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1942-10-05 Life Magazine Contents

1942/10/05 — Cover featuring “Hats in Fashion” featuring Joan Thorsen is credited to Philippe Halsman

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • Red Army Fights for Mother Russia
  • … Wendell Willkie Writes of Interview With Stalin
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Columnist Westbrook Pegler Strips His Auto Bumpers for Scrap
  • Battle Action in the Solomons
  • American Legion Opens Ranks to Veterans of World War II

    • ARTICLE:

  • Armies That Win by David Cort is a short history of the art of warfare including the evolution of weapons and the principles that have always brought victory

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Nations Leaders Take Hasty Lunches in Crowded Capital

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • Alexander Kartveli by Joseph Kastner

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • What to Expect of Babies of Different Ages
  • Eye Catcher Hats

    • SCIENCE:

  • Night Vision

    • ARMY & NAVY:

  • Christmas Gifts for Services Should Be Mailed Early
  • Amateur Photographers Can Help U.S. Work Out Invasion Plans
  • Armoured Force Cartoons Tell Soldiers How to Act If Captured

    • NATURAL HISTORY:

  • This Years Plentiful Fruit and Vegetable Harvest Is Frugally Picked

    • THEATER:

  • “The Pirate” with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

    • MOVIES:

  • Lucille Ball Wins First Chance as Big-Time Star – Du Barry Was a Lady featuring photos of Lucy dancing

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: New Experiemtns by Andreas Feininger
  • LIFE’s Reports: Nebraska’s Scrap Campaign by Russell W. Davenport
  • LIFE Visits U.S. Army Nurses in New Caldonia
  • Pictures to the Editors
  • Full-page black & white ad for “Desperate Journey” starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan