The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy: And Other Tales from Home-Front America in World War II Book

	Introduction	1
Part 1	Shock Waves Hit America
	"On the Ground, by God!"	5
	Dispute in the President's Office	7
	Calls for Retreat to Rockies	8
	Submarines Off West Coast	8
	Roosevelt Rallies the Nation	9
	Eavesdropper in the German Embassy	11
	A Television Pioneer	12
	Instant Psychologists	13
	Strange Doings across the Land	14
	A Stop-and-Go Railroad Trip	15
	"San Francisco Is Being Bombed!"	15
	Watching for Enemy Paratroopers	16
	A Covert Raid into Mexico	17
	Fear for Roosevelt's Life	19
	FBI Joins in Sinking Submarine	20
	Rounding Up Subversive Suspects	21
	A Feud over Wiretapping	22
	Mission: Halt Ambassador's Hara-Kiri	23
	A Field Marshal Is Shocked	25
	Nazi U-Boat in New York Harbor	26
	A Journalist Prowls the Normandie	27
	The Salesman's Luck Runs Out	28
Part 2	America under Siege
	Joe Louis Contributes Huge Purse	31
	A Grieving Father Joins Navy	31
	Self-Appointed Do-Gooders	32
	A Hollywood Victory Committee	33
	Actress Dies for Her Country	34
	Dismantling a Nazi Spy Network	36
	A Debacle in Manhattan	40
	The Battle of Los Angeles	42
	"We Poison Rats and Japs"	42
	Goal: Coalition of Africa and Japan	47
	Mysterious Malady on Ships	47
	The FBI and the OSS Feud	48
	Hijinks on a Hospital Roof	49
	Suspicions Run Rampant	52
	"German Officers" Stalk Harbor	52
	Commercial Radio's First War	53
	U-Boats "Ruining" Tourist Season	54
	Helping a German POW Escape	55
	Strange Scenario in San Francisco	56
	Silencing a Priest Rabble-Rouser	57
	Nazi Agents in Key Industry Posts	57
	Blasts Rock Defense Facilities	58
	Eastern America Set Ablaze	59
	The Mysterious Shangri-la	60
	Comic Strip Puzzles Tokyo Warlords	61
	Disaster Impacts Two U.S. Towns	61
	"A Date with Destiny"	62
	A Tumultuous Homecoming	62
	Lord Haw-Haw and His Spies	65
Part 3	A Sleeping Giant Awakens
	Invasion Target: California	69
	Washington: Chaotic Capital	69
	A Young Reporter Is Awed	71
	"Doll Woman" an Enemy Agent	72
	Panic Erupts at Concert	74
	Standard Oil Aids the Nazis	74
	A Guidebook for Nazi Spies	75
	They Came to Blow Up America	76
	Artillery Confrontation in Oregon	80
	German-American Bund Demolished	81
	First Lady Rattles Some Cages	83
	"I'm Proud of You, Mom!"	83
	Horse Racing Flourishes	84
	Psychological Saboteurs at Work	84
	Hollywood Superstars Sign Up to Fight	89
	War Hero Meets Joe Kennedy	90
	Wants to Spotlight U.S. Spies	91
	Government Censors Movies	92
	Navajo Code-Talkers	94
	Popular Orchestra Disbanded	95
	Gone with the Wind in Chicago	95
	Nasty Bartenders and Redneck Cops	97
	Plane Bombs Pacific Northwest	99
Part 4	A Nation in Total War
	Covert Project on Constitution Avenue	103
	Patton Calls on the President	104
	Weapons Mysteriously Vanish	105
	A Huge Bounty on Hitler's Head	106
	A Tempest in a Teapot	106
	Press Conference for "Women Only"	106
	Secret Plan to Draft Females	107
	Women in Combat Experiment	107
	Jailbreak for a Boyfriend	108
	Megabucks for Jack Benny's Violin	108
	"Mom, Keep Your Chin Up!"	108
	Firm Gets Big Payoff	113
	A Glamorous Nazi Agent	113
	Marine Commander's Dilemma	115
	A Patriotic Heroine's Long Ordeal	115
	A Platinum Smuggler's Demise	119
	"Get Going! Time Is Short!"	121
	Women Flock to War Plants	124
	Recruiting the Blind and the Deaf	125
	Offer to a Striptease Artist	126
	The FBI Arrests "Good Old Ernie"	127
	America's Least-Known Boomtown	128
	"Hello, America! Berlin Calling!"	130
	A Picture Stuns the Nation	135
	A Tragedy in St. Louis	136
	"Legal Kidnapping"	138
	Spy Nabbed a Second Time	139
	Scoundrels in the War Effort	141
	"Bomb Japan Out of Existence"	143
	War Hero Bounced from Air Corps	144
	An Overseer of GI Morals	144
	Top-Secret Projects Opened to Women	145
	Roosevelt: Chloroform Drew Pearson	146
	An Ace German Operative	147
Part 5	On the Road to Victory
	Hoodwinking Hitler from New York	151
	A Spy in Allied Headquarters?	152
	Two Broadcast Rivals Called Up	154
	Tributes to a Fallen Female Pilot	154
	Cheers for a Lady	156
	D Day Anxieties and Prayers	157
	A Virginia Town Is Jolted	161
	Calamity at Port Chicago	161
	Secret Project in a Movie Studio	162
	WASPs Test New B-29	162
	The Fable of Fala	163
	Roosevelt's Foe Keeps a Secret	164
	A Father-and-Daughter Spy Team	165
	Stumbling into a World Series	167
	A Riot Erupts in New York City	169
	Dark Intruders Sneak Ashore	172
	Robot Bombs Threaten East Coast	174
	The Fuhrer Staggers America	176
	Back Home for Christmas	179
	Episode on a Florida Bus	179
	A GI Changes His Mind	180
Part 6	The Lights Go On Again
	A Blaze of Glory	183
	A "Byrne-out" Hits the Nation	186
	"It Was His Duty"	186
	A Battered Warrior Limps Home	187
	Visit by a Navy Chaplain	188
	"Will I Be Able to See?"	188
	"Franklin Died Like a Soldier"	191
	Mama Truman Visits the White House	193
	GIs' Best Friend Dies in Battle	194
	Restrained Joy Breaks Out	194
	Two Old Friends Meet	196
	Poll: Hang Hirohito	196
	"Your Son Is Close to Death"	197
	A Rain of Explosive Balloons	199
	Paratroopers in Operation Firefly	201
	A Purple Heart Parade	202
	Plane Crashes into Skyscraper	203
	An Invasion of German Scientists	203
	Curious Happenings in Utah	205
	A Haunting Prediction	206
	Proposed Use of Disabling Gas	206
	"I Was Thinking about Our Boys"	207
	"Let's Take a Second Day Off!"	207
	A Nation Goes Wild	208
	A GI Refugee Returns	209
	"Experts" Visualize Crime Wave	210
	Notes and Sources	211
	Index	223