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1940-05-11 Liberty Magazine Contents

1940/05/11 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover by Victor Tchetchet

Contents as follows:
EDITORIAL:

  • A Tyrannical Dictator for Us? Perhaps! by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Lovers’ Jackpot” by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Spring Tonic” — Liberty’s Short Short — by Rebecca Stevenson
  • “The Wind Under Their Wings” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Edwin Henry

    • SERIALS:

  • Tales Out of School — Part I — by A Senator’s Daughter
  • Oomph Girl — Part III — by Margaret E. Sangster and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • Mannerheim: Hero of Finland — Conclusion — by Emil Ludwig and illustrated by Charles DeFeo
  • Calcutta Adventure — Conclusion — by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman

    • ARTICLES:

  • What Does the Future Hold for the Quins? by Allan Roy Dafoe, MD including a large photo of each of the five Dionne Quintuplets with a musical instrument and another of them singing together
  • Horses Don’t Win the Derby Alone! by Charley Kurtsinger as told to Irving Wallace with a photo of Kurtsinger atop the famed War Admiral
  • The Once-Private Citizen by Channing Pollock
  • Hollywood Quiz by William C. DeMille with a photo of Carole Lombard
  • How to Find a Better Job by Professor Walter B. Pitkin

    • FEATURES:

  • $2,000 Vacation Resort and Travel Game
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills
  • Twenty Questions
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover