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1939-06-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1939/06/24 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John LaGatta.

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Hooky Line and Sinker” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “The City is Full of Acacia Flowers” by Eleanor Mercein and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “A Column for King” by Richard Howells Watkins and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “There’s Always Two Sides: by Frank Bunce and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Mr. Roosevelt Sets His Cap” by Raymond Moley
  • “Give Us This Day–” by Garet Garrett
  • “Before the Bell” by Joe Williams
  • “The Double Cross in the Corn Patch” by David Burpee, as told to Frank J. Taylor
  • “Bends, Sharks and Whales – the Story of Diving for a Living” conclusion by Frank Meier with J.F. McGarry

    • SERIALS:

  • “Golden Portage” part 4 of 6 by Robert Ormond Case and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “–And Then There Were None” part 6 of 7 by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Keeping Posted

    POEMS:

  • “Local” by Georgia Sykes Sullivan
  • “The Single-Track Mind” by Arthur Guiterman
  • “William Hobart–Nevada Sheriff” by Martha Keller

    Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: United Air Lines, “The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair” ad for Westinghouse featuring an illustration of the Westinghouse Moto-Man.