The American Magazine

1935/10 — Cover is a natural-color photograph by F. Alden Weeks

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

FICTION:

“The Captive Bride’ — Part 1 — by Barrett Willoughby and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“A Nut on Research” by Mignon Downing Lake and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“Patron of Arts” — A Scattergood Story — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Two Men” — A Storiette — by Margaret Carpenter and illustrated by C.C. Beall

“Not in the Bargain’ by Constance Hall and illustrated by John LaGatta

“Storm” by Theodore Fredenburgh and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Truck Away” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Rico Le Brun

“Marry the Girl’ — Part 3 — by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Footsteps at Night” — Part 5 — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“For Thirty Years” by Katharine Haviland-Taylor

“Double Rebound” by Rebecca Stevenson and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“The Long Arm” — A complete fiction story in 357 words — by Channing Pollock

“Hunt’s End” by Elmer Ransom and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Dust” by Kimball Herrick and illustrated by Mario Cooper

ARTICLES:

Toelerance by Robert M. Hutchins

Wall Street Wants to See You by Jerome Beatty

Every Man a Colonel by Hubert Keeley and illustrated by Adolph Kronengold

Speed by Walter Lippmann

A Fight for Life by Charles J.V. Murphy

Second Helpings by Beverly Smith

Watch That Pass! by Edwin B. Dooley

A City Goes to School by William Corbin

What Good is a Husband?

Dividends by John C. Murdock

Some Folks Are Lucky by J.B. Griswold

OTHER FEATURES:

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

What Are Your Profits? – Contest Announcement

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

What Age Is Best? – Contest Winners

Along the Way

Under Your Hat by Rose Laird

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Charmer – Myron Mittleman

Last – Arizona Bill

Debunker – Claudia De Lys

Employer – W. Frank Persons

Dangler – Margeret Bourke-White

Reckless – Lee Gehlbach

Chips – Owen Davis Jr., Mary Rogers & Keenan Wynn

Beachcomber – Gertdue Neidlinger

1935/09 — Cover is a natural-color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska, with Barker Devin, photographer.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

MYSTERY NOVEL:

“The Trail of Mark Adams” — Complete in this Issue — byt Philip Wylie

FICTION:

“Smile on the High Notes” by Margaret Craven and illustrated by A. Parker

“Don’t Call Me Darling” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

“Stone by the Birch” by Rachel Field and illustrated by John Holmgren

“Marry the Girl” — Part II — by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Good Timber” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Herbert Paus

“Not Cloudy All Day” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Warning to Tomboys” by Herbert Dalmas and illustrated by Walter Klett

“Footsteps at Night” — Part IV — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Opera Hat” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“One More Song” by Ben Ames Williams and illustrated by Albert Dorne

ARTICLES:

Alone by Charles J.V. Murphy is about Admiral Richard E. Byrd

Let’s Eat by Beverly Smith

Your Golf Will Find You Out by Tommy Armour

Minnesota’s Enigma by John Janney is about Governor Floyd B. Olson

My Husband Flirts With Death by Lady Campbell is about Malcolm Campbell

She Was Such a Nice Girl by Jerome Beatty is about Claudette Colbert

Getting Away With Murder by Harold G. Hoffman

What Do Animals Think of You? by Archibald Rutledge

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

Tailor, Beware! by Elizabeth Hawes

Playing With Dynamite by General Hugh S. Johnson

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Belief by Dr. Henry Norris Russell

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

“Winners” — Contest Winners

“What Shall We Play?” by Elisa Maxwell

Along the Way

Who Drives Best? — Contest Announcement

Seed ‘Em and Reap by Neil M. Clark

Who Wants to Go Boom? by H.I. Phillips

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

ABCD — Morlock Quadruplets

Number, Please? — Louise Hackmeister

Booter — Leroy N. Mills

Headhunter — Dr. Margaret Mead

Spender — Admiral Christian Joy Peoples

Whiskers — Grant Wood

Miracle — Grischa Gobuloff

Dresser — Polly Pettit

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Camel Cigarettes featuring Lou Gehrig, Gene Sarazen and other stars of sport, Anna Karenina featuring Greta Garbo, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.

1935/08 — Cover is a natural-color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska and photographed by Barker Devin

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

FICTION:

“Marry the Girl” — Part 1 — by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Footsteps at Night” — Part 3 — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Hungry to Know” by Coningsby Dawson and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Freedom for Two” by Christopher Craig and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Sawdust Soldiers” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Unknown Sea” by Marion Brandon and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“He Fell Off A Horse” by David Garth

“Golden Glide” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

“No Man Is Worth It” by Allene Corliss and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“Opera Hat” — Part 4 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Read ‘Em and Weep” by Rube Goldberg and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

“Green Valley” by Talbert Josselyn and illustrated by Rico Le Brun

ARTICLES:

A “Weakling” Conquers the Arctic by Hubert Kelley about David Irwin

Mile-a-Minute Men by Governor Harold G. Hoffman

Girls Are Made of Star-Dust by W.C. Pop Fuller – Fuller is coach of tennis champions including Helen Jacobs and Helen Wills Moody

Plans by the Carload by Walter Lippmann

Fifteen Years a Governor by Albert C. Ritchie

Life of the Party by Elsa Maxwell

What Is Public Ownership? by Isaac Don Levine

Bullfighter by Dorothy Cottrell

“Where Have I Seen You Before?” by Jerome Beatty about photographic model Janice Jarratt

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Fame by Babe Ruth – One-page editorial by the Bambino

What Would You Like to Play? — Contest Annoucement

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Pet Worries — Contest Winners

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Anything Wrong at Home? by Roger B. Whitman

Good Old Summer by Maurice Chideckel, M.D.

