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1940-12-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/12/28 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

Contents of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Son of a Tinker” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “King Barney the First” by Brendan Gill and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “Christmas Angel” by Horatio Winslow and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • “The Combat Engineers” by William Chamberlain and illustrated by Karl Godwin

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Facts About Charles Lindbergh by C.B. Allen
  • 29,600 Parts Make One Bomber – How to Build a Flying Fortress in color photographs
  • Court Card by J. Bryan, III
  • “Give the Ball to Junior!” by Howard W. Turtle
  • Give Me a Murder by W. Somerset Maugham

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wherever the Grass Grows” — Part 1 of 6 — by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Swamp Water” — Conclusion — by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon

    • Poems:

  • “Christmas Roundup at the Diamond-B” by Clarence Mansfield Lindsay
  • “Recipe for Little Boys” by Louis J. Sanker
  • “Half Fare to Heaven” by Mary Ward