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Issue: Miss America Magazine #5 [17]
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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On Sale Date: 02/10/1946
Volume: 3
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 35 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 240, Copyright number: B6812.
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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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teen
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Evening dress by Lenox Formals.
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non-fiction, teen
May Mann (photo); Sue England (photo); Van Johnson (photo); Susan Peters (photo); Ross Hunter (photo)
Let's follow May here, there, and everywhere -
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1.8
Appears on pages 4 (1p), 28 (0.6p), and 30 (0.2p).

Writer May Mann mentions a lunch with fellow "Miss America" creators Pauline O'Sullivan and Edith Balfour Dunn (whom, she adds, were flown out to California by publisher Martin Goodman), in which they discussed the new official "Miss America Clubs."

Page 4 has an illustration of a sandwich board sign bearing the column's title that will be used as the column's header for the subsequent five issues.
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Heart Interest...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction, science and technology
Body and Soul
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1.5
An article regarding the heart (both as a bodily organ and as a metaphor for one's emotional core).

Appears on pages 8 (1p) and 60 (0.5p).
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non-fiction, teen
The department you've been waiting for…
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1.5
The debut of a new column consisting of reader-submitted complaints about boys.

Appears on pages 10 (1p) and 40 (0.5p).
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Hiya, Girls

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non-fiction, teen
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Writer Merry Carr's letter of introduction. She states that she has been chosen to be the magazine's representative for teenagers for one year. Carr was apparently a sophomore at Girls Commercial High School in Brooklyn at the time.
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Approved by Miss America
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0.66
Ad for various clothes and accessories.

Appears on pages 13 (0.33p) and 15 (0.33p).
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Early Pickin's

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Ad for spring dresses.
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Amateur Cupid

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, romantic, teen
Rae Osborn came through the swinging doors from the kitchen carefully.
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3.42
Appears on pages 16 (1p), 17 (1p), 72 (0.2p), 73 (0.67p), and 74 (0.55p).
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He Loves Me Not...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction, romantic, teen
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2.8
Appears on pages 18 (1p), 19 (1p), 44 (0.6p), and 46 (0.2p).
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Forward March!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Ad for clothes appropriate for March weather.
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Charting Your Success...

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non-fiction
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2.75
An article about planning one's future by a "teacher, poet, humanitarian, author, [...] and Associate Superintendent of Schools of New York."

Appears on pages 22 (1p), 23 (1p), 30 (0.42p), and 40 (0.33p).
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No, No, Nellie!

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Grooming advice for long-lasting beauty.

Appears on pages 24 (1p), 25 (1p), and 43 (0.33p).
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non-fiction, teen
Bothered about boys?
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Appears on pages 26 (1p), 64 (0.67p), and 65 (0.33p).
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Strike up the band!
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1.89
Appears on pages 27 (1p) and 48 (0.89p).
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The Lines Are Busy!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subscription offer.

Appears on page 28.
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Secrets for Magical Poise...

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Five tips on poise in the form of rhyming couplets accompanied by small panel illustrations.
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Are You Envious?

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PersonaliTeen Quiz
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A 20-question quiz to determine if you're "the envious type."

Appears on page 30.
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humorous, teen
Joe Mulcahey (postal clerk); Wilf (postman)
One chill morning in February..
Valentine's Day turns dramatic when Patsy gets a mean card from Hedy but actually sent to her as a joke by little brother Mickey.
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7
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Make-Believe Siren...

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Dee-Dee held Trudie's letter to her cheek.
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2.87
Appears on pages 38 (1p), 39 (1p), 61 (0.2p), and 62 (0.67p).
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humorous
I can read everything but the last three lines!
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0.11
A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl seated before an eye chart turns her head to a man in a lab coat standing behind her. The top three lines of the eye chart are filled with random letters, but the bottom three lines spell out "WHAT WAS YOUR EXAM GRADE IN HISTORY TODAY?"

Appears on page 40 alongside the unrelated "Charting Your Success" text feature.
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Colorfully Speaking...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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informational
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Miscellaneous
1.4
Fashion advice revolving around changing the color scheme of one's wardrobe.

Appears on pages 42 (1p) and 46 (0.4p).
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[untitled]

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Announcing Miss America Club
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Information about the newly-established Miss America Clubs, including how to found a chapter of one's own.

