Issue | #4 |
Published | September 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | David T. Marke; Ralph Ellsworth (Art Editor); Lloyd Jacquet (Art Editor) |
Characters | General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959) |
Characters | Elanor Roosevelt (Photo); George Hecht (Photo); Gerard Darrow (Photo); Daniel C. Knowlton (Photo) |
Script | George J. Hecht |
Characters | General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959); General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 - December 22, 1948); General John J. Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945) |
Synopsis | Life story of General Marshall from his beginnings at Virginia Military Institute to shortly before WWII. |
Genre | Bio; War |
Characters | Joe Crosson (1903-1949; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot); Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (1897 - 1929; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot) |
Synopsis | The story of Joe Crosson, once of the first pilots in Alaska. |
Genre | Fact; Adventure |
Characters | Benjamin "Ben" Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002); Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 – January 1, 1980); James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980); Fred Wolcott; Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994); Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001); Stella Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980); Matti Henrikki Järvinen (February 18, 1909 – July 22, 1985); Elroy Robinson; Luhaar; Sydney Charles Wooderson (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006); Cornelius Cooper Johnson (August 28, 1913 – February 15, 1946); David Donald Albritton (April 13, 1913 – May 14, 1994); Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000); Richard Atley Donald (August 19, 1910 - October 19, 1992); Miss Lunn; Zdenka Koubkova; Curtis Hill; Glendolene Vinyard; Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden (January 1st, 1918 – December 6th, 1997); John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 – September 29, 1952); Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984); Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947; Horse); Greyhound (Horse); Fritz Wendel (February 21, 1915–February 9, 1975) |
Synopsis | Details on various sports records. |
Characters | George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799); Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790); John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747(1747-07-06) – July 18, 1792); Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836) |
Synopsis | The story of the American Flag from the Revolutionary War thru 1940's. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Linton Wells |
Characters | Lieutenant John Weatherby |
Synopsis | Lt. Weatherby has a plan to capture a British Clipper ship. |
Genre | War |
Notes | War of 1812 story |
Characters | Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849); James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) |
Synopsis | The story of how Dolly Madison rescued many valuables from the White House before the British arrived and burned it to the ground in the war of 1812. |
Genre | War; Fact |
Characters | Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975); Sun Yat-sen (November 12th 1866 – March 12th 1925); Soong Mei-ling (March 5, 1897 – October 23, 2003); Chang Hsuch-Ling |
Synopsis | The story of Chaing Kai-shek from before WWI thru WWII. |
Genre | Fact; War |
Notes | Continued from previous issue. |
Characters | Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – March 12, 1820); Simon MacTavish |
Synopsis | The story of Alexander Mackenzie and his expedition that travelled across all of Canada to become the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. |
Genre | Fact; Adventure |
Characters | Captain John Charles Fremont (1813 - 1890); Kit Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868); Lieutenant Gillespie |
Synopsis | The story of Captain Fremont and how he forced Mexico to surrender California to America. |
Genre | Western; Fact |