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1946-04-06 Liberty Magazine Contents

1946/04/06 —
Cover “Liberty’s Almanac for April” designed and drawn by Fred Cooper

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • New York’s New Mayor by Henry Hillman and Clifford Evans is about Bill O’Dwyer
  • Facts About Figures by Olga Ley with small black and white photos marking the years at the top of the page: 1896: Lillian Russell – 1906: Fritzi Scheff – 1916: Irene Castle – 1926: Joan Crawford – 1936: Jean Harlow – finally a larger picture for 1946: Lana Turner
  • Golden Locks by Robert T. Furman, Jr. is about harvesting human hair for wigs
  • Baseball’s Dark Question: The inside story of how Branch Rickey came to sign a Negro and what’s going to happen from here on in, by Charles Dexter with a photo of Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson’s wedding photo
  • Art for Hitler’s Sake by Stacy V. Jones about art the Nazi’s looted

    • STORIES:

  • “Over the Hills We Go” by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by Ralph Crawley
  • “The Estate of the Late Sam Bundy” by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by Ernest Chiriacka
  • “Hide-Out” — Short Short Story — by H.H. Stinson and illustrated by Martin Gulser
  • “Spurs of Silver” by Cliff Farrell and illustrated by Thomas Atwell

    • PICTURES:

  • Easter Bonnets Bare the Brow by Helen Faith Keane

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Judd Rankin’s Daughter by Susan Glaspell and illustrated by Glen Thomas

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Woman-Talk
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • The Thropp Family written by Lawrence Lariar and illustrated by Don Lou

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Will the New Wage-Price Policy Work? by Paul Hunter