Guam Bombed: Army Ship is Sunk – 2-4
Attack on Sunday Held to Show Study of West – 4
Hull Often Said ‘Japan’ in Hitting Croquet Ball – 4
Congress Decided – 4-5
Tokyo Acts First – 5-6
Wheeler Backs a War on Japan – 6
Text of War Declaration by Hirohito – 6
Pacific Ocean: Theatre of War Involving United States and Its Allies (map) – 7
Costa Rica Joins in War on Japan – 7
Tokyo Bombers Strike Hard at Our Main Bases on Oahu – 8-10
Attack Long Planned, Evidence Indicates – 8
‘Flying Field’ that Japanese Planes May Have Used (photo) – 9
Hull Denounces Tokyo ‘Infamy’ – 10-11
Bulletins on Orient War – 10
Japanese Force Lands in Malaya – 11
The International Situation – 11
Entire City Put on War Footing – 12-13
Japanese Seizure Ordered by Biddle – 13-14
The News Comes to America: Scenes in Times Square, at Navy Yard and White House (photos) – 13-15
Bombers Attack Philippine Points – 14-15
Tokyo Radio Broadcasts a Talk on ‘Good Morals’ – 15
Hawaii Fortified to Match Attacks – 17
Chiefs of U.S. Forces in Pacific War Area – 17-18
Winter and War Fall on Capital (by Frederick R. Barkley) – 18
Says Time Factor is Vital to Navy – 18
West Coast Acts for War Defense – 19
Home-Bound Americans on Japanese Ship at Sea – 19
Burning of Papers Watched by 1,000 – 20
Japan, U.S. Close 88 Years of Peace – 20-21
U.S. Gunboat Lost in Shanghai Blow (by Douglas Robertson) – 21-23
Mayor, First Lady Fly to West Coast Tonight – 22
Nazi Line Broken, Moscow Claims – 23
Axis on Defensive over Soviet Front (by George Axelsson) – 23
Battle of Tanks Reopens in Libya (by Joseph M. Levy) – 24
U.S.S. Oklahoma a Veteran of 1916 – 24
Japanese Attack Charged to Hitler – 25
Nazi Report of Sea Fight in Pacific is Roundabout – 25
A Lonely Prisoner on the Western Front (photo) – 25
Unity Clicks into Place (by Arthur Krock) – 26
Many Italians Slain by Greek Guerrillas – 26
Armed Clashes Mark Buenos Aires Voting – 26
Army Hopes to Retain Leaves for Christmas – 26
War of the World (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 27
Gasoline Strike Off to Assist Navy Men – 27
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 28-29
Nazis Push Demands for Aid in Policing – 29
The Ambassador from Moscow Arrives in Washington (photo) – 30
Editorials – 30-31
War With Japan
Amend the Wagner Act
Kingsborough Houses
Children of the Neediest
Give Empiricism a Chance
Topics of the Times
Black Market Rise Indicated in France – 31
Interesting the TIMES felt the need to show what an “airplane carrier” is.
I am so glad that Costa Rica is on our side. :p
The Japanese now have a HUGE advantage in the Pacific and they should consolidate their gains instead of overreaching and stretching themselves too thin.
Then again, if they had taken some of the French possessions and nothing else, the world probably would have hardly taken notice.