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1955-04 American Magazine Contents

1955/04 — Cover is a painting by Arthur Sarnoff

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

ARTICLES:

  • By the Way – Obey or Pay — by The Editor
  • Are You Getting Your Share of Social Security? by Oveta Culp Hobby
  • Mr. Speaker–The Dynamo of Capital Hill by Edward Boyd about Sam Rayburn

  • Things I Wish My Parents Wouldn’t Do by Chris Cominel
  • I Walked Along the Street of Freedom by Roul Tunley
  • Can You Invent a Better Shoe? by H.J. Rand
  • My Best Pal Is a Bird by Mitchell D. Follansbee, Jr about a budgie
  • Moisture in Your Home? by Roger C. Whitman
  • Columbus Landed Here! by Jack Long

    • NOVELS:

  • The Dangerous Age by Mabel Brown Farwell and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • A Bullet for the Purser — Mystery by John Rhodes Sturdy and illustrated by James Bingham

    • STORIES:

  • To Know, To Love — Storiette by Lucille A. Rice with illustration by Don Neiser
  • The Girl in the Guest Room by Andrina Iverson and illustrated by Morgan Kane
  • Blonde With the Sea-Green Eyes by W.H. Prosser and illustrated by Paul Burns
  • Fortress of Fear by by Hugh B. Cave and illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea
  • Bitter Sunday — Short Short Story by Peggy Simson Curry

    • FEATURES:

  • Letters Across the Editors’ Desk
  • Today’s Fabulous Figures
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Funny Side of the Street
  • Movies of the Month
  • The Open Door
  • Interesting People, includes color page featuring Debbie Reynolds and black & white page with Alvin Dark
  • Private Punky
  • Help for Your House
  • Now They’ve Done It!
  • Build an Extra Room in Your Backyard
  • Welding Words
  • Why?
  • Directory of School and Camps
  • It’s the Law!