1942-05-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1942/05/23 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Charles Kaiser.

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

“Four-to-Midnight” by Alex Gaby and illustrated by John Gannam

“The Name of the Game” by Stanley Frank is a baseball story illustrated by O.F. Schmidt

“The Armored Force Never Backs Out” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Wendel Kling

“December 6th” by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Robert Skemp

“Hold My Hand, Pop” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell

ARTICLES:

“I Saw Alaska at War” by Maxine Davis

“Bird Lovers Aren’t Sissies” by Edward J. Reimann as told to Daniel P. Mannix

“Polly Wants a Contract” as told to J.C. Furnas and illustrated by Rudolph Pott

“Scare ‘Em to Death–and Cash In” by Richard G. Hubler is about horror movies and includes photos of Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster, Lon Chaney as the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman, and a scene from Dr. Rx.

“Sahara War” by Ben Lucien Burman

“Learn to Be Lazy” by Peter J. Steincrohn, M.D.

SERIALS:

“The Case of the Careless Kitten” part 1 of 8 by Erle Stanley Gardner in which Perry Mason traces a voice from the past. Decoration by H.J. Barschel with illustrations by Hy Rubin

“Assignment in Brittany: part 3 of 8 by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos

MISCELLANY:

Keeping Posted

Next Week

Editorials

Post Scripts

POEMS:

“Family Tree” by Audred Roberts

“Flamingo Dance” by Arthur Guiterman

“The Newer Order” by Ethel Jacobson

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Philco Corporation with Rube Goldberg drawing of Uncle Sam, Lucky Strikes from a painting by Arnold Blanch, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. with illustration by Arthur Szyk of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito.