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1941-01 The American Magazine Contents for January 1941

1941/01 — Cover is a natural color photograph by Leon De Vos

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

SHORT NOVEL:

  • “The Halfway Heart – Complete in this Issue by Laurette MacDuffie Knight

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Talk of the Town” — Part 2 of 5 — by Ann Pinchot and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Wildcat 13” — Part 4 of 6 by Tom Gill

    STORIES:

  • “Two in a Glass House” by Eleanor DeLamater and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Eleven Years” — Vignette by Denis Plimmer
  • “Christmas in the Heart” by Rachel Field with a full-page color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • “It Must Be Love” by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Might-Have-Been” by Marion Baxter Taylor and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “His Own Medicine” by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • “Echo of War” by Thomas Rourke and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “The Meanest Man” — Storiette by Paul Schubert
  • “Fire by Night” — Short short story by Constance Wagner
  • “Dumb Guy” — Vignette by Gordon Gaskill

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Blue Bird Found Again by Maurice Maeterlinck
  • King of Canada by Beverly Smith about Prime Minister Mackenzie King

  • Adventures of a Sneeze Hound by Katherine Madison
  • How to Get Along in the Army by William G. McChesney
  • Half a Dozen Ways to Get Rich by William D. Collidge, Ph.D.
  • Warning–Keep Out! by John Winter
  • Tell It to the Judge by Michael Angelo Musmanno
  • Star Salesman by Clarence Woodbury
  • Art Begins at Home by James C. Boudreau
  • Let ‘er Roll by Jerome Beatty
  • Science Steps Up the Game by Norman V. Carlisle
  • Santa Claus Becomes a Citizen by Ruth Moore Morriss
  • Accuracy by H.W. Phelps

    • SHORT FEATURES:

  • Interesting People in the American Scene
  • Along the Way
  • Scattergood Says
  • New Eyes for the Needy
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Johnny-On-the-Spot
  • American Parade
  • Streamlining the Classics
  • The Animal Fair
  • Getting Along
  • How Emotional Are You
  • Signs of the Times
  • New Ways to Enjoy Your Home
  • Word Teasers
  • Around the House
  • Carrots O’Hara
  • It’s the Law!
  • Cause for Divorce
  • Life’s Little Temptations and 13 other comics

    • 1935-04 The American Magazine Contents for April 1935

    1935/04 — Cover is a natural color photograph by C. C. Beall

    Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

    FICTION:

  • “Opera Hat” — Part 1 of a serial by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Admiration” by Edward Doherty and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “She Dreamed of Wings” — A short short story by MacKinlay Kantor with illustration by C. C. Beall
  • “Long Cold Night” by Allan Vaughan Elston
  • “Trophy” by Barbara Webb and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Starlight Pass” — Part 5 of a serial by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Preview” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “Peach Crop” by Ruth Burr Sanborn with the bottom half illustrated in color across the opening two pages by Norman Rockwell
  • “Never Mind the Lady” — Part 3 of a serial by David Garth and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Broken Jade” by Leonard Falkner and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Today’s the Day” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • Tools of War by General Hugh S. Johnson
  • “I Want to See the President” by Marvin H. McIntyre
  • Mysterious Neighbors by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Robert C. Gellert
  • What Labor Really Wants — Questions by Henry F. Pringle — Answers by William Green
  • Little Bum and Little Brother
  • Another Man’s Poison by Maurice Chideckel, M.D.
  • Why They get the Crowd by Paul Gallico
  • There Is No Winter by Thomas Sugrue
  • It’s All in Fun by Hubert Kelley is about Cole Porter
  • Where Accidents Don’t Happen by Jerome Beatty is about “America’s Safest City” Evanston, Illinois

    • SHORT FEATURES:

  • Editorial — Pretense by Walter Hampden
  • How to Freshen Your Walls by Roger B. Whitman
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • What’s Your Pet Worry? — Contest Announcement
  • What the Readers Say

    • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Versatile – Mercedes Hill
  • Unorthodox — Marriner S. Eccles
  • Ambitious — Francesca Lamonte
  • Etcher – Levon West
  • Winner – Harold C. Urey
  • Weighty – Anderson M. Baten
  • Chief – Katherine F. Lenroot
  • Top – Cole Porter
  • Wheaties ad on back cover features small head shot of Lou Gehrig with quote from the “Iron Man of Baseball”

    • 1935-01 The American Magazine Contents for January 1935

    1935/01 — Cover is a natural color photograph directed by Ray Prohaska with photography by F. Alden Weeks

    Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

    MYSTERY NOVEL:

  • “Eight Bells” by Frederic Arnold Kummer and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

    FICTION:

  • “Even the Ocean Laughed” by David Garth and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Starlight Pass” — Part 2 of a serial by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “The Man With the Nose” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Willie Takes a Step” by Don Marquis with color illustration spreading across top two-thirds of first two pages by Norman Rockwell
  • “Until It’s Over” by MacKinlay Kantor with drawing by August Bleser, Jr.
  • “Beauty’s Daughter” — Part 4 of a serial by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Roy Spreter
  • “I Could Brighten Your Life!” by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
  • “The Closed Room” — Conclusion of a serial by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

  • “Courage for Two” by Brassil Fitzgerald and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Magic Circle” by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by C.D. Williams

    • ARTICLES:

  • Our $280,000,000 Gamble by Beverly Smith is about the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
  • We Jews by George E. Sokolsky
  • Short-Weight Justice by Jerome Beatty with illustration by Rollin Kirby
  • A Matter of Size by Frank J. Taylor
  • The Government and the Banks by Thomas F. Woodlock
  • Have You Paid Your Doctor? by Webb Waldron with drawing by Ralph Stein
  • Today’s Liquor Problems — Questions by Henry F. Pringle — Answers by Joseph H. Choate, Jr.
  • Amateur Night by Hubert Kelley
  • Time Out! by Archibald Rutledge and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • What the New Congress Faces by Frank R. Kent with cartoon by Harold Talburt
  • Desert Heat and London Fog by Thomas Sugrue and illustrated by Edward A. Wilson

    • SHORT FEATURES:

  • Editorial — Growth by Robert A. Millikan
  • It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin
  • As Others See You by Eleanor Early
  • “The Thing I’ve Always Wanted to Do” — Contest Announcement
  • Anything Wrong With the Plumbing? by Roger B. Whitman
  • What the Readers Say

    • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Fire-eater – Bernard R. Hubbard
  • Prexy – Mary E. Woolley
  • Father Time – Paul Sollenberger
  • Scenographer – Russell Patterson
  • Players – Fred & Carol Stone
  • Needle-Pusher – Lucia Coulter
  • Iceman – Roy Worters
  • Bridge-Builder – Joseph B. Strauss

    • 1919-10 The American Magazine Contents for October 1919

    1919/10 — Cover illustrated by J. Knowles Hare

    Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

  • Frontispiece: “Who’s Who in America” illustrated by Norman Price
  • Your Rent by Abram I. Elkus
  • “Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!” by Irvin S. Cobb
  • “Isn’t That Just Like a Man!” by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A Wonderful Dog With a Dual Nature — A story by Lewis Parsons and illustrated by F.E. Schoonover
  • Another Country Boy Rises to the Top in New York — An interview with Percy H. Johnston by B.C. Forbes
  • Percy H. Johnston – A portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Holworthy Hall – A portrait in Alco Gravure
  • What Is Wasted Time? by Holworthy Hall
  • The Telegram That Johnny Didn’t See — A story by Frank Lapham and illustrated by Leslie Brown
  • Get Into the Selling End of Your Business by Irving T. Bush
  • “Pep” — A poem by Grace G. Bostwick
  • Who’s Who in America – A love story by Bertha Runkle and illustrated by Norman Price
  • How Animals Act in Aeroplanes by Henry Woodhouse
  • William Cooper Procter – Who Thinks Fast and Straight by Merle Crowell
  • How We Divide With Our Men by William Cooper Procter
  • William Cooper Procter – Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Minnie Maddern Fiske – Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • A Great Actress Talks About Life on Both Sides of the Footlights by Mary B. Mullett about Minnie Maddern Fiske
  • Human Beings – As Seen by a Waiter by William Kidd
  • Scattergood Matches Wits With a Pair of Sharpers — A story by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • Prize Contest Announcement: What I Think Is the Matter–And What I Would Do About It
  • Ten Good Resolutions by Dr. Frank Crane
  • We Marry 15,000 Couples A Year by P.J. Scully
  • His Masterpiece — A story by P.J. Scully
  • The Bain Twins and the Detectative — A story by Elizabeth Irons Folsom and illustrated by Norman Price
  • What Prayer Has Done for Me by the author of “Finding God in Millersville”
  • Cheaters I Have Known
  • Sid Says: If you haven’t got one of these little machines you’re the human wonder of the world
  • What Shall It Profit a Man — A serialized novel (continued) by Bruce Barton and illustrated by Paul Stahr
  • Queer Things That People Swallow–And Still Live by Philip B. Hawk
  • The Swelled Head — Stories of men who have suffered from it — by Grantland Rice

