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1946-03-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1946/03/23 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John Falter.

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

  • “No Special Favors” by Herbert Depew and illustrated by Dink Siegel
  • “This One is One Papa” by Ruth Rankin Lamson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “Departure, With Swords and Ashes” by George Weller and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “The Body Politic” by James Charles Lynch and illustrated by Alex Ross

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “The Cruise of the Breadwinner” by H.E. Bates and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “Our Greatest Gamble for Peace” by Martin Sommers
  • “The Catfish is King in Dixie” by John Maloney
  • “A Hot Pilot Cools Off” by Richard Tregaskis
  • “We Blew the Yellow River Bridge” by Maj. Paul Cyr
  • “Television: Boom or Bubble?” part 3 of 3 by Alva Johnston
  • “What’s the Matter With the Red Sox?” by Harold Kaese with photos of Joe Cronin, Ted Williams, Tom Yawkey, Dave Ferriss
  • “Washington’s Social Hothouse” by Hugh and Elise Morrow
  • “Keeper of the Names” by Irving Wallace

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Fiddlefoot” part 4 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “A Frenchman Must Die” part 7 of 8 by Kay Boyle and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • Poetry

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Old Gold Cigarettes illustrated by Monet, Jockey Underwear ad with “There is Only One Ty Cobb” headline and drawing of Cobb sliding*, Gulf Oil with color illustration by John Clymer, Ronald Colman and wife for Magnavox Phonograph, Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and George Brent in Tomorrow is Forever, United Air Lines, and a Sunkist ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))