President to Talk on Radio Tonight – 2
The President’s Message – 3
Text of War Declaration – 3
The Day in Washington – 3
Four-Hour Chronology of Declaration of War – 3
President’s Power Greatly Enlarged – 4
The Decision is Made (photo) – 4
‘We Will Gain the Inevitable Triumph-So Help Us God’ (photo) – 5
Capital Swings into War Stride; Throngs Cheer for the President – 6
Britain Joins U.S. against Japanese – 6-7
The International Situation – 7
British Columbia Coast Blacked Out for Attack – 7
Text of Prime Minister Churchill’s Speech in Commons on Japan’s Attack – 8
History is Heard: Studies Here as the President Asked for Declaration of War (photos) – 9-12
1 Battleship Lost – 10-11
Hawaii Calm Since Blitzkrieg, Governor Says; Food Control Planned to Conserve Supplies – 13
Wake and Guam Reported Taken – 13-14
First Casualties Told to Families – 14
Why Wednesday in Tokyo is Tuesday in New York – 14
Surprise by Japan Repeats 1904 Tactics; Russia Also was Struck Without Warning – 14
China Goes to War with Axis States – 15
United States Possessions Captured by the Japanese (photos) – 15
Japanese Aerial and Ocean Forces Strike in Widening War in the Pacific (map) – 16
Philippines Pounded All day as Raiders Strike at Troops – 17-18
Malaya Thwarts Push by Japanese (by F. Tillman Durdin) – 18-19
Dingell Urges Court-Martial for Officers He Says were ‘Napping at Pearl Harbor’ – 19
Large U.S. Losses Claimed by Japan – 19-20
Rome Backs Japan, Dodges War Issue (by Herbert L. Matthews) – 20
Japan Seen Trying for Air ‘Knockout’ – 20-21
Japanese Capture Marines in China – 21
Turn Back to Sea (by Lawrence E. Davies) – 21-22
Japanese Arrests in Country at 345 – 22
F.B.I Rounding Up Germans in Nation – 23
Japanese on Coast Call War ‘Hara-Kiri’ – 23
German Americans Pledge Support to War Effort – 23
Canal Zone Seizes Nationals of Axis – 23-24
Rush of Recruits Crowds Stations – 24-25
Nazis Give Up Idea of Moscow in 1941 – 26
Russians Launch Attack on Crimea (by Daniel T. Brigham) – 26-27
Soviet Sees Gains in New Diplomacy (by C.L. Sulzberger)– 27
Nazis Thrust Back in Libyan Fighting (by Joseph M. Levy) – 27-28
Russia to Aid Poles Build Larger Army – 28
U.S. Way of Life Held Worth Any Sacrifice – 28
Petain Sends Hitler ‘Condolence’ Message – 28
Greek Famine Toll Rising, Ankara Hears – 28
First Heavy Tank Passes Army Test (with photo) – 29
Americans Take Their Stand to Guard Strategic Points Against Possible Sabotage or Attack (photos) – 30-32
Japan’s War Pattern (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 33
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 34-35
Camouflage Urges as Defense Measure – 35
Vichy Surprised by ‘Suddenness’ – 35
Editorials – 36-38
United We Stand
For the Record
The Market Reaction
The Daring of Desperation
“The Root of Evil”
Cheerless Window
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