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1940-04-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/04/20 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Douglass Crockwell.

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

  • “Mister Ears” by Eddy Orcutt and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Ground-Shy” by Sparks Hausman and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Your Mom Was a Lady” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Merrily We Go To Press” by Phil R. Sheridan and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Country Doctor Goes to Town” by J.C. Furnas
  • “The Old Fox Turns Magnate” by Bob Considine and Shirley Povich about Clark Griffith
  • “Pageant in the Sky” by Raymond S. Deck
  • “Sharpshooting at Insurance” by Raymond Moley
  • “Propaganda Changes Poisons” by Edmond Taylor

    • SERIALS:

  • “Salt-Water Daffy” Part 3 of 4 by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Hangman’s Whip” part Conclusion by Mignon C. Eberhart and illustrated by John Gannam

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • POEMS:

  • “The Could-You” by Helen Howland Prommel
  • “Dog Meets Cat” by Margaret Mackprang Mackay