In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXIV No. 26
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Green Christmas
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE CONGRESS: Labor's Safeguardians (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
TENNESSEE: Trees (National Affairs / TENNESSEE)
TEXAS: Classroom Casanova (National Affairs / TEXAS)
GEORGIA: Crossroad Town (National Affairs / GEORGIA)
National Affairs: Sweepstakes (National Affairs)
NEW YORK: He Called Me a Guinea (National Affairs / NEW YORK)
PENNSYLVANIA: Brothers (National Affairs / PENNSYLVANIA)
POLITICAL NOTES: 1940 (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
CAMPAIGN: On the Hunt (National Affairs / CAMPAIGN)
WOMEN: No Boondoggling (National Affairs / WOMEN)
WEATHER: Driest Fall (National Affairs / WEATHER)
WORLD
INTERNATIONAL: Christmas
(Foreign News / INTERNATIONAL)
Foreign News: No Better Proof (Foreign News)
THE LEAGUE: Minus a Member (Foreign News / THE LEAGUE)
SWEDEN: Neutral 13 (Foreign News / SWEDEN)
ITALY: Ciano on Crisis (Foreign News / ITALY)
GREAT BRITAIN: Fight to the Finish? (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
GERMANY: Scholarly Work (Foreign News / GERMANY)
Foreign News: Daddy's End (Foreign News)
SWITZERLAND: Second Term (Foreign News / SWITZERLAND)
WAR & TERRORISM
WESTERN THEATRE: British In
(World War / WESTERN THEATRE)
AT SEA: Pocket into Pocket (World War / AT SEA)
IN THE AIR: Impressive (World War / IN THE AIR)
World War: Bulls and Beats (World War)
NORTHERN THEATRE: Soldiers, Arise! (World War / NORTHERN THEATRE)
PROPAGANDA: No Box Office (World War / PROPAGANDA)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Blood & Water
(Medicine)
Medicine: A Wonderful Improvement (Medicine)
Medicine: Polio Pamphlet (Medicine)
Medicine: Sarsaparilla Caution (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Last Column
(The Press)
The Press: Big Deal in Georgia (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Gospel Cartoonist
Religion: For Finland
Religion: Consistory
SPORT
Sport: Immortal Gehrig
Sport: Sixty-Minute Man
Sport: Grand Old Girl
BUSINESS
TRADE: Tin Relaxed
(TRADE) Business: War Orders
STATE OF BUSINESS: Dollar Wheat (STATE OF BUSINESS)
Business: Index Year
MANUFACTURING: Father of Peas (MANUFACTURING)
Personnel: Mr. Jones's Proteges (Personnel)
EDUCATION
Education: Sargent's Bulletins
Education: Job Hunters
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Theatre: New Explosion in Manhattan
(The Theatre)
The Theatre: Braver than Broadway (The Theatre)
The Theatre: Wrong Door, Wrong Door (The Theatre)
The Theatre: Who, What, When, Where, How (The Theatre)
Cinema: Last Leap (Cinema)
Cinema: G With the W (Cinema)
Art: Brother-in-Law (Art)
Art: Mine Painter (Art)
Music: Flying Dustman (Music)
Music: Beggar's Opera (Music)
Music: Editorial Cantata (Music)
Radio: $6.50 Broadcast (Radio)
Radio: Jimmy Tells the World (Radio)
Radio: To Santa (Radio)
Radio: Chrysfus Rodzi si (Radio)
Books: Goncourt (Books)
Books: Talking & Doing (Books)
Books: Thumbprint of the South (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany: Oddest
MILESTONES
Milestones, Dec. 25, 1939
PEOPLE
People, Dec. 25, 1939
LETTERS
Letters, Dec. 25, 1939

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