1949/06 -- Cover is a painting by Scott Evans

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

NOVELS:

  • "The Lost Diplomat" by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • "Door to Death" -- A Nero Wolfe Mystery -- by Rex Stout with illustration by Thornton Utz

    • STORIES:

  • "Fisherman's Blonde" by Ernest K. Gann and illustrated by Gwen Fremlin
  • "Play It Smart" -- Short Short Story by James Robert with illustration by Michael
  • "Nine O'Clock Rebellion by Mabel Brown Farwell and illustrated by Wesley Snyder
  • "A Diamond for Eadie" by Eve Burkhardt and illustrated by Milton Wolsky
  • "The Long Shot" by John M. Cunningham and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • "This Is Our Night" by Florence Jane Soman
  • "On the Carpet" -- Vignette by Ted Thompson
  • "He Couldn't Say No" by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by F. Scott Wood
  • "Oh, Mother!" -- Storiette by Dick Pearce

    • ARTICLES:

  • Americans Are Lucky by Charles Erwin Wilson
  • We Can't Thrive on Security by U.S. Senator Kenneth S. Wherry and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • Grandmother's Got Your Number by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • The Circus Goes to College by Wayne Amos
  • God's Salesman by Clarence Woodbury
  • What Would $100,000 Do to You? by Roy Barclay Hodges about Montgomery Clift
  • Women Should Be Drafted by U.S. Representative Frances P. Bolton
  • I Ran for Office--and Got Elected by Jerome Beatty
  • Two Little Words--Miniature by John Golden
  • Ripsnorting News by Don Eddy

    • FEATURES:

  • Interesting People
  • By the Way
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Food Front
  • Why Don't They?
  • Now They've Done It
  • Life's Little Problems
  • Can You Grow These Flowers?
  • It's the Law!
  • Family Money
  • Family Money
  • Life's Little Miracles