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Those two young sailors who celebrated their leave of absence from a navy hospital psychopathic ward by ripping down the Nazi consulate's flag here last Saturday — thereby tangling the United States and Berlin in an "international incident of no small proportions" — yesterday went on trial, not once, but twice. After conviction in Municipal Court, the pair face a Naval Board of Inquiry. — Jan. 21
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledges American troops will not be needed to defeat Germany. Examiner prints full text of speech, ending: "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job." — Feb. 10
Headline:
Commuters Bid Last Farewell
to Historic Marin Ferries — March 1
"Funeral" services were held for the Castro Street cable cars, which passed out of existence with inauguration of a new bus line. — April 6
Although control of their native land is in German hands, members of San Francisco's Norwegian colony yesterday celebrated Norway Independence Day. — May 18
In a letter which mentioned the possibility of war between the United States and Germany, Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, Nazi Consul General here, has asked for a draft deferment for the son of one of his aides. — June 4
The State Department of Motor Vehicles attacked California's mounting traffic death toll from a new direction today — ordering "slow-poke" drivers to hustle along or yield the right-of-way to motorists driving faster. "Those who refuse to do so will be charged with a violation of section 514, the minimum speed law." — Aug. 6
A taxi driver was under arrest at San Luis Obispo last night as authorities sought to fix responsibility for the wrecking of The Lark, crack San Francisco-Los Angeles passenger train, by a freight train that crashed into its rear end near Paso Robles. Thirteen cars of the southbound Lark were derailed and 141 passengers were shaken when the freight thundered up from the rear while The Lark's crew was laboring to remove a taxi stalled across the tracks. — Sept. 20
Chinatown will don festive garb tonight to celebrate China's "Fourth of July" —the Independence Day commemorating the thirtieth birthday of the Chinese Republic. ......... "Because of China's recent big military victory at Changsha," declared B.S. Fong, chairman of the War Relief Association, "our people here will observe this ......... with greater joy than ever before." — Oct. 10
Governor Culbert Olson dedicates Cow Palace, declaring: "We have built something here of enduring value to the citizens not only of our State, but of all America."
— Nov. 16
Threat of war in the Pacific erased a portion of Federal weather maps as the markings indicating the position of ships filing weather reports were eliminated. — Nov. 19
Headline:
Throngs Join Christmas Shopping Parade; Stores Bulge With Holiday Goods; Everything of Heart's Desire Offered Shoppers — Dec. 7
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor: A roundup of Japanese aliens in San Francisco and other West Coast cities was in progress last night. ......... The Navy took command of all shipping in San Francisco Harbor. ......... Mayor Rossi declared a state of emergency. ......... It had come. At last, the thing every one had expected but secretly hoped to avoid, had arrived. ......... Japanese Consul Yoshio Muto of San Francisco yesterday began frenzied preparations for departure. — Dec. 8
San Francisco last night experienced its first air-raid alarm — the first in the history of the continental United States. — Dec. 9