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84. Chesly Manly, “F.D.R.’s War Plans,” Chicago Daily Tribune, December 4, 1941, 1.
85. Washington Evening Star, “Source of War Plans Story to Be Probed, Early Says,” December 4, 1941, A2.
86. Washington Evening Star, “Source of War Plans Story to Be Probed, Early Says,” December 4, 1941, A2.
87. Associated Press, “Roosevelt Sees Congress Chiefs on Far East,” Evening Star, December 4, 1941, 1X.
88. Washington Evening Star, “Source of War Plans Story to Be Probed, Early Says,” December 4, 1941, A2.
89. E Washington Evening Star, “Source of War Plans Story to Be Probed, Early Says,” December 4, 1941, A2.
90. Washington Evening Star, “Source of War Plans Story to Be Probed, Early Says,” December 4, 1941, A2.
91. Dorothy Thompson, “America-Firsters Japan’s Ace in Hole, Thompson Charges,” Atlanta Constitution, December 4, 1941, 1.
92. Washington Evening Star, “Give Sports the Lasting Gift,” December 4, 1941, A4.
93. Washington Evening Star, “Her Husband Was a Stranger,” December 4, 1941, B13.
94. Washington Evening Star, “Roger Smith Hotel,” December 4, 1941, B14.
95. Washington Evening Star, “The Pall Mall Room,” December 4, 1941, B14.
96. Washington Evening Star, “Cocktails—Dancing—Entertainment,” December 4, 1941, B14.
97. Associated Press, “Juke Box Mardi Gras Hits Carolina Towns as 29th Says Adieu,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941 B16.
98. “For Maximum Defense Economy, The New 1942 Crossley,” December 4, 1941, A20.
99. Washington Post, “Tops For Breakfast; These Cool Mornings,” December 2, 1941, 7.
100. Daily Boston Globe, “Baldness Can Be Prevented,” December 4, 1941, 5.
101. Boston Evening Globe, “Wake Up Clearheaded,” December 4, 1941, 6.
102. Associated Press, “Baer to Be Welcomed Back to Native State,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, December 4, 1941, 7.
103. Atlanta Constitution, “Dickens ‘The Life of Our Lord’ Will Appear in Constitution,” December 4, 1941, 1.
104. Associated Press, “Anti-Nazi Offices Raided,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A6.
105. Associated Press, “Moore Draws $500 Fine for Striking Auld,” Atlanta Constitution, December 4, 1941, 3.
106. Los Angeles Times, “Car Hop Shoots Herself; Draft Feared for Boy Friend,” December 4, 1941, 4.
107. Daily Boston Globe, “Our Army,” December 4, 1941, 12.
108. Daily Boston Globe, “OK if Mistaken for Southerners,’ Says Y-D Officer,” December 4, 1941, 13.
109. Los Angeles Times, “U.S. Not ‘Bluffing’ LaGuardia Says,” December 4, 1941, 16.
110. Daily Boston Globe, “U.S. Sub Halibut Launched at Yard in Portsmouth,” December 4, 1941, 16.
111. Associated Press, “Output of 50,000 Planes for 1942 Now Held Likely,” Boston Evening Globe, December 4, 1941, 5.
112. Frederick R. Barkley, “New Defense Bill Brings Total Near 68 Billions,” New York Times, December 4, 1941, 1.
113. Associated Press, “Troops for Air Raid Defense Maneuvers to Arrive Today,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, 6.
114. Associated Press, “Troops for Air Raid Defense Maneuvers to Arrive Today,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941, 6.
115. Celestine Sibley, “1941 World’s Champion Typist Shows Atlanta How It’s Done,” Atlanta Constitution, December 4, 1941, 4.
116. Atlanta Constitution, “Auto Takes Dip,” December 4, 1941, 30.
117. Los Angeles Times, “Down the Decades with Los Angeles,” December 4, 1941, 22.
118. Los Angeles Times, “Down the Decades with Los Angeles,” December 4, 1941, 22.
119. Los Angeles Times, “Down the Decades with Los Angeles,” December 4, 1941, 22.
120. Associated Press, “Too Much Radio Grounds for Divorce,” Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1941.
121. New York Times, “The Siege of Japan,” December 4, 1941, 24.
122. New York Times, “The Siege of Japan,” December 4, 1941, 24.
123. Dewey L. Fleming, “U.S. and England Ready for Blockade of Japan if Tokyo Provokes War,” Baltimore Sun, December 4, 1941, 1.
