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1941-03-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1941/03/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Lonnie Bee.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Mardi Gras at Coney” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “The Equinoctial Epizootic” by William Wister Haines and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “Miss Bronska Gives a Party” by Gene Henry and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • Blessed Are the Meek” by William Fay and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Defense Comes to Our Town” by Lowell Clucas
  • “Poor Man’s Snow Heaven” by John F. Coggswell
  • “How to Become a Playwright” by Alva Johnston is about Preston Sturges and includes a photo of Sturges and Ernst Lubitsch
  • “Hank Made Greenberg” by Stanley Frank about Hall of Fame Detroit Tiger Hank Greenberg with 3 photos of Hank including one of him with Mrs. Louis Marks at the premeire of Gone With the Wind

    • SERIALS:

  • “Blood on the Moon” part 1 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Sing for a Penny” part 3 of 4 by Clifford Dowdey and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted.
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Singsong” by Martha Keller
  • “The Budget” by Grace Noll Crowell

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: United Air Lines*, Merle Oberon for Calox*, John Hancock Life Insurance with large b&w illustration by George Hughes, Travellers Insurance ad with color illustration by Anton Otto Fischer, United States Steel illustrated by Gluyas Williams, Pan American Coffee Bureau ad with color illustration by J.C. Leyendecker, Louise Stanleys for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover, and Flour Sifter ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))