--- --- Back to the vault # February 9, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 6February 9, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 6  Issue name February 9th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 6 | U.S. Issue date February 9, 1942 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-02-09/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Arms Across the Sky](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777575,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Dulling of the Thorns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777576,00.html)[World: Across the Causeway](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777577,00.html)[World: Midway Holds](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777578,00.html)[World: Toward Java](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777579,00.html)[World: Spirit in the Islands](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777580,00.html)[World: A Small Plot of U. S. Soil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777581,00.html)[World: How Tough is a Hero?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777582,00.html)[BATTLE OF ASIA: Toward Rangoon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777583,00.html)[World: Tigers Over Burma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777584,00.html)[World: What Hong Kong Needed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777585,00.html)[BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Lateral Passes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777586,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: End of a Lady](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777587,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Back to Bengasi](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777588,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Flying Back From Rio](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777589,00.html)[Foreign News: Not So Close](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777590,00.html)[Foreign News: Six Tired Men](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777591,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: The Course of Empire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777592,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Searchlight or Gas Jet?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777593,00.html)[FRANCE: Young Girl's Fancy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777594,00.html)[GREECE: Hungriest Country](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777595,00.html)[Draft Everybody?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777564,00.html)[Birthday No. 60](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777565,00.html)[U.S. At War: Are You a Parasite?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777566,00.html)[Mr. Knox Rockets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777567,00.html)[U.S. At War: $l-a-Year Men Still Worth It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777568,00.html)[U.S. At War: The Bombers are Growing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777569,00.html)[More Planes, More Ships](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777570,00.html)[ENEMY ALIENS: Asps on the Hearth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777571,00.html)[What About That Toga?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777572,00.html)[LOUISIANA: The Pendulum Swings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777573,00.html)[Detroit: New Era Begins](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777574,00.html)[AIR: Spaatz Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777605,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: San Francisco Begins to Tick](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777606,00.html)[ARMY & NAVY: Unity of Command](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777607,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Honors for Private Brooks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777608,00.html)[ARMY: Good Soup, Good Meat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777609,00.html)[Science: Iron By Electrolysis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777627,00.html)[Science: Alexander Bell's Sheep](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777628,00.html)[Science: Power with Quicksilver](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777629,00.html)[Medicine: Brain Wounds](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777601,00.html)[Medicine: Medicine, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777602,00.html)[Medicine: Clots Unblocked](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777603,00.html)[Medicine: Fatal Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777604,00.html)[The Press: Press on Bataan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777612,00.html)[The Press: Coincidence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777613,00.html)[The Press: Hitchhiker Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777614,00.html)[Religion: Lutherans for Victory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777615,00.html)[Religion: Fighting Emily Post](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777616,00.html)[Religion: Dr. Mott Retires](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777617,00.html)[Religion: Reform Jewry's Leader](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777618,00.html)[STEEL: Scrap Scrap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777630,00.html)[Business & Finance: A Tale of Three Countries](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777631,00.html)[PRICES: Farmers Outfoxed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777632,00.html)[Business & Finance: TIMES INDEX of PRODUCTION](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777633,00.html)[THEORY: National Income Between Wars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777634,00.html)[WAR ECONOMY: Facts, Figures](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777635,00.html)[MANUFACTURING: Schmeller's Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777636,00.html)[WALL STREET: Back to Philadelphia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777637,00.html)[Business & Finance: Prospering Upstart](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777638,00.html)[Business & Finance: Morgan to the Public](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777639,00.html)[Education: Accelerated Education](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777625,00.html)[Education: Universities for the Navy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777626,00.html)[Art: Amateur Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777596,00.html)[The New Pictures, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777597,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777598,00.html)[Music: Songs of the Times](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777599,00.html)[Music: Opera with Harmonica](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777600,00.html)[The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777610,00.html)[The Theater: Playwright Bites Critics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777611,00.html)[Radio: Information & Christianity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777620,00.html)[Radio: Bing to Bataan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777621,00.html)[Radio: Balcony Scene](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777622,00.html)[Radio: Nobler Oboler](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777623,00.html)[Books: El Libertador](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777640,00.html)[Books: Carnies, Heels and Indians](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777641,00.html)[Books: Bluestocking](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777642,00.html)[Books: Half-Century Scoreboard](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777643,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777619,00.html)[People: Spats & Slaps](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777624,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 9, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777563,00.html) February 9th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 6 | U.S. ```json 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