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1945-07-28 Collier’s Magazine Contents July 28 1945

1945/07/28 — Cover featuring clowns credited to Ike Vern-Pix

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

  • The Expendable Heart — Part 1 of 4 — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • Back From Somewhere by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Carolyn Edmundson
  • Golden Wedding by Mosser Mauger and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • Somebody for You — The Short Short Story by Irene Kittle with illustration by Sheilah Beckett
  • New Beginning by Mary Hood Chapman and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • It’s Up to You by Walt Grove and illustrated by Vincent Guise

    • ARTICLES:

  • Heroes Rising from the Sea — Part 1 of 2 by Stan Hasrato and illustrated by John Pike
  • Revolution Down South by Ellis Arnall as told to Walter Davenport
  • Europe’s Hangover by W.B. Courtney
  • Blood in Buenos Aires by Joseph Newman
  • Fool School by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw is the cover story on a clown school
  • Why Drown? by Jim Marshall is a half-page with photo of Esther Williams
  • No Tires Today, Brother! by Kyle Crichton

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Lt. Harold H. Martin, USMC
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 40: Alberto Tarchiani by George Creel
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: A U.S.- Russian War? – How to Help Veterans

    • 1945-07-21 Collier’s Magazine Contents July 21 1945

    1945/07/21 — Cover featuring Major General Norman T. Kirk credited to Jerry Cooke

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Let’s Go Sweetheart by Norman Katkov and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • Rehearsal for Love — The Short Short Story by Jean Kinkead with illustration by John Collins
  • Beginner’s Luck by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • The Carnal Room by Jessamyn West and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • Man and Boy by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Frank Golden
  • Odds Against the Girl — Conclusion of Serial by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Jungle Is Beaten by Walter Davenport
  • Swindler’s Paradise by Lester Velie
  • That They May Live! by Major General Norman T. Kirk, the Surgeon General of the Army with paintings from the Abbott Collection
  • MacArthur — The Story of a Great American Soldier — Part 2 of 2 by Herbert Asbury and Frank Gervasi

  • Fantastic Ferriss by Roger Birtwell is about Red Sox Dave Ferriss
  • Folies Bergere by Arthur Gordon
  • Revolution in Cotton by J.D. Ratcliff

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 39: Tech Sgt. Torger D. Tokle by George Creel
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: No Tags, No Gags, No Labels

    • 1945-06-30 Collier’s Magazine Contents June 30 1945

    1945/06/30 — Cover featuring President Harry S Truman credited to INP

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Odds Against the Girl — Part 1 of 4 — by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by C.C. Beall

  • Stopover by Ware Torrey Budlong and illustrated by Taylor Lewis

  • The Uses of Silence by William L. Worden and illustrated by John Collins
  • Love Is So Unnecessary by William A. Krauss and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Peaceable and Easy by Raoul Schumacher
  • Second Sight — The Short Short Story by Winston Norman with illustration by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES:

  • Chaplain Courageous — Part 2 of 2 by Quentin Reynolds
  • Stalin and World Unity by Admiral William H. Standley
  • Battle in Printer’s Ink by Herbert Asbury about the coming newspaper war in Chicago
  • Idaho’s Hot Potato by Kyle Crichton is about Senator Glen H. Taylor
  • Starlet School by Magner White is about MGM’s classes for kid actors with photos of Mary McDonald, Wanda Hendrix, Clare Foley
  • The Russians’ Invisible Wall by Matha Gellhorn
  • Underwater Tidbit by Leslie T. White

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Quentin Reynolds
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 36: Tech Sgt. Russell E. Dunham by George Creel
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Inflation’s Timetable – Let’s Adjust Taxes – Research for Defense

    • 1945-06-02 Collier’s Magazine Contents June 2 1945

    1945/06/02 — Cover illustrated by Symour Thompson

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Woman at Bay — Part 1 of 4 — by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • The Simple Life by Nick Boddie Williams and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • New Day — The Short Short Story by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Arthur Gross
  • The Dark Land by Mary Main and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Busman’s Holiday by Roger Garis and illustrated by Paul Rader
  • Something Coming by Robert E. Johnson and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES:

