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Explore 52 featured picks from The New Yorker's 1945 issues.

52 picks · 52 issues · Top author: Alva Johnston (4)

Most featured section: A Reporter at Large

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Iwo Mission.
Roger Angell · A Reporter at Large · January 6

Reporter at Large about a bombing mission to the Japanese island of Iwo. Describes the last dramatic flight of "The Chambermaid," a B-24 Liberator bomber. …

SOME MARVELS BETWEEN KHORRAMSHAHR & KAZVIN Part I,
Joel Sayre · A Reporter at Large · January 13

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Persian Gulf Command, a military operation, whose entire task was to deliver American supplies to the Russians as rapidly as …

The Crier.
Philip Hamburger · Profiles · January 20

PROFILE of Gabriel Heatter, who covered Bruno Hauptmann's trial. On the afternoon of Friday, April 3, 1936, the day of the execution, Heatter went to …

THE SUSPENDED DRAWING ROOM.
S. N. Behrman · A Reporter at Large · January 27

REPORTER AT LARGE about England. Speaks of the nonchalance with which the English take air-raids. Alfred Lunt was standing in the wings one night ready to …

"An Answer to Everything." Composit Profile.
Hubbard Hoover · Profiles · February 3
THE EVENTS AT COMBLANCHIEN--II
A. J. Liebling · A Reporter at Large · February 10

REPORTER AT LARGE about strange events that took place in the village of Comblanchien on the evening of Aug. 21, 1944. That evening, some German soldiers …

The National Idea Man--II
Alva Johnston · Profiles · February 17

PROFILE of Beardsley Ruml. Ruml's mother came from New England of a family of Scottish-English stock, among whose descendants are the Alka-Seltzer and …

The National Idea Man--III
Alva Johnston · Profiles · February 24

PROFILE of Breadsley Ruml. In 1922, at the age 27, Ruml was engaged to think up plans for spending 74 million dollars which John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had …

THE FREEING OF BILIBID
Robert Shaplen · A Reporter at Large · March 3

REPORTER AT LARGE, about the freeing of prisoners interned at the old Spanish penitentiary of Bilibid, Manila. Our intelligence knew nothing about the fact…

THE DUGGANS OF WAPPING.
Mollie Panter-Downes · A Reporter at Large · March 10

A REPORTER AT LARGE about the most bombed-out family in London, the Duggans, mother, father, and thirteen children.

U. S. ARTIST
Rufus Jarman · Profiles · March 17

Profile of Norman Rockwell. Schaeffer, another illustrator and painter, also lives in Arlington, Vermont.

PERSIAN GULF COMMAND III-The Whirling Men,
Joel Sayre · A Reporter at Large · March 24

REPORTER AT LARGE about Major General Donald H. Connolly's Persian Gulf Command. Origin of the name Persia, history, culture, the zir khaneh or …

C'est La Guerre and Laissez Faire
Philip Hamburger · Profiles · March 31

Profile of Joseph Platzker, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Building, who is also in charge of the City Vacancy Listing Bureau, an …

PERSIAN GULF COMMAND; YOU DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A RAILROAD--IV,
Joel Sayre · A Reporter at Large · April 7

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Persian Gulf Command. The unloading at Khorramshar was done by two battalions, one white, the other colored. There was a great …

The Celluloid Brassière
Andy Logan · The Talk of the Town · April 14

Tennessee Williams, the playwright behind “The Glass Menagerie,” reflects on his career.

THE LONG MARCH--II
Walter Bernstein · A Reporter at Large · April 21

REPORTER AT LARGE about a seven-day march from the Adriatic Coast to Drvar, in Bosnia, half the time through German-held territory. The group consisted of …

THE LONG MARCH--III
Walter Bernstein · A Reporter at Large · April 28

REPORTER AT LARGE about a seven-day march from the Adriatic Coast to Drvar, in Bosnia, half the time through German-held territory. The group consisted of …

Inside Ravensbrück
Janet Flanner · Letter from Paris · May 5

Writing in 1945, Janet Flanner speaks with a concentration-camp survivor.

