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1946-05 American Magazine Contents

1946/05 — Cover is a natural color photograph of Jerry Courtney by Patston

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

NOVELS:

  • The Intruder by James Aswell and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • Murder on Tuesday — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Jane Huttenloch

    • STORIES:

  • Optioned Blonde by Henry Beetle Hough with color illustration by Mario Cooper

  • The Stone Trees by Nancy Shores and illustrated by George Hughes
  • Scattergood Greets a Hero by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • Kill Shot — Short Short by Peter Packer
  • Consuelo by Margaret Cousins and illustrated by Frederic Varady
  • The House That Was Lost by Anne Homer Warner and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • Marriage for Three by Charles Bonner and illustrated by Fred Freeman
  • Blackout — Vignette by Dorothy Davis
  • The Trap — Storiette by Sewell Peaslee Wright

    • ARTICLES:

  • Truman’s First Year by Beverly Smith
  • The Spy Who Double-Crossed Hitler by J. Edgar Hoover
  • The Veterans’ One-Man Lobby by Clarence Woodbury
  • Baseball’s Biggest Scramble by Jim Burchard about wartime players returning to the bigs
  • My Husband Won’t Let Me by Joan Edwards
  • The World Has Too Many People by Guy Irving Burch
  • Are You As Smart As Your Dog? by Dr. Leon F. Whitney
  • Gadgets Galore by Frederick G. Brownell
  • Does Heredity Make You What You Are? by Arthur Kornhauser, Ph.D.
  • It’s in the Bag by James Gordon

    • FEATURES:

  • Interesting People, includes color photo of William Castle
  • Letters to the Editor
  • The Food Front
  • Why Don’t They?
  • People You Could Murder
  • Word Golf
  • How Do You Meet Life?

  • Signs of the Times
  • By the Way
  • It’s the Law! and other distinctive comics