  • Memo to the Living a poem by Norman Corwin with painting by William Stanke
  • G.I. Bill of Complaints by Kyle Crichton
  • Biggest Bill Collector by Spencer Calhoun is about Isador Lubin
  • Bretton Woods or World War III by Frank Gervasi
  • Suicide Creek — Part 2 of 2 — by T/Sgt. Asa Bordages
  • 1,000,000 B.C. by Frank Dufresne with illustration including mammoths and a saber-toothed tiger in the foreground by Lynd Ward
  • Take It Easy, Glamor Girl by Ruth Carson is about Tina Leser clothes with 4 color photos of Lauren Bacall modeling (all photos on one single page)

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Bill Davidson
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 32 – Pfc. Wilburn K. Ross
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: More Light on Freight Rates – Boner in Memphis – Do We Pamper POWs?
  • Full-page Western Electric ad illustrated in color by Anton Otto Fischer

    • 1945-06-09 Collier’s Magazine Contents June 9 1945

    1945/06/09 — Cover illustrated by Vernon Grant

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Spanish Spaghetti by Anne Wormser and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • The Lesson by Edward S. Fox with illustration by Nathan Machtey
  • Woman at Bay — Part 2 of 4 — by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Young in Heart by Nolan Miller and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • My Brother’s Keeper by Norman Katkov with illustration by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Overboard — The Short Short Story by Lieut. Chester L. Posey with illustration by Robert Fink

    • ARTICLES:

  • Danger Ahead in Germany? by Gregor Ziemer – How are we to deal with the warped minds of the children of Hitler’s Germany?

    • Do We Want Permanent Conscription?

  • Yes by John J. McCloy
  • No by Robert M. Hutchins

  • Russia’s New Distaff by Ella Winter
  • Flying Coffin Corps by Frank D. morris and Jack Turcott
  • Easel Rhythm by Lowell Brentano
  • The Magic Aminos by J.D. Ratcliff about one of science’s newest chemical discoveries
  • Golden Mermaid by Dugal O’Liam features swimmer Ann Curtis

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Cpl. Knox Burger
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 33 – Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Biddle on Crime and Criminals – Okay on Bravery,But– – The NMU Sees the Light

    • 1945-05-19 Collier’s Magazine Contents May 19 1945

    1945/05/19 — Cover credited to Gray-O’Reilly

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Dinner for Two by Ann Napier with illustration by Wendell Kling
  • The Evolution of a Tyrant by John Randolph Phillips and illustrated by John Pike
  • Audition by Dawn Powell and illustrated by Ben Hur Baz
  • Sentimental Week End — Part 2 of 3 — by Elizabeth Dunn with illustration by William Pachner
  • Second Chance by Norman Katkov and illustrated by Lou Cunette
  • The Word — The Short Short Story — by Elizabeth Lyons with illustration by Nathan Machtey

    • ARTICLES:

  • Injustice in the Courtroom by Attorney General Francis Biddle
  • These Are Americans by Quentin Reynolds
  • Wanna Pick a Lock? by The Great Zadma as told to Jule Mannix
  • Why You Don’t Get Meat by W.B. Courtney
  • Dancing Master by Kyle Crichton about Gene Kelly – Kelly appears to have bright future as producer-director-actor … after he leaves the Navy
  • Time Without Years by William Beebe with illustration by Francis Chase
  • For Services Rendered by Flora Murray
  • How to Get Married by Alexandra S. Potts

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Robert De Vore
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 30 – Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Okie
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Peace Without Passion – Lend-Leasing Labor – Those Six “British” Votes

    • 1945-04-08 Collier’s Magazine Contents April 8 1945

    1945/04/28 — Cover featuring Admiral William F. Halsey is credited to Bob Leavitt

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by James Hopper and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • Homecoming by MacKinlay Kantor is an exerpt from kanto’s novel in verse “Glory for Me” with illustration by George Kanelous
  • All Things to All Men by Ruth Lyons and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • Darling, This Is Death — Part 3 of 4 — by Dana Chambers with illustration by Gilbert Darling
  • Wedding Present by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • Birthday Party by Noman Kratkov and illustrated by Nathan Machtey

    • ARTICLES:

  • Danger! Inflation by Frank Gervasi
  • A City Storms a Beach by Walter Davenport
  • Bug House by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Tall, Torrid and Texas by Jim Marshall featuring Louise Allbritton
  • A Plan for Japan by Admiral William F. Halsey as told to Frank D. Morris
  • The Big Money–It Isn’t There by Cpl. Sidney Margolius
  • Butch Says: Cut It Out! by Amy Porter
  • Liberated France by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman
  • Queen Mary Was Right by Marianne Tuteur

