1939/09 — Cover is a photograph of Jean Ware by Ashman-Selwyn

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Over My Dead Body” is a complete Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout and illustrated by Carl Mueller

SERIALS:

“Golden Lady” — Part 1 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

“Broken Voyage” — Conclusion — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by John Gannam

STORIES:

“Song of a Man” by Hal Borland and illustrated by Frank Hoffman

“Offstage Kiss” by Stewart Beach and illustrated by John La Gatta

“Command!” by Blaine and Jean Dupont Miller and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

The Man Who Forgot — Storiette by Richard Hoffmann with drawing by Robert Gellert

“Let Me Be Free” by Marian Sims

“Hunted Man’ — Vignette — by Devery Freeman

“Labor of Love” by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Inquire of the Sea” by H. Vernor Dixon and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

ARTICLES:

Why Can’t We Live Forever? by Waldemar Kaempffert with drawings by Stevan Dohanos

American Youth Forum Article Awards

You’ve Got to Go After It by Tom Gill

Bob and Martha Take the Stump by Beverly Smith is about Senator and Mrs. Robert Taft

Are Mothers Necessary? by a Father

Making Pilots Out of Bookkeepers by Gordon Gaskill

Smart Girls Don’t by Louise Gardiner

God Bless the Jitterbug by Paul Whiteman

FEATURES:

The Family Money

Along the Way

Reunion Anywhere – Poem

American Youth Forum – 150 Additional Awards

The American Scene

.001 — Poem

Till the Doctor Comes

Interesting People

Cause for Divorce

Word Teasers

Meow! – Poem

The House Detective

America Youth Forum – 500 Honorable Mention Awards

It Takes All Kinds

The Animal Fair

Why Don’t They?

Full-page color ad for The Wizard of Oz

1941/05 — Cover is a color photograph by Thill-Patson.

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“Number 1 Wife” – Complete in this issue — By Thelma Strabel

SERIALS:

“Black Water” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“You Go Your Way” by Katharine Brush

STORIES:

“Generals Make Promises” by H. Vernor Dixon and illustrated by Matt Clark

“From Peak to Peak” by James R. Webb and illustrated by Al Parker

“Little Dog” — Storiette by Mona Gardner

“Retreat” — Short Short by Allan Vaughan Elston

“Waiting for Jerry” by Joseph Laurance Marx and illustrated by Clark Fay

“Snob Sister” by Ruth Lyons

“Coming-Out Party” by Newlin B. Wildes and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

“Turn Table” — Vignette by Stuart Marey

“Blue Roadster” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Lead-Pipe Cinch” — Vignette by Bruce Nelson

ARTICLES:

Six Highways to Happiness by Charles Erwin Wilson

Mr. Wood Goes to Washington by Meyer Berger is about Lord Halifax

Big-Name Hunters by Jerome Beatty

Flivvers froM Hell by Gordon Gaskill

Full House by William A.H. Birnie

Outwitting Japanese Spies by Lieut. Col. H.N. Stent

Let Down and Live! by Miriam Townsend Sweeny

Hack Writer by Ernest Lehman and David Brown is about Eddie Davis

Bat Magic by Clarence Woodbury

How to Send a Telegram by B.D. Barnett

A Farmer Bets a Million by Ashton Hydorn

Our Biggest Bother by Walter F. Wanger

Features:

Along the Way

Scattergood Says

Cause for Divorce

Streamlining the Classics

Interesting People (includes Gene Tierney)

Why Don’t They?

The Animal Fair

It’s the Law!

Double Trouble is a poem by Ogden Nash

1942/06 — Cover is a color photograph by Thill-Patson.

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“Deadly Is the Diamond” — Complete in this issue by Mignon G. Eberhart

SERIALS:

“Night Before the Wedding” — Part 1 of 3 — by Noel Pierce and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

“North to Danger” — Part 3 of 4 — by Tom Gill

STORIES:

“Little Man, Fly High” by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by Earl Cordrey

“Papa, Come Home” by Dunlea Hurley and illustrated by Al Parker

“Nothing to Report” by Richard Sale and illustrated by John Gannam

“The Veteran” — Short Short by Eric Hatch with illustration by Hy Rubin

“A Man for Cousin Emily” by Augusta Tucker and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

“Remember the Good Times” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by Tom Lovell

“It Was Really for Janey” by John Rhodes Sturdy and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos

“Two Were Left” — Storiette by Hugh B. Cave

“Miss Amelia and the President” by Carl Carmer

“The Tease” — Vignette by Edward Stevenson

“The Hiding Place” — Vignette by Constance Hawes

ARTICLES:

In Times Like These by The Editors

How to Win the War by Owen Lattimore

Wild Men from heaven by Don Eddy

What of the Future by Haile Sellassie I – 2-1/2 page article with one small photo of Sellassie

Luck of the Irish — Miniature by Pat O’Brien

San Jose Delivers by William Robinson

I Pilot a Bomber by Liut. Hugh D. Maxwell, Jr.

Quiz Dizzy by Jerome Beatty

The Girl on the Train by Kathryn Cogley

The Corn Is Ripe by William A.H. Birnie

FEATURES:

Interesting People – includes full page for Maria Montez with about two-thirds of that page a color photo

Along the Way

Now They’ve Done It

How’s Your Morale?

