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1939-02-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

1939/02/18 — Cover art by Ronald McLeod.
Contents as follows:
Short Stories:

  • “”Dirt Cheap” by Moran Tudury & illustrated by George de Zayas
  • “The Thunderbirds” by D.K. Findlay & illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “The Road to Cariente” by Walter Henry & illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Right Gun” by William MacHarg & illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

    • The Short Short Story

  • “Shipmate” by Paul Schubert with illustration by Carl Mueller

    • Serial Stories:

  • “The Green Angel” part 1 of 10 by George F. Worts & illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “The Resounding Skies” part 5 of 10 by Laurence G. Blochman & illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • Articles

  • “Massey into Lincoln” about Raymond Massey playing Abraham Lincoln on “The Picture Page”
  • “Who’s a Bum?” about Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom by Kyle Crichton
  • “Mail-Order Government” about public opinion by Harold L. Ickes
  • “Cooked the Way You Like It” by Dorothy Ducas and Adele Brown
  • “The West Throws a Party” about San Francisco Bay by Jim Marshall

    • Plus:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: “Human Nature on Parade”
  • Cartoons by Ned Hilton, Richard Decker, Jay Irving, Reamer Keller, Colin Allen, George Shellhase, William Von Riegen, Shermund, George Price, Frank Beaven, Alex Young, William Steig

    • Notable Advertising includes: full-page b&w ad for the film “Huckleberry Finn” with a large pic of Mickey Rooney, Pullman, 2-page ad for Texaco, Schlitz, Packard Six & 120 with color illustration by John Falter, New 1939 Chevrolet Trucks, Madeleine Carrol for Calox*, Philip Morris*, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note * means ad is less than a full page)