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Parents' Magazine

Title Owners:
• Calling All Boys
[20-Sep-1946] #10: Calling All Boys, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Parents' Institute, Inc.; Mr. Harry F. Guggenheim; Mr. George J. Hecht; George J. Hecht, Trustee; Hercer Realty Corp.; Institue of Advanced Study, Louis Bamberger & Mrs. Felix Fuld Foundation, c/o National Newark & Essex Banking Co.; Mr. Herbert H. Lehman, c/o Lehman Brothers; Mr. George W. Naumburg; James H. Post (Estate of); Russell Sage Foundation; State University of Iowa; Teachers College, Columbia University; Mrs. Lawrence Ullman; University of Minnesota; Yale University; Trust Department, The Chase National Bank, Successor Trustee to The Equitable Trust Company;
• Jack Armstrong
[30-Sep-1948] #12: Parents' Institute; Harry F. Guggenheim; George J. Hecht; Hercer Realty Corp.; Institue of Advanced Study, Louis Bamberger & Mrs. Felix Fuld Foundation, c/o National Newark & Essex Banking Co.; Mr. Herbert H. Lehman, c/o Lehman Brothers; George W. Naumburg; Russell Sage Foundation; State University of Iowa; Teachers College, Columbia University; University of Minnesota; Yale University; Chase National Bank, Trustee under Trust Indenture;
• True Comics
[9-Oct-1941] #9: The Parents' Magazine Press, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Parents' Institute, Inc.; Louis Bamberger, L. Bamberger & Co.; Chase National Bank Trustee under Trust Indenture; Harry F. Guggenheim; Hecht and Company; George J. Hecht Trustee; Hercer Realty Corp.; State University of Iowa; Herbert H. Lehman; University of Minnesota; George W. Naumburg; Estate of James H. Post; Russell Sage Foundation; Teachers College, Columbia University; Mrs. Lawrence Ullman; Estate of Felix N. Warburg;
[21-Aug-1944] #41: True Comics, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Parents' Institute, Inc.; Estate of Louis Bamberger, L. Bamberger & Co.; Chase National Bank, Trustee under Trust Indenture; Harry F. Guggenheim; Hecht and Company; George J. Hecht, Trustee; Hercer Realty Corp.; State University of Iowa; Herbert H. Lehman; University of Minnesota; George W. Naumburg; Estate of James H. Post; Russell Sage Foundation; Teachers College, Columbia University; Mrs. Lawrence Ullman; Yale University;

Interest Holders:
• Jack Armstrong
[30-Sep-1948] #12: Parents' Institute; Harry F. Guggenheim; George J. Hecht; Hercer Realty Corp.; Institue of Advanced Study, Louis Bamberger & Mrs. Felix Fuld Foundation, c/o National Newark & Essex Banking Co.; Mr. Herbert H. Lehman, c/o Lehman Brothers; George W. Naumburg; Russell Sage Foundation; State University of Iowa; Teachers College, Columbia University; Mrs. Lawrence Ullman; University of Minnesota; Yale University; Chase National Bank, Trustee under Trust Indenture;

Publishers of Record:
• "21" Publishing Corp.
Calling All Girls (v7#60,v7#64);
• Calling All Boys, Inc.
Calling All Boys (6,10,11,13,15-17);
• Calling All Girls, Inc.
Calling All Girls (27,31,40,57,69);
• Commended Comics, Inc.
Steve Saunders Special Agent (8); Tex Granger Adventure Magazine (18,20);
• The Good Comics Division of Parents' Institute
Special Agent (1);
• Parents' Institute, Inc.
Jack Armstrong (1,2,4,6,9,11,12); True Comics (1-3);
• Parents' Magazine Press, Inc.
Funny Book (2); Real Heroes (1); True Comics (4-9);
• Parents' Magazine Press, a division of The Parents' Institute, Inc.
Funny Book (2); True Comics (10,11,13,14,19,20,22,25-27);
• Polly Pigtails, Inc.
Polly (42); Polly Pigtails (22);
• Quality Comics, Inc.
Calling All Kids (1,2,4-6,10-12,17-20,22,25,26);
• Real Heroes, Inc.
Real Heroes (15);
• Sweet Sixteen, Inc.
Sweet Sixteen (4,9);
• True Comics, Inc.
True Comics (29,34,35,39,41,49,52,54,60,63,70,73,78);