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Paul McGinnis
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 27 – Lieutenant John Hollington Grayburn by George Creel
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Highway Robbery Again – Green Light for the Rails – Organized Cancer Research

    • 1945-04-21 Collier’s Magazine Contents April 21 1945

    1945/04/21 — Cover credited to E.M. Jackson

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Clementina by Edwin Lanham with illustration by Wendell Kling
  • Gangway for Gabriel by Ed Zern and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • Darling, This Is Death — Part 2 of 4 — by Dana Chambers and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • The Monument — The Short Short Story by Eli Waldron with illustration by Charles Hawes
  • Orders from Hollywood by Isabella Taves and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • A Long Way to Go by Richard B. Gehman

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Cost of Lasting Peace by Harold E. Stassen
  • Nazi Nest Eggs in Argentina by Stanley Ross and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • San Francisco’s Pride and Joy by Dugal O’Liam about the cable cars with photos
  • Life With Oscar by Arthur Mann about Life With Father Broadway producer Oscar Serlin
  • When the Girls Come Home by Ruth Carson
  • Readin’, Writin’ and No Strikin’ by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • The Folding Tree by Jim Marshall
  • Sloppy Louie’s by Ruth Bugbee
  • Gentlemen at Work by Henry L. Jackson

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Heroes – A Gallery of United Nations Patriots – No. 26 – Major Pedro Lopez by George Creel
  • A Big Job Ahead by Jan Struther
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: United Hemisphere – Essense of Democracy – Better Stay Informed
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Joan McCracken

    • 1945-09-22 Collier’s Magazine Contents September 22 1945

    1945/09/22 — Cover credited to Lieut. Karl Milroy

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • You Remember Gloria by Louella MacFarlane and illustrated by William Pachner
  • Change of Tune by Norma Bicknell Mansfield and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • The Salute — The Short Short Story by Peter Packer with illustration by C.C. Beall
  • Arch of Triumph — Part 2 of 6 — by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • His Feet on the Ground by Barbara Dickinson and illustrated by John Clifton
  • The Admiral Is Lonesome by William L. Worden and illustrated by Percy Leason

    • ARTICLES:

  • Unemployment Is Here Again by Lester Velie
  • Tomorrow the Moon by G. Edward Pendray
  • That’s How It Is, Brother by Ira Wolfert
  • Socialism, British Brand by Harold J. Laski
  • All-America Dress by Aimee Larkin with full-page painting of Zorina, Painted from Life by Walter Klett
  • You’re on Your Way Home by Martha Gellhorn
  • It’s a Kid’s Game by Claire Neikind about chess
  • Doomsday for the Guilty by George Tucker
  • Death Buzz by J.D. Ratliff
  • The Jungle Is Your Enemy by Martha Sawyers

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Lieut. Harold H. Martin, U.S.M.C.
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Advice to Veterans–And Others – $1,000 Reward

    • 1945-09-15 Collier’s Magazine Contents September 15 1945

    1945/09/15 — Cover featuring General Omar Bradley credited to the U.S. Army Signal Corps

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Arch of Triumph — Part 1 of 6 — by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • A Pair of Spectacles by Dave Grubb and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • The Last Stand of Felicity Jones by Arthur Gordon and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • Minstrel Boy — The Short Short Story by Kathryn Forbes with illustration by Frank Golden
  • Bring Them Back by Mark Schorer and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • Sailor, Take Warning by William L. Worden and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

    • ARTICLES:

  • Coal Or Chaos in Europe by Harold L. Ickes
  • Brooklyn’s Sturdy Branch by Charles Dexter is about Dodgers boss Branch Rickey
  • Lights Out at God’s Lake by Amy Porter
  • The Great Nazi Gold Rush by Sylvia Porter and illustrated by Kenneth Thompson
  • Sex in the Classroom by Dean Jennings
  • Air Power–Today and Tomorrow by W.B. Courtney
  • Work and Get Well by Gene Casey
  • Bye-Bye Bushido by Mac R. Johnson
  • Pointless–But Good by Ruth Carson

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Jim Marshall
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Charter for Postwar America

    • 1945-06-23 Colliers Magazine Contents June 23 1945

    1945/06/23 — Cover credited to George Karger

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Hero and the Heroine” by Robert Carson and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Fan’s Daughter” by Norma Bicknell Mansfield and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “Woman at Bay” — Conclusion of Serial by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “In the Neighborhood” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • “Checker-Playing Fool” — The Short Short Story by Dave Grubb with illustration by Dun Roman
  • “Goodby, Gutrude” by Owen Cameron and illustrated by George Price

