1949/03 -- Cover is a painting by Alex Ross

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

NOVELS:

  • "Private Affair" by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • "The Third Man" by Graham Greene and illustrated by Larry Kritcher -- This story is the basis for one of the all-time best movies, Carol Reed's "The Third Man" starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton

    • STORIES:

  • "Just Before the Wedding" by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Gwen Fremlin
  • "Katie Hath Charms" -- Short Short Story -- by Nell O'Day and illustrated by Milton L. Wolsky
  • "Stand-By Swenson" by Fred Lane and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • "Bachelor Beware" by Luelle and Philip Clark and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • "That Unpredictable Look" by Isabella Taves and illustrated by Robert Patterson
  • "Prom Girl" -- Vignette -- by Lee Rogow
  • "Scattergood and the Fiery Zealot" by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • "Mother Means Well" by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • "The Dangerous Type" -- Storiette -- by Joseph Millard

    • ARTICLES:

  • Tomorrow Is a New Day by Bob Hope
  • Why You Are Safer in Milwaukee by Jerome Beatty
  • Where Do You Take Your Troubles? by Smiley Blanton, M.D.
  • How to Pick a Dog by Blanche Saunders
  • Trash or Treasure? by Sigmund Rothschild, expert appraiser and restorer
  • Everybody's Nieghbor by Jack Long
  • Diamond Thieves by Arthur Daley and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • Terrible!--Miniature by John Golden

    • FEATURES:

  • Interesting People, includes color photo of Arlene Dahl
  • By the Way
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Food Front
  • Why Don't They?
  • Now They've Done It
  • Life's Little Problems
  • Welding Words
  • It's the Law!
  • Life's Little Miracles
  • Souvenir Slaphappy
  • Check That Impulse! and other distintive comics