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1946-05-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1946/05/25 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John Atherton.

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

  • “Oracle by Hafiz” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
  • “Shotgun Wedding” by Don Tracy and illustrated by Roy Price
  • “Officer Mulvaney and the Hot Buttered Pig” by Win Brooks and illustrated by Geln Fleischmann
  • “Honor Thy Father” by William Fay and illustrated by Glenn Grohe

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “Now You See It” by Roy Huggins and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “The Reconversion of Douglas MacArthur” by Martin Sommers
  • “The Kids Talk Up” by Warner Olivier
  • “How to Scrub a Union” by Frank J. Taylor
  • “Little Man With Big Horses” by Red Smith is abotu Whitey Abel
  • “Norman Rockwell Visits a Country Editor” Opens with huge 2-page color illustration by Rockwell — measures 10-3/4″ X 21″ and is followed by another two pages containing 8 black and white Rockwell illustrations of varying sizes.
  • “Men at Work–Buyer, Be Wary” by Richard Thruelsen
  • “100,000 Years of Hard Labor” by Budd Schulberg
  • “How Far Can We Safely Invade the Mind?” by Greer Williams

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Unexpected Warrior” Part 1 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • “Lord Hornblower” Part 2 of 8 by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Parker Pens on the inside front cover with color illustration by Boris Artzybasheff, Diana Lynn for Simmons Beautyrest, Bituminous Coal Institute ad featuring a color illustration by Rockwell Kent, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.