Pg… 11 Troops Close Down Iowa’s Maytag Washing–Machine Plant Pg… 16 LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World Pg… 17 John Wardo Comes Down to Earth – Suicide Jumper Pg… 20 Czech Youth in Sokel; British Youth before Royalty Pg… 22 Diplomats Ponder Refugee Problem Pg… 23 Austrian Refugees Pour into Czechoslovakia Pg… 24 Philippines’ Quezon in Japan; Romania’s Marie in Death Pg… 25 China’s Blue–Clad Reds Harry Japan Pg… 50 Swing: From a Dark Past It Comes Into Its Golden Age Pg… 30 Sinclair Lewis Acts in His Own Play Pg… 32 “Love Finds Andy Hardy” Pg… 36 Government Launches Health Plan for Needy Pg… 38 World’s Highest Scientific Laboratories on Jungfrau Pg… 40 U.S. Workmen Replace Foreign Peasants at Fashion Inspirations Pg… 42 Charles Sheeler Makes the Commonplace Beautiful Pg… 46 Swimming Champions: Girls under 22, Man over 40 Pg… 48 Nobody Will Race the World’s Best Sculler Pg… 2 Letters to the Editors Pg… 4 Speaking of Pictures–Shooting Sticks Pg… 61 LIFE Goes to Manhattan Beach with Joe Day Pg… 66 Pictures to the Editors