PHILOSOPHER
Hamilton Basso · Profiles · May 12

PROFILE of Jean Wahl, the French philosopher, poet, and Sorbonne professor who has been called by Jacques Maritain "the best philosopher among the …

A BEAT-UP SWASTIKA AND FIFTY SEN
E. J. Kahn · A Reporter at Large · May 19

REPORTER AT LARGE about S/Sgt. Edward F. Allison, a redeployed soldier, of Alameda, California. He fought the Japs on Attu, was assigned to the …

THE TOMB LIFE--II
John Lardner · A Reporter at Large · May 26

REPORTER AT LARGE about the fighting in Okinowa, and the old argument: are the Marines superior to the Army in combat. Explains the basic function and …

QUEST FOR MOLLIE--II
A. J. Liebling · Profiles · June 2

PROFILE of Karl C. Warner, an American soldier, known to the NintyDivision as Molotov, Mollie, or the Mayor of Broadway. Mollie served in the 60th Infantry…

White Bimbo, Or Through Dullest Africa With Three Sleepy People
S. J. Perelman · Fiction · June 9

On Armand Brigaud's "Killers on Safari", a story which appeared in a pulp magazine called "Jungle Stories."

Mrs. Semplon's Fifth Freedom
Edward Longstreet · Fiction · June 16

Mrs. Semplon's new all-in-one kitchen, all electrified and automatic. The only things she couldn't put into the dish washing machine were highball …

COLONEL BARANOFF AND THE NEWSPAPER “PM”
A. J. Liebling · A Reporter at Large · June 23

REPORTER AT LARGE about war correspondents & public relations men & officers of the Eight Army in Africa. Colonel Baranoff, a Russian correspondent for …

My name is Edgar D. Moss, and I'm the attorney for the plaintiff
Arthur Kober · Fiction · June 30

Monologue. Attorney Edgar D. Moss, representing Harriet Boykin who had been injured in tripping on a hole in the linoleum at the Liberty Bell Cafeteria. …

Comedy
Alva Johnston · Profiles · July 7

PROFILE of Joe E. Brown tells about Brown's appearance at D. J. Grauman's Unique Theatre, in San Francisco. For box-office reasons, Grauman fed his…

"Menus, Nylons, Wiping Cloths, and Abdullahs."
Daniel Lang · A Reporter at Large · July 14

REPORTER AT LARGE about the black market and black market operators in New York City. Tells about the case of the Abdullah Linen Company, in the West …

THE SURRENDER OF THE U-805
Eugene Kinkead · A Reporter at Large · July 21

REPORTER AT LARGE about the surrender of U-805, A German submarine, the second to be brought into an east-coast post under the terms of the Reich's …

THE BRILLIANT JUGHEAD
John Hersey · Profiles · July 28

PROFILE of Pvt. John Daniel Ramey, a student at a school, officially known as the Special Training Unit of the 3384th Service Unit, a place at which an …

MR. FLOOD'S PARTY
Joseph Mitchell · A Reporter at Large · August 4

REPORTER AT LARGE about Hugh G. Flood, a retired house-wrecking contractor, an amateur ichtyologist, and honorary Mayor of the Fulton Fish Market. Mr. …

WELCOME HOME, JOHN AND MARG
Mollie Panter-Downes · A Reporter at Large · August 11

REPORTER AT LARGE about London children, billeted all over England during the blitz, and now being returned to their homes. In a single week, the …

Fateful Night
Eugene Kinkead · The Talk of the Town · August 18

Talk story about Dr. John R. Dunning releasing atomic energy by splitting uranium. It was on the night of Jan. 25, 1939. That morning, Dr. Enrico Fermi had…

It Isn’t the Money I Mind
Shirley Jackson · Fiction · August 25

Fiction, from 1945: Now I know I just didn’t have sense enough to see the baby had talent.

