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1940-01-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

1940/01/06 — Cover design by Arthur Crouch

Contents as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Double Billing” by Michael Foster and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “First Winner” by Paul Schubert and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Two-Tongue Truth” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “The Simple Life” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Bear Trap” — The Short Short Story — by Robert P. Lewis and illustrated by Frank Street

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Sad Cypress” — Part 7 of 10 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Saddle and Ride” — Part 4 of 8 by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • ARTICLES:

  • Slow Boat to War by Martha Gellhorn
  • That’s How Pictures Are Born by Quentin Reynolds about the making of “Of Mice and Men” with 3 photos including one in color of stars Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr.
  • Where’s Them Biscuits, Pappy? by Walter Davenport
  • More Cheese for Breakfast by Frank J. Taylor
  • The Goose Egg Kid by James C. Hendy about hockey goalie Frank Brimsek

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Dangerous Decade
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover