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1945-09-15 Collier’s Magazine Contents September 15 1945

1945/09/15 — Cover featuring General Omar Bradley credited to the U.S. Army Signal Corps

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

  • Arch of Triumph — Part 1 of 6 — by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • A Pair of Spectacles by Dave Grubb and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • The Last Stand of Felicity Jones by Arthur Gordon and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • Minstrel Boy — The Short Short Story by Kathryn Forbes with illustration by Frank Golden
  • Bring Them Back by Mark Schorer and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • Sailor, Take Warning by William L. Worden and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

    • ARTICLES:

  • Coal Or Chaos in Europe by Harold L. Ickes
  • Brooklyn’s Sturdy Branch by Charles Dexter is about Dodgers boss Branch Rickey
  • Lights Out at God’s Lake by Amy Porter
  • The Great Nazi Gold Rush by Sylvia Porter and illustrated by Kenneth Thompson
  • Sex in the Classroom by Dean Jennings
  • Air Power–Today and Tomorrow by W.B. Courtney
  • Work and Get Well by Gene Casey
  • Bye-Bye Bushido by Mac R. Johnson
  • Pointless–But Good by Ruth Carson

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Jim Marshall
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorial: Charter for Postwar America

    • 1948-02-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1948/02/04 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Pin-Ball Baseball” by Willard Mullin with very small related article underneath “Bell-Ringing Bases, Illuminated Plate, Innovations Planned at Braves’ Field”
  • Headline on front cover is “Pasquel Blast Perils Mexican Peace Plan” about Jorge Pasquel
  • Half page Pittsburgh Pirates summary with roster
  • “Irish Duo of Joes Plots Flag for Boston – McCarthy on Field and Cronin in Office Tops” about Joe Cronin and Joe McCarthy of the Boston Red Sox
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Tris Speaker this issue
  • Feature on Walter Masterson
  • Branch Rickey “Blueprints Front-Office Success Route,” full page (plus) featuring Branch Rickey
  • Feature article on baseball-basketball player Frankie Baumholtz with photos
  • Just under a half-page article about umpire Cal Hubbard with photo
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage, plus the 8 page All-Sports section which covers boxing, football, hockey and other sports.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Rise Stevens

    • 28 pages plus 8 page All-Sports News Supplement for 36 pages total.