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1936-12-12 Liberty Magazine Contents

1936/12/12 — Cover is credited to John Newton Howitt

Contents as follows:
EDITORIAL

  • An Army of One Million! Patriotism-Love of Country-Slowly Dying! Why? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Headliners by E.W. Chess and illustrated by Stockton Mulford
  • Love Isn’t Enough by Edith Barnard Delano and illustrated by W.P. Couse
  • A Woman’s Riddle at the Sphinx by Roger Garis and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • The Fleet’s Out–Liberty’s Short Short by Lyon Mearson

    • SERIALS:

  • Wise Virgin — Part 1 by Walton Green and illustrated by Edgar McGraw
  • Wendel Tells All — Part 3 by Paul H. Wendel
  • Riding High — Conclusion by Dora Macy and illustrated by Gerald Leake

    • ARTICLES:

  • What Roosevelt Really is Going to Do! by Dr. Stanley High
  • The Man You Loved to Hate — Can He Come Back? by Frederick James Smith is the “Inside Story” of Erich von Stroheim
  • Olympic Pains by Alfred R. Masters as told to Frank J. Taylor
  • American Girls Are Changing by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • Remain Young Indefinitely by George Sylvester Viereck
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty

    • FEATURES:

  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $200 Cover Limerick Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • Horses … and Hepburn — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1937-01-02 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/01/02 — Cover is credited to Tom Hall

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL

  • The Ghastly Blunders of the Republican Campaign Managers by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • The Keys of Bluebeard by Beatrice Grimshaw and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • A Very Nice Family — Liberty’s Short Short by Will F. Jenkins
  • Old-Fashioned by Ruth Lyons and illustrated by Stockton Mulford
  • Thumbnail Sketches by Millie the Manicurist as told to Dorothy Day

    • SERIALS:

  • Hell Over Nicaragua – Part 1 by Major William C. Brooks as told to Kenneth Brown Collings and illustrated by Will Graven
  • Wise Virgin — Part 4 by Walton Green and illustrated by Edgar McGraw
  • Wendel Tells All — Part 6 by Paul H. Wendel

    • ARTICLES:

  • Why Mary Pickford Quits the Screen by Frederick James Smith
  • Homesteader’s Wife
  • More About Peace from Pope Pius by Edward Price Bell
  • A School for Political Scandal by T.S. Stribling
  • America Was Like This in 1936 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Football and Roses or, There’s Many a Slip by Jim Crowley, Head Coach, Fordham University
  • Bigger Man, What Now? by F. Emerson Andrews

    • FEATURES:

  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • $1,000 Amateur Movie Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • Out of the Past – Pageantry and a Painter — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review for “Lloyds of London”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1937-03-06 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/03/06 — Cover is credited to Tom Hall

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Sit-Down Strikes Costly to Workers by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Afternoon on a Motorcycle by Rupert Hughes and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Wedding Day by Judy Van der Veer and illustrated by Harold Denison
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green
  • Thousand Dollar Trip by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • Hard – Liberty’s Short Short by Jerome Barry

    • SERIALS:

  • Coronation Secrets, Past and Future — Part 2 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hell-Bent — Part 3 by Richard Carroll and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Gold Old Jack — Conclusion by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Will Graven

    • ARTICLES:

  • Park Avenue Crime in California by Jack Merrill
  • Why the Jew is Persecuted by David Lloyd George
  • In Plain American, To Hell With These Debt-Settling Foreigners by John Erskine
  • Why These Airplane Crashes? by Swane Taylor
  • Freedom in Marriage? It’s the Bunk! by Thomas Edgelow
  • …And Anyway, Who Wants It? by Francesca Doone
  • Man vs. Flood by Edward Doherty
  • I Am Going to Have My Baby at Home by Jeannette Blanchard Kaley
  • Spring Training Secrets by baseball immortal Walter Johnson

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Machine Guns and Meolodies — Movies by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,500 Man Hunt Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1937-03-13 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/03/13 — Cover illustrated by Charles De Feo

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • “To Hell With Capital!” by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • If You Really Want Me by Rita Weiman and illustrated by Gerald Leake
  • Confessional by Scott Littleton and illustrated by W.F. Couse
  • Mr. Dunkle’s Diary by Norman Anthony
  • No More Lies — Liberty’s Short Short by Hamilton Williamson