    • ARTICLES

  • Chaplain Courageous by Quentin Reynolds
  • Dachau – Experimental Murder by Matha Gellhorn with illustration by William Pachner
  • Outside, Kids! by Amy Porter (cover)
  • Swamis Beside the Potomac by Mona Gardner
  • God’s Angry Woman by Carey Longmire
  • Gander Man by Richard L. Neuberger
  • Look Where You’re Going by Ruth Carson
  • Phony Philatelics by Charless Hahn

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Heroes: A Gallery of United Nations Portraits – No. 35 – Technician Fifth Grade Robert D. Maxwell by George Creel
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Japan’s 100-Year-War Plans – Vacation in Rio – Oh, Yeah? – Our Pacific Responsibility

    • 1945-06-16 Colliers Magazine Contents June 16 1945

    1945/06/16 — Cover featuring General Brehon B. Somervell is credited to Bob Leavitt

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Army Wedding” by Max Hampton and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “One Love in a Lifetime” — The Short Short Story by Louise Roedocker with illustration by John Holmgren
  • “Twelve-Hour Pass” by Starr Paret and illustrated by Michael
  • “The First Rifle” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Woman at Bay” — Part 3 of 4 — by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Heaven Like a Tent” by Grace Amundson and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • ARTICLES

  • Terror in Japan by Mark Gayn
  • I Testify: by William L. Chenery with photo of the wreckage of Nuremberg
  • Old Town by Dale White features Charlie Bovey of Great Falls, Montana
  • Fascist Finale by James E. Roper and John Chabot Smith looks at the Partisans of Northern Italy
  • Kentucky Doctor by Timothy J. Sullivan
  • I Soloed in 76 Minutes by Jim Marshall
  • Gremlins in the Garden by Bill Davidson
  • Evans’ Faces by Robert Bellaire
  • Every Dad Had His Day by Henry L. Jackson

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Capt. Earl J. Wilson, USMC
  • The Heroes: A Gallery of United Nations Portraits – No. 34 – Jose Aboulker by George Creel
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Beware a Land Boom – First Aid for Congressmen – College Colossus

    • 1945-03-03 Colliers Magazine Contents March 3 1945

    1945/03/03 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Like a Petal” by Sallie Belle Cox and illustrated by Hal Stone
  • “The Story of Jenny Wingate” — Part 3 of 4 — by Zenith Brown and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “Photo Finish” by Harrison Gallagher and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “City Dog” by Robert Sylvester and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Search and Rescue” by Walt Grove and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Small Boy” — The Short Short Story by Eleanor Shoemaker with color illustration by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES

  • We Lived to Tell by Captains Gene Dale, John Morrett, Bert Schwarz
  • The President’s Health by George Creel
  • Ever See a Scent? by Amy Porter
  • Berlin: City of Fear by George Ladvar and illustrated by William Pachner
  • Freedom Wins Its Wings by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Challenge to Education by Alfred E. Kuenzli
  • The Undefeated by Martha Gellhorn and illustrated by William Pachner
  • The Wehrmacht’s Yankee Girl Friend by Josef Israels II
  • You’d Better Like Fish by Murdock Pemberton

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Heroes: A Gallery of United Nations Portraits – No. 19 – Dobbie of Malta by George Creel
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Tip to Labor: Take It Easy – Wanted: Wacs for Hospitals – Americans Are Like This
  • Full page black and white ad for Murder, My Sweet with Dick Powell and Claire Trevor
  • Half page, 3 frame Pepsi ad by O.Soglow features “Alfonse the Glass Blower”

    • 1935-01-05 Colliers Magazine Contents January 5 1935

    1935/01/05 — Cover design by Frank Owen and C.C. Beall

    Contents as follows:

  • The Railroads Wake Up by George Creel
  • “Award of Honor” — The Short Short Story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan with illustration by Joseph M. Clement
  • A Very Dangerous Girl by Duncan Norton-Taylor and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • Up Above the World So High by Chester L. Fordney

