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1939-01-14 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1939/01/14 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Douglass Crockwell.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Hunting of the Haggis” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Road That Led Afar” by Lula Vollmer and illustrated by Harvey Dunn
  • “Pay to Learn” by Borden Chase and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “Good Riddance” by Ben Ames Williams and illustrated by Charles LaSalle

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The Last Shall Be First” by Jack Alexander is about Joseph Pulitzer
  • “As I Saw It” part 5 of 11 by Edith Bolling Wilson
  • “Ocean Under Glass” by J. Bryan III
  • “He’s No Angel” by Frank J. Taylor

    • SERIALS:

  • “Streamlined Heart” part 2 of 5 by Samson Raphaelson and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Song of Years” part 6 of 7 by Bess Streeter Aldrich and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Metal World” a poem by Sarah Litsey
  • “Echoes” a poem by Helen Howland Prommel
  • Keeping Posted.

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: full-page color ad for Tail Spin with Alice Faye, Constance Bennett and Nancy Kelly, Sonja Henie with skates in a giveaway for Curtis Publishing, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))