1946/11/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Constantin Alajalov.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“O’Hara and a Cop’s Best Friend” by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by J.W. Welch
“Wild Kitten” by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Ben Stahl
“The Ghost of General Jackson” by Minnie Hite Moody and illustrated by Glenn Fleischmann
“The Royal Touch” by James Charles Lynch and illustrated by Lonie Bee
NOVELETTE:
“Too Old to Be Spanked” by Tristram Tupper and illustrated by Fredric Varady
8 ARTICLES:
“Hollywood’s No. 1 Wit” Part 1 of 2 by Pete Martin is about Nunnally Johnson with photos by Gene Lester
“Sellout in Yugoslavia” by Leo D. Hochstetter
“The Inside Story of the Munich Bomb” by Wener Knop is about the plot that came within six minutes of liquidating Hitler
“Chip on Our Shoulder Down South” by Hodding Carter in which the author “tells off the North for electing Bilbo, puts his finger on a dangerous trend, and tells us what he thinks we should do about it” with photos of the author and one of two klansmen burning a cross
“Big Bad Bulldog from Dixie” by Fred Russell is about Charley Trippi
“Norman Rockwell Visits a Country School” is four pages, the first two including a huge color illustration of school children by Rockwell, and the following two covered with 8 black & white illustrations of the children by Rockwell
“They Never Leave This Real Shangri-La” by Ernest R. May is about the island empire of Niihau
“Two-Finger Tim, the Candid Candidate” by Joanathan Daniels is about Bascom Nolley Timmons
2 SERIALS:
“Station West” Part 3 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
“The Battered Bride” Part 7 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Maxwell House Coffee ad featuring “The Crossroads” painted by Alfred Mira as part of the American Scene series, a half-page ad featuring Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Mennen Skin Bracer ad with illustration of leggy redhead, half-page ad for Gillette features illustration of Steve Van Buren by Rank Williams, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring the headline “More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette” on the back cover.
1946/10/26 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John Atherton.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Hidden Evidence” by William MacHarg and illustrated by George Hughes
“Applesauce Needs Sugar” by Victoria Case and illustrated by Amos Sewell
“The Big Lot Sale” by Henry Carlton Jones and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
“Spoiling for Trouble” by Victor Ullman and illustrated by Hy Rubin
A POST BOOK CONDENSATION:
“What’s Wrong With American Mothers?” by Dr. Edward A. Strecker
8 ARTICLES:
“Atlantic Graveyard” by Leslie Roberts is about the sand bars of Sable Island
“This Coach Is a Softie — He Says” by Collie Small is about Southern California’s Jeff Cravath
“The Starving Playground of Power Politics” by Ernest O. Hauser
“Let’s Let the Airlines Fly” by Wesley Price
“The Cities of America — Des Moines” 22nd of a Series by Milton Mackaye
“Dixie Deer Hunt” by Robert C. Ruark with photos by David Robbins of the North Carolina Hunt Club
“The Thirty-Million Dollar Flower” by Frank J. Taylor
“Anything for a Constituent” by William Chapman White
2 SERIALS:
“Station West” Part 2 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
“The Battered Bride” Part 6 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: large color photo of Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy for G-E Lamps, Nelson Eddy for Columbia Records, Walter Huston for Parker Pens with illustration by Boris Artzybasheff, TWA “Magic Carpet to Arabia” ad, Zippo Windproof Lighter, Cinco Cigars with photo from crowd at Soldier Field in Chicago, two half-page ads on facing pages for The Best Years of Our Lives the first with Fredric March & Myrna Loy and the second with Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright, Schick Electric Razor, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring the headline “More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette” on the back cover.
