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1952-01-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

1952/01/19 — The cover features George McManus and his characters, credited to Sam Oppe

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • Jiggs and I — Part 1 of 3 by George McManus with Henry La Cossitt
  • The Fertility of Hunger by Josue de Castro
  • Will Warren Pivot to the Presidency? by James C. Derieux
  • He Calls the Hit Tune by Gilbert Millstein about oboist Mitch Miller
  • Mediterranean Rescue by Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, USN and illustrated by Fred Freeman
  • I’ve Got a Toothache, Mister” by Richard Donovan and Dwight Whitney
  • Bare Staging — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Don’t Russia Have Human Nature? by H.B. Fox

    • FICTION:

  • “Spark of Life” — A Complete Novelette by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Frderick Siebel
  • “Otis Pulver’s Hidden Power” by Lawrence Williams and illustrated by Phil Dormont
  • “Capricorn Inn” by Don Tracy and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • “The Wicked Daughter” — The Short Short Story by Bentz Plagemann with illustration by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Any Reasonable Offer” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and illustrated by Robert Bugg

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial

    • 1951-12-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/12/29 — The cover, Princess Margaret and Margaret Truman, is credited to Richard Deane Taylor

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Two Margarets I Know by Elsa Maxwell with illustrations by Al Hirschfeld
  • The Army’s Plastic Mountains — Collier’s Color Camera
  • A Cool Customer by A.J. Cronin, Adventures of a Young Doctor, No. V with illustrations by Robert Fawcett
  • Our Fightingest Allies by Seymour Freidin and William Attwood
  • Tops in TransPORTation by George Frazier
  • Christmas in Kabul by Walter A. Fairservis, Jr., Continuing Journey to 4000 B.C.
  • How to Stop Those Basketball Scandals by Howard Hobson and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • Baltimore’s Favorite Son by Todd Wright is about Thomas D’Alesandro
  • Hootin’ Owl Holler — American Sketchbook — by Howard Brodie

    • FICTION:

  • “Christmas Doll” by B.J. Chute and illustrated by David Berger
  • “A Quilt for Claudie” by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg
  • “The Twisted Hand” by Lester Atwell and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “Listen to Me, Michael” by Joan Adams and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • “The Soul of Joe Forsythe” — The Short Short Story — by B.M. Atkison, Jr.
  • “King in Shag” by Robert W. Krepps and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Chef by Martha Blanchard
  • Homo Electricus by Stan Hunt
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Stan Fine, Clancy by John Ruge, Herb Williams, Ted Key, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Bill Harrison, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, William Von Riegen, John Ruge, J. Kiernan, James Whiting, Hal Anderson, Richard McCallister, Vip’s War by Virgil Partch, Hank Ketcham, Dick Cavalli, Edwin Lepper, Butch by Larry Reynolds
  • Full-page Plymouth ad with color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • Ad for Camel Cigarettes on the back cover by Henry Fonda

    • 1951-12-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/12/01 — The cover, “Governor Dewey and Chinese Statesman Yu Yu-Jen on Formosa” is credited to Bill Stapleton

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Pacific Report — Part 1 of 3 — by Thomas E. Dewey
  • M-m-m-Meet J-j-j-Joe F-f-f-Frisco by Peter Lind Hayes with full-page illustration by Al Herschfeld
  • How to Make Tanks in a Hurry by Lt. Col. Clarke Newlon
  • The Hospital Orderly They Call “Doctor” by Joseph F. Dinneen
  • Capital Sundial — Collier’s Color Camera
  • There Never Was a Football Upset by Stanley Woodward with full-page illustration by Willard Mullin
  • Lady in a Lab by Lester David is about Evelyn Ellenson

    • FICTION:

  • “High-Class” by Richard Bissell and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “Killer in the Pass” by Hal G. Evarts and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • “The French Doll” by William Fuller and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • “No Rain, Me Hungary” — The Short Short Story — by Charles Carver
  • “Reclining Figure” — Conclusion — by Marco Page and illustrated by Howard Forsberg

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Now You Hear It and Now You Don’t by Parke Cummings
  • Blood Brothers
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Jeff Keate, Chon Day, Fritz Wilkinson, Clancy by John Ruge, Dick Shaw, Bob Schroeter, Sister by Stanley & Berenstain, Martin Guiffre, Martha Blanchard, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, Salo Roth, Vip’s War by Virgil Partch, Ray Helle, John Gallagher, George Wolfe, Bill Yates, Butch by Larry Reynolds
  • Color ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes featuring Ronald Reagan

