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1956-01-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

1956/01/06 — Cover featuring Perry Como is credited to Marvin Koner

Contents as follows:

ARTICLES:

  • What’s Wrong With the Weather Bureau? by Dr. John Q. Stewart with Richard Gehman
  • The Last Word on Adolf Hitler by H.R. Trevor-Roper – An authority puts and end to the rumor that the dictator is still alive, with full-page close-up drawing of Hitler’s face by Tom Allen
  • Perry Como: Nice Guys Finish First by Michael Drury
  • Next: Fluoride Toothpaste by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
  • Hot Rod Hundley by Howard Cohn, with color photos of Hundley, then of West Virginia University, 2 pages total
  • Where Are Those New Roads? by Theodore H. White
  • “Go South, Young Man” by Duncan Aikman – Latin America is booming and loaded with opportunities
  • How to Eat at 1,000 MPH by James J. Haggerty, Jr. – The Air Force seeks ways to feed jet pilots sealed in suit-and-mask
  • Your Stake in the Olympics by Bill Davidson

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Seven Happy Gods” — The Short Short Story — by Jack Carroll with small color illustration by Anthony Saris
  • “The Big Puddle” by Cameron Hawley and illustrated by Walter Richards
  • “Butter, Love and Eggs” by Lucia Mason and illustrated by Lucia

    • SERIAL

  • “Mad River” — Part 1 of 3 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Collier’s Comment