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1936-07-18 Liberty Magazine Contents July 18, 1936

1936/07/18 —
William Powell cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

SHORT STORIES:

  • “He Couldn’t Make His Curves Behave” by Frank Bunce with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “May I Borrow Your Piano?” – Liberty’s Short Short by Jerome Barry
  • “A Lady May Kiss” by Octavus Roy Cohen with illustration by Harold Denison

    • SERIALS:

  • “Who Killed Kent Grinnell?” — Part 2 by Elaine Sterne Carrington with illustration by W.D. Stevens
  • “Carnival Lady” — Part 3 by Martha Ostenso with illustration by Sewell Booth
  • “Hell in the Holy Land” — Part 4 by Lowell Thomas with Kenneth Brown Collings

    • ARTICLES:

  • Hitler Has Changed the Bible by Maxwell J. Flagg
  • My Son a Great Man? Nonsene! Says Alf Landon’s Father, John M. Landon as told to O.K. Armstrong
  • More Adventures of a White Woman Among Cannibals by Beatrice Grimshaw
  • Our One and Only Toreadora by Clara Beranger about Portia Portar
  • How William Powell Helps Women Succeed by Frederick L. Collins, with seven small photos showing Powell embracing various co-stars such as Jean harlow and Myrna Loy.
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    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • A War Nurse, a Charmer, and the Imperishable Mr. Fields – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with a 3 star review of The White Angel and a 1-1/2 star review of Poppy
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Beautiful Children Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-09-19 Liberty Magazine Contents September 19, 1936

    1936/09/19 —
    John Barrymore cover painted by Stephen Grout

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Star Dust” by Barbara Aldrich with illustration by Will Graven
  • “Nemesis in Hollywood” by Walter De Steiguer with illustration by Marshall Frantz
  • “None So Blind” — Liberty’s Short Short by Hurd Barrett

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Loves of John Barrymore” — Part 1 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Bivouac in Hell — Conclusion by Captain W.J. Blackledge with illustration by Charles De Feo
  • Wife Trouble — Part 5 by Wallace Irwin with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “Godiva Was a Lady” — Conclusion by Lawrence Saunders with illustration by Frank Godwin

    • ARTICLES:

  • Ghosts on the Tennis Court by Helen Wills Moody
  • Why Junk America? by Colonel Frank Knox
  • Sex for School Children by John Erskine
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad — The Strangler of the Bronx as told by a Headquarters Old-Timer
  • Any Woman Can be Beautiful by Madame Sylvia

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • Youth at Bay – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with reviews of Girls’ Dormitory and Stage Struck
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $1,500 Presidents Contest
  • August 1 Amateur Page Prize Winners
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-12-26 Liberty Magazine Contents December 26, 1936

    1936/12/26 —
    Cover painted by Arthur Smith

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Master Villon Has No Luck at All” by John Erskine with illustration by Marshall Frantz
  • “Leave Up the Star’ by Lenora Mattingly Weber with illustration by Karoly Szanto
  • “Gift Unopened” — Liberty’s Short Short by Elizabeth and Nard Jones
  • “Dear Boss–” by Bert Green

    • SERIALS:

  • “Music in His Feet” — Conclusion by Robert Neal Leath with illustration by Frank Swain
  • “Wendel Tells All” — Part 5 by Paul H. Wendel
  • “Wise Virgin” — Part 3 by Walton Green with illustration by Edgar McGraw

    • ARTICLES:

  • Is Clark Gable a Changed Man by Adela Rogers St. John
  • Lindbergh’s First Year of Self-Exile by Frederick L. Collins
  • The Spanish Crown Prince Talks About the Throne by Count Covadonga
  • Peace on Earth — Why We Have Wars by H.L. Mencken
  • The Day They Celebrate Too by Eleanor Pegwhistle
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty with illustration by Jay McArdle
  • Thrills in a Basket: Why 16,000,000 Americans Have Made Basketball the Most Popular Indoor Sport by Nat Holman

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial: What the New Deal Should Do for Us, by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • Life in the Shadows; Love on the Run – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with 4-star review of Winterset plus 1-star for General Spanky.
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $1,000 Amateur Movie Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-05-16 Liberty Magazine Contents May 16, 1936

