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Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXIV No. 9
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NATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Farthest North (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)

THE CABINET: Lay Bishop (National Affairs / THE CABINET)

THE CONGRESS: Bundle from Brooklyn (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)

RELIEF: Applied Economy (National Affairs / RELIEF)

ARMY & NAVY: Short Drum (National Affairs / ARMY & NAVY)

CORRUPTION: Waterbury Wash-Up (National Affairs / CORRUPTION)

TERRITORIES: Defrosting (National Affairs / TERRITORIES)


WORLD
POWER POLITICS: Nightmare (Foreign News / POWER POLITICS)

Foreign News: Peace on Earth (Foreign News)

Foreign News: All This War Talk (Foreign News)

Foreign News: Shock (Foreign News)

GREAT BRITAIN: Formidable (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)

INTERNATIONAL: Offensive (Foreign News / INTERNATIONAL)

RUSSIA: Not Shoes, Not Bread (Foreign News / RUSSIA)

GERMANY: Seldte's Solicitude (Foreign News / GERMANY)

HUNGARY: Nationalism (Foreign News / HUNGARY)

FRANCE: Thunder Underneath (Foreign News / FRANCE)

RUMANIA: Whatever is Rumanian (Foreign News / RUMANIA)

WAR IN CHINA: Far Eastern Front (Foreign News / WAR IN CHINA)

YUGOSLAVIA: Spororum (Foreign News / YUGOSLAVIA)


WAR & TERRORISM
EUROPE: The Geography of Battle (Background For War / EUROPE)


SCIENCE
Science: Skin Colors

Science: Millikan to Tasmania


HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Breeding Businessmen (Medicine)

Medicine: Leach's MacDonald (Medicine)

Medicine: Psychic Arthritis (Medicine)


PRESS
The Press: Napster (The Press)

The Press: Embarrassed Housekeeper (The Press)

The Press: Grave Scoop (The Press)

The Press: TIME Ban (The Press)


SPORT
Sport: Peewee Punter

Sport: Jim Crow Tennis

Sport: Off Louisburg

Sport: Who Won, Aug. 28, 1939

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