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1940-05-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/05/18 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Norman Rockwell.

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

  • “Freedom’s a Hard Bought Thing” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Old Doctor, Young Doctor” by Paul Ernst and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “My Thumb in Your Coffee” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Manitou’s Children” by Herbert Ravenel Sass and illustrated by Paul Bransom
  • “Leave My Brother Alone” by Price Day and illustrated by George Brehm
  • ARTICLES:

  • “The Girl from Syracuse” by Jack Alexander about Dorothy Thompson
  • “40,000 Neighbors” by Morris Markey
  • “Biggest War Baby – The Boom in Machine Tools” by Ray Millholland
  • “Women Make Wonderful Spies” by Emanuel V. Voska with Will Irwin
  • “Nazi Germany’s First Dominion” by Demaree Bess
  • “What Do They Mean, Fight Camps?” by Jack Miley with photos of Max Baer knitting and Joe Louis shooting pool
  • SERIALS:

  • “Quick Service” part 3 of 8 by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Reap the Wild Wind” part 4 of 6 by Thelma Strabel and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Half-page ad featuring Carol Landis in scenes from Hal Roach’s “One Million BC” for Sinclair Oil, color illustration of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for Firestone, Travelers’ Insurance with large color illustration by Stevan Dohanos.

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