Headline History

As the first Saturday in December rolled around, Great Britain declared war on Finland, Hungary and Romania, but the big story was still the "secret military plan" of the Roosevelt administration.  Meanwhile, President Roosevelt's Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, questioned the loyalty and patriotism of the newspaper, which first leaked the story of the military blueprint.  It was The Chicago Tribune that first reported the story. Dec. 6, 1941 would be the last full day the United States would be at "peace."