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1946-04-27 Liberty Magazine Contents April 27, 1946

1946/04/27 —
Cover “Great North Country” is by C.I. Gilbert

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • It Pays to Be Idle by A.D. Rathbone, IV about unemployment compensation
  • Something for the Boys by Elizabeth Wilson is about Rita Hayworth and includes a full-page color photo of Hayworth on the title page
  • The Will to Die by Margo Fischer and Natalie Sheehan
  • Tiny Tryouts by Morris Markey
  • Baseball’s New Wonder Crop by Hy Turkin and Arch Murray
  • The Lady Is No Monkey by Robert T. Furman

    • STORIES:

  • I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Feeling by Donna Geyer with illustration by Jay Nourbel
  • The Figurine of Hungry Compound by R. Wilkes Hunter with color illustration by Frank Godwin
  • When I’m Alone — Short Short Story by Bernadine Kreis with illustration by Glen Thomas
  • Sarah and the Giant by Neill C. Wilson with full-page color illustration by Howell Dodd
  • No Way to Treat a Lady by Ronald G. Sercombe with illustration by Carl Mueller

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • You and I by Myron Brinig

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Losses and Gains of the G.M. Strike by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-31 Liberty Magazine Contents August 31, 1946

    1946/08/31 —
    Cover “Suppertime” is by Harold Anderson

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Should Housewives Be Paid? by James E. Payne and Albert A. Brandt
  • There’s Money in the Air by Dickson Hartwell about the radio show One Man’s Family with quarter page color photo of creator Carleton Morse and actor Barry Fitzgerald
  • If Trouble’s Got You by Henry D. Steinmetz
  • Strike Doctor by Donald B. Robinson about Ed McGrady
  • Fabulous Foods by Harmon and Elsie Tupper

    • STORIES:

  • Show-off by Richard Howells Watkins with illustration by Carl Mueller
  • Pretty Larceny — Short Short Story by Adrian Spies with illustration by Glenn Thomas
  • Blind Trail in Burma — Conclusion by Edison Marshall with full-page color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • In the Palm of Her Hand by Duane Decker with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Detroit Is My Own Home Town by Malcolm W. Bingay

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Alfred Hitchcock ‘s Notorious with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains – 1-3/4 pages, mostly filled with 4 black and white photos
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • No Apologies for Freedom by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-17 Liberty Magazine Contents August 17, 1946

    1946/08/17 —
    Cover “The-Merry-Go-Round” is by Frances Tipton Hunter

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • More Meat – If We Want It by Dickson Hartwell
  • Star-Spangled Sucker Traps by John Roy Carlson
  • Actors Anonymous by Ted Shane is about Radio’s Soap Stars
  • Survival of the Smartest by Russell Annabel
  • Negro Doctor Down South by Ruth McCoy Harris is about Dr. Montgomery P. Kennedy

    • STORIES:

  • The Little Woman by H. Vernor Dixon with large color illustration by James Cole
  • Steady, Feller — Short Short Story by Mal Shumard with illustration by Howell Dodd
  • The Hitchhiking Elephant by Elizabeth Dean with large color illustration by Carl Mueller
  • Amateur Angel by Henry Beetle Hough with large color illustration by Ralph Crawley

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Death Rides a Sorrel Horse by A.B. Cunningham

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Caesar and Cleopatra over about a 1 page and a half, starring Vivien Leigh. Also a full-page color ad for the film in this issue.
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Prosperity by Legislation by Paul Hunter
  • Full-page black and white ad for Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers showing Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

    • 1946-09-28 Liberty Magazine Contents September 28, 1946

    1946/09/28 —
    Cover “Moving Day” is by Del Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • What a System! by Roger Garis
  • Are the Veterans Chiseling? by Dickson Hartwell
  • Unhappy Chandler by Stanley Frank about baseball commissioner Happy Chandler
  • We Are Not Alone by Betsy Emmons
  • The Amazing Oyster by Clayton Hartsoe
  • Crazy Like a Fox by Lewis Funke is about fur retailer I.J. Fox
  • School for Talent by Darrell Huff

    • STORIES:

  • Provincetown Bus by Win Brooks with full-page color illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Mind over Money — Short Short Story by Allan R. Bosworth with illustration by James Cole
  • Please Be Careful, Son by Cliff Farrell with large color illustration by Martin Gulser
  • A Matter of Technique by Edwin Rutt with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Doctors, East, Doctors West by Dr. Edward H. Hume

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features “Blue Skies” with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Fear Instead of Freedom by Paul Hunter

    • 1945-09-29 Liberty Magazine Contents September 29, 1945

    1945/09/29 —
    Cover “That Old Gal of Mine” is by John Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Justice Jackson Tries His Toughest Case by Marquis W. Childs
  • Victory Gardens in the Pacific by Victor Boesen
  • Death Before Death by Victor Race
  • Pets of the Can-Do’s by Lt. Sam Stowe by U.S.N.R.
  • Boss Lady by Elizabeth Wilson is about Joan Davis with half page color photo

    • STORIES:

  • The Beard of the Profit by Ben Merson and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • The Love Expert — Short Short Story by Steve Fisher with large illustration by Rafael De Soto
  • The Dandy Trap by Kenneth Perkins with large color illustration by Al Schmidt
  • Remember Joe Campello by Paul Thielen with large color illustration by Marshall Frantz

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Black Boy by Richard Wright – 15 pages

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • The Camera Eye
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • This Man’s War
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Are We Being Too Easy on the Japs? by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-24 Liberty Magazine Contents August 24, 1946

    1946/08/24 —
    Cover “Sun Worshippers” is by Pat Holbrooke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Did Germany Win the War? by Waverly Root
  • Does Baseball Need a Union? by Stanley Frank
  • Baka, Lt. (j.g.) by Paul J. Sherman, U.S.N.R. with illustration by Frank Godwin
  • Uncle Same Lets Go by Stacy V. Jones
  • Horrors! by Joseph Wechsberg about horror films with focus on Val Lewton of whom there’s a small photo. Also a larger photo of Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher

    • STORIES:

  • Blind Trail in Burma — Part 1 by Edison Marshall with full page color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • A Nickel for the Subway — Short Short Story by John G. Stott with illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Naked at Noon by Tom Powers with illustration by O.F. Schmidt
  • The Old Blunderbuss by Georgia Maxwell Robertson with color illustration by Jay Nourbel

    • PICTURES:

  • That Park Avenue Look at Main Street Prices by Helen Faith Keane

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • The Pale Blonde of Sands Street by William Chapman White

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Who Will Pay Veteran Benefits? by Paul Hunter

    • 1/26/1946 Liberty Magazine Contents January 26, 1946

    1946/01/26 —
    Cover “Disillusioned” is by Del Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Are Teen-Age Germans Still Hitler’s Children? by Lewis F. Gittler
  • Big Things Are Stirring in the Mighty Northwest by Richard L. Neuberger
  • They’ve Taken the Bite Out of Frostbite by Albert Q. Maisel
  • Dial-Twisting for a Living by A.D. Rathbone IV
  • Shanghai – Last-Fling City by James Burke

    • STORIES:

  • “When Daddy Comes Marching Home” by Rhoda Pritzker with color illustration by Larry Kritcher
  • The Steady-Ender — Short Short Story by Georges Carousso with color illustration by Griffith Foxley
  • “I’m Too Young to Marry” by Bill Gulick with color illustration by Tom Atwell
  • Some People Have All the Luck — Conclusion by Booth Tarkington with color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Three O’Clock Dinner by Josephine Pinckney

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Col. Stoopnagle’s Fictionary
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Fact Finding on Price Control by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-08-10 Liberty Magazine Contents August 10, 1946

    1946/08/10 —
    Cover “That Old Swimming Hole” is by John Newton Howitt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Queen for a Day by Virginia Stevens
  • The Fervent Father by Stacy V. Jones is a feature on Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen
  • The President’s Housekeeper about Mrs. Nesbitt
  • Japan Is Sold American by Victor Boesen
  • Homes for Americans – No. 4 by Darrell Huff
  • That Vine-Covered Gas Pump by Morris Markey

    • STORIES:

  • Florry Was Hard to Get by Nick Boddie Williams with color illustration by O.F. Schmidt
  • The Contest Winner — Short Short Story by May Sarton with half-page color photo illustrated by Rafael De Soto
  • The Champ by Herbert B. Livingston with color illustration by Pat Holbrooke
  • Murder on Fifty-Second Street — Conclusion by Oscar Schisgall with color illustration by Larry Kritcher

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye: They Talked 20 Years Ago featuring the cast of “Don Juan” including John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Warner Oland, Mary Astor and others

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • States of Grace by Francis Steegmuller

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Clothes Clinic by P.B. Juster

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Stream Pollution — A Disgrace to America by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-03-30 Liberty Magazine Contents March 30, 1946

    1946/03/30 —
    Cover “Spring–Nature’s Renascence” is by Dale Nichols

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Let’s Stop the Gravy Train by Senator Harry Flood Byrd
  • The Girl With That Voice by Elizabeth Wilson is about Lizabeth Scott and includes a half page color photo of Scott with Hal Wallis
  • Find That Missing G.I.! by Harmon Tupper with large color illustration by Frank Godwin
  • Down by the Old Gulf Stream by Larry Nixon
  • Snafu on the Campus by Arthur S. Postle

    • STORIES:

  • Too Poor to Be Honest by Bill Gulick with illustration by Al Schmidt
  • Folks, Next Door by Barry Stevens with illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • Tale of a Traveler — Short Short by T.F. Healy with large color illustration by Ralph Crawley
  • Million-Dollar Legs by Baird Hall with large color illustration by O.F. Schmidt

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Friday’s Child by Georgette Hayer

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • The Thropp Family

    • EDITORIAL:

