In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXVI No. 17
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Viva la Democracia!
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE CAMPAIGN: The Issue (National Affairs / THE CAMPAIGN)
National Affairs: Hubble Bubble (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Minds Made Up (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Shape of the Vote (National Affairs)
National Affairs: The Minorities (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Smear (National Affairs)
MINNESOTA: New Senator (National Affairs / MINNESOTA)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Joint Mayors (National Affairs / SOUTH CAROLINA)
WAR & PEACE: How Far From Fighting (National Affairs / WAR & PEACE)
WORLD
INTERNATIONAL: Finish Japan First
(Foreign News / INTERNATIONAL)
ITALY: Living Room for the U. S. (Foreign News / ITALY)
NORWAY: New Order in the North (Foreign News / NORWAY)
FRANCE: New Order in the South (Foreign News / FRANCE)
Foreign News: Concrete Guy (Foreign News)
GREAT BRITAIN: Veritable Beacons (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Up Labor! (Foreign News)
CANADA: 30,000 Get 30 Days (Foreign News / CANADA)
CUBA: President Batista (Foreign News / CUBA)
THAILAND: Penny-Ante Copy (Foreign News / THAILAND)
WAR & TERRORISM
THE DRAFT: First Conscript
(National Defense / THE DRAFT)
PRODUCTION: Facts without Fooling (National Defense / PRODUCTION)
STRATEGY: Naval Problem of the Orient (National Defense / STRATEGY)
National Defense: Allison Bugs (National Defense)
SOUTHERN THEATRE: Instructors in the Balkans (World War / SOUTHERN THEATRE)
World War: After Dakar (World War)
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Hammer Blows (World War / BATTLE OF BRITAIN)
IN THE AIR: Master Plan (World War / IN THE AIR)
World War: Eagles for Britain (World War)
AT SEA: Open Lanes (World War / AT SEA)
SCIENCE
Science: Footprints for Sale
Science: Believe-lt-Or-Nots
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Virus for Polio
(Medicine)
Medicine: Grenfell of Labrador (Medicine)
Medicine: Nerves and Pain (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Successful Sailor
(The Press)
The Press: Negro Editors' Line-Up (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Triennial in a Warring World
SPORT
Sport: Stars Behind Bars
Sport: Football, Oct. 21, 1940
Sport: Oldstress Golf
Sport: Who Won, Oct. 21, 1940
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L: U. S. FOREIGN RELATIONS
(Current Affairs Test / NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L)
BUSINESS
MONEY: What Becomes of It?
(MONEY) FOREIGN TRADE: Japan v. U. S. (FOREIGN TRADE)
AUTOMOBILES: New Trucks (AUTOMOBILES)
RETAILING: Census Preview in Boston (RETAILING)
OIL: Wildcat King (OIL)
EDUCATION
Education: How to Make People Read
Education: New School Tie
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Malignant Tubas
(Music)
Music: Schellenbaum & Bombshell (Music)
Music: Uptown Boogie-Woogie (Music)
Art: Grandma Moses (Art)
Art: Fish of the Heart (Art)
The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 21, 1940 (The Theatre)
Radio: The McCoy (Radio)
Radio: Contesters' Holiday (Radio)
Cinema: Ramparts in Pennsylvania (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 21, 1940 (Cinema)
Books: Death in Spain (Books)
Books: Master & Disciple (Books)
Books: Ballot Barons (Books)
Books: Childe Edward (Books)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Oct. 21, 1940
PEOPLE
People, Oct. 21, 1940
LETTERS
Letters, Oct. 21, 1940

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