--- --- Back to the vault # February 23, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 8February 23, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 8  Issue name February 23rd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 8 | U.S. Issue date February 23, 1942 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-02-23/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [FALL OF SINGAPORE: General Percival's Choice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884444,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: Balance in the Balance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884461,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Sticks and Stones](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884462,00.html)[Foreign News: Smile, Smile, Smile](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884463,00.html)[EUROPE: Pattern of Conquest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884464,00.html)[BRAZIL: Prison into Fortress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884465,00.html)[Foreign News: Censors Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884466,00.html)[EGYPT: New Plans, Old Problem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884467,00.html)[Foreign News: Last Boundary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884509,00.html)[Worst Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884434,00.html)[THE PEOPLE: Bring Home MacArthur!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884435,00.html)[U.S. At War: Rumbles From the Coast](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884436,00.html)[Axis Fever](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884437,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION: The Strategy of Truth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884438,00.html)[U.S. At War: Waiting in the Wings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884439,00.html)[The Mood of the Statesmen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884440,00.html)[U.S. At War: Joke & Tag Line](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884441,00.html)[CATASTROPHE: Carelessness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884442,00.html)[World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: The Meaning of Disasters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884443,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Whose Fault?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884445,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: Pomp & the Circumstances](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884446,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Japs Eye Indies & India](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884447,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Things to Come](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884448,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: The Way to Win a War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884449,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Dutchman's Chance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884450,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Sumatra, Too](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884451,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Lull, Attack, Lull](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884452,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Many Happy Returns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884453,00.html)[World Battlefronts: New Order in Manila](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884454,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Shells at Aruba](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884455,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Dead Men Tell a Tale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884456,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Through The Strait](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884457,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Seven Reasons](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884458,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Push, Bleed, Destroy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884459,00.html)[World Battlefronts: HEROES: One-Man Blitz](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884460,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: Apathetic Males](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884473,00.html)[ARMY: Tankers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884474,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense - MANPOWER: Fathers & Sons](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884475,00.html)[AIR: 500,000 Models](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884476,00.html)[Medicine: Doctor Shortage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884491,00.html)[Medicine: Another Vaccine for the Army](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884492,00.html)[The Press: Colonel McCormick Rides Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884468,00.html)[The Press: News Shop Shuts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884469,00.html)[Religion: Bibles for Soldiers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884477,00.html)[Religion: Chaplains in Bataan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884478,00.html)[Religion: New Bishop for Long Island](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884479,00.html)[Sport: She Asked For It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884480,00.html)[Sport: Highest Yet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884481,00.html)[Sport: Rare Bird](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884482,00.html)[Current Affairs Test](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884504,00.html)[WAR ECONOMY: Musts for the Silver Months](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884496,00.html)[RAILROADS: Not How Much, But For What](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884497,00.html)[TEXTILES: Parachutes Mean Bare Legs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884498,00.html)[SUBCONTRACTING: Stanley Plan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884499,00.html)[MINING: The Winning of the West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884500,00.html)[AVIATION: Am Ex to Foynes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884501,00.html)[STEEL: Logical Merger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884502,00.html)[Education: Tom Sawyer v. Tom Swift](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884470,00.html)[Education: Challenge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884471,00.html)[Education: Too Many High Schools?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884472,00.html)[Music: Grand Operetta](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884483,00.html)[Music: Opera: Si or No](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884484,00.html)[Music: Jazz Belectured](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884485,00.html)[The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884486,00.html)[Radio: Study Period](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884487,00.html)[Radio: This Is War!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884488,00.html)[Radio: Radio War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884489,00.html)[Radio: No More Sets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884490,00.html)[Art: Iowa's Painter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884493,00.html)[Art: Skeezix is 21](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884494,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884505,00.html)[Books: Back to Earth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884506,00.html)[Books: If it die](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884507,00.html)[Books: Opp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884508,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884510,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884503,00.html)[People: Bejeweled Hyena](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884495,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884433,00.html) February 23rd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 8 | 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 23rd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 8 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3563117/february-23rd-1942-vol-xxxix-no-8-u-s/"}]}]} ```