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The Passing Show [v 3 #126, August 18, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · Mock Trial · Hugh Clevely · ss 8 · New Uses for Radio · Marchese Marconi · ar 10 · English Journey, 12: This Country at War · J. B. Priestley · ex; in Lancashire. 13 · A Deserted Nest [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 15 · Keep Cricket the Game of Games · Lord Hailsham & Toye Vise · iv 16 · The High Window · Dudley Hoys · ss 18 · Private Lives 126: Yea, Verity! · Private Secretary · ar; about cricketer Hedley Verity. 18 · International Trade [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 23 · New to the Game · F. Morton Howard · ss 24 · An Hour by the Watch · Anon. · ts 26 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 10 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “The Price of Happiness”. 32 · Every Woman Has a Future · Mary Ferguson · ar 34 · A Drama of the Drought [This Really Happened] · F. J. G. · ts 34 · Thanks to a Smash [This Really Happened] · D. D. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #127, August 25, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · I Defend Football Finance · Sir Frederick Wall · ar 7 · Chinaman’s Chance [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18 ’34 10 · English Journey, 13: Tyneside’s Phantom Towns · J. B. Priestley · ex 13 · Ex-Miser · W. A. Sweeney · ss 14 · Found · Phyllis Bottome · ss 16 · Private Lives 127: Untidiest Husband · Private Secretary · ar; about Sinclair Lewis. 16 · Nazi Workless [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 21 · Because of a Pancake [This Really Happened] · Anon. · ts 22 · Bandit Cure · Anon. · ts 24 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 11 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “No Match for a Woman”. 28 · By the Woodside [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 30 · Women Doctors Are Winning · Vera Brittain · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #128, September 1, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · The Exiles in Our Midst · Carl Olsson · ar 7 · Hanging Acrobat [“The Girl on the Trapeze”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery May ’34 10 · Pastime [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 11 · Private Lives 128: The Skipper · Private Secretary · ar; about Tom Sopwith. 12 · English Journey, 14: Where Men Make Volcanoes · J. B. Priestley · ex; in Durham and Teesdale. 14 · Rest Cure · Florence A. Kilpatrick · ss 16 · Money for Jam · F. A. J. Godfrey · ss 21 · The Hand That Saves a Thousand Ships · Commander H. M. Daniel · ar 22 · Easy Money · Anon. · ss 24 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 12 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “The Stain of Suspicion”. 28 · A Housing Loan? [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 29 · A ’Varsity Fire-Walker [This Really Happened] · A. P. · ts 29 · Black for Luck [This Really Happened] · J. L. · ts 30 · If You Have “Nerves"—So Have the Stars · Elizabeth Ryan · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #129, September 8, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · One Touch of Nature · Charles Dudley Ward · ss 8 · The League of Nations Which Really Works · Daphne Clare · ar 10 · Trembling Gun · Frank Weston · ss 11 · Private Lives 129: Cock o’ The North · Private Secretary · ar; about The Marquess of Huntly. 12 · English Journey, 15: “An Infinity of Cod and Codlings · J. B. Priestley · ex; in eastern England. 14 · The Parrot, the Bull and the Lady [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 16 · Time Talks [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 21 · The Secret Scar [This Really Happened] · H. C. B. · ts 21 · Wheat Panic [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 22 · The Secret in the Lining · Anon. · ts 24 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 13 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “The Great White Ju-Ju”. 30 · Women Hitler Cannot Do Without · Ellen Wilkinson · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #130, September 15, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · Johnny Gets His Gun · Lucian Cary · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 14 ’34 8 · Sheer Hard Work Hangs the Murderer · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar; about detailed detective work. 10 · Closed Account · Will Scott · ss 11 · English Journey, 16: English Journey’s End · J. B. Priestley · ex 14 · The Cat and the Catapult · L. Patrick Greene · ss 16 · Private Lives 130: Music’s Mussolini · Private Secretary · ar; about Arturo Toscanini. 