1938/10/17 -- Cover photograph featuring Carole Lombard is by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK'S EVENTS:
The G.O.P. Puts Its Hope in Fresh New Faces:

  • Pennsylvania - Breaker Boy - Judge James
  • Massachussets: Blueblood - Leverett Saltonstall
  • Indiana: Country Editor - Raymond E. Willis
  • Ohio: President's Son - Robert Taft
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Picture of the Week: London Newsboy Sells World's Biggest News

    • NEWS:

  • Chamberlain Has His Triumph
  • Landslide Shows Work on Fort Peck Dam
  • Garbo Returns - Lady Chamberlain Calls on the Francos
  • President Roosevelt Turns Architect for his Own Cottage

    • War in China Gambles for Asia's Future:

  • The Battle of Hankow in Color
  • Japanese Move Up the Yangtze
  • Strategy of the War
  • Chinese Plays Inspire Hatred of Japan
  • Queen Elizabeth Christens the "Queen Elizabeth"
  • First Pictures of Gambling at Deauville

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • A Loud Cheer for the Screwball Girl - Carole Lombard - 4 pages packed with photos plus parts of 3 additional pages

    • SPORT:

  • Football - Minnesota Produces the Greatest Teams

    • SCIENCE:

  • Sex Hormones

    • FASHION:

  • Tweed Goes to Night Clubs

    • THEATER:

  • "Kiss the Boys Goodbye

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: War Comes Close to British Gardens
  • People
  • Pictures to the Editors