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1942-04-06 Life Magazine Contents

1942/04/06 — Cover featuring “Bomber Task Force” is credited to Frank Scherschel.

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • West Coast Japs are Interned in Mountain Camp
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • High Commissioner Sayre Presents Jap Sword to President Roosevelt
  • Food Pours into France But Germans Snatch It
  • Famous Guns Are Salvaged for New U.S. Victory
  • Guerrillas on Oregon Coast Ready Guns for Invasion
  • West Virginia University Topples Favorites to Win basketball Tourney
  • Senator Langer Wins Over “Moral Turpitude” Charge

    • ARTICLE:

  • Three Men on a Raft by Harold F. Dixon

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Bomber Task Force

    • THEATER:

  • “The Moon is Down” based on John Steinbeck story

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • Small Fry Clothes — Steig Cartoons Inspire New Outfits for Children

    • SCIENCE:

  • Industrial Accidents Jump in Wartime

    • ART:

  • Dutch Artist Designs Windows for U.S. Church
  • U.S. Government War Art

    • MOVIES:

  • Janet Blair is New Star

    • NATIONAL DEFENSE:

  • Army’s Iron Rations

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Old New Orleans Ironwork
  • LIFE Goes to An Episcopal Confirmation
  • Pictures to the Editors

    • Notable advertising includes: Joan Bennett for Chesterfields, Four Roses Whiskey ad illustrated by John Falter, full-page ad for The Shores of Tripoli, Schenley’s Cream of Kentucky Bourbon ad illustrated by Norman Rockwell, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.