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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

    • 1938-01-22 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/01/22 —
    Cover is credited to Macauley Conner

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Businessmen Want Fascism – Says Mr. Ickes by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Temperamental Lady” by Ethel Doherty and Louise Long and illustrated by A.H. Simpkin
  • “Casanova’s Want Women: Celeste Makes Up Her Lovers’ Mind by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • Free Air from a Taxi Pilot by Bert Green
  • Morning Swim – Liberty’s Short Short by Theodore Bentley

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Unbreakable Mrs. Doll” — Part 2 by Grace Perkins and illustrated by Jules Gottlieb
  • Life of Roosevelt — Part 7 by Emil Ludwig
  • Too Many Wives — Part 8 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.

    • ARTICLES:

  • Ten Doctors – Nine Wrong Diagnoses: An Amazing Test by Harlan Harrison
  • Liberty’s All-Players All-America Football Team by Norman L. Sper includes small photo of Whizzer White
  • A School That Rose Out of a Dream by Edward Doherty
  • Secret Sorrows of the Duchess of Windsor by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • Why Our Young Girls Blush No More by Rupert Hughes

    • FEATURES:

  • Corners by Ed Sullivan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Two-Minute Story by Ralph W. Hunter
  • $2,500 Game of Presidents
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 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

    • 1938-01-01 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 1937-04-24 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/04/24 — Cover is credited to Revere F. Wistehuff

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Law Enforcement the Only Remedy by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Be-Kind-to-George Week by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • The Father Who Wouldn’t Pay Ransom by Llewellyn Hughes and illustrated by Joseph Nussdorf
  • The Tip-Off — Liberty’s Short Short by William C. Lengel

    • SERIALS:

  • Secret Child — Part 4 by Patterson Dial with illustration by William Reusswig
  • Discretion Be Damned — Part 7 by Elmer Davis and illustrated Charles Bryson
  • Gaston B. Means — Master Bad Man — part 2 by May Dixon Thacker and illustrated by Michael

    • ARTICLES:

  • Who Will the Six New Justices Be? by Frederick L. Collins
  • Marriage Begins at Nine by Edward Doherty
  • I Lived with the Girls of the “Lost Generation” and They’re No Longer Lost! by Irene Kuhn
  • Fascinating Faces — To Order by Robert Neal leath
  • Inside Dope on the Pennant Races — The Managers’ Forecast by C.T. Donnelly

    • FEATURES:

  • Comers by Ed Sullivan includes photo of Bob Feller
  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Harlow, Hepburn Against the World — Movies by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $2,500 Alpha Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–
  • Camel ad on back cover features Lou Gehrig

    • 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–

    • 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–

    • 1937-03-06 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–

    • 1937-01-02 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–

    • 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–

    • 1936-12-26 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–

    • 1936-12-19 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–

    • 1936-12-12 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–

    • 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–

    • 1936-09-19 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–

    • 1936-09-12 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–

    • 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

    • 1936-08-22 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

    • 1936-08-15 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

    • 1936-08-08 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

    • 1936-08-01 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

    • 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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  • ‘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
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