21 · Trapped in a Lift [This Really Happened] · H. F. L. · ts 22 · Her Words Went Home · Anon. · ts 24 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 14 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “The Price of Courage”. 30 · A Pioneer Wife Finds Gold · Mary Ferguson · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #131, September 22, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 7 · Royalty I Have Shot · James Jarché · ex; abridged from forthcoming book People I Have Shot by noted photographer. 11 · The Salvation of Valerus Poach · Edwin Rutt · ss 14 · The Women Diplomats Will Keep Secrets · Lord Strabolgi · ar 15 · Private Lives 131: Edith the Unexpected · Private Secretary · ar; about Edith Sitwell. 16 · Another Invention, Eh? · Allan Jowan · ss 18 · The English Are Like This · Hugh Preston · ss 23 · Fighting Ten Thousand Bees [This Really Happened] · Tursa · ts 23 · Embarrassing! [This Really Happened] · W. H. · ts 24 · A Sinner at Sea · Anon. · ts 26 · Safer, Swifter, Smarter Cars · B. L. Jacot · ar; first in new feature ‘Road Sense’ 26 · Exchange Makeshifts [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 28 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 15 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “Murder on Dartmoor”. 34 · Making Peace for your Children · Mary Ferguson · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #132, September 29, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 7 · Apes or Angels? · Julian Huxley · ar; considers what we need to do in the future to avoid boredom with increased leisure. 9 · Red Gold at Sandy Gap · Vingie E. Roe · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’32 12 · Politicians I Have Shot · James Jarché · ex 14 · In the Dark · Leslie Beresford · ss 15 · This Was Football... · J. Murray Smith & Sir Frederick Wall · ar 16 · Nothing Ever Happens · Claude F. Luke · ss 18 · Private Lives 132: General Eva · Private Secretary · ar; about Evangeline Booth. 18 · An Industrious Man [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 23 · From Servant to Guest [This Really Happened] · H. E. · ts 24 · Poison Plot · Anon. · ts 26 · The Next Flare-Up [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 28 · Beggars’ Horses [Part 16 of 16] · P. C. Wren · sl; subtitled “The Right to Kill”. 34 · A Grave Warning to Wives · E. Arnot Robertson · ar
The Passing Show [v 3 #133, October 6, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 7 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 1 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 10 · Sleeping Beauty · Guy Gilpatric · ss 14 · Famous Cases in My Camera · James Jarché · ex; [People I Have Shot #3]. 17 · Private Lives 133: Speed Merchant · Private Secretary · ar; about John Cobb. 18 · Only Half a Hero · B. L. Jacot · ss 20 · He Knew Her Mother · Frank Condon · ss 25 · Saving Life by Poison · Oscar E. Millard · ar 26 · The Devil in the Coconuts · Anon. · ts 28 · In Cold Blood [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 30 · Autumn [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 32 · 50s.-a-Year Wages! [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 34 · They Give the World the Sack! · Harold B. Pereira · ar 36 · Let’s Think About Schools · Christine Jope-Slade · ar 38 · How I met My Wife [This Really Happened] · W. A. L. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #134, October 13, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 2 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 9 · Sugar Baby · Edward Woodward · ss 13 · Those “Goal!” Reflexes · Ritchie Calder · ar; (a scientist’s view of football). 15 · Private Lives 134: Sporty Bill · Private Secretary · cl; about Lord Glanely. 16 · Marriage Secret · Florence A. Kilpatrick · ss 18 · Mirrors · Nard Jones · ss 24 · S.S. Calamity · Anon. · ts 26 · Still More Motor Cars! [Road Sense] · B. L. Jacot · ar 28 · Yes, Mr. Lovell · Laura Whetter · ss 30 · Farm v. Industry [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 32 · A Soft Job in the Legion [This Really Happened] · Legionnaire · ts 32 · A Strange Cure [This Really Happened] · S. P. · ts 32 · Catch of my Life [This Really Happened] · M. O’M. · ts 34 · Only Four Girls Like These · Mary Bendetta · ar; (about the only four women detectives in Scotland Yard).
The Passing Show [v 3 #135, October 20, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · Britain—Cinderella of the Air · B. L. Jacot · ar; Part 1 of occasional series. 7 · Goodbye, Summer · Dorothy Black · ss 10 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 3 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 15 · The Truth About Gas... · J. B. S. Haldane · ar 16 · The Professor’s Manuscript [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 18 · Private Lives 135: The Man Who Takes Your Money · Private Secretary · cl; about Sir Edward Forber. 23 · The Sleeping Draught · Holloway Horn · ss 24 · Our Too-Good Town · Anon. · ts 26 · Waiting for Bill · Ellis Parker Butler · ss 28 · Mere Greed [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 30 · Lending Abroad [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 32 · We Disagree About Your Daughter · Mary Ferguson · ar 34 · Caught in an Elephant Trap [This Really Happened] · J. P. · ts 34 · It Came to Pass [This Really Happened] · W. W. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #136, October 27, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · A City Inside Her · J. Murray Smith · ar; about the liner the Queen Mary. 7 · The Safe Witness · Garnett Radcliffe · ss 10 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 4 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 13 · Can Football Be Improved? · Sir Frederick Wall · ar 16 · Cigarettes after 8 [Four Brains] · William J. Makin · ss 18 · Private Lives 136: The Jaguar’s Mistress · Private Secretary · cl; about opera singer Lily Pons. 23 · The Brute · B. L. Jacot · ss 23 · Hospitality [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 24 · Next Door to the Bathroom · Anon. · ts 26 · The Arms Tangle [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 29 · Murder Foreseen [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 34 · The New Mothers Are a Menace · Ellen Wilkinson · ar 36 · Frozen Vengeance [This Really Happened] · L. A. S. · ts 36 · Real Acting [This Really Happened] · F. G. · ts 36 · Two-Shilling Tip [This Really Happened] · L. J. B. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #137, November 3, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · Challenger! · Max Brand · ss The American Magazine Jul ’34 8 · Armchairs Over Britain · B. L. Jacot · ar; (2nd in series ’Cinderella of the Air’ about British Commercial airlines). 10 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 5 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 13 · Rats, Rats, Rats! · J. Wentworth Day · ar; (about Britain’s ratcatchers). 14 · Mr. Beehag’s Wooing · S. L. Bensusan · ss 16 · The Wrong Guy · Leslie Beresford · ss; (macabre mystery). 21 · Private Lives 137: The Who’s Who Painter · Private Secretary · cl; about Philip de Laszlo. 22 · The Silent Woman · Anon. · ts 24 · No Place Like Prison · L. Patrick Greene · ss; (about an habitual criminal who finds it hell trying to survive in the African bush). 24 · Fewer People [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 30 · Have You a Woman Friend? · Minnie Pallister · ar 32 · The Mummified Hand [This Really Happened] · W. C. R. · ts 32 · The Phantom [This Really Happened] · L. G. V. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #138, November 10, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 7 · Guardians of the Great · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar; (about bodyguards of eminent statesmen - one anecdote refers to a golden microphone the king had for the opening of Manchester Library and which two detectives had to keep safe until it was returned to London!). 9 · Red for Danger · Ben Ames Williams · ss 12 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 6 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 15 · The End of the Rope · Georges Surdez · ss; (suspense on a mountainside - not one of his foreign legion stories). 16 · Twenty-Two Guinea Pigs · John Kent · ss 18 · Looking Ahead [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 23 · Private Lives 138: The Singing Architect · Private Secretary · cl; about Sir Gilbert Scott. 