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1949-04-04 Life Magazine Contents

1949/04/04 — Cover photograph featuring Paul G. Hoffman of the ECA is credited to Yousuf Karsh.

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

  • Red Visitors Cause Rumpus

    • Editorials:

  • Pacific Retreat
  • Nickel Beer
  • Hippopotamus Joyfully Greets Prospective Mate
  • The Great Finnish Wolf Hunt

  • “Mr. Kelly” Wins an Election – about Henri Queuille of France

  • Jack Benny Tries TV
  • Future King of Sweden Plays in the Snow

    • CLOSE-UPS:

  • Wishbone Harris and the Town Wave by Percy Knauth

  • Paul Hoffman by Noel F. Busch

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Spain – Photographs for LIFE by Dmitri Kessel

    • SPORTS:

  • Vince Foster Sequel

    • EDUCATION:

  • After Ten Years – C.C.N.Y. Alumni gather to read prophecies they made as seniors in 1939

    • ART:

  • Ithaca Paints – A lusty, fast growing enthusiasm for art transforms the whole town into a gallery

    • ENTERTAINMENT:

  • Circus Gets Ready

    • DANCE:

  • Hyderabad Dancers

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • Blue Ribbon Cook
  • The Lakeliner

    • THEATER:

  • Spring Farces

    • MUSIC:

  • The Singing Combo Comes Back, with large photo of Peggy Lee and Dean Martin

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • LIFE’s Reports: “Dokumenty Tovarish!” by Vladimir Petrov
  • Speaking of Pictures: A Mass Negro Baptism
  • Letters to the Editors
  • People
  • LIFE Goes to the St. George;s Society Ball

    • Notable advertising includes: Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in “The Pride of the Yankees”, Esther Williams with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, Yvonne de Carlo for Jolene Shoes (in color), and a Coca-Cola ad on back cover.