Current Events, December 8, 1941

U. S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

    3000 Dead And Wounded In Attack On Hawaii

CONGRESS ACTS SWIFTLY ON MESSAGE
    Senate Votes 82-0, House Votes 388-1; Germany And Italy Not Included

(E T's notes: Jeanette Rankin, Republican congresswoman from Montana, was the only dissenting vote. She was the first woman to be elected to the U. S. Congress. Even though she voted against a declaration this of war and also, twenty five years earlier, representative Rankin had also voted against entering WW I, she supported other war measures and worked hard to support the war effort.)