1947/11/08 -- Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • "Lash of Fear" by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • "You Frenchmen Know All About Women" by Joseph Wechsberg and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • "Time for Action" by David Lamson and illustrated by Bernard D'Andrea
  • "Winner's Woman" by Richard Stern and illustrated by Thornton Utz

    • FULL LENGTH NOVEL (In Three Parts):

  • "No Trumpet Before Him" -- Part 1 of 3 -- by Nelia Gardner White and illustrated by Phil Dormont

    • 10 ARTICLES:

  • Homesteading Isn't for Softies by Russell Annabel
  • Star-Dust Troubadour by Pete Martin is about Hoagy Carmichael
  • The Cities of America: Jacksonville by Theodore Pratt
  • The Atom's Odd Young Man by Jack Beall is about Carroll Wilson
  • Russia Builds a Base in Japan by Darrell Berrigan
  • It's No Disgrace to Be a Rat by George Heinold
  • Football's Demon Deacon by Collie Small is about Peahead Walker
  • Mr. Flowers, Inc. by Jean Libman Block is about Paul Pergakis

  • Supermarket by Ted Key
  • Nabob's Chariot by Irving Wallace is about the Rolls-Royce

    • SERIAL:

  • "Maddon's Rock" -- Part 5 of 8 -- by Hammond Innes and illustrated by George Hughes

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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