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Issue: Miss America Magazine #1 [19]
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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On Sale Date: 04/07/1946
Volume: 4
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 34 (4 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, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 240, Copyright number: B17188.
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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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The models on the cover might be intended to represent Patsy Walker and Buzz Baxter.
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May Mann (photo); Van Johnson (photo); Ann Blythe (photo); Turhan Bey (photo); Lawrence Tierney (photo); Janet Martin (photo)
Ross Hunter came calling recently…
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Table of Contents

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This month, girls, tell us your plans for the future…
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Appears on pages 8 (0.33p) and 50 (0.59p).

Letters from: Moyra Flight (Durban, South Africa), Anna Caputo (Ferndale, Michigan), Anna Belle Praetorius (Baytown, Texas), Nancy O'Grady (Bemidji, Minnesota), Judy Mansmith (Winona, Minnesota), Peggy Bavrou (Greenville, North Carolina), Marion Clark (Washington, D.C.), Rita Sirabella (New York, New York), Marion Tiffert (Morris Plains, New Jersey), Peggy MacDonald (South Meriden, Connecticut), Nancy Zimmerman, Wanda Dallasta (Henryette, Oklahoma), and Merilyn Overby (Walla Walla, Washington).

Pictures of: Helen Brown (Quebec, Canada), Theresa McCarthy (Auburn, New York), Grace Meewes (West New York, New Jersey), and Darlene Conser (Arkansas City, Kansas).
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Maid of Music...

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A profile of 15-year-old opera singer Elaine Malbin.

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Approved by Miss America
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Ad for various clothes and accessories.

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Dinah Shore (photo); Johnny Desmond (photo)
Artie Shaw is reorganizing his band…
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We hope Eleanor hasn't given you the idea that she's anti-male…
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Appears on pages 17 (1p) and 63 (0.67p).
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If Wishes Were Horses...

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Wedged between Uncle Joe and Aunt Emma and pressed hard against the rail, Stacy watched the sulkies wheeling swiftly around the bend and down the track.
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Appears on pages 18 (1p), 19 (1p), 72 (0.4p), 73 (0.67p), and 74 (0.33p).
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The Punch in Judy...

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Louise Erickson (photo); Frank Sinatra (photo)
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A profile of the star of the comedy radio program "Date with Judy," actress Louise Erickson.

Appears on pages 20 (1p), 21 (1p), 65 (0.5p), and 66 (0.4p).
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Cotton Tales...

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Clothing ad.
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Losers Weepers

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An article about how keeping one's things organized helps to avoid being a "loser" (i.e. one who loses items).

Includes a page of mixed media art composed of a photograph of a girl in an illustrated room.

Appears on pages 24 (1p), 25 (1p), and 67 (0.11p).
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A Lovelier You...

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Hygiene and beauty tips.

Appears on pages 26 (1p), 48 (0.33p), and 50 (0.3p).
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Some day, if and when I'll become a movie star…
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How can you be so cheerful on exam day!!!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl wearing a bathrobe and fuzzy slippers stands by the foot of her bed pointing a finger angrily up to a birdcage in which a canary is singing.

Appears on page 28 alongside the unrelated "Dear Betty Ann" text feature.
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Mr. Miserly; Mr. Dolorous; Liz (Hedy's friend); Joe (Franklyn's boss)
Move over, noisy!
Looking for new mischief to get into, Hedy goes after Nancy's boyfriend, Franklyn.
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Take a May Poll...

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Subscription offer. Includes a small illustration of a group of girls dancing around a maypole, atop which is a tiny reproduction of Miss America v3 #5.

Appears on page 36.
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Working Girl...

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A list of workplace tips for young ladies who are taking their first jobs.

Appears on pages 38 (1p), 39 (1p), and 40 (0.5p).
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Are one of these problems yours?
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AH! MEN!

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A 13-year-old's poem about how frustrating boys can be. Includes a small illustration.

Appears on page 42.
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3rd and FINAL Blouse Contest!

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An ad announcing the third and final blouse designing contest sponsored by Miss America and Sally Mason, Inc. For this contest, one is to design a "back-to-school" 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 43.
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A Gal Named Ginny...

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Ginny raised panic-stricken brown eyes from the telegram to Marge's face.
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Know something?
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I wonder what the library teacher meant by, "Is this late-excuse fiction or non-fiction?"
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. Two girls walking on the sidewalk are carrying books and chatting.

Appears on page 48 alongside the unrelated "A Lovelier You" text feature.
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Stitchin' Time

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Ad for "Miss America" brand cloth patterns.
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Say, Barbara!

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A blurb asking that the sick girl whose letter had been answered in the December/January issue's "For Girls Only" column mail them her address so that editorial assistant Annette Blackman could forward her all the reader mail that they had received on her behalf.

Appears at the bottom of page 50.
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Backstage Mystery...

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There was much excitement backstage at the Imperial Theater.
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Appears on pages 52 (1p), 53 (1p), 70 (0.67p), 71 (0.33p), and 72 (0.27p).
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Merry May-kers...

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Ad for spring dresses.
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Face the Music!

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Step-by-step instructions on how to dance the foxtrot by famed ballroom dancer and dance studio chain founder Arthur Murray.

Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), and 62 (0.67p).
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Subject: American Youth

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Irene Dunne (photos)
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An "informal lecture" meant to inspire youth to "an awareness of [their] role in Tomorrow's World" from actress Irene Dunne.

Appears on pages 58 (1p), 59 (1p), 68 (0.33p), and 69 (0.67p).
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Knit-Wits

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Ad for knitted clothes.

Appears on page 64.
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Laraine Day's Dandy Dish

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A recipe for baked apples.

Appears on page 66.
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HOLD ON TO YOUR WAR BONDS
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COMING... COMING... in your June Miss America!
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A blurb promoting features in the upcoming June issue of Miss America.

Appears on page 74.

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