In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. L No. 8
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: No Cheers
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
THE PRESIDENCY: Schoolboy's Afterthought (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: It Can't Be Helped (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
DEMOCRATS: Through the Looking Glass (National Affairs / DEMOCRATS)
VITAL STATISTICS: Westward Ho! (National Affairs / VITAL STATISTICS)
LABOR: All the Wonderful Things (National Affairs / LABOR)
REPUBLICANS: The Man from Minnesota (National Affairs / REPUBLICANS)
MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Aug. 25, 1947 (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
ARMY & NAVY: Courthouse (National Affairs / ARMY & NAVY)
THE CAPITAL: Curtain Going Down (National Affairs / THE CAPITAL)
COMMUNISTS: Fair Trial (National Affairs / COMMUNISTS)
THE SOUTH: Without Interference (National Affairs / THE SOUTH)
WORLD
CONFERENCES: The Trouble with Horned Toads
(International / CONFERENCES)
UNITED NATIONS: Into the Open (International / UNITED NATIONS)
WAR CRIMES: The Widow & Her Friends (International / WAR CRIMES)
PERIPATETICS: Log of a Clerical Junket (International / PERIPATETICS)
REFLECTIONS: Sour Cream (International / REFLECTIONS)
ITALY: The Antagonist's Face (Foreign News / ITALY)
GREECE: Diary (Foreign News / GREECE)
GREAT BRITAIN: No Hand at the Helm? (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
INDIA: Oh Lovely Dawn (Foreign News / INDIA)
PAKISTAN: Better Off in a Home (Foreign News / PAKISTAN)
JAPAN: Gulliver in a Kimono (Foreign News / JAPAN)
THE HEMISPHERE: Conference Curtain Raiser (Latin America / THE HEMISPHERE)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Fourth Inaugural (Latin America / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
BOLIVIA: The Same Scissors (Latin America / BOLIVIA)
Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: The Half-Billion Touch (Canada / EXTERNAL AFFAIRS)
Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: The Big Burn (Canada / NOVA SCOTIA)
Canada: ALBERTA: Tourist-of-the-Year (Canada / ALBERTA)
SCIENCE
Science: Dangerous Knowledge
Science: The Diggers
Science: Blue Companion
Science: The Atom's Job
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Polio Up & Down
(Medicine)
Medicine: Healthy Year (Medicine)
Medicine: Heralded Arrival (Medicine)
Medicine: Welding Job (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Transcontinental Times
(The Press)
The Press: Back on the Carrousel (The Press)
The Press: Two's a Crowd (The Press)
The Press: Such Language (The Press)
The Press: Shakeup in Chicago (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Presbyterian in Hollywood
SPORT
Sport: After the Cup
Sport: Giants at Bat
Sport: New Babe in Hollywood
Sport: New Record
BUSINESS
OIL: Empty Tanks
(OIL) Crackdown (STEEL)
FOREIGN TRADE: Normal Pangs (FOREIGN TRADE)
ADVERTISING: Remember? (Business & Finance / ADVERTISING)
FASHION: Irene, Inc. (Business & Finance / FASHION)
RESTAURANTS: Formula Profits (Business & Finance / RESTAURANTS)
SHIPPING: President's President (Business & Finance / SHIPPING)
ALUMINUM: New Uses, Lower Prices (Business & Finance / ALUMINUM)
STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Aug. 25, 1947 (Business & Finance / STATE OF BUSINESS)
RAILROADS: Blood & Cinders (Business & Finance / RAILROADS)
EDUCATION
Education: That Dreadful School
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: For Distress Cases
(Music)
Music: Little Primitive (Music)
Radio: The Waring Mixture (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 25, 1947 (Radio)
Art: Inspiring Ruins (Art)
Art: The Comrade Is Decadent (Art)
Art: Creamy & Sticky (Art)
The New Pictures, Aug. 25, 1947 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 25, 1947 (Cinema)
Books: Fun at a Funeral (Books)
Books: From Wilmington to Date (Books)
Books: Home Folks (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Aug. 25, 1947
MILESTONES
Milestones, Aug. 25, 1947
PEOPLE
People: Statecraft
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 25, 1947
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Aug. 25, 1947

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