1942/01/17 -- Cover design by John Newton Howitt.

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • "Pure and Simple" by Alex Gaby and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • "The Trumpeter" by Thomas H. Raddall and illustrated by Matt Clark

  • "Home to Mother!" by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • "Trial by Water" by Roderick Lull and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley

    • ARTICLES:

  • "Magnificent Failure" -- Part 1 of 3 -- by Samuel Lubell is about inventor Lee DeForest
  • How to become a Military Expert by Willizam Hazlett Upson with cartoons by John Chase
  • Healer from the Outback by Robert M. Yoder is about nurse Elizabeth Kenny
  • He'll Take a Bite Out of You by Gerald Movins is about the Hon. Robert Lee Doughton

    • SERIALS:

  • "Sugarfoot" -- Part 2 of 8 -- by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • "Heads You Lose" -- Part 3 of 7 -- by Christianna Brand and illustrated by Floyd Davis

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Little Lulu by Marge