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1949-01-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1949/01/01 — Cover design by Constantin Alajalov

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

  • “The Friendship” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Icy Angel” by Joseph Wechsberg and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Ten Minutes to Live” by Kingsley Tufts and illustrated by William A. Smith
  • “Tomorrow Never Comes” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Larry Kritcher

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • They Ask to Be Killed by David G. Wittels
  • I Say Milk Costs Too Much by Paul L. Coates with Arnold Nicholson
  • Are We Losing Out in Greece? by Homer Bigart
  • The Cities of America: Cleveland by Mary Ellen and Mark Murphy
  • I Prowled Russia’s Forbidden Zone — Part 4 of 4 — by Werner Knop
  • My Fifty Years in the White House — Part 3 of 8 — by Ira R.T. Smith with Joe Alex Morris
  • The Coldfire Boys by Frank J. Taylor
  • Trouble in Alaska Game Lands by Russell Annabel

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Ambush” — Part 2 of 8 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “Murder for Millions” — Part 7 of 8 — by Nancy Rutledge and illustrated by Austin Briggs

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Keeping Posted
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Editorials

    • 1949-02-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/02/05 — Cover design by John Falter

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

  • “Big Man on the Campus” by Michael Fessier and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Medicine Woman” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea
  • “Mr. Gallup and the Mysterious Cargo” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Outcast of the Mountains” by William Ashley Anderson and illustrated by Ken Riley

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • Biggest Things Afloat — Part 1 of 2 — by Rufus Jarman is about the big ships such as the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary
  • The Marine Corps Fights for Its Life by Richard Tregaskis
  • I Lost My Battle With Cancer by John A. Brody
  • The Mayor Russia Hates by James P. O’Donnell is about Ernst Reuter
  • My Fifty Years in the White House — Part 8 of 8 — by Ira R.T. Smith with Joe Alex Morris
  • Look What the Church Is Doing Now! by Hartzell Spence
  • Want $3750 for a Nickel? by Wilfred Weiss focuses on numismatist B. Max Mehl with photos of some of the more valuable and collectible coins

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Date With Death” — Part 4 of 8 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • “Ambush” — Part 7 of 8 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Keeping Posted
  • Verse

    • 1949-03-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/03/05 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “The Devil Behind Her” by W. Caldwell Webb and illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea
  • “Remember Me, Soldier?” by Roderick Lull and illustrated by William A. Smith
  • “Fixed Fight” by Joel Reeve and illustrated by Richard Lyon
  • “Too Old to Be Useful” by Glenn Allan and illustrated by Floyd Davis

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “Hornblower and the Trap” by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • I Solved These Firebug Mysteries — Part 1 of 3 — by Thomas Patrick Brophy
  • The Cities of America: St. Augustine by Leigh White
  • The World’s Richest Mineral Stock Pile by Frank J. Taylor

  • The CIO’s Political Hot-Shot by High Morrow
  • Must They Be Born That Way? by Steven M. Spencer
  • Don’t Shoot Your Wife Before March Fifteenth by Robert M. Yoder
  • Chile’s Hard-Luck Railway — A Post Picture Story

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Rustler’s Range” — Part 3 of 7 — by Monte Barrett and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • “Date With Death” — Conclusion — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Keeping Posted
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • Verse

    • 1949-03-19 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/03/19 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “The Last Pitch” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Robert Riggs
  • “Too Late to Dream” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Roy Price
  • “Crime Without Reason” by Abbie Craig Stelts and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • “Elope With a Stranger” by Arthur Gordon and illustrated by George Englert

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “Intercept at Dawn” by Alec Hudson and illustrated by James R. Bingham

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The World’s Biggest Business Gets a New Boss by Jack Alexander with A.T. & T. President Leroy Wilson
  • The Mayor of Porky Gulch is about Joe Dodge
  • He Outwitted the Russians by Beverly Smith
  • How to Pick a Congressman by Lynn Bowers and Dorothy Blair featuring the new “dynamic young” Richard Nixon, early Nixon
  • Our Child Has Cerebral Palsy by Genevieve R. Langston
  • I Solved These Firebug Mysteries — Part 3 of 3 — by Thomas Patrick Brophy

  • The Strange Career of Milton Berle by Robert Sylvester
  • The Southernmost City on Earth — A Post Picture Story

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Midnight Boy” — Part 2 of 7 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
  • “Rustler’s Range” — Part 5 of 7 — by Monte Barrett and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1949-04-02 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/04/02 — Cover design featuring Butch the cocker spaniel is by Albert Staehle

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

  • “The Lure of Danger” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Douglass Crockwell
  • “The President’s Advice” by Ambrose Flack and illustrated by George Garland
  • “The Lady Couldn’t Decide” by Steve McNeil and illustrated by George Englert
  • “Yankee Riot” by John Paul Heffernan and illustrated by Noel Sickles

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Rebel in Illinois by Joe Alex Morris is about Adlai Stevenson
  • How Russian Children Lost Their God by Nina Alexeieva
  • Pipe Liners Live with Peril by Harold H. Martin
  • Fine Thing to Call a Lady! by Robert M. Yoder
  • Uncle Sam’s Strange Filing Case by Henry F. and Kartharine Pringle
  • Broadway’s Most Successful Eccentric — Part 2 of 2 — by Maurice Zolotow about Jed Harris
  • I Went Out With Trawlers by Charles Rawlings
  • Men at Work: Newspaper Reporter by Richard Thruelsen

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Midnight Boy” — Part 4 of 7 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
  • “Rustler’s Range” — Part 7 of 7 — by Monte Barrett and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1949-04-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/04/23 — Cover design “Game Called Because of Rain (Tough Call)” is by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Gift From the Heart” by Frank O’Rouke and illustrated by Douglass Crockwell
  • “Don’t Shoot, Darling!” by Donald MacKenzie Watt and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • “Ride into Danger” by Bennett Foster and illustrated by William A. Smith
  • “Battle for a Bride” by Florence Christian and illustrated by Robert W. Douglass

    • 10 ARTICLES:

  • What Of Our Future? by Bernard M. Baruch
  • Radio’s Most Embarrassing Moments by J. Bryan, III
  • Why Cops Turn Crooked by David G. Wittels
  • It’s Hard to Fool a Fish by Rufus Jarman
  • Ireland’s New Man of Destiny by James P. O’Donnell
  • So You Want to Run a Ballclub? by Bill Veeck with Gordon Cobbledick
  • Are Gadgets Replacing the Housewife? by Robert M. Yoder
  • Harvard’s Prize Kibitzer — Part 1 of 2 — by Kermit Roosevelt
  • Musicians Have to be Crazy by Joseph Wechsberg
  • I Saved the Panama Canal by Josephine Crisler

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Fugitive From Terror” — Part 3 of 5 — by James R. Webb and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “Midnight Boy” — Conclusion — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1949-06-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/06/25 — Cover design by Mead Schaeffer

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

  • “The Practical Joker” by Roderick Lull and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Dear Little Fool” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Roy Price
  • “Moon Crazy” by William R. Shelton and illustrated by Ken Riley
  • “The Wife He Left Behind” by Grace Sartwell Mason and illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Forbidden City of Greenland by Thomas R. Henry
  • Ogunquit – Resort Town Down East by Pete Martin
  • An Admiral Talks Back to the Airmen by Rear Admiral D.V. Gallery, U.S.N.
  • The First Negro Graduate of Annapolis Tells His Story by Ensign Wesley A. Brown, U.S.N.
  • What Did the Airlift Really Prove? by Demaree Bess
  • W.C. Fields – Rowdy King of Comedy — Part 6 of 8 — by Robert Lewis Taylor
  • In Grandpa’s Shoes by Arthur W. Baum is about the Heinz family
  • One Week in Hell by Colonel J.C. Fry, U.S.A.

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Stolen Goods” — Part 3 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Perry Peterson
  • “Perilous Passage” — Conclusion — by Arthur Mayse and illustrated by James R. Bingham

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Wheaties ad on back cover features 3 images of Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau and family

    • 1949-08-27 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/08/27 — Cover design by Austin Briggs

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

  • “The Artful Bride” by Jay Wilson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “Missing in Action” by Lionel Shapiro and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “The Sixth Sense” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “The Duck That Flew Backwards” by Don Tracy and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • The Children Pay the Price by Martha Gellhorn
  • No Sport for Sissies by George Heinold
  • He’s De-Snobbing the State Department by Hugh Morrow is about John E. Peurifoy
  • How Are the DP’s Doing in America? by Sidney Shalett
  • Lapps Are the Darnedest People by Telford Hindley Work
  • Hollywood’s New Dreamboat by Stanley Frank is about Montgomery Clift
  • Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo: We Caught the Japs at Breakfast — Part 3 of 7 — by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger and Milton MacKaye

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Wanted for Murder” — Part 2 of 6 — by Richard Macauley and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • “Renegade Canyon” — Part 4 of 7 — by Peter Dawson and illustrated by Fred Ludekens

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features large color image of Yvonne De Carlo

    • 1949-10-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/10/29 — Cover design featuring Butch the cocker spaniel is by Albert Staehle

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

  • “The Jilted Gentleman” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by William A. Smith
  • “We Open Tonight” by Bill Gullick and illustrated by George Englert
  • “The Kidnaped Quarterback” by William R. Scott and illustrated by Rudy Pott
  • “Terror at Daybreak” by Paul Horgan and illustrated by Richard Hook

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • British Voters Have Their Eyes on You by Demaree Bess
  • When the Forest Burns by William L. Worden

  • Twenty Years Ago This Week by Fred Schwed, Jr.
  • Fun-Loving Frank From Dixie by Wilton Garrison is about Clemson Tigers coach Frank Howard
  • Men at Work: Country Surveyor by Richard Thruelsen
  • The Du Ponts — Part 4 of 5 — by William S. Dutton
  • We Toured the Embassy Kitchens by Elise Morrow and Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer
  • Don’t Let Them Cripple the Navy! by Rear Admiral D.V. Gallery, U.S.N.

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Jack of Swords” — Conclusion — by Gerald Kersh and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “Homicide House” — Part 6 of 7 — by David Frome and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1949-11-12 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1949/11/12 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “The Rebellious Age” by Harold Montanye and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “The Woman Hater” by Steve McNeil and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Anxious Night” by David Lamson and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson
  • “Collision Course” by Peter Dollar and illustrated by George L. Connelly

    • 10 ARTICLES:

  • My Three Years in Moscow: What Kind of Man Is Stalin? — Part 1 — by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
  • How to Get Rich After Dark by John Maloney
  • Mountain Rescue Man by Virginia C. MacNeill and William L. Worden
  • Rhode Island’s Little Firecracker by Samuel Lubell is about Governor John Pastore
  • Pst! Harry Truman ‘s Got a Cowlick by Albert J. Rothe as told to Beverly Smith
  • No Crying Towels at Dartmouth by Red Smith features coach Tuss McLaughry
  • The Cities of America: Minot, North Dakota by Mark Murphy
  • The World’s Best-Fed High School by Josef Israels, II
  • Something New In Striped Pants by Ernest O. Hauser is about Ambassador James Dunn
  • That Ain’t the Way I Saw It! by Robert M. Yoder

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Innocent Buccaneer” — Part 1 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “The Doctor of Unknown Island” — Part 2 of 4 — by David Divine and illustrated by James R. Bingham

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1950-01-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/01/28 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by George Hughes.

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

  • “The Wife Deceiver” by Stuart Cloete and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “The Phantom Flivver” by Frank Luther Mott and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • “Onslaught of Terror” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “Forbidden Marriage” by William Ashley Anderson and illustrated by Roy Price

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • “The Highest-Paid Spy in History” by Robert M.W. Kempner
  • “The Post Reports on Divorce: Why Parents Call It Quits” — Part 2 of 5 — by David G. Wittels
  • “Nevada’s Fantastic Snow Man” by Roger Butterfield is about James Edward Church
  • “The British Think It’s Funny” by Ernest O. Hauser is about the British publication Punch
  • “What You Should Know About Your Kidneys” by Greer Williams
  • “Just Like a Movie” by H. Allen Smith
  • “Admirals to Bellhops–They Outfit ‘Em All” by Ashley Halsey, Jr. is about Reed’s in Philadelphia

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The White Invader” — Part 2 of 3 — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “The Corpse in the Sea” — Part 4 of 8 — by Max Murray and illustrated by Richard Hook

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Post Scripts
  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Verse

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Full-page for Walt Disney’s Cinderella, Barbara Hale for Chesterfields on the inside back cover, “Thirst knows no season” from Coca-Cola on the back cover.

    1950-04-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/04/22 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “No Job for a Lady” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “Slow Convoy to the Arctic” by Robert Carse and illustrated by Paul Rabut
  • “You Can’t Print That!” by William Porter and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “The Eternal Tournament” by David Walker and illustrated by Richard Hook

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • And He Says He’s a Christian! by Ernest O. Hauser is about Hewlett Johnson
  • Why Shouldn’t I Sing? by Margaret Truman as told to Stanley Frank with full-page color photo of Margaret Truman
  • The Eye That Exposes Secrets by Milton Silverman
  • Let’s Sue the City by Rufus Jarman
  • Can He Purge Senator Pepper? by Ralph McGill
  • San Quentin Is My Home – World Without Women — Part 5 of 8 — by Warden Clinton T. Duffy as told to Dean Jennings
  • America’s Snootiest Golf Course by John LaCerda
  • I Homesteaded in Brazil by Virginia Prewett
  • All-Star Hangout by Maurice Zolotow about The Lambs Club

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Man From Texas” — Part 2 of 3 — by Bill Gulick and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “Girl In Hiding” — Part 3 of 6 — by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Bernard D’Andrea

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover “Host of the highways”

    • 1950-07-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/07/22 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “Love Scene” by Louis Kamp and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “The Secret of Bogie Bill” by Peggy Stimson Curry and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “Female Conspiracy” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by Robert W. Douglass
  • “The Congressman’s Temptation” by Dana Burnet and illustrated by Larry Kritcher

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • Shall We Let Them Ruin Our National Parks? by Bernard DeVoto
  • The Cities of America: Taos, New Mexico by Joe Alex Morris
  • Just What the Doctor Ordered by Jerome Ellison
  • We’re Betting Our Shirts on the Atomic Submarine by Vice-Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and Percy Finch
  • Red Loves to Take Chances by Bob Broeg about Red Schoendienst
  • Grandma Gloria Swanson Comes Back — Part 1 of 2 — by Stanley Frank
  • I Posed as a Communist for the FBI — Part 2 of 3 — by Matt Cvetic as told to Pete Martin

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Murder Is the Pay-Off” — Part 3 of 7 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • “I’ll Get Even” — Conclusion — by William Fay and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company ad with caption “He Showed Us How to Play the Game” featuring a larger than half-page color illustration of Babe Ruth signing an autograph surrounded by children. With text on the other half of the page describing how the Babe is like their company

    • 1950-09-16 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/09/16 — Cover design by Mead Schaeffer

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

  • “Charity Ward” by Don Tracy and illustrated by Douglass Crockwell
  • “The Lady in the Jungle” by Hugh B. Cave and illustrated by Bill Fleming
  • “The First Man to Ask Her” by Lenora Mattingly Weber and illustrated by Al Buell
  • “Derelict Doctor” by Van Cort and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “Korean Patrol” by Abe Hudson and illustrated by Fred Freeman

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • Are Trucks Destroying Our Highways? by David G. Wittels
  • The Strange Case of Howard Unruh by Robert M. Yoder – Unruh at that time was the deadliest mass murderer in criminal history having killed thirteen people in ten minutes in Camden, NJ
  • Anything Goes in Greenwich Village by Stanley Frank
  • What Will We Be Short of This Time? by Peter F. Drucker
  • They Guard Our Arctic Frontier Against the Reds by Harold H. Martin
  • We Barrymores! – Part 5 of 6 — by Lionel Barrymore as told to Cameron Shipp
  • Men at Work: Aerial Photographer by Richard Thruelsen
  • How to Get a New Face by Ben Pearse
  • Will Creeping Communism Engulf India? by Darrell Berrigan

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Outlaw of Longbow” — Part 2 of 8 — by Peter Dawson and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “The Glencannon-Tugboat Annie Affair” — Part 4 of 6 — by Guy Gilpatric and Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Wheaties ad on back cover includes an image of New York Yankees Allie Reynolds along with some other folks who enjoy Wheaties

    • 1950-09-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/09/23 — Cover design by George Hughes

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

  • “The World The Children Made” by Ray Bradbury and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “The Boy Who Hated Football” by Jim Hendryx, Jr. and illustrated by Stan Galli
  • “Island Happy” by Basil Heatter and illustrated by Bill Fleming
  • “She Wanted a Cowboy” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Edwin Georgi

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “A Disgrace to the Family” by Kay Boyle and illustrated by James R. Bingham

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • Man Hunt — Part 1 of 2 — by Robert M. Yoder about The Bruce Case
  • Truman’s Most Surprising Advisor by Beverly Smith is about Charles Sawyer
  • The Cities of America: San Juan, Puerto Rico by Henry F. and Katharine Pringle
  • Do The Tigers Have a Winning Secret? by Red Rolfe as told to Stanley Frank
  • The Wounded by Nora Waln with pictures by Larry Keighley
  • We Barrymores! – Part 6 of 6 — by Lionel Barrymore as told to Cameron Shipp
  • New Yorkers Are Really Hayseeds by Red Smith
  • The Mystery of the American Slaves by Christopher Rand about five American airmen enslaved in a remote Asian province
  • Carolina Massacre by Herbert Ravenel Sass with drawing by Paul Nonnast

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Outlaw of Longbow” — Part 3 of 8 — by Peter Dawson and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “The Glencannon-Tugboat Annie Affair” — Part 5 of 6 — by Guy Gilpatric and Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Massachussets Mutual Life Insurance Company ad with 8-1/4″ X 10-3/8″ color illustration by Norman Rockwell
  • Camel Cigarettes ad on back cover features Ezio Pinza

    • 1950-12-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1950/12/23 — Cover design by Constantin Alajalov

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

  • “Child of Divorce” by Roderick Lull and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Company for Christmas Dinner” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by Rudy Pott
  • “Granny Hite and the Angry Mob” by Neill C. Wilson and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • “Small-Town Doctor” by Steve McNeil and illustrated by George Englert

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • I’ll Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going by Grant Pearson, as told to Philip Newill
  • Spare Parts for Human Bodies by Milton MacKaye
  • The Ladies Like ‘Em Rugged by Pete Martin is about John Wayne
  • The Kids Don’t Remember a Thing by Martha Gellhorn
  • All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists by Beverly Smith is about Sam Ward
  • It’s Tough to Go to School in New Mexico by Neil M. Clark
  • Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea by Nora Waln
  • India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse by Joseph N. Kearney

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Desparate Woman” — Part 5 of 6 — by Martha Allbrand and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “The Great Mail Robbery” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page color ad for Plymouth illustrated by Norman Rockwell featuring a Christmas scene

    • 1951-03-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1951/03/17 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by George Hughes.