    • SERIALS:

  • Discretion Be Damned — Part 1 by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Marching Dead Men by Terry Brennan as told to Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by Charles De Feo
  • Coronation Secrets, Past and Future — Part 3 of 3 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hell-Bent — Part 4 of 4 by Richard Carroll and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • Norma Shearer Now Looks to Future by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • America’s Amazing Woman Rebel in China by Upton Sinclair
  • From Hill-Billy to $140,000 a Year – “Boss Ket” Reveals His Secrets of Success about Charles F. Kettering
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty
  • Headaches of a Big-League Manager by Bill Terry
  • Those Income-Tax Blues by Donald Furthman Wickets

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Hollywood Builds a Picture Monument — Movies by Beverly Hills includes a 4-star review of The Good Earth
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,500 Man Hunt Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1937-08-21 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/08/21 — Cover is credited to Robert G. Harris

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Ancestors Don’t Make Or Break You by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • A Purely Platonic Honeymoon by Nancy Kelsey and illustrated by C.D. Mitchell
  • Kolinsky Calling — Liberty’s Short Short by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Master Villon Brings Up a Child by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

    • SERIALS:

  • We Can Take Care of Our Own — Part 1 by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Arthur Sheldon
  • Poor Bloody Observers — Part 1 by Arch Whitehouse and illustrated by Albin Henning
  • Strip-Tease Girl — Conclusion illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • Death in the Dark — Conclusion by Frederic F. Van de Water and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • I Meet Edward and Wallie by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • We Can Prevent Crime — The American Program by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings
  • More Power! — Tyrone III Carries On by Fredrick L. Collins is about a young Tyrone Power
  • Is Japan Sabotaging Our New Canal? by Robert M. Field
  • Baseball Brainstorms by C.T. Donnelly

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • When Ghosts Are Gay — Movies by Beverly Hills with 3-star reviews for each “Topper”, “Easy Living”, and “The Toast of New York”
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,000 Game of Cities Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • Two-Minute Story by Achmed Abdullah
  • Ad for Lucky Strikes on back cover features Barbara Stanwyck

    • 1937-08-14 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/08/14 — Cover is credited to Russell Sambrook

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • “Fools Rush In–” by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Take Me Home by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse
  • The Sex Angle by Scott Littleton and illustrated by Karl Godwin
  • After Midnight — Liberty’s Short Short by Thomas W. Duncan

    • SERIALS:

  • Strip-Tease Girl — Part 2 illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • Death in the Dark — Part 5 by Frederic F. Van de Water and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Family Scandal — Conclusion by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • Why Jean Harlow Died — Part 3 of 3 by Edward Doherty

    • ARTICLES:

  • Has Industry a Program? by C.M. Chester as told to Earl Reeves
  • An Open Letter to President Roosevelt by Upton Sinclair
  • The Winchell-Bernie Feud Goes On by Frederick James Smith about Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie
  • Strange Sights I’ve Seen by Irwin Kostin
  • Bringing Outdoors Into the House by Frederick L. Collins
  • Good Luck, Champ! by Donald Furthman Wickets is about the soapbox derby
  • Builders of Men by Floyd Gibbons
  • The Case of the Grisly Flotsam and the Woman Scorned by A Headquarters Old-Timer

    • FEATURES:

  • Comers by Ed Sullivan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Genius Collids With Life — Movies by Beverly Hills is highlighted by a 4-star review of Paul Muni in “The Life of Emile Zola”
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,000 Game of Cities Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • Two-Minute Story by Achmed Abdullah
  • Huge 2-page ad spreads the center of the issue for Jack Benny in “Artists and Models” with photos of Benny, Judy Canova and the Yacht Club Boys, Canova with Ben Blue, Martha Raye, and Sandra Storme

    • 1938-02-19 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/02/19 — Cover is credited to Robert G. Harris

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Newspapers Driving Nails into Their Own Coffins by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Sound of the Sea by Aline Ballard
  • Men Must Fight by Howard Fast and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • That’s Another Story — Liberty’s Short Short by Phyllis Duganne

    • SERIALS:

  • One Woman Against the Narcotic Ring — part 1 by Frederick L. Collins is about Joyce McAllister
  • The Unbreakable Mrs. Doll — Part 6 by Grace Perkins and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • What Was Wrong with the Lindbergh Case? — Part 4 by Former Governor Harold G. Hoffman
  • Emil Ludwig ‘s Life of Roosevelt — Part 11

