1940/01/04 --

  • Headline over the masthead: Highlights of 1939 Arranged in Chronological Order -- Pages 6 and 8
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Young Redbirds on the Rise Hoping to Reach Major Roost - Pictured are: John (Red) Davis - Hooper Triplett - Bob Schmidt - Dick Sisler - Matthew Surkont - Max Marshall - Walker Cooper - Eddie Murphy - Floyd Beal - John Grodzicki - Robert Doyle, with article beginning underneath: Branch Rickey Nears Goal of Making Farm System Self-Sufficient for Cardinals and Affiliates by Dick Farrington

    • Other stories

  • Paring of Sox Adds Infield Newcomer - Kolloway Obtained by Pale Hose for Rensa and Landrum
  • Billy Webb, Who Kept Traffic Moving at Third, Moves Into Front Office to Direct Chisox Farms
  • Fans Share Pay-Off From Cincy Lights - Attendance Rise Brings Better Advance-Sale Arrangement
  • Feature article on New York Yankees World Series Hero and former 1937 Newark Bear, Charlie Keller by Charles Segar with 4 photos of King Kong Keller
  • Diz' Name Bobs Up in Cards' Dividend - Part of Dean Sale Price Believed Tossed Into $101,520 Pool
  • Control-Plus Courage-Secret of Successful Mound Vets with photos of Paul Derringer - Sylvester Johnson - Lefty Grove - Charlie Root - Ted Lyons - Red Ruffing
  • Ol' Casey (Casey Stengel) Pledges Emphasis on Youth, article looks at Boston Braves
  • Centennial Year Gives Game Greatest Season in History -- With very large cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring some of the highlights of 1939 including a large image of Lou Gehrig who ended his consecutive games streak that year
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 10 pages total.