TITLE: LIFE magazine
[Classic LIFE Magazine, with all the great photographs, features, writers, vintage advertisements and MORE -- See FULL contents below!]
ISSUE DATE: December 11, 1939; vol. 7, No. 24
CONDITION: LARGE magazine, Approx 10oe" X 13oe". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD + condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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LIFE'S COVER. The whirling girl on the cover is Betty Grable from Missouri. This month she is making her first appearance on Broadway as a musical-comedy actress in Du Barry Was a Lady. Betty is 5 ft. 3 in. tall, has honey-colored hair, a pleasantly breezy manner on stage. Born in St. Louis, she moved to Hollywood when she was 14 to enter dancing school. Without much publicity she danced in half a dozen movies, then toured with Jackie Coogan in vaudeville and married him in 1937. For another view of Miss Grable and her hit show, see page 61.

THE WEEK'S EVENTS:
Japanese Capture of Nanning Cuts China's Busiest Back-Door Road.
LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World.
War on the Western Front: A French Poilu Sits Guard on German Border.
Germany's "Deutschland" Sinks British Cruiser.
British Warplanes Are Towed Across Canadian Border; Browder Is Cheered and Jeered at Yale.
L.S.U.'s Ex-President Cuts Cane in Stripes.
On Sadie Hawkins Day Girls Chase Boys in 201 Colleges.
Reds Attack Finland by Land, Sea and Air.
LIFE in a Blackout: Drawings by Wallace Morgan.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Kansas Girls: Life Is Fun For Them at State University.

CLOSE-UP: Jawaharlal Nehru.

MOVIES: "The Lion Has Wings".

THEATER:
"Do Barry Was a Lady".
Cole Porter Writes Broadway's Top Sophisticated Songs.

ART: John Sloan: A Great Teacher-Painter Crusades for American Art. [NICE, In-depth article, with multiple photos!]

SPORTS: Boxing Commission Fails to Make Harry Thomas Talk.

MODERN LIVING:
New Covered-Up Fashions May Mean Strip-Tease on Southern Beaches.
Hollywood Holds Birthday Party for Year-Old Fingernails.

MUSIC: Dorothy Maynor: Negro Singer from Virginia Makes Concert Debut.

EDUCATION: Boston Children Study Animals in Own Museum.

SCIENCE: U.S. Army Has Finest Rifle: National Guard Gets Its First Supply of Garands.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Letters to the Editors.
Speaking of Pictures: These Musicians Are Made of Fruit.
People.
LIFE Goes to a Basketball Game at Salem, Ind.
Pictures to the Editors.


FULL PAGE vintage ADS include:
COCA-COLA ad with Haddon Sundblom painting of Santa Claus!
-- PLUS MORE FULL PAGE, and MANY smaller ads!

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