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1937-01-09 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1937/01/09 — Cover design by Monte Crews

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

  • “Bwah-Wahdi-Dough” by Henry Anton Steig and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “More Lofty Mansions” by Anne Cameron and illustrated by F. Sands Brunner
  • “Once Around the Mountain’ by Robert S. Mansfield and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Contact Mike” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren

    • ARTICLES:

  • Tom Jeff–He Loves the President, But– by Joseph Alsop, Jr.
  • Merou, the Bonehead by Guy Gilpatric
  • Noah’s Ark, N.Y. by Paul W. Kearney
  • George Apley by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Orison MacPherson
  • The Wilsons: White House Romances by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo in collaboration with Margaret Y. Gaffrey

    • SERIALS:

  • “Ill Met by Moonlight” — Part 2 of 7 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Rogers’ Rangers” — Part 3 of 7 — by Kenneth Roberts and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • The Friendly Touch — A Poem by Ogden Nash
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-01-30 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/01/30 — Cover design by Paul Bransom

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

  • “All’s Well With Bingo” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Good-by, Darling” by Price Day and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “Puppy Love” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Arthur D. Fuller
  • “The Marches Always Pay” by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by John La Gatta

    • ARTICLES:

  • Britain Returns to Arms by John Gunther
  • Up Taft, Down Coppermine by Richard Thruelsen
  • Basketball Players Make Good Dancers by Justin M. Sam Barry and Ralph F. Shawhan
  • My Story — Stranded at Sixteen by Ignace Jan Pederewski and Mary Lawton
  • Father Meets Son by J.P. McEvoy

    • SERIALS:

  • “Ill Met by Moonlight” — Part 5 of 7 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Rogers’ Rangers” — Part 6 of 7 — by Kenneth Roberts and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Cartoon and Comedy
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-02-13 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/02/13 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Tom Webb.

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

  • “The Captives” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Paul Gallico and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “Child’s Play” by James Gould Cozzens and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Nice for a While” by Agnes Burke Hale and illustrated by H.R. Ballinger
  • “Scene With the Naked I” by Forbes Parkhill and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Can Eight Billion Dollars Stay Neutral?” by Ernest K. Lindley with cartoon by Wyncie King
  • “Ragtime to Swing” by James H.S. Moynahan
  • “Ten-Million Dollar Fox Tales” by Melvin N. Taylor
  • “It’s Happened Since 1929” by Jesse Rainsford Sprague
  • “Father Meets Son” by J.P. McEvoy

    • SERIALS:

  • “Stand-In” Part 1 of 6 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Ill Met by Moonlight” Conclusion by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “What I Always Say Is–” a poem by Ogden Nash
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page Karo Syrup ad with color illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets
  • Full-page ad for Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in Maytime
  • Coca-Cola ad on the back cover

    • 1937-02-27 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/02/27 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Frances Tipton Hunter.

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

  • “Blow the Lawyer Down” by Albert Richard Wetjen and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Oil and the Building Fund” by T.S. Stribling and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “The Heart Must Beat” by Hannah Lees and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “Corny Gag” by Henry Anton Steig and illustrated by Galbraith

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Too Much Money” by Eddy Orcutt
  • “How Dead is the G.O.P.?” by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg
  • “The Passing of Great Fortunes” by Albert W. Atwood
  • “My Story — Despair and Debut in America” by Ignace Jan Paderewski and Mary Lawton
  • “Is Your Watch at Simpson’s” by Boyden Sparkes

    • SERIALS:

  • “A Hanging Matter” Part 1 of 5 by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Stand-In” Part 3 of 6 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “Georgia Monday” a poem by Minnie Hite Moody
  • “End to Winter” a poem by Leona Ames Hill
  • Keeping Posted
  • Edgar A . Guest for Pullman in a full-page ad

    • 1937-03-13 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/03/13 — Cover design by Tom Webb

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

  • “Tradesmen of the Sword” by Leonard H. Nason and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Come On, Sucker!” by Frank Bunce and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Pythias, the Money Changer” by Anne Cameron and illustrated by F. Sands Brunner
  • “Tit, Tat, Tutt” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Introduction: Waltz: Coda” by Joseph Hergesheimer and illustrated by John La Gatta

    • ARTICLES:

  • This is Florida by Garet Garrett
  • Work for a Shorer by Borden Chase
  • Minnesota’s New Baritone by John O’Donnell is about John Toussaint Bernard
  • Money on the Make by Arnold Nicholson
  • Winter Cruise; or, isn’t it Fun That We’re All in the Same Boat? by Katharine Dayton
  • My Story–“They Wanted None of Me” by Ignace Jan Pererewski and Mary Lawton

    • SERIALS:

  • “A Hanging Matter” Part 3 of 5 by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Stand-In” Part 5 of 6 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-03-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/03/20 — Cover design by Douglass Crockwell

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

  • “With the Worst of Intentions” by Thomas McMorrow and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “These Things Forgotten” by Ann Morse and illustrated by H.R. Ballinger
  • “The Hanging of the Crane” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by Henry J. Soulen
  • “Greatness” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Caty Breen” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • ARTICLES:

  • Battling for Justice Whoosis by H.I. Phillips
  • Dear Mr. President– by Ben Whitehurst
  • This is Florida by Garet Garrett
  • My Story–“War Was Upon Us” by Ignace Jan Paderewski and Mary Lawton
  • How Old is Ninety-One?
  • Father Meets Son by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman

    • SERIALS:

  • “Texas Journey” — Part 1 of 2 — by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “A Hanging Matter” — Part 4 of 5 — by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Stand-In” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Postscripts
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-03-27 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/03/27 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.

