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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

    • 1937-08-14 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

    • 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