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1942-04-20 Life Magazine Contents

1942/04/20 — Cover featuring “1942 Slacks” (Peggy Jeanne Ellis) is credited to Nina Leen.

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • England Falls in Love With Russia
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Ballerina Vera Zorina Leads Elephant Ballet in Circus
  • C.I.O. and A.F. of L. Presidents Pledge Unity for Victory Effort
  • Bataan Wounded Lived with Pain
  • Nation Honors Army on 25th Anniversary of Entry into World War I
  • ARTICLE:

  • War Days on Corregidor by Francis B. Sayre
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • How to Build a Battleship
  • SCIENCE:

  • Western Engineers Survey Snow to Measure Summer Run-Off
  • MOVIES:

  • “My Favorite Blonde”
  • MODERN LIVING:

  • Slacks
  • Women Lose Pockets and Frills to Save Fabrics
  • ART:

  • Whitney Museum of American Art – 5 pages, 4 of which are color reproductions of 8 paintings
  • SPORTS:

  • Muscle Men Break Records at San Francisco Meet
  • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Anti-Axis Cartoons
  • LIFE’s Reports: The Fiery End of Palembang’s Oil
  • People
  • Roll of Honor
  • LIFE Calls on the Stanton Family at War
  • Pictures to the Editors
  • Notable advertising includes: half-page ad featuring wrestler Man Mountain Dean for Wembley Nor-East Ties*, one-coolumn ad for Triscuit with illustration by Peter Arno, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring pitchman Joe DiMaggio along with 6 in-action photos of DiMaggio’s swing on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

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