24 · Smash and Grab · Anon. · ts 26 · The Council of Ghosts [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 28 · Autumn Morning [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 34 · When Wives Work · Mary Ferguson · ar; (begins with the startling comment, “Woman’s place is in the home, but yesterday I met a young husband who said that he was seriously thinking of sending his wife out to work!”). 36 · Her Terrible Secret [This Really Happened] · S. P. · ts 36 · A Pin and a Murderer [This Really Happened] · R. H. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #139, November 17, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · The Game of Life · Vicki Baum · ss Pictorial Review Nov ’34; illus. Fortunino Matania 9 · This Army of Unpaid Actors · J. Murray Smith · ar 10 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 7 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 13 · Raise You Five · R. W. Thompson · ss 14 · Half Mast · George Goodchild · ss 21 · Private Lives 139: Jay-Dee · Private Secretary · cl; about J. D. Cassels, K.C. 22 · Money for a Life · Anon. · ts 24 · Tortoise Taxi · Garnett Radcliffe · ss 26 · Your Income [What It Means to You] · Francis Williams · ar 28 · The Passing [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 30 · Women at War—with War! · Rosita Forbes · ar 32 · Poison Pen [This Really Happened] · F. B. · ts 32 · The Greek Maiden [This Really Happened] · F. G. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #140, November 24, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) [MA] 5 · My Exciting Life, 1: Adventure—h. & c! · Colonel P. T. Etherton · ar 7 · A Wonderful Woman · Norah Hoult · ss 10 · The Life Story of Princess Marina [Part 8 of 8] · Grace Ellison · ar 13 · Six Months to Live · Gilbert Mant · ss 14 · Superstition · Frank H. Shaw · ss 16 · Private Lives 140: Gertie · Private Secretary · cl; about Gertrude Lawrence. 22 · A Motor-Coach Made for Two · Anon. · ts 24 · The Persistent House-Hunters [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · nv 30 · Artists Earn a Living · Catherine Carswell · ar 32 · The Man-Mole [This Really Happened] · E. M. · ts
The Passing Show [v 3 #141, December 1, 1934] (Odhams Press, 9¼" x 12") Double Xmas number. [MA] 9 · When Worlds Collide [Part 1 of 16] · Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie · sl Blue Book Sep ’32 (+5); illus. Fortunino Matania 16 · Malice in Blunderland · Will Scott · pl; (script of pantomime). 20 · When the Children Were Too Big · Kathleen Norris · ss 31 · The Adventure of the Bearded Lady [“The Sinister Beard”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery Aug ’34 39 · My Exciting Life, 2: Are these Men Mad? · Colonel P. T. Etherton · ar; (about the Nepalese). 64 · Ringing the Changes · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss 66 · Private Lives 141: Cosmo Cantuar · Private Secretary · cl; (about Cosmo Lang, archbishop of Canterbury). 70 · Great Turkey Mystery · R. W. Thompson · ar; (about the discovery of turkeys). 78 · The Ghost Garotte · Ashton Wolfe · ar; (one of the investigations of Alphonse Bertillon).
The Passing Show [v 3 #142, December 8, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by ?) [MA] 7 · Such Folk are Dangerous · Dorothy Black · ss 12 · The Old Optimist · Geoffrey Soutar · ss 13 · My Exciting Life 3: Their Homes are Harems · P. T. Etherton · ar 16 · When Worlds Collide [Part 2 of 16] · Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie · sl Blue Book Sep ’32 (+5) 23 · Scientific Grandpa (Private Lives No.142, Sir William Bragg) · Private Secretary · cl 26 · The Betrayal of Mr. Scrapper · S. L. Bensusan · ss
The Passing Show [v 3 #143, December 15, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by ?) [MA] 5 · Mack and Tosh · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 9 · Enjoyable Epidemics · J. Murray Smith · ar; (on fads and crazes like pogo sticks, diabolo and yo-yos) 10 · The Abominable Felix · Leslie Beresford · ss 13 · My Exciting Life 4: Where the Policeman Ends · P. T. Etherton · ar 16 · When Worlds Collide [Part 3 of 16] · Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie · sl Blue Book Sep ’32 (+5) 26 · The Kid from Vienna (Private Lives No.143, Fritz Kresiler) · Private Secretary · cl 28 · The Poachers [Country Cameos] · S. L. Bensusan · ar 32 · Crash if you Can! · J. Stubbs-Walker · ar; (on aerial acrobatics) 34 · Gift Horse-sense · Rosita Forbes · ar

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