1949/01/15 -- Cover credited to Hy Peskin

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • Admiral Moran's Private Navy by Bill Davidson
  • California's New-Fashioned Religion by Cameron Shipp and Frank J. Taylor
  • Return of the Numbers Racket by Albert Q. Maisel with photo of Frank Hoge and brother Willie Hoge
  • Dale Carnegie - A Man With a Message by Collie Small
  • Introductions from the Lyons Den by Leonard Lyons and illustrated by Casey Jones

  • The College Fraternity Crisis - Part 2: Democracy in Action by Howard Whitman

    • SHORT STORIES

  • "Another Land, Another Love" by Howard La Fay and illustrated by Wesley Snyder
  • "Pilot's Choice" -- The Short Short Story -- by Donald Hough and illustrated by Stan Eckman
  • "The Taming of Superwoman" by Isabella Taves and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • "You Can't Lick the City Hall" by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Charles Hawes

    • SERIALS

  • "Father of the Bride" -- Part 2 of 3 -- by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • "Ringside Maiden" -- Part 3 of 8 -- by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • PLUS:

  • The Week's Mail from our readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Singing Shrew by Bruce Downes with color photos of Patricia Morison
  • Gymnasium by Stanley and Janice Berenstain -- cartoon is 2-full pages in color
  • The Week's Preview by Warren Phillips features a color photo of young Dean Stockwell in "The Boy With Green Hair"
  • Are Skiers People? by James Dugan
  • The Week's Work by Ted Shane
  • Inside Sports by Bill Fay and illustrated by John Cullen Murphy
  • Dude by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • How Right Can You Be? by Parke Cummings
  • Tough Luck-Pure Luck by W.E. Farbstein
  • Verse
  • Cartoons
  • Collier's Believes: The Numbers Racket is Corruption
  • Ad for Lord Calvert features large color photo of Robert L. Ripley