--- --- Back to the vault # February 2, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 5February 2, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 5  Issue name February 2nd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 5 | U.S. Issue date February 2, 1942 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-02-02/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [INTERNATIONAL: Death Rides a Cootie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849736,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Growth of an Ideal](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849737,00.html)[Foreign News: Eleven Parties,Two Candidates](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849738,00.html)[CANADA: Dastardly? Cowardly?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849739,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Problem for Critics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849740,00.html)[Foreign News: Where Is the Jap Fleet?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849741,00.html)[Foreign News: Lift Not Working](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849742,00.html)[BURMA: Sir Paw for U Saw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849743,00.html)[THE BALKANS: Delayed Dispatch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849744,00.html)[Nelson Takes Over](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849705,00.html)[U.S. At War: Judgment Day](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849706,00.html)[U.S. At War: HOW PEARL HARBOR HAPPENED](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849707,00.html)[Daylight Saving](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849708,00.html)[U.S. At War: Sic Transit Jalopy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849709,00.html)[Break in the Levee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849710,00.html)[U.S. At War: Pensions for Good Boys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849711,00.html)[Price Non-Control](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849712,00.html)[Standing Room Only](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849713,00.html)[U.S. At War: Rex in Puerto Rico](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849714,00.html)[Search Unrewarded](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849715,00.html)[U.S. At War: Career for Joe Lash](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849716,00.html)[U.S. At War: Return of Litchfield County](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849717,00.html)[John L. v. the Strong Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849718,00.html)[NORTH CAROLINA: Silver Shirt, Striped](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849719,00.html)[GEORGIA: War Comes to All-Benny](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849720,00.html)[NEW YORK: Little Flower Going Primrosy?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849721,00.html)[ALIENS: Japanese Obsession](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849722,00.html)[World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Hand Across the Seas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849723,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: There Is the Fleet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849724,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Bright Stars, Dark Sky](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849725,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Singapore in Sight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849726,00.html)[World Battlefronts: City Facing the Sea](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849727,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Burma Front](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849728,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Sermon in Pearl Harbor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849729,00.html)[World Battlefronts: The Deed Is All](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849730,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Over There](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849731,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Der O'Glock, Vat Ist?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849732,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Wedge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849733,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Memorial to Lenin](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849734,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: The Seesaws Saws Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849735,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Chick into Eaglet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849745,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Handbook](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849746,00.html)[Army & Navy - NAVY: Bargain Barkentine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849747,00.html)[AIR: Ladybirds to Britain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849748,00.html)[Army & Navy - Don't Spit on the Floor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849749,00.html)[Science: New Flowers by X-Rays](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849785,00.html)[Science: Greatest Waste](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849786,00.html)[Science: Helium the Lawbreaker](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849787,00.html)[Medicine: Four Pints of Blood](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849758,00.html)[Medicine: Too Much Mother](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849759,00.html)[Religion: Lepers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849750,00.html)[Religion: Cosmo Cantuar Steps Down](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849751,00.html)[Religion: Bosumtwe to Baptism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849753,00.html)[Sport: Immortal No. 27](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849768,00.html)[AUTOS: Tsar Kanzler](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849772,00.html)[RUBBER: Chewing It Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849773,00.html)[Business & Finance: Gratuity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849774,00.html)[RAILROADS: Erie Will Never....?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849775,00.html)[Business: Business, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849776,00.html)[OIL: Happy Coincidence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849777,00.html)[Business & Finance: How to Shame a Customer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849778,00.html)[SUGAR: Foresight Fails to Pay](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849779,00.html)[UTILITIES: Cashing In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849780,00.html)[Business & Finance: Landlocked Shipbuilder](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849781,00.html)[SHIPPING: No More Intercoastal](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849782,00.html)[Business & Finance: Figures, Facts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849783,00.html)[WAR ECONOMY: Nickel, Nickel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849784,00.html)[Education: Colgate's Cutten](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849752,00.html)[Education: Two-Year Bachelors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849754,00.html)[Education: New College Boards](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849755,00.html)[The Theater: Old Musical in Manhattan, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849756,00.html)[The Theater: Culture Salesman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849757,00.html)[Radio: Bushido Treatment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849761,00.html)[Radio: State of Broadcasting](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849762,00.html)[Radio: Farewell, Ford](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849763,00.html)[The New Pictures, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849764,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849765,00.html)[Art: Mass Debut](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849767,00.html)[Music: Not Even Stravinsky](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849769,00.html)[Music: Iturbi's Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849770,00.html)[Music: New Carmen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849771,00.html)[Books: Symbol](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849788,00.html)[Books: Bull's-Eye for Bovarys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849789,00.html)[Books: Obit In Baton Rouge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849790,00.html)[Books: Murder in January, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849791,00.html)[Miscellany, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849704,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849766,00.html)[People: Uniforms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849760,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 2, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849703,00.html) February 2nd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 5 | U.S. ```json 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