Pg… 29 The Week’s Events: U. S. Fights for the Solomons Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World Pg… 41 The Week’s Events: Whirlaway Wins $10,000 Purse in Lone Race Pg… 42 The Week’s Events: British Begin New Offensive in Egypt Pg… 75 The Week’s Events: U. S. Treasury Silver Hoard Lies Idle as War Uses Outrun Supply Pg… 82 The Week’s Events: Nazis Conscript French Workers Pg… 112 Close–Up: General Eisenhower, by Lincoln Barnett Pg… 36 Articles: The Marines on Guadalcanal, by John Hersey Pg… 86 Articles: The Japanese Zero Plane, by Richard Wilcox Pg… 103 Photographic Essay: The Middle West Pg… 51 Army: Watercolors by Honolulu Artist Ben Norris Show Wartime Airfields Pg… 58 Army: U. S. Mountain Troops Train Amid Snow, Ice and Rocks Pg… 53 Education: U. S. High Schools Organize Students for War Effort Pg… 64 Movies: Astaire and Hayworth Dance in “You Were Never Lovelier” Pg… 92 Art: St. Louis City Art Museum Pg… 138 Art: Lieut. John Watton Draws Prison Life in Germany Pg… 98 Music: Stokowski Conducts Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony at Camp Young, Calif. Pg… 127 Animals: Penny, the Pet Skunk Pg… 2 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: U. S. Fliers Bomb Hong Kong, by T. H. White Pg… 12 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Portraits of the Rockettes Pg… 16 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors Pg… 45 Other Departments: People Pg… 132 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to a Party for Officers at the Ritz Pg… 142 Other Departments: Pictures to the Editors