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1945-06-23 Colliers Magazine Contents June 23 1945

1945/06/23 — Cover credited to George Karger

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES

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

    • PLUS:

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

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

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

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES

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

    • PLUS:

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

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

    1945/06/09 — Cover illustrated by Vernon Grant

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES:

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

    • Do We Want Permanent Conscription?

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

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

    • DEPARTMENTS:

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

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

    1945/06/02 — Cover illustrated by Symour Thompson

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES:

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

    • DEPARTMENTS:

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

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

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

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES:

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

    • DEPARTMENTS:

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

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

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

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES:

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

    • DEPARTMENTS:

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

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

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

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES:

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

    • DEPARTMENTS:

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

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

    1945/03/03 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

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

    • ARTICLES

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

    • PLUS:

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

    • 1944-06-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1944/06/17 — Cover design by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Parson Sand’s Miracles” by Barbara Webb and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “The Bright Land” by Walter Havighurst and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “Courage Isn’t Everything” by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Charles LaSalle
  • “The Malignant Matress by Hilda Cole Espy and illustrated by Tod Draz
  • “For Some We Loved” — The Short Short Story by Owen Cameron and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • THE SERIAL STORY

  • “Change of Heart” — Part 4 of 5 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • Wallace Rides Again by George Creel about Vice-President Henry Wallace
  • The Voice of China by Harrison Forman
  • Star Merchants by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • Chicken-Wire Chemistry by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Sam, You Made the Pants Too Loud by Dan Parker about Broadway Sam Roth
  • The Bomber Boys by Martha Gellhorn about the R.A.F.
  • The Guy Nobody Hates by Jim Marshall about Mark Hellinger
  • Mr. Davis Replies by Elmer Davis
  • Tedder by W.B. Courtney about Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • Pronunciation Test
  • The Week’s Work
  • The Guilty – Mitsuru Toyama — Profile of Axis Terror, No. 46, with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Editorials

    • 1944-06-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1944/06/10 — Cover design by Muky

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Born to Lead” by John Reese and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “Asphodel” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Flower of Love” by Helen Hedrick and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Heart Is a Muscle” by Virginia Lee and illustrated by William Pachner

  • “Music of Little Bells” — The Short Short Story — by Eli Waldron and illustrated by Percy Leason

    • THE SERIAL STORY

  • “Change of Heart” — Part 3 of 5 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • Inside Germany Today by Ralph Heinzen
  • We Need Airships by Rear Admiral C.E. Rosendahl as told to Kyle Crichton
  • Gorgeous Okie by George Armstrong about Celeste Holm with color photo of Holm with Lee Dixon
  • Job for a Lady by Vera Connolly
  • Where Invasions Are Born by Jim Marshall
  • The Frustrated Engineer by Jim Bishop about P.K. Wrigley
  • Ralph Hanks’ Day by Frank D. Morris
  • Strictly for Laughs by Ashton Reid is about Buster Keaton

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • The Girl on the Cover
  • The Weeks Work
  • The Guilty – Victor Emmanuel, III — Profile of Axis Terror, No. 45, with caricature by Sam Berman
  • Pronunciation Test
  • Editorials: Veterans with T.B. – Abroad at Home – 100 Years of the “Y” – Back Talk to a Soldier

    • 1944-04-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1944/04/15 — Cover design by C.C. Beall

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Lady in a War” by Barbara Dickinson and illustrated by Charles LaSalle
  • “A Guy Like Red” by H. Vernon Dixon and illustrated by Tom Hall
  • “Peepsight’s Easter Party” by Frank X. Tolbert and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Merry-Go-Round” by Anne Cameron and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “Nothing But the Best” – The Short Short Story by Robert Fontaine and illustrated by John Holmgren

    • THE SERIAL STORY

  • “Escape From Beauty” — Part 2 of 4 — by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by Mario Cooper

    • ARTICLES

  • The Risen Soldier by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Burton’s Birds by Jule Junker Mannix

  • The Case Against the Flea by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Blueprint for Bedlam by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Colin Allen
  • Troubador by MacKinlay Kantor is about Burl Ives
  • Girls in the Arctic by Richard L. Neuberger
  • Little Accident by Barney Nagler is about Bantamweight Manuel Ortiz
  • The Man Who Saved the Lexington by Lloyd Shearer

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • The Guilty – Adolf Hitler — Profile of Axis Terror, No. 37, with caricature by Sam Berman
  • The Week’s Work
  • Heroine on the Cover
  • Editorials: Undermining the Patent Law – Go It, Huband – Go It, B’ar! – Are You a Kakistocrat?

