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1946-09-14 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1946/09/14 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Mead Schaeffer.

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

  • “Action in the Prowl Car” by Leslie T. White and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
  • “The Feud at Muddy Forks” by Zachary Ball and illustrated by Gail Phillips
  • “The Prodigal Preacher” by Will Thompson and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “Grown-Up Wife” by Muriel Bruce Hasbrouck and illustrated by Tom Hall

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “The Mountain Route” by William E. Barrett and illustrated by Alex Ross

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “The Cities of America — Philadelphia” 20th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
  • “The Best Thing in Town” by Grace Alexandra Young
  • “I Guarded FDR” Part 2 of 5 by Michael F. Reilly as told to William J. Slocum
  • “Our Battle With the Swiss” by Demaree Bess
  • “The Man With the Invisible Light” by Milton Silverman
  • “I Get Along With the Russians” by Eddy Gilmore
  • “Men at Work — Making Hole” by Richard Thruelsen
  • “They Never Go Back to Pocatello” by Richard L. Neuberger

    • SERIAL:

  • “The Strangers” Part 3 of 6 by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by George Hughes

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: and ad for the Parker “51” pen on the inside front cover features an illustration by Boris Artzybasheff and a small pic of Thomas Hart Benton, a G.E. Lamps ad featuring their “Mrs. Henry J. Bulbsnatcher Model”, Maxwell House Coffee featuring “Threshing Wheat” by Thomas Hart Benton, Cinco Cigar ad with scene from Yankee Stadium, United States Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, Nescafe ad with color illustration by Arthur Szyk, half-page ad for Springmaid Fabrics featuring “The Springmaid as drawn by Petty”, ad for Winchester Rifles from Olin Industries featuring a color illustration by Philip R. Goodwin, Boston Red Sox and Braves announcer Jim Britt for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.