    • 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

    • 1951-10-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/10/20 — Joseph Stalin cover is credited to Frederick Siebel

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • He’d Rather Write Than Be President by Ernest Barcella is about White House Secretary Bill Hassett with drawings by Al Hirschfeld
  • Tyrannies Must Fall by Allan Nevins with illustrations by Fred Freeman
  • England’s Next Queen by J.L. Newman
  • Mixing a Manhattan Musical by James Poling
  • A Brooklyn Bedtime Story by Sam Levenson with a full-page color illustration by Lowell Hess
  • “We’re Here to Sell Cows” by John W. Randolph is about the Chickering farm in New Hampshire
  • Triumph Over Darkness by Andre Fontaine is about Rhode Island’s Attorney General, Bill Powers
  • Rainbow Hair — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Hot Ida for Cold Weather by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “Run For the Money” by James Atlee Phillips and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • “Pride of Seven” by Robert W. Krepps and illustrated by Lynd Ward
  • “The Unwilling Host” by Norman Katkov and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Olivia Was Afraid” — The Short Short Story — by Mary Jane Waldo

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Hoss Marines by Bill Stapleton
  • Graft at Circleville by H.B. Fox
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Martin Giuffre, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Rea, William Von Riegen, Virgil Partch, Chon Day, Reamer Keller, Harry Mace, Martha Blanchard, John Ruge, Salo Roth, Edwin Lepper, Jane Spear King, Frank Owen, Barney Tobey, Jefferson Machamer, Larry Reynolds
  • Liberace for Blatz Beer
  • Full-page color ad for Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil
  • Camel Cigarettes ad on back cover features John Wayne, Joan Crawford, and Dick Powell

    • 1951-10-13 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/10/13 — The cover, Dietrich’s Daughter, is credited to Sharland

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Groucho Is My Pop by Arthur Marx
  • Last of the ‘Dedicated Old Maids’ by Vance Johnson is about Katharine Lenroot
  • Our First War with the Russians by Maj. Gen. Edward E. MacMorland with Lt. Col. Clarke Newlon
  • Top Hatters’ Top Hats — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Running Against Al Smith by Herbert Hoover, Concluding Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life
  • Faith and Fun
  • “Is Got Beeg Antlers, Non?” by Raymond R. Camp
  • The Wonderful Sleep — Adventures of a Young Doctor, No. 2 — by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • Babes in Thailand by Bill Stapleton

    • FICTION:

  • “Slide Rule Romance” by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “John Dingle and the Homing Cats” by B.M. Atkinson, Jr. and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Little Woodrow” by John Bell Clayton and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “The Gift” — The Short Short Story — by Margaret Baumann

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Moving Day by Jack Tyrrell
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Marv Tannenberg, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, William Von Riegen, Gregory D’Alessio, Stan Fine, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, Clancy by John Ruge, Sidney Hoff, Gardner Rea, Hank Ketcham, Jerry Marcus, Jack Tyrrell, Stan Hunt, Mischa Richter, Leonard Dove, Butch by Larry Reynolds
  • Full-page ad for Johnny Lujack for Prest-O-Lite
  • CBS Radio Network 2-page ad with large color illustration by Joe Kaufman

    • 1951-09-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/09/29 — The cover is credited to Bill Tuck

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Epidemic at Sea, Part I, by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • Is Hollywood Through? by Samuel Goldwyn
  • The Mountain Boys at Yale by Red Smith with illustration by Willard Mullin
  • One Week with God by Howard Whitman
  • New Ginger on Broadway by Noel Busch about Ginger Rogers with color photos by Bob Landry
  • How Mobsters Grabbed a City’s Transit Line by Gordon Schendel
  • Inside Harding’s Cabinet by Herbert Hoover, Continuing Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life
  • Two Little Indians (For a Day) — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Rodeo Sisters

    • FICTION:

  • “Pledge Brother Pig” by Walt and Wanda Grove and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • “A Funny Thing About Treasure” by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg
  • “There Is a Man in Hiding by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Affair of Honor” — The Short Short Story — by Charles Carver

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • For Sale by Dick Cavalli
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Gardner Rea, Leslie Starke, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, Vip’s War by Virgil Partch, Jeff Keate, Clancy by John Ruge, John Dempsey, George Hamilton Green, Hank Ketcham, Bill King, Roland Coe, Chon Day, Kate Osann, Butch by Larry Reynolds