1946/10/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 5 SHORT STORIES:
“It Takes All Kinds” by Ruth Rankin Lamson and illustrated by Alex Ross
“The Man for the Job” by Ray Millholland and illustrated by William A. Smith
“Jonah for Luck” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Wesley Snyder
“New Boy” by Stephen Cole and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
“Tugboat Annie Quotes the Law” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
9 ARTICLES:
“Why Air Passengers Get Mad” by An Airline Pilot as told to Wesley Price
“America’s Most Remarkable Building” by Beverly Smith is about the Capitol Building
“I’d Rather Coach the Pros” by Jim Conzelman
“No Peace in Sight” by Demaree Bess is about The Peace Conference of Paris
“The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner” Part 3 of 3 by Alva Johnston
“Medicine’s India-Rubber Man” by Greer Williams is about Dr. Morris Fishbein
“Masters of Slash and Surprise” by Thomas R. Henry
“Lassie Did Come Home–Rich” by Florabel Muir and Byron Morgan
“Mightiest Hunter of All” by Horace S. Mazet is about “Barnum’s old side-kick” Grizzly Adams
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“Station West” Part 1 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
“The Battered Bride” Part 5 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Bing Crosby for Philco, June Haver for General Electric Radios, American Airlines with color illustration by John Falter, color ad for Katharine Hepburn and Robert Taylor in Undercurrent, Rosalind Russell for Magnavox.
1946/08/24 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design of Butch the Cocker Spaniel by Albert Staehle.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Confusion in Lower Four” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Alex Ross
“The Exile of Lanni” by Mark J. Matthews and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
“A Woman’s Place” by Victoria Case and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
“Five-Inning Wonder” by Holmes Alexander and illustrated by Lonnie Bee
8 ARTICLES:
“A Yankee Meets the World” by Beverly Smith is about new UN Representative, Warren R. Austin
“The Cities of America — Denver” 19th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
“Confessions of a Black-Market Butcher” by Anonymous
“Our Agents Behind the Iron Curtain” by Demaree Bess
“Star-Spangled Octopus” Part 3 of 4 about “How MCA Acquired Frank Sinatra” by David G. Wittels
“The Private Life of a Private Detective” by Pete Martin about real life detective Benjamin Kerin including a photo of Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in Dark Corner
“Watermelon Bust” by Oren Arnold
“Produce–Or Else!” by Charles R. Walker
2 SERIALS:
“Dark Passage” Part 6 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
“Double Treasure” Part 8 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pan-Am, Marjorie Reynolds for General Electric Radios, United States Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, American Airlines ad with color illustration by John Falter, and a Lucky Strikes Cigarette ad on the back cover.
1946/08/17 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John Falter.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Deadline at Midnight” by Donald Barr Chidsey and illustrated by Amos Sewell
“Not Out for Glory” by Michael Amrine and illustrated by George Hughes
“Those Minor Chords” by Charles Ellsworth and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
“The Sound of Your Name” by Czenzi Ormonde and illustrated by George Englert
8 ARTICLES:
“Farewell to New York” by Stanley Walker
“Look What Russia’s Doing Now” by Demaree Bess
“Red Oak Hasn’t Forgotten” by Milton Lehman is about the WWII losses of Red Oak, Iowa
“Is Horse Racing Good for a Community?” by Stanley Frank
“They Tell Some Whoppers About Watches” by Arthur W. Baum
“Nothing Stopped the Timberwolves” by Kenneth T. Downs
“Star-Spangled Octopus” Part 2 of 4 by David G. Wittels with photos of Jules Stein, Harry James, and Guy Lombardo
“Men at Work–Cow Brutes Are Like People” by Richard Thruelsen with color photographs by Ivan Dmitri
2 SERIALS:
“Dark Passage” Part 5 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
“Double Treasure” Part 7 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Fred Allen for GE light bulbs, Carole Landis for Nescafe, Boeing, Association of American Railroads ad with color illustration by Ray Prohaska, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.
1946/07/27 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Constantin Alajalov.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Men Die With Guns” by Sigman Byrd and illustrated by Gail Phillips
“Calamity on Noah’s Knob” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Hank Berger
“The Long Wait” by Charles Mergendahl and illustrated by George Garland
“Hopeless Position” by Roger P. Pettit and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
8 ARTICLES:
“We’re Teaching the Children to Lead Japan” by Harold J. Noble
“Meet Mr. Jalopy” by Bernard W. Crandell
“The Black Market Broke Us” by Celia Farvish
“Quiz Queen” by Maurice Zolotow
“Our Two Tries to Kill Hitler” part 2 of 2 by Fabian Von Schlabrendorff
“The 41st Didn’t Take Prisoners” by Capt. George S. Andrew Jr.
