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The American Magazine [v147 #3, March 1949] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 25¢, quarto, cover by Alex Ross) []
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4 · By the Way · Various · cl

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

12 · Food Front · Various · cl

14 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

16 · Now They’ve Done It · [uncredited] · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Various · cl

21 · Tomorrow Is a New Day · Bob Hope · ar

22 · Just Before the Wedding · Josephine Bentham · ss

24 · Why You Are Safer in Milwaukee · Jerome Beatty · ar

26 · Katie Hath Charms · Nell O’Day · vi

28 · Stand-By Swenson · Fred Lane · ss

30 · Where Do You Take Your Troubles? · Smiley Blanton, M.D. · ar

32 · How to Pick a Dog · Blanche Saunders · ar

34 · Bachelor Beware · Luelle & Philip Clark · ss

36 · Trash or Treasure? · Sigmund Rothschild · ar

38 · That Unpredictable Look · Isabella Taves · ss

40 · Prom Girl · Lee Rogow · vi

42 · What’s Keeping Prices Up · U.S. Representative Jacob K. Javits · ar

44 · Scattergood and the Fiery Zealot [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

46 · Everybody’s Neighbor · Jack Long · ar

48 · Mother Means Well · Brooke Hanlon · ss

50 · Diamond Theives · Arthur Daley · ar

52 · Private Affair · Oscar Schisgall · na

56 · The Dangerous Type · Joseph Millard · vi

65 · Welding Words · Various · pz

72 · It’s the Law! · [uncredited] · ct

90 · Life’s Little Miracles · Various · cl

93 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

116 · Check That Impulse! · Various · cl

126 · Souvenir Slaphappy · Various · ms

132 · Terrible! · John Golden · ar

142 · The Third Man · Graham Greene · na

The American Magazine [Vol. CXLVII Number 4, April 1949] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 25¢, 160pp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) []
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2 · Picture of the Month: Little Women · [uncredited] · cl

4 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

12 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

14 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

16 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

19 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

21 · Pioneers Next Door · William Drake · ar; illustrated by Euclid Shook

22 · Walk on Tiptoe · Marjorie Carter · ss; illustrated by Robert Patterson

24 · European Recovery…Will You Get Your Money’s Worth? · Paul G. Hoffman; as told to Frederick G. Brownell · ar

26 · The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep · Paul Kunasz · vi; illustrated by Francis Chase

28 · No One but You · Eustace Cockrell · ss; illustrated by Austin Briggs

30 · What’s Going On Inside Russia · Vance Packard · ar; illustrated by Willard Mullin

32 · Toe Hold in Television · Wayne Amos · ar

34 · The Quicker Hand · Herbert Brean · ss; illustrated by Ben Prins

36 · Big League “Wonder” Boys · Harold Rosenthal · ar

38 · The Money Tree · Ernest K. Gann · ss; illustrated by Lonie Bee

40 · Consolation · Glenn Johnston · vi

42 · The Trouble with Most Bridegrooms · Evelyn M. Duvall, Ph.D. · ar

44 · Love That Bad Man! · Charles Green · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson

47 · What It Takes to Be an Executive · Ewing W. Reilley · ar

48 · Swindle, Sweet and Simple · Norbert Davis · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

50 · The Yankee Lord Mayor of Hamburg · Gordon Gaskill · ar

52 · The Betrayal · Norma Mansfield · na; illustrated by James Bingham

56 · Curtain Going Up · Donald M. Richardson · vi; illustrated by Bill Baker

62 · Twist a Word · Ben L. O’Dell · pz

72 · Family Money: Should We Try to Hold This House? · Mary Berkeley Finke & Helen Knox · cl

75 · Life’s Little Miracles · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kastner · ct

104 · Check That Impulse! · Don Tobin · ct

109 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

138 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

142 · Invitation to Murder · Peter Ordway · na; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

The American Magazine [v147 #5, May 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) []
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· Never Let Go · Dorothea Malm · n.; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· The Hidden Witness · George Harmon Coxe · na

· Girl in a Gondola · Roul Tunley · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· The Next Horizon · Oscar Schisgall · vi; illustrated by Larry Kritcher

· Remember New York · Pat Frank · ss

· 14-Carat Dream · Michael Fessier · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

· Let’s Pretend · Florence Jane Soman · ss

· Important Day · James Robert · vi

· Joint Account · Gerald Mygatt · ss; illustrated by Glen Fleischmann

· Temptation · Lee Rogow · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder

· The Strangers · Mary Galvin & Roy Erickson · vi

· I Saw Terror · Patricia McCarthy · ar

· It Could Happen to You · Frederick G. Brownell · ar

· The Man Behind the Big Brass · James Y. Newton · ar [Ref. Ferdinand Eberstadt]

· Daisies Do Tell · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar

· Me and Television · Eric Hatch · ar

· Last Word in Gems · Edwin T. Connell · ar

· Will the Wasters Win Again? · Lindsay C. Warren · ar

· “Anyone Can Build a House” · Benedict Gunnar · ar

The American Magazine [v147 #6, June 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Scott Evans) []
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4 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lt

12 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

14 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

16 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

21 · Americans Are Lucky · Charles Erwin Wilson · ar

22 · Fisherman’s Blonde · Ernest K. Gann · nv; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

24 · We Can’t Thrive on Security · Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry · ar

26 · Play It Smart · James Robert · ss; illustrated by Michael

28 · Nine O’Clock Rebellion · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder

30 · Grandmother’s Got Your Number · Murray Teigh Bloom · bg [Ref. Helen Keyser]

32 · The Circus Goes to College · Wayne Amos · ar

34 · A Diamond for Eadie · Eve Burkhardt · ss; illustrated by Milton Wolsky

36 · God’s Salesman · Clarence Woodbury · bg [Ref. Norman Vincent Peale]

38 · The Long Shot · John M. Cunningham · ss

42 · What Would $100,000 Do to You? · Roy Barclay Hodges · ar

44 · This Is Our Night · Florence Jane Soman · ss

46 · On the Carpet · Ted Thompson · vi

47 · Women Should Be Drafted · Rep. Frances P. Bolton · ar

48 · He Couldn’t Say No · Willard H. Temple · ss; illustrated by F. Scott Wood

50 · I Ran for Office—And Got Elected · Jerome Beatty · ar

52 · The Lost Diplomat · Oscar Schisgall · nv; illustrated by Vincent Guise

56 · Oh, Mother! · Dick Pearce · vi

65 · Can You Grow These Flowers? · Ada B. Turner · qz

70 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

76 · Check That Impulse · Harry Mace · ct

82 · Two Little Words · John Golden · ar

96 · Family Money · Mary Berkeley Finke & Helen Knox · cl

109 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Jack Townsend, Bertha Stockwell, George Stamir, Helen Gordon, Mary Jane Saunders, George Costello, Dr. T. Dale Stewart, Alvah Phillebaum, Mel Morse, Lisa Kirk & Constance Ellis Stalling]

126 · Life’s Little Miracles · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kastner · ct

134 · Ripsnorting News · Don Eddy · ar

146 · Door to Death [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v148 #1, July 1949] (25¢, quarto, cover by Walter Baumhofer) []
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· Slattery’s Hurricane · Herman Wouk · n.; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· The Stranger in the Car · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · na; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

· The Pushover · Nicholas Breckenridge · ss; illustrated by Larry Kritcher

· Message for Mary · Charles Green · vi; illustrated by Walter Skor

· Night in the Big Swamp · John Randolph Phillips · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· Patient One · Gerald Mygatt · vi

· The Irresistible Liar · Jean C. Becket · ss; illustrated by Frederic Varady

· Blue Moon Tonight · Eve Burkhardt · ss; illustrated by Vincent Guise

· Tokyo Trader · Norbert Fagan · ss; illustrated by Haines Hall

· Scattergood Promotes a Dream [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey

· Miracle in Ward B · Ann Gibbons · ss; illustrated by Vincent Guise

· Hi, Goddess! · Muriel Roy Bolton · vi

· What America Means to Me · Sou Chan · ar

· Six Nights in a Madhouse · Tom Bernard · ar; about Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

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

· Teamwork for Defense · Secretary Louis Johnson · ar

· Headaches on the Hoof · Don Eddy · ar

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

· How to Go Into Business · Charles F. Hughitt · ar

· Backstage at the Give-Aways · Jerome Beatty · ar; about radio quiz shows with photo of Bert Parks.

The American Magazine [v148 #2, August 1949] (25¢, quarto) []
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· I Am Still Alive · Edward Hope · na

· Murder for the President’s Purse · Hugh Pentecost · na

· Speak to Me, Darling · Scott Young · ss

· Murderess · Dorothy Curnow Handley · ss

· One More Chance · Belva Plain · ss

· Toro · Robert Carse · ss

· This Is the Magic · Francis K. Allan · ss

· Sole Mates · Eddie Forester · vi

· Do Not Disturb · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss

· The Sitter and the Socker · Judson Philips · ss

· Anniversary · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Collier’s February 27 1926

· You Have 20 Chances to My One · Charles C. Willoughby · ar

· We Can Give Away Too Much · George W. Malone · ar

· Don’t Shoot, Ma! · Roy Rogers · ar

· I Owe My Life to the Atom Bomb · I. S. Randall · ar

· Travelers Tell All · Hubert Kelley · ar

· How to Pick a Perfume · Philip C. Smith · ar

· We’re on the Road to Bankruptcy · Harry F. Byrd · ar

· You Can Write It Down · V. K. Zworykin, Ph.D. · ar

The American Magazine [v148 #3, September 1949] (25¢, quarto) []

· The Sharper Sword · Gordon Gaskill · nv

· Better Off Dead · Helen McCloy · na

· I’m Not for You · Faith Baldwin · ss

· The Charming Heel · Don Tracy · ss

· Nightmare Pilot · Robert Dexter Neff · ss

· No Tears · Norma Mansfield · ss

· The Marauders · Will F. Jenkins · ss

· Judgment · Walter G. Anderson · vi

· Miss Drew’s Miracle · Eleanor Gilchrist · vi

· The Torch · Eve Burkhardt · ss

· Birthday Girl · Harold Goldman · vi

· What America Means to Me · Louis R. Bruce, Jr. · ar

· We Need a Fifth Freedom · Herman W. Steinkraus · ar

· Revolutions—The American Way · Robert P. Russell · ar

· Our Worst Slum · Clarence Woodbury · ar

· War in Kentucky · Don Eddy · ar

· Tex’s Lucky Jinx · Jerome Beatty · ar

· GI Pioneers in Europe · Stuart Marey · ar

· Bus to Nowhere · Wayne Amos · ar

The American Magazine [v148 #4, October 1949] (25¢, quarto) []
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· The Diamond · David Chandler · na