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

  • “Beautiful Invader” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “Russian Agent” by Pat Frank and illustrated by Stan Galli
  • “Dawn Pursuit” by Wyatt Blassingame and illustrated by Bruce Bomberger
  • “Tomboy” by Steve McNeil and illustrated by George Hughes

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “Relieved of Command” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • “The Odds Againts Eisenhower” by James P. O’Donnell
  • “They’ve Grown Some New Posies for the Ladies” by Frank J. Taylor
  • “We’ve Found a New Weapon Against Heart Disease” by Steven M. Spencer
  • “Wildest Drivers in the World” by Darrell Berrigan
  • “Oh, How You’ll Hate Him!” by Victor Ullman is about price stabilizer Mike DiSalle
  • “He Loves to Tease Wild Bulls” by George Sessions Perry
  • “That Modest Young Guy in the Outfield” by Al Hirshberg is about Billy Goodman of the Boston Red Sox
  • “The Japs Comes Back from Defeat” by William L. Worden
  • “What Makes An MP Tough?” by Harold H. Martin

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Run From the Hangman” part 2 of 4 by Geoffrey Household and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • “The Mystery of Flight 252” conclusion by Hammond Innes and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Report to the Editors
  • Post Scripts
  • Verse
  • Keeping Posted
  • Kodak ad on back cover

    • 1946-08-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/08/17 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by John Falter.

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

  • “Deadline at Midnight” by Donald Barr Chidsey and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Not Out for Glory” by Michael Amrine and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Those Minor Chords” by Charles Ellsworth and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “The Sound of Your Name” by Czenzi Ormonde and illustrated by George Englert

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “Farewell to New York” by Stanley Walker
  • “Look What Russia’s Doing Now” by Demaree Bess
  • “Red Oak Hasn’t Forgotten” by Milton Lehman is about the WWII losses of Red Oak, Iowa
  • “Is Horse Racing Good for a Community?” by Stanley Frank
  • “They Tell Some Whoppers About Watches” by Arthur W. Baum
  • “Nothing Stopped the Timberwolves” by Kenneth T. Downs
  • “Star-Spangled Octopus” Part 2 of 4 by David G. Wittels with photos of Jules Stein, Harry James, and Guy Lombardo
  • “Men at Work–Cow Brutes Are Like People” by Richard Thruelsen with color photographs by Ivan Dmitri

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Dark Passage” Part 5 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
  • “Double Treasure” Part 7 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Fred Allen for GE light bulbs, Carole Landis for Nescafe, Boeing, Association of American Railroads ad with color illustration by Ray Prohaska, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.

    1946-08-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/08/24 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design of Butch the Cocker Spaniel by Albert Staehle.

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

  • “Confusion in Lower Four” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • “The Exile of Lanni” by Mark J. Matthews and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • “A Woman’s Place” by Victoria Case and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • “Five-Inning Wonder” by Holmes Alexander and illustrated by Lonnie Bee

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “A Yankee Meets the World” by Beverly Smith is about new UN Representative, Warren R. Austin
  • “The Cities of America — Denver” 19th of a Series by George Sessions Perry
  • “Confessions of a Black-Market Butcher” by Anonymous
  • “Our Agents Behind the Iron Curtain” by Demaree Bess
  • “Star-Spangled Octopus” Part 3 of 4 about “How MCA Acquired Frank Sinatra” by David G. Wittels
  • “The Private Life of a Private Detective” by Pete Martin about real life detective Benjamin Kerin including a photo of Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in Dark Corner
  • “Watermelon Bust” by Oren Arnold
  • “Produce–Or Else!” by Charles R. Walker

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Dark Passage” Part 6 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
  • “Double Treasure” Part 8 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pan-Am, Marjorie Reynolds for General Electric Radios, United States Steel ad with color illustration by Keith Ward, American Airlines ad with color illustration by John Falter, and a Lucky Strikes Cigarette ad on the back cover.

