1949/02/05 -- Cover design by John Falter

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

  • "Big Man on the Campus" by Michael Fessier and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • "Medicine Woman" by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Bernard D'Andrea
  • "Mr. Gallup and the Mysterious Cargo" by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • "Outcast of the Mountains" by William Ashley Anderson and illustrated by Ken Riley

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • Biggest Things Afloat -- Part 1 of 2 -- by Rufus Jarman is about the big ships such as the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary
  • The Marine Corps Fights for Its Life by Richard Tregaskis
  • I Lost My Battle With Cancer by John A. Brody
  • The Mayor Russia Hates by James P. O'Donnell is about Ernst Reuter
  • My Fifty Years in the White House -- Part 8 of 8 -- by Ira R.T. Smith with Joe Alex Morris
  • Look What the Church Is Doing Now! by Hartzell Spence
  • Want $3750 for a Nickel? by Wilfred Weiss focuses on numismatist B. Max Mehl with photos of some of the more valuable and collectible coins

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • "Date With Death" -- Part 4 of 8 -- by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • "Ambush" -- Part 7 of 8 -- by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Keeping Posted
  • Verse