    1936/05/16 —
    Claudette Colbert cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Parents Are Important” by Faith Ellen Smith with illustration by Frank Godwin
  • “A Good Manager” by Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champ, with illustration by J. Clinton Shepherd
  • Thumbnail Sketches by Millie the Manicurist as told to Dorothy Day
  • “In the Eyes of the Law” — Liberty’s Short Short by J. Allan Dunn

    • SERIALS:

  • “Without Warning” – Part 4 by Major George Fielding Eliot and Edward Doherty with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “Company of the Damned” – End by Captain W.J. Blackledge with illustration by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • “Rich Man’s Son” — Part 9 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. with illustration by Frank Swain

    • ARTICLES:

  • Are the Republican Candidates Physically Fit to be President? by Will Irwin
  • Portrait of a Fighter by James L. Doherty, the story of Judge John H. Lyle, Al Capone’s first opponent
  • What Jafsie Told His High School Girls by Katharine Arthur Dunning
  • Why Claudette Colbert Does Not Fear Religious Differences in Her Marriage by Frederick L. Collins
  • Why Do Planes Crash? by Swanee Taylor
  • Is the Golf Snob on the Way Out? by Myles Cohen

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Marriage, Mirth, Menace – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with 3 star reviews of Small Town Girl and The Moon’s Our Home
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Crossword Puzzle Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Fashion Flashes from Paris by Doramiller
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1946-03-02 Liberty Magazine Contents March 2, 1946

    1946/03/02 —
    Cover “Won’t You Come Into My Parlor” is by John W. James

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Don’t Get Stuck With a Farm by C. Hartley Grattan
  • Lazybones by Alyce Canfield is a feature on Johnny Mercer and includes 3 photos
  • Hostess in the Sky by Wendell Knowles
  • Fires from Nowhere by Paul W. Kearney
  • Silicones — Miracle Material by Charles A. Scarlett

    • STORIES:

  • The Woman’s Touch — Short Short Story by Allen Rankin with full page color illustration by Howell Dodd
  • Hateful Romance by James R. Webb with color illustration by Pat Holbrooke
  • Knighthood Makes a Comeback by Allan R. Bosworth with color illustration by Lawrence Butcher
  • Come Out Spurring by Frank Bonham with color illustration by Frank Godwin

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Any Number Can Play by Edward Harris Heth

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Economic Theory by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-05-04 Liberty Magazine Contents May 4, 1946

    1946/05/04 —
    Cover “Brother and Sister Act” is by Andrew Loomis

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Thunder Over Poland by William van Narvig
  • Warning from Wall Street by H.D. Steinmetz is about NYSE President Emil Schram
  • Fighting Fire with Fog by Paul W. Kearney
  • Idea-a-Minute Man by Joseph Wechsberg is about Charles Brackett and William Wyler with large black and white photo of the two
  • The Tuna’s a Trouble-Maker by John Scott Douglas
  • When the Japs Bombed Michigan by Jerry MacMullen

    • STORIES:

  • A Man of Peace by Peirson Ricks with large color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • Callahan and the Painted Jezebel by Edwin Rutt and illustrated by Lawrence Butcher
  • Just a Yellow Belly – Short Short Story by Stanley F. Donath and illustrated by Martin Gulser
  • For the Love of Pete by James Charles Lynch with full page color illustration by Roy Besser
  • Nothing But the Truth by Samuel W. Taylor with color illustration by Percy Leason

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Forever Possess by Alexandra Phillips

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies looks at “Gilda” starring Rita Hayworth, two-thirds of a page with two black & white photos
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • The WHY of the Housing Shortage by Paul Hunter

    • Full page color ad for The Marx Brothers in A Night in Casablanca pictures all three of the Marx Bros. under the covers in a bed ogling a woman — “Come to Bedlam! … See the Marx brothers in their 1946 Howl-Raiser”

    1936-05-30 Liberty Magazine Contents May 30, 1936

    1936/05/30 —
    Greta Garbo cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Women of the World” by Phylis Duganne with illustration by Hubert Mathieu
  • “The Girl He Had Been Waiting For” by Aline Ballard with illustration by Gerald Leake
  • “A Chorus Girl’s Lecture on Etiquette” by Dorothy Day
  • “Arrival by Plane” — Liberty’s Short Short by Alberta Williams

    • SERIALS:

  • “Dark Masquerade” – Part 2 by an Anonymous Author with illustration by Edgar McGraw
  • “Without Warning” – Part 8 by Major George Fielding Eliot and Edward Doherty with illustration by Charles Bryson