Back on Your Feet

Cause for Divorce

Why Don’t They?

It’s the Law!

What’s the Use of Being Good?

Signs of the Times

The American Pulpit

What Do You Do When You Get Mad?

Minutemen

Life’s Little Temptations

1943/02 — Cover is a natural-color photograph by Patston.

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“The Commonado and the Spotted Cow” — Complete in this issue by I.A.R. Wylie

SERIALS:

“Don’t Catch Me” — Part 2 of 3 — by Richard Powell and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson

Star Bright — Conclusion — by Eric Hatch

STORIES:

“Young Wife” by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Harry Anderson

“It Was Always Understood” by Charles Bonner and illustrated by Michael Dolas

“Uniform” — Short Short by Corey Ford and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

“The Saboteur” — Vignette by Dorothy S. Hanson

“Scattergood” by Clarence Budington Kelland

“Birds in the Boughs” by Nelia Gardner White and illustrated by C. George Garland

“Do I Dare to Hope” by Elick Moll and illustrated by Alfred Parker

“Parson Goes to Sea” by Paul Deresco Augsburg and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

“Women Have Their Way” by Sarah Litsey and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Matilda’s Just Fine” — Storiette by G.L. Newell

ARTICLES:

It’s Time to Get Up by William Corbin

Guadalcanal Diary by Lieut. Col. Richard C. Mangrum, USMC

Your Chances for Tires in 1943 by William M. Jeffers

The G.O.P.’s New Stand by Harrison E. Spangler

Girls They Write Home About

He Snatched $3,000,000,000 from Hitler by Sylvia F. Porter featuring Leo Crowley

Battle of the Rails by Beverly Smith

Fun in Bedlam by Jane Wyatt

Teacher’s Pet — Miniature by Joel McCrea

What We Must Do With War Criminals by U.S. Senator Elbert D. Thomas

How to Know Your Comrade In Arms

FEATURES:

Interesting People – includes 2 full pages in color with several photos of Ann Sothern

Letters to the Editor

Signs of the Times

Minutemen

Victory Slogan

Cause for Divorce

Quiz in Quadruplets

The Stars in 1943

Now They’ve Done It

Why Don’t They?

It’s the Law!

Life’s Little Temptations and Other Comics

1943/04 — Cover is a color photograph by Patston, the model is Elaine Bassett.

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“The Case of the Beautiful Body” by Kelley Roos

SERIALS:

“The Enemy Sea” — Part 1 of 3 — by Abraham Polonsky and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Hearth Without Fire” — Part 2 of 3 — by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by John Gannan

STORIES:

“A Thing of Beauty–” by Alberta Hughes Wahl

“This Night We Part” by Elise Taye and illustrated by Harry Anderson

“Manhunt in Tunisia” — A Vignette by Theodore Roscoe

“You Don’t Know Love” by Constance Bestor and illustrated by Ben Stahl

“Trail of Honey” by Robert Hyde

“Virtue and Mr. Fabian” by Sarah Litsey and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“The Very Poor Relations” by Charles Bonner

“His Own People” — Short Short Story by Patrick Welch

“So Many–All Alike” — Storiette by Dale Clark

ARTICLES:

Bloodstains in the Sky by Captain Clyde B. Walker

You’ve Got the British Wrong by Lord Halifax

American Workers Licked Rommel! by Don Eddy

Where is All Our Food Going? by Edward R. Stettinius

Inside France by Gabriel Hacket

Why the Russians Will Never Quit by Maurice Hindus

Tojo’s Nightmare by E.H. Clayton, D.D. and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

I Sing for Bing — Miniature by Mary Martin

Hot Whispers by Jerome Beatty

FEATURES:

Interesting People

Letters to the Editor

Victory Slogan

Cause for Divorce

Minutemen

Signs of the Times

Why Don’t They

Now They’ve Done It

Chinese Checkers

Can You Bring Hitler to Defeat?

Can You Take It?

It’s the Law

Life’s Little Temptations

1942/07 — Cover is a natural color photograph by Selwyn, Ltd.

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“The Wobblefoot” — Complete In This Issue by Dorothy B. Hughes

SERIALS:

“Night Before the Wedding” — Part 2 of 3 — by Noel Pierce

“North to Danger” — Conclusion — by Tom Gill

STORIES:

“Always With Me” by Charles Bonner

“Three on a Match” by Hamlen Hunt

“I’ll Make It Up to You” by Anne Homer Warner

“Hair-Do” — Short Short by Dwight Hutchinson

“The Six Little Words” by M.C. Blackman

“Women Like a Beating” by H. Vernor Dixon

“The Had-Been” by Richard Sherman

“Johnny Comes Marching Home” by Jerome Weidman

“Souvenir” — Storiette by Constance Wagner

“Time to Kill” — Vignette by Lawrence G. Blochman

ARTICLES:

Toughest Job in the War by Gordon Gaskill

What We Are Fighting For by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hot Spot for Heroes

Waste–The Enemy at Home by Senator Harry F. Byrd

How to Get a Commission by Major General James A. Ulio

A Man With Wings by Clarence Woodbury

A City Gets a New Job by Jerome Beatty

FEATURES:

Interesting People

Along the Way

Have You Got What It Takes?

Why Don’t They?

It Happened Overnight

Signs of the Times

It’s the Law!

Johnny On the Spot

Cause for Divorce

Minutemen

Life’s Little Temptations

1943/09 — Cover is a natural color photograph by Paul A Hesse Studio, model is L.L. Jones, JR., USNR

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“The Dead Man’s Tale” — Complete in this Issue by Hugh Pentecost

SERIAL:

“The Blue Vega” — Conclusion by David Garth

STORIES:

“The Rest of Her Life” — Novelette by Helen Bishop

“Dedication” by Jean Dupont Miller

Gift from the Groom by Ann Pinchot

Flight to Destiny by I.A.R. Wylie

Stranger in the Night — Short Short by Loring Dowst

“Don’t Mind So Much’ by Helen Bullard Rydell

“Love Me, Love My Sailor” by Faith Baldwin

“The Heart Has a Secret Place” by Helene Manard

“No Easy Way” — Storiette by Frederick Skerry

Blackmail — Vignette by Mary E. Dunham

ARTICLES:

Yank in a Tank by Staff Sergeant Charles B. Vonder Embse

Can We Let Them Starve? by Herbert H. Lehman

The Girl Who Always Said No by Don Eddy

Ration Robbers by Thomas I. Emerson

How United Nations Must Police the World by Geroge T. Renner

Will You Get Your Job Back? by Paul G. Hoffman

Sweet Dreams and Dynamite by Jack Long is about Frank Sinatra

Are We Losing Our Freedom? by U.S. Senator Harry Byrd

Science Predicts the Future by Edward Russell Dewey

Bequests on the Battlefield by Leo P. Dorsey

Guns We’re Training on Hitler by Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell

FEATURES:

Interesting People – Includes full-page about Dorothy McGuire with color photo at top and text underneath

Letters to the Editor

Why Don’t They?

Minutemen

Silver Wings

Twenty Twizzlers

Johnny-on-the-Spot

Cause for Divorce

Now They’ve Done It

It’s the Law!

Signs of the Times

Which of Your Eyes is Boss?

Are Your Wordly Wise?

What Hitler Has Cost the World

Winning the War With Susie

1943/05 — Cover is a natural color photograph by Selwyn, Ltd. of Joan Caulfield

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

SHORT NOVEL:

“The Corpse Was Beautiful” — Complete in this issue by Hugh Pentecost

SERIALS:

“North to Danger” — Part 2 of 4 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Saul Tepper

“Wild Island” — Conclusion by H. Vernor Dixon

STORIES:

“The Lady Goes Round and Round by Theodore Tinsley and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“I’ll Never Forgive You” by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and illustrated by Harry Anderson

Not Made for Marriage by Anne Homer Warner and illustrated by Matt Clark

No Change — Vignette by Margaret Lee Runbeck

Remember in Spring — Short Short by Eleanor Green

Torch in the Night by Bertram B. Fowler and illustrated by Harvey Dunn

Ransom Note — Storiette by Mindret Lord

Coldriver Crime Wave by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey

Hot Water by Robert Donaldson and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

The Thunder of Silence by James Street and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

Critique — Vignette

ARTICLES:

How to Get Along Under Fire by Guardsman Patrick Tivey

Ships! Ships! Ships! by Rear Admiral Emory S. Land

Smoking Out Jap Spies by Don Eddy

Can You Be Hypnotized? by J.B. Griswold

Goldbrick Brigade by Top Sergeant A. Mays

Put Your Best Fault Forward by Rose Marie Bourdillon

It Ain’t Hay by John F. Coggswell

Feeding Baseball’s Wonder Boy by Jerome Beatty features Lou Boudreau

Money in Your Salt Shaker by Games Slayter

One Brave Yank by Gordon Gaskill

Pacific Springboard by Henry C. Wolfe

How You Look to the Japs by Frederick L. Hamilton

FEATURES:

Interesting People – Includes full-page about Mitchell Leisen with color photo at bottom and text above

Along the Way

Minutemen

Are You a Sucker for Propaganda?

Ten Keys to Charm

Why Don’t They?

Cause for Divorce

Johnny-on-the-Spot

Private Correspondence

Signs of the Times

The American Pulpit

It’s the Law!

Life’s Little Temptations

1938/03 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler.

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

SHORT NOVEL:
Complete in this Issue

“Meet the Girls” by Albert Treynor and Jeff Moffitt and illustrated by Floyd Davis

STORIES:

“Too Many Cooks” — Part I of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

“Broadway Girl Goes Fishing” by Beatrice Thorne and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Lisa Vale” — Part II by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam

“Imitation of Love” by Evelyn Herrick Von Horne and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Scattergood Starts a Revolution” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan

“One in Every Family” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Revival Meeting” –An American Storiette — by Eleanor Griggs Thompson and illustrated by James Schucker

“Flight” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Edwin Henry

“Good-by, Ten Thousand Bucks!” by Paul Deresco Augsberg and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

“A Job to Do” by Kimball Herrick

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Labor’s Overlords by Richard L. Neuberger is about Harry Bridges and Dave Beck

Double Trouble by Arthur Bartlett is about twins

“Where’s the Fire?” by Philip Boyer, Jr.

