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1950-08-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

1950/08/26 — Cover credited to Jon Abbot

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • ‘The Brain’ of the U.S. Army by Pat Frank features Lieut. Gen. Alfred Gruenther
  • Labor Isn’t Waiting for November by Sam Stavisky
  • War’s Tragedy in Korea
  • Your Aching Back by Henry La Cossitt
  • America’s Bluest Blue Law Town by Hartzell Spence is about Ocean Grove, NJ
  • Santa Claus Stars in August by Frances Brentano and illustrated by Francis Chase
  • Gesundheit! by Pauline Gale
  • Had Your Efficiency Today? by Ken Kraft
  • Correct on Campus by Bert Bacharach and illustrated by George Shawe

    • FICTION:

  • The Ultimate Swine by James A. Michener and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “Wayward Island” by Eleanor Gilchrist and illustrated by Walter Skor
  • “The Windmill Fixers” by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg
  • Professional Husband by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “To Live Again” — Part 2 of 9 — by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “The Double-Bladed Lie” — The Short Short Story — by Mary Jane Waldo with illustration by Louis S. Glanzman
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • How Was Vacation? by Gurney Williams
  • Editorials
  • Half-page black & white ad for Prest-O-Lite Car Battery features full-length image of Ted Williams

    • 1950-07-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/07/08 — The cover is credited to John Florea

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • John L. Lewis Won’t Let Me Work by Joe Dickmon with Walter Davenport
  • 28,000 Children Missing: Darkest Episode of the Cold War by Collier’s European Team
  • Diary of a Hollywood Safari — Part 1 of 3 — by Richard Carlson
  • By-Products–For a Better Life by Henry L Cossitt
  • Relectant Yankee by Red Smith is about Jackie Jensen and includes a color photo of Jensen with manager Casey Stengel and a b&w shot of Jenson with his wife, the former Zoe Ann Olsen
  • They Never Told Me This about Betsy Ross by Earl Selby with illustration by David Berger
  • Bare-Haired Boy by Andy DeVern
  • The Gate to Bright Hope by William L. Chenery
  • If You Want to Catch Bass by Raymond R. Camp with large drawing by John Atherton

    • FICTION:

  • “Roman Candles and Double-Headers” by Joseph Pretracca and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “The Best Judge” by Hal and Barbara Borland and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “The Cradle” — The Short Short Story by Barbara Dicker and illustrated by David Shaw
  • “Grand Shoes” by John Andrew Rice and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Phipps to the Rescue” — Part 3 of 5 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World
  • Glaffer Nazonk! by Gurney Williams
  • Editorial

    • 1950-06-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/06/17 — The cover is credited to Thoma Fransioli

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Free the Atom by David E. Lilienthal
  • The Giant Job of Telling Time by Robert Froman

  • Tail-End to Tip-Top: Rise of the Yankees — Continuing My Baseball Story by Edward G. Barrow with James M. Kahn – includes never before published photo supplied by Ed Barrow of the 1922 Yankees as they broke camp, all in shirts and ties including Babe Ruth, Lefty O’Doul, Bob Meusel and others
  • Doctor Mary Sleeps Fast by Ruth Borden and Frances O’Brien
  • Romance at 20 Paces by Bill Davidson with color photo of Micheline Prelle
  • The Kid Right-Hander, Is This His Year? by Tom Meany is about Art Houtteman with color photo
  • Dad–Remember? by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • “The Big Build-Up” by Michael Foster and illustrated by Roswell Keller
  • “All the Birds of the Air” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • “I Was Poor Once Myself” by Margaret Chase and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “The Candy Kid” — Part 5 of 6 — by Dorothy B. Hughes and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • “Jeff and the Schizophrenic Turtle” — The Short Short Story by Walter Karig with illustration by Robert J. Lee

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World
  • The Average Statistician by W.F. Miksch
  • Editorial

    • 1950-03-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/03/04 — Cover illustrated by Stanley and Janice Berenstain