    • ARTICLES:

  • Why Garbo Is Making Her Last Picture by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hitler Planning to Be Kind to the Jews? by William L. Stidger (based on an interview the magazine did with Von Ribbentrop)
  • Olympic Forecast by Bob Musel includes a small photo of Jesse Owens
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad by A Headquarters Old-Timer (about Russell Sage)
  • Fingerprints of the Dictator by Senator L.J. Dickinson

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Past Glories and a Screen Debut – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, includes 3-1/2 star review of The Great Ziegfeld
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Crossword Puzzle Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Keyhole Kartoons by John W. Elliotte
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1946-12-21 Liberty Magazine Contents December 21, 1946

    1946/12/21 —
    Cover “The Joys of Christmas Shopping” is by Jean Wade

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Something New in Labor by Morris Markey
  • The Incredible Colonel Zohms by Frank Maher
  • Bull Market in Bears by Earle Doucette
  • Homes for Americans – No. 8 by Darrell Huff
  • What Russian Children Are Taught by William van Narvig
  • Tin-Pan Alley’s Sherlock Holmes by Robert W. Minton
  • In the Hole of the Doughnut by John D. Hanlon
  • Under Canvas Clouds by Willis Lindquist

    • STORIES:

  • Until Moonrise — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott with full page color illustration by James Cole
  • Culture Hounds by Harrison Gallaher
  • Father Sanchez and the Bull — Short Short Story by James Atlee Phillips and illustrated by Rafael Desoto
  • Smiling Corner by Laurence Kirk with full page color illustration by Larry Kritcher

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Six Curtains for Natasha by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Walt Disney ‘s Song of the South with a full page of color photos

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Today’s Best Job Offering by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-05-11 Liberty Magazine Contents May 11, 1946

    1946/05/11 —
    Cover “Mother’s Day” is by O.F. Schmidt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Keeper of the Peace by Ned Russell is about Trygve Lie and includes color photo
  • The Barker Is Back by Charles B. Cleveland
  • Homes for Americans — No. 1 by Darrell Huff
  • The Three Gazetteers by Ruth Moore about the men behind the World Almanac
  • Cumshaw by Jack Huie

    • STORIES:

  • Too Busy for Love — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott with full page color illustration by Roy Besser
  • The London Brerl by Edwin Rutt with color illustration by Lawrence Butcher
  • Tears Without End — Short Short by Leonard A. Paris with color illustration by Griffith Foxley
  • You’ll Get Along Kid by Major Temple Fielding and Lit. Thomas Monroe with color illustration by Rafael De Soto
  • Old Mother Hubbard by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. with color illustration by Frank Godwin

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye
  • Household Ambassadors by Bradley Smith
  • Not to Let by Jim Bishop

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Man Against Pain by Howard Riley Raper

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies with an approximately half page review of The Marx Brothers in A Night in Casablanca including a small photo
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Is It Grain Conservation – Or Disguised Prohibition? by Paul Hunter
  • With full-page color ad for “Heartbeat” featuring large image of Ginger Rogers

    • 1946-11-02 Liberty Magazine Contents November 2, 1946

    1946/11/02 —
    Cover “Halloween” is by Paul Bransom

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • P.A.C.’s Biggest Gamble by Donald B. Robinson
  • Awesome Orson by Ted Shane about Orson Welles, articles about 2 pages total with black and white photo of Welles
  • Getting Together Gets Houses by Darrell Huff
  • Bridge Is for Dummies by Robert Keith Leavitt
  • Rosie Knows by Thomas Newman
  • Are Doctors STUPID About Cancer/ by Terry Deane Manning
  • How to Fall Asleep by Albert Q. Maisel
  • Shaggy Tales by Walter Karig

    • STORIES:

  • The Bargain by Hans Ruesch and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Colossal Potato by T.F. Healy and illustrated by Ralph Crawley
  • Runaway — Part 1 by Rita Weiman with a full page color illustration by Victor Kanin
  • Design for Love by Neill C. Wilson with large color illustration by James Cole

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • A Solo in Tom Toms by Gene Fowler

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features “Three Little Girls in Blue” with June Haver, Vivian Blaine, and Vera-Ellen
  • Woman Talk by Margaret Fishback

