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...Mackenzie, 300 miles from its delta, is only 300 miles from the head of navigation of the Yukon." Stern-wheelers have long traveled both rivers, which (claims Stefansson) winter freezes into ice-paved roads for sledge-pulling tractors. During a three or four-week freeze-up in autumn and the breakup in the spring, the rivers are of course impassable to both ships and tractors. Stefansson adds: "A generation that tends to think lazily in terms of railroads, ships and trucks has almost forgotten the value of river highways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: 300 Miles to Alaska | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

...woman, Autumn 1942 model, will be a smooth number. She will be stripped of all the floating extras and superflous swing that fashion designers can decently take away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Styles | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

Russia changed the whole picture. There was an immediate economic decline, and a decline in morale came soon thereafter. By autumn both declines had gathered speed. "This, together with the decay of capital equipment, caused a leveling off of war production for the first time in Nazi history, then a steep decline in production." For instance, the production of locomotives in all German Europe dropped to 1,400 yearly; and the Wehrmacht was losing 29 locomotives a day in Russia (i.e., three years' production in the Russian campaign's first six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Inheritors | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

...reports of black markets, except in tires, and these might disappear if there is national gas rationing. There is chiseling on gasoline on the East Coast right now: in many places it is easy to get a full tank any time. But what will happen by autumn, when more goods are rationed, when many disappear entirely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Price Police | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

...Ramirez, Lorenzo Alvary, John Gurney and other artists, conducted by Giuseppe Bamboschek; Victor; 16 sides). This album is a condensed version (excerpts pieced together to make up a half-length score) sung by a second-string cast (virtually the same company which gave 65 Barbers on tour in two autumn seasons). But the excerpts are expertly chosen, skillfully welded; the singing is good; the performance brightly paced; the recording excellent. Net effect: highly satisfactory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: June Records | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

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