“Texas Cleans Up a Mess” by Lewis Nordyke
“The Little Car That Wasn’t There” by Robert M. Yoder
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“Dark Passage” Part 2 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
“Double Treasure” Part 4 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: TWA with color illustration by Merritt Cutler, American Airlines, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover.
1946/06/29 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by John Atherton.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“No Place to Go” by Richard English and illustrated by Robert Riggs
“The Boomers” by Dick Pearce and illustrated by Gail Phillips
“Look Out, Mr. Sydney” by David Lamson and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
“Twice Shy” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Austin Briggs
8 ARTICLES:
“Roosevelt’s Shadow Over Paris” by Demaree Bess
“The Navy’s Land of Oz” by Frank J. Taylor
“Duncan Learns to Swim”
“Something for Nothing” by Dean Russell, an Air Forces veteran views with unhappy skepticism the trends of thought in this country, particularly among certain Government “experts” and some of his fellow ex-servicemen
“Will Bilbo Foll ‘Em Again?” by Milton Lehman
“McAuliffe Says ‘Nuts!’ to the Atom” by Sidney Shallett
“Baseball’s Mr. Fix-It” by Tom Siler is about Chicago Cubs travelling secretary, Robby Lewis
“Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions: IV: Victory West of the Rhine” by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
2 SERIALS:
“The Unexpected Warrior” Part 6 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs
“Lord Hornblower” Part 7 of 8 by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Frank Sinatra for General Electric Radios, American Airlines ad with color illustration by John Falter, USS Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover.
1946/06/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by John Falter.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“The Endless Moment” by Georges Carousso and illustrated by Douglass Crockwell
“Call a Cop!” by George W. Morse and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
“Sheriff Olson and the Hot Spot” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
“The Pursuit of Peter Bellise” by Robert Murphy and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
9 ARTICLES:
“Phantom Fortresses vs. the Atom Bomb” by Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey
“You, Too, Can be an Author” by William Hazlett Upson
“The Cities of America — Detroit” 16th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
“No Glamour Boy” by Rufus Jarman is about Truman’s new Secretary of the Interior, J.A. Krug
“Unhappy Land” by Robert Fuoss
“Is Japan Drifting Towards Socialism?” by Edgar Snow
“Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions: III: The Battle of the Bulge” by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
“Men at Work — Eat and Run” by Richard Thruelsen
“The Great American Snout Count” by Richard L. Neuberger is about Hartley Jackson’s census of wild animals
2 SERIALS:
“The Unexpected Warrior” Part 5 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs
“Lord Hornblower” Part 6 of 8 by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: GMC Trucks with color illustration by Jerome Rozen, Goodyear ad with color illustration by Albert Dorne, half-page ad featuring Joan Davis for Nescafe, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious, Maxwell House ad with large color painting titled “Fourth of July” by Peter Hurd, Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.
1946/06/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Tugboat Annie Wins Her Medal” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt — 24th Tugboat Annie appearance in the Post overall, but the first since 1939
“Whistle Bait” by Mosser Mauger and illustrated by Roy Price
“Aaron and the Queen of Song” by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by B. Kimberly Prins
“Dorrit Shows Them How” by Frank Bunce and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
A POST BOOK CONDENSATION:
“Mis’ Lady Doctor” by Dr. Vera Emanuel with Pete Martin
7 ARTICLES:
“A Mining Town Doesn’t Have to Be a Slum” by Bertram B. Fowler
“Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions: II: Normandy Turning Point” by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
“The Biggest Fight Build-Up in History” by Stanley Frank is about Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn
“Hon. Spoils Rot in Japan” by Edgar Snow
“Watchman for the World” by Henry F. Pringle is about Trygve Lie
“Houses for Sale” text by Robert M. Yoder and drawings by Robert Day
“The Rangers Fought Ahead of Everybody” by Milton Lehman
2 SERIALS:
“The Unexpected Warrior” Part 4 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs
“Lord Hornblower” Part 5 of 8 by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows:American President Lines with color illustration by Camille, Boeing, and a Kodak ad on the back cover.
