In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXV No. 1
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: It Shall Come to Pass
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE CABINET: In the Tradition (National Affairs / THE CABINET)
CRIME: Killer Kehler (National Affairs / CRIME)
National Affairs: Three Schlemiels (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Trial by Jury (National Affairs)
JUDICIARY: Quiet Christmas (National Affairs / JUDICIARY)
POLITICAL NOTES: 1940 (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
MICHIGAN: The New Ludecke (National Affairs / MICHIGAN)
POWER: High Noon (National Affairs / POWER)
ARMY & NAVY: In the Dust (National Affairs / ARMY & NAVY)
National Affairs: Army in Being (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Matching Game (National Affairs)
WORLD
INTERNATIONAL: Trades and Traders
(Foreign News / INTERNATIONAL)
GREAT BRITAIN: Interesting, If Not True (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
ITALY: New Deal? (Foreign News / ITALY)
RUSSIA: Man of the Year, 1939 (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
Foreign News: Shortage (Foreign News)
GERMANY: Our Faith! (Foreign News / GERMANY)
Foreign News: Seventh, Eighth (Foreign News)
Foreign News: National Treasure (Foreign News)
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA: New Ally (Foreign News / CZECHO-SLOVAKIA)
PITCAIRN ISLAND: Relief (Foreign News / PITCAIRN ISLAND)
JAPAN: Bait Bitten (Foreign News / JAPAN)
CHINA: Again, Chao Kung (Foreign News / CHINA)
WAR & TERRORISM
SPIES: Desk Men
(World War / SPIES)
NORTHERN THEATRE: Happy Birthday to Joe (World War / NORTHERN THEATRE)
IN THE AIR: Post Mortem, Ante Mortem (World War / IN THE AIR)
AT SEA: Price of Sanctuary (World War / AT SEA)
World War: Voluntary Elimination (World War)
World War: Recognition (World War)
WESTERN THEATRE: Dominion Men (World War / WESTERN THEATRE)
SCIENCE
Science: Empire & Emperor
Science: Improbable Sandwich
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Telltale Sugar
(Medicine)
Medicine: Concertmaster (Medicine)
Medicine: Past 49 (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Like the Arabs
(The Press)
The Press: Editorial We (The Press)
The Press: Glamor Girl (The Press)
The Press: Full Cycle (The Press)
The Press: Fired (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Jesus for Jews?
Religion: Biography by Sheen
SPORT
Sport: Bee's Blackbirds
Sport: Chicago Quits
Sport: Pots of Gold
Sport: Low Pro
BUSINESS
SECURITIES: Stanley's Four-Bagger
(SECURITIES) MANUFACTURING: Where the Velvet Begins (MANUFACTURING)
STATE OF BUSINESS: Faint Praise (STATE OF BUSINESS)
HOTELS: Toothpicks and Swizzlesticks (HOTELS)
TRADE: 23 (TRADE)
OIL: Cowden's Refinery (OIL)
EDUCATION
Education: Ice Cream v. Eiskrem
Education: Pulitzer Scholars
Education: Roosevelt for Bryn Mawr?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 1, 1940
(Cinema)
Cinema: Also Showing (Cinema)
Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 1, 1940 (Cinema)
Radio: Little Miss Christmas (Radio)
Music: Antique Voice (Music)
The Theatre: Small Boys in Bed (The Theatre)
The Theatre: Jerry Cohan's Boy (The Theatre)
The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Jan. 1, 1940 (The Theatre)
Books: Lightness & Light (Books)
Books: History & Argument (Books)
Art: Stage Artist (Art)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Jan. 1, 1940
PEOPLE
People, Jan. 1, 1940
LETTERS
Letters, Jan. 1, 1940

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