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Crisis Government Can Ruin Us by James F. Byrnes
  • Miami: How to Improve on a Boom by John Kord Lagemann
  • A Beaker of Chang is Fun in Tibet by Lowell Thomas with Lowell Thomas Jr.
  • Allison in Wonderland by Bill Fay features Fran Allison of Kukla, Fran and Ollie
  • Man in the Middle of a Spectacle — Concluding Rock of Hollywood: Cecil B. DeMille — by Collie Small
  • No Alibis for Red by Tom Meany is about rookie manager Red Rolfe
  • It’s a Long Time from Mr. Abbitt to Mr. Zablocki by James C. Derieux
  • Any Man’s Collar by Bert Bacharach

    • FICTION:

  • National Honeymoon by Paul Horgan and illustrated by Euclid Shook
  • The Prisoner — Part 1 of 4 — by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • Ralph — The Short Short Story — by Faith Prior and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • Burden of Guilt by John and Ward Hawkins and illustrated by Len Oehmen
  • Mountain Choice by Kenneth Gilbert and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • City Beyond Devil’s Gate — Conclusion — by Lillian Janet and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Snakes are Sneaks by Ralf Kircher
  • I’ll Be Home for Census by W.F. Miksch
  • Editorial
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover features Gregory Peck

    • 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

    • 1950-01-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/01/28 — Cover credited to David Peskin

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Are We Going to Junk Our Colleges? by Benjamin Fine
  • Secret Photos: Russian War Maneuvers with text by Garrett Underhill
  • U.N. Merciful War by David Perlman
  • We’re Mighty Fond of Our Miss Lil by Sam Grafton
  • Strike! Battle of the Big Fish by Charles Dexter Morris
  • The Law West of the Trinity by Frank X. Tolbert
  • Sucker Traps: Plain and Fancy — Continuing the Postal Inspectors — by William J. Slocum includes a photo of Marcus Garvey

    • FICTION:

  • City Behind Devil’s Gate — Part 1 of 6 — by Lillian Janet and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • Mister Million by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fritz Willis
  • Vacancy in Goal by Scott Young and illustrated by John Cullen Murphy
  • The Divided Heart by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by Gwen Fremlin
  • Shell Game — Conclusion — by Richard Powell and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • Hot Water — The Short Short Story — by A.C. Spectorsky and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • My Good Health, and Why by Parke Cummings
  • Editorials

    • 1949-08-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1949/08/06 — Cover credited to Leonard Dove

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • How We Won by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
  • Cool Reading for August by George Kent and illustrated by Robert J. Lee
  • The Biggest Blast of Them All — Part 1 of 2 — by Collie Small – about the Atomic Bomb
  • Hoyt of the Hambletonian by Dan Parker
  • There They Were! Jet Hop to Europe by Lt. Col. Clarke Newlon
  • Charmer for a Nice Fee by Willard L. Wiener
  • Voyage of the Pagan: One Man’s Struggle With the Sea — Conclusion by John Caldwell and illustrated by John Floherty, Jr.

    • FICTION

  • “Attractive Nuisance” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by John Northcross
  • “The Legal Bride” — Part 2 of 6 — by Robert Carson and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • The Drunkard’s Wife by Allan Seager and illustrated by Michael
  • A Horse I Like by Robert Griffith and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • Then There Was Light by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • Moment of Doubt — The Short Short Story by Adeline Rumsey with illustration by Euclid Shook

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Picnic by Stanley and Janice Berenstain – Verse by Margaret Fishback
  • The Movie Audience by Bill O’Brian
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features large image of Yvonne DeCarlo

    • 1949-01-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1949/01/15 — Cover credited to Hy Peskin

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Admiral Moran’s Private Navy by Bill Davidson
  • California’s New-Fashioned Religion by Cameron Shipp and Frank J. Taylor
  • Return of the Numbers Racket by Albert Q. Maisel with photo of Frank Hoge and brother Willie Hoge
  • Dale Carnegie – A Man With a Message by Collie Small
  • Introductions from the Lyons Den by Leonard Lyons and illustrated by Casey Jones

