1950/09/23 -- Cover design by George Hughes

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

  • "The World The Children Made" by Ray Bradbury and illustrated by Al Parker
  • "The Boy Who Hated Football" by Jim Hendryx, Jr. and illustrated by Stan Galli
  • "Island Happy" by Basil Heatter and illustrated by Bill Fleming
  • "She Wanted a Cowboy" by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Edwin Georgi

    • NOVELETTE:

  • "A Disgrace to the Family" by Kay Boyle and illustrated by James R. Bingham

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • Man Hunt -- Part 1 of 2 -- by Robert M. Yoder about The Bruce Case
  • Truman's Most Surprising Advisor by Beverly Smith is about Charles Sawyer
  • The Cities of America: San Juan, Puerto Rico by Henry F. and Katharine Pringle
  • Do The Tigers Have a Winning Secret? by Red Rolfe as told to Stanley Frank
  • The Wounded by Nora Waln with pictures by Larry Keighley
  • We Barrymores! - Part 6 of 6 -- by Lionel Barrymore as told to Cameron Shipp
  • New Yorkers Are Really Hayseeds by Red Smith
  • The Mystery of the American Slaves by Christopher Rand about five American airmen enslaved in a remote Asian province
  • Carolina Massacre by Herbert Ravenel Sass with drawing by Paul Nonnast

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • "The Outlaw of Longbow" -- Part 3 of 8 -- by Peter Dawson and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • "The Glencannon-Tugboat Annie Affair" -- Part 5 of 6 -- by Guy Gilpatric and Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Massachussets Mutual Life Insurance Company ad with 8-1/4" X 10-3/8" color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • Camel Cigarettes ad on back cover features Ezio Pinza