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1946-07-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

1946/07/06 — Cover uncredited

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

  • “Local Cat Makes Good” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Sukey and the King’s English” by Constance Wagner and illustrated by Lynd Ward
  • “Slug It Slay!” — Part 2 of 4 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Butter Paddle” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “The Lucky Bells” by Walt Grove and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • “Final Rite” — The Short Short Story — by Raymond Z. Gallun

    • ARTICLES

  • The Brave Beginning by Frank Gervasi about the framers of the Constitution with drawings by Sam Berman
  • Rainbow Over the World by Jack H. Pollack is a suggestion for the flag of the United Nations

  • Theodore Bilbo by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • Home for the Fourth by Norman Corwin with painting by Francis Chase
  • Democracy’s Child Is 21 by Paul V. McNutt about the Philippines
  • Mexican Choice by Edward Tomlinson about the Mexican Election
  • The Perils of Pearl White by Jim Marshall with both a photo of White and a color pic of Betty Hutton playing her

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Time for Better Labor Laws

    • 1946-06-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/06/29 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Slug It Slay!” — Part 1 of 4 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “Mamma’s Gift” — The Short Short Story — by Harriet Hester and illustrated by Carl Robertz
  • A Friend of Colin’s by Elsie Taye and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • “The Shiftless Man” by Owen Cameron and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Young Doc” by George A. Shaftel and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Cipriano” by Czenzi Ormonde and illustrated by Gilbert Darling

    • ARTICLES

  • What’s Russia Up To? — Part 2 of 2 — by Frank Gervasi
  • Mice–or Men? by Norman T. Kirk as told to J.D. Ratcliff, surgeon general of U.S. Army argues for vivesection in medical research
  • Television Will Cost Big Money by E.F. McDonald, Jr.
  • Dance of Triumph by George W. Churchill

  • Hot Tamale Circuit — Part 2 of 2 — by Kyle Crichton about Baseball in Mexico includes a photo of Jorge Pasquel and Mickey Owen with Babe Ruth
  • Weekend Workout by Henry L. Jackson and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • China’s Top Star by Lester Walker is about Valentine Chao with small photo of Chao and larger color illustration of her by Martha Sawyers

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: The Drys Have Hope – Among Us Elizabethans – Just Give Us Food Facts
  • Nescafe ad with color illustration by Arthur Szyk of Dutch Burghers of old Manhattan in 1668 A.D.

    • 1946-06-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/06/22 — Cover credited to Lawson Wood

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Target: Treason” by Pat Frank and illustrated by Elmore Brown

  • “Give Me That Sympathetic Understanding” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Al Schmidt
  • “Earth and Sun” by Mary Deasy and illustrated by Al Kortner
  • “The Long Denial” — Conclusion — by Vicki Baum and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “A House With a Parlor” by Wyatt Blassingame and illustrated by Carl Bobertz
  • “Wizard’s Wife” — The Short Short Story — by Owen Cameron and illustrated by Denver Gillen

    • ARTICLES

  • What’s Russia Up To? — Part 1 of 2 — by Frank Gervasi

  • Hot Tamale Circuit — Part 1 of 2 — by Kyle Crichton about Baseball in Mexico with photos of Jorge Pasquel, Mickey Owen, Frank Scalzi and Ray Dandridge
  • Studio Under the Sea by Robert DeVore
  • For Damages Rendered by Ruth Sheldon
  • Party Responsibility by Henry A. Wallace
  • He Lost 10,000 Years by Allen Rankin about 92 year old artist Bill Traylor
  • Fashion Fever by Dorothy Roe Lewis

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely and Prentiss Cleaves
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Tips to the 52-20s – Hurray for the D.A.R. – More FCC Foolishness

    • 1946-06-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/06/15 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Fugitives” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • “He Loves Me” by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Take Care When You Say Hello” by Mosser Mauger and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “The Long Denial” — Part 3 of 4 — by Vicki Baum and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “When the Lilacs Bloomed” by Nolan Miller and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “Mr. Digney Has a Dream’ — The Short Short Story — by Duane Decker

    • ARTICLES

  • The Deadliest War by Sidney Shalett about germ warfare and illustrated by William Pachner
  • It’s a Living by Luther Davis about Judy Holliday
  • D-Day on Capitol Hill by Wayne L. Morse
  • Mr. Charm, of Washington by Bill Davidson about W. Stuart Symington
  • How to Run a Prize Fight — You’d be surprised how much cash the Louis-Conn brawl eats up — by Barney Nagler
  • Scranton Buys Its Own Job by Sidney Margolius
  • Banquet on the Beach by Ruth Carson
  • Bank Vault Virtuoso by Paul Kamey
  • Miracle Bark by Jonas Williams

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Wing Talk by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: The First 50 – “We” vs. “They” – Radio Had Better Fight

    • 1946-06-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/06/08 — Cover credited to Francis Chase

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “June the Giant Killer” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Al Schmidt
  • “Thanks for the Party” by Philip Dunnington and illustrated by Euclid Shock
  • “The Way It Ended” by Jean Kinkead and illustrated by Homer Hill and Ike Vern
  • “This Character, Sawyer” by Alex Gaby and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “The Long Denial” — Part 2 of 4 — by Vicki Baum and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “Penitence” — The Short Short Story — by John Tait and illustrated by Willard Downes

    • ARTICLES

  • Atomic Test Case by Vice Adm. W.H.P. Blandy, U.S.N.
  • The Drys Try Again by Herbert Asbury
  • Queen of the Quickies by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw about Ann Corio
  • California’s Elephant Boy by George Creel about Earl Warren
  • The World’s Greatest Splash by William Abbott
  • Texas Triggerman by W.H. Depperman about Ad Toepperwein
  • The Young Idea in Art by Carl French

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Wing Talk by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: On the Prowl Again – “After a Long Illness” – The Judges and the Law

    • 1946-06-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/06/01 — Cover credited to Robert Benney

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Long Denial” — Part 1 of 4 — by Vicki Baum and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “Brother Emory and the Bishop” by Nick Boddie Williams and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “The Kiss on the Wrist” by Marlise Johnston and illustrated by Al Moore
  • “Stranger’s Return” by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Vincenet Guise
  • “Message from Maxine” — The Short Short Story — by Margot Hill and illustrated by Robert Patterson
  • “Old Quent” by Mary Deasy and illustrated by John Pike

    • ARTICLES

  • Ruddy Rodeo by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • It’s Here to Stay by Floyd Clymer about the early days of the automobile with a photo of a 1903 Ford runabout and reproductions of ads of other various cards from Oldsmobile in 1901 to the 1906 Stanley Steamer and 1913 Duck
  • Beauty on the Water by Dorothy Williams
  • Boom-Bust or Bowles by Frank Gervasi
  • Name Your Culture by Stanley Frank is about Carnegie Hall Studios
  • Fish to Taste by Ruth Carson
  • Back to the Mimes by Jim Marshall about the return of Harold Lloyd
  • Life in the Open by Dean Jennings

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Mail
  • Wing Talk by Geoffrey M. Tate
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: The U.N. As World Forums – What Is This ACS? – And Now, About the Customers

    • 1946-05-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/05/25 — Cover credited to Vernon Grant

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Echo of an Old Refrain” by Isabel Moore and illustrated by William Rose
  • “A Gift from France” by Lael Tucker and illustrated by Harry Kane
  • “Home Is the Hero” by Jerome Weidman and illustrated by George Garland
  • “The Outraged Heart” — Part 4 of 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Horsehair Trunk” by Dave Grubb and illustrated by Concetta Cacciola
  • “Moment of Truth” — The Short Short Story — by P.J. Alexander and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • ARTICLES

  • Experiment in Democracy by Quentin Reynolds about German prisoners being taught at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Misdeal at Monte Carlo by George Axelsson
  • Peggy in Amberland by Ashton Reid about Peggy Cummins
  • Pooches on Parade by Hannibal Coons
  • Britain’s Hot-Spot Man by Harrison E. Salisbury is about Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr
  • Asleep on the Deep by Jim Marshall
  • Cottage for You by Dan Cooper

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Mail
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: The “Social Equality” Bogy – Mexican Baseball Raids – Time to Broaden Social Security

    • 1946-05-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/05/18 — Cover credited to Hugh Laidman

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “See You in the Movies” by Walter Roeber Schmidt and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “The Black Devil” by Neil Paterson and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Papa Played the Cello” by Ray and Agnes Nafziger and illustrated by William Pachner
  • “Bright Message’ — The Short Short Story — by Raymond Z. Gallun and illustrated by Nathan Machtey
  • “A Drive Through the Country” by Nick Boddie Williams and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Outraged Heart” — Part 3 of 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper

    • ARTICLES

  • Trieste: Battleground for Peace by Arthur Gaeth
  • Message to Americans by The Earl of Halifax
  • One Hungry World by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson
  • I Am a Spastic by Charles Baugh as told to Greer Williams
  • Call Them Mister by Kyle Crichton
  • Brass Hats and Blue Pencils by Bud Hutton and Thomas A. MacMahon
  • Nothing to It by Jim Marshall about Hollywood producer Benedict Bogeaus
  • A MIllion Miles of Fishing by Frank J. Taylor

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Douglas J. Ingells
  • The Week’s Mail
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Bridge of Understanding – Crime Goes Booming Along

    • 1946-05-11 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/05/11 — Cover credited to Fredric Varady

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “There’ll Come a Day” by Jessamyn West and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “Escape at Noon” by Barry Perowne and illustrated by Barse Miller
  • “Everything Shipshape” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “The Outraged Heart” — Part 2 of 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Two of a Kind” by Norman Katkov and illustrated by George Withers
  • “The Happy Chance” by William A. Krauss and illustrated by Twylor Lewis

    • ARTICLES

  • Atomic Age Navy by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN as told to Robert De Vore
  • A Challenge to American Women by Agnes E. Meyer
  • The Doctors Run the Show by Bill Davidson
  • You, Too, Can Drink Vodka by Gladwin Hill and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • Champagne Shower by James J. Darling
  • Running From Death by Charles Dexter is about Charles Beaudry
  • Jungle Hoofer by Martha Sawyers and illustrated by the author
  • Goodbye Berlin! by Allen W. Dulles

    • PLUS:

  • 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
  • Editorials: Our Health and Our Hospitals – Tolerance in California – Let ‘Em Eat Carrots

    • 1946-05-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/05/04 — Cover credited to Barney Tobey

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Outraged Heart” — Part 1 of 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Bide Your Time” by Elsie Taye and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Check…and Mate” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “A Friend in the Barranca” by John Burgan and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “Last Reveille” by Knox Burger and illustrated by Denver Gillen
  • “Just Remember That” — The Short Short Story — by Irene Kittle Kamp and illustrated by Carl Bobertz

    • ARTICLES

  • This Was Hitler’s Mind by Major Cortez F. Enloe, Jr., M.C., A.U.S. and Hans H. Reese, M.D.
  • Stassen’s Political Gamble by Walter Davenport with full-page photo of Harold Stassen
  • It’s in the Bag by Ruth Carson
  • Our Army Is Undemocratic by Joel W. Westbrook and illustrated by Barney Tobey
  • Haiti Hoedown by Earl Leaf and Leonie Greenwood-Adams
  • So You’re Going Touring by Jim Marshall
  • Superman in Feathers by William Abbott
  • They Seek a Promised Land by Edward P. Morgan about Jewish refugees from Poland and Central Europe

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Jim Marshall and Gerry Dick
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Our Wisest Foreign Policy – A National University – War Against Highway Slaughter
  • Nescafe ad with color illustration by Arthur Szyk of coffee drinkers in 1554 in Damascus
  • Imperial Whiskey ad with large color illustration by Thomas Hart Benton

    • 1946-04-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/04/27 — Cover credited to Francis Chase

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Junior Genius” by Max Shulman and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Cub” by H. Vernor Dixon and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • “Flash Flood” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Loran F. Wilford
  • “Jealousy” — Conclusion — by Zenith Brown and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “The Wasp’s Nest” by Marion Fradin and illustrated by Harry Kane
  • “April Showers” — The Short Short Story — by Herbert Gutterson and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES

  • Babes in Wall Street by Lester Velie
  • Rumanian Rhapsody by Ruth Carson about Lisette Verea with color photo
  • Billion-Dollar Dam Builder by Carey Longmire about Jack Savage, who designed the Grand Coulee
  • How to Annoy an Umpire by Stanley Frank and illustrated by Joe Kaufman
  • The Show-Offs by William S. Abbott
  • The Decline and Fall of Edda Ciano — Conclusion — by Andrea Noccoletti
  • The Vets’ Best Bet by Sutherland Denlinger about General G.B. Erskine
  • Dairen: Secret Soviet Base by Dick Wilson

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Robert N. Farr
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: FCC Rides Again – Dig Some More, Please – How’s Your Veterans’ Center?

    • 1946-04-13 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/04/13 — Cover credited to Leon Gregori

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Medal from Jerusalem” by Irwin Shaw and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Jealousy” — Part 2 of 4 — by Zenith Brown and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “One Timeless Spring” by Ray Bradbury and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • “One Package” — The Short Short Story — by William Martin and illustrated by Henry McAlear
  • “Peaceful in the Country” by Thomas Walsh and illustrated by Ludlow Kravis
  • “The Magic Guitar” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Charles Hawes

    • ARTICLES

  • Politics Is People by Mayor of Chicago Edward J. Kelly with Walter Davenport
  • Weaver of Dreams by Ruth Carson about Dorothy Liebes
  • Freedom Came Slowly by Guy T. Nunn about the dramatic last hours before the author’s release from a German Prison Camp, illustrated by Richard Hook
  • Washington Playground by Jane Eads
  • Thunder in the Middle East by Clifton Daniel
  • Our Schools Are a Scandal by Kyle Crichton
  • Hardest and Fastest and Loudest by Howard Taubman about pianist Vladimir Horowitz
  • Fit for a Fisherman by Henry L. Jackson and illustrated by John Pike

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Clinton R. Harrower
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: World Freedom of News – Real Labor Statesmanship – Commerce Perks Up
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover – “Easy does it…Have a Coke”

    • 1946-04-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/04/06 — Cover design by Garrett Price

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Jealousy” — Part 1 of 4 — by Zenith Brown and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “That Samba Dress” by Frederick Laing with illustration by Vincent Guise
  • “The Pawn” by William Martin and illustrated by Homer Hill
  • “The Music Stops” by Ramona Stewart and illustrated by Al Kortner
  • “The Pipe” by James Merriam Moore and illustrated by Percy Leason
  • “Navy Gal” — The Short Short Story — by F.H. Bohne and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • ARTICLES

  • Truman’s Troubled Year by Frank Gervasi with drawings by Wendell Kling
  • India’s Crisis by Robert Aura Smith – Famine and 100,000,000 Moslems create a hard problem for the British government
  • 70,000 to One! by Lieut. Gordon Manuel as told to Quentin Reynolds and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • A Gift of Life by Lawrence Drake
  • Are Managers Necessary? by Kyle Crichton and illustrated by William Ballantine about baseball managers
  • Glamor Guy by Arthur Mann is about Guy Madison
  • Big Business in Ham by Bill Davidson about amateur radio fans
  • Something for a Rainy Day by Ruth Carson

