Girls' Love Stories, #3

Published: December 1949-January 1950

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Girls' Love Stories #3

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Issue Contents:
Empty Arms
1 page romance
Characters
  • Male Beachgoer
  • Female Beachgoer
Story Notes

"Cover Photograph in Color by Theda and Emerson Hall from Globe" (indicia)

Contents
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

inside front cover

Empty Arms
Story 2 12 pages romance
Storyline

While vacationing at Miami Beach, Lucille is wooed by two men: Keith, a waiter and struggling journalism student, and Gerald, a sexy and sophisticated man of the world. Life with Keith would be one of financial struggle, but life with Gerald would one of luxury and comfort. When Gerald reveals himself to be a fortune hunter wooing Lucille only because he believes her to be a wealthy woman, Keith flattens him with a sock to the jaw and sends him packing. Lucille marries Keith.

Characters
  • Lucille Wayne
  • Keith Wells
  • Gerald Hammond
  • Head Waiter
Credits
Story Notes

Different from story in #47. Credits via Robin Snyder.

Featuring Daisy's Diary

Story 3 1 page humor

"Dear Diary Steve is taking me to a party..."

Storyline

Steve compliments Daisy on her hair, hands, and dress, but Daisy takes umbrage when he overlooks her new earrings.

Characters
  • Daisy
  • Steve
Borrowed Heart
Story 4 8 pages romance
Characters
  • Martha Crane
  • Craig Worth
  • Katherine Saxton
  • Doris Saxton
  • Jim
Credits
I Reached for the Moon
Story 5 8 pages romance
Credits
Story Notes

writer credit from Robin Snyder

Featuring Lili

Story 6 1 page romance

"Imagine people saying: 'Love is blind!'"

Love Sets a Trap
Story 7 8 pages romance
Storyline

Val loves a man of great wanderlust who cannot settle down to married life.

Characters
  • Val
  • Bart
  • Stella
  • Jim
Credits
Story Notes

writer credit from Robin Snyder

Romance Counter
Story 8 2 pages romance
Last Chance for Happiness
Story 9 7 pages romance
Storyline

Bonnie can't get a job in the city because all she can do is cook and sew. One day, she offers to cook for a harried diner operator and her lunches become a sensation among office workers in the neighborhood. She delivers one to lawyer Ken Wilson, and they are soon dating and falling in love. Ken's boss, Evelyn Leith, asks Bonnie to bake and deliver a cake for his birthday party. When she arrives at the party, she finds Evelyn has claimed Ken as her own. Bonnie is hurt, and decides to return to the farm. Ken finds her at the train station, gives her a ring, and proposes.

Characters
  • Bonnie
  • Sheila (Bonnie's cousin)
  • Mr. Frank (diner owner)
  • Cab Driver
  • Kenneth Wilson
  • Chinese Curio Shop Owner
  • Evelyn Leith
Girls' Love Stories Contest Winners!
Story 10 1 page
Storyline

List of 50 letter writing contest winners.

The World Is Ours...
Story 11 1 page romance
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover. Full-page love poem with four black and white illustrations.

Romantic As a Harvest Moon

Featuring Secret Hearts

Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

back cover