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Issue: Miss America Magazine #4 [10]
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 05/26/1945
Volume: 2
Pages: 64
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 39 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Vol. 40, Part 2, No. 3, Periodicals, 1945, p. 349, Copyright number: B679541.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Miss America Contents

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I wish you could have been one of the lucky girls…
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For this edition, Jean Goodman praises "Miss America" fashion editor Pauline O'Sullivan, who had recently given a series of "Charm Chats" to teenage members of New York's Civilian Defense Volunteer Office (CDVO). Goodman also divulges that O'Sullivan was the penciler for both the "Patsy Walker" feature as well as the monthly "Miss America" patterns page.
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Virginia Weidler (photo); Leonard Sues (photo); Jeanne Crain (photo); Dick Haymes (photo)
When the glittering special award night took place…
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Appears on pages 5 (1p), 53 (0.25p), and 54 (0.25p).
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Fudge Face...

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Coming out of history class, Pamela Jordan crumpled her returned examination paper, dropped it distastefully into the hall wastebasket.
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Appears on pages 6 (1p), 7 (1p), 63 (0.22p), 64 (0.88p), and 65 (1p).
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Dresses That Go Places

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Ad for dresses. The photos were taken in New York's American Museum of Natural History.
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Sinatra's Swoon Songstress...

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Frank Sinatra (photo); Eileen Barton (photos)
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A profile of singer Eileen Barton.

Appears on pages 10 (1p) and 27 (0.8p).
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Wishing on a Star

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Jane Powell (photos)
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A profile of actress Jane Powell.

Appears on pages 11 (1p), 61 (0.33p), and 62 (0.67p).
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Picnic Pleasures

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A photo feature of actresses June Lockhart and Gloria Grahame having a picnic.

Appears on pages 12 (1p), 13 (1p), 52 (0.25p) and 53 (0.25p).
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"Miss Canada", Margaret McGucken, of Montreal, Canada, writes Miss America a very nifty letter.
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Letters from: Margaret McGuckin (Montreal, Canada), Anne Mahoney (New Bedford, Massachusetts), Anne Elmer (Canandaigua, New York), Bobbie Bomar (Milan, Tennessee), Mary Frances Whisenant (Cisco, Texas), Ellen Coffey (Bristol, Tennessee), Gloria Nichols (Florence, South Carolina), Joyce McCarthy (Mount Morris, New York), Carol Silbert (Ashland, Ohio), Jean Wagner (Salina, Kansas), Shirley Vickers (Cincinnati, Ohio), Margaret Reif (North Tonawanda, New York), Mrs. W. H. Gibson, Jr. (Campo, California), Mary Davis (Brooklyn, New York), and Jackie Roarty (Barberton, Ohio).

Pictures of: Margaret McGuckin, Anne Mahoney, Ernestine Jakeman (North Chili, New York), Dorothy Ann Mehn (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Lee Graves (Spokane, Washington), and Bonita Keathley (Richmond Hill, Georgia).

Appears on pages 14 (1p) and 52 (0.67p).
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Modern Mermaids

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Ad for bathing suits.
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So You Want to Be a Songwriter...

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Hoagy Carmichael (photos); Humphrey Bogart (photo); Tommy Dorsey (photo); Frank Sinatra (photo); Danny Kaye (photo)
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Advice on becoming a professional songwriter by the composer of several hit songs of the day.

Appears on pages 16 (1p), 17 (1p), 62 (0.22p), and 63 (0.67p).
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Jo Stafford (photo); Bob Allen (photo)
On-the-record stuff 'bout singers…
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Appears on pages 18 (1p) and 54 (0.6p).
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Hey, Freckles!

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An article reassuring freckled girls that freckles are fine.

Appears on pages 19 (1p) and 30 (0.5p).
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Suppertime in the Walker home...
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For heaven's sake, Gwendolyn, lift your feet! You walk like an elephant!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A woman exits a circus holding a surprised-looking elephant by its trunk. A little girl trails behind them.

Appears on page 27 alongside the unrelated "Frankie's Swoon Songstress" text feature.
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Romance and Ration Blues...

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"Yoo-hoo! Johnny!"
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Appears on pages 28 (1p), 29 (1p), and 66 (0.89p).
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On Your Toes...

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Subscription offer.
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Melancholy Baby...

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Advice for getting over a break-up.

Appears on pages 31 (1p), 55 (0.2p), and 56 (0.4p).
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Tricky Tests for Teens

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Tricky Tests for Teens
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Appears on pages 32 (1p) and 48 (0.335p).
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Call of the Wilds...

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Camping tips.

Appears on pages 33 (1p) and 56 (0.45p).
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Dear Betts: I've just met the most terrific boy!
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Appears on pages 34 (1p), 35 (1p), and 36 (0.89p).
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We'd like a couple of your bookworms!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl and a boy holding a fishing rod and an open tin can stand in front of a librarian at her desk.

Appears on page 36 alongside the unrelated "Dear Betty Ann" text feature.
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Let's Face It!

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An article about how inner beauty can compensate for a lack of outer beauty.

Appears on pages 37 (1p) and 48 (0.5p).
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Gosh, Mom!
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60 days to the front!
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A PSA about conserving paper from the War Advertising Council in cooperation with the War Production Board and the Office of War Information.
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Hold That Giggle...

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An article about overcoming self-consciousness.

The artist's signature could possibly be "P. B." or "D. B."

Appears on pages 45 (1p) and 55 (0.45p).
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A Jingle for Juniper...

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Peggy Carter
Peggy Carter walked briskly along on her way home from school, her cheeks reddened by the winter air.
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This month's "Miss America" writing contest winner, written by 15-year-old Joan Newcomer of El Dorado, Kansas.

Appears on pages 46 (1p), 47 (1p), and 50 (0.92p).
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Chicken Brittle

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A three-panel cartoon. The first panel shows a hen brooding in its nest atop a table. The second panel shows one of the eggs falling off the table and cracking. The third panel shows a weary chick with a crutch under one wing flying out of the broken egg.

Appears on page 48 alongside the unrelated "Tricky Tests for Teens" text feature.
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Thimble Thrills

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Ad for Miss America brand cloth patterns.

Artist credit comes from this issue's "Hello Girls" column.
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Breezy Bonnets...

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Ad for hats.
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[untitled]

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It means correct, correct, correct, Pop!
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0.08
A captioned one-panel cartoon. A frowning man sits in a lounge chair holding a report card with three C's on it. A boy stands in front of the man smiling casually.

Appears on page 52 alongside the unrelated "Picnic Pleasures" text feature.
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All right—I'm asking you for a date at the last minute— But I know you're the executive type, and used to making split-second decisions!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A young man walks behind a young woman with one arm raised emphatically. The man looks pleading while the woman looks annoyed.

Appears on page 54 alongside the unrelated "Jam Session" text feature.
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Season's greetings: Here it is again, girls!
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Appears on pages 57 (1p) and 62 (0.5p).
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Sparkling Styles

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Ad for summer clothes.
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Approved by Miss America
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Ad for various clothes and accessories.
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I'm making him wear my glasses. It keeps the big dogs away from him!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. Two girls are reclining in the grass. Between them is a shivering chihuahua wearing glasses. The girls also have an issue of "Miss America."

Appears on page 54 alongside the unrelated "Jam Session" text feature.
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Meet Marita

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A blurb advertising a column that will start in an upcoming issue of "Miss America" written by one Marita Helmis.

Appears on page 64.
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Lucky in love — unlucky in cards!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl holds up a report card and her and her friend look at it glumly.

Appears on page 66 alongside the unrelated "Romance and Ration Blues" text feature.

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