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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

    • 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

    • 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–

    • 1937-01-02 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–

    • 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

    • 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