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    Youth’s Companion Combined with The American Boy [Vol. 108 No. 2, February 1934] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, 44pp, 10½″ x 14″, cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) []
    Details supplied by John Boston.
    • 3 · The Helmet of Pluto · Carl H. Claudy · ss
    • 7 · Hide-Rack Stands By [Hide-Rack the collie] · Glenn Balch · ss
    • 9 · The Golden Trap · James B. Hendryx · ss; chasing a fugitive in Canada.
    • 12 · Integrity · Barry Scobee · ss; looks like a Western detective story.
    • 14 · Balance!—An Interview with Bob Hess · Franklin M. Reck · iv; “Every Good Wrestler Has It”.
    • 15 · Marines’ Hymn; Lyrics by Air Corps · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss; appears to be an imperialist epic of the U.S. Marines in Haiti.
    • 18 · Death and I · W. D. Vermilyea · pm
    • 18 · Friendly Talks with the Editor · [uncredited] · ed
    • 19 · Tip-Off · Franklin M. Reck · ss; looks like a basketball detective story.
    • 22 · Larry Marsh, Packer [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl; a romance of Capitalism; guy inherits a defunct sardine factory, decides to reopen it in the face of unscrupulous competition. One illustration is captioned: “The red hair began to bristle. ’Mr. Keene, I’ve come all the way from Maine to interest you in a sardine with a new flavor.’”.
    • 27 · Those Bell-Ringing Fish! · H. W. Bush · ar; quarter-page squib about ice fishing, in which bells are part of the technology.
    • 28 · A Cheerful Word · Florence Scripps Kellogg · pm
    • 38 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lc; “Conducted by Pluto the Office Pup”.
    • 39 · Hail the Prize-Winners! · [uncredited] · ms
    • 39 · The American Boy Contest · [uncredited] · cn; write an essay on “The Thing I Wish I Could Do Well.”
    • 40 · Stamps in the Day’s News · Kent B. Stiles · cl
    • 43 · Funnybone Ticklers · Various · hu

    Youth’s Companion Combined with The American Boy [Vol. 109 No. 3, March 1935] (The Sprague Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 44pp, 10½″ x 13½″) []
    Details supplied by John Boston.
    • 3 · Wind in the Rigging [Part ? of ?; Tod Moran] · Howard Pease · sl
    • 6 · Fitzsimmons’ Shift · Oliver DeWitt Shank · ss; a boxing story.
    • 9 · Wolves · F. M. Tibbott · ss; “A Story of Cowboys and Bawling Cattle”.
    • 12 · Steve Merrill, Engineer [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl; about an electrical engineer who is forced to turn detective.
    • 15 · You Can Make Money Gardening—IF · Harry R. O’Brien · ar
    • 16 · Friendly Talks with the Editor · [uncredited] · ed
    • 16 · Prairie Shack · Queena Davison Miller · pm
    • 17 · Fresh Water Irish · Capt. Barney Buntline · ss; a nautical story, set on the Great Lakes, Duluth to Thunder Bay.
    • 20 · Outbound to Jupiter · Peter van Dresser · ss
    • 23 · Win a Free Trip on the Normandie · [uncredited] · cn
    • 32 · Originality Counts! · C. C. Harrington · ms; filler? short squib about a kid who won an advertising contest.
    • 33 · We’re Going to Alaska! · [uncredited] · ms; short feature about trip being organized by magazine.
    • 34 · They Won Cash Prizes · [uncredited] · ms; results of earlier contest.
    • 35 · They Work with Junk · Robert C. Hill · ar; short feature about high school students who make useful articles out of items rescued from dump.
    • 37 · Bill Brown Started Something! · William Wolf · ar; short feature about high school student who invented gasoline-powered model airplane.
    • 40 · Stamps · [uncredited] · cl
    • 43 · Funnybone Ticklers · Various · hu

    Youth’s Companion Combined with The American Boy [Vol. 110 No. 3, March 1936] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 44pp, 10½″ x 13¾″, cover by William Heaslip) []
    Details supplied by John Boston.
    • 3 · The Devil Wagon · Howard M. Brier · ss; “A Six-Alarm Story of Rolling Pumpers and Screaming Sirens.”
    • 6 · The Gawk · Franklin M. Reck · ss; swimming story.
    • 9 · The Betrayal of Broadknife [Douglas Renfrew] · Laurie York Erskine · ss
    • 12 · Night Raid · Captain Carl von Hoffman · ar; leopard hunting with dogs! Yuck!
    • 13 · They’re Cutting Cake! · Upton Close · ar; an article about colonialism! Worldwide, including Asia as well as Africa, hence the cover. Blurb: “The ruling nations! They’re bickering over who is to profit from the lands and labor of subject people. Subject races! They’re asking themselves why others should rule them.” Upton Close is a pseudonym of Josef Washington Hall, who formerly signed his journalistic dispatches “Up Close.”
    • 14 · The Infra-Red Destroyers [Part 2 of 4; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl
    • 18 · Friendly Talks with the Editor · [uncredited] · ed
    • 18 · Song of the Builders · Jessie Wilmore Murton · pm
    • 19 · Gun Shy · Robb White, III · ss; a midshipman conquers fear of turret explosions.
    • 22 · Gold! · [uncredited] · ar; promotion of cruise to Alaska.
    • 27 · Roberts Weathered the Storm · E. van Deusen · ar; guy puts himself through college cheap by living in the North Woods and taking correspondence courses.
    • 28 · He Herded 3,000 Reindeer · Robert C. Hill · ar
    • 30 · They Co-operate · Warner Ogden · ar; the Norris, Tenn., Youth Labor Co-Operative.
    • 35 · He’s Dog Derby Champion · Alma Riggle · ar
    • 38 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lc; info on Robb White.
    • 39 · Funnybone Ticklers · Various · hu
    • 40 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl

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