· Three Strikes and Dead · Philip Clark · na

· Manhattan on the Nile · Gordon Gaskill · ss

· Hi, Johnny! · Blaise W. Lane · ss

· Office Dinner · Charles Robbins · ss

· A Dog Like Buster · Willard H. Temple · ss

· The Misfit · Ernest Haycox · ss

· Remembrance · William W. Cook · ss

· Rocky’s Rose · Eustace Cockrell (with Dan Gordon) · ss

· Nana’s Gamble · Moran Tudury · ss

· Name the Man · Peter Bowman · ss

The American Magazine [v158 #5, November 1949] (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 160pp+, quarto, cover by Scott Evans) []
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4 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

12 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

14 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

16 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

21 · What America Means to Me · Robert Yukimasa Nishiguma · ar

22 · White Elephant · Faith Baldwin · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

24 · Hollywood’s Good Samaritan · Murray Teigh Bloom · bg [Ref. Chris-Pin Martin]

26 · Enough Rope · James Robert · vi; illustrated by E. Chiriaka

28 · The Black Velvet · Barbara Jones · ss; illustrated by Al Freudeman

30 · Potatoes and Gravy · Vance Packard · ar

32 · Hill Girl · Clyde Robert Bulla · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder

36 · Fake Atomic Remedies Endanger You · Paul B. Dunbar; as told to Frederick G. Brownell · ar

38 · Collector’s Item · Edgar Brooke · ss

42 · I’ll Bring Back a Bongo Yet · Charles Cordier · ar

44 · See You in Church · Nard Jones · ss

46 · Our Marshall Plan Hucksters · Gordon Gaskill · ar

48 · Cup of Stars · Violet Richardson Lowe · ss; illustrated by Lonie Bee

50 · Things My Mother Taught Me · Bette Davis · ar

52 · Man Hunter · Frederick Kohner · nv; illustrated by Robert Patterson

55 · Big Talk · Robert Zacks · vi

56 · Double Delivery · John Reid Byers · vi; illustrated by Bill Baker

58 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

68 · Turkey Quiz · Boris Randolph · qz

72 · Can You Write a Better Gag? · [uncredited] · cn

88 · Check That Impulse · Bob Schroeter · ct

105 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg

124 · Life’s Little Miracles · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kastner · ct

144 · The Hooded Hawk · Herbert Brean · na; illustrated by Geoffrey Briggs

The American Magazine [v148 #6, December 1949] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 148pp, quarto, cover by Michael) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

4 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lt

10 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

12 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

14 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

16 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

19 · You Can Be in Clover · George T. Christopher · ar

20 · An Orchid a Day · Doris Hume · ss; illustrated by William Ritter

22 · One More Journey · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Harold Anderson

24 · What Makes a Good Judge · Judge John C. Knox · ar

26 · Wonderland Wedding · Edgar Brooke · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

28 · We Train the World’s Generals · Glenn Johnston · ar

30 · I Spent Christmas in Nazareth · Thomas Sugrue · ar

32 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

36 · Why You Give Money Away… · Jerome Beatty · ar

38 · Whistle for My Love · Walter Brooks · ss

42 · What I Know About Women from Shoes · Herman Delman · ar

44 · The Gamble · Harold Channing Wire · vi; illustrated by Harry Bennett

46 · Cowhands on the Grapefruit Range · Don Eddy · ar

48 · More than a Dream · William Holder · ss; illustrated by Michael

50 · Young Rebel · Weldon Melick · bg [Ref. Dean Stockwell]

52 · The Power Devil · Eustace Cockrell & Herbert Dalmas · nv; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

54 · Getaway · Edward E. Verdier · vi

56 · Paper Chase · Robert Andrew Arthur · vi

58 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct

66 · Can You Juggle Words? · Ben L. O’Dell · qz

75 · Check That Impulse · J. S. MacDonald · ct

94 · Family Problems · The Readers · cl

101 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. W. H. Anderson, Felix de Weldon, Robert Strauss, Beverly Osborne, Rubye Osborne, Larry Davison, Olga Little, Adolph A. Valanis, Hjalmar Hvam, Bridgett Carr, Mary Louise Comeaux & Pitirim A. Sorokin]

138 · The Gun with Wings [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

The American Magazine [v149 #1, January 1950] (25¢, quarto) []
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· Mirror, Mirror · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss

· Moonlit Sport · John D. MacDonald · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· Dance with Me · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· Love Letter · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

· Don’t Darken My Door · Merle Constiner · ss; illustrated by George Garland

· Echo · James Robert · vi

· The Idol · Belva Plain · ss; illustrated by Milton Wolsky

· The Top Rung · Jerome Brondfield · vi; illustrated by Clyde Ross

· The Galloping Gaucho · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss; illustrated by F. Scott Wood

· Spring Showing · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· All by Myself · Lawrence Williams · vi; illustrated by Marshall Bouldin

· The Trial of Steven Kent · Josephine Bentham · na; illustrated by Vincent Guise

The American Magazine [v149 #2, February 1950] (25¢, quarto) []

· A Girl’s Best Friend · Margaret Culkin Banning · nv

· The Eager Victim [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na

· Night of the Execution · Faith Baldwin · ss

· Hidden Valley · Clements Ripley · ss

· A Matter of Time · Arnold G. Leo · vi

· The Love-Saver · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss

· Something Blue · Norton Weber · vi

· Winning Play · Scott Young · ss

· No Tower of Strength · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss

· The Lady Needed Clothes · William E. Barrett · ss

· Finishing Touch · Oscar Schisgall · vi

· What America Means to Me · Ralph J. Bunche · ar

· Will There Be Enough Water for You? · Oscar L. Chapman · ar

· Pops Has Hundreds of Talented Kids · Jack Long · ar

· Uncle Sam’s Untapped Millions · Noah M. Mason · ar

· Wife Trouble? Get Her a Job! · Mary Fisher Langmuir, Ph.D. · ar

· Fast Freight on Wings · Tom Bernard · ar

· Americans Can Be Eight Times Richer · Harold G. Moulton, Ph.D. · ar

· What the B-29’s Brought to Me · Mariya Yamamuro · ar

The American Magazine [v149 #3, March 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by Paul D’Ome) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

11 · By the Way · Various · cl

12 · Food Front · Various · cl

14 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

16 · Now They’ve Done It · [uncredited] · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Various · cl

20 · You Can Go Where You Please · Harry Dooley · ar

22 · If Once You Know · Agnes Bourneuf · ss

24 · The Lesson We Have Learned · Theodor Heuss · ar

26 · The Confession · Paul Marcus · vi; illustrated by John Northcross

28 · The Dragon’s Girl-Friend · Jack Long · ar

30 · Mr. Smith Goes to Europe · Gordon Gaskill · ar

32 · Come and Get Me · Donna Geyer · ss; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

34 · It All Depends · James Robert · vi

36 · They Called Him Dumb · Clarence Woodbury · ar

38 · Exit, Running · Velda Johnston · ss; illustrated by Woodi

42 · Any Time Is Vacation Time · Carol Lane · ar

44 · Scattergood and the Bearded Brothers [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illustrated by Earl Cordrey

46 · Do You Want to Change Your Job? · Anne Heywood · ar

48 · Watch Out for George · Florence Jane Soman · ss; illustrated by W. Snyder

50 · Return to the Sea · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Dave Mink

52 · Nothing to Lose · Frances Malm · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

56 · Never Too Old · John Seymour Sharnik · vi

58 · It’s the Law! · [uncredited] · ct

62 · Check That Impulse! · Various · cl

70 · It Never Happens · Various · cl

72 · Eyegram · Various · ms

105 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

138 · Life’s Little Miracles · Various · cl

141 · Passport for Murder · Patrick Quentin (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na

152 · Family Problems · Various · cl

The American Magazine [v149 #4, April 1950] (25¢, quarto) []
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· The White Lamb · Arthur Gordon · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· Cheat for Me · John & Ward Hawkins · ss; illustrated by Haines Hall

· Pretend You’re You · Matt Taylor · ss

· Little Magic · John & Evelyn Humphreys · ss

· Odds on Romance · Nelia Gardner White · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

· Work of Art · Walter G. Anderson · ss

· Mother Was a Belle · Augusta Tucker · ss; illustrated by Herb Olsen

· The Ghost Lode · William Brandon · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

· Gambler’s Choice · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

· It’s Love · Margaret Lee Runbeck · ss; illustrated by Marshall Bouldin

· Shake Hands with Death · Helen McCloy · na; illustrated by Milton Wolsky

The American Magazine [v149 #5, May 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 156pp+, quarto, cover by Gray O’Reilly) []
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2 · Picture of the Month · [uncredited] · mr

6 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc

12 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

14 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

21 · Opportunity Begins at Home · Malcolm P. McLean · ar

22 · The Green-Eyed Monster · Florence Jane Soman · ss; illustrated by Tom Hall

24 · Lone Wolf of Utah · Don Eddy · bg [Ref. Joseph Bracken Lee]

26 · Count of 10 · Eustace Cockrell · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

28 · New Man in Town · Nancy Barnes · ss; illustrated by Martin Gulser

30 · Fortunes in Fish · Wilbert McLeod Chapman · ar

32 · If I Were Taking My First Trip · Burton Holmes · ar

34 · That Flighty Foley Girl · Lenora Mattingly Weber · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

36 · Women Run the Rascals Out of Gary · Edwin T. Connell · ar

38 · Lili-Marie · Vereen Bell · ss; illustrated by Tran Mawicke

41 · Finesse · Elizabeth Christman · vi

42 · A Day in the Life of a Roller Queen · Wayne Amos · bg [Ref. Gerry Murray]

44 · Sheriff’s Wife · Allan Vaughan · vi; illustrated by Glen Fleischmann

46 · The Drink Away Their Toothaches · J. B. Griswold · ar

48 · The Dark Red Door · Phyllis Duganne · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson

50 · How It Feels to Fly 9 Miles High · Boone T. Guyton · ar

52 · Bitter Bondage · Zelda Popkin · nv; illustrated by Thornton Utz

56 · The Big Kiss · Lee Rogow · vi

58 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct

62 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

68 · [cartoon] · Al Mueller · ct

72 · It Never Happens… · Walter Goldstein · ct

76 · [cartoon] · John A. Penberthy · ct

78 · [cartoon] · Gerald Marens · ct

84 · Check That Impuse! · Gustav Lundberg · ct

90 · Rainy Day Quiz · Boris Randolph · qz

96 · [cartoon] · Jack Markow · ct

102 · [cartoon] · Don Ulsh · ct

105 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. William Johnson, Albert G. Jeffries, Johnny Price, Ilene Woods, Bob Smith, George H. Lamb, Fay King, Mary Holmes, Lou Moore & Kathryn Skeffington]

