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1945-03-03 Colliers Magazine Contents March 3 1945

1945/03/03 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

  • “Like a Petal” by Sallie Belle Cox and illustrated by Hal Stone
  • “The Story of Jenny Wingate” — Part 3 of 4 — by Zenith Brown and illustrated by Walter Klett
  • “Photo Finish” by Harrison Gallagher and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “City Dog” by Robert Sylvester and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Search and Rescue” by Walt Grove and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Small Boy” — The Short Short Story by Eleanor Shoemaker with color illustration by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES

  • We Lived to Tell by Captains Gene Dale, John Morrett, Bert Schwarz
  • The President’s Health by George Creel
  • Ever See a Scent? by Amy Porter
  • Berlin: City of Fear by George Ladvar and illustrated by William Pachner
  • Freedom Wins Its Wings by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Challenge to Education by Alfred E. Kuenzli
  • The Undefeated by Martha Gellhorn and illustrated by William Pachner
  • The Wehrmacht’s Yankee Girl Friend by Josef Israels II
  • You’d Better Like Fish by Murdock Pemberton

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
  • The Heroes: A Gallery of United Nations Portraits – No. 19 – Dobbie of Malta by George Creel
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Tip to Labor: Take It Easy – Wanted: Wacs for Hospitals – Americans Are Like This
  • Full page black and white ad for Murder, My Sweet with Dick Powell and Claire Trevor
  • Half page, 3 frame Pepsi ad by O.Soglow features “Alfonse the Glass Blower”

    • 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

    • 1937-08-14 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

    • 1938-01-08 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