PRATT, WILLIAM V.; FUQUA STEPHEN O. - Newsweek - the Magazine of News Significance: April 29, 1940 - Cover Photo of Swedish Sentinels

Dayton, Ohio, USA: Weekly Publications, 1940. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 64 pages. Features: Color ad for Schenley Whiskies inside front cover features singing swallows (birds); Mimeograph ad claims 500 copies can be made while you smoke a cigarette; Ford ad announces production of their 28 millionth car; Photo of Princess Elizabeth on her 14th birthday; Mrs. Edith Graham Mayo named American Mother for 1940; Obituaries for Kid McCoy, John Henry Montagu Manners, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr, and writer Thomas Beer; Heublein's Cocktails ad; Great one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy lunch counter scene; Allies apply squeeze to German invaders of Norway - major war coverage; Photos of A.A. Mussert and Milan Stoyadinovich; Problems of the Allied Expeditionary Movement; The Race Against Time in Norway; Danes and Norwegians feeling pinch of involuntary economy; Fantastic one-page color ad for Firestone Tires features illustration of Ab Jenkins; Nice one-page color ad by the airlines of the US provides chart showing how flying costs 'less than you think'; Death of Kathi Schratt; Gandhi's Satyagraha No. 3; US Keeps Wary Eye on Japan Amid Mounting Pacific Tension; Photo of terrible accident of the Lake Shore Limited passenger train near Little Falls, NY; Photo of tornado destruction at Amite, LA; Baseball pitcher Bob Feller - article and photos; Doc Prothro; Nice one-page color ad for the 1940 Packard One-Ten Touring Sedan; WRUL - World Radio University; Fred Allen - three decades; One-page Plymouth car ad; One-page United Aircraft ad features illustration of a Flying Forty in flight near city skyport; Nice Chrysler ad says "Why Shift Gears? Fluid-Driving in a Chrysler is the Fun-Way to go!"; One-page ad by the New York World-Telegram highlights Larchmont, NY; Color ad for Lord Calvert Whiskey inside back cover features "singing bird" mirror given by Napoleon to the Countess Walewski; Back cover color ad for Grace Line South American Cruises features couple preparing for fancy dress party; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Schenley Whiskies inside front cover features singing swallows (birds); Mimeograph ad claims 500 copies can be made while you smoke a cigarette; Ford ad announces production of their 28 millionth car; Photo of Princess Elizabeth on her 14th birthday; Mrs.. Good .

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