Dates
- Cover date
- November 1951
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
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Creators
Stories
- Side-Street Love · 6.67 pages
Bored Sally is engaged to Frank but begins an affair with department store night watchman Buck, who gives her gifts he “bought” with his “employee discount” (Buck actually stole the merchandise). Sally spends time with Buck in the closed store at night, hoping he’ll propose marriage. Unfortunately, they’re caught by the police. Buck tries to blame Sally but they’re both sent to prison. Sally regrets her “cheap, sordid, side-street love!!” and that she lost Frank, a decent man.
- Afraid To Tell · 1 pages
- Brute Force · 6 pages
Janie has a crush on former schoolmate Clark, now a professional boxer. Clark repeatedly sends her away because he has no future and no security to offer her. When another fighter makes a pass at Janie, Clark knocks him out and says he’ll have to marry Janie to keep her out of trouble.
- No Hope for Happiness! · 7 pages
Reporter Bart investigates the death of Janice, a mysterious blonde whose body was washed up on a beach. He becomes obsessed with her, to the detriment of his relationship with fellow newspaper employee Sylvia. Bart visits Janice’s hometown and discovers she’s alive: she left town suddenly to marry Joe, just discharged from the Army. The dead woman’s identity is a mystery. Bart realizes his love for Janice was an illusion, but Sylvia is real.
- She's No Lady · 5 pages
At lunchtime each day, Meg helps her father Frank with his lunch wagon business outside a local factory, then returns to school. She breaks up with factory worker Biff in order to date wealthy classmate Hal. Hal asks Meg to hide her humble origins from his parents, but when a factory worker gets fresh and Biff defends her, Hal’s father—who owns the factory—sees her there. Hal agrees with his parents: Meg is too common for him. Meg and Biff reconcile.
- First Love Winners · 0.5 pages
- Your Problem · 0.5 pages
Nancy Powers gives advice to readers.