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Issue: Miss America Magazine #3 [21]
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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On Sale Date: 06/06/1946
Volume: 4
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 46 (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, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 240, Copyright number: B24423.
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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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Elizabeth Taylor (photo)
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Per the table of contents, "Cover: Lovely Elizabeth Taylor, starring in MGM's Technicolor picture 'Blue Sierra.'"
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Peggy Ann Garner (photo); Frank Sinatra (photo); Ann Blyth (photo); Johnnie Miles (photo); May Mann (photo); Roddy Mc Dowall (photo); Lon McCallister (photo); Jim Guston (photo); Richard Clayton (photo); Richard Long (photo); Bill Shirley (photo); Johnny Sands (photo); Ross Hunter (photo)
Barbara Whiting has lost pounds and pounds…
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How many of you know what you want to be…
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Table of Contents

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Shopping Notes
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Art Lund (photo); Doris Day (photo); Tex Beneke (photo)
Gather around my soapbox!
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Appears on pages 10 (1p), 73 (0.22p), and 74 (0.67p).
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So Blue and Beautiful...

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Appears on pages 12 (1p), 13 (1p), 66 (0.33p), 67 (0.67p), 68 (0.84p), 69 (0.67p), and 70 (0.2p).
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A Day in the Country

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A two-page ad for clothing suitable for "country living [...] picnicking, cycling, hiking."
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A Day in Town

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A two-page ad for clothing suitable for "a city summer."
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Make Mine Music

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A preview of Walt Disney's then-upcoming musical anthology, "Make Mine Music." Includes reproductions of animation cels from the film, as well as an illustration by Marion Gerrick.
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Parties Are Fun

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An article about how to relax and get over "party jitters."

Appears on pages 20 (1p), 21 (1p), and 58 (0.78p).
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Counsel on Counselling...

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An article about becoming a camp counselor.

Appears on pages 22 (1p), 23 (1p), and 62 (0.5p).
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Woodchoppin'

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Woody Herman (clarinetist, photo); Merry Carr (photo)
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An article about Merry's day spent with famous clarinetist Woody Herman.

Appears on pages 24 (1p), 25 (1p), 72 (0.55p), and 73 (0.45).
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Growing Concern

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Elizabeth Taylor (photo); Jane Powell (photo); Peggy Ann Garner (photo)
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An article reassuring readers that "there's no such thing as an 'awkward age.'"

Appears on pages 26 (1p) and 51 (1p).
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Your snapshot with Van and Frankie is simply historic!
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Do You Have Good Manners?

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PersonaliTeen Quiz
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A 20-question quiz about manners.

Appears on page 28.
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humorous, teen
Speed Stewart; Slick
A departing battleship, a broken heart, what goes on here?
Two brash young men who have come into town for their jobs promoting toothpaste oust Buzz and Franklyn from Patsy's and Nancy's lives. To win their girlfriends back, the boys go to join the Navy, but Buzz is unable to without a parent's permission.
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Rose-Colored Glasses

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Betsy walked slowly along Main Street, her blue eyes miserable behind the brand new glasses.
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Cast your glance a bit to starboard, Gertrude whispers. Buster's harbored!
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Wishing on a Star?

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Miss America Magazine
Wishin' to be popular?
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Subscription offer.

Appears on page 40.
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Dear Laraine: I am only 17 and I like a boy…
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I always say something nice about your hats, NOW can't you say something nice about mine!
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A boy wearing a dunce cap is resting on a sofa chair and speaking to a girl who is looking in a mirror admiring her feathered hat with an open hat box at her feet.

Appears on page 42 alongside the unrelated "For Girls Only" text feature.
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The Burning Question

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An article advising readers on how to avoid sunburns.

Appears on pages 43 (1p) and 49 (0.5p).
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Behaving Yourself...

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An article about understanding oneself.

Appears on pages 44 (1p) and 45 (0.8p).
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A Good Goodnight

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A short article providing tips for delaying or altogether avoiding a goodnight kiss accompanied by an illustration.

Appears on page 45.
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It seems that neither the boys nor the gals have any monopoly on the peeve department.
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Appears on pages 46 (1p) and 47 (0.87p).
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Laraine Day's Party Pick-Up

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A short recipe for strawberry lemonade accompanied by an illustration.

Appears on page 47.
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It's the Talk of the TEENS!!!

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Miss America Club
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An article advertising the new Miss America Clubs.
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Futility

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A short poem about the seeming futility of dieting.

Appears on page 49.
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How Ducky!

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informational
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Ad for a "Miss America" brand cloth pattern featuring Disney's Donald Duck.
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A Girl with Principles

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teen
"For the luvva Pete," Jerry howled.
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Appears on pages 52 (1p), 53 (1p), 63 (0.27p), 64 (0.75p), 65 (0.75p), and 66 (0.5p).
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United Statesmen of America!

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An article about activism among American teenagers.

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 55 (1p), and 60 (0.75p).
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Hometown Vacations

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An article about how to have fun during summer vacation without traveling.

Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), 61 (0.89p), and 62 (0.33p).
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A Dozen Pointers on Becoming Goon Bait

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A short list of things one shouldn't do.

Appears on page 58.
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A Matter on Manners...

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Advice on school dance etiquette.

Appears on page 59.
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How's Your Animal I.Q.?

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A 20-question quiz about animals.

Appears on page 60.
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Sillies

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Two jokes included as filler.

Appears on page 61.
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Here Comes the Sweater Girls!

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An announcement of three of the winners of the March issue's Hi-Girl sweater contest. The announced winners are: Connie Helme (Saskatchewan, Canada), Rose Trimble (Erie, Pennsylvania), and Lorraine Kanya (Newark, New Jersey).

Appears on page 62.
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This Laugh Is on Me!

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A short comedic story.

Appears on page 64.
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Are You a Porcupine?

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A short article advising girls to not be too prickly.

Appears on page 65.
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Just Nonsense...

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Three short poems.

Appears on page 66.
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humorous
Dear Mr. Ripley -- A phenomena happened here today, I passed my physics exam.
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A girl seated in a college dorm writes a letter.

Appears on page 68 alongside the unrelated "So Blue and Beautiful" text feature.
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Remodel It!

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"Pointers for perking up your weary, worn-out wardrobe."

Appears on page 70.
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Fan letter Number One…
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Appears on page 71 (0.67p).

Letters from: Mrs. Philip Butz (Gary, Indiana), Alfreda Hoynoski (Croydon, Pennsylvania), Ella Jensen (Racine, Wisconsin), Barbara Kent (Indianapolis, Indiana), Margaret Knause (Hamburg, Pennsylvania), Barbara Levine (Hartford, Connecticut), and Barbara Wyatt (Muskogee, Oklahoma).

Pictures of: Annabelle Heath (Poquonock, Connecticut), Eleaine Ritz (Montreal, Canada), and Mary Bianchi (Buffalo, New York).
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The Winnah

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The announcement of the winners of Miss America's Sally Mason Blouse Designing Contest; first place: Rose Roschen, age 16, Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania; second place: Mary Jane Park, age 16, of Peoria Heights, Illinois; third place: Fann Colt, age 17, Beverly Hills, California.

Appears on page 72.
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Pretty Pin-Ups

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Hairstyling tips.

Appears on page 74.

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