    • 1943-07-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1943/07/19 — Cover design by Robert Capa.

    Contents as follows:
    Short Stories:

  • “Shadow of the Gods” by Louis Kaye and illustrated by Percy Leason
  • “The Homecomers” by Ben T. Young and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • “A Time for Lovers” by Mona Williams and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “Don’t Say Goodby” by Leane Zugsmith and illustrated by Henry Sutter

    • The Short Short Story

  • “The Eve of Tomorrow” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops

    • Serial Stories:

  • “Seven Sins” part 3 of 8 by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “You Can’t Escape” part 6 of 8 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by John Holmgren

    • Articles

  • “Here Comes Gabriel” by Frederick C. Painton
  • “Traitors Must Die!” by J. Edgar Hoover and Frederick L. Collins
  • “Fighters of the Sahara” by Robert Capa
  • “Microbe Zoo” by J.D. Ratcliff
  • “Food for a Ravaged World” by George Creel
  • “Marriage in a Hurry” by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • “Gentleman of Japan” by Clark Lee is about Colonel Jiro Saito
  • “The Bronx Express” by Charles Dexter is about George Stirnweiss of the New York Yankees

    • Plus:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • “Your Life Tomorrow” by David O. Woodbury
  • Editorial: Lewis Is No Traitor
  • Editorial: Politics and the OPA

    • Notable Advertising includes: Lucky Strikes illustrated by James Chapin, Coca-Cola, Regents Cigarettes with drawings of Jimmy Dorsey, Joan Blondell and Roland Young*, 2-pages for Firestone in the middle of the issue, “When?” ad from Texaco has illustration of tattered Nazi and Japanese flags stuffed in a garbage can, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note * means ad is less than a full page)

    1943-04-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1943/04/10 — Cover design by E.M. Jackson

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Unconquered” by W. Somerset Maugham and illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
  • “The Long Hunt” by Michael Foster and illustrated by Charles B. Wilson
  • “Virgie and the Awful Ear-Banger” by Frank X. Tolbert and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Only the Best” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “They’re in the Army Now” the short short story by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “China Flight” — Conclusion — by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Martha Sawyers
  • “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble” — Part 6 of 8 — by Lion Feuchtwanger and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • “From the Cradle to the Grave” by George Creel
  • The War on Syphilis by J.D. Radcliff
  • Top Production Men by Alice-Leone Moats
  • The Magic Moniker by Dorothy Kilgallen
  • I Dive-Bombed a Jap Carrier by Capt. Tom Moore
  • The Same Old Rumors and Helena Huntington Smith and illustrated by Gluyas Williams

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorial: “Men Who Work the Workers” – Private Enterprise, Public Good

    • 1943-01-09 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1943/01/09 — Cover design by Frederic Mizen

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Golden Age” by Thomas H. Raddall and illustrated by Wendell Kling

  • “The Stars Came Down” by Mosser Mauger and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “Something Specific” by Victoria Lincoln and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “Flingding” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Russ
  • “Miracle Come to Pass” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “The Outsider” the short short story by Elizabeth Foster and illustrated by Walter Klett

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “The Hunters” — Part 6 of 9 — by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Five Who Vanished” by George F. Worts and illustrated by Gilbert Darling