  • The College Fraternity Crisis – Part 2: Democracy in Action by Howard Whitman

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Another Land, Another Love” by Howard La Fay and illustrated by Wesley Snyder
  • “Pilot’s Choice” — The Short Short Story — by Donald Hough and illustrated by Stan Eckman
  • “The Taming of Superwoman” by Isabella Taves and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “You Can’t Lick the City Hall” by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Charles Hawes

    • SERIALS

  • “Father of the Bride” — Part 2 of 3 — by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • “Ringside Maiden” — Part 3 of 8 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from our readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Singing Shrew by Bruce Downes with color photos of Patricia Morison
  • Gymnasium by Stanley and Janice Berenstain — cartoon is 2-full pages in color
  • The Week’s Preview by Warren Phillips features a color photo of young Dean Stockwell in “The Boy With Green Hair”
  • Are Skiers People? by James Dugan
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Inside Sports by Bill Fay and illustrated by John Cullen Murphy
  • Dude by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • How Right Can You Be? by Parke Cummings
  • Tough Luck-Pure Luck by W.E. Farbstein
  • Verse
  • Cartoons
  • Collier’s Believes: The Numbers Racket is Corruption
  • Ad for Lord Calvert features large color photo of Robert L. Ripley

    • 1948-09-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/09/25 — Cover credited to Mead-Maddick

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Of Mice and Molly by John Bailey and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • Death had Strange Hands by Charles B. Child and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • It Happened to a Dog by Alastair MacBain and illustrated by James Lockhart
  • The Tree of Heaven — The Star Story — by Elizabeth Enright and illustrated by Piotr Dimitri
  • Chez Fleurette — The Short Short Story — by Edwin Rutt and illustrated by Eric Mulvaney
  • Marriage ’48 — Part 2 of 5 — by Vera Caspary and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • Silent Witness by Harold Goldman and illustrated by Karl Milroy

    • ARTICLES:

  • Rainbow Route to Berlin by Quentin Reynolds
  • Billie Burke – Her Story — Part 1 of 3 — by Billie Burke as told to Cameron Shipp
  • Oil Below the Rio Grande by Frank Gervasi
  • How to Keep Out of Trouble by Howard Whitman
  • Bloodhounds Are My Babies by Dr. Leon F. Whitney as told to Kyle Crichton
  • Confessions of a Railroad Cop by Lieutenant James R. Thompson
  • Look Who’s Talking by Gurney Williams
  • Headlines in Footwear

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Inside Sports by Bill Fay featuring the Chicago Cardinals
  • Collier’s Believes: This Must Be Stopped

    • 1948-09-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/09/04 — Cover design by Toni Frissell

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Passport to Missouri” by Laurence Critchell and illustrated by Ben Hur Baz
  • “Collector’s Item” by Roald Dahl and illustrated by David Berger — This is Collier’s “Star Story”, the winner of this week’s $1,000 Fiction Award
  • “Broadway Doll” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Martha Sawyers
  • “The Win to Go Home” a boxing story by W.C. Heinz and illustrated by H.E. Bischoff
  • “Second Man on the Ticket” — Part 2 of 4 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Unchained” — The Short Short Story — by Robert Zacks and illustrated by Vincent Guise

    • ARTICLES

  • Miracles Made to Order by Lester Velie about modern chemical research
  • State Department Quarterback by Robert S. Allen about Chip Boblen
  • Very Tired Lady by Quentin Reynolds with portrait by Boris Chaliapin about Holland’s Queen Wilhelmina, who’s terminated her 50 year reign
  • Is Your Child in a Classroom Crisis? by Hoyt and Alice Barnett
  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins – Part XV – The Rising Tide of Dissension by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Good News for Little Women by Richard P. Harmel

    • PLUS:

  • This Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Collier’s Sports: The Racket Sisters by Bill Fay is about Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne DuPont
  • Editorials: Collier’s Believes: Labor’s Doing Better Than Well – Nobody’s Persecuting Our Reds – Our Doctors Can Take Another Bow

    • 1948-08-14 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/08/14 — Cover design by L. Willinger