    • 1951-09-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/09/15 — The cover of Nebraska’s Bobby Reynolds is credited to Hy Peskin

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Russia’s Most Mysterious Colony by William Attwood and Seymour Freidin is about Albania
  • Francis Wallace’s 12th Football Preview
  • My Life With Toots by Marion “Baby” Shor with Tom Meany about Toots Shor with full-page illustration by Willard Mull
  • Advising the Big Four by Herbert Hoover — Continuing Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life
  • “Good Ol’ Joel” by Frank S. Nugent is about Joel McCrea
  • Bright Promise in the Ozarks — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Behind the Johnson Grass Curtain

    • FICTION:

  • “The Five-Pound Goldfish” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “I’m Scared” by Jack Finney and illustrated by David Stone Martin
  • “The Long-haired Shotstop” by Joseph Petracca and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “Pop Jessup” — The Short Short Story — by Ann H. Noxon

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • If You Ask Me by Don Tobin
  • Editorial
  • Cartoons by Henry Pieper, Charles Pearson, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Vip’s War by Virgil Partch, Hank Ketcham, Charles Sharman, Clancy by John Ruge, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, William Von Riegen, Dave Gerard, Kate Osann, Roland Coe, Jimmy Quinn, Gardner Rea, Henry Boltinoff, George Booth, Gregory D’Alessio, Larry Harris, Butch by Larry Reynolds
  • Full page Warner Brothers ad with Gregory Peck & Virginia Mayo in Captain Horatio Hornblower on the left, and Marlon Brando & Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire on the right side
  • Half-page ad features Yogi Berra for Prest-O-Lite Battery

    • 1951-09-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/09/01 — The cover is credited to John Mechling

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Has Science Found the Spark of Life? by John Lear
  • “Little Mo”–Watch Her Go — Collier’s Color Camera featuring tennis phenomenon Maureen Connolly
  • The AFL Will Absorb the CIO When by Edwin A. Lahey
  • Working for Woodrow Wilson — Continuing Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life — by Herbert Hoover
  • From Rackets to Riches — Concluding The Man to See in New Jersey — by Lester Velie
  • Push-Button Farming Is Here by Arthur Bartlett
  • “Fortunately, the Landlord” by Hannah Smith
  • America’s Million Best-dressed Men by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “Another Song, Another Spring” by Lesley Merrill and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “The Break” by Charles Jackson and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “If You Don’t Get Caught” — Part 2 of 3 — by William R. Scott and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “In a Pinch” by Virginia and Edwin Gilbert and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Music Hath Charms” — The Short Short Story — by Ken Kolb

    • PLUS:

  • Battle of the Bugles by Bill Stapleton
  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Want Some Canned Ice Cubes? by Gurney Williams
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Dave Gerard, Virgil Partch, George Wolfe, William Von Riegen, Bob Barnes, Lew Follette, Cindy Marcks, George Booth, Dick Cavalli, Don Tobin, Kate Osann, Frank O’Neal, John Ruge, Reamer Keller, Robert Day

    • 1951-08-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/08/25 — The cover is credited to Hugh Broderick

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “The Man to See” in New Jersey — Part 1 of 2 — by Lester Velie is about Longie Zwillman
  • Jackie Gleason — Gleeful Goliath by Murray Robinson
  • Food for 10,000,000 — Continuing Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life — by Herbert Hoover
  • Polly Wants a Passport by Helen Worden Erskine
  • America’s Only Diamond Mine by Booton Herndon
  • Rangers–Ready to Go! — Collier’s Color Camera
  • A Vacation for Scientists by H.B. Fox

    • FICTION:

  • “If You Don’t Get Caught” — Part 1 of 3 — by William R. Scott and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “Point of View” by John D. Weaver and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “The Worrier” by Elva Williams and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • “Big Time” by Newlin B. Wildes and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “Hanging the Hangman” — The Short Short Story — by B.M. Atkinson, Jr.