Gun-Crazy by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Riley Cooper

Youth’s Opportunity

A Good Skate by John Kieran is about Karl Schaefer

Singing City by Thomas Sugrue is about Charleston, SC

Justice — Editorial — by William H. Moran

FACTS AND FANCY:

Would You Go to Hollywood?

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Why Don’t They?

Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving

Interesting People — One-page each with large photo and text featuring Rex Stout and a few others

Vocab-O-Gram

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

An American Test

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Along the Way

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The Dionne Quintuplets illustrated by J.W. Hawkins for Karo Syrup, Joan Bennett in color for Wrigley’s Double Mint Gum, and an ad for Ovaltine on the back cover.

1938/04 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler.

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

SHORT NOVEL:
Complete in this Issue

“Two Can Sing” by James M. Cain and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

STORIES:

“Too Many Cooks” — Part II by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

“Gray Gull” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Portrait of an Artist” by Will F. Jenkins and illustrated by Mario Cooper

“Rich Man’s Ride” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Alfred Parker

“Big Fella” is a baseball story by Richard Connell and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Lisa Vale” — Part III by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam

“Blank Interlude” — An American Storiette — by H. Thompson Rich and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

“Drive Slowly in Eden” by Maxine McBride and illustrated by John H. Crosman

“Love Me, Love My Horse” by Frank Mitchell Dazey and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Off Stage” by Herbert Dalmas and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“Dunce Cap” — An American Vignette — by Edward J. Kyne

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

So You Want to Get Married? by Ernest R. Groves

King Cotton Himself by Beverly Smith is about Will Clayton

Let’s Reward Safe Drivers by Earnest Elmo Calkins

Jasper Goes to Town by Webb Waldron

Youth Finds Its Feet

My Husband is a Detective

Leadership — Editorial by Virginia C. Gildersleeve

Where Giants Sleep by Thomas Sugrue

FACTS AND FANCY:

Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving

Why Don’t They

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Will Your Children Avoid Your Mistakes?

Do You Know Your $10 Words?

How to Buy Intelligently

Interesting People — a large photo and text featuring James M. Cain, Maria Savage and a few others

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

An American Test

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Your Best Friend Wouldn’t Treat You Like That by John S. Phillips

Along the Way

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The Dionne Quintuplets illustrated for Karo Syrup, Budweiser ad featuring color photo of the Grand Canyon, and Claudette Colbert for Lucky Strike Cigarettes on the back cover.

1938/05 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Where Is Ann?” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

STORIES:

“What Price Story!” by Max Brand and illustrated by Matt Clark

Mr. Burton Is Busy” by Devery Freeman and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Winner Takes Two” by Ron Broom and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

The Plumber in the Parlor” by Elizabeth Troy and illustrated by Edwin Henry

Jane and June of Arc by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Too Many Cooks” — Part 3 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

“Lisa Vale” — Part 4 — by Olive HIggins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam

“Brand-New Woman” by Doug Welch and illustrated by Floyd Davis

“One Road Will Be Rough” by Lenora Mattingly Weber and illustrated by Matt Clark

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Wild West by J.B. Griswold is about fun times in Nevada

The Defense Never Rests by Beverly Smith is about Sam Leibowitz

Your Chance in Movies by Jerome Beatty

New Awards for Youth

Man of the Mist by Borden Chase is about Captain Hardy Smith

Double Dealers in Dope by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about Judah and Isaac Ezra

Snap It! by Frank Clay Cross

Fish Stories by Commander T.B. Thompson, U.S.N.

Choice – Editorial by Ray Lyman Wilburn

FACT AND FANCY:

Vocab-O-Gram

HOw to Buy Intelligently

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Are You A Leader? by Eleanor Early

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Cause for Divorce by Jay Irving

Why Don’t They?

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities — Includes Judy Garland with a 7-1/2″ X 9″ head to toe photo of Garland in green-tone and text underneath about the 14-year-old star

Along the Way

1938/06 — Cover is a photograph by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Write Your Own Ticket” by David Garth and illustrated by Alfred Parker

SERIALS:

“Lisa Vale” — Conclusion by Olive Higgins Prouty and illustrated by John Gannam

“Too Many Cooks” — Part 4 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

STORIES:

“Heaven to Earth” by Blaine and Jean Dupont Miller and illustrated by Tom Lovell

“Dear Victory” by Josephine Bentham and illustrated by Edwin Henry

“Pawn Takes Bishop” – $1,000 Prize Story — by Gayle W. Maile and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Ring on Her Finger” by Charles H. Hoffman and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Handsome Stranger” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

“Girls Without Gold” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by George Howe

“Ladies Go Last” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Hearts on the Mend” by Louise Skene and illustrated by John LaGatta

ARTICLES:

California Racket Buster by Joseph O. Riznik is about Clifford E. Clinton

Diagnosing the Doctors by Beverly Smith

Youth at the Wheel by Webb Waldron

I’ve Stopped Killing for Money by Lieut. Orrin Dwight Bell

Wake Up Singing by Doron K. Antrim and illustrated by D.B. Holcomb

“Strange Ways to Make a Living” by Jerome Beatty

The King of Bandits by J. Edgar Hoover with Courtney Ryley Cooper about Bill Hale

It’s In the Bag by Gene Sarazen

Youth Awaits the Verdict

Family – Editorial by Senator Arthur Capper

FEATURES:

How to Buy Intelligently

It’s Examination Time

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Why Don’t They?

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities – Includes a 7″ X 9″ brown-toned photo of 22-Year Old Orson Welles with brief accompanying write-up above the photo

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

“A Husband Rebels” is a poem by Berton Braley

Along the Way

1938/07 — Cover is a photograph of Jinx Falkenberg by Paul Hesse

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Storm on the Island” by Steve Fisher and illustrated by Matt Clark

SERIALS:

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 1 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

“Too Many Cooks” — Part 5 of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

STORIES:

“Star Bright” by Charles Bonner and illustrated by Tom Lovell

“Robin Hill” by Phylis Duganne and illustrated by Norman Rockwell inlcuding a full-page illustration

“Cheerio!” by Margaret Craven

“Buzz Meets a Mammoth” by Beverly Smith and illustrated by George Howe

“Thanks for the Accident” by Janet Adams and illustrated by John Gannam

“To Meet My Wife” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

“She Always Said No” by David William Moore and illustrated by Mario Cooper

ARTICLES:

The Parole Racket by Martin Mooney

The Mormons Find a Way by Richard L. Neuberger

Announcement — Jim Farley’s Own Story

Mervyn of the Movies by Jerome Beatty is about Mervyn LeRoy

Keeper of the Middle Road by John Janney is about Lewis W. Douglas

Gadget Gold by Weldon Melick and illustrated by Gluyas Williams

Dixie’s Mother Confessor by James Street

What Ever Became Of …? by Gerald O’Mahaney

Daring — Editorial by William H. Danforth

You Can Trust the Public by Robert Moses

FEATURES:

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

The American Youth Forum

How to Buy Intelligently

Should We Have Wedding Exams?

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Why Don’t They?

Are You A Practical Person

Along the Way

1938/08 — Cover is a photograph of Jinx Falkenberg by Paul Hesse

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Marry In Haste” by Edward Hope and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

SERIALS:

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

“Too Many Cooks” — Conclusion (Part 5) of a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

STORIES:

“Matchmaker’s Holiday” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Edwin Henry

“Prisoner’s Base” by Rebecca Stevenson and illustrated by James Schucker

“Heavy Static” by Jonathan Eldridge with illustration by Norman Rockwell

“Small Though They Be” by Earl Reed Silvers and illustrated by Matt Clark

“A Little Praise, Please!” by Libbie Block and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Boss of the Roaring” by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Tom Lovell

ARTICLES:

Selling Roosevelt to the Party by James A. Farley

A Dog’s Life in Hollywood by J.B. Griswold is about Skippy, the dog who reached fame in Hollywood under the name of Asta – with small photos of Asta, William Powell, Myrna Loy, as well as Asta’s trainers Mr. and Mrs. Henry East

Paroles Over the Counter by Martin Mooney

Speaking of Shrinking Violets by James Street about Grover Whalen and the New York World’s Fair

Horse and Buggy Days by John Kieran is about Harness Racing

A Rainbow With a Million Ends by Charles B. Driscoll

Courtesy – Editorial by Oscar G. Olander

FEATURES:

Youth Forum Announcement

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities – includes a 7-1/2″ X 8-1/2″ brown-toned photo of Gene Krupa with text about him underneath

Vocab-O-Gram

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

$1,000 More or Less

Why Don’t They?

Along the Way

1938/09 — Cover is a photograph of Florine McGuire by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Dancing Co-Ed” by Albert Treynor and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

SERIALS:

“Firebrand” — Part 1 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 2 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

STORIES:

“If You Want Me” by Natalie Shipman and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

“Remember the Night” by Rita Weiman and illustrated by John LaGatta

“The Jilting” by Lenora Mattingly Weber and illustrated by Carl Mueller

“Let’s Celebrate” by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

“They Walked Behind Him” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“All of My Life” by Dale Eunson and illustrated by Pruett Carter

ARTICLES:

American Youth Forum Awards by John Dungan

Patronage and the New Deal by James A. Farley

Churchmen Crusade Against Capitalism by Arthur Bartlett

The Kid from 43rd Street by Beverly Smith is about Eamon de Valera, Prime Minister of Ireland

Six Men in Sneakers by Stanley Frank features a photo of the six-man high school football team of Roslyn, Long Island

“What! No Square Wheels?” by JOseph Q. Riznik

Expression – Editorial by Lauritz Melchoir

FEATURES:

Vocab-O-Gram

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

Why Don’t They?

Does It Pay to Be Thrifty?

Along the Way

An ad for Double-Mint gum features a color image of Sonja Henie

1938/10 — Cover is a photograph of Carol Chadwick and an English Setter by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “Bermuda Grapevine” by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Carl Mueller

SERIALS:

“Firebrand” — Part 2 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 4 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

STORIES:

“Captain’s Boy” by Paul Deresco Augsburg and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Hollywood Legend” by Vivien R. Bretherton and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

“We, the Living” by Highie Call and illustrated by Edwin Henry

“Hard Little Job” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Fair Play” – An American Vignette – by Alfred Hart

“The Gewgaw House” by Ann Morse and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

“Revenge is Sweet” by Helen Dick Davis and illustrated by John LaGatta

ARTICLES:

They’ve Got Taxes by the Tail by James Street

Desert Doctor by Jerome Beatty is about Dr. Paul W. Harrison

Taking the Raps by James A. Farley

Screwballs by John Kiernan, colorful stories about World Series from the past

The America I Want – Winner of the American Youth Forum Grand Award – by Leon G. Lenkoff

Is Your Dog in Style? by Earl Sparling and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

Crime’s Paymaster by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about dope czar Big Bill Hildebrandt

Destiny – Editorial by Harry Allen Overstreet

FEATURES:

Vocab-O-Gram

Why Don’t They?

What Worries You Most?

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Along the Way

500 Honorable Mention Awards — American Youth Forum

1938/11 — Cover is a photograph of Bunny Hartley by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “The Falcon Strikes” by Drexel Drake and illustrated by Tom Lovell

SERIALS:

“Firebrand” — Part 3 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Part 5 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

STORIES:

“The Pursuer” by Corey Ford and illustrated by John LaGatta

“Payday” by Clyde Brion Davis and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Monkey Business” – An American Storiette – by Edward R. Sammis and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

“Saturday Hero” by Herbert Dalmas and illustrated by John R. Holmgren

“The Conqueror” by Edith Barnard Delano and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

“Gay Lady” – An American Vignette – by Barbara Burns

“Dancing Filly” by Odgers T. Gurnee and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“Swords at Weehawken” by Leonard Falkner with a full-page color illustration by Norman Rockwell

ARTICLES:

The Sinus Racket by Martin Ross, M.D.

Youth Forum Announcement Capital + Labor + Profit Sharing = ? by Senator A.H. Vandenberg

Battles Within the Party by James A. Farley

Dope Dynasty by Courtney Ryley Cooper

An American Helps Italy Over the Hurdles by Jerome Beatty is about Coach Boyd Comstock

4,000,000 Covered Wagons by William E. Frazer

I Was Afraid of My Boss by Leonard Jost

Plenty of Room in Heaven by Gustav Eckstein

Experiment – Editorial by Orson Welles

FEATURES:

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Vocab-O-Gram

I Wish My Parents Wouldn’t–

What Worries You Most?

Why Don’t They?

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –

Is There a Doctor In the House?

The House Detective by Roger B. Whitman

Along the Way

1938/12 — Cover is a photograph of Dorothy Temple by Victor Keppler

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

SHORT NOVEL:

Complete in this Issue — “The Red Bull” is a complete Nero Wolfe Story by Rex Stout and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

SERIALS:

“Firebrand” — Part 4 — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Dean Cornwell

“For Beauty’s Sake” — Conclusion (Part 6) — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Alfred Parker

STORIES:

“Hail and Farewell” by Williston Rich and illustrated by Pruett Carter

“You Need A Man!” by John Reid Byers and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

“Queer Quarter” – An American Storiette – by Frances Warfield and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

“Woman Trouble” by Eleanor Arnett Nash and illustrated by John LaGatta

“Staying Over” – An American Vignette – by Paul Ernst

“Time Stood Still” by J.G.E. Hopkins and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

“Sky Rider” by Jim Crang and Winston Norman and illustrated by Matt Clark

“Forever Yours” by Earl Reed Silvers and illustrated by Tom Lovell

ARTICLES:

Family Doctor by Joseph Ambrose Jerger, M.D.

Mystery of the Billions by Beverly Smith

Fill ‘er Up? by George F. Homan with William A.H. Birnie

The American Youth Forum

The Making of a Politician by James A. Farley

Scattergood in Real Life by Paul T. Sturges

Mother of Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about Mrs. Lucy “Ma” Beland

The Face is Familiar by Eloise Sterling

Sharing – Editorial by Norman H. Davis

FEATURES:

It Takes All Kinds by Albert Benjamin

Why Don’t They?

Interesting People – 12 Colorful Personalities –

It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman

Along the Way

1946/05 — Cover is a natural color photograph of Jerry Courtney by Patston

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

NOVELS:

The Intruder by James Aswell and illustrated by Pruett Carter

Murder on Tuesday — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Jane Huttenloch

STORIES:

Optioned Blonde by Henry Beetle Hough with color illustration by Mario Cooper

The Stone Trees by Nancy Shores and illustrated by George Hughes

Scattergood Greets a Hero by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey

Kill Shot — Short Short by Peter Packer

Consuelo by Margaret Cousins and illustrated by Frederic Varady

The House That Was Lost by Anne Homer Warner and illustrated by Ben Stahl

Marriage for Three by Charles Bonner and illustrated by Fred Freeman

Blackout — Vignette by Dorothy Davis

The Trap — Storiette by Sewell Peaslee Wright

ARTICLES:

Truman’s First Year by Beverly Smith

The Spy Who Double-Crossed Hitler by J. Edgar Hoover

The Veterans’ One-Man Lobby by Clarence Woodbury

Baseball’s Biggest Scramble by Jim Burchard about wartime players returning to the bigs

My Husband Won’t Let Me by Joan Edwards

The World Has Too Many People by Guy Irving Burch

Are You As Smart As Your Dog? by Dr. Leon F. Whitney

Gadgets Galore by Frederick G. Brownell

Does Heredity Make You What You Are? by Arthur Kornhauser, Ph.D.

It’s in the Bag by James Gordon

FEATURES:

Interesting People, includes color photo of William Castle

Letters to the Editor

The Food Front

Why Don’t They?

People You Could Murder

Word Golf

How Do You Meet Life?

Signs of the Times

By the Way

It’s the Law! and other distinctive comics

1948/11 — Cover is a painting by Barbara Schwinn

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

NOVELS:

An Invasion of Privacy by Katherine Albert and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn

Omit Flowers — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout with illustration by Thornton Utz

STORIES:

Do I Love You? by Elizabeth Stowe and illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

Love Breaks a Record — Short Short Story by Roy Erickson with illustration by Wesley Snyder

Run, Bachelor, Run by Nord Riley and illustrated by Lonnie Bee

The Answer by William Fay and illustrated by Walter Skor

Man About Home by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Austin Briggs

Window Dressing — Vignette by S.I. Kishor

Attorney at Sea by Albert Richard Wetjen and illustrated by Geoffrey Riggs

A Way Out by Charles Robbins and illustrated by J. Kenelous

Painless — Storiette by MacKinlay Kantor with illustration by Bill Baker

ARTICLES:

You Have a 6th Sense by Dr. Willis R. Whitney

How Strong Are We? by U.S. Senator Raymond E. Baldwin

Town Meetings on the Rhine by Gordon Gaskill

We Let Out Daughter Go to Hollywood by Dale Eunson

He Pushes the Earth Around by Jack Long

Who Cares What Time It Is? by Roy Barclay Hodges

Why Feed This Brute? by Edwin T. Connell

The DP’s Discover America by Paul E. Deutschman

FEATURES:

Interesting People

By the Way

Letters to the Editor

Food Front

Why Don’t They?

Now They’ve Done It

Life’s Little Problems

It’s the Law!

Welding Words

Life’s Little Miracles

Check That Impulse! and other distinctive comics

1949/07 — Cover is a painting by Walter Baumhofer

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

NOVELS:

Slattery’s Hurricane by Herman Wouk and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka — The basis for the 1949 film of the same title which starred Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, and Veronica Lake

The Stranger In the Car — Mystery by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

STORIES:

The Pushover by Nicholas Breckenridge and illustrated by Larry Kritcher

Message for Mary — Short Short Story by Charles Green and illustrated by Walter Skor

Night in the Big Swamp by John Randolph Phillips and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

Patient One — Vignette by Gerald Mygatt

The Irresistible Liar by Jean C. Becket and illustrated by Frederic Varady

Blue Moon Tonight by Eve Burkhardt and illustrated by Vincent Guise

Tokyo Trader by Norbert Fagan and illustrated by Haines Hall

Scattergood Promotes a Dream by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Earl Cordrey

Miracle in Ward B by Ann Gibbons and illustrated by Vincent Guise

Hi, Goddess! — Storiette by Muriel Roy Bolton

ARTICLES:

What America Means to Me by Sou Chan

Six Nights in a Madhouse by Tom Bernard about Spike Jones and his City Slickers

How to Put the G.O.P. on Its Feet by Governor Val Peterson

Teamwork for Defense by Secretary Louis Johnson

Headaches on the Hoof by Don Eddy

Which Is the House for You? by Ethel Waring, Ph.D.

How to Go Into Business by Charles F. Hughitt

Backstage at the Give-Aways by Jerome Beatty about radio quiz shows with photo of Bert Parks

FEATURES:

Interesting People, includes color page featuring Geraldine Brooks

By the Way

Letters to the Editor

Why Don’t They?

Food Front

Now They’ve Done It

What’s in a Name?

It’s the Law!

Life’s Little Problems

Check That Impulse!

Family Money

Life’s Little Miracles and other distinctive comics

1949/08 — Cover is a painting by Scott Evans

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

NOVELS:

I Am Still Alive by Edward Hope and illustrated by Fredric Varady

Murder for the President’s Purse — Mystery by Hugh Pentecost and illustrated by James Bingham

STORIES:

Speak to Me, Darling by Scott Young and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

Murderess by Dorothy Curnow Handley and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

One More Chance by Belva Plain and illustrated by Wesley Snyder

Toro by Robert Carse and illustrated by Tom Lovell

This Is Magic by Francis K. Allan and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

Sole Mates — Vignette by Eddie Forester

Do Not Disturb — Short Short Story by Allan Vaughan Elston with illustration b y J. Frederick Smith

The Sitter and the Socker by Judson Philips and illustrated by Lonnie Bee

Anniversary — Storiette by Octavus Roy Cohen

ARTICLES:

You Have 20 Chances to My One by Charles G Willoughby

We Can Give Away Too Much by U.S. Senator George W. Malone

Don’t Shoot, Ma! by Roy Rogers – with two color photos of Rogers, one on Trigger and one with his family

I Owe My Life to the Atom Bomb by I.S. Randall

Travelers Tell All by Hubert Kelley

How to Pick a Perfume by Philip C. Smith

We’re on the Road to Bankruptcy by U.S. Senator harry F. Byrd

You Can Write It Down… by V.K. Zworykin, Ph.D.