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Postman — Helen Richey

Triple Threat — Tamara Geva

Fifer — MacKinlay Kantor

Deep — Gloria Hollister

Dressmaker — Joseph Lanz

Horse Sense — Mary Hirsch

Trouper — Frankie M. Thomas, Jr.

Prophet — Hugh H. Bennett

1935/08 — Cover is a natural-color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska and photographed by Barker Devin

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

FICTION:

“Marry the Girl” — Part 1 — by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Footsteps at Night” — Part 3 — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Hungry to Know” by Coningsby Dawson and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Freedom for Two” by Christopher Craig and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Sawdust Soldiers” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Unknown Sea” by Marion Brandon and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“He Fell Off a Horse” by David Garth

“Golden Glide” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

“No Man is Worth It” by Allene Corliss

“Opera Hat” — Part 5 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Read ‘Em and Weep” by Rube Goldberg and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

“Green Valley” by Talbert Josselyn

ARTICLES:

A “Weakling” Conquers the Arctic by Hubert Kelley

Mile-a-Minue Men by Governor Harold G. Hoffman

Girls Are Made of Star Dust by W.C. Pop Fuller

Plans by the Carload by Walter Lippmann

Fifteen Years a Governor by Albert C. Ritchie

Life of the Party by Elsa Maxwell

What is Public Ownership? by Isaac Don Levine

Bullfighter by Dorothy Cottrell

“Where Have I Seen You Before?” by Jerome Beatty

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Fame by BABE RUTH – Just a single page with very small illustration of the Bambino’s head

What Would You Like to Play? – Contest Announcement

It Takes All Kinds by Walter Benjamin

Pet Worries – Contest Winners

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Anything Wrong at Home? by Roger B. Whitman

Good Old Summer by Maurice Chideckel, M.D.

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Postman – Helen Richey

Triple Threat – Tamara Geva

Fifer – MacKinlay Kantor

Deep – Gloria Hollister

Dressmaker – Joseph Lanz

Horse Sense – Mary Hirsch

Trouper – Frankie M. Thomas, Jr.

Prophet – Hugh H. Bennett

1935/07 — Cover is a natural-color photograph by Paul Hesse.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

MYSTERY NOVEL:

“The Twisted Face” — Complete in this Issue — by Frederic Arnold Kummer and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

FICTION:

“From Now On” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

“A Pretty Soft Thing” by William Wister Haines and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“Girl in Camp” by Edmund Ware and illustrated by Herbert Paus

“Untamed” by Konrad Bercovici and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Opera Hat” — Part IV — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Footsteps at Night” — Part II — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Racing Abe Goes Home” by Dorothy Cottrell and illustrated by Robert O. Reid

“See You Sunday” by David Garth and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

“Out of the Five” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt

ARTICLES:

He-Men Wear Aprons by Jack Dempsey

30 Years a City Editor by Charles I. Blood

These Dry States by Hubert Kelley

They’re Off by Frank R. Kent

Nomad’s Land by Beverly Smith is about trailer homes

I’m Tame as a Lion by Norma Shearer

Book of Magic by Thomas Sugrue and illustrated by John E. Sheridan

It’s Only a Cold by Maurice Chideckel, M.D.

Where Do We Go From Here? by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Work by Frederick H. Ecker

“I Believe” — Contest Announcement

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Before You Buy by Roger B. Whitman

“Does Kindness Pay?” — Contest Winners

Along the Way

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Jungler — Wynant Davis Hubbard

Mister — Geroge Breck Montgomery

Cool — Maxi Herber & Ernest Baier

Fixer — Norman H. Davis

Trainer — Mrs. Harrison Eustis

Sleuth — Sigmund Spaeth

Atlas — Sally Plunkett

Linguist — Norma Shearer

1935/06 — Cover is a photograph directed by Ray Prohaska and photographed by Barker Devin

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

FICTION:

“Footsteps at Night” — Part 1 — by Valentine Williams and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Dusty Miller” by Isabel Stewart Way and illustrated by Robert O. Reid

“Pockets Inside Out” by Martha Hays Weymouth and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“One Gentleman to Another” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Pruett Clark

“Eddie Takes a Rest” by Don Marquis and illustrated by Russell Patterson

“First Day” by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

“Lights Against Him” by Borden Chase

“Furnished Room” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Gladys Rockmore Davis

“Opera Hat” — Part 3 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Blonde Percentage” by Kimball Herrick and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“Spangles” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by George Howe

“Never Mind the Lady” — Conclusion — by David Garth and illustrated by Donald Teague

ARTICLES:

Tax Slaves by General Hugh S. Johnson with illustration by Harold Talburt

Hot Spot by Courtney Ryley Cooper with drawing by Zadig

“You Ought to Be in Pictures” by Edith Strand

Muddy Millions by Thomas Sugrue with drawing by John Atherton

What Business Really Wants: Questions by Henry F. Pringle – Answers by Henry I. Harriman

Bunch of Keys by William Corbin

The Challenge to the Constitution by Walter Lippmann with drawing by Rollin Kirby

One Alaska Night by Barrett Willoughby with drawing by Harold Von Schmidt

Education on the Auction Block by Thomas M. Johnson

In at the Finish by Archibald Rutledge

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial: Foresight by Owen D. Young

Are You Ruled by Your Heart or Head? by Eleanor Early

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Next to Your House by Roger B. Whitman

Are Mothers a Menace? — Contest Winners

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Fast Ones by W.E. Farbstein

What Age Is Best? – Contest Announcement

What the Readers Say

Along the Way

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Xylotomist – Arthur Koehler

Shaver – Freddie Bartholomew

Gardener – Leona Dalrymple

Whiz – Ethel Mercereau

Busiest – George Anthiel

Minnow – Katherine Rawls

Baby – Rush Holt

Pendulum – Stuart Benson

1935/05 — Cover is a photograph directed by Ray Prohaska and photographed by Barker Devin

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

MYSTERY NOVEL:

Complete in this issue: “The Clock Strikes” by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Samuel Otis

FICTION:

“Opera Hat” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Still Fishing” by Arthur Stringer and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Powder-Puff Champs” by James Cromwell and illustrated by Frderick Chapman

“Worth the Mending” by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger with natural color photograph directed by Mario Cooper and photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston

“Handy to Have” by Phyllish Duganne and illustrated by Herbert M. Stoops

“Tent Show” by Konrad Bercovici and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“Upstage” by Eleanor DeLamater and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“Don’t Go Near the Water’ by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

“Half an Hour” by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Russell Patterson

“Never Mind the Lady” — Part 4 — by David Garth and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Starlight Pass” — Conclusion — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper

ARTICLES:

Disarmament–How? by H.G. Wells

Flying Phantom by Jack Lincke

As Japan Sees Us — Questions by Henry F. Pringle ; Answers by Hirosi Saito

Strategy of the Extremists by General Hugh S. Johnson and illustrated by Rollin Kirby

Recovery Key by John Janney

Voice from the Bleachers by Beverly Smith is about Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota

How to Become a Movie Star by Jean Muir

Security by Walter Lippmann with drawings by F.R. Gruger

Valley of Life by Thomas Sugrue

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial: Reverence

“The Things I’ve Always Wanted to Do” – Contest Winners

Screentime by Roger B. Whitman

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Who’s Next? – Contest Announcement

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Elegant – Fred Bradna

Truck-Driver – Lelia Roosevelt Denis

Scion – Francis Biddle

Mystery – Leslie Ford

Marksman – Marion Semmelmeyer

Fleet – William Bonthron

Seahorse – Simon Lake

Frank – Jean Muir

1935/03 — Cover is a photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

MYSTERY NOVEL:

Complete in this issue: “The Mystery of the Galleon Key” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Walter Klett

FICTION:

“She Said ‘No'” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“Day in Spring” by Clara Wallace Overton and illustrated by C.C. Beall

“Uneasy Money” by Edwin Dial Torgerson and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

“Blessed Isle” by Albert Richard Wetjen and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Never Mind the Lady” — Part 2 — by David Garth and illustrated by Donald Teague

“A Nickel’s Worth of Love” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Not Interested” by Gerald Mygatt and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Scattergood Meets a Money-Player” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan

“Starlight Pass” — Part 4 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Beauty’s Daughter” — Conclusion — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Roy Spreter

“Country Doctor” by Don Marquis and illustrated by William Meade Prince

ARTICLES:

Richberg Takes the Stand — Questions by Henry F. Pringle ; Answers by Donald R. Richberg

Jungle Merchant by William LaVarre

Democracy Goes to School by Hubert Kelley

Budgets for the Bewildered by Jerome Beatty

Trader Jones by J.B. Griswold

We’ve Got Rhythm by William S. Dutton

Land of Tomorrow by Thomas Sugrue

The Turn to the “Right” by Walter Lippmann

The Race is Against Yourself by Paul Gallico

Three-Ring Town by Webb Waldron

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial: Understanding by Myron Taylor

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

How to Fix Old Floors by Roger B. Whitman

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Roughrider – Hope Landis

Bard – W.W. Christman

Homemaker – Lilliam M. Gilbreth

Trouper – Richard B. Harrison

Harpooner – Philip Wylie

Bookman – Herbert Putnam

Speeder – Jane Wyatt

Dealer – Jesse H. Jones

1935/02 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

FICTION:

“Never Mind the Lady” — Part I — by David Garth and illustrated by Donald Teague

“A Midsummer Nightmare” by Howard Brubaker

“No Place for a Girl” by Rosamond Du Jardin and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“Salt Wind” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Almost a Gypsy” by Konrad Bercovici and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“Charlie” by Max Brand and illustrated by Herbert M. Stoops

“Too Much Water” by Don Marquis and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Starlight Pass” — Part III — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Enemy Agent” by F. Britten Austin and illustrated by Edw. A. Wilson

“The House of Darkness” by Ellery Queen and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“Beauty’s Daughter” — Part V — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Roy Spreter

“Suction” by Kimball Herrick and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

ARTICLES:

“Youth Goes Into Action” by Hubert Kelley and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

“They Say” by Beverly Smith

“Bringing Up Shirley” is about Shirley Temple by her mother Gertrude Temple

“Mississippi Pearl” by Jerome Beatty

“How Fast Do You Drive?” by Sir Malcolm Campbell

“Taking Off the Halo” by Elizabeth Cook

“New Roads to Security” — Questions by Henry F. Pringle — Answers by Frances Perkins

“Roosevelt–Master of His Fate” by Walter Lippmann

“High Sun” by Thomas Sugrue

“Feud” by Sherwood Anderson with drawing by Ray Prohaska

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Drive by J.W. Studebaker

Are Mothers a Menace? — Contest Announcement

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

When the Lights Go Out by Roger B. Whitman

A Man Who Was Honest by heywood Broun

Castaway’s Library

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Mogul — John J. Pelley

Scorer — Egbert Miles Jr.

