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1939-02-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1939/02/18 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover Design by Ski Weld.

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

  • “Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “The Hero” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “A Bagful of Emeralds” by Joseph Harrington and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “Customers’ Wife” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Not Too Hard” by Howard Fast and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Hitler Wasn’t Bluffing” by S. Paul Johnston, Editor of “Aviation”
  • “As I Saw It” part 9 of 11 by Edith Bolling Wilson
  • “Roads West” by Lawton Wright
  • “Show Lady” by Carlie Beach Roney

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wickford Point” part 4 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “These, Her Children” part 2 of 2 by Almet Jenks and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Kettles and Covers” by Ann Vanderberg Dunshie
  • “Travel Catalogue” by Ethel Jacobson
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Log Cabin Syrup, Fair Enough! by C.A. Voight for Kellogg’s All-Bran*, Lincoln Zephyr V-12, Roland Young in “How Many Roland Youngs” ad for Conoco, 2-page Chevrolet ad in the center of the magazine, United Air Lines, Madeleine Carroll for Calox*, and a Gold Medal Flour ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))