--- --- Back to the vault # March 23, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 12March 23, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX No. 12  Issue name March 23rd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 12 | U.S. Issue date March 23, 1942 Location U.S. Related categories [Business](/vault/subject/business/) [Autos](/vault/subject/autos/) [Industry](/vault/subject/industry/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1942-03-23/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Foreign News: What Happened in Hong Kong](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802268,00.html)[Foreign News: Cripps Trip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802269,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: Last Bastion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802270,00.html)[SWEDEN: Merry Dr. Schmidt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802271,00.html)[Foreign News: Adolf Not Himself?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802272,00.html)[THE BALKANS: Down the Danube](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802273,00.html)[ARGENTINA: Peace Plebiscites](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802274,00.html)[Foreign News: War Clock](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802275,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Winter's End](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802276,00.html)[FRANCE: Road to Glory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802277,00.html)[MADAGASCAR: Aepyornis Island](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802278,00.html)[POLAND: Occupied Press](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802279,00.html)[War Efforts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802248,00.html)[U.S. At War: President's Week, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802249,00.html)[U.S. At War: Leo the Lion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802250,00.html)[Battle of Detroit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802251,00.html)[U.S. At War: Slap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802252,00.html)[U.S. At War: Out of China](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802253,00.html)[Hot Mail](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802254,00.html)[T-Day Dawns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802255,00.html)[Designed for Men](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802256,00.html)[Hannegan's Wake?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802257,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: MacArthur to Australia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802258,00.html)[World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Too Many Fronts?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802259,00.html)[World Battlefronts, THE PHILIPPINES: Hour Ahead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802260,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AUSTRALIA: Beyond the Wall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802261,00.html)[World Batttlefronts: BATTLE OF ASIA: Story from Burma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802262,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EUROPE: Open Season](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802263,00.html)[World Battlefronts: AT SEA: They Shot an Albatross](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802264,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Those French Devils](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802265,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Closer & Closer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802266,00.html)[World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Not Like Napoleon's](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802267,00.html)[CIVILIAN DEFENSE: More Damn Fun](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802292,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense - NAVY: Ancient Mariner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802293,00.html)[U.S. At War: First 60 Days](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802307,00.html)[World Battlefronts: Lessons from Defeat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802308,00.html)[Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Loop Sailors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802316,00.html)[World Battlefronts: China's American](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802321,00.html)[Science: Perpetual Power?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802280,00.html)[Science: Keep 'Em Flying (Bee Dept.)](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802281,00.html)[Medicine: Chest Examiner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802286,00.html)[Medicine: Domestic Eyes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802287,00.html)[The Press: Stout Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802283,00.html)[The Press: Hearst's Third War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802309,00.html)[The Press: For a Price](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802310,00.html)[Religion: The Vatican & Japan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802290,00.html)[Sport: Horses, Dogs, Cauliflowers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802289,00.html)[Sport: Right Put; Wrong Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802314,00.html)[Sport: Best Picks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802315,00.html)[Gloom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802296,00.html)[No Shortage of Politics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802297,00.html)[MANUFACTURING: Suicide by Consent](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802298,00.html)[OIL: Ration Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802299,00.html)[INSURANCE: What Price Competition?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802300,00.html)[MINING: End of the Argonaut](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802301,00.html)[Business: Bad News for American](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802302,00.html)[Facts, Figures, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802303,00.html)[Education: Stanford Goes Humanist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802294,00.html)[Education: Boom in Military Schools](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802317,00.html)[Radio: Radio Warfare](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802284,00.html)[The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802285,00.html)[Music: Oldtimer Remembered](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802288,00.html)[Art: Mrs. Logan Keeps Mum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802295,00.html)[The New Pictures, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802305,00.html)[Books: Enchanted Land](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802306,00.html)[Radio: Suppurating Serials](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802311,00.html)[The Theater: New Show in Manhattan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802312,00.html)[The Theater: Season's Best on Broadway](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802313,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802318,00.html)[Books: Sources of Fortitude](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802319,00.html)[Books: Unintentional Best-Seller](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802320,00.html)[Music: Arrau Makes Hay](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802322,00.html)[Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802304,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802282,00.html)[People: To Have & Have Not](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802291,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 23, 1942](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802247,00.html) March 23rd, 1942 | Vol. XXXIX, No. 12 | 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, 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