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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing David T. Marke; Ralph Ellsworth (Art Editor); Lloyd Jacquet (Art Editor)

Cover Details

Characters General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959)

1 page text article "Have You Written Us a Letter?"

Characters Elanor Roosevelt (Photo); George Hecht (Photo); Gerard Darrow (Photo); Daniel C. Knowlton (Photo)
Script George J. Hecht

11 page story "U.S. Army Chief General George C. Marshall"

Characters General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959); General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 - December 22, 1948); General John J. Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
Synopsis Life story of General Marshall from his beginnings at Virginia Military Institute to shortly before WWII.
Genre Bio; War

10 page story "Danger in the Arctic"

Characters Joe Crosson (1903-1949; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot); Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (1897 - 1929; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot)
Synopsis The story of Joe Crosson, once of the first pilots in Alaska.
Genre Fact; Adventure

3 page story "Record Breakers"

Characters Benjamin "Ben" Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002); Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 – January 1, 1980); James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980); Fred Wolcott; Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994); Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001); Stella Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980); Matti Henrikki Järvinen (February 18, 1909 – July 22, 1985); Elroy Robinson; Luhaar; Sydney Charles Wooderson (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006); Cornelius Cooper Johnson (August 28, 1913 – February 15, 1946); David Donald Albritton (April 13, 1913 – May 14, 1994); Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000); Richard Atley Donald (August 19, 1910 - October 19, 1992); Miss Lunn; Zdenka Koubkova; Curtis Hill; Glendolene Vinyard; Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden (January 1st, 1918 – December 6th, 1997); John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 – September 29, 1952); Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984); Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947; Horse); Greyhound (Horse); Fritz Wendel (February 21, 1915–February 9, 1975)
Synopsis Details on various sports records.

7 page story "Old Glory"

Characters George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799); Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790); John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747(1747-07-06) – July 18, 1792); Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836)
Synopsis The story of the American Flag from the Revolutionary War thru 1940's.

2 page story "Sail, Ho! How to Recognize Many Sailing Ships"

2 page text article "My Greatest Adventure"

Genre Adventure
Script Linton Wells

3 page Unsung Heroes story "John Weatherby Blockade Breaker of 1812"

Characters Lieutenant John Weatherby
Synopsis Lt. Weatherby has a plan to capture a British Clipper ship.
Genre War
Notes War of 1812 story

4 page story "Heroine of the White House"

Characters Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849); James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)
Synopsis The story of how Dolly Madison rescued many valuables from the White House before the British arrived and burned it to the ground in the war of 1812.
Genre War; Fact

10 page story "Chinese Hero No. 1 Part II"

Characters Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975); Sun Yat-sen (November 12th 1866 – March 12th 1925); Soong Mei-ling (March 5, 1897 – October 23, 2003); Chang Hsuch-Ling
Synopsis The story of Chaing Kai-shek from before WWI thru WWII.
Genre Fact; War
Notes Continued from previous issue.

6 page story "Builder of Canada"

Characters Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – March 12, 1820); Simon MacTavish
Synopsis The story of Alexander Mackenzie and his expedition that travelled across all of Canada to become the first to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Genre Fact; Adventure

6 page story "Frontier Fighters"

Characters Captain John Charles Fremont (1813 - 1890); Kit Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868); Lieutenant Gillespie
Synopsis The story of Captain Fremont and how he forced Mexico to surrender California to America.
Genre Western; Fact