In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. XXXIX No. 8
Read the Cover StoryWORLD
FALL OF SINGAPORE: General Percival's Choice
(FALL OF SINGAPORE) INTERNATIONAL: Balance in the Balance (Foreign News / INTERNATIONAL)
GREAT BRITAIN: Sticks and Stones (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Smile, Smile, Smile (Foreign News)
EUROPE: Pattern of Conquest (Foreign News / EUROPE)
BRAZIL: Prison into Fortress (Foreign News / BRAZIL)
Foreign News: Censors Out (Foreign News)
EGYPT: New Plans, Old Problem (Foreign News / EGYPT)
Foreign News: Last Boundary (Foreign News)
WAR & TERRORISM
Worst Week
(U.S. At War / THE NATION)
THE PEOPLE: Bring Home MacArthur! (U.S. At War / THE PEOPLE)
U.S. At War: Rumbles From the Coast (U.S. At War)
Axis Fever (U.S. At War / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE ADMINISTRATION: The Strategy of Truth (U.S. At War / THE ADMINISTRATION)
U.S. At War: Waiting in the Wings (U.S. At War)
The Mood of the Statesmen (U.S. At War / THE CONGRESS)
U.S. At War: Joke & Tag Line (U.S. At War)
CATASTROPHE: Carelessness (U.S. At War / CATASTROPHE)
World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: The Meaning of Disasters (World Battlefronts / STRATEGY)
World Battlefronts: Whose Fault? (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: Pomp & the Circumstances (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF ASIA)
World Battlefronts: Japs Eye Indies & India (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: Things to Come (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: The Way to Win a War (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC)
World Battlefronts: Dutchman's Chance (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: Sumatra, Too (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: Lull, Attack, Lull (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: Many Happy Returns (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: New Order in Manila (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Shells at Aruba (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC)
World Battlefronts: Dead Men Tell a Tale (World Battlefronts)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Through The Strait (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF BRITAIN)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Seven Reasons (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF THE DESERT)
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Push, Bleed, Destroy (World Battlefronts / BATTLE OF RUSSIA)
World Battlefronts: HEROES: One-Man Blitz (World Battlefronts / HEROES)
CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Apathetic Males (Army & Navy And Civilian Defense / CIVILIAN DEFENSE)
ARMY: Tankers (Army & Navy And Civilian Defense / ARMY)
Army & Navy And Civilian Defense - MANPOWER: Fathers & Sons (Army & Navy And Civilian Defense / MANPOWER)
AIR: 500,000 Models (Army & Navy And Civilian Defense / AIR)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Doctor Shortage
(Medicine)
Medicine: Another Vaccine for the Army (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Colonel McCormick Rides Again
(The Press)
The Press: News Shop Shuts (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Bibles for Soldiers
Religion: Chaplains in Bataan
Religion: New Bishop for Long Island
SPORT
Sport: She Asked For It
Sport: Highest Yet
Sport: Rare Bird
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Current Affairs Test
(TIME News Quiz)
BUSINESS
WAR ECONOMY: Musts for the Silver Months
(Business & Finance / WAR ECONOMY)
RAILROADS: Not How Much, But For What (Business & Finance / RAILROADS)
TEXTILES: Parachutes Mean Bare Legs (Business & Finance / TEXTILES)
SUBCONTRACTING: Stanley Plan (Business & Finance / SUBCONTRACTING)
MINING: The Winning of the West (Business & Finance / MINING)
AVIATION: Am Ex to Foynes (Business & Finance / AVIATION)
STEEL: Logical Merger (Business & Finance / STEEL)
EDUCATION
Education: Tom Sawyer v. Tom Swift
Education: Challenge
Education: Too Many High Schools?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Grand Operetta
(Music)
Music: Opera: Si or No (Music)
Music: Jazz Belectured (Music)
The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 1942 (The Theater)
Radio: Study Period (Radio)
Radio: This Is War! (Radio)
Radio: Radio War (Radio)
Radio: No More Sets (Radio)
Art: Iowa's Painter (Art)
Art: Skeezix is 21 (Art)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 23, 1942 (Cinema)
Books: Back to Earth (Books)
Books: If it die (Books)
Books: Opp (Books)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 23, 1942 (Cinema)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Feb. 23, 1942
PEOPLE
People: Bejeweled Hyena
LETTERS
Letters, Feb. 23, 1942

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