, Mrs. Ralph M. 32

  Skinner, Cornelia Otis 53

  Roosevelt, Nancy D. 30

  Skylark (Sandrich) 54

  Roosevelt, Ralph M. 32

  Smallwood, John W. 203

  268 Index

  Smith, C. G. 18

  Taft, Donald Mosier 113

  Smith, Hoke 162

  Taft, Mrs. William Howard 179

  Smith, Robert Aura 16

  Taft, Robert A. xii, 59, 179

  Sockman, Ralph 48

  Talmadge, Eugene 111

  Sons o’ Fun (revue, Olsen and Johnson)

  Taniguchi, Tsuneji 93

  53, 67

  Tarkington, Booth 176

  Soryu (aircraft carrier) 145, 249

  Tayama, Fred 173

  Southern Association of Colleges and

  Taylor, Deems 53

  Secondary Schools 111–12

  television programs 67

  Soviet Power, The (Johnson) 84

  Terminello, Anthony 162

  Soviet Union: decisive victory before

  Terry, Bill 86

  Moscow 223; effects of war against

  That Day Alone (van Paassen) 53

  Germany 249; engaged in defensive

  They Died with Their Boots On (Walsh) 54

  battles with Germans 74, 131; Germans

  Third Army (U.S. ) 22

  in retreat from 234; its battles against

  This Is the Army (Berlin) 218

  Japan 7; its operations in Eastern

  Thomas, Elbert 59

  Front 90; its troops pursuing German

  Thomas, Lynn C. 58

  armies retreating from Rostov 54, 68;

  Thomas, Norman 216

  Operation Barbarossa 8; in Tripartite

  Thomas, Shenton 56

  Pact 177

  Thrower, Jay Robert 236

  Spellman, Francis J., Archbishop of New

  Time (magazine) 20, 176

  York 47

  Tinkham, George Holden 109

  Spinks, Richard 235

  Tirpitz (battleship) 200

  spiritual counsels 10–12

  Tobey, Charles W. 183, 202, 211–12

  sports 66, 86, 102–3, 149, 217, 218

  Togo Shigenori 45

  sportscasters 67

  Tojo, Hideki 9, 10, 18,
19, 21, 47, 233

  S.S. Coamo xiv

  Tone (cruiser) 145

  Stalin, Joseph 5, 14, 245

  Total Espionage (Reiss) 217

  Staples, Henry Lee 12

  Tower, Pamela 217

  Steiger, George J. 239

  trade union movement 179

  Sterling, Gordon 233

  Trading Day 79

  Stevens, Risë 54

  transatlantic passenger trade 26

  Stewart, Mrs. Eugene 15

  treason 138

  Stewart, Tom 183

  Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan, A (Taylor) 53

  Stimson, Henry L. 97, 121

  Trimble, Mrs. F. H. 15

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch 225

  Tripartite Pact 141, 177, 189, 197

  Stone, Mrs. Harlan F. 65

  troop training maneuvers 22–3

  Stowe, Leland 39

  Tucker, Henry Saint George 10

  Strange, Michael 215

  Tucker, Sophie 53

  Strange Woman , The (Williams) 84

  Twelfth Night (Shakespeare) 67

  Straus, Oscar 217

  Two-Faced Woman (Cukor) 47

  Straus, Oscar S., II 217

  Strauss, Lewis 172

  U-boats 75, 90, 237

  Sugar Bowl 102–3

  United China Relief 176

  Sulzberger, Mrs. Arthur Hays 136

  United States Rubber Company 215

  Sun Bowl 103

  University of Iowa 13

  Sundahl, Maurice 162

  University of Pennsylvania 13

  Sunday newspapers 4–5

  Unthank, DeNorval 62, 171

  Superior Linen Company 76

  Urban League Bulletin 243

  Supply Priorities Allocation Board 178–9

  U.S. Army 27, 43, 46, 109, 145, 199

  Surrealism 40

  U.S. Coast Guard 140, 168, 185, 187

  Suspicion (Hitchcock) 53

  U.S. Congress 21, 211–12

  Swing, Raymond Gram 175

  U.S. Constitution, Eighteenth

  Synthetic Cleaners Committee 26

  Amendment 24, 113

  Index 269

  U.S. Department of Commerce 25, 27

  Defense Savings Stamps 22; college

  U.S. House of Representatives 21, 26

  students 12; defense of liberty 242–3;

  U.S. Marines 18, 51, 127, 158, 210, 232, 234

  editorial turnaround 161; Ford opinion

  U.S. Navy xiv, 43, 145, 154, 170, 183,

  100; human interest stories 82; nation

  210, 237

  at war 205; “Peace or War in the

  USS Arizona 149, 150, 170

  Pacific? ” 72; portrayal of Secretary of

  USS Barker 162

  State Hull 92; President’s performance.

  USS California 150

  246; report on Veterans of Future

  USS Cassin 170

  Wars 13; restrictive covenants 135;

  USS Condor 146

  “Righteous Might” 175; stories from 5;

  USS Constitution 215

  support of Administration 224–5

  USS Curtis 150

  Watch on the Rhine (Hellman) 53, 67

  USS Helena 150

  Webb, Clifton 53

  USS Honolulu 150

  wedding reportage 31–2, 101, 217