1946/11/23 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by John Atherton.

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

  • "Memo on Kathy O'Rourke" by Jack Sher and illustrated by Douglass Crockwell
  • "The Murderer" by John Townsley Rogers and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • "Parson's Pride" by Arthur Mayse and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • "Herbert Sows His Wild Oat" by Minnie Hite Moody and illustrated by George L. Connelly
  • "As Good as She Looks" by William L. Worden and illustrated by Fred Freeman
  • 9 ARTICLES:

  • "The Gay Banker of Rock Hill" by Harold H. Martin and Harper Gault is about Charlie Cobb
  • "The Russians Are Very Busy in Japan" by Harold J. Noble
  • "The Marines' First Spy" is about Colonel Pete Ellis by John L. Zimmerman and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • "Will Your Newspaper Come by Radio?" by Robert M. Yoder appears to be about the development of the fax machine, with photos
  • "They Talked Him Into Riches" by Irving Wallace is about W. Colston Leigh
  • "Mr. Smithson's Big Idea" by Henry F. and Katherine Pringle includes color photos of the Smithsonian
  • "Press-Box Quarterback" by William Cullen Fay is about Luke Johnsos
  • "Lord's Auction" by Herbert Ravenel Sass
  • "I Want a Crank and Running Boards" by Frederick C. Othman
  • 2 SERIALS:

  • "Bright Was the Sword" Part 3 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • "Station West" Part 6 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • Poetry
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: color ad featuring Burns & Allen for G-E Lamps, Anne Baxter promoting The Razors' Edge in an ad for Beautyrest by Simmons, Camel Cigarettes, United States Steel ad illustrated by Keith Ward, Farnsworth Television, color ad for The Jolson Story, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover.