Right as the United States was on the brink of entering World War II, Mt. Rushmore was finally completed after many years of work in the Black Hills of South Dakota. What else was being reported on that day, just weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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Associated Press. “Aviators, Alone On A Mountainside, Discover It's A Small World.” San Angelo Standard-Times (San Angelo, Texas), November 2, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Conduct Hunt For Four Army Aircraft Lost.” The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), October 25, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Fiancee Still Confident Flier Will Be Found.” The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California), October 31, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Police Sirens Scream On Wild Trip By Car.” The La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisconsin), November 2, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

“Granite Giants Done.” The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), November 2, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

History.com Editors. “Mount Rushmore.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, December 16, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/mount-rushmore-1.

Menagh, Fred. “Murder In The Music Room.” The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), November 2, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

“Missing P-40 Located in Southern Sierra.” Missing P-40 Located in Southern Sierra :: SuperTopo Rock Climbing Discussion Topic. Accessed April 19, 2022. http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2832908/Missing-P-40-Located-in-Southern-Sierra.

“She Is Britain's Champion Housewife.” Sunday Pictorial (London, England), November 2, 1941.

“Streetcars in Cincinnati.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 1, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_Cincinnati.

“Two Passengers Are Hurt, Traffic Snarled For Blocks, When Trucks Hit Streetcars\.” The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), November 4, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

West, Jack C., and Leonard C. Lydon. “West Expected Long Stay in Sierra Cabin/Lydon Tells How He Bailed Out Of Plane.” The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California), November 1, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

“Woman Hit.” The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), November 15, 1941. www.newspapers.com.

Writer, Staff. “Local History: Church Basement Held Sinister Secret in 1941.” Akron Beacon Journal. Akron Beacon Journal, April 17, 2016. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2016/04/17/local-history-church-basement-held/10606421007/.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.