    • ARTICLES:

  • I Lost My Parents in the Spanish Revolution — A Twelve-Year Old Boy Tells His Own Story by Jaime Castellano as told to Leland Stowe
  • How to Dance the Big Apple by Eleanor Powell
  • Will You Lose Your Birthday Next Year? by Will Irwin
  • Pu Yi and His Wife, the Wallis Simpson of Asia by “Envoy”
  • “So You Married an Aviator”
  • Pennants Are Won in the Winter by John Drebinger

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of “In Old Chicago”
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $750 Words Within Words Contest

  • Vox Pop

    • 1938-04-23 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/04/23 — Cover is credited to Robert G. Harris

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • 84% – Labor’s Share of Industry’s Profits by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Meet Me in Dreamland by Edwar Tyndall and illustrated by William Von Riegen
  • The Letter of the Law by Leslie T. White and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • Love Can Do It — Liberty’s Short Short by Tiah Devitt

    • SERIALS:

  • Murder Lady — Part 2 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • Doctor’s Don’t Tell — Part 9 by Dr. “George B. Raymond” and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • Hotel Hostess — Part 4 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Charles Kinghan
  • She Woke Up Smiling — Conclusion by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Charles LaSalle
  • What Was Wrong With the Lindbergh Case? — Part 13 by Former Governor Harold G. Hoffman

    • ARTICLES:

  • How Long Will We Have Religious Liberty? by George E. Sokolsky
  • What I Think of Clark Gable by Robert Taylor
  • 1938’s Baseball Surprises by Joe DiMaggio
  • 32 Ways to Make a Million Dollars by Raymond F. Yates

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Movie Reviews by Ruth Waterbury
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • Jumbled Resort Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • Camel Cigarettes ad on back cover features Joe DiMaggio

    • 1938-01-08 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/01/08 — Cover uncredited

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • How to Boost Business Sky High by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Rose Bowl Mutiny by Adela Rogers St. Johns and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • They Call Him Mister by Borden Chase and illustrated by A.N. Simpkin
  • First Aid — Liberty’s Short Short by Joseph F. Dinneen

    • SERIALS:

  • I’ll Arrange Everything — Part 1 by David Garth and illustrated by Karl Godwin
  • Emil Ludwig ‘s Life of Roosevelt — Part 5
  • Hollywood Woman — Conclusion by Edward Doherty and illustrated by Walter Heffron
  • Too Many Wives — Part 6 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. and illustrated by Charles La Salle

    • ARTICLES:

  • Bring Our Soldiers Home from China! by Major General Smedley D. Butler
  • The Tragic Pilgrimage of Mischa Auer by Miriam Stillwell
  • Black Man’s Miracles — The Story of a Great and Good American by Fred Allhoff is about George Washington Carver
  • Second Choice by Inez Haynes Irwin and illustrated by Michael
  • How United Is the United States? by Donald Furthman Wickets

    • FEATURES:

  • Two-Minute Story by Ronald Richards
  • Twenty Questions
  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $2500 Game of Presidents Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • An ad for Lucky Strikes on the back cover features Myrna Loy

    • 1938-04-02 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/04/02 — Cover is credited to Charles Kinghan

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Our Farmers Will Now Be Instructed Like Schoolboys by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Gee, Mr. Kerrigan! by Charles Green and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • No More Together by Leonie Mason and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • It Seems There Were Two Scotchmen — Liberty’s Short Short by Herbert Dalmas

    • SERIALS:

  • Hotel Hostess — Part 1 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Charles Kinghan
  • Doctors Don’t Tell — Part 6 by Dr. “George B. Raymond” and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • What Was Wrong With the Lindbergh Case? — Part 10 by Former Governor Harold G. Hoffman
  • She Woke Up Smiling — Part 5 by Elmer Davis

    • ARTICLES:

  • Is President Roosevelt a Well Man Today? by Ernest K. Lindley
  • How to Keep Out of War by Colonel Edward M. House
  • Blessed Are the Peacemakers, BUT– by George Sylvester Viereck
  • Was This Child’s Life Saved by Prayer? by Barbara Maclaren
  • My Transparent Man!
  • Today’s Greatest Prizefighter by Jim Tully covers 1-2/3 full pages with photo of article subject Henry Armstrong