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Vote for Common Sense by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-04-27 Liberty Magazine Contents April 27, 1946

    1946/04/27 —
    Cover “Great North Country” is by C.I. Gilbert

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • It Pays to Be Idle by A.D. Rathbone, IV about unemployment compensation
  • Something for the Boys by Elizabeth Wilson is about Rita Hayworth and includes a full-page color photo of Hayworth on the title page
  • The Will to Die by Margo Fischer and Natalie Sheehan
  • Tiny Tryouts by Morris Markey
  • Baseball’s New Wonder Crop by Hy Turkin and Arch Murray
  • The Lady Is No Monkey by Robert T. Furman

    • STORIES:

  • I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Feeling by Donna Geyer with illustration by Jay Nourbel
  • The Figurine of Hungry Compound by R. Wilkes Hunter with color illustration by Frank Godwin
  • When I’m Alone — Short Short Story by Bernadine Kreis with illustration by Glen Thomas
  • Sarah and the Giant by Neill C. Wilson with full-page color illustration by Howell Dodd
  • No Way to Treat a Lady by Ronald G. Sercombe with illustration by Carl Mueller

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • You and I by Myron Brinig

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Losses and Gains of the G.M. Strike by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-31 Liberty Magazine Contents August 31, 1946

    1946/08/31 —
    Cover “Suppertime” is by Harold Anderson

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Should Housewives Be Paid? by James E. Payne and Albert A. Brandt
  • There’s Money in the Air by Dickson Hartwell about the radio show One Man’s Family with quarter page color photo of creator Carleton Morse and actor Barry Fitzgerald
  • If Trouble’s Got You by Henry D. Steinmetz
  • Strike Doctor by Donald B. Robinson about Ed McGrady
  • Fabulous Foods by Harmon and Elsie Tupper

    • STORIES:

  • Show-off by Richard Howells Watkins with illustration by Carl Mueller
  • Pretty Larceny — Short Short Story by Adrian Spies with illustration by Glenn Thomas
  • Blind Trail in Burma — Conclusion by Edison Marshall with full-page color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • In the Palm of Her Hand by Duane Decker with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Detroit Is My Own Home Town by Malcolm W. Bingay

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Alfred Hitchcock ‘s Notorious with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains – 1-3/4 pages, mostly filled with 4 black and white photos
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • No Apologies for Freedom by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-17 Liberty Magazine Contents August 17, 1946

    1946/08/17 —
    Cover “The-Merry-Go-Round” is by Frances Tipton Hunter

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • More Meat – If We Want It by Dickson Hartwell
  • Star-Spangled Sucker Traps by John Roy Carlson
  • Actors Anonymous by Ted Shane is about Radio’s Soap Stars
  • Survival of the Smartest by Russell Annabel
  • Negro Doctor Down South by Ruth McCoy Harris is about Dr. Montgomery P. Kennedy

    • STORIES:

  • The Little Woman by H. Vernor Dixon with large color illustration by James Cole
  • Steady, Feller — Short Short Story by Mal Shumard with illustration by Howell Dodd
  • The Hitchhiking Elephant by Elizabeth Dean with large color illustration by Carl Mueller
  • Amateur Angel by Henry Beetle Hough with large color illustration by Ralph Crawley

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Death Rides a Sorrel Horse by A.B. Cunningham

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Caesar and Cleopatra over about a 1 page and a half, starring Vivien Leigh. Also a full-page color ad for the film in this issue.
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Prosperity by Legislation by Paul Hunter
  • Full-page black and white ad for Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers showing Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

    • 1946-09-28 Liberty Magazine Contents September 28, 1946

    1946/09/28 —
    Cover “Moving Day” is by Del Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • What a System! by Roger Garis
  • Are the Veterans Chiseling? by Dickson Hartwell
  • Unhappy Chandler by Stanley Frank about baseball commissioner Happy Chandler
  • We Are Not Alone by Betsy Emmons
  • The Amazing Oyster by Clayton Hartsoe
  • Crazy Like a Fox by Lewis Funke is about fur retailer I.J. Fox
  • School for Talent by Darrell Huff

    • STORIES:

  • Provincetown Bus by Win Brooks with full-page color illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Mind over Money — Short Short Story by Allan R. Bosworth with illustration by James Cole
  • Please Be Careful, Son by Cliff Farrell with large color illustration by Martin Gulser
  • A Matter of Technique by Edwin Rutt with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Doctors, East, Doctors West by Dr. Edward H. Hume