FEATURES:

Interesting People, includes color page featuring starlet Betty Garrett

By the Way

Letters to the Editor

Why Don’t They?

Letters to the Editors

Food Front

Now They’ve Done It

Life’s Little Problems

Can You Outsmart a Cat?

Life’s Little Miracles

It’s the Law!

Family Problems

Check That Impulse! and other distinctive comics

1951/02 — Cover is a painting by Peter Stevens

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

NOVELS:

Border Bride by William S. and R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

The Cop Killer — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Thornton Utz

STORIES:

Stars In Her Eyes by Hannah Smith and illustrated by Perry Peterson

The Enemies by Cecilia Bartholomew and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

Remember Me — Short Short by Elizabeth Ellen Glancy

Woman Trader by Hal G. Evarts and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

Second Place by Doris Hume

Enough for Happiness by D.D. Beauchamp and illustrated by Michael

A Man’s a Fool — Vignette by Marjorie Carter

Kid With a Grin by Don Tracy with full page illustration by Ernest Chiriaka

Scenic Route — Storiette by Dale Clark

ARTICLES:

If I Were Twenty-One by Clarence Birdseye

How America’s Cities Prepare for Defense by James J. Wadsworth

Vacation Afloat by Cornelius F. Cronin, Jr.

Why Doesn’t Somebody Kill Stalin? by Ellsworth Raymond

Down the Maine Hatch by Don Eddy

I Sent My Wife to Vassar by Vance Packard

Fun, Money and Box Tops by Jerome Beatty

FEATURES:

Interesting People – An album of successful American Living

Letters to the Editors

Charlie’s Hidden Assets

Food Front

Life’s Little Problems

Now They’ve Done It!

Why Don’t They?

How Well Do You Know Sports?

1951/08 — Cover is a painting by Lonnie Bee

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

NOVELS:

Something for the Guy by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

See No Evil — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — by Rex Stout and illustrated by Thornton Utz

STORIES:

The Big Gimmick — Storiette by Elizabeth Pennell

Served Him Right by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Perry Peterson

Sea Trap by Rogers Terrill

The Ornamental Hen by Edna H. Strachan and illustrated by Art Seiden

The Iron Key by Frank Russell Samuel and illustrated by George Garland

That Blake Family by Anne Homer Warner and illustrated by Mauro Scali

Double Entry — Vignette by James Robert

Watch My Smoke — Short Short by Allan R. Bosworth with illustration by Tommy Shoemaker

ARTICLES:

New Frontiers for the Human Spirit — Editorial

The Doctors Clean House by Alice Lake with Willard Mullin illustration

Most Dangerous Year of Marriage by Emily Hartshorne Mudd

He Gives Away His Millions by Steve King

Jet Ride to Tomorrow by Vance Packard

Vacation in the Park by Roul Tunley

We Are Counting on the Women by Tom Bernard

More Fun Than a Picnic by Don Eddy

Glass–The New Magic in Your Home by Jerome Beatty

Tips on Your Trip by Roy Barclay Hodges about tipping while on vacation

FEATURES:

Interesting People – An album of successful American Living, includes photo of Harry James

Letters to the Editors

Life’s Little Problems

Why Don’t They?

Welding Words

American Buy-Ways

Directory of Schools and Colleges

When You Travel

Why I Want To Visit New York – Award Winner

Fabulous Figures

Family Problems

It’s the Law! and Other Entertaining Comics

1955/03 — Cover is a photograph by Joseph Ruston

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

ARTICLES:

By the Way by The Editor

How Safe Is Your Youngster? by J. Edgar Hoover

Million-Dollar Boquet by Steve King

Good School Are Worth Fighting For by Jacqueline T. Leonhard

Around America by Rail by Don Eddy

From Newsboy to Governor by Robert B. Meyner

I’ve Been Framed by Leonard Falkner

Why Motorists Get Into Trouble by Ralph Anderson

Taxco: Jewel City of Mexico by Philip Spelman

NOVELS:

Caged by Belva Plain and illustrated by Peter Stevens

The Curse of Sablier Island – Mystery by Gordon Gaskill and illustrated by Ben Stahl

STORIES:

How’s Mr. Gilhooley? – Storiette by Zoa Sherburne with illustration by Frank Ingoglia

Cross My Heart by John Toland and illustrated by Perry Peterson

Sting of the Lance by George Carousso and illustrated by Arthur Lidov

How Can I Forget You? by I.A.R. Wylie with illustration by Robert Patterson

Think in Mink — Short Short Story by James Robert with illustration by Bill Johnson

FEATURES:

Letters Across the Editors’ Desk

Movies of the Month

Funny Side of the Street

The Open Door

Today’s Fabulous Figures

Why Don’t They?

Interesting People, includes 2-page Nancy and Carol Heiss feature

Now They’ve Done It!

Help for Your House

Twist a Word

Globe-Trotting Trudy

Directory of School and Camps

Private Punky

It’s the Law!