--- --- Back to the vault # February 16, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 7February 16, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 7  Issue name February 16th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date February 16, 1942 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-02-16/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Initiative](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766377,00.html)[World: For Want of a Nail...](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766378,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Message from Libya](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766379,00.html)[World: MACARTHUR AND HIS MEN](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766380,00.html)[BATTLE OF ASIA: By Air & Foot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766381,00.html)[BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Nerts to You, Joe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766382,00.html)[World: Singapore to God](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766383,00.html)[World: Ghost of Sea Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766384,00.html)[World: Asiatics Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766385,00.html)[World: The Golden Isle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766386,00.html)[BATTLE OF RUSSIA: What Spring Will Bring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766387,00.html)[World: What Will Spring Bring?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766388,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: Empire and Humanity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766389,00.html)[Foreign News: Battle of Babble](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766390,00.html)[CANADA: Taps for Meighen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766391,00.html)[Foreign News: Revolution?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766392,00.html)[Foreign News: Barometer Drops](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766393,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Russian Invasion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766394,00.html)[Foreign News: Regardez-moi](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766395,00.html)[EGYPT: Farouk the Foolish](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766396,00.html)[CHINA: Thirteen Billion Blessings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766397,00.html)[ETHIOPIA: Fit To Be Free](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766398,00.html)[World War, THE PEOPLE: Smug, Slothful, Asleep?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766363,00.html)[Under Wraps](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766364,00.html)[Progress Report, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766365,00.html)[U.S. At War: Inopportune](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766366,00.html)[U.S. At War: Chicago Chisling](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766367,00.html)[U.S. At War: Sugar Rations](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766368,00.html)[Acting Guilty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766369,00.html)[U.S. At War: Standley for Litvinoff](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766370,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Pat for Walter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766371,00.html)[ENEMY ALIENS: Scare on the Coast](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766372,00.html)[End of Tammany?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766373,00.html)[U.S. At War: Call to Battle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766374,00.html)[CATASTROPHES: Normandie Burns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766375,00.html)[Return of The Viper](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766376,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Eleanor's Playmates](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766405,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: To Wed or Not to Wed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766406,00.html)[ARMY: New G-2](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766407,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Augusta's Will](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766408,00.html)[AIR: Slight Error](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766409,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: World's Biggest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766410,00.html)[ARMY & NAVY: Nunc Dimittis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766411,00.html)[Science: Powdered Foods](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766425,00.html)[Science: Contradictory Screws](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766426,00.html)[Science: Wasp v. Weevil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766427,00.html)[Medicine: Jungle Hospital](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766415,00.html)[Medicine: Garbo's Gayelord](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766416,00.html)[Medicine: B1 for Migraine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766417,00.html)[Medicine: Bread and Vitamins](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766418,00.html)[The Press: Nazi Discovery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766419,00.html)[The Press: No Time for Comedy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766420,00.html)[The Press: Uncle Joe In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766421,00.html)[The Press: Oursler Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766422,00.html)[Religion: Church & Chapel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766414,00.html)[Sport: Who Won, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766399,00.html)[Sport: More or Less Tennis?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766400,00.html)[Sport: She-Shark](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766401,00.html)[Sport: Giraffes in West Texas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766402,00.html)[Sport: No More Sauerkraut](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766403,00.html)[Facts, Figures, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766428,00.html)[Business: Jesse's Expediter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766429,00.html)[Business: Ingenious McCormick](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766430,00.html)[Waiting for a Streetcar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766431,00.html)[EARNINGS: Shipyard Candor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766432,00.html)[Uncle Ben and Uncle Sam](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766433,00.html)[Business: Typewriters Drafted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766434,00.html)[MANUFACTURING: $2,000,000,000 Worth of Tools](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766435,00.html)[Ylang-Ylang Tree](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766436,00.html)[INSURANCE: Killer's Widow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766437,00.html)[Education: Jalopy Scandal](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766412,00.html)[Education: Tomorrow's High School](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766413,00.html)[The Theatre: Big Names Rubbed Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766423,00.html)[Music: Soviet's Best Bet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766438,00.html)[Music: SYMPHONIC, ETC.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766439,00.html)[Music: Popular, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766440,00.html)[Music: Musician with a K](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766441,00.html)[The New Pictures, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766442,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766443,00.html)[Books: Grand Hotel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766444,00.html)[Books: Omelet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766445,00.html)[Books: Mr. Cabell Goes South](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766446,00.html)[Books: Medium Rare](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766447,00.html)[Miscellany, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766362,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 16, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766404,00.html)[People: Bundles for Brownie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766424,00.html)[Letters: Free French in Tahiti](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766361,00.html) February 16th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 7 | 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":"February 16th, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3563115/february-16th-1942-vol-xxxix-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```