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1939-01-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

1939/01/28 — Cover art by Howard Butler.
Contents as follows:
Short Stories:

  • “The Pacifist” by Harry Sylvester & illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Jail Baby” by Hannah Lees & illustrated by Ludwig Kravis
  • “Spirit of Nonstop” by Frank Condon & illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

    • The Short Short Story

  • “Unlawful Entry” by Henry Meade Williams with illustration by George Howe

    • Serial Stories:

  • “The Resounding Skies” part 2 of 10 by Laurence G. Blochman & illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Strange Honeymoon” part 8 of 10 by Octavus Roy Cohen & illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • Articles

  • “Career Girl” is about Claudette Colbert by Kyle Crichton
  • “Oregon Strikes Back” about unions by Richard L. Neuberger
  • “Bright Side Out” about art in the open–the New York World’s Fair by Ruth Carson
  • The Man With the Screwdriver” is about Brazil’s President-Dictator Dr. Getulio Vargas by Jim Marshall
  • “The Cook Shows Off” by Rose and Bob Brown

    • Plus:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: “Ask the Men Who Know”
  • Cartoons by Irv Breger, Leonard Dove, Reamer Keller, Gardner Rea, George de Zayas, Jay Irving, Charles Addams, William Steig, Eric Ericson, D. Huffine, John Ruge, Chon Day, Barbara Shermund, Garrett Price

    • Notable Advertising includes: “Myrna Loy in a new picture” features a color photo of actress Myrna Loy for DeSoto, Dodge Trucks, Pontiac, Schlitz, Schenley’s Cream of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey ad is illustrated by Norman Rockwell, Constance Bennett and Roland Young in “Topper Takes a Trip”*. (Note * means ad is less than a full page)