124. Atlanta Constitution, “Mrs. Roosevelt Speaks on ‘Town Meeting’ Show,” December 4, 1941, 27.
125. Associated Press, “Mrs. Roosevelt Assures Fairness to Aliens,” Evening Star, December, 4, 1941, A18.
CHAPTER 5: THE FIFTH OF DECEMBER
1. Thomas R. Henry, “Of Stars, Men and Atoms,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, A12.
2. Frank Carey, “British and Nazi Astronomers Exchange Views Despite War,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 8, 1941, 4.
3. Associated Press, “Amateur Operator Develops New Radio Which Quiets Static,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, B18.
4. Associated Press, “Boom in Plastics Industry May Avert Post-War Slump,” Washington Evening Star, December 4, 1941, B19.
5. Washington Evening Star, “Wild Hedges Found Rich in Vitamins,” December 5, 1941, A5.
6. Thomas R. Henry, “Of Stars, Men And Atoms,” December 6, 1941, A10.
7. New York Times, “Powerful New Gun Developed By U.S.,” December 4, 1941, 13.
8. Associated Press, “70-Ton Flying Boat Catches Fire During Tests at Baltimore,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
9. Washington Evening Star, “Rain Here Last Night Totaled More Than in All of November,” December 5, 1941, 1X.
10. Atlanta Constitution, “Sanitary Precautions Seen as Major Factor in Prolonging Life,” December 5, 1941, 3A.
11. George Gallup, “Gallup Poll Reveals: U. S. Public Is Food Conscious,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 7A.
12. Uncle Dudley, “Why Thailand?” Boston Daily Globe, December 4, 1941, 18.
13. Pertinax, “Vichy Assent Hinted In Japanese Move into Indo-China,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A6.
14. Walter Lippmann, “U. S. Declared to Be on Verge of All-Out War,” Boston Daily Globe, December 4, 1941, 18.
15. Baltimore Sun, “Realities in the Pacific as Mr. Hull Loses Hope,” December 5, 1941, 16.
16. F. Tillman Durdin, “Singapore Doubts Japanese Threats,” New York Times, December 4, 1941, 5.
17. Associated Press, “Russians Admit Nazi Big Guns Shell Moscow,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
18. Associated Press, “Red Drive Futile Germans Insist,” New York Times, December 6, 1941, 5.
19. Associated Press, “British Repulse 3 Axis Attacks Near Tobruk,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
20. Associated Press, “Pepper and McNary Clash Over Defense Support,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A5.
21. Washington Evening Star, “Representative Fish Testifies Before Jury Probing Propaganda,” December 5, 1941, 1X.
22. Washington Evening Star, “Stimson Denounces Publication of Story on U.S. ‘War Plans,’” December 5, 1941, 1X.
23. Associated Press, “Nipponese Army Reported in Skirmish With Reds on Border,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
24. Associated Press, “Night Clubs Bar Uniformed Men, Senator and General Charge,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 2X.
25. Washington Evening Star, “On Week-End Leave?” December 5, 1941, A17.
26. Washington Post, “Yule Spirit to Greet Service Men,” December 6, 1941, 18.
27. Washington Evening Star, “On Week-End Leave?” December 5, 1941, A17.
28. Washington Evening Star, “On Weekend Leave?” December 5, 1941, A16; Washington Post, “Clubs Offering Fun for Service Men,” December 6, 1941, 18.
29. Associated Press, “Army Plans to Train 10,000 Bombardiers Within Next Year,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A2.
30. Washington Post, “War Department Building Takes Shape,” December 4, 1941, 14; Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A3.
31. Associated Press, “Export Violation Case Indictment,” Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 1941, 9.
32. Associated Press, “South American Presidents May Meet on War,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
33. Washington Evening Star, “Restricted Covenants in Land Sales Upheld,” December 5, 1941, 2X.
34. Associated Press, “Court in New Jersey Reverses Bund Case, Voids Race Hatred Law,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A2.