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features “Blue Skies” with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Fear Instead of Freedom by Paul Hunter

    • 1945-09-29 Liberty Magazine Contents September 29, 1945

    1945/09/29 —
    Cover “That Old Gal of Mine” is by John Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Justice Jackson Tries His Toughest Case by Marquis W. Childs
  • Victory Gardens in the Pacific by Victor Boesen
  • Death Before Death by Victor Race
  • Pets of the Can-Do’s by Lt. Sam Stowe by U.S.N.R.
  • Boss Lady by Elizabeth Wilson is about Joan Davis with half page color photo

    • STORIES:

  • The Beard of the Profit by Ben Merson and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • The Love Expert — Short Short Story by Steve Fisher with large illustration by Rafael De Soto
  • The Dandy Trap by Kenneth Perkins with large color illustration by Al Schmidt
  • Remember Joe Campello by Paul Thielen with large color illustration by Marshall Frantz

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Black Boy by Richard Wright – 15 pages

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • The Camera Eye
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • This Man’s War
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Are We Being Too Easy on the Japs? by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-24 Liberty Magazine Contents August 24, 1946

    1946/08/24 —
    Cover “Sun Worshippers” is by Pat Holbrooke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Did Germany Win the War? by Waverly Root
  • Does Baseball Need a Union? by Stanley Frank
  • Baka, Lt. (j.g.) by Paul J. Sherman, U.S.N.R. with illustration by Frank Godwin
  • Uncle Same Lets Go by Stacy V. Jones
  • Horrors! by Joseph Wechsberg about horror films with focus on Val Lewton of whom there’s a small photo. Also a larger photo of Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher

    • STORIES:

  • Blind Trail in Burma — Part 1 by Edison Marshall with full page color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • A Nickel for the Subway — Short Short Story by John G. Stott with illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Naked at Noon by Tom Powers with illustration by O.F. Schmidt
  • The Old Blunderbuss by Georgia Maxwell Robertson with color illustration by Jay Nourbel

    • PICTURES:

  • That Park Avenue Look at Main Street Prices by Helen Faith Keane

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • The Pale Blonde of Sands Street by William Chapman White

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Who Will Pay Veteran Benefits? by Paul Hunter

    • 1/26/1946 Liberty Magazine Contents January 26, 1946

    1946/01/26 —
    Cover “Disillusioned” is by Del Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Are Teen-Age Germans Still Hitler’s Children? by Lewis F. Gittler
  • Big Things Are Stirring in the Mighty Northwest by Richard L. Neuberger
  • They’ve Taken the Bite Out of Frostbite by Albert Q. Maisel
  • Dial-Twisting for a Living by A.D. Rathbone IV
  • Shanghai – Last-Fling City by James Burke

    • STORIES:

  • “When Daddy Comes Marching Home” by Rhoda Pritzker with color illustration by Larry Kritcher
  • The Steady-Ender — Short Short Story by Georges Carousso with color illustration by Griffith Foxley
  • “I’m Too Young to Marry” by Bill Gulick with color illustration by Tom Atwell
  • Some People Have All the Luck — Conclusion by Booth Tarkington with color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Three O’Clock Dinner by Josephine Pinckney

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Col. Stoopnagle’s Fictionary
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Fact Finding on Price Control by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-10 Liberty Magazine Contents August 10, 1946

    1946/08/10 —
    Cover “That Old Swimming Hole” is by John Newton Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Queen for a Day by Virginia Stevens
  • The Fervent Father by Stacy V. Jones is a feature on Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen
  • The President’s Housekeeper about Mrs. Nesbitt
  • Japan Is Sold American by Victor Boesen
  • Homes for Americans – No. 4 by Darrell Huff
  • That Vine-Covered Gas Pump by Morris Markey

    • STORIES:

  • Florry Was Hard to Get by Nick Boddie Williams with color illustration by O.F. Schmidt
  • The Contest Winner — Short Short Story by May Sarton with half-page color photo illustrated by Rafael De Soto
  • The Champ by Herbert B. Livingston with color illustration by Pat Holbrooke
  • Murder on Fifty-Second Street — Conclusion by Oscar Schisgall with color illustration by Larry Kritcher