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Grady Johnson
  • The Week’s Work
  • Editorial: Concerning Russia

    • 1946-03-09 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/03/09 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Dangerous Lady” — Part 1 of 4 — by Octavus Ray Cohen and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “P.O. Box 63” by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Carolyn Edmundson
  • “Hello, Beethoven” by William Porter and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “Departure” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Henry McAlear
  • “Money Rider” by Todhunter Ballard and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Greater Love Hath No Man” — The Short Short Story — by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by John Holmgren

    • ARTICLES

  • Our Secret War in Scandinavia — Part 1 of 2 — Revealing for the first time how Sweden actively co-operated with the Norwegian underground — by Colonel Bernt Balchen
  • World Changer by Francis Chase, Jr. with drawing by Rolf Klef
  • G.I. Family at Yale by William R. Sears
  • Gateway to Glamor by Bradley Smith about The Studio Club
  • I Couldn’t Afford to Be a Congressman by Robert Ramspeck as told to James C. Derieux
  • Take It Easy by Mabel Scacheri about photography
  • Worms Make the Garden Grow by Alfred H. Sinks
  • The Unbowed Head by Kyle Crichton about Walter Head
  • Teach the New Dog Old Tricks by A.L. Simon

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: The Choice Is Ours – Officers and Men – Our Great Visitor
  • Half-page black & white ad for Jockey includes a drawing of Babe Ruth

    • 1946-02-09 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/02/09 — Cover credited to Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “All in a Moment” by Jean Kinkead and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “Hunting Weather” by Walter Havighurst and illustrated by Frederick Siebel
  • “Mountain Time” – Part 2 of 5 – by Bernard DeVoto and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “A Fine Start” by Brendan Gill and illustrated by Nathan Machtey
  • “Senor Doormat” by Max Shulman and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “Hello, Darling” – The Short Short Story – by Robert Wallace with illustration by Fred Eng

    • ARTICLES

  • Failure in Germany by Drew Middleton
  • Stalin Is Gray by Harrison E. Salisbury and illustrated by Sam Berman

  • One Side or a Leg Off! by Ted Shane
  • Sleeping Giant by J.D. Ratcliff
  • America’s Richest Woman by Helen Worden and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky
  • World of Dreams by Jim Bishop with paintings by Ray Jay Ashdown
  • Old Man Jiver by James Dugan is about Bunk Johnson
  • Two-Faced Theater by Inga Arvad
  • The Luncheon Gift by Lt. Harold H. Martin, USMC and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • Straight American by Mona Gardner

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • This Week’s Mail
  • Editorials: More Pay for Congress – 45 Years of “The Wizard” – More Stars for the Flag – Dollars to Fight Cancer
  • Claudette Colbert is in an ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the back cover

    • 1946-01-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/01/26 — Cover credited to Francis Chase

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Chicago Stopover” by James Edward Grant and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Challenge to Romance” by William A. Krauss and illustrated by Fred Eng
  • “Reprieve” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Loren Wilford
  • “Murder Haunts the Ship” – Conclusion of the Serial – by Mignon G. Eberhart with illustration by Elmore Brown
  • “Make Way for Uncle Freem!” by David Grubb and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “The Secret” – The Short Short Story – by Louis Kemp and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES

  • The Great Landlord Racket by Walter Davenport
  • Uneasy Ireland by William L. Chenery

  • U.S.A.–Peacemaker Among the Powers by Walter Lippmann

  • Whoop-And-Holler Opera by Doron K. Antrim
  • There’s Money in the River by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • What Shall I Wear? by Ruth Carson and illustrated by William Pachner
  • Time Bomb in Asia by Ralph A. Coniston
  • Luck Guides the Puck by Arthur Daley with illustration by Willard Mullin

  • First Lady of France by Byron De Prorok and E.P. Wellman

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Finish the China Job – Hitler Lives? – Highway Safety and National Policy

    • 1945-12-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1945/12/22 — Cover credited to Francis Chase

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Dress of Lights” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Beauty Treatment” by Dave Grubb and illustrated by Earl Blossom

  • “Decision at Midnight” by Bernard Victor Dryer and illustrated by Elmore Brown

  • “The Sea Shell” – Part 2 of 3 – by Nancy Lyon and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “I’m Crazy” by J.D. Salinger is a Holden Caulfield story – illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • “She’ll Be Along” – The Short Short Story – by Garth R. Spencer and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • ARTICLES

  • Billions for Britain by Frank Gervasi
  • The United States of Europe by George Creel and illustrated by Kenneth Thompson
  • So You’re Going to Fly by Henry L. Jackson and illustrated by Jefferson Machamer
  • Babies Have Their Rights by Ruth Carson
  • The Customer Is Always Wrong by Jules Levine

  • The Trip Home by Quentin Reynolds
  • The Winner of the Collier Trophy by Frederick R. Neely
  • A Lovely Tune in His Head by Flora Rheta Schreiber
  • Chinatown Potluck by Frank J. Taylor

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Single Command for Total War – How’s the MVA Doing? – More Americans

    • 1945-12-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1945/12/01 — Cover credited to Walter Bomar

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “Bitter Harvest” — Part 2 of 3 — by Ramona Stewart and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Secret Attack” by Frank O’Roarke and illustrated by Vincent Guise
  • “The Stranger” by J.D. Salinger and illustrated by A.L. Kortner
  • “Orchids to You” — The Short Short Story by Lawrence Williams and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Chicken Business” by Hyatt Downing and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • “Blow Devil” by Wilbur S. Peacock and illustrated by Wilbur S. Peacock

    • ARTICLES

  • That Poor Man in the White House by Jonathan Daniels
  • They’ve Had It by Quentin Reynolds
  • The Case of the Cut-Rate Dream by Joan Younger
  • Small Town Does Big Job by Lester Valie
  • American Color Scheme by Amy Porter with painting of Alicia Markova by Walter Klett
  • Seventy Million Problem Children by Frank D. Morris
  • Sailors Ashore by Talbert Josselyn
  • Pooch Paradise by A.L. Simon
  • Big Wind From the South by Walter Davenport with illustration of John Rankin by Sam Berman
  • Store Business Is Show Business by Burton Schellenbach

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Upheaval in the Orient – Art, Race and the D.A.R. – Masterpiece by Marshall

    • 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

    • 1945-09-08 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?

    • 1945-09-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1945/09/01 — Cover credited to Lt. High Laidman

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog” — Part 2 of 3 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “Maybe Tomorrow” by Sarah Litsey and illustrated by Carolyn Edmunson
  • “The Rule of the Order” by Howard Breslin and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Squatter’s Rights” – The Short Short Story – by Kyle Crichton and illustrated by Richard Sargent
  • “The Matchmaking” by Gladys Schmitt and illustrated by Al Moore
  • “Joey’s Ball” by Norman Katkov and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

    • ARTICLES

  • Germany Wants to Be Saved by Joe Alex Morris and illustrated by John Groth
  • The Last Red Mile by John Groth
  • The Last Days of Berlin — Conclusion by Jack Fleischer and Seymour Freidin and illustrated by Hardie Gramaty
  • Every Day They Win the Peace by Bill Davidson

  • Detroit’s Rear-Engined Dream by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Colin Allen
  • Dolls for Boys by Jim Bishop
  • Food and Drug Cop by Rita Halle Kleeman
  • Durable Detective by Jim Marshall — Sleuths come and go, but Sherlock Holmes and Watson go on forever, with photo of Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone and reproduction of an old Collier’s cover which featured Homes in a 1903 story – 2 full pages
  • Churchill — Dead or Alive! by L.D. de Haas
  • What About the League of Nations? by George Creel

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: P.S.–He Got Back the Agency – Dividing Up the Taxpayers – Aside to Mississippians

    • 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