1941/02/10 — Cover photograph featuring New British Ambassador Lord Halifax is credited to Time, Inc.
Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
Mussolini Takes a Bad Licking in Africa – 7 pages
LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
American Bombers Take off for Britain from Newfoundland Base
Hearst’s Fabulous Art Goes at Bargain Prices
Lana Turner and Deanna Durbin Are Belles of President’s Birthday Ball – 2 pages includes full page shot of Durbin dancing with William Knudsen
Bombed London Railway Is Remade as Good as New in Four Hours
Socialite Fishermen Relax at Quarterdeck Club on Biscayne Bay
Inside Wartime Germany – Part 2 by William L. Shirer
CLOSE-UP
Lord Halifax by Carl Joachim Friedrich
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
LIFE Shows How to Fire a 75-mm. Field Gun – 8 pages
SCIENCE:
Earthquakes – Earth’s Crust & Ice Balls Break in Same Pattern
ART:
Spindletop – Great Texas Oil Gusher is Painted for LIFE by Alexandre Hogue
EDUCATION:
Ynching Is No. 1 Christian University in China
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Letters to the Editors
LIFE’s Pictures: An Index
LIFE’s Reports
Speaking of Pictures: Book Match Covers
LIFE Goes to a Hexing Party
Pictures to the Editors
