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1940-06-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/06/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Paul Bransom.

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

  • “Light Tackle” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Vengeance Reef” by Don Waters and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Now Who’s Stubborn?” by Kermit Shelby and illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher
  • “Mr. Tutt and the Lone Tree Mine” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The Red Army” by W.G. Krivitsky
  • “German Bombers vs. The Allies” by Silas Wright
  • “Air Safety Isn’t Luck” by C.B. Allen and Martin Sommers
  • “Courage Is a Business” by Gene Tunney
  • “Satan, Be Warned” by Stanley High

    • SERIALS:

  • “Quick Service” Part 5 of 8 by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Reap the Wild Wind” Conclusion by Thelma Strabel and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “To a Sculptor” by Virginia Rinaldy
  • “College Home-Coming: by Dorothy Marie Davis
  • “Grandmother Snow” by Charles Malam

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Sanforized-Shrunk ad with illustration by Gilbert Bundy, Mobilgas ad with color illustration by Ronald McLeod, Texaco ad illustrated by Gluyas Williams, and a baseball themed Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.