--- --- Back to the vault # January 24, 1938 | Vol. XXXI No. 4January 24, 1938 | Vol. XXXI No. 4  Issue name January 24th, 1938 | Vol. XXXI, No. 4 | U.S. Issue date January 24, 1938 Location U.S. Related categories [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Civil Rights](/vault/subject/civil-rights/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1938-01-24/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE PRESIDENCY: Amputating Tails](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758931,00.html)[National Affairs: Voices at the White House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758932,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Black's White](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758933,00.html)[LABOR: Eliza v. Overseer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758934,00.html)[National Affairs: Miners Whammed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758935,00.html)[JUDICIARY: No. 2](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758936,00.html)[WISCONSIN: WDA Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758937,00.html)[CRIME: Unhappy Horse Thief](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758938,00.html)[POLITICAL NOTES: Author](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758939,00.html)[National Affairs: Mush](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758940,00.html)[WAR IN CHINA: Shantung, Hong Kong](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758941,00.html)[Foreign News: True Intentions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758942,00.html)[Foreign News: For Japanese, the Gong!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758943,00.html)[WAR IN SPAIN: Wave of Desertions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758944,00.html)[Foreign News: Death Underground](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758945,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: Satellites and Planets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758946,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Mercury with a Fork](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758947,00.html)[Foreign News: Statesman v. Thunderer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758948,00.html)[Foreign News: Ancestors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758949,00.html)[EGYPT: Five Cent Shot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758950,00.html)[RUMANIA: Impudent!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758951,00.html)[FRANCE: If You Want Liberty. . . .](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758952,00.html)[RUSSIA: God's Candles, Devil's Brooms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758953,00.html)[Foreign News: Metropolitan Orgies?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758954,00.html)[GERMANY: War Lord Takes a Wife](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758955,00.html)[Foreign News: Ersatz](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758956,00.html)[BRAZIL: No Nazi](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758957,00.html)[Animals: Rollers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758958,00.html)[Animals: Unfortunate Fever](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758959,00.html)[Animals: Lady & Pandas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758960,00.html)[Science: Biggest Star](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758991,00.html)[Science: Photosynthesis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758992,00.html)[Science: Manual Voice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758993,00.html)[Science: Stupid Creatures](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758994,00.html)[Medicine: Bootleg Nurses](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758972,00.html)[Medicine: Coffee Pains](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758973,00.html)[Medicine: Emotional Circuits](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758974,00.html)[Press: Fellows](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758984,00.html)[Press: Time & Space](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758985,00.html)[Press: Strikes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758986,00.html)[Press: Farmer's Wife](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758987,00.html)[Press: Stern For Stern](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758988,00.html)[Religion: Addled Egg](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758964,00.html)[Religion: Polyglot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758965,00.html)[Religion: Noe's Woes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758966,00.html)[Religion: Fuller](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758967,00.html)[Sport: Point a Minute](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758995,00.html)[Sport: Point a Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758996,00.html)[Sport: Wilson's Tennists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758997,00.html)[Transport: First & Last](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758981,00.html)[Transport: Grounded](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758982,00.html)[Transport: Jounceless](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758983,00.html)[Business: Jam Breaking?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758998,00.html)[Business: FCC on Mae West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758999,00.html)[Business: Quarter in the Slot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759000,00.html)[Business: Long Grind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759001,00.html)[Business: M. M. & M.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759002,00.html)[Business: Hindsight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759003,00.html)[Education: Propaganda Battle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758961,00.html)[Education: C.I.O. to Yale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758962,00.html)[Education: Speech Sale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758963,00.html)[Art: L'Art Cruel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758968,00.html)[Art: Carnegie's Cloth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758969,00.html)[Art: Lyricists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758970,00.html)[Art: Professor Curry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758971,00.html)[Cinema: Testament](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758976,00.html)[Cinema: Aesop's Gag](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758977,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 24, 1938](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758978,00.html)[Cinema: Also Showing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758979,00.html)[The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 24, 1938](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758989,00.html)[The Theatre: Respite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758990,00.html)[Music: Joint Rocked](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759004,00.html)[Music: Posthumous Mass](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759005,00.html)[Books: Semantics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759006,00.html)[Books: Cloete Banned](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759007,00.html)[Books: Red Menace](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759008,00.html)[Books: Author Unstuck](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759009,00.html)[Books: Stubborn Saint](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759010,00.html)[Books: Delinquents' Library](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759011,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 24, 1938](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758980,00.html)[People, Jan. 24, 1938](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758975,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 24, 1938](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758930,00.html) January 24th, 1938 | Vol. XXXI, No. 4 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"January 24th, 1938 | Vol. XXXI, No. 4 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3562641/january-24th-1938-vol-xxxi-no-4-u-s/"}]}]} ```