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Movie Reviews by Ruth Waterbury
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • Jumbled Resort Contest

  • Vox Pop

    • 1936-08-01 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/08/01 — Cover uncredited

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Navy Women Must Wait by Doris Rend and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Star Stuff by Elsie Janis with illustration by J. Henry
  • Blonde Hussy — Liberty’s Short Short by Lyon Mearson

    • SERIALS:

  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part 1 by C. Lloyd Fisher about the Lindbergh Mystery
  • Hell in the Holy Land — Part 6 by Lowell Thomas with Kenneth Brown Collings and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • Carnival Lady — Part 5 by Martha Ostenso and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • A Final Statement of Faith by George Bernard Shaw in a colloquy with George Sylvester Viereck
  • Tumult on the Diamond by Johnny Evers
  • Can European Propaganda Take Us in Again? by Wythe Williams
  • Want a Man, Girls? Just Telephone by Frederick L. Collins
  • The Most Dangerous Man in the United States by Thomas J. Courtney
  • Is Moscow Ready to Reach Out for France? by Marie Brett-Perring

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • Beauty and the Bad Men — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift

    • 1938-09-10 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/09/10 — Cover is credited to R.J. Stuart

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Only Knowledge Can Save Democracy by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • The Girl Beyond the Sunset by Wilbur Daniel Steele and illustrated by Vincentini
  • Late Summer Song by Max Brand and illustrated by Trun Mowicke (sic? Tran Mawicke)
  • Night Must Come — Liberty’s Short Short by George E. Sprague

    • SERIALS:

  • The Man in My Life — Part 4 by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by R.F. Schabelitz
  • Why I Am Still Investigating the Lindbergh Case — Part 8 by Evalyn Walsh McLean with Alan Hynd
  • Paradise Kate — Part 7 by Achmed Abdullah and Anthony Abbot

    • ARTICLES:

  • Dictators – Let Us Have More of Them by George Bernard Shaw with decoration by Stephen Grout
  • Must I Be Daffy to Be a Dodger? by Babe Ruth with photo of Ruth in Dodger uniform
  • How to Forgive Your Friends by Mae Murray
  • After Spain, What? by Dr. Gregoria Maranon
  • Is Hollywood on the Spot? by Walter Wanger and Jack L. Warner
  • Girl Takes Drink by Geraldine York and illustrated by Floherty, Jr.
  • What Makes an American? by Channing Pollock
  • The Ship Was on Fire–And I Prayed by Ray Mackenney

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • $500 Cash Prize Reader Poll Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 1937-03-20 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/03/20 — Cover is credited to Tom Hall

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Shall We Destroy the Constitution? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Death for a Lady’s Arms by John Erskine and illustrated by Gerald Leake
  • St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Helen Dore Boylston with illustration by John Watrous
  • Three-Cornered Square — Liberty’s Short Short by Alberta Williams
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green

    • SERIALS:

  • Henrietta’s Big Night — Part 1 by Edwin Balmer and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Discretion Be Damned — Part 2 by Elmer Davis with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • Marching Dead Men — Part 2 by Terry Brennan as told to Captain W.J. Blackledge with illustration by Charles De Feo

    • ARTICLES:

  • Hollywood’s Income Tax Jitters by Robert Neal Leath and Rosalind Leath
  • What Queen Elizabeth Is Really Like by Princess Catherine Radziwill
  • Will German Sea Power Challenge Great Britain? by Rear Admiral Yates Stirling
  • The Confessions of a Trailer-Made Woman by Edna Hallin
  • America’s Queerest Trial — The Case of the Murdering Millionaire by D. Thomas Curtin about George Remus
  • Why the Grand National Is a Bad Bet by Clem McCarthy

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Youth to the Rescue – The Kids Make Good — Movies by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,500 Man Hunt Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-06-20 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/06/20 — Cover is credited to Carl Pfeufer

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Noble Renegade by Arthur Tuckerman with illustration by Harry T. Fisk
  • I Learned About Women by Valma Clark and illustrated by John B. Watrous
  • A Natural – Liberty’s Short Short — by Grace Lewis Shea
  • Mr. Dunkle’s Diary by Norman Anthony

    • SERIALS:

  • Death on the 8:06 — Part 2 by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Will Graven
  • Dark Masquerade — Part 5 with illustration by Edgar McGraw

    • ARTICLES:

  • Behind the Scenes in the Republican Convention by Jay Franklin
  • How I Shall Beat Max Schmeling by Joe Louis as told to Gene Kessler
  • A White Woman Among Cannibals by Beatrice Grimshaw
  • Why I Was Forced to Drop the New Deal by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad by A Headquarters Old-Timer

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Keyhole Kartoons by John W. Elliotte
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin with 3-star review of “The Princess Comes Across”
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Murder Mars a Masquerade — Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills
  • $2,000 Beautiful Children Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-11-28 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/11/28 — Cover is credited to Jay McArdle

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL

  • The Only Way to Save Democracy – Take the Profit Out of Politics by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Master Villon Thinks His Luck Has Turned by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • Make Up a Couple, Kid — Liberty’s Short Short — by William Martin
  • Thanksgiving for Three by Virginia Paxton and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Mr. Dunkle’s Diary by Norman Anthony

    • SERIALS:

  • Wendel Tells All — Part 1 by Paul H. Wendel
  • Riding High — Part 8 by Dora Macy with illustration by Gerald Leake
  • Tracking New York’s Crime Barons — Conclusion by Fred Allhoff
  • Legion of Lost Souls — Part 7 by Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

    • ARTICLES:

  • Is Elsie Janis Guided by Her Dead Mother’s Voice? by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • Do We Get Our Morals from Hollywood Now? by Clara Beranger
  • The Money Game by Bert Bell

    • FEATURES:

  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $200 Limerick Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • Beauty on the Short-Circuit — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-12-19 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/12/19 — Cover is credited to John Newton Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL

  • What Do the Workers Really Want? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • When That Day Comes by Charles C. Leavitt and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • He Learned About Women — Liberty’s Short Short by Guiles Davenport
  • The Fourth Bride by Naomi Lane Babson and illustrated by Harry T. Fisk
  • Thank You … Thank You … So Much! by Della Deil and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green

    • SERIALS:

  • Music In His Feet — Part 1 by Robert Neal Leath and illustrated by Frank Swain
  • Wise Virgin — Part 2 by Walton Green and illustrated by Edgar McGraw
  • Wendel Tells All — Part 4 by Paul H. Wendel

    • ARTICLES:

  • Rah Rah Russia! by Nolen Bulloch
  • If King Edward Should Marry an American by Frederick L. Collins
  • Peeking Under the Mat by Norton B. Jackson in which the author takes us inside the ring to reveal some secrets of wrestling
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty
  • More Private Flying by Eugene L. Vidal

    • FEATURES:

  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $200 Cover Limerick Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • Color Clothes a Lovelorn Caravan — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-12-26 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/12/26 — Cover is credited to Arthur Smith

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL

  • What the New Deal Should Do For Us by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

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

    • SERIALS:

  • Music In His Feet — Conclusion by Robert Neal Leath and illustrated by Frank Swain
  • Wise Virgin — Part 3 by Walton Green and illustrated by Edgar McGraw
  • Wendel Tells All — Part 5 by Paul H. Wendel

    • ARTICLES:

  • Is Clark Gable a Changed Man? by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • Lindbergh’s First Year of Self-Exile by Frederick :. Collins
  • The Spanish Crown Prince Talks About the Throne by Count Cavadonga
  • Peace on Earth — Why We Have Wars by H.L. Mencken
  • The Day They Celebrate Too by Eleanor Pegwhistle
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty
  • Thrills in a Basket by Nat Holman

    • FEATURES:

  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • $1,000 Amateur Movie Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • Life in the Shadows; Love on the Run — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-05-02 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/05/02 — Cover is credited to George Larkin – Macfadden Studio

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Take Some of My Luck by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by J. Clinton Shepherd
  • The Saga of Ring-Neck by Paul Annixter and illustrated by Carl Link
  • Elementary, My Dear Watson! — Liberty’s Short Short by Sidney Bowen
  • Mr. Dunkle’s Diary by Norman Anthony

    • SERIALS:

  • Without Warning — Part 4 by Major George Fielding Eliot and Edward Doherty and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Company of the Damned — Part 5 by Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • Rich Man’s Son — Part 7 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. with illustration by Frank Swain

    • ARTICLES:

  • Can Our Government Survive? by William E. Borah
  • Ethiopian Side Show by Kenneth Brown Collings
  • Why Did You Kill Me? by Bruno Richard Hauptmann – Hauptman’s Last Words, Hitherto Unpublished…
  • The Private Life of a Baseball Wife by Mrs. Joe Cronin

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Fashion Flashes from Paris by Doramiller
  • Twenty Questions
  • The Spider’s Eye by Dr. John F. Condon
  • Winners in the President’s Mystery Story Contest
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Crossword Puzzle Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • Effervescent, Exuberant, Exciting — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-06-06 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/06/06 — Cover featuring the Dionne Quintuplets is credited to Carl Pfeufer

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • My Fair Lady by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by W.P. Couse
  • Interview by Thyra Samter Winslow and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green
  • The Way of All Husbands – Liberty’s Short Short by S. Joseph Corona

    • SERIALS:

  • Dark Masquerade — part 3, illustrated by Edgar McGraw
  • Without Warning — Part 9 — by Major George Fielding and Edward Doherty and illustrated by Charles Bryson

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Peace Racket by Major General Smedley D. Butler
  • $100,000 a Year at Two! by Marguerite Mooers Marshall about the Dionne Quintuplets
  • Dirt for Dough’s Sake by George M. Cohan
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad by A Headquarters Old-Timer
  • What Landon Would Do If President by Governor Alfred M. Landon as told to George Sylvester Viereck
  • Death Takes the Wheel at Indianapolis by Arthur J. Dailey

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Keyhole Kartoons by John W. Elliotte
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Beautiful Children Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • Battle and Murder and Sudden Death — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Sportsword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-08-15 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/08/15 — Cover is credited to Monte Crews

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • A Young Man With Red Hair by Margaret Widdemer
  • The Meek Shall Inherit by Ann Morse and illustrated by Karoly-Szanto
  • The Cats That Laughed Like Lovers by Marian Cockrell and illustrated by Carl Link
  • The Murderer — Liberty’s Short Short by Timothy Shea

    • SERIALS:

  • Godiva Was a Lady — Part 1 by Lawrence Saunders and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part 3 by C. Lloyd Fisher
  • Hell in the Holy Land — Conclusion by Lowell Thomas with Kenneth Brown Collings and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

    • ARTICLES:

  • Should Congressmen Be Held Responsible for Slander? by Will Irwin
  • House of Living Hell by W.G. Secrist and Dan T. Kelliher – At Last, from Within Its Grimly Guarded Walls, a True Picture of Alcatraz – Why Its Most Famous Prisoner, AL CAPONE, Was Stabbed
  • Temperament in Tennis by Helen Wills Moody
  • Hollywood’s New Purity Tape Measure by Frederick James Smith – What Will Be Done About the Pope’s Censorship Plan?

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • The Girl Who Didn’t Wish to Be a Queen — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills includes a brief 3-star review of “My Man Godfrey”
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • 1936-08-22 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/08/22 — Cover is credited to John Newton Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Jane’s I.O.U. by Elizabeth Troy
  • To Blush Unseen by Channing Pollack and illustrated by Harold Denison
  • At a Performance of Pagliacci — Liberty’s Short Short by Edwin Baird
  • Triangle in the Air by Frances Marion (famed screenwriter) and illustrated by Clayton Knight

    • SERIALS:

  • Wife Trouble — Part 1 by Wallace Irwin
  • Godiva Was a Lady — Part 2 by Lawrence Saunders and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part 4 by C. Lloyd Fisher

    • ARTICLES:

  • Why Television Is Being Held Back by David Sarnoff as told to George Sylvester Viereck
  • Battling Baseball by Johnny Evers
  • Swindlers at the Bridge Table by The Card Detective as told to Fred MacIsaac
  • Paul Muni Becomes a Heathen Chinese by Frederick L. Collins

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • Amateur Page Prize Winners
  • Vox Pop
  • A Bashful Barber Steps Out — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • 1936-09-05 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/09/05 — Cover is credited to Edgar Franklin Wittmack

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Paddy’s Lucky Half-Buck — Liberty’s Short Short by Edwin Baird
  • “Sailors Ain’t Wanted” by Captain Dingle and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • Siren Business by Agatha Christie and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green

    • SERIALS:

  • Wife Trouble — Part 3 by Wallace Irwin and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Godiva Was a Lady — Part 4 by Lawrence Saunders and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part 6 by C. Lloyd Fisher

    • ARTICLES:

  • Marriage Prospects of King Edward VIII by Frederick Lewis
  • Why Ann Harding Wants Her Lady Child to Be a Lady by Frederick L. Collins
  • Behind the Black Legion — What? by Major George Fielding Eliot – Whose Is the Hidden hand that Directs it? Where Is Its Real Goal? Here, Based on Firsthand Facts, Is a Strartling New Deduction
  • Card Sharps in Bridge Clubs by The Card Detective as told to Fred MacIsaac
  • Eight! Nine! Ten! by boxing referee Arthur Donovan

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • July 18 Amateur Page Prize Winners
  • Vox Pop
  • Costumes a la Carte — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • 1936-08-08 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/08/08 — Cover is credited to George Larkin – Macfadden Studio

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Rain on the River by Dana Burnet
  • The Grand Bounce — Liberty’s Short Short by Edwin Baird
  • Hollywood Car-Hop by Seymour Winslow and illustrated by John B. Watrous
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire by Helen Gilmore

    • SERIALS:

  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part 2 by C. Lloyd Fisher
  • Hell in the Holy Land — Part 7 by Lowell Thomas with Kenneth Brown Collings and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • Carnival Lady — Conclusion by Martha Ostenso and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • League of Assassins by Frank C. Hanighen – The World-Wide Conspiracy of the Black Dragon Exposed
  • Cheating at Bridge by The Card Detective as told to Fred MacIsaac
  • Double-Trouble at the Movies by Ralph Cokain
  • Why Streamline Trains? by Frederick L. Collins

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page — Conducted by Major Bowes
  • Vox Pop
  • The City That Was — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of “San Francisco”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift

    • 1936-09-12 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1936/09/12 — Cover is credited to John Newton Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • It’s All In Your Act by Josephine Bentham with illustration by Francois
  • The Man Who Stayed Home — Liberty’s Short Short by William E. Barrett
  • “Who’s Your Girl?” by Roger Garis and illustrated by Will Graven

    • SERIALS:

  • Bivouac in Hell — Part 1 by Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by Charles De Feo
  • Wife Trouble — Part 4 by Wallace Irwin and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Godiva Was a Lady — Part 5 by Lawrence Saunders and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Case New Jersey Would Like to Forget — Part Conclusion by C. Lloyd Fisher

    • ARTICLES:

  • Outwitting Old Age by New Scientific Miracles – Reactivation 1937 by Gertrude Atherton
  • My Wife Left Me to Join Father Divine … A White Man’s Story by Edward Doherty
  • Football Will Soon Be Here by Norman L. Sper

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $1,500 Jumbled Movie Stars Contest
  • July 25 Amateur Page Prize Winners
  • Vox Pop
  • Love Haunts a Hangover — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • It Happened In–

    • 1933-06-03 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1933/06/03 —
    Cover is credited to Stockton Mulford

    Contents as follows:

  • Marriage Drums — Part 1 — by Joseph Dixon as told to Captain Don Wilkie and illustrated by Charles De Fro
  • Joanna and the Ways of God — A Story by Shirley Seifert and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • You Can Live Without Money by William J. Enright
  • The Woman Who Taught Her Children to Be Fools by Clara Beranger is about Mrs. Sam Marx and her boys, The Marx Brothers
  • Twenty Questions
  • Nobody’s Champion — A Story by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by John Falter
  • Burlesques, Beasts and Beer by Rob Wagner
  • The Private Life of Marie Dressler — Conclusion by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • Yardleygram II by Herbert O. Yardley
  • $250 Weekly Phony Excuse Contest
  • Scarlett Woman — Part 7 by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Stockton Mulford
  • Yardleygram Answer
  • Bright Sayings of Children
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Born to Raise Hell — Part 10 by Tex O’Reilly as told to Lowell Thomas and illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
  • Vox Pop
  • Cross Word Puzzle
  • The Gesture — A Short Short Story by Lawrence Iverson
  • Small black & white ad for flit was illustrated by Dr. Seuss “Test No. 5 – Proving that Flit Knocks Bugs Cold as a Mackerel”
  • Lucky Strikes ad on back cover credited to Neysa McMein