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1940-04-06 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/04/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Photographic cover by Charles de Soria.

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

  • “Listen to the Whippoorwill” by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Pop Pops Off” by Doug Welch and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “The Marriage Month” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “An Apple Fell on Doowinkle” by Harry Klingsberg and illustrated by E.F. Ward

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The Hitler Bomb’s Real Victim” by Demaree Bess
  • “The Man Who Is King”
  • “Business in the Woodshed” by Raymond Moley
  • “I Saw Lee Surrender” by Seth M. Flint with William Ross Lee

    • SERIALS:

  • “Salt-Water Daffy” Part 1 of 4 by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Hangman’s Whip” part 5 of 7 by Mignon C. Eberhart and illustrated by John Gannam

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “Earth Lover” by Myrtle Marmaduke

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Francesca Sims of Texas for Chesterfield Cigarettes, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.