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Gentleman George” by R.R. Doister and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “Stars in His Hair” by Russell Beggs and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • “A Lady for Ballarol” by Garald Lagard and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Half-Naked Turth” by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “An Affair of State” — Part 2 of 4 — by Pat Frank
  • “Where There’s Smoke” — The Short Short Story — by Edgar Brooke with illustration by Robert Bugg

    • ARTICLES

  • What Every New Draftee Should Know by Howard Whitman
  • Ryder of the Comic Page by James Poling – Meet cowboy Fred Harman, creator of Red Ryder and Little Beaver
  • Road to the 19th Hole by Ted Shane, an afternoon on the golf course with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins — Part XII: Italy Down for the Count by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Designs for Touring — Part XI: Playground for the Sky by John Kord Lagemann

    • PLUS:

  • This Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: Slide-Rule Football by Bill Fay
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Editorials: Collier’s Believes: Here’s Something to Think About – In Calling a Spade a Spade – Science Can Stub Its Toe
  • Half-page black&white ad for Cream of Kentucky Blended Whiskey is illustrated by Norman Rockwell

    • 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

    • 1948-07-03 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/07/03 — Cover design by Shiney Wright

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Cupid With Celluloid Wings” by William Chapman White and illustrated by William Pachner
  • “Girls Like Me” by Hilda Cole Espy and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • “Squaw Medicine” by Bennett Foster and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “The Bramble Bush” — Part 4 of 5 — by David Duncan and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka
  • “Sweet Revenge” — The Short Short Story — by Ralph Nelson and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • “Errors of Judgment” by Alfred F. Loomis and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • Scandals in Veterans’ Housing — Part 1 of 2 — by Albert Q. Maisel
  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins — Part VI: Roosevelt’s Greatest Dilemma by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Six Artists and a Model by Leonard A. Paris featuring Edith Franklin
  • Good-Time Street by Bill Gottlieb is about 52nd Street in Manhattan with color photos
  • Truman’s Troubles by Frank Gervasi
  • The Hot Potato Olympics by Collie Small
  • How to Catch a Husband by Jay Breen and John Rosenburg with drawings by George Harrington

    • PLUS:

  • This Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: The Big Push by Bill Fay
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Editorials: Collier’s Believes: In Parades to the Polls – Atoms Outweight Politics – It Matters a Lot Right Now – Baldies Aren’t Neccessarily Bright

    • 1948-06-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/06/12 — Cover design by Warren Baumgartner

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Bramble Bush” — Part 1 of 5 by David Duncan and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka
  • “Dear Miss Phillips” by Louis Paul and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Once to Every Woman” by Frederick Borg and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “Shadow of Fu Manchu” — Conclusion by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “Important to a Man” by Nick Boddie Williams
  • “It All Came Out” — The Short Short Story by Philip Dunnington

    • ARTICLES

  • Out of This World by Jim Marshall
  • Fashion High Command by Ruth Carson
  • Can We Guarantee a Free Europe? by John Foster Dulles
  • Two-Party Gal by Eulalie McDowell is about Perle Mesta
  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins — Part 3: The Common-Law Marriage by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Saint-Lo Fights Another Battle by Stanley Frank
  • Block That Toothache! by Margot Grub

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: Handball Is Footwork by Bill Fay
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington’s Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Alan Ladd

    • 1948-05-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/05/15 — Cover credited to Ariane Beigneux

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Breakfast in Bed by Jack Finney and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • The Flight by William Brandon and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • Shadow of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Sleepwalker by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Now So Young — The Short Short Story — by Robert Fontaine and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • River Screamer by Zachary Ball and illustrated by Francis Chase

    • ARTICLES:

  • Are We Short of Water? by Lester Velie
  • General MacArthur by George Creel
  • For Distinguished Congressional Service by James C. Derieux
  • Lillie’s in the U.S.A. by James Poling featuring color photos from “Inside U.S.A.” featuring Beatrice Lillie
  • Lou Is Cleveland’s Business by Kyle Crichton featuring Lou Boudreau
  • Cancer, the Child Killer by Lawrence Galton
  • Designs for Touring — Part 7: You’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain by John Kord Lagemann

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers features photo of Sax Rohmer
  • Collier’s Sports: Dillard’s Big Hurdle by Bill Fay featuring Harrison Dillard
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials: Collier’s Believes: Most Fears Are Phony – Western Europe Can Unite – You Can’t Beat This Spirit
  • Full-page two color ad for Frank Capra’s “State of the Union” featuring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
  • Half-page ad (black, white and red) for Cream of Kentucky Bourbon is illustrated by Norman Rockwell

    • 1948-04-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/04/17 — Cover design by Larry Barbier

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Hunsecker Fights the World” by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “I’m a Stranger in Town Myself” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by William Pachner
  • “A Cree Could Say Goodby” by Joseph Kinsey Howard and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “In This Corner–Mary Ann!” by Arthur “Bugs” Baer and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “The Best-Laid Plans” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Dave Mink
  • “Yes, Sir!” — The Short Short Story — by Louis Camp with illustration by Charles Hawes

    • ARTICLES

  • Men, Mikes and Money by Merlin H. Aylesworth as told to Ben Gross — Part 1: The first president of NBC describes the early efforts of Radio to win its place in the entertainment world
  • Fisherman’s Prof by Russ Davis about George Harvey and his course for anglers at Penn State
  • Escape from Austerity by Collie Small
  • Tandy Arrives on a Streetcar by Amy Porter — How Hollywood gave Jessica Tandy the brush-off and Broadway made her a star
  • It’s Hard to Be Your Age by Hannah Lees
  • Magic in the Garden by Carl Molitor
  • Beating the Arctic Bush by Richard L. Neuberger – travelling by air taxi in Alaska

    • PLUS:

  • This Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: Flash in the Pool by Bill Fay
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials – Collier’s Believes: In Opening the Closed-Shop Question – That Slapstick Is Good for What Ails You – That Censorship Defeats Itself – In Making Experience Pay – That Green and Inflation Are Brothers
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features large image of Claudette Colbert

    • 1948-01-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/01/17 — Cover design by Joern and Louise Gerdts

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Third Monkey” — Part 1 of 4 — by Adela Rogers St. Johns and illustrated by Robert Patterson
  • “Snow in the Canyon by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Herman Giesen
  • “The Kissing of Patricia” by Henry Beetle Hough and illustrated by James Avati
  • “One More River to Cross” by Philip Clark and illustrated by Paul Wehr
  • “Cocktails at Blindman’s Lake” — Conclusion of Serialized Story — by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “The Bedspread” — Short Short Story — by George Bradshaw and illustrated by A. Hallman

    • ARTICLES

  • Your Ice-Age Ancestor by Helmut De Terra and illustrated by Lynd Ward
  • Under a Red Thumb by Collie Small about Finland
  • Civil Rights Mean Good Business by Charles Luckman
  • Human Eagles by Wade H. Nichols and Ike Vern
  • The Coiffures Are Not Comic by Pauline Bowie
  • The Flying Bietilas by Phil Drotning about the ski jumping family

    • PLUS:

  • This Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Editorials: Is Britain Turning the Corner? – $3,500 Funeral Nixed – The Bible on the Air – Give Us a Buzz, Mr. H.

    • 1947-07-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1947/07/12 — Cover photo credited to Larry Gordon

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Feeling Is Mutual” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Al Schmidt
  • The Nuclear Fission of Edward Angus Gilmartin by Albert Pope Hinckley and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • Merchant of Valor — Part 2 of 5 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Strangler Fig by William Fuller and illustrated by John Pike
  • The Unknown — The Short Short Story by Georges Surdez with illustration by Herman Giesen
  • Crater Queen by Vic Spies and illustrated by Carl Burger

    • ARTICLES

  • Washington Side Show by Howard Whitman
  • The Sun Tan Myth by Snowden T. Herrick and John E. Pfeiffer
  • How Are Things on Okinawa? by Weldon James
  • Why I Broke With Roosevelt — part 4: Showdown With the Boss by James T. Farley
  • Hollywood’s Million-Dollar Shoestrings by Cameron Shipp
  • Television Gets a Box Office by Herbert Asbury

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington’s Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Bob Hope on back cover

    • 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

    • 1946-08-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/08/31 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Big Marty” by Helen J. Kamaroski and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Twenty to One It’s Love” by William A. Krauss and illustrated by William Pachner
  • “The Senator Was Indiscreet” — Part 2 of 3 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “A Deal With the Devil” by Lord Dunsany and illustrated ny Concetta Cacciola
  • “Strange Woman” — The Short Short Story — by William Holder and illustrated by Nathan Machtey
  • “I Like Your Nirvana” by Ed McNamara and illustrated by Leon Gregori

    • ARTICLES

  • Squeal, Nazi, Squeal! by Dr. Douglas M. Kelley as told to Howard Whitman is a report on the minds of the “Hitler Gang” by the Army’s chief psychiatrist at the Nuremberg trials – With colorful illustration of Nazis by Frederick Siebel
  • Papa’s Dream Girl by Kyle Crichton about Better Field
  • The Roosevelt I Knew — Part 2 of 6 — by Frances Perkins
  • The Navy At Its Worst by Harold L. Ickes
  • Heroines on Horseback by Dorothy Miles
  • Indiana’s Bo by Ashton Reid about Bo McMillin

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Wing Talk by Oscar Leiding
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Reconstruction-1946

    • 1946-08-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/08/17 — Cover credited to Andre De Dienes from Guillumette

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Warning Bell” by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Bachelor Apartment” by Albert N. Williams and illustrated by Dorothy Monet
  • “The Watchers” by Virginia Douglas Dawson and illustrated by Michael
  • “The Dory” by Edmund Gilligan and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Sleep, My Love” — Part 4 of 5 — by Leonard Q. Ross and illustrated by H.E. Bishoff
  • “Alone” — The Short Short Story — by Alwyn W. Knight and illustrated by Vincent Guise

    • ARTICLES

  • The Battle of the Bench by Jonathan Daniels about the U.S. Supreme Court with caricatures of the Justices by Auerbach-Levy
  • Guam, Sweet Guam by Fred Sparks
  • The Superhorses Are Ours by Daniel P. Mannix
  • Hard-Luck Kid by Hannibal Coons about Jack Kramer
  • Rio Grande – River of Death by Don Hinga
  • Traveling Light by Ruth Carson with drawings by Mario Cooper
  • China Doll by Martha Sawyers with drawings by the author is the story of Rose Martin and her foster-mother Mary Lo-Sam-Moi

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • United Neighnbors — 5: Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain — by Frank Gervasi with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: One Continent, One Country? – Memor for the Next Strike Wave – His Taxes and Hers

    • 1946-08-03 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/08/03 — Cover credited to Hans Knopf-Pix

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Straw Hat Circuit” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Candlelight and Salt Pork” — the Short Short Story — by Jonathan G. Waldron
  • “A Little Fire” by Abraham Polonsky and illustrated by Percy Leason
  • “Sleep, My Love” — Part 2 of 5 — by Leonard Q. Ross and illustrated by H.E. Bishoff
  • “The Wonderful Race at Rimrock” by D.D. Beauchamp and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Come Back, Come Back” by Bernard Victor Dryer and illustrated by Philip Dormont

    • ARTICLES

  • Who is a Negro? —“The problem of the lightskin colored folk who pass as whites”— by Herbert Asbury with full-page photograph credited to Anton Bruehl
  • St. George and the Marzian Dragon by Herbert L. Matthews is a report on the first year of Socialism in Britain
  • All-America Water Queens by C.L. Sawin about the A.A.U. selecting a team of the nation’s 14 swimmers, color photos, includes Zoe Ann Olsen
  • What Bernard Shaw Thinks At Ninety by R.S. Scholefield
  • The Truth About Henry Kaiser — Part 2 of 3 — by Lester Velie about the invasion of the automobile industry
  • The Scholar and the Sprout by Stoddard B. Colby and illustrated by Dorothy McKay

