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1950-06-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents, June 3, 1950

1950/06/03 — Cover design by Coby Whitmore.

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

5 SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Man Who Married Money” by John Reese and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Ouch for Me!” by Cyril Hume and illustrated by Ken Riley
  • “Botts Bogs Down” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “Sailor’s Blood” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Fred Freeman
  • “The Highwayman” by Michael Foster and illustrated by Donald Teague

8 ARTICLES:

  • Now We Have Plenty of Oil by Arthur W. Baum
  • I’m a Village Cop and I Like It by Francis J. Flaherty as told to Malcolm W. Rollins
  • Want to See Europe? Here’s How by Ernest O. Hauser
  • That Guy Durocher! by Stanley Woodward
  • Can Senator Taft Win His Biggest Fight? by Beverly Smith
  • They Gambled Their Lives by Robert M. Yoder
  • Nature’s Million-Dollar Mistake by Richard Thruelsen about new varieties of grapefruit
  • Germany’s Wide-Open City by Ernest Leiser about Hamburg

2 SERIALS:

  • “Murder in the Family,” Part 3 of 7 by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Perry Peterson
  • “Legacy of Fear,” Part 5 of 8 by Garnett Weston and illustrated by James R. Bingham

OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Post Scripts
  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Verse by Eva Baron, Ellen Acton, Isabel Bryans Longfellow, Dorothy Westring, Norman R. Jaffray, Arthur Frederic Otis, M.M. Parrish

1948-07-28 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1948/07/28 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Bouncing on The Main Line” by Tom O’Mealia showing executives and managers trying to hold on to a speeding train marked “Pennant Race”
  • Headline on front cover is “Players Demand All-Star Penalties – Men Voting on Truant Punishment”
  • Lopping of Lip–‘Boss Wants You to Resign’ – July 4 Message From Rickey Gave Durocher First News of His Fate
  • Leo’s Move Laid to Dodger Tug-of-War – Rickey Said to Have Capitulated to Pressure
  • Last of McGraw’s Players Yields Polo Grounds Managerial Post – Ott’s Fadeout Ends an Era for Giants” full page of coverage with photos and career statistics for Mel Ott
  • Coverage of the Dodgers hiring of Burt Shotten
  • Lippy on New Hot Spot as Old Guard Giant Fans Say ‘Let’s See You Win’ article includes small photo of Leo Durocher shaking hands with man he replaced, Mel Ott
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage.
  • Full-page ad featuring William Bendix in The Babe Ruth Story on the inside back cover
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Sid Gordon

    • 40 pages total