September, 1942 West

The title of this issue of West is “Many Thanks” and page 2 specifically is headlined, “To a sailor at Pearl Harbor” while page 3 is headlined “To the newspapers.” But in fact, this issue doesn’t thank the sailor or the newspapers but instead reports on how the sailor and papers thanked the Southern Pacific.

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I now have 16 issues of West, including four dating to 1940, four to 1941, three to 1942, and three that have no dates but are clearly before the war and so are probably from 1939 through 1941. I’ve also identified two more that I don’t have, including one that is probably from 1941 and one from 1942. The lack of consistent dating is annoying but it appears it was published at least quarterly (it seems there were five issues in 1941) from 1939 or 1940 to 1942.


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