Pathfinder was a weekly news and general interest magazine that flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. It feted itself as "America's Oldest News Weekly", For auction is an issue dated May 10, 1941. The United States had not yet entered World War II, but both German and Japanese troops were advancing in Europe and Asia, and it was only a matter of time before Pearl Harbor and the US involvement in the conflict. Accordingly, there is a war theme to much of the news in this issue. Stories include higher taxes and inflation; US aid to Britain; Axis advances in Africa; a fear that war in Asia could be on the horizon; US peanut production; news from Washington; movie reviews; much more. Several national lottery contests advertised.
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