--- --- Back to the vault # January 12, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 2January 12, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 2  Issue name January 12th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 | U.S. Issue date January 12, 1942 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-01-12/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [HIGH COMMAND: E Pluribus Unum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772992,00.html)[Portrait of a Japanese](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772993,00.html)[World: One Way to Lose a War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772994,00.html)[One Way to Win a War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772995,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Last Stand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772996,00.html)[World: Report on a Grimness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772997,00.html)[World: Hoomanawanui](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772998,00.html)[World: Do Not Disturb](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772999,00.html)[World: Pilot Iinuma's Lesson](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773000,00.html)[BATTLE OF ASIA: Bloody Changsha](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773001,00.html)[World: Tigers Prove It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773002,00.html)[BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Bright Prospect](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773003,00.html)[World: Keyes v. Rommel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773004,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE DESERT: With the Bayonet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773005,00.html)[World: Note on Invasion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773006,00.html)[BATTLE OF EUROPE: Fifteen Minutes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773007,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Another Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773008,00.html)[Foreign News: Our Scotland](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773009,00.html)[Foreign News: Back to Biology](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773010,00.html)[Foreign News: Honors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773011,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: Down Under Comes Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773012,00.html)[INDIA: Fresh Start?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773013,00.html)[Foreign News: No Time for Discrimination](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773014,00.html)[Foreign News: Mutiny](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773015,00.html)[Foreign News: A Horrible Thing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773016,00.html)[FRANCE: Help Me!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773017,00.html)[RUSSIA: Manila Is Not Philadelphia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773018,00.html)[CHINA: National Disgrace?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773019,00.html)[Foreign News: Longest Way Round](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773020,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Big Roundup](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773021,00.html)[Where Is the Fleet?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772977,00.html)[U.S. At War: No Casualty Lists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772978,00.html)[U.S. At War: We-AII](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772979,00.html)[Conferences, In Church & Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772980,00.html)[ADMINISTRATION: The Miserable Truth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772981,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: A Peaceful People](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772982,00.html)[HEROES: Eagle to Earth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772983,00.html)[Underground Inaugural](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772984,00.html)[LABOR: Welders' Woes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772985,00.html)[Big Blow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772986,00.html)[LIQUOR: Return of the Drys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772987,00.html)[HORRORS OF WAR: How To Get A Tire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772988,00.html)[NEW YORK: Harlem's First](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772989,00.html)[U.S. At War: Brinckerhoff's Last Trip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772990,00.html)[Without Fuss or Feathers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772991,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense - MANPOWER: On to Six Million](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773034,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Hen-yard Pagliaccio](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773035,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Doctors Wanted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773036,00.html)[AIR: Flying Thunderbolt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773037,00.html)[ARMY: She-Soldiers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773038,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Dogs of War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773039,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Tolerance for Trusses](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773040,00.html)[Science: Evolution by Cooperation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773029,00.html)[Science: Out of the Retorts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773030,00.html)[The Press: Sun Down](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773026,00.html)[The Press: Cleveland Centenarian](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773027,00.html)[Sport: Wonderhorse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773047,00.html)[Sport: Underdog Bites Duke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773048,00.html)[FORECAST: Things to Come](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773041,00.html)[AUTOS: End of a Business](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773042,00.html)[PERSONNEL: Washington Tip-offs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773043,00.html)[MANUFACTURING: Ladies Paid Off](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773044,00.html)[Business & Finance: Production for Use](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773045,00.html)[ADVERTISING: Anatomy of Advertising](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773046,00.html)[Music: World-Weary Colossus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773022,00.html)[Music: Down With Scales](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773023,00.html)[Art: Chicago's Max](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773024,00.html)[Art: Academy at Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773025,00.html)[The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773028,00.html)[Radio: Old Law v. New Thing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773032,00.html)[Cinema: Who Won, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773049,00.html)[The New Pictures, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773050,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773051,00.html)[Books: Honorificabilitudinity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773052,00.html)[Books: Tale of Two Sisters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773053,00.html)[Books: Orphan Convoy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773054,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773033,00.html)[People: People, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773031,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 12, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772976,00.html) January 12th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 | 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 12th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3563105/january-12th-1942-vol-xxxix-no-2-u-s/"}]}]} ```