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1943-12-13 Life Magazine Contents

1943/12/13 — Cover featuring Chinese Muslim is credited to William Vandivert

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

  • The Fight for Tarawa
  • Editorial: Pacific Plans includes full page map of the Pacific titled “Death Sentence of an Empire”
  • Whiskey Shortage from Coast to Coast
  • Rare White Cocker Spaniel is Born in California
  • Axis Newsreels Show Axis Strength

    • ARTICLES:

  • Rationing and Price Control by Chester Bowles
  • U.S.S. Borie’s Last Battle by John Hersey

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Sinkiang

    • SCIENCE:

  • Harvard’s Eateria

    • WAR LIVING:

  • Three Servicemen’s Wives Triple Up

    • DANCE:

  • Alexis Smith Turns Dancer

    • WAR:

  • Psychological Warfare

    • ANIMALS:

  • Artificial Breeding

    • MOVIES:

  • “Madame Curie” with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: The Old Hell Is Still the Best
  • LIFE’s Reports: The Bombing of Berlin by John Scott
  • LIFE Goes to a London Beauty Contest
  • Pictures to the Editors

    • Notable advertising includes: Brian Donlevy for Calox*, Pennsylvania Railroad with large color John Clymer illustration, “Greatest Force on Earth” is 2-page Dextrose ad with large color illustration of a caveman by Frank Bensing VI, Boris Karloff for Lanolin Shaving Cream*, full-page ad for “The Song of Bernadette” features full-length illustration of star Jennifer Jones by Norman Rockwell, Sperry Corporation with large b&w illustration by Anton Otto Fischer, and a Camel Cigarettes ad with Santa Claus on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.