Life Magazine – January 9, 1931 (# 2514) – Sinbad the Dog

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Cover : Sinbad, in his dog bed, being woken and alarmed by a mouse, art by Edwina.  Edwina, who is famous for her dog cartoons, is Frances Edwina Dumm.

– Full page ads for Spud menthol-cooled cigarettes, Sinbad the book (art by Edwina), Life magazine subscription (with art by F. G. Cooper), Lucky Strike cigarettes (Color, with August Heckscher).
– Overstuffed Furniture as a source of income, by Tom Sims.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Edwina (Sinbad, a desperate character … being scared by a snowman), Albert Frueh (The cymbal player practices at home, reprinted from LIFE December 1, 1925).
– Two page centerspread art by Gluyas Williams, Brothers under the skin, Part I – Capital, and Part II – Labor (humorous cartoon strips of capitalist and brick layer, both getting nothing done at all).
– Some current events include : Frequent bank robberies (some by hold-up men, bigger ones by officers of the banks), Closure of banks, Bull Market collapse, Changes in government in South America, Disputes at St. John’s Cathedral, Increased efficiency due to prohibition, Judge Clark of New Jersey says that the eighteenth amendment was illegally ratified and is void.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1931 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!