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1938-05-09 Life Magazine Contents

1938/05/09 — Cover featuring Summer Fashions is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • La Follettes’ Bid for 1944
  • Newark Gets an Archbishop
  • Cardinal Against Modern Fashions
  • Pope Canonizes Three
  • Avalanche Caught
  • Switzerland Keeps Freedom
  • Picture-of-the-Week
  • Rome Builds Hitler Street
  • New Play at China’s Front
  • A Chrysler Weds a Sykes
  • Boy Gets 14 Years
  • Sam Insull Comes Home
  • 1,000,000 Volt Sermon
  • Death Leap Fails

    • THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • LIFE’s Portfolio of Summer Styles
  • Fascism – Mussolini’s Corporative State

    • SPORT:

  • Dizzy Dean Mugs the Gashouse Gang – 3 pages, Dizzy’s with the Cubs
  • Seabiscuit Makes Faces – 1 page, 4 photos of Seabiscuit

    • SCIENCE:

  • Mellon Institute Works for Industry

    • MOVIES:

  • Ginger Rogers in “Vivacious Lady” – Includes a full-page color photo of Ginger Rogers

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures — Bubble Gum’s War in China
  • LIFE Goes to a Party for the Prime Minister
  • Pictures to the Editors
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover