Content note: Ethnic slur ('Jap') in two front-page headlines. This object is shown as it was published. Why
The Daily Alaska Empire, 'DECLARE WAR: UNITED STATES, JAPAN IN FIGHT' front page, 8 December 1941
Front page of a Juneau daily the day after Pearl Harbor: banner 'DECLARE WAR / UNITED STATES, JAPAN IN FIGHT' over columns headed 'HEAVY TOLL TAKEN BY JAP PLANES', 'WHITE HOUSE GIVES FACTS ON NEW WAR', '2 BATTLESHIPS OF U. S. SUNK, JAPAN CLAIMS' and 'Censorship Instituted by Army, Navy'. The events are documented; the tags are for the clipped label 'JAP' in headlines (the AP text says 'Japanese') and for the Tokyo claim given its own headline.
- Date
- December 8, 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Daily Alaska Empire (Empire Printing Company, Juneau, Alaska Territory), a member of the Associated Press
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingCard stacking
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America (Alaska State Library Historical Collections, NDNP awardee), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- LOC Chronicling America: no known restrictions; no copyright notice on page 1
The Daily Alaska Empire (Juneau, Alaska), 8 December 1941, p. 1. Alaska State Library Historical Collections, via Library of Congress, Chronicling America (LCCN sn83045499).
Text on the object
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE "ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. LVIII., NO. 8899. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DECLARE WAR UNITED STATES, JAPAN IN FIGHT BLACKOUT TONIGHT; PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED HEAVY TOLL TAKEN BY JAP PLANES Invaders Began Machine-gunning and Bombing Without Preliminaries WHITE HOUSE GIVES FACTS ON NEW WAR Damage by Japanese Raiders on Hawaii Is Officially Announced ACTIVE RESISTANCE IS QUICKLY MADE President Asks Congress For Declaration of War; Historic Appeal Is Made QUICK ACT MADE BY CONGRESS Vote for Declaration Is Unanimous in Senate—383 to 1 in House LOSS OF WARSHIPS, LIVES, GETS ACTION Great Britain Also Declares War on Nippon Nation—Takes 2 Allies MINUTE-MEN TO ENFORCE "BLACKOUT" Attack on United States Is Made by Japan; War Is Declared; Early Acts Told 2 BATTLESHIPS OF U. S. SUNK, JAPAN CLAIMS Censorship Instituted by Army, Navy Strict Travel Rules Issued [the remaining columns are not transcribed]
Masthead, banners and headlines were read from the committed 1280-px image; body text is not transcribed. The House vote is printed in the headline as '383 to 1' and in the side text as '388 to 1' as read from the image; FRAME does not resolve the difference. The year in the masthead is correct on this issue.
