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1940-02-26 Life Magazine Contents

1940/02/26 — Cover featuring Carhop is credited to Francis Miller

Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • Youth Congress in Washington Hears President Tell Them They’re All Wet
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Mrs. Worthington Scranton Gets the Republican Convention Away from Mayor Kelly of Chicago
  • Finnish Town HIdes in the Woods to Get Away from Russian Bombers
  • “March of Time” films Pope and Vatican
  • Marineland Camera Records Birth of Porpoise
  • German Victors Set About Destroying Conquered Poland
  • Glenn Frank Presents a Program for Republican Party

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • The Thirties: Picture Record of Depression’s Decade is a photo-essay running from pages 67-79

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • Gargantuao

    • ASTRONOMY:

  • Five Planets Line up as Evening Stars

    • THEATER:

  • Pretty Girls, Witty Songs Make “Meet the People” Hollywood Hit

    • MUSIC:

  • Koussevitzky Conducts Best US Orchestra

    • SCIENCE:

  • Human Infants Studied in Laboratory
  • Museum Display Shows What Animals See and How

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • Houston Drive-In Trade Gets Girl Show With Its Hamburgers

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Ace Goalie Poses for Ace Action Shots – New York Rangers Dave Kerr
  • LIFE Goes to a Finnish Festival in Minnesota
  • Pictures to the Editors

    • Notable advertising includes: Announcing the Chrysler Highlander, Dumb Dora cartoon for Shredded Ralston+, Kool Cigarettes ad with the Kool Penguin*, and a Camel Cigarettes ad is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page