1946/06/08 --
Cover "Beauty and the Beach" is a natural-color photograph of Virginia Welles by Jack Albin

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • The Most Powerful Man in America by Harold L. Ickes is about John L. Lewis
  • Surf Styles by Bee Bangs is 4 pages of swimsuit photos, 2 of those pages in color, with models including Gail Russell
  • Take This, You Rat! by Alfred H. Sinks
  • Busting the Tennis Racket by Bobby Riggs
  • Homes for Americans - No. 2 by Darrell Huff
  • The Automobile's Golden Jubilee by Bernard W. Crandell
  • STORIES:

  • "Some People Hate Dogs" by Bill Gulick and illustrated by Larry Kritcher
  • "Gypsy" by R. Wilkes Hunter and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • "Curve Artist" -- Short Short Story by Jerry Brondfield and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • Reporter Meets Girl by Donna Geyer and illustrated by Roy Besser
  • You're Only Young Twice by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by Glenn Thomas
  • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye
  • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • How to Be a Civilian by Morton Thompson and illustrated by Eddie Bowie
  • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans' Bulletin Board
  • Colonel Stoopnagle's Fictionary
  • The Thropp Family written by Lawrence Lariar and illustrated by Don Lou
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Woman-Talk
  • EDITORIAL:

  • The Cornerstone of Unionism by Paul Hunter