35. Associated Press, “Bergdoll Is Denied Parole for Christmas Homecoming,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
36. Associated Press, “Americans in France to Broadcast to U.S.,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
37. Associated Press, “German Major Wounded in New Paris Attack,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
38. Associated Press, “Serb Flanking Movements Against Nazis, Reported,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
39. Overseas News Agency, “King Michael Reported Nazi Prisoner as Plot Leader,” Boston Daily Globe, December 5, 1941, 1.
40. Associated Press, “‘V’ Army Ordered to Become Active,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
41. Washington Evening Star, “Far East Reported Preparing for Early U.S. Tokyo Break,” December 5, 1941, 1X.
42. Washington Post, “President’s Day,” December 6, 1941, 2.
43. Washington Post, “President’s Day,” December 6, 1941, 2.
44. John C. Henry, “Reply to U.S. Cites Vichy’s O.K. on Army,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
45. John C. Henry, “Reply to U.S. Cites Vichy’s O.K. on Army,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A1.
46. Washington Evening Star, “Far East Reported Preparing for Early U.S. Tokyo Break,” December 5, 1941, 1X.
47. Associated Press, “Nipponese Army Reported in Skirmish With Reds on Border,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
48. Associated Press, “Nipponese Army Reported in Skirmish With Reds on Border,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
49. Associated Press, “Japan ‘Cannot Accept’ Terms, Tokyo Is Told,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 1A.
50. Associated Press, “Tokyo Hedges on War; Britain in New Warning,” Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 1941, 1.
51. Associated Press, “Japan ‘Cannot Accept’ Terms, Tokyo Is Told,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 1A.
52. Boston Daily Globe, “Hull Under Fire in Japan for Baring U. S. Terms,” December 5, 1941, 1.
53. Associated Press, “Nipponese Army Reported in Skirmish With Reds on Border,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, 1X.
54. Associated Press, “Alexander Warns Japan Aggression Won’t Pay,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A9.
55. Paul Mallon, “News Behind the News,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 5, 1941, 1.
56. Associated Press, “Faster Draft Rate Expected to Keep Up Strength of Army,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A4.
57. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Richard A. Posner, The Essential Holmes: Selections From the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), XIV–XV.
58. Jonas Klein, Beloved Island: Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello (Forest Dale, VT: Paul S. Eriksson, 2000), 228.
59. Washington Evening Star, “Hard to Determine When Subs Are Sunk, President Says,” December 5, 1941, A10.
60. Uncle Dudley, “Sea Battle,” Boston Daily Globe, December 5, 1941, 26.
61. “Bulletin,” December 5, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
62. “Report on Talk With Vincent Astor,” December 5, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
63. Washington Evening Star, “Bill Signed to Pay Man $830 for Capitol Injury,” December 5, 1941, A14.
64. Frank I. Weller, “Shift From China Cuts Fabulous Pay of U.S. Marines,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, C10.
65. Birmingham (AL) News, “Americans Itching: To Get After Japs,” December 5, 1941, 1.
66. Pertinax, “Vichy Assent Hinted in Japanese Move Into Indo-China,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A6.
67. Constantine Brown, “The Changing World: Diplomats Giving 100-to-1 Odds That War Will Break Out Involving Japan,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A13.
68. Constantine Brown, “The Changing World: Diplomats Giving 100-to-1 Odds That War Will Break Out Involving Japan,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A13.
69. Associated Press, “Karl Decker, Famous War Correspondent, Dies in New York,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A14.
70. Associated Press, “Martin and Landon Plead for Return to Two-Party System,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A18.
71. Associated Press, “Mrs. Roosevelt Buys Bedroom Sleepers For 22 Children,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A18.
72. Washington Evening Star, “Activities of Interest to Diplomatic and Official Circles Here,” December 5, 1941, B3.
73. Associated Press, “W.C.T.U. Puts Liquor Cost Since Repeal at 50 Billions,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, B6.
74. Washington Evening Star, “Hershey Milk Chocolate,” December 5, 1941, C6; Washington Evening Star, “Super Specials: Anacin Tablets,” December 5, 1941, C6.
75. Associated Press, “13 Recommendations Made by N.A.M. on Post-War Economy,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A20.
76. Sheilah Graham, “Bruno Walter Defends Playing of Music of German Masters,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, B18.
77. Sheilah Graham, “Bruno Walter Defends Playing of Music of German Masters,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, B18.