  • The Right to Command by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Dan Sweeney
  • Her Egg Beau by Homer Croy and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Shadow of Doubt” — Conclusion by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • A Regular Guy by Walter Davenport about Sir Guy Standing
  • “High Wind” a story by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • A Master for the House by Ray Tucker — Who’ll be next Speaker of the House?
  • Too Much Gold by Frank J. Taylor
  • “Woman of the Family” — Part 2 by May Edginton and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Watch That Congress

    • 1933-11-25 Colliers Magazine Contents November 25 1933

    1933/11/25 — Cover design by Arthur Crouch

    Contents as follows:

  • Far Pasture by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Lost Dog by Dana Burnet and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “Miami Holiday” — The Short Short Story by Teresa Hyde Phillips with illustration by Mario Cooper
  • Midnight Council by Ray Tucker and illustrated by Harry Haenigsen
  • Rough Air Ahead by Leland Jameson and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Conspiracy” — Part 10 by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Are Policemen Soldiers? by William G. Shepherd
  • “The Man Without Nerves” — Conclusion by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by George Howe
  • Visitors From the East by Frank Condon and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “Woman’s Place” by Quentin Reynolds
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Pro and Coin by Benny Friedman and John B. Kennedy and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Editorial: Repeal Opens a Door

    • 1950-11-11 Colliers Magazine Contents November 11 1950

    1950/11/11 — Cover features U.S. Marines in Action against China’s Rebellious Boxers painted by John Clymer

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Vishinsky – The Kremlin’s Gremlin by A.M. Rosenthal and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • Something Is Rotten in the State of Pennsylvania by Gordon Schendel
  • PALs – Cops and Kids by Alan Hynd about the Police Athletic League
  • Hail Sid Caesar! by Bill Davidson
  • Prettiest Doctor in the Fleet by Charlotte Knight
  • If You Want to Hunt Quail by Raymond R. Camp
  • Sagebrush Rembrandt is about 84 year old painter of the West, William Robinson Leigh

    • FICTION:

  • “The One You Said You Loved” by Decla Dunning and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Buck Lindsay and the Woman Scorned” by Dave Grubb and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Play a Lone Hand” — Part 2 of 6 — by Luke Short and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “The Boy” by Hal and Barbara Borland and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • “All the Girls Were Dancing” by Shirley Jackson – 1 full page

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by John Denson
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features large color image of Alan Ladd

    • 1951-11-17 Colliers Magazine Contents November 17 1951

    1951/11/17 — Cover features Mrs. Helen Martini and “Mambo” and is credited to Ed Burke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Let’s Draw the Line Now by Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, U.S.A. (Ret.)
  • Phantom of the Metropolitan Opera by Martin Abramson and illustrated by Lowell Hess
  • I See Them Kiss and Cry by Sgt. Donald Stringfellow with Paul B. Lowney
  • The Best Pros I Ever Saw — Concluding: Football Is my Life by Greasy Neale with Tom Meany
  • “Oh, To Be Naked in Bergdorf’s–with a Checkbook!” by Booton Herndon
  • Bringing Up Mambo – Collier’s Color Camera (cover)
  • Female Bureau of Investigation by Henry Gregor Felsen
  • “It’s Brand New” by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “The Day He Got Fired” by Robert Lowry and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Collective Bargaining” by Freeman Phillips and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “Reclining Figure” — Part 3 of 5 — by Marco Page and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Mullins and the Pretty Dumb Huntress” by Nord Riley and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Take Your Medicine” — The Short Short Story — by Muriel Marshall

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • The Strange Case of Matt Spreckles by Lee Rogow
  • Sidewalk Secretaries by Bill Stapleton
  • Editorial
  • Camel ad on back cover features color image of Ann Sothern

    • 1945-09-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1945/09/08 — Cover credited to Leon Gregori

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “This Is For Real” by Joel Reeve and illustrated by Al Moore
  • “The New Boy” by Nolan Miller and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “Work of Art” — The Short Short Story by Betty Byrd with illustration by Vincent Guise
  • “The Man Without a Climate” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Charles McBarron
  • “Right as Rain” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES

  • Air Power–Today and Tomorrow by W.B. Courtney
  • Warriors’ Paradise by Quentin Reynolds about the Riviera
  • Crazy Over Chases by Charles Dexter
  • The First Telechrome by Ulrich Calvosa — Full page with text caption at left features the photo of Atlee, Truman and Stalin
  • Where’s All the Sugar by Frank Gervasi
  • Tomorrow’s Navy by Jim Bishop
  • Brother Leatherneck by Hector Chevigny and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • They See Without Looking by T/Sgt. Barrie Stavis is about the Junior hostesses from the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Service Center
  • G.I. Ideas by Clare E. Van Devander
  • Your New Fur Coat by Ruth Carson

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Gurney Williams
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: More About the OPA – Will Your Gift Get There? – What Youth Do You Mean, Doc?

    • 1947-06-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1947/06/28 — Cover credited to J. Francis Chase

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Bride Wore Tears’ by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • “Hello, Beautiful” by Louis Paul and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Blue Norther” by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by Francis Chase
  • “Ticket For a Redhead” — The Short Short Story by Mike Detzer with illustration by Dink Siegel
  • Politics is Murder — Conclusion of a Serial — by Edwin Lanham
  • The Brigands of Termani by Hans Ruesch

    • ARTICLES

  • The Strange Embarassment of Madame Aumont by Jim Marshall about Maria Montez and husband Jean Aumont with large color photo of the pair

  • Dreams, Unlimited by Bernard W. Crandell about the cars of the future including several color sketches
  • Spear That Tiger! by Sasha Siemel as told to Gordon Schendel about hunting on Brazil’s Mato Grosso
  • Why I Broke With Roosevelt — Part 2: Revolt in the Party by James A. Farley
  • MacArthur’s Democracy by Weldon James — 2 years later in Japan
  • The Merry Wives of Congress by Genevieve Reynolds

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Editorials

    • 1954-02-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/02/05 — Cover credited to George Kanelous

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Speak Out, Silent People — The Struggle for Our Children’s Minds — by Howard Whitman
  • Specialist in Armed Robbery by Tom Meany features Jimmy Piersall of the Boston Red Sox
  • The Truth About Korea — Part 1 of 3 — by General Mark W. Clark
  • Canyon in the Round — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Are You the New Executive Type? by Bill Davidson
  • Tortured in Pak’s Place — Concluding Some Of Us Didn’t Crack — by Marjo David F. MacGhee, USAF with Peter Kalischer
  • When Not to Diet by Dr. Hilde Bruch
  • 5 Heads, No Waiting by Martha Weinman
  • Submarine in the Desert by Ronald Schiller
  • Satan of the North by Leonard A. Stevens is about the wolverine
  • Can You Stop Worrying About Polio Now? by Albert Q. Maisel

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • Shakedown — The Short Short Story — by Frank Richardson Pierce and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • Whispering Guy by Edward Hutchings, Jr. and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • The Restless Ones by Leslie Waller and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • Ship the Devil by Francis Gott and illustrated by Morton Roberts
  • Wives Are Crazier Than Horses by Edwin A. Peeples and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • SERIAL:

  • The Desperate Hours — Part 2 of 4 — by Joseph Hayes and illustrated by Joe Bowler — This story is the basis for the 1955 William Wyler directed film of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits
  • Letters
  • Editorials

    • 1950-02-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/02/18 — Cover credited to Walter Frank Bomar

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Why I Had to Step Aside by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse
  • On the Caravan Trail of the High Winds — Continuing Out of this World: A Journey to Lhasa — by Lowell Thomas with Lowell Thomas Jr.
  • Basketball’s Nat Holman: Easy Doesn’t Do It by Stanley Frank
  • The Happy Irishman of the French Quarter by Ken Gormin
  • Secret Boss of the National Press Club with caricatures by Sam Berman
  • It’s a Sweetheart of a Town by Oren Arnold

    • FICTION:

  • Lost, One Daughter by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Lucia
  • City Beyond Devil’s Gates — Part 4 of 6 — by Lillian Janet and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • Giant Killer by Ryerson Johnson and illustrated by Robert J. Lee
  • Unquiet Day by Nelia Gardner White and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • A Valentine for Mama — The Short Short Story — by Mary Jane Waldo and illustrated by Fred Banbery
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • In One Ear and Upside Down by Parke Cummings
  • Ol’ Man Student by Barry O’Flaherty
  • Editorials
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover features Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

    • 1954-03-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/03/05 — Cover credited to Arthur Lidov

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Tom Meany’s 1954 Baseball Preview – Meany is a year early picking the Dodgers over the Yankees. Small color photos of Stan Musial, Al Rosen, and Ed Mathews
  • Legs and a Legend by Evelyn Harvey features Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly with larger than a full-page color photo of Charisse
  • Around the Clock With Eisenhower — Concluding A Week Inside the White House — by Robert Lewis Taylor
  • Why Not a Pacific Pact? — Concluding The Truth About Korea — by General Mark W. Clark
  • New Control for High Blood Pressure by J.D. Ratcliff
  • You’ve Got to Be Tougher Than the Toughs by Warden William H. Carty and Bill Davidson
  • Harvesting the Ice — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Everything Happens At Grand Central Station

    • SPECIAL:

  • Russia Uncensored — First of a Series — by Marshall MacDuffie

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • Ask for the Moon — The Short Short Story — by Charles Mergendahl and illustrated by Don Neiser
  • Best Bait in Florida by Ben Masselink and illustrated by Walter Skor
  • The Happiness Machine by W. Douglas Landsford and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • SERIAL:

  • Flight of the Tiger — Part 1 of 3 — by John D. MacDonald and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • The Desperate Hours — Part 4 of 4 — by Joseph Hayes and illustrated by Joe Bowler — This story is the basis for the 1955 William Wyler directed film of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
  • Collier’s Credits
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features Jack Webb

    • 1951-03-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/03/10 — Cover credited to Bob Hanks

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • You May Be Drafted to Give Blood by John Lear
  • Embassy Girl by Seymour Freidin features Nancy Cunningham
  • Are the Major League Strangling Baseball? by Francis Wallace and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • They’re After Pirate Gold by Glynn Harvey
  • ‘I Never Wanted to See Europe Again’ — Continuing The Personal Memoirs of Herbert Hoover — by Herbert Hoover
  • When and Where Do We Drop the A-Bomb? by David E. Lilienthal
  • Military Miniatures
  • No Use Blaming Congress

    • FICTION:

  • Hero’s Holiday by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by John Pike
  • The Sky’s For Birds by Graham Doar and illustrated by John Floherty, Jr.
  • The Corpse Was in the Countinghouse — Part 2 of 5 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • Reverse Formation by S.W.M. Humason and illustrated by Mauro Scali
  • Dynamite! — The Short Short Story — by B.M. Atkison, Jr. with illustration by Robert Bugg
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial

    • 1951-03-03 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/03/03 — Cover credited to Roy M. Mason

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Girls Get Ready to Serve by Michael Clarke
  • New York’s Tin Shields Become an Iron Curtain — A Terror in Our Cities Report — by Howard Whitman
  • The Story of Carbine Williams by John Kobler
  • Anyone for Basketball? by Red Smith and illustrated by Casey Jones
  • He Gave a Name to the World’s Most Horrible Crime by Herbert Yahraes features Raphael Lemkin and the term “genocide”
  • Engineering’s Golden Age — Continuing The Personal Memoirs of Herbert Hoover — by Herbert Hoover
  • Island That Time Forgot
  • What About Wire Clothes Hangers? by Gurney Williams

    • FICTION:

  • The Corpse Was in the Countinghouse — Part 1 of 5 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • Size 3-1/2 Double-A by Eleanor Adams and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • Love Among the Savages by Paul Horgan and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • Letter to a Child — Conclusion — by Karen McKinley and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • A Picture for the Parlor by John D. Weaver and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • Success Story — The Short Short Story — by Charles Carver and illustrated by Henry Luhrs
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • In a Soft Shade of Garlic by Hannah Smith
  • Raise My Taxes by H.B. Fox
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features Donna Reed and John Derek

    • 1948-07-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/07/17 — Cover credited to Toni Frissell

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • One Day, One Life by Frederick Borg and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • More Beautiful Than Murder by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • Are Your Sure? by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • On Bakeoven Grade by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • Laughter Must Be Shared — The Short Short Story — by William Chadwick and illustrated by Francis Chase

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Blooming of Margaret Rose by Collie Small about Princess Elizabeth’s Little Sister
  • Traveling Companion by Eleanor Harris is about the American Express Company
  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins — Part 8: We Prepare for a Second Front — by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Unwanted by W.B. Courtney
  • Designs for Touring — Part 9: Trail of the Leaning S — by Rafe Gibbs
  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: Night Life of the Cards by Bill Fay with color photo of manager Eddie Dyer with pitcher George Munger
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Editorials – Collier’s Believes: Congress Better Be Careful – We Need Labor Statesmen – Joe Must Be Radioactive – These Are the Worst Drivers
  • Full-page Pabst Blue Ribbon ad features Bob Hope in color