Harpist — Virginia Morgan

Trader — Mrs. Floyd B. Odlum

Sailor-made — E.C. Segar with his creation Popeye the Sailor

Lightning — S. Clay Williams

Sandy — Sandra Jean Burns

Plotter — David Garth

Coca-Cola ad on the back cover

1934/11 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:
MYSTERY NOVEL:
Complete in this issue

“Point of Death” by Rex Stout and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

FICTION:

“A Tank-Town Drama – A Tink Story by Howard Brubaker and illlustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

“Divided We Fall” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Beauty’s Daughter” – Part II – by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Roy Spreter

“I Don’t Go Out With Sailors” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Hold That Note” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

“The Acacia Tree” by Margaret Carpenter and illustrated by Donald Teague

“The Girl Had Nerve” by Richard Thruelsen and illustrated by Frederick Chapman

“Same as Act One” by Katharine Newlin Burt and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“The Closed Room” – Part IV – by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan and George Howe

“Three Were Left” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman

“Tigress in Gingham” by Virginia Paxton and illustrated by Walter Klett

ARTICLES:

“Who’s On the Payroll” by James A. Farley

“Fellow Citizens, I Love You” is a poem by Ogden Nash with drawings by Rea Irvin

“Months After Sundown” by Charles J.V. Murray and illustrated by Charles Kaiser

“The Corn Planting” by Sherwood Anderson

“Everybody Wants to Be An Actor” by William Corbin

“Hero Poison” by Paul Gallico

“The Next Step in the New Deal” by Walter Lippmann

“Medicine Man” by John W. Vandercook is about Dr. Sylvester M. Lambert

“Shine ’em Up!” by Roger B. Whitman

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial–Progress by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

Fast Ones by W.E. Farbstein

Speaking of Men–and of Women by Eleanor Early

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Fogbreaker — Henry G. Houghton, Jr.

Homemaker — Milborn L. Wilson

Champs — Marion Lloyd and Dorothy Locke

Angler — Helen Jepson

Highbrow — Isabel Ebel

Scattergood — Thomas J. Neary

String-puller — Sue Hastings

Ruralist — Sherwood Anderson

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Heinz Tomato Ketchup on the inside front cover, Ripley Believe it or Not cartoon for Parker Pens, Prudential, Ivory Flakes, Campbell’s Soups, Camel Cigarettes, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1934/10 — Cover is a photograph by Paul Hesse

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:
FICTION:

“Beauty’s Daughter” — Part 1 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Roy Spreter

“Ten O’Clock House” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“…and Son” by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

“Uncle’s in the Headlines” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Floyd Davis

Pie Supper by Rose Wilder Lane and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“The Closed Room” — Part 3 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Tonight in Person” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“The Mansion on the Cliff” by Leonard Falkner and illustrated by George Howe

“Last Love” by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

“Joy Cometh” by Margaret Carpenter and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

“Smoke” by Karl Detzer and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

“Jordan Running Red” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

ARTICLES:

Thinking Out Loud! by Henry Ford

Panic Over Hollywood by Henry F. Pringle

Strange Shores by Thomas Sugrue

We Vote on the New Deal by Frank R. Kent

Bigger Than Politics by Beverly Smith is about Robert Moses

Halt by Colonel Daniel W. MacCormack and illustrated by John E. Sheridan

35 Feet of Freedom by Peter Barber

The Man Behind by Paul Gallico

With $2,000 to Spend by Roger B. Whitman

SHORT FEATURES:

Editorial: Democracy by Arthur E. Morgan

Fast Ones by W.E. Farbstein

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Its Smart to be Natural by Ransom Beckwith

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Baker – J.E. Humphreys

Miner – Josephine Roche

Handyman – Donald R. Richberg

Hat Tilter – Arthur C. Willard

Meteor – Hildegarde Sells

Lamplighter – Matthew Luckiesh

Youth – Thomas H. Eliot

Sonneteer – Ogden Nash

Color ad for Coca-Cola “The pause that refreshes…directed by Lubitsch” pictures Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with Ernst Lubitsch in MGM’s “The Merry Widow”

1934/09 — Cover is a photograph by F. Alden Weeks.