1946/05/04 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Doris Lee.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Everything Here is the Same” by Leon Ware and illustrated by Lonnie Bee
“The Freedom Suit” by Minnie Hite Moody and illustrated by Amos Sewell
“Meet Me At the Altar” by Fredric Sinclair and illustrated by Dink Siegel
“Mr. Chinnus and the Night Crowders” by Glenn Allan and illustrated by Floyd Davis
A FULL-LENGTH NOVEL (in three parts):
“Miss Ranskill Comes Home” Part 1 of 3 by Barbara Bower and illustrated by George Hughes
8 ARTICLES:
“The Feather Merchants of Pine Bluff” by Arthur W. Baum
“We Should Annex 50,000 Square Miles of Ocean” by Harold F. Clark and George T. Renner
“Thoroughbreds Don’t Just Grow” by Hambla Bauer
“The Bombardier Who Would Build Cities” by Richard Tregaskis
“The Hate That Failed” by William L. Worden looks to be about the West Coast’s Returning Japanese Americans
“The Washing Machine Goes Juke-Box” by Robert M. Yoder
“Mexico’s Never-Never Island”
“Does the Weather Make You Sick?” by Steven M. Spencer
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“Man from Japan” part 5 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Old Gold Cigarettes illustrated by Monet, Mennen Skin Bracer illustrated by Mingo, 7-up baseball themed ad, Pennsylvania Oils ad with horse racing illustration by Fred Ludekens, TWA, Nescafe ad with color illustration by Arthur Szyk, Springmaid Fabrics with Clayton Knight illustration*, American Airlines ad on the inside back cover illustrated by Albert Dorne, and a Kodak ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
1946/04/20 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Melbourne Brindle.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Colonel Flack and the Common Man” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Floyd Davis
“Inventory” by Jerome Barry and illustrated by Roy Price
“The Lucky Vest” by Robert Richards and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
“The One Weakness of Juanita” by Mary Main and illustrated with paintings exhibited back in the 1930′s by Florencio Molina Campos
NOVELETTE:
“Rufugees from Heaven” by Noel Langley and illustrated by Al Parker
8 ARTICLES:
“Things are Different in the White House” by Milton Mackaye
“They Called Me ‘Little Miss Almost!’” by Sarah Palfrey Cooke as told to Pete Martin
“The Cities of America — Cincinnati” 13th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
“New Hope for the Allergic” by Steven M. Spencer
“Three Men in a DUKW” by Milton Silverman
“Canada’s New Paradise for Sportsmen” by Bertram B. Fowler is about Hudson Bay
“Magic of the Malpais” by Neil M. Clark
“Everything Happens on a Bus” by Arthur W. Baum and John Burton Tigrett
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“Man from Japan” part 3 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Old Gold Cigarettes by Monet, Constellation Airlines, Pan American World Airways, Donald Duck for Donald Duck Orange Juice*, and a Kodak ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
1946/04/13 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Constantin Alajalov.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 5 SHORT STORIES:
“The Guardian of Five-Fathom Channel” by Don Waters and illustrated by Robert Riggs
“Dorrit Throws a Party” by Frank Bunce and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
“Go West, Young Girl!” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
“You Can Always Marry the Woman” by Norbert Davis and illustrated by Phil Dormont
“First Night” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Roy Price
8 ARTICLES:
“Is Atomic Energy the Key to Our Dreams” by William L. Laurence
“The Man Congress Always Yeses” by Howard Whitman is about George Calver
“The Boy Ruler of Shangri-La” by A.T. Steele about the Dalai Lama
“What Can We Do About France?” by Demaree Bess
“Brash Young Man” by Richard Tregaskis
“Factory in the Country” by Frank G. Taylor
“Jefferson’s True Love” by Pete Martin
“Lady, Where Did You Get That Hat!” by Hambla Bauer
2 SERIALS:
“Man from Japan” part 2 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
“Fiddlefoot” part 6 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Donald Teague
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: United States Steel with color illustration by Keith Ward, ABC American Broadcasting Company ad which includes images of Dick Tracy and The Green Hornet among its broadcasting, Boeing, Pennsyvania Grade Crude Oil Association ad with baseball illustration by Fred Ludekens, Claire Trevor for Serval Gas Refrigerators, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad on the back cover.
1946/04/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Norman Rockwell.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“The Try” by Dick Pearce and illustrated by Amos Sewell
“A Guy for Corny” by Jean Kinkead and illustrated by George Garland
“Alexander Botts Wants Out” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Albert Dorne
“Captain Jonathan” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Fred Freeman
NOVELETTE:
“You’re Only Young Once” by Audrey De Graff and illustrated by Austin Briggs
8 ARTICLES:
“Texas Has Something New to Brag About” by Arthur W. Baum
“Will Hawaii Become a State?” by J.C. Furnas
“G.I. Deviltry Costs Us Plenty” by Nathaniel Gordon
“So You Can’t Live On Your Income” by Wesley Price
“The 1st of the Many” by Roger P. Flaherty
“Followers of the Fleece” by Neil M. Clark
“How to Get Your Name in Who’s Who” by Henry F. Pringle
“Home to the Village” by Constance Roe
2 SERIALS:
“Man from Japan” part 1 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
“Fiddlefoot” part 6 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Donald Teague
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Mennen with Mingo illustration, Old Gold Cigarettes illustrated by Monet, The Marx Brothers for Stratford Pens*, Piper Aircraft, 2-pages for American Airlines illustrated by John Fischer, TWA, Groucho Marx for Personna Razor Blades*, and a General Mills ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
1946/03/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Mead Schaeffer.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Henry and the Unicopter” by Walter Weir and illustrated by Albert Dorne
“The Unveiling of Ad Dabner” by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by Gail Phillips
“Welcome Home” by Paul Gallico and illustrated by Phil Dormont
“In the Eyes of the Beholder” by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
8 ARTICLES:
“Television: Boom or Bubble?” part 1 of 3 by Alva Johnston
“Yankee Storekeeper” by R.E. Gould
“Why Germany Didn’t Try Gas” by Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt
“Operation Annie” by Brewster Morgan
“The Cities of America — Salt Lake City” 11th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
“Old Light” by Richard English
“This Is How It Was” part 3 of 4 by Lt. Col. James P.S. Devereux, USMC as told to Lt. Comdr. J. Bryan, III, USNR with drawing by Robert Fawcett
“What A Doctor Sees in You” by Bertram M. Bernheim
2 SERIALS:
“Fiddlefoot” part 2 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Donald Teague
“A Frenchman Must Die” part 5 of 8 by Kay Boyle and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows:Miss Susie Slagle’s with Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts and Joan Caulfield*, Judy Canova for Nescafe, TWA, American Airlines, Fred MacMurray and wife for Servel Gas Refrigerators, and a General Mills ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
1944/01/08 — Cover design “Milk Bottles” by Stevan Dohanos
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: 4 SHORT STORIES:
“Richmond Walk” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Phil Dormont
“Don’t Shoot, I’m from Brooklyn” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Graham Kaye
“Her Form Was Fair” by Richard Sale and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
“The Lost Musician” by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Amos Sewell
8 ARTICLES:
The Terrible Days of Company E — Part 1 of 2 — by E.J. Kahn, Jr.
Stieglitz–Old Master of the Camera by Thomas Craven, about photographer Alfred Stieglitz
Pacific Thriller by Charles A. Rawlings
How We Screen Out Psychological 4-F’s by Carl Binger, M.D.
