Japan Declares War as Pacific Conflict Opens
Japan goes to war against the United States and Britain with air and sea assaults on Hawaii. Tokyo announces a state of war as Pearl Harbor is attacked and key diplomats are summoned amid rapid war planning. The Domei agency reports carrier operations off Hawaii and Tojo presents war progress to his cabinet.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Hawaii
E.s.t
Islands
Hideki Tojo
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Robert Leslie Craigie
Shigenori Togo
Domei
Grew
U. S. Ee
Cordell Hull
Ee Bine
Hull
Japan Attacks Pacific Bases and Singapore Invasions
Japanese forces launched a broad assault across the central and western Pacific. Reports say the battleship West Virginia and Oklahoma were sunk or damaged, Honolulu bombed, and Singapore invaded. Casualties in Hawaii and Manila battles rose as Japan declared war on the United States and Britain.
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Japan
United States Pacific
United States
Central
Western Pacific
Thailand
Britain
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
U. S
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Parliament 10 Convenes Today and War Declared
Churchill meets with U S Ambassador and envoys as London awaits a government statement expected to declare war on Japan. Japan had already declared war on Britain and the United States, with Churchill and Winant in talks as Parliament prepares to hear the pledge.
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Japan
United States
Great Britain
Churchill
John G. Winant
London
Japanese Forces Invade Thailand Reported by Tokyo Radio
NBC Radio Tokyo quoted the Japanese broadcast saying troops have entered southern Thailand to combat British forces at the Malayan border. The report also claimed Germany would declare war on the United States within 24 hours.
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Angeles
Thailand
Tokyo Radio
Toe
NBC Radio Tokyo
Japan
Ger
United States
Shanghai
International Settlement
U. S
Wake
Peterel
U .S
Wakelyi
United
Bir
U. S. Senate Punene
Amerand
Netherlands and Costa Rica Act to War on Japan
Ottawa reports Canada declares war on Japan after emergency meeting. The Netherlands East Indies also proclaims war and orders mobilization with internment of Japanese residents. Costa Rica follows with wartime decree and arrests of Japanese engaged in coastal agriculture along Puntarenas.
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Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Ottawa
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Costa Rica
San Jose
Puntarenas
Bluefield Reacts to Japanese Pearl Harbor Attack
Bluefield residents learned of the Honolulu assault via radio and extra Sunset News editions. Officials and citizens urged national unity, with leaders calling for immediate war declaration and strong backing of President Roosevelt while ministers condemned the tragedy.
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U.S
Snees
United States
U S Battleships Reported Sunk in Pacific Action
New York reports Berlin broadcasts claim the battleship West Virginia sunk and Oklahoma set afire amid a naval clash with Japanese and British forces. NBC Manila updates describe sinkings or seizures of other American ships and losses at Camp Ord and Davao with casualty estimates.
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Honolulu
U. S S
Western
Pacific
U. S
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Singapore
Hickman Field
NBC
Hickman
New York
Berlin Radio Tonight
Crea
U S
Berlin
CBS
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Island of
Wake
Manila
Imperial
Tokyo
Westar
U.S
Harrison
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Davao
Roosevelt to Address Joint Session of Congress Today
Washington reports President Roosevelt will address a joint session of Congress at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow amid escalating tensions following Japan's declaration of war. Cabinet members and leaders gathered at the White House, with security heightened as tensions rock the nation and orders issued for wartime measures.
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Hull
Japan
Manila
Philippines
Axia
Shanghai
Grea
White House
Roosevelt
Generalas MacArthur
Luzon
Davao
John Hayes Baguio
S “B
Owe
Wheeler
Mont
Rep
Fish
N. Y
Billings
U. States
United States
Pacific
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Washington
Connally
Tex
Conate Fusion Relations Committee
Stimson
Hirman Johnson
Calif
Great Britain
Wallace
Austin
Commerce Jones
Jones
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Secret Service
Rayburn
New Zealand Declares War on Finland Hungary and Romania
Wellington is the site as New Zealand joins Britain and empire allies in a formal declaration of war on Finland Hungary and Romania. The announcement aligns New Zealand with the Allied powers amid the ongoing conflict in Europe.
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New Zealand
Wellington
N. Z
Britain
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Nation calms as war fact sinks in across America
The nation awoke to war in the Pacific with a calm, orderly response. Citizens formed quiet groups, bought extras, and tuned radios as the western coast and factories boosted alert measures. Mayor La Guardia warned against complacency and urged vigilance in civilian defense.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Pena
Atlantic Seaboard
National Civilian Defense
F. H. la Guardia
New York
Draft 1-A Men to Be Called Immediately
National draft officials announce that all registrants classified as 1-A will be called to service at once. Mercer Board No 1 lists fifteen white and twenty colored men among 1-A to depart Bluefield, with others awaiting medical exams to determine further placement.
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United States
Mercer Board No. 1
Bluefield
Captive Mines To Sign Union Shop Demand Won
The United Mine Workers CIO wins a 2 to 1 arbitration board ruling forcing Captive Mines to sign a union shop wage agreement with major steel producers. John L. Lewis backs the steel firms while F. Fairless dissents. The eight steel companies had agreed to abide by the board’s decision and unify labor terms across coal regions.
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Lewis
New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Netive Mines
Try
John R. Stedman
C Cairman
U. S
Min F. Fairless
United States
Award
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N.C
Senate Military Affairs
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By Otto Whittaker
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United States Asiatic Fleet
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la Guardia
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