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:
FICTION:

“The Saint in New York” by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Love Leaves Town” by James Gould Cozzens and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt

“The Closed Room — Part II — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe and Paul Meylan

“One-Man Cat” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Matt Clark

“We’ll Bring the Jubilee” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Edmund F. Ward

“Here’s Your Hat!” by Margaret Widdemer and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“There Was a Woman” by Katharine Havilland-Taylor

“Highway Robbery” by Albert Treynor and illustrated by Robert O. Reid

“Volcano” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by C. Peter Helck

“Men Are So Simple” by Helen Hadakin and illustrated by Walter Klett

“Calm Yourself” — Conclusion by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Quarry” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

ARTICLES:

“Editorial — Patience” by Archibald Rutledge

“What’s Blocking Recovery?” by Thomas F. Woodlock

“Kingdom of Riddles” by Thomas Sugrue

“Why We Still Have Strikes” Questions by Henry Pringle and Answers by Senator Wagner

“The Man from Space” by Hubert Kelley is about Albert Einstein

“Spendthrift Millions” by Stanley Walker

“Babes in the Woods” by William Corbin

“Anything for a Laugh” by W.C. Fields

“Guardians of a Crime” by Jerome Beatty

SHORT FEATURES:

Fast Ones by W.E. Farbstein

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Can I Afford to Be Popular? — Contest Winners

Anything Wrong at Home? by Roger B. Whitman

What the Readers Say

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Stratospherer — Albert W. Stevens

Tough — Harry H. Bennett

Warden — Edith Stoeher

Beautician — Edward Bruce

Ramona

Good Scout — Josephine Schain

Driver — Lou Little

Juggler — Albert Einstein

Camel Cigarettes ad featuring Olympic Diver Georgia Coleman on the back cover

1934/06 — Cover is a natural-color photograph by F. Alden Weeks

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

ARTICLES:

Editorial by Deems Taylor

Does It Pay to Be Honest?

The President’s Mail Bag! by Louis McHenry Howe

Foot-Loose by Thomas Sugrue

The Unbeatable Game by Thomas F. Woodlock

Millions for a Mug by Jack Lawrence

It’s Funny About My Face by Wallace Beery

About the New Deal by George E. Sokolsky

Aw–Let’s Play Bridge by Edwin Victor Westrate

I Took on the Champs by Henry McLemore

Justice Cracks the Whip by Jerome Beatty

Your Chance of Getting Married by Louis I. Dublin

FICTION:

Calm Yourself — Part 1 by Edward Hope and illustrated by Floyd Davis

Flare by David Garth and illustrated by August Blesser, Jr.

The Downey Peach by Don Marquis and illustrated by Robert O’Reid

A Matter of Shoes by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Saul Tepper

Hope’s Diamond by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by Frederic Mizer

Some Bums Are Nice by Margaret Craven and illustrated by Mario Cooper

No More Tears by James Aswell and illustrated Roy Spreter

Synthetic Gentleman — Part 5 by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

Merchant Princess — Part 3 — by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

Happy Ending by Patterson McNutt and illustrated by Norman Mingo

INTERSTING PEOPLE:

Glorifier: Walter Dorwin Teague

Smooth: Fred Waring

Scuptor: Malvina Hoffman

Star-Gazer: Harlow Shapley

Teller: Marion Glass Banister

Porpoise: Lenore Kight

Woodsman: Ferdinand A. Silcox

Softie: Wallace Beery

SHORT FEATURES:

Contest Winners

A School of 10,000 Chances by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Fast Ones by W.E. Farbstein

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Words, Words, Words by Lawrence M. Conant

Anything Wrong at Home? by Roger B. Whitman

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M.

What the Readers Say

1934/05 — Cover design by Roy Spreter.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

“Youth” by Christian Gauss

“Babes in the Woods” by Beverly Smith and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

“American Adventures” by Konrad Bercovici

“A Prayer for All Mothers” by Lloyd C. Douglas

“The Making of a Movie Star” by Margaret Sullavan

“Up and Down” by J. Robley Tucker

“Fishes Like Neckties” by Louis H. Cook with color illustration spanning two pages by Norman Rockwell

“Out of the Fog” by Thomas F. Woodlock with drawing by George Howe

“Closing in on the Kidnappers” by Courney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Always Gloom at the Top” by Paul Gallico

FICTION:

“The Strangled Witness” by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

“Person to Person” by Stanley Paul and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

“Merchant Princess” — Part II — by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by August Blesser, Jr.

“Cape Horn Diploma” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Outside World” by Robert Carse and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

“The Hunt” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Arthur Palmer

“A Piece of String” is a Scattergood Baines story by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

“The Chipmunk Kid” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

“Synthetic Gentleman” — Part IV — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

“Faith” by Sigman Byrd and illustrated by Norman Price

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Dynamo — Harry L. Hopkins

Kingmaker — Otto Soglow

“Excelsior!” — Georgia Engelhard

Trainer — John Benson

Leader — Milo Reno

Flash — Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and Kenneth J. Germeshausen

Politician — Josephine Sterling

Publishers — William and Charles Marsh

Maid-to-Order — Margaret Sullavan

SHORT FEATURES:

Fast Ones by Henry Wysham Lanier

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Your Son’s the Better Man by J.B. Griswold

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

What the Readers Say

Index to Advertisers

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pabst Blue Ribbon with color illustration, Ivory Soap, Camel Cigarettes featuring Big Bill Tilden, Chevrolet for 1934, Mae West for Lux Toilet Soap, Keds*, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

1934/04 — Cover design by Bradshaw Crandell.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

“Friendship” by Don Marquis

“Big Business Men of Tomorrow” by Walter Lippmann and illustrated by Herbert Paus

“In the Name of the Law” by Michael F. Pinto

“Perfect Ending” by John Janney

“New Prey for the Racketeers” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Herbert Ruese

