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1946-12-14 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1946/12/14 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.

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

  • “The Navy is So Human” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Phil Dormont
  • “Heap Big Night in Central Park” by Ralph Knight and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “A Present for Mary Lou” by Tom W. Blackburn and illustrated by Gail Phillips
  • “Staged Murder” by William MacHarg and illustrated by George Hughes

    • A POST BOOK EXCERPT:

  • “Remittance Man” by James A. Michener — An excerpt from pre-publication of Michener’s first book, the famous Tales of the South Pacific. Illustrated by John Falter

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “Britain Views Us With Alarm” by Demaree Bess
  • “There’s No Other Store Like This” by Stanley Frank is about F.A.O. Schwartz in New York
  • “New Hope for the Anemic” by Steven M. Spencer
  • “Operation Hotfoot” by Milton Silverman
  • “Detroit’s Sharpest Wit” by Robert M. Yoder is about Harry V. Wade
  • “Canine Social Register” by Henry F. and Katharine Pringle is about the American Kennel Club
  • “Sweden’s Cross-Country Canal” — A Post Picture Story with photos by Ivan Dmitri
  • “The Discovery of L.L. Bean” by Arthur Bartlett

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Chisholm Trail” Part 2 of 6 by Borden Chase and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Bright Was the Sword” Part 6 of 6 by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Austin Briggs

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: full-page color ad for Disney’s Song of the South, full-page ad for It’s a Wonderful Life with illustration of Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, American Airlines, United Air Lines, Cecil B. DeMille and family photographed by Paul Hesse for Magnavox, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad featuring Santa Claus on the back cover.