1946/08/24 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design of Butch the Cocker Spaniel by Albert Staehle.

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

  • "Confusion in Lower Four" by Frank O'Rourke and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • "The Exile of Lanni" by Mark J. Matthews and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • "A Woman's Place" by Victoria Case and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • "Five-Inning Wonder" by Holmes Alexander and illustrated by Lonnie Bee

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • "A Yankee Meets the World" by Beverly Smith is about new UN Representative, Warren R. Austin
  • "The Cities of America -- Denver" 19th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
  • "Confessions of a Black-Market Butcher" by Anonymous
  • "Our Agents Behind the Iron Curtain" by Demaree Bess
  • "Star-Spangled Octopus" Part 3 of 4 about "How MCA Acquired Frank Sinatra" by David G. Wittels
  • "The Private Life of a Private Detective" by Pete Martin about real life detective Benjamin Kerin including a photo of Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in Dark Corner
  • "Watermelon Bust" by Oren Arnold
  • "Produce--Or Else!" by Charles R. Walker

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • "Dark Passage" Part 6 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson -- first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
  • "Double Treasure" Part 8 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • Poetry

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pan-Am, Marjorie Reynolds for General Electric Radios, United States Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, American Airlines ad with color illustration by John Falter, and a Lucky Strikes Cigarette ad on the back cover.