“Bargains in Babies” by Helen Washburn

“LIving in a Goldfish Bowl” by Westbrook Pegler

“Even the Birds” by Frances Dugan

FICTION:

“Merchant Princess” part 1 by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

“The Man Who Limped” by Leonard Falkner and illustrated by Dan Content

“Gallant Insults” by David Garth and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Reunion in Hollywood” by Patterson McNutt with full-color illustration in water color by Norman Mingo

“Three Easter Bonnets” by Maxine McBride with full color illustrations in water color by Ray Prohaska

“Foreign Matter” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

“Hard-Boiled Eggs” by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

“Men Are Not Neccessary” by Elizabeth Troy

“Synthetic Gentleman” part 3 by Channing Pollack and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

“The Sea Remembers” by Gordon Melherbe Hillman and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Three Men and Diana” last installment by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Biggs

“Someone Listened” by Katherine Haviland-Taylor and illustrated by J.M. Clement

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Ichthyologist — Helen Morgan

Wonder – Ruth Slenczynski

Battler — Charles E. Coughlin

Farmer — George Frederick Warren

Twirler — Carl Hubbell

Soarer — Jack O’Meara

Traveler — Eve Alexander

Muralist — Lillian Gaertner Palmedo

Ad Man

Genius — Eugene O’Neill

SHORT FEATURES:

Daughter Speaks Out

Anything Wrong at Home? by Roger B. Whitman

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Fast Ones by Henry Wysham Lanier

Why be Honest?

How the Wild Things Play by Archibald Rutledge

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

What the Readers Say

Index to Advertisers

“I’ll Say It’s the Way to Start in the Morning” Coca-Cola ad

Budweiser ad with Uncle Sam sitting on a globe with representatives of other nations toasting

Wheaties ad featuring a small photo of Jimmie Foxx on the back cover

1934/03 — Cover design by Louis Fancher

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

Character by Emil Ludwig

HIstory on Roller Skates by Beverly Smith

What Party Now? by Frank R. Kent

Strange Meetings by Konrad Bercovici

Ball-Players by Marriage by Westbrook Pegler

Behind the Scenes with the President by Louis McHenry Howe

What Interests People by Jerome Beatty

I’m Glad It’s Over!

They’ve Got a Grip on the Future by Webb Waldron

How Much Do You Weight? by Louis I. Dublin

Can America Keep Out of the Next War? by John Strachey

FICTION:

“Eyes at the Window” by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Snow Queen” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by John Gannam

“Sun Drunk” by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“The Last Strike” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman

“Synthetic Gentleman” — Part 3 — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

“Frisco Clipper” by F. Britten Austin and illustrated by Matt Clark

“For Tomorrow” by Robert Carse and illustrated by Edmund F. Ward

“Light-O’-Love” by Mary Derieux and illustrated by August Bleser, Jr.

“Three Men and Diana” — Part 6 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Biggs

“Young, Single, and Curious” by Patterson McNutt and illustrated by Elmore Brown

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Fencers: Miguel and Jose De Capriles

Rebel: Robert M. Hutchins

Cryptographer: Elizabeth Smith Friedman

Major-domo: Raymond D. Muir

Tidbit: Michael Edward Tibbett

U.S.D.A.: Thomas E. Dewey

Brainy: Felix Frankfurter

Rip: Robert L. Ripley

SHORT FEATURES:

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Fast Ones by Henry Wysham Lanier

New Contest Announcement

The Wild Things Do Not Spare the Rod by Archibald Rutledge

What the Readers Say

Index to Advertisers

Wheaties ad on inside front cover with tiny photo of pitchman Babe Ruth

1934/02 — Cover design by Bradshaw Crandell.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

“Vision” by Will Durant

“The Mystery of Gold” by Thomas F. Woodlock with drawing by Stuart Hay

“Bottoms Up–For Good” by Westbrook Pegler with drawings by F.G. Cooper

“Leaves From a Doctor’s Diary” by Maurice Chideckel, M.D.

“The Man Who Chased the Tiger” by Henry F. Pringle is about Fiorello LaGuardia

“A Young Man Speaks His Mind” A Letter from J.W. with drawing by George Howe

“How the Wild Things Teach Their Young” by Archibald Rutledge with drawing by Harold Von Schmidt

“Uncle Sam Grows Younger” by Beverly Smith

“Brains Against Bullets” by J. Edgar Hoover and illustrated by Winold Reiss

FICTION:

“Synthetic Gentleman” part 1 by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

“A Harper Never Fails” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Weldon Trench

“The Earl’s Moustache” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert

“Education of a Lady” by D.K. Findlay and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Death Rides the Mesa” last installment by Tom Gill and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Young Man River” by Howard Brubaker

“Love Must Be Shipshape” by Elizabeth Troy and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Up in the Air” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman

“The Hank Party” by Edward M. Barrows and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt

“On Such a Night” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Charles Kaiser

“Three Men and Diana” part 5 by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Biggs

“High Seize” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by G. Patrick Nelson

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Ambassador — William C. Bullitt

Designer — Gilbert Adrian

Congresswoman — Isabella Greenway

Versatile — Do You Know Him?