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye: They Talked 20 Years Ago featuring the cast of “Don Juan” including John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Warner Oland, Mary Astor and others

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • States of Grace by Francis Steegmuller

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Stream Pollution — A Disgrace to America by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-03-30 Liberty Magazine Contents March 30, 1946

    1946/03/30 —
    Cover “Spring–Nature’s Renascence” is by Dale Nichols

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Let’s Stop the Gravy Train by Senator Harry Flood Byrd
  • The Girl With That Voice by Elizabeth Wilson is about Lizabeth Scott and includes a half page color photo of Scott with Hal Wallis
  • Find That Missing G.I.! by Harmon Tupper with large color illustration by Frank Godwin
  • Down by the Old Gulf Stream by Larry Nixon
  • Snafu on the Campus by Arthur S. Postle

    • STORIES:

  • Too Poor to Be Honest by Bill Gulick with illustration by Al Schmidt
  • Folks, Next Door by Barry Stevens with illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • Tale of a Traveler — Short Short by T.F. Healy with large color illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Million-Dollar Legs by Baird Hall with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Friday’s Child by Georgette Hayer

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • The Weakness of UNO

    • 1946-08-03 Liberty Magazine Contents August 3, 1946

    1946/08/03 —
    Cover “Lovely Lady” is by Pat Holbrooke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Ten Ways to Labor Peace by Richard P. Doherty
  • Harvard Goes to Market by Will Cloney featuring Harvard football with large photo of coach Dick Harlow
  • The Million-Dollar Squeak by Thomas Newman about Inner Sanctum hosted by Paul McGrath
  • The Great Stampede by Dickson Hartwell
  • Homes for Americans – No. 5 by Darrell Huff
  • Queenmaker by Allen Rankin about bees and the honey industry

    • STORIES:

  • “The Man Who Won the War” by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “The Look in Mama’s Eyes” — Short Short Story by Lucille Graceman with illustration by Glen Thomas
  • Address: Central Park by S.P. Walker with large color illustration by Jay Nourbell
  • The Curse of the Pryors – Conclusion by Frank Bonham with large color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies – “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” starring Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas and Van Heflin with three photos over 2 pages
  • The Thropp Family written by Lawrence Lariar and illustrated by Don Lou

    • EDITORIAL:

  • We Can’t Risk Isolation by Paul Hunter
  • Ad on back cover for Chesterfield features New York Yankees manager Bill Dickey and New York Giants manager Mel Ott

    • 1938-05-14 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/05/14 — Cover painting by Robert C. Kauffmann

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • The American System–Out of Date? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • The Blind Wife From Hollywood by Ruth Waterbury and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • Traffic Incident — Liberty’s Short Short by Edward Doherty
  • Casanova’s Women – Emilie Leaves Her Dagger Behind by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

    • SERIALS:

  • Murder Lady — Part 5 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • Hotel Hostess — Part 7 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Charles Kinghan

    • ARTICLES:

  • What Hitler Will Do Next by George Sylvester Viereck
  • What Swing Really Does to People by Benny Goodman
  • If Doctors COULD Tell by Dr. “John Salisbury”
  • My Lover Lives by Estelle Calhoun
  • The Inquisition Comes to America by Senator H. Styles Bridges
  • What Happened to Ellis Parker? The Clue of the Audible Corpse by Fred Allhoff
  • Hare or Tortoise Baseball by Hugh Fullerton
  • How to Dress on $500 a Year by Marjorie Hillis
  • Joan Crawford ‘s Secrets – Afraid of Hollywood – The Story of a Star in the Making by Katherine Albert
  • Give Father a Chance!

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • Jumbled Resort Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Ruth Waterbury
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 1938-01-01 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/01/01 — Cover painting by Robert G. Harris

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • What the Farmers Want Is More Money! by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • A Cell for Two by Elita Wilson and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • Buccaneers’ Booty by W. Adolphe Roberts and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • Honest People Aren’t Safe — Liberty’s Short Short by Edward Stevenson
  • It’s Funny About Christmas by Sibyl Spande Bowen and illustrated by John Polgren

    • SERIALS:

  • Emil Ludwig ‘s Life of Roosevelt — Part 4, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud
  • Hollywood Woman — Part 4 by Edward Doherty and illustrated by Walter Heffron
  • I Fly in the Spanish War — Conclusion by Captain orrin Dwight Bell as told to Frederick C. Painton and illustrated by Albin Henning
  • Too Many Wives — Part 5 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr and illustrated by Charles La Salle

