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1943-08-09 Life Magazine Contents

1943/08/09 — Cover featuring Steelworker is credited to Margaret Bourke-White

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

  • Italy: includes sections titled “Italy Looks in Desparation for a Strong Man”, “The Bombing of Rome” with aerial maps, “Modern History of Italy Beings With Four Patriots and a Revolt in 1848”, “Napoleon III Was Midwife at Birth of United Italy Led By the House of Savoy”, “The Dictators: Mussolini and Hitler had their fun but they will have to pay for it”, “Italian Cities Present World’s Best Stage Set for Great and Sad Deeds”. In all this section runs from pages 15 – 27.
  • Editorial: Jobs for Veterans
  • Strange Case of John Durfee

    • ARTICLE:

  • Adventure in Sicily by Jack Belden

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • “Flip Corkin” by John Bainbridge

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Women in Steel – runs from pages 74-81

    • AGRICULTURE:

  • The Speed of Growing Corn

    • ARMY:

  • Negro Division
  • Col. Lovelace’s Record Parachute Jump

    • POSTWAR LIVING:

  • Kitchens of Tomorrow

    • THEATER:

  • “The Army Play by Play”

    • MOVIES:

  • Lucille Ball in Technicolor — Hollywood Cameramen and Technicians Acclaim Lucille Ball as Best Subject for Color Films

    • MEDICINE:

  • Curare

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Servicemen Pick Hollywood Favorites with small photos of Gene Tierney, Veronica Lake, Betty Grable, Maureen O’Hara, Rita Hayworth and several others
  • LIFE Visits Chicago Servicemen’s Country Club
  • Pictures to the Editors