Shaf — Carolyn Kay Schafer

Mother LL.D. — Mrs. Elias Compton

Good Sport — Frank Boucher

Vandy — Mary Vanderbilt Cape

SHORT FEATURES:

New Contest Announcement

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

Fast Ones by Henry Wysham Lanier

What the Readers Say

Index to Advertisers

1934/01 — Cover design by Herbert Paus

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

Behind the Guns of Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by John E. Sheridan

1934’s Challenge to the New Deal by Thomas F. Woodlock

Of the People by Morris Markey

The Farmer’s On Your Payroll by George N. Peek as told to Beverly Smith

The Private Who Didn’t Salute by Patterson McNutt

I’m Afraid of What You’ll Think by Edgar Carroll

Ozarkadia by Charles Morrow Wilson

His Job is Untangling the Rails by John Janney

I’ve Still Got a Tank of Gas by Archie Chadbourne

FICTION:

“Motives of an Overlord” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Wives Must Eat!” by Francis Sill Wickware and illustrated by Herbert Paus

“Buzz the Bullfrog” by Beverly Smith and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

“Paris Adventure”, a story about Simon Templar, the Saint, by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by Samuel N. Abbott

“Glamour” by Rosamond Du Jardin and illustrated by Joseph Conde

“Smart Girls Don’t” by Helen Rhees and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

“Three Men and Diana” — Part 4 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Biggs

“A Dog’s Hind Legs” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Robert Gellert

“Death Rides the Mesa” — Part 5 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Senator – Thomas D. Schall

Winner – Marye C. Hicks

Commuter – Louis S. Ritter

Dynamic – Lucrezia Bori

SHORT FEATURES:

Patterpics

IT Takes All Kinds by A.B.

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

You’d Be Surprised–

Brave Old World by Archibald Rutledge

1933/10 — Cover design by Andrew Loomis

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

Spending Three Billions of Your Money! by Harold L. Ickes

John Harvard’s Biggest Boy by John R. Tunis is about James Bryant Conant

They Put Me in Jail for Singing by Lawrence Tibbett

I Have Six More Lives to Live by Louis Cook

Pinch Hitter for Presidents by Beverly Smith is about Bernard Baruch

He Quit His Job; Took a Train by Webb Waldron

So You Want to Go on the Stage by John Golden

Where Does Football Go from Here? by Edwin B. Dooley

Our Rolling Million by Morris Markey

What’s In Your Hand? by Nellie Simmons Meier is about palmistry

You Can’t Make Me Mad by W.O. Saunders

FICTION:

“Three Men and Diana” — Part 1 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Biggs

“Mr. Mumpus!” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“Death Rides the Mesa” — Part 2 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Harold von Schmidt

“Bath of Glory” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Edward L. Chase

“Always the Fraziers” by Karl Detzer and illustrated by Harvey Dunn

“Take a Walk” by Ring Lardner and illustrated by C.D. Williams

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Princess: Louise Robert

Carillonist: Kamiel Felix Lefevere

Equestrienne: Doris Dawley

Boop-a-Dooper: Marjorie Hines

Tree-Planter: Everard S. Keithley

Jumper: Joe Crane

Persistent: Louis Michiel Eilshemius

SHORT FEATURES:

“Salt of the Earth” a poem by Arthur Guiterman

The Family Problem discussed by Elizabeth A. Smith

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

It Takes All Kinds by W.S.

Patterpics – A New Game

You’d Be Surprised by Joe Williams

1933/09 — Cover design by Martha Sawyers and Diana Thorne.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

The Second Reconstruction by Walter Lippmann with illustration by Rollin Kirby

Johnny Goodman–Wham-ditty! by Albert F. Wolf is about 1933 U.S. Open golf champion, Goodman

He Can Change the Size of Your Paycheck by Beverly Smith is about General Hugh S. Johnson

A Rich Man Who Gets His Money’s Worth by J.B. Griswold is about Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green

Then Along Came Twins by Lawrence Tibbett

How Long Will You Live? by Dr. Louis I. Dublin

Shall We Train Our Sons for Public Office? by Will Durant

A Jonah Who Swallowed the Whale by Henry F. Pringle is about Sam Zemurray

“My Colonel’s” Lady by Archibald Rutledge

Did I Meet You at the Fair? by Jerome Beatty

What Are You Worth in Business? by Fred Telford

FICTION:

“Death Rides the Mesa” — Part I — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Hello, Dangerous!” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Joseph Simont

“Lulabel the Lulu” by Nunnally Johnson and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

“The Wedding Gift” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer

“A Good Desert Island Companion” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by Donald Teague

“The Man Who Liked Toys” by Leslie Charteris and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

“Star Magic” — Last Installment — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper

SHORT FEATURES:
Interesting People:

Author — Tom Gill

Trader — Eleanor Verande

Annapolis — Rear Admiral Thomas Charles Hart

West Point — Major General William D. Connor

Fixer — Katharine Bleecker Meigs

Jehu — Benjamin Solomon

Scout — Marian Stephenson

Sparkplug — Lou Gehrig

Prodigy — Adolf A. Berle, Jr.

Prize Winners — June Contest

You’d Be Surprised by Joe Williams

The Family Problem discussed by Burr Blackburn

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

It Takes All Kinds

Patterpics — A New Game

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: “Don’t Trump your Partner’s Ace” ad from Coca-Cola, “Good-bye, Blues!” ad from Ivory Soap, Budweiser ad with colorful illustration.