Addresses:
• Executive and Editorial Offices:
52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York 17, N.Y.
• Office of Publication:
4600 Diversey Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Personnel:
• President:
George J. Hecht (Mar 1944; Sep 1949)
• Publisher:
Margaret E. Jessup (Mar 1944)
Elliott A. Caplan (Feb 1948)
George J. Hecht (Sep 1949)
• Executive Editor:
Frances Ullmann (Mar 1944)
• Editor:
Beatrice Lewi (Feb 1948)
Jean M. Press (Sep 1949)
• Fashion Editor:
Dorothy Lindner (Sep 1949)
• Art Editor:
Ralph O. Ellsworth (Mar 1944)
• Associate Editor:
Helen Ciancimino (Mar 1944)
Blake Gilpin (Mar 1944)
• Art Director:
Ralph O. Ellsworth (Sep 1949)
• Associate Art Director:
Ralph O. Ellsworth (Feb 1948)
Arlene Corren (Sep 1949)
Dorothea T. Filosa (Feb 1948; Sep 1949)

Statements of Ownership:
Calling All Boys #10 (Mar 1947)
Jack Armstrong #12 (Jul 1949)
True Comics #9 (Feb 1942)
True Comics v4#41 (Dec 1944)

Indicias:
1941-1945
  1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Jan   True Comics #8
True Comics #20
   
Feb   True Comics #9
Funny Book #2
   
Mar   True Comics #10
True Comics #22
Calling All Girls v4#27
 
Spr          
Apr True Comics #1
True Comics #11
  True Comics v4#34
 
May       True Comics v4#35
 
Jun True Comics #2
True Comics #13
     
Sum          
Jul   True Comics #14
True Comics #25
  Calling All Girls v5#40
Aug True Comics #3
  True Comics #26
Calling All Girls v4#31
 
Sep Real Heroes #1
True Comics #4
  True Comics #27
   
Oct True Comics #5
    True Comics v4#39
 
Fall          
Nov True Comics #6
  True Comics #29
   
Dec True Comics #7
True Comics #19
  True Comics v4#41
 
Win          
  1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

1946-1949
  1946 1947 1948 1949
Jan Calling All Kids #1
Calling All Girls v7#57
Calling All Boys #15
Calling All Girls v8#69
Tex Granger Adventure Magazine #20
Feb     Calling All Kids #17
Jack Armstrong #4
 
Mar   Calling All Boys #10
Sweet Sixteen #4
Calling All Boys #16
True Comics #70
 
Spr   Red Ball Comic Book #11
   
Apr Calling All Kids #2
  Calling All Kids #18
Jack Armstrong #6
 
May Calling All Boys #4
Calling All Boys #11
True Comics #60
Calling All Boys #17
Jack Armstrong #11
Jun True Comics #49
  Calling All Kids #19
Calling All Kids #25
Sum        
Jul Calling All Boys #6
Calling All Kids #10
  Jack Armstrong #12
Aug Real Heroes #15
Calling All Kids #11
True Comics #63
Calling All Kids #20
Calling All Kids #26
True Comics #78
Sep True Comics #52
Calling All Boys #13
Calling All Kids #12
Sweet Sixteen #9
Tex Granger Adventure Magazine #18
Polly #42
Steve Saunders Special Agent #8
Oct Calling All Kids #5
  Jack Armstrong #9
True Comics #73
 
Fall        
Nov True Comics #54
Jack Armstrong #1
Polly Pigtails v2#22
   
Dec Calling All Kids #6
Jack Armstrong #2
Special Agent #1
Calling All Kids #22
 
Win        
  1946 1947 1948 1949

1: Estimated cover date.

Indicias:
1960
  1960
Jan  
Feb  
Mar  
Spr  
Apr Calling All Girls v7#60
May  
Jun  
Sum  
Jul  
Aug  
Sep  
Oct Calling All Girls v7#64
Fall  
Nov  
Dec  
Win  
  1960




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