1949/07 -- Cover is a painting by Walter Baumhofer

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

NOVELS:

  • Slattery's Hurricane by Herman Wouk and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka -- The basis for the 1949 film of the same title which starred Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, and Veronica Lake
  • The Stranger In the Car -- Mystery by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • STORIES:

  • The Pushover by Nicholas Breckenridge and illustrated by Larry Kritcher
  • Message for Mary -- Short Short Story by Charles Green and illustrated by Walter Skor
  • Night in the Big Swamp by John Randolph Phillips and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer
  • Patient One -- Vignette by Gerald Mygatt
    • The Irresistible Liar by Jean C. Becket and illustrated by Frederic Varady
  • Blue Moon Tonight by Eve Burkhardt and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • Tokyo Trader by Norbert Fagan and illustrated by Haines Hall
  • Scattergood Promotes a Dream by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • Miracle in Ward B by Ann Gibbons and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • Hi, Goddess! -- Storiette by Muriel Roy Bolton

    • ARTICLES:

  • What America Means to Me by Sou Chan
  • Six Nights in a Madhouse by Tom Bernard about Spike Jones and his City Slickers
  • How to Put the G.O.P. on Its Feet by Governor Val Peterson
  • Teamwork for Defense by Secretary Louis Johnson
  • Headaches on the Hoof by Don Eddy
  • Which Is the House for You? by Ethel Waring, Ph.D.
  • How to Go Into Business by Charles F. Hughitt
  • Backstage at the Give-Aways by Jerome Beatty about radio quiz shows with photo of Bert Parks

    • FEATURES:

  • Interesting People, includes color page featuring Geraldine Brooks
  • By the Way
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Why Don't They?
  • Food Front
  • Now They've Done It
  • What's in a Name?
  • It's the Law!
  • Life's Little Problems

  • Check That Impulse!
  • Family Money
  • Life's Little Miracles and other distinctive comics