    1946-08-31 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/08/31 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Constantin Alajalov.

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

  • “Troubled Voyage” by William Holder and illustrated by Peter Helck
  • “Nobody’s Alone” by Elizabeth Enright and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “Stowaway” by R.Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “The Doctor Will See You Now” by Kenneth Payson Kempton and illustrated by Roy Price

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “Tramp Ships of the Air” by Philip Gustafson
  • “St. Calaisphen, North America” by J.C. Furnas
  • “Pink Pepper” by Wesley Price is about Claude Pepper
  • “Our Most Dangerous Boundary” by Harold J. Noble is about Korea
  • “New Ears for the Deaf” by Steven M. Spencer
  • “Road Trip” by Collie Small with color photographs by Larry Keighley about the Brooklyn Dodgers on a road trip including pics of Leo Durocher, Pee Wee Reese and more
  • “Star-Spangled Octopus” Part 4 of 4 by David G. Wittels about MCA in Hollywood
  • “Proxy Mother” by T.E. Murphy

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Strangers” Part 1 of 6 by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Dark Passage” Part 7 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Frigidaire ad illustrated by Albert Dorne, Jeanne Crain for Simmons Beautyrest, TWA, Vera Maxwell for Scripto Wordmaster, on the inside back cover are Bill Dickey and Mel Ott for Chesterfield Cigarettes, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover.

    1946-09-07 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/09/07 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.

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

  • “Flood Burial” by Shelby Foote and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • “Why Don’t You Go Home?” by David Lamson and illustrated by B. Kimberly Prins
  • “Pablo’s Cash Only Grocery” by John Burgan and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
  • “West of the Paradise” by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “For Kathryn” by William L. Worden and illustrated by George Hughes

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • “I Guarded FDR” part 1 of 5 by Michael F. Reilly as told to William J. Slocum
  • “One-Man Band Wagon” by Joseph and Stewart Alsop about Harold Stassen
  • “The Great Finagler” by Edward Angly is about Serge Rubinstein
  • “Air Accidents Don’t Have to Be Fatal” by Steven M. Spencer
  • “What Can We Do About Strikes?” by Merlyn S. Pitzele
  • “The Blue Devils Stumped the Experts” by Sid Feder is about the all-draftee 88th Division
  • “River Royalty” by James Kalshoven
  • “There Go the Thunderbugs!” by Byron Morgan
  • “Things Are Tough All Over” by Robert M. Yoder and illustrated by Paul Nonnast

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Strangers” Part 2 of 6 by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Dark Passage” Part 8 of 8 by David Goodis and illustrated by Perry Peterson — first appearance of the classic Goodis noir story which would soon be made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

    • OTHER FEATURES:

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

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Oscar Levant for Columbia Records, Air Transport Association of America with color illustration by James Bingham, Holiday in Mexico starring Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey and Jane Powell, Scripps-Howard Newspaper with photo of Adolf Hitler, Joan Fontaine for Magnavox, .

    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.

    1946-09-21 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/09/21 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by John Atherton.

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

  • “Cops Must Be Tough” by Thomas Walsh and illustrated by Noel Sickles
  • “He Is Mine” by Curlin Reed and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “The Major Meets An Enchantress” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
  • “Subject to Change” by Robert Thomsen and George Bradshaw and illustrated by Tom Hall

    • A POST BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • “You Yanks Never Gave Monty His Due” by Col. Dick Malone, O.B.E.

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • “Embattled Pope” by Ernest O. Hauser about Pius XII
  • “Are You Smart Enough to Be a Citizen?” by Robert M. Yoder
  • “Pigskin Preview” by Francis Wallace includes photos of Doc Blanchard, Charlie Justice, Herman Wedemeyer, Hubert Bechtol, Charles Csuri, and Alabama coach Frank Thomas with Harry Gilmer and Vaughan Mancha
  • “Dr. Broadway” by John Kobler is about Dr. Harry J. Coveler
  • “I Guarded FDR” Part 3 of 5 by Michael F. Reilly as told to William J. Slocum
  • “Ghosts for Sale” by Richard Thruelsen with photographs inside French & Company by Ivan Dmitri
  • “The Store That Buys Your Troubles” by Hyde Perce, Jr.