78. Washington Evening Star, “U.S. Movies Continue to Hold Popularity in Unconquered Europe,” December 5, 1941, C4.
79. Harold Heffernan, “Actresses’ Worst Enemy Is Nervous Breakdown,” Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, D5.
80. Eleanor Roosevelt, “My Day: The President’s Dog Misses Georgia Visit,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 8A.
81. United Press, “Sport Just Won’t Be Downed by Mere Train or Automobile,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 5, 1941, 17.
82. Associated Press, “Cat Rescued After 3 Days in Well,” Boston Daily Globe, December 5, 1941, 14.
83. Washington Evening Star, “Radio Program: Friday, December 5, 1941,” December 5, 1941, D10.
84. Atlanta Constitution, “Shirley Temple Bows Tonight on Radio Hour,” December 5, 1941, 7F.
85. Associated Press, “Ten Georgia Colleges Suspended From Southern Accredited List Because of ‘Political Interference’: Suspension to Take Effect in September,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 1A.
86. Sam Clarke, “Georgia Farmers Have Folding Money This Holiday Season,” Atlanta Constitution, December 5, 1941, 7A; United Press, “New Holiday Sales Record Predicted,” Washington Post, December 5, 1941, 19; Paul Gesner and John Beckley, “Families Are Urged to Readjust Spending to Offset High Prices,” Birmingham (AL) News, December 5, 1941, 2.
87. Wall Street Journal, “Treasury Offering Today $1 Billion 2s, $500 Million 2s; Subscription Rules Tightened to Cut Speculation,” December 4, 1941, 8.
88. Birmingham (AL) News, “Alabama Power Company: Restriction of Power Use Lifted,” December 5, 1941, 3.
89. Atlanta Constitution, “Georgia Power Company: Blackout Lifted,” December 6, 1941, 7.
90. Birmingham (AL) News, “Parisian’s Christmas Sale,” December 5, 1941, 25.
91. Boston Daily Globe, “Rogers Jewelers: 5 Tube Radio,” December 5, 1941, 20.
92. Saturday Evening Post, “General Electric,” December 6, 1941, 7.
93. Associated Press, “Loot From 1852 Mail Robbery Found in Philadelphia Attic,�
�� Washington Evening Star, December 5, 1941, A2.
94. Birmingham (AL) News, “Americans Itching: To Get After Japs,” December 5, 1941, 1.
95. Editorial, “On All Fronts, Including the American,” Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1941, A4.
96. Associated Press, “Tokyo Envoy to Mexico Ordered Home as U.S.-Japan Crisis Grows: Many Others, Fearing War, Plan to Leave,” Baltimore Sun, December 5, 1941, 1.
CHAPTER 6: THE SIXTH OF DECEMBER
1. Associated Press, “Feller to Enlist in Service, But hopes To Pitch on Weekends,” Atlanta Constitution, December 6, 1941, 17.
2. Associated Press, “Feller Will Reveal His Plans Next Week,” Washington Post, December 6, 1941, 20.
3. Walter Winchell, “Walter Winchell on Broadway; Things I Never Knew and Still Dunno,” St. Petersburg (FL) Times, December 8, 1941, 7.
4. Calgary (Alberta Canada) Herald, “Japs Can’t Equal U.S. Naval Power,” December 8, 1941, 5.
5. Naval History and Heritage Command, “Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941,” http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-2.htm.
6. Robert Cressman, “The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II,” (Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2000,) 57.
7. Robert Cressman, “The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II” (Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2000), 57.
8. Robert Cressman, “The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II” (Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2000), 59.
9. John B. Lundstrom, “The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat From Pearl Harbor to Midway” (Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2005), 27.
10. Marc T. Greene, “U.S. Air Force Grows in Pacific,” Baltimore Sun, December 7, 1941, 17.
11. Washington Evening Star, “Surrounded by Fog, Stimson Gets a Lift Home,” December 7, 1941, A4.
12. Christian Science Monitor; Weekly Magazine Section, “Battle of Fifth Avenue,” December 6, 1941, 12.
13. Baltimore Sun, “Hitler & The US; Manifesto By 16 Pastors,” December 6, 1941, 11.
14. Associated Press, “Japanese Accuse U.S. of Trying to ‘Pass Buck,’” Hartford (CT) Courant, December 6, 1941, 3.
15. Associated Press, “Japan Justifies Troop Movements into Indo-China,” Hartford (CT) Courant, December 6, 1941, 1.