In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXIV No. 8
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Off the Floor
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
National Affairs: Field of Doubt (National Affairs)
THE CONGRESS: Sideshows (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
National Affairs: Leopard Hunt (National Affairs)
CRIME: Caddycide (National Affairs / CRIME)
LABOR: Rats Raided (National Affairs / LABOR)
OREGON: Red Tiger (National Affairs / OREGON)
National Affairs: Short of War (National Affairs)
ARMY & NAVY: Orders (National Affairs / ARMY & NAVY)
CAMPAIGN: War on Straddlebugs (National Affairs / CAMPAIGN)
National Affairs: No Poker (National Affairs)
WORLD
POWER POLITICS: Weird War
(Foreign News / POWER POLITICS)
Foreign News: In Weymouth Bay (Foreign News)
GREAT BRITAIN: Eastland v. Westland (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
ITALY: The Difference (Foreign News / ITALY)
GERMANY: Fashion Notes (Foreign News / GERMANY)
THE NETHERLANDS: Mistake (Foreign News / THE NETHERLANDS)
Foreign News: Post-War Story (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Boiler Gang (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Women in Wartime (Foreign News)
JAPAN: Mr. Fuji (Foreign News / JAPAN)
WAR IN CHINA: Wang, Wang (Foreign News / WAR IN CHINA)
Foreign News: Bare Fist, Gloved Fist (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Walk In (Foreign News)
SPAIN: Brother-in-Law's Round (Foreign News / SPAIN)
RUSSIA: Problematical Poods (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
World: Figures v. Dreams
World: Eleanor's Show
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Plucky Boy
(Medicine)
Medicine: Ill Winds (Medicine)
Medicine: Open Heart (Medicine)
Medicine: Economy (Medicine)
Medicine: Hangover Over? (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: In Room 475
(The Press)
The Press: Gentlemen All (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: 14th Reincarnation
Religion: Aspirations
Religion: Doleful State
Religion: Intellectuals
SPORT
Sport: Preview
Sport: At Goshen
BUSINESS
Transport: In Humboldt Canyon
(Transport)
MANUFACTURING: 1940 Models (MANUFACTURING)
Business: Rubber 1939
Business: Brothers
CARRIERS: Directors' Meeting (CARRIERS)
BANKING: Boys from Rochester (BANKING)
PETROLEUM: Sinclair's Alternative (PETROLEUM)
FOODS: The Tough Sex (FOODS)
EDUCATION
Education: Sixty Dirty Republikins
Education: Spinsters and Australia
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Empty Galleries
(Art)
Art: Restored (Art)
Radio: Platters for the Pacific (Radio)
Radio: I Want a Job (Radio)
Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 21, 1939 (Cinema)
Music: From Batavia (Music)
Music: Black Stephen Foster (Music)
Music: Salt at Stockbridge (Music)
Books: Village Blackstone (Books)
Books: Rebel Romance (Books)
Books: Poet's Story (Books)
Books: Patterned Patter (Books)
Books: Pack Rat With Vision (Books)
MILESTONES
Milestones: Milestones: Aug. 21, 1939
PEOPLE
People, Aug. 21, 1939
LETTERS
Letters: Letters, Aug. 21, 1939

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