    • ARTICLES

  • He Makes Them Over by Dorothy Kilgallen about Don Loper
  • The Skies the Limit by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain
  • Thieves With Union Cards by Westbrook Pegler
  • One Man’s Dogs by Vereen Bell
  • “Complete, Absolute, Victory!” by Chester Morrison
  • Hollywood Gets Its Teeth Kicked In by Kyle Crichton with photos of stars who are serving in the military including Robert Montgomery, William Holden, Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, and several others

  • The Three Droll Dukes by Dan Parker, about New York’s Boxing Commission

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorial: Year of Destiny

    • 1942-12-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1942/12/19 — Cover design by Vernon Grant

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Something to Take Across” by Frank M. Phillips, Jr. and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Don’t Mention Other Men” by Dorothy Speare and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Longest Way Round” by W.G. Hardy and illustrated by Frank Street
  • “The Pirate-in-Law” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • “All Out with Sherman” by James Street and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “Mister Right” the short short story by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain and illustrated by Ronald MacLeod

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “The Hunters” – Part 3 of 9 – by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Year of Wrath” — Conclusion — by Carl Randau and Leane Zugsmith and illustrated by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES

  • The All-America Football Team by Grantland Rice – Opens with large color photo of Frank Sinkwich, also includes black & white pics of Julius Franks, Joseph Domnanovich, Robin Olds, William Hillenbrand, Donald Currivan, Paul Governali. and David Schreiner
  • What the Army Drinks by James W. Wadsworth
  • They Shoot for Keeps by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain
  • The Town Without a Toothache by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Mountain Air for the Navy by Richard L. Neuberger

  • The Jap Pulls in His Belt by Robert Bellaire
  • The League Lives On by C.G. Hambro, about the League of Nations and illustrated by William Crawford

  • Riot from Rio by Kyle Crichton with color images of Donald Duck, Joe Carioca, Pedro the baby airplane
  • Game Hunting

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorial

    • 1942-10-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1942/10/17 — Cover design by Jon Whitcomb

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Slow Fuse” by D.D. Beauchamp and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Right in the Basket” by Charles Hurst and illustrated by Walter Herrington
  • “Virgie and the Angry Fi-fi” by Frank X. Tolbert and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “True to the Navy” by Kermit Shelby and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Long Road Home” the Short Short Story by Lew Dietz and illustrated by Dan Sweeney

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Ring Twice for Laura” — Part 1 of 7 — by Vera Caspary and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “An Apple for Eve” — Conclusion — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett

    • ARTICLES

  • Air Power Did It by Frank Gervasi, how General Rommel’s drive on Egypt was halted
  • This is the Army by Kyle Crichton
  • “Jap Propaganda Amuses the Chinese” by M.C. Ford
  • “Letter to a Man with a Boy in Ireland” by Quentin Reynolds
  • Health Spies by J.D. Ratcliff and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky
  • V…-Mail
  • Pressing Necessity by Henry L. Jackson
  • Washington Round by Round by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • Football Bombardier by William Cullen Fay about Angelo Bertelli
  • A Big Bite of Lunch by Marian Stephenson
  • Sherman Revised by Luther B. Davis

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorials: United We Stand

    • 1942-07-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1942/07/04 — Cover design by C. Chickering

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Always Remember” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “American in Paris” by Peter Kalischer and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “The Yanks Were Coming” by James Street and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “Doctor’s Dilemma” by Hannah Lees and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Waiting for Charlotte” — The Short Short Story — by Arthur Mann and illustrated by Tom Webb

    • SERIAL STORIES

  • “Flight to the Sun” — Part 7 of 10 — by James Aldridge and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “It’s Loaded, Mr. Bauer” — Part 4 of 8 — by John P. Marquand and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • “Marines Have Landed” by Frank D. Morris
  • “Buggy Ride” by Ted Shane
  • “How Chennault Kills Japs” by William Clemmens
  • “There’s Only One Moore” by Stanley Frank is about St. Louis Cardinals Outfielder Terry Moore
  • “Comeback in Comedy” by Quentin Reynolds is about Joe Lewis
  • “Budget Buffets” by Selma Robinson and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • “No Illusions” by Kyle Crichton about Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorial: Long Tom Lives to See the Day
  • Ad for Four Roses Whiskey with color illustration by John Falter
  • Ad for Jantzen Swim Suits with full-page color photograph by George Hurrell

