In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXIII No. 20
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Wonderful Turnout
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE CONGRESS: Work Undone (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
THE CABINET: Gerontogenesis (National Affairs / THE CABINET)
National Affairs: Vanishing Henchman (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Model (National Affairs)
CRIME: Mary Doe's Dowager (National Affairs / CRIME)
LABOR: Humble John (National Affairs / LABOR)
National Affairs: Old-Fashioned Strike (National Affairs)
FLORIDA: Black Ballots (National Affairs / FLORIDA)
ARMY & NAVY: Officer of the Day (National Affairs / ARMY & NAVY)
RELIEF: Hot Pan (National Affairs / RELIEF)
POLITICAL NOTES: Ohio's Eighth? (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
WORLD
POWER POLITICS: New Allies
(Foreign News / POWER POLITICS)
Foreign News: Swaps and Sales (Foreign News)
RUSSIA: Maxim's Exit (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
GERMANY: Bad Symbol (Foreign News / GERMANY)
SLOVAKIA: Troubled Hero (Foreign News / SLOVAKIA)
ITALY: Spring in the Axis (Foreign News / ITALY)
GREAT BRITAIN: Civil Servant (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Shabby Treatment (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Splash Answer (Foreign News)
TURKEY: Refuge (Foreign News / TURKEY)
WAR IN CHINA: Heavenly Dog (Foreign News / WAR IN CHINA)
EIRE: Dev Appeased (Foreign News / EIRE)
JAPAN: Specialists (Foreign News / JAPAN)
SCIENCE
Science: Where, How & Why?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Chosen Children
(Medicine)
Medicine: Terrible Old Reactionary (Medicine)
Medicine: Feeble-minded Love (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Gedye Guesses
(The Press)
The Press: End of Scribner's (The Press)
The Press: On the Other Hand (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Methodist Marriage
Religion: Dollars and Damnation
Religion: Permanent Court
SPORT
Sport: Big John
Sport: Iron Horse
Sport: $1,500 Carcass
BUSINESS
Transport: Flying Basket
(Transport)
Transport: Future View (Transport)
STATE OF BUSINESS: 300 Congressmen (STATE OF BUSINESS)
Business: Missing Boom
CARRIERS: Four Short Years (CARRIERS)
TRADE: Fair Facts (TRADE)
INSURANCE: Third Largest (INSURANCE)
MANUFACTURING: Bat'a's Belcamp (MANUFACTURING)
Business: Buying Week
EDUCATION
Education: Pedagogues' Pay
Education: Don't Say It!
Education: Three Hutchinses
Education: Thinking Test
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Theatre: Very, Very, VERY Tired
(Theatre)
Theatre: New Show in Queens (Theatre)
Radio: Kate the Great (Radio)
Radio: Hero's Reward (Radio)
Art: Rarest of Species (Art)
Art: 1,214 Items (Art)
Art: Verdicts of Sanity (Art)
Cinema: Shorts: May 15, 1939 (Cinema)
Cinema: New Picture: May 15, 1939 (Cinema)
Cinema: Totem and Taboo (Cinema)
Music: Cincinnati's Festival (Music)
Music: Lead Belly (Music)
Music: Maestro (Music)
Books: The Muse (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, May 15, 1939
MILESTONES
Milestones, May 15, 1939
PEOPLE
People, May 15, 1939
LETTERS
Letters, May 15, 1939

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