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1942-02-16 Life Magazine Contents

1942/02/16 — Cover featuring “Singer and Soldier” featuring Shirley Lloyd with Private First Class David S. Ingall of Plymouth, MI is credited to William C. Shrout

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • U.S. Auto Plants Are Cleared for War
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Pearl Harbor Widows Report for Work at Aircraft Factory
  • Atlanta Stages Bicycle Parade to Boost Rubber Conservation
  • Movie Stars Offer Blood as Red Cross Starts Drive — photo shows Carole Landis looking on as Cecil B. DeMille gives blood
  • Pictures of Pearl Harbor Disaster Show Its Hell
  • Army Sweethearts Sing and Broadcast for Troops
  • The Homestead Entertains Jap Diplomats as Patriotic Duty

    • ARTICLES:

  • America’s War and America’s Peace by Henry R. Luce

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • U.S. Corps of Engineers

    • ROLL OF HONOR:

  • War Breeds Heroes in U.S. Forces
  • America’s Medals of Honor and Battle Flags

    • MOVIES:

  • “Woman of the Year” starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

    • ART:

  • Skeezix is 21

    • MEDICINE:

  • Sutures Show Fine Art of Knots and Stitches

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Masked Girl Runs Emotional Gamut
  • LIFE’s Report: Care of the Wounded on the Bataan Front
  • LIFE Goes on a Skiing Weekend at Timberline Lodge
  • Pictures to the Editors

    • Notable advertising includes: full-page ad featuring Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in King’s Row, Texaco ad illustrated by Gluyas Williams, DeBeers Consolidated ad with color illustration by Miguel Covarrubias, half-page ad for Julep Cigarettes asks “Do War Nerves Make you Smoke Too Much? — Switch to Juleps and smoke all you want!”*, half-page ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon illustrated by O. Soglow*, , and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.