    • ARTICLES:

  • What I Found Out About the Oxford Movement by Emily Newell Blair
  • Drugs, Doctors, and the Law by Will Irwin
  • Listen, Youth! by Elsie Robinson
  • 1938: Whether You Like It or Not, You’re Going to Get It! by Franklin P. Adams and illustrated by Ernest Epstein
  • “Suffer Little Children Come unto Me”

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • $2,500 Game of Presidents

  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills includes a 3-star review of “Nothing Sacred”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 1935-06-01 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1935/06/01 — Cover is credited to Robert C. Kauffmann

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Can It Be the Spring? by Phylis Duganne and illustrated by Gerald Leake
  • Parthian Shaft by Roger Garis and illustration by Carl Link
  • The Little Room by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • First Impression — A short short story by Frank Leon Smith

    • SERIALS:

  • Crazy to Fight — Part 3 by Major Myron B. Goldsmith and illustrated by Herbert F. Roese
  • Irene, The Stubborn Girl — Part 4 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Frank Swain

    • ARTICLES:

  • Capitalism Won’t Die by H.L. Mencken with cartoon by Rollin Kirby
  • Man Against Woman in Tennis by Helen Hull Jacobs
  • Hollywood Cries “Stop!” by Campbell MacCulloch about Hollywood Extras
  • Human Rays That Kill or Cure by Donald Furthman Wicketts

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $5,000 Game of Famous Americans
  • Vox Pop
  • Swift, Satirical, Simple — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of G-Men with photo of James Cagney and Robert Armstrong
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan

    • 1937-07-24 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/07/24 — Cover illustrated by Robert C. Kaufmann

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • We All Hate a Dictator by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Bully-Boy’s Daughter by Beatrice Grimshaw and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • That Last Crack by Elita Wilson and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse
  • Gateway by Scott Littleton and illustrated by Arthur Sheldon
  • Vagabond Heaven — Liberty’s Short Short by Marion Short

    • SERIALS:

  • Death in the Dark — Part 2 by Fredric F. Van de Water and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Night Raiders in China — Part 4 by Gordon B. Enders as told to Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by John Clymer
  • Family Scandal — Part 7 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. and illustrated by Joseph Nussdorf

    • ARTICLES:

  • Can John L. Lewis Free Mooney? by Edward Doherty
  • Eddie Cantor Had Six Months to Live by Frederick James Smith
  • The Old-Timer Looks at Some Famous Cases – Murder on the Wanderwell Yacht by A Headquarters Old-Timer
  • Perhaps You Have a Rich Relative Too by Frederick L. Collins
  • Bringing Up a Future Queen by Princess Catherine Radziwill
  • “All I Want Is Fair Play” by Franklin P. Adams

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Back to a Vanished Homeland — Movies by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • Contest for 25 Pedigreed Dogs

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–
  • A Lucky Strikes ad features Gary Cooper on the back cover

    • 1938-09-24 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/09/24 — Cover painted by Floherty, Jr.

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • What Kind of Jobs Do the Voters Want? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Room Without View by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by J. Henry
  • Free Air From a Taxi Pilot by Bert Green
  • Cupid Coups by Sidney S. Lenz
  • From Worse to Better by Walter Brooks and illustrated by Phil Berry

    • SERIALS:

  • Lose the Woman! — Part 1 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Vincentini
  • Thunder Over Kansas City — Part 2 by Fred Allhoff and illustrated by Stephen Grout
  • The Man in My Life — Part 6 of 6 by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by R.F. Schabelitz
  • Paradise Kate — Part 9 by Achmed Abdullah and Anthony Abbot and illustrated by A.N. Simpkin

    • ARTICLES:

  • Edgar Allan Poe ‘s Lost Short Story — Found at Last! by Edward Doherty about “The Spectacles”
  • Why Akron Is a Ghost City by Former Mayor C. Nelson Sparks
  • The Field Was Afire–And I Prayed by Ella Marie Farmer
  • “Dizzy Dean is a Pop-Off” by Harry T. Brundidge
  • The Incorrigible Corrigan by Bernarr Macfadden is about Douglas Corrigan

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • $1,000 Wisecracks Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of “Four Daughters”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop