1940/08/31 -- Cover design by Alan Foster

Contents as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • "No Summer Love" by Richard English and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • "Friend of the Warden" by Harry Slyvester and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • "I Cherish That Sentiment" by Kyle Crichton and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst, a baseball story with the main illustration showing several generic Brooklyn Dodgers players
  • "Gun Smoke" by Clifford Dowdey and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • "His Daily Bread" the Short Short Story by Henry Meade Williams and illustrated by Frank Street

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • "The Patriotic Murders" -- Part 5 of 9 -- by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • "Operation: Widow" -- Conclusion -- by William C. White and illustrated by George Howe

    • ARTICLES

  • What Happened to France -- Part 2 of 5 -- by Andre Maurois
  • Shell Game by Helen Hilcken, about the Private Life of the Lobster
  • Britain's Labor Boss by Quentin Reynolds, about Ernest Bevin
  • The Bear Looks Over the Mountain by Jim Marshall
  • Tough On and Off by John Durant is about movie tough guys with color photo of Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney with ice cream cones
  • Fair and Warmer by Corey Ford and illustrated by Nala>

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: Sparks Out, Please - Forget the Class Stuff - Prize Boner--1940