1947/03/08 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.

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

  • "Barry Ward's Beard" by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by glenn Grohe
  • "The Girl and the Genius" by Herbert Depew and illustrated by Roy Price
  • "Fair-Caught" by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • "Pamela Makes Up Their Minds" by Ruth Rankin Lamson and illustrated by George Hughes

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Mr. National Defense by Beverly Smith is about Congressman James W. Wadsworth
  • Don't Scoff at Sea Monsters by Ivan T. Sanderson and illustrated by Paul Nonnast
  • Australia Wakes Up a Pacific Power by Harold J. Noble
  • Mexico's Baseball Raiders Ride Again by Milton Bracker about the Pasquel brothers with photos including Mickey Owen and Adolfo Luque
  • Broadway's New Matinee Idol by Stanley Frank is about Jose Ferrer
  • The Millionaires' Best Friend by Roger Butterfield is about the director for the National Gallery of Art, David Finley, with three pages of color reproductions
  • Nobody Wants to Be a Coal Miner by Samuel Lubell
  • The Alley Fighters of the 96th by Orlando Davidson

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • "Final Curtain" Part 1 of 6 by Ngaio Marsh & illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • "Barracuda" Part 4 of 7 by Richard Powell and illustrated by Alex Ross

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Gulfpride Oil with color illustration by James Bingham, United States Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, half-page ad features Charlie Keller for Munsingwear, Revere Copper and Brass Inc ad with color illustration by Albert Dorne.