--- --- Back to the vault # January 5, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 1January 5, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 1  Issue name January 5th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 1 | U.S. Issue date January 5, 1942 Location U.S. Related categories [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-01-05/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE AMERICAS: Incident at St. Pierre](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795675,00.html)[Foreign News: Returning Hero](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795676,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: Again, the Nerves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795677,00.html)[GERMANY: Befehlshaber's New Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795678,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: Britain Told](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795679,00.html)[CHINA: Tough Guy for Tough Times](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795680,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Character in Question](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795681,00.html)[The U.S. At War, Great Decisions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795646,00.html)[The U.S. At War: CHURCHILL TO CONGRESS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795647,00.html)[The U.S. At War: Man of the Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795648,00.html)[The U.S. At War: President's Week, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795649,00.html)[The U.S. At War: Little Girl, Big Job](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795650,00.html)[The U.S. At War, The Wounded Return](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795651,00.html)[The U.S. At War: Red-Tape Language](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795652,00.html)[The U.S. At War, HORRORS OF WAR: No Cushions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795653,00.html)[The U.S. At War, Hot Talk](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795654,00.html)[The U.S. At War, BOTTLENECKS: Dialogue in the White House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795655,00.html)[The U.S. At War, ENEMY ALIENS: Christmas at The White](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795656,00.html)[The U.S. At War, Hail But Not Farewell](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795657,00.html)[World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Campaign in the Balance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795658,00.html)[World Battlefronts, THE PHILIPPINES: Desperate, Not Hopeless](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795659,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Volunteer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795660,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Remember Manila](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795661,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Wake's 378](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795662,00.html)[World Battlefronts: New Commander's Job](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795663,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Life and Death on Borneo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795664,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Hong Kong: A Way of Life Dies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795665,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Olympian Triumph](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795666,00.html)[World Battlefronts: No. I Fifth Column](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795667,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF CHINA: Defense & Offensive](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795668,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Will to Win](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795669,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Where Wavell Left Off](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795670,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Jenkins of the Soviets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795671,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Do-Nothings Spanked](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795672,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EUROPE: Raid at Dawn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795673,00.html)[World Battlefronts: AT SEA: War on U.S. Shipping](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795674,00.html)[LABOR: Peace for the Duration?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795682,00.html)[Home Affairs: Flicker of Light](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795683,00.html)[HOUSING: Gothic Gazebo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795684,00.html)[MERCHANT MARINE: Seamen Wanted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795685,00.html)[ECONOMY: Where Is the Waste?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795686,00.html)[MASSACHUSETTS: Path of Glory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795687,00.html)[Army & Navy - ENLISTMENTS: The Rush Goes On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795705,00.html)[Army & Navy: Army & Navy, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795706,00.html)[Army & Navy: The Fighting Coverts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795707,00.html)[Army & Navy: History Repeated](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795708,00.html)[ARMY: Durable D](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795709,00.html)[Army & Navy: World's Fastest Cruiser](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795739,00.html)[Science: Ingenious Waves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795691,00.html)[Science: Good Mixers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795694,00.html)[Science: Help for Farmers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795695,00.html)[Science: Convoyed Pandas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795738,00.html)[Medicine: Flies & Polio](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795688,00.html)[Medicine: Carrots Are Not Enough](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795690,00.html)[Press: Censorship's Progress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795689,00.html)[Press: Different This Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795692,00.html)[Press: Winchell Part Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795693,00.html)[Religion: Religion in Schools](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795698,00.html)[Religion: Pope Proposes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795699,00.html)[Religion: Except the Lord Keep the City](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795700,00.html)[Religion: Malvern OutMalverned](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795701,00.html)[Religion: Honorable Confinement](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795702,00.html)[Religion: The Church at War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795703,00.html)[Sport: Tropical Forecast](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795718,00.html)[Sport: Fist Facts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795719,00.html)[Sport: Who Won, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795720,00.html)[Sport: Big Ben](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795721,00.html)[Business: Boom, Shortages, Taxes, War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795723,00.html)[TRANSPORT: Coordinator](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795724,00.html)[FOOD: Let the Chips Fall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795725,00.html)[MANUFACTURING: Mud Cats & Mountain Goats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795726,00.html)[AVIATION: Walter and Olive Ann](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795727,00.html)[MINING: Men and Midas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795728,00.html)[LABOR: Kokomo's Count](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795729,00.html)[Education: Third R](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795696,00.html)[Education: No Half-Baked Drill](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795697,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795710,00.html)[The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795711,00.html)[Art: In Congress' Library](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795712,00.html)[Radio: Churchill to World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795713,00.html)[Radio: Illegal Transmitter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795714,00.html)[Music: Europe's Musicians](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795715,00.html)[Radio: Dawn's Early Lightener](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795716,00.html)[Music: Return of Hubermann](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795717,00.html)[The New Pictures, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795731,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795732,00.html)[Books: Biography in Pictures](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795733,00.html)[Books: Cyclorama: Third Panel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795734,00.html)[Books: Down Under](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795735,00.html)[Books: Variations by Schuman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795736,00.html)[Books: Murder in December, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795737,00.html)[Miscellany, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795730,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795704,00.html)[People: People, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795722,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 5, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795645,00.html) January 5th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 1 | U.S. ```json 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