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • United Neighnbors — 4: Warren Austin of the United States — by Frank Gervasi with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Wing Talk by George R. Reiss
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Did Eisenhower Lose the War? — The Medics in World War II

    • 1946-07-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/07/27 — Beautiful Joe DiMaggio cover credited to David Peskin

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Sleep, My Love” Part 1 of 5 by Leonard Q. Ross and illustrated by H.E. Bischoff
  • “Dinner Was Late” by Hope Hale and illustrated by George Garland
  • “Young Lothario” by Owen Cameron and illustrated by Oliver Hurst
  • The Captain Was a Lady” – Conclusion – by Neil Paterson and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • Morning, Afternoon, and Alec” — The Short Short Story by S.W.M. Humaqson
  • “Split Ear the Raider” by Charles H. Ives and illustrated by Percy Leason

    • ARTICLES

  • The Truth About Henry Kaiser — Part 1 of 3 by Lester Velie
  • Ink and Blood by Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Hon. Crime Boss by Frank Edwards is about Tokyo’s gang chief, Kampei Umezu
  • Hoosier Holiday by Milton Lehman
  • That Fighting Rocky by Barney Nagler is about Rocky Graziano
  • Cheesecake at the Ballpark by Stanley Frank

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • This Week’s Mail
  • United Neighbors — Part III: Dr. Herbert Vere Evatt of Australia by Frank Gervasi with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Corntrol or Chaos — Story About a Mayor
  • 2-page black & white text ad for Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw with mock article headlined “Movie Wins Court Verdict” and beginning “Howard Hughes’ movie “The Outlaw,” featuring Buxom Jane Russell, was cleared of indecency charges by a minicipal jury yesterday…”
  • Coca-Cola ad illustrated by Stevan Dohanos on the back cover

    • 1946-07-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/07/20 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Captain Was a Lady” — Part 1 of 2 — by Neil Paterson and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “In Dependence” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “Rooms Without Walls” by Thomas W. Phipps and illustrated by Wilson Scruggs
  • “Slug It Slay!” — Part 4 of 4 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Good Witch” — The Short Short Story — by Robert Fontaine and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • “Mondstreet, Ralph” by Mort Friedlander and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES

  • Beauty on the Wing by Don Dornbrook about lepidopterist Arthur H. Moeck
  • Medical Mystery by Mona Gardner about lobotomy
  • France’s New Revolution by W.B. Courtney about the Communist Party in France
  • The Girl Who Fell Up by Amy Porter about Joan McCraken with full-page color photo featuring three images of McCracken
  • Big Tooth and Nail Man by George Creel about Edwin F. Pauley
  • Salt Water Daffy by Gurney Williams about dinghy racing in the Bermudas

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • United Neighnbors — 2: Pedro Leao Velloso of Brazil — by Frank Gervasi with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: July-Worst Food Month — Needed: A World Passport — Let’s Save 19,000 Lives

    • 1946-07-13 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/07/13 — Cover credited to Robert Gescheider

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Two for a Nickel” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Marrying Kind” by David Chandler and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Free Choice” by Norma Bicknell Mansfield and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Home for the Sea” by Chetwood Schwarzkopf and illustrated by Carl Burger
  • “Slug It Slay!” — Part 3 of 4 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “Summer Silence” — The Short Short Story — by Dale Clark and illustrated by John Pike

    • ARTICLES

  • Austria’s In the Middle by Edward P. Morgan
  • Headache Down South by Walter Davenport about the effects of Modernization and the C.I.O.
  • The Daring Old Man by Amy Porter about trapeze artist Frank Otaris
  • Wardobe for Waiting by Dee Lowrance
  • Mightier Than the Atom by Kurt Steel about the earthquake
  • How to Baffle a Bug by Alfred H. Sinks
  • Before You Pack Your Bags by Carl French

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • United Neighnbors — Dr. Quo Tai-chi of China — by Frank Gervasi with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Farewell to the Philippines