Life Magazine, April 10, 1939 - Texas Ranger

Allentown, Pennsylvania Masons stage a passion play, Earle H. Weisneimer, Edmund Collins, Elvin Myers, Alfred C. Lewis, Robert W. Keck. Madrid falls. Spanish war photo shows overview of actual battle scene. France becomes a dictatorship. Harvard's Pi Eta musical wows 'em, Charles Bowen, Edmund Childs Jr., I. Minot Shepard, Joseph Hanson Jr. Jittery Europe sends largest gold shipment to US. Egypt's princess weds. Fires lay waste to Florida Everglades. Fire in south Carolina lumber yard eats $200,000 worth of logs, Century Wood Preserving Corporation. Texas - twelve page photo essay. Cartoonist William Steig cuts mantlepiece statues from apple and pear trees. Pope Pius changes his garb, color photo in scarlet, images of craftsmen and tailors to the papacy. Harvard physicist clocks light at 186,264 MPS, Dr. Wilmer C. Anderson. Lie detector finds men greater liars than women, Roy Post. Full page color Glenmore ad, why small change is called pin money. San Francisco dog "Chief" wins audition to play the Hound of the Baskervilles. New York hunts for "World's Fairest", Mae Lawrence, Adele Jergens, Aina Constant. Sidney Freeman buys Sweepstake tickets. Kite flying in Washington, Buddy Henderson, Eddie Dzura. Full page black and red ad for "Dodge City" with Errol Flyyn, Olivia De Havilland and Ann Sheridan. LIFE goes to a famous piggery, Pomeroy Farms, Illinois. Back cover color Coca-Cola ad, young man in tie holding up bottles.