The Minnow Who Would Be Kingfish by Robert Lewis Taylor is about Jimmy Morrison
Four Jills in a Jeep — Part 4 of 5 — by Carole Landis
This Woman’s Army by Al Parker
Prelude to Invasion by John W. Alexander
2 SERIALS:
“All for the Love of a Lady” — Part 3 of 7 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ruzzie Green
“Mr. Glencannon Ignores the War — Conclusion — by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by George Hughes
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Coca-Cola ad on back cover — Have a “Coke” = Cead Mile Failte (A Hundred Thousand Welcomes) … or how Americans make friends in Ireland, illustrated by Norman Price
1943/08/28 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:“Bathing Girls” cover design by Alex Ross.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“Solo for Bassoon” by William L. Worden and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
“Good Night, Ladies” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
“The Pop of Djebel Saa’b” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Herbert F. Roese
“His Name Was Not Forgotten” by Joel Townsley Rogers and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
ARTICLES:
“Young Man in a Snakeskin Belt” by Jack Alexander is about Eric Johnston
“Twelve Desparate Miles” by Bertram B. Fowler
“New England Orgy” by T.E. Murphy is about a clambake
“Boy Magnate” by Robert M. Yoder and James S. Kearns is about Bill Veeck
“”Old Chiang,” Chiang’s Strong Man” by Ernest O. Hauser
“Columbus of the Airways” part 3 of 5 by Matthew Josephson
“Calendar Art” includes art by Norman Rockwell, Andrew Loomis, Maxfield Parris, Rolf Armstrong
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“Bugles in the Afternoon” part 2 of 8 by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Donald Teague
“Knoll Island” part 4 of 7 by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Matt Clark
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 2-page Good Year ad featuring a Dove and an Eagle, Pan American Clippers, and Claudette Colbert for Cheerioats on the back cover.
1943/04/17 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Al Moore.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“They’ll Love You” by Paul Ernst and illustrated by Al Moore
“Room for Two” by Dorothy Curnow Handley and illustrated by Glen Fleischmann
“Without You Get Mad” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Herbert F. Roese
“Haywire” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
ARTICLES:
“Arctic Outpost” by Arthur W. Baum with photographs by Ivan Dmitri
“Washington Operator” by Earl Wilson with photos by Bob Garland
“The Soothsayer Comes Back” by Maurice Zolotow “Palmists, astrologers and assorted fortunetellers now extract $200,000,000 yearly from gullible Americans who want to know the future”
“Are We Buying Friendship in Latin America?” by Paul Jones with drawings by Carl Rose
“What Kind of Man is a Russian General?” by Edgar Snow
“Fall of the House of MacPhail” by John McDonald with Charles Dexter is about Larry MacPhail
“Last Man Off Wake Island” part 3 of 3 by Lt. Col. Walter L.J. Bayler, USMC with drawings byt Wallace Morgan
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“The Saboteurs” part 2 of 7 by John and Ward Hawkins and illustrated by Donald Teague
“Ramrod” part 4 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Big Ben from Westclox ad with large Ernest Hamlin Baker war-themed illustration, Good Year, Dr. Pepper, Union Pacific Railroad, Canned Florida Grapefruit juice with color illustration of a soldier by John Falter, United Air Lines.
1943/01/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“Steppingstones” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
“Them That Has” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
“The Galloping Goya” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Richard Hook
“And So He Went Along” by John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
ARTICLES:
“Calendar Lady” by Howard Whitman is about Elisabeth Achelis
“The Salt That Nearly Lost a War” by Neil M. Clark
“The Italians Want to Quit” by Charles Lanius
“Pain Blackout” by Myron M. Stearns
“Muscle Magician” by Stanley Frank about Bill Miller keeping the Oklahoma University basketball team in shape
“Shoot the Works!” part 2 of 3 by Boyden Sparkes
“Eighteen Men and a Boat” conclusion by Lt. Comdr. John Morrill, USN as told to Pete Martin
SERIALS:
“Dangerous Ways” part 1 of 6 by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Courtney Allen
“Eddie and the Archangel Mike” part 5 of 6 by Barry Benefield and illustrated by Ben Stahl
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Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: “It Also Stands for Volume!” ad from Philco Corporation with V for Victory sign illustrated over a battle scene by Crawford, Good Year, Lucky Strikes from a painting by Georges Schreiber, Firestone, Pan American Clippers, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring Dick Durrance on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“Where Is Tita?” by Kenneth Perkins and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
“Pike Pohlman Invades a Barony by Leo Livingston and illustrated by Tom Hall
“Four-Cornered Turn” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
“Destroyer from America” by John Fernald and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
“The Ranger Takes a Honeymoon” by Bert Stiles and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
ARTICLES:
Bible of Baseball by Stanley Frank A detailed history of The Sporting News from 1886 through publication with biography of J.G. Taylor Spink, coverage of its evolution alongside the N.L and American Association, it’s intimate association with Ban Johnson and the American League, the Spink family, war distribution, and more. Excellent article!