  • The Weakness of UNO

    • 1946-08-03 Liberty Magazine Contents August 3, 1946

    1946/08/03 —
    Cover “Lovely Lady” is by Pat Holbrooke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Ten Ways to Labor Peace by Richard P. Doherty
  • Harvard Goes to Market by Will Cloney featuring Harvard football with large photo of coach Dick Harlow
  • The Million-Dollar Squeak by Thomas Newman about Inner Sanctum hosted by Paul McGrath
  • The Great Stampede by Dickson Hartwell
  • Homes for Americans – No. 5 by Darrell Huff
  • Queenmaker by Allen Rankin about bees and the honey industry

    • STORIES:

  • “The Man Who Won the War” by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “The Look in Mama’s Eyes” — Short Short Story by Lucille Graceman with illustration by Glen Thomas
  • Address: Central Park by S.P. Walker with large color illustration by Jay Nourbell
  • The Curse of the Pryors – Conclusion by Frank Bonham with large color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies – “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” starring Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas and Van Heflin with three photos over 2 pages
  • The Thropp Family written by Lawrence Lariar and illustrated by Don Lou

    • EDITORIAL:

  • We Can’t Risk Isolation by Paul Hunter
  • Ad on back cover for Chesterfield features New York Yankees manager Bill Dickey and New York Giants manager Mel Ott

    • 1938-05-14 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/05/14 — Cover painting by Robert C. Kauffmann

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • The American System–Out of Date? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • The Blind Wife From Hollywood by Ruth Waterbury and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • Traffic Incident — Liberty’s Short Short by Edward Doherty
  • Casanova’s Women – Emilie Leaves Her Dagger Behind by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

    • SERIALS:

  • Murder Lady — Part 5 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • Hotel Hostess — Part 7 by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Charles Kinghan

    • ARTICLES:

  • What Hitler Will Do Next by George Sylvester Viereck
  • What Swing Really Does to People by Benny Goodman
  • If Doctors COULD Tell by Dr. “John Salisbury”
  • My Lover Lives by Estelle Calhoun
  • The Inquisition Comes to America by Senator H. Styles Bridges
  • What Happened to Ellis Parker? The Clue of the Audible Corpse by Fred Allhoff
  • Hare or Tortoise Baseball by Hugh Fullerton
  • How to Dress on $500 a Year by Marjorie Hillis
  • Joan Crawford ‘s Secrets – Afraid of Hollywood – The Story of a Star in the Making by Katherine Albert
  • Give Father a Chance!

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • Jumbled Resort Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Ruth Waterbury
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 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

    • 1935-06-01 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1935/06/01 — Cover is credited to Robert C. Kauffmann

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES

  • Can It Be the Spring? by Phylis Duganne and illustrated by Gerald Leake
  • Parthian Shaft by Roger Garis and illustration by Carl Link
  • The Little Room by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • First Impression — A short short story by Frank Leon Smith

    • SERIALS:

  • Crazy to Fight — Part 3 by Major Myron B. Goldsmith and illustrated by Herbert F. Roese
  • Irene, The Stubborn Girl — Part 4 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Frank Swain

    • ARTICLES:

  • Capitalism Won’t Die by H.L. Mencken with cartoon by Rollin Kirby
  • Man Against Woman in Tennis by Helen Hull Jacobs
  • Hollywood Cries “Stop!” by Campbell MacCulloch about Hollywood Extras
  • Human Rays That Kill or Cure by Donald Furthman Wicketts

    • FEATURES:

  • Editorial
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • $5,000 Game of Famous Americans
  • Vox Pop
  • Swift, Satirical, Simple — Movie Reviews by Bevery Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of G-Men with photo of James Cagney and Robert Armstrong
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan

    • 1938-09-24 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/09/24 — Cover painted by Floherty, Jr.

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • What Kind of Jobs Do the Voters Want? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Room Without View by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by J. Henry
  • Free Air From a Taxi Pilot by Bert Green
  • Cupid Coups by Sidney S. Lenz
  • From Worse to Better by Walter Brooks and illustrated by Phil Berry

    • SERIALS:

  • Lose the Woman! — Part 1 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Vincentini
  • Thunder Over Kansas City — Part 2 by Fred Allhoff and illustrated by Stephen Grout
  • The Man in My Life — Part 6 of 6 by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by R.F. Schabelitz
  • Paradise Kate — Part 9 by Achmed Abdullah and Anthony Abbot and illustrated by A.N. Simpkin

    • ARTICLES:

  • Edgar Allan Poe ‘s Lost Short Story — Found at Last! by Edward Doherty about “The Spectacles”
  • Why Akron Is a Ghost City by Former Mayor C. Nelson Sparks
  • The Field Was Afire–And I Prayed by Ella Marie Farmer
  • “Dizzy Dean is a Pop-Off” by Harry T. Brundidge
  • The Incorrigible Corrigan by Bernarr Macfadden is about Douglas Corrigan

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • $1,000 Wisecracks Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of “Four Daughters”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 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–

    • 1937-07-24 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

    • 1937-01-02 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–

    • 1937-08-14 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

    • 1938-04-23 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

    • 1938-02-19 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

    • 1938-09-10 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

    • 1937-08-21 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

    • 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