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Don’t Sing While I Read by W.F. Miksch
  • Editorials — Seventh-Inning Stretch includes a Willard Mullin cartoon in color featuring the Dodgers Brooklyn Bum with his foot over a Red Sox batter
  • Cartoons by Don Tobin, Harry Mace, William Von Riegen, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, David Huffine, Virgil Partch, Barney Tobey, Gardner Rea, John Ruge, Ned Hilton, Reamer Keller, Jaro Fabry, Dick Shaw, Gregory D’Alessio, Irwin Caplan, Scott Brown, Larry Reynolds

    • 1951-08-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/08/18 — The cover is credited to Stanley & Janice Berenstain

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • This We Learned in Korea by Brig. Gen. Mike Michaelis with Bill Davidson
  • Battling the Early Black Markets — Continuing Herbert Hoover’s Memoirs of Public Life — by Herbert Hoover
  • Unlazy Susan by Thomas Wood is about Susan Hayward and includes a full-page color photo of her
  • Can Man Foresee the Future? by Robert Musel with drawings by Charles Addams including on large one that takes up about three-quarters of a page
  • Boston’s Uncommon Common
  • Tackle a Tuna by Raymond R. Camp
  • Square Dance Carnival — Collier’s Color Camera

    • FICTION:

  • “The One Who Wouldn’t Dance” by Paul Horgan and illustrated by Harry Anderson
  • “The Last Matlby” by John Andrew Rice and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “Chicago Safari” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “Point Venus” — Conclusion — by Susanne McConnaughey and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Dedication” — The Short Short Story — by Walter Haydock

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Vacations Every Week by H.B. Fox
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Jeff Keate, Stan Fine, William Von Riegen, Reamer Keller, John Ruge, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Don Tobin, Jay Irving, Ernest Marquez, Al Ross, Virgil Partch, Marv Tannenberg, Gardner Rea, Bob Barnes, Larry Reynolds, Chon Day
  • Half-page ad for Prest-O-Lite Battery featuring Phil Rizzuto

    • 1951-07-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/07/07 — Cover is credited to Fred Freeman

    Contents as follows:
    OUR 175th YEAR OF FREEDOM — An American Album:

  • No Hand Trembled by Dr. Julian P. Boyd
  • “Independence Forever!” by F. Wan Wyck Mason
  • Patrick Henry’s Call to Arms
  • The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale
  • “That Day Shall Be Honored” by Damiel Webster
  • Old Glory’s Story
  • Ode for the Fourth of July by Royall Tyler
  • The Liberty Bell by Roger Butterfield
  • Sail On, O Ship of State! by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • The Declaration of Independence

    • ARTICLES:

  • A Team Is Born — Clayton, Jackson & Durante — Continuing “Schnozzola! Jimmy Durante’s Life Story” — by Gene Fowler
  • “I Predict for Yugoslavia ..” by Drew Pearson
  • Crime Busting is Right Up Hogan’s Alley by Lester Velie is about New York District Attorney, Frank S. Hogan

    • FICTION:

  • “Fish on Thursday” by Joseph Petracca and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “The Pinch Hitter” by Scott Young and illustrated by John Walter
  • “Mask for Danger” — Part 4 of 5 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Winter Sun” — The Short Short Story — by C. Hall Thompson

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Nowhere Much, Just Away by W.F. Miksch
  • Perfect Hand by W.E. Farbstein
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Lafe Locke, Gardner Rea, Henry Boltinoff, William Von Riegen, John Ruge, Frank Owen, Ted Key, Reamer Keller, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Stan Hunt, Kirk, Dana Fradon, Bandel Linn, Larry Reynolds, Virgil Partch, Mary Gibson
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features golfer Ben Hogan

    • 1951-06-23 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/06/23 — The cover is credited to Alex Raymond and Richard Beattie

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Are We Losing India? by David E. Lilienthal
  • G.B. Shaw’s Letters to Gene Tunney by Gene Tunney
  • Weather and You by Jacqueline Berke and Vivian Wilson with drawings by Al Hirschfeld
  • Away Out West in the Land of Cotton by Richard Donovan and Dwight Whitney
  • Jewels in the Rough — Collier’s Color Camera
  • The Y.M.C.A.–A Century of Fellowship by Jhan and June Robbins

    • FICTION:

  • “Mainly About Caroline” by Ethel Edison Gordon and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • “Thy Will Be Done” by Jack Schaefer and illustrated by Harvey Dunn
  • “Uncle Stinky” by William R. Scott and illustrated by David Berger
  • “Mask for Danger” — Part 2 of 5 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Anniversary” — The Short Short Story — by Don Stanford

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Virgil Partch, John Ruge, Irwin Caplan, Reamer Keller, Fritz Wilkinson, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Sidney Hoff, Don Tobin, Mary Gibson, Gregory D’Alessio, Corka, Jerry Marcus, George Wolfe, William Von Reigen, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Larry Reynolds

