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1936-09 American Magazine Contents

1936/09 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

Mystery Novel:
Complete in this Issue

  • “The Professor’s Alibi” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Pruett Carter

    • STORIES:

  • “Rogue in Red” is a Pirate story featuring Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Tell Mother Everything” by Katharine Haviland-Taylor and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “To Him Who Waits” — A Storiette — by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Paul Branson
  • “Red Earth” — Part II — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Understudy” by Pauline Partridge and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Blocking Back” — Part I — by Harry A. Stuhldreher
  • “Fire Away” — A Vignette — by D.C. O’Flaherty
  • “Face the Facts” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Pressure” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Kingmaker” by William Corcoran and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Champions Beget Champions” by Odgers T. Gurnee and illustrated Pruett Carter

    • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • “Moderation” by Robert V. Fleming
  • “Our Muddled Youth” by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • “Bla Bla Black Man” by J. Edgar Hoover looks to be about an international car thief operating out of Brooklyn by the name of Gabriel Vigorito
  • “Slap ‘Em For Luck” by Clark Gable
  • “The Name is Lewis” by Beverly Smith is about John L. Lewis
  • “Society’s Loud-Speaker by Helen Worden is about Robert Hamlett
  • “I Drew A Full House”
  • “Push-button House” by Hubert Kelly
  • “Sneezes on the Breezes” by George Kent

    • FACTS AND FANCY:

  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • Along the Way
  • Interesting People & Colorful Personalities — One-page each with large photo and text of the following: Patty Berg, Mrs. Alberta Moore, Carl Voss and Walter Vogler, S.A. Wald, Mrs. Whitehouse Walker, Jean Tooker, Elmo Calkins, Gov. James V. Allred
  • Are You a Good Sport? by Eleanor Early
  • Interviews — Contest Winner
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ingram’s ad with drawings of Dizzy and Daffy Dean, Lou Gehrig for Gillette* (2/3 page), Camel Cigarettes, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))