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Mauritzen, T. G. (Editor) : The Welcome News: A Journal of the New Day; Vol. 9 (New Series), Los Angeles, Calif., March, 1937, No. 7

T. G. Mauritzen, Los Angeles, CA, 1937

Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2." Thirty-two pages, complete. Advertisements for a variety of products and services included. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Pages are browned. May have ex-library marks in the form of stamps or light pencil notations in the margins. A Very Good copy. The Welcome News was a general-interest magazine that covered topics such as literature, politics, and societal issues. It was established in 1898. Among the features in this issue are short stories, poetry, and news of recent events. Some of the subjects are the history-making diesel engine; notice of February 1937 being skipped due to ongoing talks of a potential merger which Welcome News declined; the Great Flood of 1937, its role as a social leveler, and a story of ninety-three people forming a co-op after they became stranded in an apartment building surrounded by water; travelogue through France; advice on how to be a writer (stresses importance of avoiding start-reverse compositions and writing objectively in the sense of walking readers through a story as if they were in it); references to the Spanish Civil War; Confederate postage stamps; and a book review of Frances Coombs-Robertson's "Grasping for Wealth.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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