1938/10/03 -- Cover featuring Czech Soldier is credited to Margaret Bourke-White

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK'S EVENTS:
Threat of War:

  • Inside the Maginot Line
  • Outside the Siegfried Line
  • The Changing Map of Europe
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • War or Peace: Chamberlain Flies to Hitler
  • Girls Color Legion's Los Angeles Convention
  • Hurricane Sweeps Long Island and New England
  • The First LIFE House Starts Up

    • THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Negroes - The U.S. Also Has a Minority Problem -- 11 pages packed with photos

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • The Rise and Decline of Benito Mussolini by G.A. Borgese

    • MOVIES:

  • "That Certain Age"
  • ... and Deanna Durbin Devotees in Action

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • Taxi Exercises for Busy Girls

    • SPORTS:

  • Artist Brodie Reports on the Pennant-Winning Yankees

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures -- Football Foolishness
  • LIFE Goes to a Party With the Windsors on the Riviera
  • Pictures to the Editors