118 · [cartoon] · Harrell Holmes · ct

120 · [cartoon] · Harry Lampert · ct

122 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct

126 · [cartoon] · George Wolfe · ct

136 · [cartoon] · Jack McConnon · ct

141 · The Widow Had a Gun [Kent Murdock] · George Harmon Coxe · na; illustrated by Ken Riley

144 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct

150 · Family Problems · Mary Berkeley Finke & Helen Knox · cl

154 · [cartoon] · Larry Frick · ct

The American Magazine [v149 #6, June 1950] (25¢, quarto, cover: [photo] by William Ritter) []
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19 · What America Means to Me · Hans J. Isbrandtsen · ar

20 · Love for Three · Gertrude Schweitzer · na

22 · The Jonah · Hal G. Evarts · ss

24 · Is Labor Riding for a Fall? · James F. Lincoln · ar

26 · Charge It, Please · Elizabeth Stowe · ss

28 · Will Your Wedding Day Be Sunny? · Steve King · ar

30 · Vacation Express · Raymond Layman · ar

32 · The Way of a Man · John Reese · ss

36 · High Silver! · Jerome Beatty · ar

38 · Valley Vengeance · Thomas Thompson · ss

41 · Happy Harry · Wendy Miller · vi

42 · A Day in the Life of Mary Martin · Wayne Amos · ar

44 · That Special Feeling · Valeria Winkler Griffith · vi

46 · What They Say to the Umpire · Arthur Daley · ar

48 · Nuisance · Paul Ernst · ss

50 · I’m Always in Wrong with Traffic Cops · Don Eddy · ar

52 · Blame It on Love · Willard H. Temple · ss

56 · Bent Twig · Dale Clark · vi

70 · Taxi to Fame · Robert Young · ar

135 · Murder Among Ladies · Kelley Roos · na

The American Magazine [v150 #1, July 1950] (25¢, quarto, cover by William Ritter) []
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· Letter to My Love · Sarah E. Rodger · na

· The Murder Machine [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na

· Never Let Him Know · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss

· Perilous Return · Merle Constiner · ss

· Minister’s Bride · Avis Carlson · ss

· Little Dutch Girl · Doris Hume · ss

· One of a Kind · Florence J. Soman · vi

· The Bean Ball · Scott Young · ss

· Direct Order · Shirley M. Pecue · vi

· Scattergood and the Reign of Terror [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence B. Kelland · ss

· That Extra Touch · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · vi

· You Can Alwys Do Better · Samuel Goldwyn · ar

· Washington’s Midsummer Madness · Walter Norblad · ar

· Our Voice Makes Stalin Jumpy · Fay D. Kohler · ar

· I’m a Vacation Bus Rider · Don Eddy · ar

· Star-Spangled Salesman · William Robinson · ar

· Do What You Want—and Live Longer · Thurman B. Rice, M.D. · ar

· A Day in a Dog’s Life · Wayne Amos · ar

· Miracle in the Valley · Margaret Le Runbeck · ar

The American Magazine [v150 #2, August 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by William Ritter) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

10 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

12 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

13 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

15 · If I Were Starting Out Today · Karl T. Compton · ar

16 · Silver Dream · Betsy Emmons · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

18 · You Can Stop This Waste · Sen. Paul H. Douglas · ar

20 · That’s My Boy · Robert Alan Aurthur · ss; illustrated by James Avati

22 · The Mountain Mover · Gordon Gaskill · ss; illustrated by Robert Patterson

26 · It’s Easier to Get Rich in Canada · Clarence Woodbury · ar

28 · Vacation in the City · Florence Jane Soman · ss; illustrated by David Berger

30 · A Chinaman’s Chance · Don Eddy · ar

32 · This Beats the Good Old Days · Emma Van Coutren · ar

34 · Not for Ladies · Timothy Fuller · vi; illustrated by Glen Fleischmann

36 · Be Glad You’re Not Beautiful · James F. Bender, Ph.D. · ar

38 · Miss Patty the Kid · Donald Hough · ss; illustrated by John Northcross

41 · Heart of Gold · Harold Helfer · vi

42 · How Grownups Play with Matches · Gerry Dick · ar

46 · Am I an Alcoholic? · Bob Fraser · ar

48 · The Glass Fortress · Laurence Williams & William Day · nv

51 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg

64 · The Fixer · Merle Constiner · ss; illustrated by George Garland

70 · Wedding Words · Ben L. O’Day · qz

72 · Oh, Doctor? · Arthur Gordon · vi

76 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

93 · It Never Happens · Walter Goldstein · ct

111 · Baseball à la Moscow · Ormsby Green · ms

124 · Life’s Little Miracles · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kastner · ct

130 · Did You Write a Better Gag? · The Readers · cn

132 · By the Way · R. B. G. · ed

137 · The Singing Trees Murder · Edmund Ware · nv

146 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

The American Magazine [v150 #3, September 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

6 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc

10 · The Cover · The Editor · ed

12 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

14 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

16 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

19 · This Is My America · Thomas Sugrue · ar

20 · Melody · Jean MacKeagan · ss; illustrated by Pitman

22 · Trouble with Paradise · John Clare · ss; illustrated by Ewing Krainin

24 · “The Most Hated Man in Town” · Jerome Beatty · ar [Ref. Raymond M. Hilliard]

26 · Strange September · Anne West · ss; illustrated by C. George Garland

28 · Wedding Night · Mosser Mauger · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

32 · If I Were Looking for a Job · Eugene Gilbert · ar

34 · That Night in Mexico · Cynthia Hathaway · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

36 · What It Takes to Catch a Husband · Robert Crandall · ar

38 · The Yankees Invade Texas · Boone T. Guyton · ar

40 · A Friend of Mr. Roosevelt · Lawrence Williams · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

42 · The Quitter · Colin S. Darroch · ss; illustrated by John Lyman

44 · Celebrity · Jane Sughrue · vi

46 · Millions in Moonshine · Vance Packard · ar

48 · Castle in the Sand · Don Stanford · nv; illustrated by Tom Lovell

51 · It’s Fun to Fly to Europe · Persis Richter · ar

53 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Grady Norton, Chiyakichi Takehashi, Vera Palmer, Edward May, Jim Casper, Ruth Harris, Carl Brady, Les Williamson, Walter J. Tucker, Faith Domergue, Fred C. Ward & Eugene A. Nida]

68 · [cartoon] · Bo Brown · ct

70 · Word Dominoes · Boris Randolph · pz

72 · [cartoon] · Ted Key · ct

74 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

78 · [cartoon] · George Crenshaw · ct

82 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More… · James W. Murphy · ct

84 · [cartoon] · Vincent Faletti · ct

88 · [cartoon] · Thurston Gentry · ct

92 · [cartoon] · Larry Frick · ct

96 · [cartoon] · Bo Brown · ct

98 · Family Problems · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl

102 · It Never Happens… · Walter Goldstein · ct

106 · [cartoon] · Jack Markow · ct

115 · Next Month’s American Magazine · J. Barret Scarborough · ed

118 · [cartoon] · Ed Nofziger · ct

122 · Come Clean · Gordon Gaskill · vi; illustrated by Marshall Bouldin

126 · [cartoon] · Raymond Helle · ct

128 · Check That Impulse! · John G. Wattman · ct

130 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

134 · [cartoon] · Mel Lazarus · ct

137 · The Twisted Scarf [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv; illustrated by Thornton Utz; expanded in Curtains for Three as “Disguise for Murder”.

143 · [cartoon] · Al Kaufman · ct

148 · [cartoon] · Lafe Locke · ct

150 · [cartoon] · John Norment · ct

The American Magazine [v150 #4, October 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

6 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

10 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

12 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

14 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

16 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

18 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

21 · God and the Atom · Arthur H. Compton; as told to Edwin T. Connell · ar

22 · Dance, Little Flame · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Tadeusz Lipski

24 · Can We Afford to Kill Big Business? · John A. Hartford · ar

26 · The Champagne Feeling · Mona Williams · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

28 · Lucia’s Kiss · Roderick MacLeish · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

30 · Hot Off the Stove · Don Eddy · ar

32 · Grandstand Player · Philip Clark · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens

34 · Man’s Errand · Wyatt Blassingame · vi

36 · We Are Nursing a Fifth Column · Watson B. Miller · ar

38 · Big Bluff · Morgan Lewis · ss; illustrated by Tran Mawicke

41 · Saturday Special · Thane Kinders · ss

42 · Playgrounds for Everyone · Tom Bernard · ar

44 · Little Helpmate · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss

48 · The Dark Way Home · Belva Plain · na; illustrated by Peter Stevens

53 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

68 · [cartoon] · Herb Williams · ct

70 · [cartoon] · John Norment · ct

75 · Name the Place · Ben O’Dell · qz

76 · [cartoon] · George Wolfe · ct

80 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

82 · Check That Impulse! · Jack Markow · ct

84 · [cartoon] · Henry Boltinoff · ct

86 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct

88 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More · John G. Wattman · ct

90 · Family Problems: Are You a Hoarder? · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl

94 · [cartoon] · Jack Markow · ct

98 · [cartoon] · Jeff Keate · ct

104 · [cartoon] · Ben Roth · ct

106 · [cartoon] · Ted Key · ct

108 · [cartoon] · Dick Shaw · ct

110 · [cartoon] · Ray Helle · ct

112 · Second Self · Ruth Roman · ar

116 · [cartoon] · Larry Harris · ct

120 · You Can Dance Your Way to Health · Arthur Murray · ar

126 · [cartoon] · Martin Lowenstein · ct

128 · The Cover · The Editor · ms [Ref. Lonie Bee]

134 · Mr. Beany’s Sin · Marjorie Jordan · vi

137 · [cartoon] · John A. Penberthy · ct

139 · Design for Death · Robert B. Sinclair · na; illustrated by D’Andrea

144 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct

148 · It Never Happens · Walter Goldstein · cl

The American Magazine [v150 #5, November 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 148pp, quarto, cover by Arthur Sarnoff) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

4 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

9 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

10 · Food Front · Various · cl

12 · Life’s Little Problems · Various · cl

14 · Now They’ve Done It · [uncredited] · cl

16 · Counterpoint · Horatio Winslow · vi

19 · The Cover · Various · ms

21 · Your Family—the Key to Happiness · Pitirim A. Sorokin · ar

22 · The Red Carnation · Susan Yorke · ss; illustrated by James Avati

24 · Danger in Our Hospital · Lawrence McCann · ar

26 · Love Is Boloney · Dorothy Hughes Bowers · ss; illustrated by Frederic Varady

28 · I’m Going Back to Wonderland · Wilbert McLeod Chapman · ar

30 · Janet Lived Here · Vera Henry · vi

32 · Final Payment · Anne Homer Warner · ss; illustrated by Walter Skor

34 · Potluck in the Wild West · Don Eddy · ar

36 · Out of the Heart · Jerrold Beim · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

38 · All-American Heel · Joseph Hayes · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

41 · Masterpiece · Harold Helfer · vi

42 · Monkeyshines in South Dakota · Steve King · ar

44 · Scattergood and Juliet [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

46 · Your Driving Scares the Wits Out of Me · Lyman (Red) Daniells · ar

48 · Whatever You’ve Done · Gertrude Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by Privitello

53 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

64 · It’s the Law! · [uncredited] · ct

76 · Magic Words · Various · ms

106 · It Never Happens · Various · cl

129 · Deadly Friend · Hugh Pentecost · na

144 · Eddie Rickenbacker—American · Various · cs [Ref. Eddie Rickenbacker]

The American Magazine [v150 #6, December 1950] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Company, 35¢, 152pp+, standard, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

4 · Letters to the Editors · The Editors · lc

8 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

10 · Food Front · Priscilla Jaquith · cl

12 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

14 · Now They’ve Done It · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

16 · Jingle Town · Wayne Amos · ar

19 · The Cover · The Editor · ms

21 · We Give the Kids Too Much · Cyrus Eaton · ar

22 · 12 Days Till Christmas · Maxine Lane · ss

24 · What the UN Folks Think of America · Clarence Woodbury · ar

26 · The Inheritance · Lawrence Williams · vi; illustrated by Dave Berger

28 · Proud Pilgrim · Isabel Way & Ruby Thomson · ss

30 · A Fortune for Your Thoughts · Jerome Beatty · ar

32 · Shining Gift · Doris Hume · ss

34 · Dinner with Santa Claus · Don Eddy · ar

36 · Orchids and Wallflowers · Muriel Roy Bolton · ss; illustrated by Lucia

38 · Two-Gun Holiday · Mary Augusta Rodgers · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

40 · Someday House · John Bald · vi

42 · We Sky-Toured South America in 3 Weeks · Dorothy McArthur · ar

44 · The Reckoning · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin

46 · Uncle Sam—Policeman of the World · Tom Bernard · ar

48 · Ambassador’s Daughter · Oscar Schisgall · na; illustrated by Perry Peterson

53 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Debbie Reynolds]

68 · [cartoon] · Bill Gray · ct

72 · Proof · Charles W. Howard · ar

75 · Find the Word · Ben L. O’Dell · qz

76 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct

81 · Family Problems: What to Do with Extra Presents · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl

84 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct

88 · [cartoon] · Dave Lucas · ct

92 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More · James W. Murphy · ct

96 · [cartoon] · George Hamilton Green · ct

100 · [cartoon] · Mort Walker · ct

106 · By the Way · R. B. H. (by Roy Barclay Hodges) · cl

108 · [cartoon] · Glenn R. Bernhardt · ct

112 · [cartoon] · Charles Strauss · ct

118 · If It Isn’t One Thing…It’s Another · Stanley Stamaty & Clara Gee Kostner · ct

129 · [cartoon] · Charles Cartwright · ct

132 · [cartoon] · George Smith · ct

134 · Full Treatment · John & Evelyn Humphreys · vi

137 · [cartoon] · Don Ulsh · ct

139 · Cry Wolf, Cry Death · Lew Dietz · na

144 · [cartoon] · Jeffrey J. Monahan · ct

149 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

150 · [cartoon] · Ray Hallberg · ct

The American Magazine [v151 #1, January 1951] (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, 152pp, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Recipe for Romance · Thyra Samter Winslow · ss; illustrated by Peter Stevens

· Lady’s Captain · Gordon Gaskill · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

· Life of the Party · David Karp · ss; illustrated by Fredric Varady

· A Guy Who’d Never Marry · Francis K. Allan · ss; illustrated by George Garland

· Dear Lad · Elizabeth Stowe · ss; illustrated by Pruett Carter

· Take My Hand · Cynthia Hope & Frances Ancker · ss

· Wooden Wings of St. Angele · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

· Tip-Off · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss; illustrated by James Avati

· Clinging Vine · Ann Pinchot · ss; illustrated by Gwen Fremlin

· Buck Fever · Ray S. Harris · ss

· Death Freight · Patrick Quentin (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na; illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

The American Magazine [v151 #2, February 1951] (Crowell-Collier, 25¢, quarto, cover by Peter Stevens) []
Details from magawiki.com.

· Border Bride · William S. & R. Ross Annett · n.; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

· The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na; illustrated by Thornton Utz

· Stars in Her Eyes · Hannah Smith · ss; illustrated by Perry Peterson

· The Enemies · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

· Remember Me · Elizabeth Ellen Glancy · ss

· Woman Trader · Hal G. Evarts · ss; illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

· Second Place · Doris Hume · ss

· Enough for Happiness · D. D. Beauchamp · ss; illustrated by Michael

· A Man’s a Fool · Marjorie Carter · vi

· Kid with a Grin · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· Scenic Route · Dale Clark · vi

· If I Were Twenty-One · Clarence Birdseye · ar

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

· Vacation Afloat · Cornelius F. Cronin, Jr. · ar

· Why Doesn’t Somebody Kill Stalin? · Ellsworth Raymond · ar

· Down the Maine Hatch · Don Eddy · ar

· I Sent My Wife to Vassar · Vance Packard · ar

· Fun, Money and Box Tops · Jerome Beatty · ar

The American Magazine [v151 #3, March 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 25¢, 152pp+, bedsheet) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