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Battered Bride” Part 1 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “The Strangers” Part 4 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: Jo Stafford for General Electric Radios, Goodyear ad with baseball player illustrated by Albert Dorne, Fisk Tires ad illustrated by Harold Anderson, TWA, Wurlitzer ad illustrated by Morgan Kane, General Mills ad on the back cover featuring “Second best known woman” Betty Crocker.

    1946-09-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/09/28 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design of Butch the Cocker Spaniel by Albert Staehle.

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

  • “The Right Side of Lefty” by Tom Marvin and illustrated by Roy Besser
  • “Life Catches Up With Boysi” by Glenn Allan and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Gift of the Devil” by Kenneth Perkins and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • “Trouble With the Union” by Dennis Harrington and illustrated by Albert Dorne

    • NOVELETTE:

  • “Appointment with Fear” by Roy Huggins and illustrated by George Englert

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “Mr. Big Nose Brings Home Britain’s Bacon” by Edgar Snow is about the Lord of Inverchapel
  • “The Missing Man of the Year” by W.F. Fox, Jr. and Robert A. Cook is about Bo McMillin
  • “I Guarded FDR” Part 4 of 5 by Michael F. Reilly as told to William J. Slocum
  • “Should We Pull Out of China?” by Harold J. Noble
  • “They Took the Nazis’ Sunday Punch” by Ivan H. Peterman is about the 28th Division aka the Bloody Bucket Division
  • “Darndest Place I Ever Saw” by Dean Jennings is about Blochman City
  • “Wild-Horse Roundup” by Jean Muir
  • “House of a Hundred Bosses” by John Lear about Charley McCormick’s spice-and-tea house in Baltimore

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Battered Bride” Part 2 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “The Strangers” Part 5 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: Color illustration of the nomad Polovtsian tridesman by Robert Riggs by the Capehart from Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation, Yvonne DeCarlo for Beautyrest by Simmons, Rosalind Russell in Sister Kenny, Greyhound, half-page ad featuring Sid Luckman as drawn by Willard Mullin for Champ Hats, United Airlines.

    1946-10-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1946/10/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Norman Rockwell.

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

  • “The Picket With the Big Blue Eyes” by Richard Thruelsen and illustrated by George Englert
  • “The Last Word” by George Morse and illustrated Roy Price
  • “Sammy’s Last Summer” by William J. Walters and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • “Witch Woman” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by Robert Riggs

    • A POST CONDENSATION:

  • “Papa Never Struck It Rich” by Constance Roe

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • “The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner” Part 1 of 3 by Alva Johnston with color photographs by Ivan Dmitri
  • “The Cities of America — Washington” 21st of a Series by George Sessions Perry
  • “The Second Exodus of the Jews” by Samuel Lubell
  • Pitching is the Series Pay-Off” by Stanley Frank with photo of Boston Red Sox Dave Ferriss
  • “Now They Can Speak” by Steven M. Spencer
  • “I Guarded FDR” Part 5 of 5 by Michael F. Reilly as told to William J. Slocum
  • “Masters of the Mop” by Rufus Jarman
  • “New Zealand’s Uneasy Utopia” by Sydney Greenbie

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Battered Bride” Part 3 of 7 by Robert Carson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “The Strangers” Part 6 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: Half-page ad featuring Carole Landis for Dupont, Robert Young and Barbara Hale in Lady Luck, Insurance Company of North America with white cat illustration by Albert Staehle, Conoco Motor Oil with full-page illustration of family of goats by Albert Staehle, half-page ad featuring Red Sox Dave Ferriss drawn by Rank Williams for Gillette.