    • Interesting People:

  • Lewis Nowlan by Edgar White
  • Frank C. Bancroft by Norman Beasley
  • Joseph C. Butler by William Bruce Hart
  • Mrs. Grace W. Lawson by Bertha Snow Adams
  • We All Should Realize That We Must Be Servants by C.L.
  • Is This Success? by L.N.
  • Prize Winners: The Lonesomest Time I Ever Had
  • How I Got A Better Job by N.T.
  • The Family’s Money by John J. Pulleyn

    • 1925-09 The American Magazine Contents for September 1925

    1925/09 — Cover illustrated by Penrhyn Stanlaws

    Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

  • Imagination by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • He Couldn’t Get a Raise in Pay and So He Bought the Bank by Frank B. Copley
  • James H. Paul – A Portrait in Photogravure
  • Louis H. Tolhurst – Pictures in Photogravure
  • A Drop of Water Is His Movie Studio by John Monk Saunders about Louis H. Tolhurst
  • Will Deals with the Trouble-Maker — A Story by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by T.K. Hanna
  • Why Captain Neatherry Is Never Lonely by James C. Derieux
  • “Walk Right This Way, Ladies and Gentlemen!” by Helen Christine Bennett
  • Did You Ever Send a Letter and Wish You Had It Back?
  • Something Different — A story by Blanche Brace and illustrated by Norman Price
  • Why I Am Not Afraid to Die by Irving Bacheller
  • Irving Becheller – A portrait in photogravure
  • Rose Falls Bres – A portrait in photogravure
  • I Learned About Women from Law by Rose Falls Bres
  • The Wonders of Compressed Air by Harold Howland
  • What Your Finger Nails Tell the Manicure Girl by Susie Sexton
  • The Boy Who Jumped the Fence — A story by Florence Bingham Livingston and illustrated by Hanson Booth
  • Going Fast Does Not Always Mean Going Far by Neil M. Clark
  • “Captains Courageous” by George W. Gray is about deep-sea fisherman Daniel MacDonald
  • If Signs Meant Anything I Wouldn’t Be Writing This Now! by J. Frank Davis
  • The Water Bucket Baby — A baseball romance story by Jonathan Brooks and illustrated by Ray C. Strang
  • Dickey Made His Money Out of Mud by Harry A. Stewart
  • Are You the Master of Your Forks, The Captain of Your Spoons? by H.I. Phillips
  • Discarded — A serialized novel (continued) by Inez Haynes Irwin and illustrated by J. Simont
  • How Wild Animals Act in Tight Places by Archibald Rutledge

    • Interesting People:
    Ernest Newton Bagg by Eva Joy Betterley

  • Mrs. R.C. Talbot-Perkins by Margaret Norris
  • Franz Kotrba by John A. Kuder

    • Prize Contest Announcement: The Most Embarrassing Thing That Ever Happened To Me

  • Prize winners: The Biggest “White Elephant” in My Collection
  • The Family’s Money