12 · The Lion’s Den · Harold Helfer · vi

20 · How Do I Love Thee? · Mary Knowles · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

22 · Double Exposure · Harriet Frank, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Tom Lovell

26 · Mr. and Mrs. Cinderella · Guy Hasbrouck · ss

30 · Connecticut Rebel · Rogers Terrill · ss

32 · Affair of the Heart · Mary McSherry · ss

38 · Song for Another · Alec Rackowe · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

40 · Prescription · S. I. Kishor · vi

44 · Magic Garden · John & Evelyn Humphreys · vi

46 · America’s Biggest Birthday Parties · Vance Packard · ar

48 · Sam Preston’s Money · Margaret Culkin Banning · nv; illustrated by Tom Lovell

101 · ad for “The Thing from Another World” · Various · ms

137 · Black Target [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · na

The American Magazine [v151 #4, April 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

4 · Letters to the Editors · The Readers · lc

8 · Life’s Little Problems · Various · cl

12 · Vice-President in Charge of Giving · Dale D. Dutton, D.D., LL.D. · ar

18 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

21 · Successful Living Is Here to Stay! · The Editor · ed

22 · All for Free · Blaise Whitehead Lane · ss

24 · What About Prices? · Michael V. DiSalle · ar

26 · Along Came Love · John Clare · ss

28 · Enchanted City · John Chapman · ar

30 · Weep No More · Cecilia Bartholomew · ss

32 · Mission to Tibet · Hal G. Evarts · ss

34 · States in Strait Jackets · Richard L. Neuberger · ar

36 · Home-Town Masquerade [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss

38 · He Wouldn’t Say Yes · Rosalie F. Wilson · ss

42 · 30,000 Little Big Leaguers · Arthur Daley · ar

44 · The Survival Kit · William Corson · vi

46 · Hot Dishes in the Firehouse · Don Eddy · ar

48 · Day After Tomorrow · Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger · na

53 · Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl

68 · Twisters · Various · pz

82 · Fabulous Figures · Various · cl

92 · Family Problems · Various · cl

98 · American Buy-Ways · Various · cl

102 · When You Travel · Various · cl

137 · The Glass Mask · Gordon Gaskill · na

· It’s the Law! · [uncredited] · ct

The American Magazine [v151 #5, May 1951] ed. Sumner Blossom (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., 25¢, 152pp+, quarto, cover by Lonie Bee) []
Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky.

4 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc

8 · Why Don’t They? · The Readers · cl

10 · What America Means to Me · Jesse Stuart · ar

17 · Fabulous Figures · Lawrence N. Galton · cl

18 · Life’s Little Problems · Arthur Lansing · cl

21 · Cleaning Our Closets · The Editor · ed

22 · Honeymoon’s End · Donna Geyer · ss

24 · Is Your White Collar Strangling You? · Roul Tunley · ar

_24 · This Is the Letter · Mrs. Harold S. Gassman · lt

_25 · This Is the Answer · Wright Mills · lt

26 · Leave It to Hade · Donald Hough · ss; illustrated by Thornton Utz

28 · Vacation Prescription: Go Fishing · Roy Lyman Sexton, M.D. · ar

30 · What Are We Going to Do About It? · Senator Charles W. Tobey · ar

32 · Now Is My Time · Virginia Dale · ss

34 · Is Your Child a Future Einstein? · Jerome Beatty · ar [Ref. John Lewellen]

36 · Believe in Me · Spain Sire · ss

38 · Hard Girl · Mabel Brown Farwell · ss

42 · Rickey Starts in the Cellar Again · J. B. Griswold · ar [Ref. Branch Rickey]

44 · Golden Years · Hannah Smith · vi; illustrated by Julian Archer

46 · Are You What You Eat? · Harriett Bruce Moore · ar

48 · The Girl from Philadelphia · Thomas Thompson · nv; illustrated by G. Brusstar

53 · America’s Interesting People · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Tommy Thompson, Jr., Mrs. Betty Kappmeyer, Dr. John McGavack, Bertha Stuhlsatz, Irving Heller, Helen Roberson, George N. Spanton, Claude Jones, Rev. Milton Ellithorpe, Gerald Bernbaum & George Hodge]

68 · Welding Words · Ben O’Dell · pz

70 · It’s the Law! · Dick Hyman · ct; illustrated by O. Soglow

72 · [cartoon] · Bob Schroeter · ct

76 · And They Aren’t Friends Any More… · Herb Williams · ct

80 · [cartoon] · Raymond Helle · ct

84 · American Buy-Ways · Mary Rogers · cl

88 · [cartoon] · Norman Hoifjeld · ct

92 · [cartoon] · Stan Fine · ct

96 · When You Travel · Ernest Marquez · ms

98 · [cartoon] · Sid Gordin · ct

104 · Trade Trick · James Robert · vi

106 · The Best Trip I Ever Had · Various · cn

108 · Family Problems: How We Handled Our In-Laws · Mary Berkeley Finke · cl

110 · [cartoon] · Harold R. Currier · ct

112 · All in the Family · Larry Harris · ct

116 · [cartoon] · Albert Sway · ct

120 · [cartoon] · Bob Barnes · ct

122 · [cartoon] · Gustav Lundberg · ct

124 · [cartoon] · Ben Roth · ct

128 · [cartoon] · Ernest Marquez · ct

137 · [cartoon] · Lester Colin · ct

139 · Final Performance [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · na; illustrated by Paul Burns

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