    • 1951-06-16 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/06/16 — Cover is credited to Hans Knopf

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • My Air Adventures with General MacArthur by Lt. Col. Anthony F. Story, USAF, with Bill Davidson
  • It’s a Grand Alliance by J.B. Priestley with drawings by Harry Devlin
  • One Touched with Genius by James Poling is about Shirley Booth with a full-page color photo of her
  • He Leads the Life He Loves by John W. Randolph is about Philip Plaistridge, a man living in his “homemade haven atop a New Hampshire mountain”
  • Dream Golf Course by Bill Fay
  • Where Every Day is Flag Day
  • Stars in the Sunlight by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “Mask for Danger” — Part 1 of 5 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “The Man in the Four-Dollar Suit” by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “Sham Battle” by Walt Sheldon and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • “I Hear the Step of Shawnees” by John Bell Clayton and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “The Love Man” — Conclusion — by John Weaver & illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Crusher Shea’s Social Security” — The Short Short Story — by Joe McCarthy

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters to a Graduate by W.F. Miksch
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by John Dempsey, Bob Dell, Leonard Dove, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Stan Hunt, John Ruge, Robert Day, Irwin Caplan, Jefferson Machamer, Reamer Keller, George Crenshaw, Jeff Keate, Hank Ketcham, Virgil Partch, Douglas Borgstedt, Pat Rooney, Larry Reynolds

    • 1951-05-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/05/26 — The cover is credited to Thomas Fransioli

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Baseball Hercules by Tom Meany is about Ted Kluszewski
  • That Sterling Character by Thomas F. Brady is about Jan Sterling and includes a full-page color photo
  • Cancer Quacks by Bill Fay
  • Village on Stilts by Ben Lucien Burman
  • The Man Who Says No to Stalin by Seymour Freidin is about Austria’s Karl Gruber
  • Chicago with paintings in color by Chen-Chi

    • FICTION:

  • “The Love Man” — Part 1 of 4 — by John D. Weaver and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “No Table for the Lady Plumber” by Joe McCarthy and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “Mechanical Doll” by Frank Rooney and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “A Shot in the Dark” — Conclusion — by Richard Powell and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • “The Bridge” by Howard Maier and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Bottoms Up” — The Short Short Story — by Frederic Sinclair

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • A Room is A Room is a Room by Parke Cummings
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Boris Drucker, Virgil Partch, Sidney Hoff, Hank Ketcham, Gardner Rea, Charles Rodrigues, David Huffine, Reamer Keller, Ray Helle, Leo Garel, Bo Brown, Dick Cavalli, Roland Coe, Frank O’Neal, George Crenshaw, Marty Lowenstein, John Ruge, Larry Reynolds
  • Coca-Cola ad on the back cover featuring taxi driver with caption “Travel Refreshed, I say”

    • 1951-04-21 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/04/21 — “April 19, 1775 – Paul Revere’s Historical Ride” cover is credited to Walter Bomar

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Atomic Miracle by John Lear
  • Jo Stafford — Her Songs Upset Joe Stalin by Bill Davidson, includes full-page color photo of Stafford
  • In Defense of Our Jury System by Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman
  • The New Air War — SABRES vs MIGs by Charlotte Knight
  • My Last Big-League Game — Concluding “Umpire Bill Klem’s Own Story — by William J. Klem with William J. Slocum, includes photos of Klem, plus Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig, Dizzy Dean
  • Boom in Ballet, with paintings by Cydney
  • Speaking of Male Necklines by Bert Bacharach
  • He Found New Land in New England by Arthur Bartlett

    • FICTION:

  • “Consolation Prize” by Elizabeth Wilson and illustrated by Bob Hilbert
  • “A Matter of Choice” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “Portrait of a Preacher” by George Byram and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Stairway to an Empty Room” — Part 4 of 5 — by Dolores Hitchens and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
  • “The Closet” — The Short Short Story — by Kenneth Lowe

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • What’s the Rush by W.F. Miksch
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Virgil Partch, Lafe Locke, Thurston Gentry, Ben Roth, Reamer Keller, John Dempsey, John Ruge, Robert Day, Sidney Hoff, Jane Spear King, Gardner Rea, Charles Pearson, David Huffine, Leonard Huff, John Dempsey, Larry Reynolds
  • Full-page b&w ad featuring Ava Gardner & Robert Mitchum in My Forbidden Past
  • Anne Jeffreys for Camel Cigarettes on the back cover.

    • 1951-04-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/04/07 — The cover is credited to Gladys Terry

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Huks – Foe in the Philippines by Robert Shaplen
  • Lions ‘n’ Tigers ‘n’ Clyde Beatty by Collie Small
  • “Flavor of Romance and Spice of Danger” — Beginning: Exploring Queen of Sheba Land — by Wendell Phillips
  • Gertie and the King of Siam by James Poling
  • You Get What You Want by Robert Froman
  • Jousting With McGraw by William J. Klem with William J. Slocum, Continuing: Umpire Bill Klem’s Own Story with large photo of John McGraw and smaller pics of Fred Merkle, Johnny Evers, Hank O’Day and Wilbert Robinson
  • The Man Who Runs New England’s Tax Gestapo by Walter Davenport
  • Office Types by Mildred and Laurence Tilley

    • FICTION:

  • “The Phantom of Walnut Spring” by John Bell Clayton and illustrated by Stan Ekman
  • “Burridge Carries On” by Rose Heylbut and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • “Stairway to an Empty Room” — Part 2 of 5 — by Dolores Hitchens and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
  • “The Little Things” by Florence Jane Soman and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • Two Bouquets — The Short Short Story — by Herbert Gutterson

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial
  • Cartoons by Vip’s War by Virgil Partch, Gregory D’Alessio, Al Kaufman, Kennesaw by Reamer Keller, Al Mueller, Jeff Keate, Stan Fine, Hank Ketcham, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Dick Cavalli, George Crenshaw, William Von Riegen, Jefferson Machamer, Bandell Linn, Butch by Larry Reynolds

    • 1951-03-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/03/31 — Cover illustrated by Stan Ekman

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • A Reporter in Search of God by Howard Whitman
  • Russia Can’t Take Alaska by Father Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J. with Bill Davidson
  • Arturo Toscanini by Howard Taubman
  • Corned-Beef Confucious by Murray Robinson and illustrated by Al Hirschfeld
  • America’s Ten Weirdest Animals
  • “I Never Missed One in My Heart” by William J. Klem with William J. Slocum — Part 1 of Umpire Bill Klem ‘s Own Story with photos of Frank Chance and Fred Clarke among others
  • Marion Bowls Them Over by Bill Fay and featuring bowler Marion Ladewig

    • FICTION:

  • Stairway to An Empty Room — Part 1 of 5 — by Dolores Hitchens and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
  • The Secret of Gandergoose Park by Laurence Kirk and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • Civilized People by Brenda Weisberg and illustrated by Harry Anderson
  • Woman’s Work by John D. Weaver and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • The Corpse Was in the Countinghouse” — Conclusion of a Serial by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • The Green One — The Short Short Story — by Ruth Harnden
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial

    • 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

    • 1951-02-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1951/02/24 — “Washington Crossing the Delaware” — No. 5 in Collier’s Commemorative Series — cover is credited to Tom Lovell

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • How Truman Writes Those Letters by Jonathan Daniels with drawings by Al Hirschfeld
  • Russia Oils Up in the Arctic by Leonid Smirnov
  • Adventures Abroad — Continuing “The Personal Memoirs of Herbert Hoover” — by Herbert Hoover
  • The UN Is at Stake
  • Manhattan Tower
  • A Better Breakfast, Please by Harry Botsford
  • “Fur Coats for Five Dollars” by Lafe F. Allen
  • Head Lines and Foot Notes by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “The Professionals” by William Fay and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “Never Let Him Down” by Gertrude Schweitzer and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “Letter to a Child” — Part 4 of 5 — by Karen McKinley and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “The New Man” — The Short Short Story — by Frederick Laing with illustration by Saul Tepper
  • “Portrait” by Mary-Carter Roberts and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • The Enigma of the Opera by Gerald Mosler
  • Editorials
  • Cartoons by Fred Lundy, Kate Osann, Henry Boltinoff, Gregory D’Alessio, Sid Gordin, Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Virgil Partch, John Ruge, Kirk, Ted Key, Vic Martin, Reamer Keller, William Von Riegen, Larry Reynolds
  • Patrice Munsel for Camel Cigarettes on the back cover.

    • 1950-12-30 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/12/30 — The cover is credited to Homer Hill

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Russia Could Take Europe in Three Weeks by Allan Miche
  • How the Republicans Can Win in ’52 by Raymond A. McConnell, Jr.
  • Dollars and Sense Research by Donald Robinson
  • Winged Work Horse by James H. Winchester is about the DC-3
  • Speaking of the Boss by Tubby Threadbinder
  • “He Likes Contests Because …” by Frank Rasky
  • Mrs. Tilly’s Crusade by Helena Huntington Smith is about Dorothy Tilly
  • The Happiest Man in Hollywood by Willard L. Wiener is about Sam Katzman with a color photo of Johnny Weissmuller, some of the female cast of Jungle Jim, and a b&w pic of Atom Man
  • Sacrifice for Quick Sale by Gurney Williams
  • Asano and the Tough General by Paul Hollister

    • FICTION:

  • “Long Charles Has His Christmas” by Edmund Gilligan and illustrated by C. Calvert
  • “The Quarter-Deck Shell” by Elizabeth Enright and illustrated by Fred Banbery
  • “Racket Alley” — Part 4 of 5 — by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • The Cross Old Bear by Claire Wallis and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • Red Handle by Walt Sheldon and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Little Bull of Bashan –The Short Short Story — by B.M. Atkinson, Jr.

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by John Denson
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial
  • Cartoons by Ted Key, Don Tobin, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Boris Drucker, Kate Osann, Clancy by John Ruge, Charles D. Pearson, Henry Boltinoff, Reamer Keller, Dick Cavalli, Chon Day, Mel Lazarus, Butch by Larry Reynolds
  • Plymouth ad illustrated in color by Norman Rockwell

    • 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

    • 1950-11-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/11/04 — Cover featuring Reconnaissance Sgt. James Jenkins, 1st Calvalry Division was sketched by Howard Brodie

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Don’t Smoke – Unless You Like It by Albert Q. Maisel — For centuries tobacco has brought mankind peace and cheer. Now some scientists say smoking is dangerous. But are their findings conclusive? The answer is NO
  • She-Town by Edward B. Lockett
  • ‘Far Away, Far Away’ by Howard Brodie
  • Another Galloping Ghost at Illinois by Bill Fay is about Johnny Karras
  • The Bing Who Doesn’t Sing by Herbert Kupferberg is about Rudolf Bing
  • …And if We Are Elected to office by Senator Scott W. Lucas and Senator Robert A. Taft and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • “You Mean You Don’t Remember?” by Willis Player
  • New Look in Telephone Booths by Edward Dembitz

    • FICTION:

  • “Play a Lone Hand” — Part 1 of 6 — by Luke Short and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • Most Guys Rake Leaves on Saturday by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Mac Conner
  • “Party” by Budd Schulberg and illustrated by Roswell Keller
  • “Halloween Was Father’s Day” by Dolph Sharp and illustrated by Herman Giesen
  • The Fifty-Mission Cap — Conclusion — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • The Curse of Silence — The Short Short Story — by Hal G. Evarts with illustration by Gordon Brusstar
  • Keep Up With the World by John Denson
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Full-page color ad on back cover for Camel Cigarettes features Mario Lanza

    • 1950-10-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/10/28 — The cover, “U.N. Headquarters, New York” is credited to Bern Hill

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Blue Sharks Off the Red Coast by John Conner
  • The Pro Game Isn’t Football by Stanley Woodward with illustration by Willard Mullin
  • JCHEW GISY PYMQP UQRPD or How to Crack Enemy Codes by John Kobler
  • Great White Mother by Oren Arnold
  • Sing You Soldiers by Herbert Kupperberg is about the De Paur Chorus with large color photo
  • Don’t Go Out Alone at Night in L.A. — Another Terror in Our Cities Report — by Howard Whitman
  • They’re Fixing Up over at the Trumans’ by Milton Lehman

    • FICTION:

  • “Make Like a Panther” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “A Time for Innocence” by Ethel Edion Gordon and illustrated by Michael Mitchell
  • “Hunt Hard, Hunt Long” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “The Fifty-Mission Cap” — Part 3 of 4 — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “The Parent Problem” — The Short Short Story — by Betsy Corrigan

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial
  • Cartoons by Reamer Keller, Sister by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Ted Key, Larry Harris, Ben Roth, Robert Day, Clancy by John Ruge, Virgil Partch, Dick Cavalli, William Von Riegen, Muriel Jacobs
  • Plymouth ad illustrated in color by Norman Rockwell