The club officers and board of directors are given as follows:
Chariman – Bessie H. Little – Editor-in-Chief
Vice Chairman – Aileen Fogarty – Director of Public Relations
Treasurer – Sylvia Fiegen
Secretary – Edith Balfour Dunn – Merchandise Editor

Members of the Board: Lady Margaret Armstrong, Mrs. Frederick Altwood, Mrs. Sydney C. Borg, Miss Laraine Day, Jean Goodman (as Mrs. Martin Goodman), Mrs. David S. Long, Mrs. Jamie Preston Selvage, and Mrs. Carlton Ward, Jr.

Appears on pages 43 (0.67p) and 46 (0.25p).
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Blouse Designing Contests

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An ad announcing the second of three new blouse designing contests sponsored by Miss America and Sally Mason, Inc. For this contest, one is to design a summer blouse. First prize winner receives a $25 Victory Bond and their blouse would be produced as the "Sally Mason Blouse of the Season."

Appears on page 58.
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humorous
He's the team's mascot, and he hasn't had his name in the paper all season!
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0.11
A captioned one-panel cartoon. An alarmed-looking girl is seated at a desk with a nameplate atop it that reads "Student News." A Great Dane standing on his hind legs with one front paw on the desk looks at the girl with eyebrows furrowed. In the background, another worried girl peeks her head in from behind a door adorned with the words "Editor's Office."

Appears on page 46 alongside the unrelated "Colorfully Speaking" text feature.
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Black cats never bother me. I couldn't get any lower marks than I'm getting!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A black cat walks past two girls, one looks alarmed, the other looks unbothered.

Appears on page 48 alongside the unrelated "Dear Betty Ann" text feature.
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The Little Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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The little man moved slowly from the subway train, stepping onto the platform just as the great door slid closed behind him.
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This month's "Miss America" writing contest winner. Author was a 16-year-old sixth term student at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York, and the story was submitted by A. Barnett Langdale, the school's Chairman of English.

Appears on pages 49 (1p), 60 (0.17p), and 61 (0.13p).
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Party Lines...

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Ad for "Miss America" brand cloth patterns.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Vaughn Monroe (photo); Andy Russell (photo); Peggy Lee (photo); Paul Weston (photo)
We shall have music…
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Miscellaneous
1.75
Appears on pages 51 (1p) and 58 (0.75p).
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When I Grow Up...

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Claude Jarman; Roddy McDowell; Elizabeth Taylor; Jane Powell; Peggy Ann Garner; Barbara Whiting
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2.93
Six teen actors share their personal hopes and dreams for their futures.

Appears on pages 52 (1p), 53 (1p), 67 (0.33p), 68 (0.33p), and 69 (0.27p).
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Mob Scene...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction
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2.92
An article about the dangers of a panicked mob.

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 55 (1p), 65 (0.25p), and 66 (0.67p).
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The Yolk's on You...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
2.6
Egg recipes.

Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), 69 (0.07p), 70 (0.33p), and 72 (0.2p).
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non-fiction
My office, on the 73rd floor…
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0.25
Editor Goodman talks about how hectic publishing can be. She states that her office at the time was located on the 73rd floor of the Empire State Building.

Appears on page 58.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miss America Pen Pals
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0.33
A list of names and addresses of "Miss America" readers who wish to become pen pals.

Appears on page 68.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Share your thoughts with other girls…
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Miscellaneous
1.25
Letters from: Margaret Stevens (Preston, Lancashire, England), Edith Schunk (Paterson, New Jersey), Loann Beamer (Bayside, California), Billie Lou Chick (Columbia, Missouri), Harriet Besden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Loire Colemanne (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Yolanda Astarita (New York, New York), and Catherine Quinn (Verdun, Quebec, Canada).

Pictures of: Stevens, June Raymond (Worcester, Massachusetts), Verna Wilkerson (Louisville, Kentucky), Muriel England (Arlington, Massachusetts), Nancy Mery (Ardmore, Pennsylvania), Frances Walker (Centerville, Arkansas), and Ramogene Russell (Tuscumbia, Alabama).

Appears on pages 71 (1p) and 72 (0.25p).

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