Treasure on the Ocean Floor by Alexander Key
Tokyo Calls the Tune by Demaree Bess
Russia Will Hold This Summer by Joseph E. Davies, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
How to Have Fun With Weeds by Rackham Holt
Dorothy Lamour – Big Pie Plate by Earl Wilson
I Escaped from Hong Kong — Part 3 of 3 — by Jan Henrik Marsman
Should Congress Vote a Sales Tax to Finance the War? — No by Harvey Stephen Perloff and Yes by John W. Haines
SERIALS:
“The Case of the Careless Kitten” — Part 5 of 8 of a Perry Mason story by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Hy Rubin
“Assignment in Brittany” — Conclusion — by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
1942/01/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“I Shall Not Be Afraid” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
“Oh, Dem Gold-en Slip-pers” by David G. Wittels and illustrated by Ben Stahl
“Crunch and the Golden Lure” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
ARTICLES:
“Axis Anarchy in Greece” by Leigh White
“My Cousin Ji-Um” by T.S. Stribling
“The Hepburn Story” conclusion by Lupton A. Wilkinson and J. Bryan, III is about Katharine Hepburn with 4 photos
“Our Undeclared War in France” by Demaree Bess
SERIALS:
“Heads You Lose” part 1 of 7 by Christianna Brand and illustrated by Floyd Davis
“Trouble Is My Master” conclusion by Darwin L. Teilhet and illustrated by Donald Teague
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Poem: “Canticle for a Hall Clock” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 2-pages in color for “American Aircraft in the RAF in Action” from United Aircraft Corporation and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
1941/11/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:Cover design by Gene Pelham.
Complete contents from the contents page is as follows: SHORT STORIES:
“At the Time Appointed” by George S. Brooks and illustrated by Courtney Allen
“Sit in the Sun” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by George Garland
“The Spot on Jupiter” by Harry Klingsberg and illustrated by E.F. Ward
Give Me Steam” by Carl D. Lane and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
“The Big Squeeze” by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Hy Rubin
“Reception at Puno” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
ARTICLES:
“Out of the Doghouse” by W.L. White
“What is Morale?” by Edgar Snow
“Death in a Hard Shell” by Elsie McCormick is about ticks
“They All Coach at Wabash” by D.C. Chet Grant
“The Only Nation Since the Crusades” by Herbert Hoover
“Uncle Sam Goes Prospecting” by Frederick R. Bechdolt
SERIALS:
“Bright Danger” part 1 of 4 by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Ben Stahl
“Money in the Bank” part 2 of 8 by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
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“Be Busy on Defense–and be Beautiful Too!” is one page containing seven color photos of Rita Hayworth
Poems:
“Scent is the Husband” by Gladys McKee
“Man’s Inhumanity to Man” by Joseph Auslander
Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Chicago Bears coach and owner George Halas for Alemite, Claudette Colbert in “Skylark”, Claudette Colbert and Ben Hogan for Pan-American Coffee Bureau, Republic Steel with color illustration by Ernest Hamlin Baker, GE Mazda Lamps with illustrations by Rea Irvin, “Life at Pensacola” by Frank Godwin for Texaco, Billie Burke and Ralph Morgan for Canada Dry*, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
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Please note all title are listed as either YEAR-MONTH as in 1947-05 for a May 1947 issue or YEAR-MONTH-DATE as in 1947-12-15 for a December 15, 1947 issue.
