1939/10/09 — Cover photograph featuring Kids Football is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt
Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
New War Fails to Panic Veterans of Old One
LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
Queen Elizabeth Looks Over London’s Air-Raid Precautions
Germany and Britain Present Conflicting Evidence on Plane vs. Battleship
Two British Flying Boats Rescue Crew of Torpedoed Tramp Steamer
Heroic Polish Defense of Westerplatte Ends as nazi Mop-up of Poland Begins
How the Germans Overran Poland in Four Weeks
CLOSE-UP
Edouard Daladier
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
The Low Countries – Belgium and The Netherlands Are ready to Right with Guns and Floods
MOVIES:
“Hollywood Calvalcade”
SPORTS:
Best Young Baseballers are Owned by Yankee Farm System
ART:
A Great Newspaper Builds a Great Art Museum – The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery
SCIENCE:
Technicians Design Model Rockets Hoping for Transatlantic Flight
RELIGION:
Four-year-old boy becomes Dalai Lama of Tibet
MODERN LIVING:
Oldtime Country Square Dancing Returns to Fashion in Big Cities
Bunchy Necklaces Are Worn to Balance Bustles
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Letters to the Editors
Speaking of Pictures: Marlene Dietrich Hits a New High in Movie Roughhouse
People
LIFE Goes to a Kids’ Football Game
Pictures to the Editors