    • 1942-06-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1942/06/06 — Cover design by Al Moore

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Unity or Else” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “The Sweet Indulgence” by Mona Gardner and illustrated by Martha Sawyers
  • “Take the Day Off” by Dick Dorrance and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “There’ll Never Be Another” the Short Short Story by Richard English and illustrated by John Holmgren

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Flight to the Sun” — Part 3 of 10 — by James Aldridge and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Trial by Marriage” — Conclusion — by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • ARTICLES

  • To Tokyo, Dammit! by John R. Morris, our Air Force in India knows where it’s going, now
  • Maps for a New World by George T. Renner
  • Eat and Look Young by Henry Schacht and illustrated by George De Zayas
  • Drive Does It by Craig Wood
  • Our Fighting Men
  • A Switch in Lullabies a poem by Grantland Rice
  • The Army Needs Your Skill
  • Radio Hawkear by Frank J. Taylor
  • A Foal and His Mommy
  • Water Witchery by Bud Sawin

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  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk
  • Editorials: Who’s Got the Extra Cash? – Fighting Men’s Votes – The Black Market
  • Philco Corp ad with large black & white illustration, “The Beginning of the End”, by Arthur Szyk, featuring Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito skulking off with American workers in the background

    • 1941-09-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/09/27 — Cover credited to W. Eugene Smith

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The General Smiled Again” by Walton Green and illustrated byt Earl Blossom
  • “It Ain’t No Sin” by Eustace Cockrell and illustrated by Martha Sawyers
  • “Open; Come In!” by Meyer Levin and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

  • “Man Over Machine” – The Short Short Story – by Georges Surdez with illustration by C.C. Beall

    • SERIAL STORIES

  • “Mercator Island” – Part 4 of 8 – by John P. Marquand and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Murder in Retrospect” – Part 2 of 10 – by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper

    • ARTICLES

  • The Fight Goes On by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Pygmalion the Kid by Kyle Crichton is about Deanna Durbin and includes a color photo of her
  • How to Train a Hunting Dog by Jim Marshall
  • Courage to Burn by Alice Leone Moats
  • Our New Army

  • $100 Down by Roger Birtwell is about Pete Reiser

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  • Wing Talk
  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: Victory Without Hate – Dictators vs. Masons – How About the USO?
  • Ad for the Stetson “Three Way” features 5 color photos of Robert Benchley

    • 1941-08-30 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/08/30 — Cover design by Stephen Ronay

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Boots, Boots, Boots!” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “You’re a Good Kid” by Dorothee Carousso and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Captives’ Return” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Sound of Silence” the Short Short Story by William A. Krauss and illustrated by C.C. Beall

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Dina Cashman” — Part 11 of 13 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Advance Agent” — Conclusion — by John August and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

    • ARTICLES

  • G-2 Men by Kenneth Downs and illustrated by Carl Rose, how Uncle Sam keeps us posted on what’s new in war
  • Black Planes at Night by Quentin Reynolds
  • Her Day by Martha Gellhorn, about Madame Chiang Kai-shek
  • Our New Army
  • Back to School by Henry L. Jackson
  • Yankee Arrows by Hugh MacNair Kahler and Lucian Cary

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  • Wing Talk
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: Arnold vs. Clean Rest Rooms – Goodby, John, Please – Courage Isn’t All

    • 1941-07-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/07/12 — Cover photograph of the B-19 Bomber by Larry Kronquist

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Cleo” by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Lost in a Fog” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Fortunate Cop” by Thomas McMorrow and illustrated by George De Zayas
  • “The Hang of It” — The Short Short Story — by J.D. Salinger and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore — Short Short is one page total, half the page is the Skidmore illustration, the other two columns are the complete Salinger short story. This is Salinger’s third published story and first in a mainstream general publication

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Advance Agent” — Part 2 of 9 — by John August and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Dina Cashman” — Part 4 of 13 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett

    • ARTICLES

  • The Guns Are Coming by Walter Davenport
  • For Freedom’s Skies by Jim Marshall
  • Amazing Maisie by Kyle Crichton is about Ann Sothern
  • Plymouth Fights Back by Quentin Reynolds
  • Our New Army
  • California Comet by Bill Davidson is about Hal Davis

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  • Wing Talk
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Air Power Comes of Age
  • Shredded Ralston ad on back cover features tennis star Big Bill Tilden

    • 1941-06-21 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/06/21 — Cover design by Vernon Grant

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Ten Thousand Miles to Denver” by Michael Foster and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “As Pretty As Can Be” by William Fay and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Granny and the Nanny Goat of Truth” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Harry Beckoff
  • “One Quick, Clean Stroke” the Short Short Story by Winston Byrnes and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Dina Cashman” — Part 1 of 13 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Lady in Amour” — Part 8 of 9 — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • ARTICLES

  • Japan Through the Looking Glass by Alice-Leone Moats and illustrated by Michael Berry
  • Glorious Gloria by Bill Davidson is about Gloria Callen, with color photo
  • Our New Army
  • Miles of Mushrooms by Mona Gardner
  • One-Man Team by Bob Considine is about 4-time minor league MVP Mike Ryba, who’s just reached the bigs with the Red Sox at age 34

    • PLUS:

  • Wing Talk
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: This War Is No Joke

    • 1941-06-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/06/07 — Cover design by T.D. Skidmore

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “A Spot of Adversity” by D.K. Findlay and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “When the Time Comes” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Tides of Lundy” by Walter Havighurst and illustrated by Dan Sweeney

  • “The Price” — The Short Short Story by John Randolph Phillips and illustrated by Frank Street

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Trail Town” — Part 9 of 10 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • “Lady in Armor” — Part 6 of 9 — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • ARTICLES:

  • Time Bomb in Hong Kong by Martha Gellhorn
  • Great Day by Kyle Crichton is about Laraine Day with half-page color photo
  • Zoom Town by Frank D. Morris
  • Kid Mercury by Stanley Frank is about track star Leslie MacMitchell
  • Our New Army

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  • Wing Talk
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Tax Us, But Don’t Rob Us

    • 1941-03-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/03/01 — Cover credited to D.B. Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “They Know How” by James Street and illustrated by William Meade Prince

  • “The Sticking Point” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “It’s Up to Skip” by Hurd Barrett and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Moonlight and Onion” by Dunlea Hurley and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Whip Hand” – The Short Short Story – by I.A.R. Wylie with illustration by Walter Klett

    • SERIAL STORIES

  • “The Traitor” – Part 1 of 9 – by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “China Sky” – Part 5 of 10 – by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Martha Sawyers

    • ARTICLES

  • The Way You Wear Your Hat by Lilly Dache
  • Catching Hit-Runs by Myron M. Stearns
  • Our New Army

  • Home-Maid Ski Champ by W.C. Heinz about Marilyn Shaw
  • It’d Better Be Good Benito by Frank Gervasi

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  • Wing Talk
  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: This “Inevitable” Talk – Willkie is Wise – Taxes by the Week

    • 1940-09-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1940/09/28 — Cover design by Lemuel Palmer

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Idea Man” by Meyer Levin and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “The Claim Jumpers” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Smarty” by Hagar Wilde and illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Five Minutes at Dawn” by Paul Deresco Augsburg and illustrated by James E. Allen
  • “Rose of His Heart” — The Short Short Story — by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “The Patriotic Murders” — Part 9 of 9 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Traitor’s Purse” — Part 4 of 10 — by Margery Allingham

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Hell on Devil’s Island by W.B. Courtney
  • One-Two Punch by Bob Considine about Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer of the Cincinnati Reds
  • Happier Hunting Grounds by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain
  • Hands Across the Table by Oswald Jacoby and illustrated by Gluyas Williams is about poker

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: Keeping Our Southern Customers – From Geneva to Princeton – Cancer and Common Sense