1933/08 — Cover illustrated by Bradshaw Crandell

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

ARTICLES:

Along the Glory Road by Lawrence Tibbett

Passing Out the Patronage by James A. Farley

Getting the Jump on Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about the United States Bureau of Investigation and opens with a half-page photo of young J. Edgar Hoover

“She’s Doing Her Own Work’ by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Herbert Paus

I Have 7,000,000 Neighbors by Alfred E. Smith with drawing by Joseph Golinkin

Have You Really Learned to Talk? by Vida Sutton

An Ironmaster Tackles Today’s Biggest Puzzle by John T. Flynn

Who’s to Blame–Machines or Men? by Ernest T. Weir

Faith by George A. Moreno as told to Helen Christine Bennett

Boss of Muscle Shoals by Webb Waldron

FICTION:

The Lady Liked Emeralds by Frederick C. Painton and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

In Any Emergency by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Karl Godwin

Eddie Mows the Lawn by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan

A King in Caribbea — A Novelette Complete in This Issue by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer

Star Magic — Part 5 — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper

Davy Meets the World by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Herbert Paus

13 for Dinner — Last Installment of a Serial by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Welden Trench

INTERSTING PEOPLE:

Sistie: Anna Eleanor Dall

Champion: John Collier

Contender: Maureen Orcutt

Dean: William B. Gibson

Friend: Molly Keatly

Safe-Cracker: Charles Courtney

Mrs. Grundy: Alice-Leone Moats

Puppeteer: Harry Burnett

SHORT FEATURES:

You’d Be Surprised by Joe Williams

Patterpics – A New Game

It Takes All Kinds by W.S.

Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster

N.E.C.’s Problem – Discussed by Crosby Field

Prize Winner May Contest

The Meeting Place

Back cover features a Wheaties ad with a 6 panel comic strip starring Babe Ruth — “No More Breakfast Coaxing – How Wheaties and BABE RUTH’S FREE Home Run Moviebook Turned the Trick

1933/07 — Cover design by J. Knowles Hare

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

Dependable Money by Walter Lippman

Shall We Get Rid of the Family? by Margaret Weymouth Jackson

The Bobby Jones of Science by Jerome Beatty is about Elihu Thomson

That’s the Dog for Me! by Diana Thorne

A Billion Dollars a Year! by Schuyler C. Wallace

What!–No Chorus Girls? by Henry F. Pringle

It Must Be the Climate by Ursula Parrott

Why Don’t You Go on the Stage? by Neil M. Clark

A Stone That Rolled Uphill by John Janney

Go to It, Kid! Show ’em What You Can Do! by Beverly Smith

I Couldn’t Raise My Boy Without a Hairbrush

Safeguarding Your Money by Frank A. Vanderlip

Good Listeners Are Always in Demand by Archibald Rutledge

We Need a Bigger Crime Net by Edward P. Mulrooney

SHORT FEATURES:

The Family Problem – Discussed by Dr. Gertrude P. Driscoll

The Meeting Place

FICTION:

“The Clown Who Couldn’t Laugh” by Robert Carse and illustrated by Donald Teague

“Backfire” by Phil Strong and illustrated by J.M. Clement

“Star Magic” — Part 4 — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“She Said What She Meant” by Mary C. McCall, Jr. and illustrated by H.R. Ballinger

“Head Over Heels in Love” by Leonard Falkner and illustrated by Matt Clark

“13 For Dinner” — Part 5 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Weldon Trench

“The Old Maids’ Daughter” by Edmund Ware

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Perfect – Jane Youngson

Idor – Alfredo Cadona

Hunter – William H. Caywood

Counselor – Sylvia Deane

Inventor – Commander Paul H. Macneil

Artist – Lester Gaba

Talker – Ted Husing

Composer – Jerome Kern

1933/06 — Cover design by Herbert Paus

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

Balanced Government — The Next Step by Louis McHenry Howe

He Went Out and Did It by J.B. Griswold

Courage by George A. Moreno and illustrated by Karl Godwin

He’s Got HIs Hand in Your Pocket – A Glimpse of Louis Douglas, Budget Director, by Morris Markey

Mother of the Smiths by Loraine Carr

A Shipbuilding Who Brought A Dead Town to Life about Pete Newell by Florence Haxton Britten

Valedictory — Class of 1933 by J.P. McEvoy

Why I Quit My Pulpit by Dr. Lloyd Cassel Douglas

900,000 Callers a Year! by Ava Long

Business Where It Wasn’t by Leonard Falkner

I Used to Be a Business Man by Peter B. Kyne

Why Marriages Go Wrong by Emmet Crozier

Shall We Have a Dictator? by General John J. Pershing

When Youth Takes the Reins in Politics by Jerome Beatty

SHORT FEATURES:

My Problem – Should I Go Over the Boss’s Head?

The Meeting Place – Prize Winners and Announcement

FICTION:

“I Can’t Marry A Poor Man” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“The Grandfather Merger” by D.K. Findlay and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Star Magic” — Part 3 — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“The River” by Arthur Mason and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“His One Big Moment” by Anne Forsythe and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer

“13 For Dinner” — Part 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Weldon Trench

“Down the Mountain” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by C. Peter Helck

INTERESTING PEOPLE:

Merchant – Mary Lewis

Whole Show – Dorothy Sands

Governor – Wilbur L. Cross

Artist – Muriel Robinson

Financier – Frederick H Prince

Pickpocket – Giovanni

President – F. Trubee Davison

Writer – Dr. Lloyd Cassel Douglas