ON THE FORMULA.
Andy Logan · Profiles · September 1

Profile of Howard Berkey Bishop, a chemical engineer of Summit, N.J., the country's most spirited crusader against tobacco, liquor, coffee, tea, cola …

LONG HAUL, WITH VARIABLES
John Hersey · A Reporter at Large · September 8

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Army Transportation Corps and the job of transporting returning soldiers. The Black Hawk Division, the Eighty-sixth was the …

Corps de Ballet
Joseph Wechsberg · Fiction · September 15

Monte Carlo. The accordion player who performed lying down. He was also a ballet enthusiast and knew most of the members of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe. …

ANNALS OF COLLABORATION; Equivalism--I
Janet Flanner · Profiles · September 22

PROFILE of Charles E. Bedaux, discoverer of the "measurement of human energy." Definition of the system; names of important firms using it in this country,…

THE CROWN VERSUS WILLIAM JOYCE
Rebecca West · A Reporter at Large · September 29

REPORTER AT LARGE about the treason trial of William Joyce, the Lord Haw Haw of German radio propaganda. His father, Michael Joyce, had been a naturalized …

ANNALS OF COLLABORATION; Equivalism--II
Janet Flanner · Profiles · October 6

Second Part of Profile of Bedaux, inventor of the Bedaux industrial speedup system. He would have been the only American citizen ever to be charged with …

ANNALS OF COLLABORATION; Equivalism--III
Janet Flanner · Profiles · October 13

Three-part article on Charles E. Bedaux, industrialist-efficiency expert, inventor of "measurement of human energy" speedup system. He would have been the …

GREEK DIARY: COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS AND ROYALISTS
Edmund Wilson · A Reporter at Large · October 20

REPORTER AT LARGE from Greece. Conversation with two Greek professors who have become political figures: George Georg alas, & Alexander Svolos. Georgalas, …

NEW YORK OR BUST
William McGuire · Profiles · October 27

Mentionin Profile of the U.S.S. New York. Mr. Meyer, Sec. of the Navy in 1912, attended the christening of the battle ship.

Closing a Deal in Kapurthala.
John Fischer · A Reporter at Large · November 3

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Maharajah of Kapurthala entertaining American Army men who had come to Lahor to buy a supply of dry ice for our men in India. A…

DOPES AND SIMPLE JOES
Daniel Lang · A Reporter at Large · November 10

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to Fort Du Pont, Delaware, where some of the 400,000 German prisoners of war in this country are interned.

GREEK DIARY: VIEWS OF BULLHEADED CRETE
Edmund Wilson · A Reporter at Large · November 17

REPORTER AT LARGE about Crete & a visit to the runis of the palace of Minos at Knossos. The Minoan civilication has come and gone without leaving the key …

BIRTH OF AN ARISTOCRAT.
John Bainbridge · Profiles · November 24

PROFILE of DeWitt Wallace, editor of the Reader's Digest. Biographical sketch of his father, Dr. James Wallace, who was a scholar of Greek & Latin, and…

THE CONTEMPORANIOUS MEMORANDA OF DR. SACHS.
Geoffrey T. Hellman · A Reporter at Large · December 1

REPORTER AT LARGE about Dr. Sachs, the man who got President Roosevelt interested in atomic research. Biographical sketch of the scientist, account of the …

Litte Magazine; CHAPPAQUA, U. S. A.--IV
John Bainbridge · Profiles · December 8

PROFILE of DeWitt Wallace, owner & editor of the Reader's Digest, presented as though written by one Nicholas Popkov, a Russian, who was supposed to …

DR. WALLACE'S MAGIC FORMULA
John Bainbridge · Profiles · December 15

PROFILE of DeWitt Wallace, founder & editor of The Reader's Digest. Breakdown of circulation; American, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish,…

No Dearth of Mirth - Fill Out the Coupon!
S. J. Perelman · Fiction · December 22

Inspired by the Fruit-of-the-Month Club, which sends a different fruit each month to its members, a man decides there ought to be a service which sends out…

The Plywood Baron--II
Alva Johnston · Profiles · December 29

Profile of Lawrence Ottinger, president of the United States Plywood Company. Tells about Donald Deskey's contribution to making plywood more a more …

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