1952-12-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

1952/12/20 — “America’s New Dreadful Weapon” cover is credited to Fred Freeman

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

America’s New Dreadful Weapon by Rear Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN with James C. Derieux and illustrated by Fred Freeman about the atomic submarine

Would You Share Your Home With a Mental Case? by Michela Robbins

Transomic Tunnel Takes the Collier Trophy

Gary Cooper Spears a Kahala in Samoa — Collier’s Color Camera

For Sale: Advt. by Corey Ford with illustrations by Gluyas Williams

Is Your Body In Tune? by James A. Maxwell

Boom Boom! is about Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion with a larger than full-page color photo

Small Town Christmas by Lew Dietz

Crackers ‘n’ Cookies by Robert Froman

FICTION:

“The Dream of the Black Horse” by Joseph Petracca and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn

“Dead on Christmas Street” by John D. MacDonald and illustrated by Tran Mawicke

“Blood from a Turnip” — The Short Short Story by Jim Thompson (author of “The Killer Inside Me,” “The Grifters,” etc.) with illustration by Anthony Saris

“Hand-Me-Down” by Helen Cotton and illustrated by Frederic Varady

“The True Heart Never Grows Cold” by Harriet Frank, Jr. and illustrated by Charles Hawes

PLUS:

48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport

Editorials

Philip Morris Christmas Themed ad features Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in black & white

Color Christmas ad from Coca-Cola on the back cover featuring large Santa Claus