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

  • “Papa’s Maiden Name” by Forbes Parkhill and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “Proving Ground” by Harold Titus and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Cluck in B-Flat” by Henry Anton Steig and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “What Price Goya?” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Maharajah’s Flower” by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by John LaGatta

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Waters No More–” by Neil M. Clark
  • “Sheep Bought It” by Hughie Call
  • “This is the Wife” by J.P. McEvoy
  • “Bill Likes Terry’s Judgement” by J. Roy Stockton is about Bill Terry
  • “Few Men Cheat at Cards” by Samuel Crowther

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Road to Reno” Part 1 of 7 by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Texas Journey” Conclusion by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “A Hanging Matter” Part 5 of 5 by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “I Love” a poem by Leona Ames Hill
  • Keeping Posted
  • 2-page ad for Dodge features several celebrities including Ginger Rogers, Frank Buck and Joan Bennett
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance ad illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg

    • 1937-04-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/04/17 — Cover design by Jack Murray

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

  • “My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • “A Tenderhearted Jill” by George S. Brooks and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • “Squaw” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Music Box” by Arthur Stringer and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Just at the Age” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • “This is Knudsen” by Charles Wertenbaker
  • How the Supreme Court Works by Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen
  • Learn and Live by Richard Thruelsen
  • Life Begins With ’40 by Christian Gauss
  • Too Many Guns by Leonard H. Nason
  • A Letter from Illinois

    • SERIALS:

  • “3-3-8” — Part 2 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “The Road to Reno” — Part 4 of 7 — by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Postscripts
  • Nocturne — A Poem by Otto Freund
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-05-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/05/08 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan

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

  • “A Matter of Pride” by William C. White and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “High Water” by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “Chandler Chooses” by T.S. Stribling and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “Rich Man’s Toy” by Leonard Lee and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Irish Sixpence” by Edwin Muller and illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Great Goldwyn — Part 1 of 4 — by Alva Johnston is about Samuel Goldwyn
  • How’s Your Hitch? by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Kemp Starrett
  • That Ever-Normal Granary by James E. Boyle, Professor of Rural Economy, Cornell University
  • My Four Kentucky Derbies by Colonel Edward Riley Bradley with John I. Day
  • Diplomats Pay to Work by Ambassador Hugh Gibson

    • SERIALS:

  • “3-3-8” — Part 5 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “The Road to Reno” — Conclusion — by I.A.R. Wylie

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Adventure” — A Poem by Helen Howland Prommel
  • Keeping Posted
  • Half-page black & white ad for Sinclair Gasoline features 4 photos, 3 of them featuring Babe Ruth

    • 1937-07-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/07/17 — Cover design by John La Gatta

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

  • “Gabriel’s Trumpet” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Spanish Gun” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Precision” by Harold Titus and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Rainy Day in Summer” by Naomi Lane Babson and illustrated by Henry J. Soulen

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Labor Weapon by Garet Garrett
  • Sure, You’re a Nice Girl by Rufus H. Jones and illustrated by Laurence Reynolds
  • One Hundred Thousand Racing Stables by Bertram B. Fowler
  • Life of an American Workman by Walter P. Chrysler In Collaboration with Boyden Sparkes
  • “Virtually Unknown in Wall Street” by Albert W. Atwood
  • Father Meets Son by J.P. McEvoy

    • SERIALS:

  • “Anything Can Happen” — Part 1 of 6 — by Thornton Martin and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “The Case of the Lame Canary” — Conclusion — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Postscripts
  • A Garden in Eden — A Poem by Edith Tatum
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-08-07 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/08/07 — Cover photograph by Ivan Dmitri

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

  • “Did You See the Coronation?” by Paul Gallico and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Gas Job” by Price Day and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • “Too Big For His Size” by Norman Matson and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “A New System” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • Yardstick–and What Else? by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan
  • Privacy on Parade by Eddy Orcutt
  • Life of an American Workman by Walter P. Chrysler in Collaboration with Boyden Sparkes
  • New Class War by Frank G. Dickinson

    • SERIAL:

  • “Summer Moonshine” — Part 3 of 8 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • “Anything Can Happen” — Part 4 of 6 — by Thornton Martin and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Five Hours to Bermuda – Photographs by Ivan Dmitri
  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • Nothing But Words — A Poem by Irving Dillon
  • Hot August — A Poem by Muriel Doe Thurneysen
  • Keeping Posted
  • Wheaties ad on back cover features full-length color image of Hall of Fame New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell

    • 1937-08-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/08/28 — Cover design by John LaGatta

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

  • “After They’ve Seen Paree” by Corey Ford and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Two Weeks’ Wash” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by F. Sands Brunner
  • “The Melody Lingers On” by Paul O’Neil and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Sea Drift” by Albert Richard Wetjen and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Traveling Salesman and the Farmer’s Daughter by J.P. McEvoy
  • The Gentleman from Virginia by Marquis James
  • Financing Your Business by Jesse Rainsford Sprague

    • SERIALS:

  • “Garden of the Moon” — Part 1 of 6 — by H. Bedford-Jones and Barton Browne and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Serenade for a Wealthy Widow” — Conclusion by Richard Sherman and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “Summer Moonshine” — Part 6 of 8 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “The Downtown Park” by Ellen Betty Brink
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page color ad for Campbell’s Soup features Fred MacMurray

    • 1937-09-11 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/09/11 — Cover design by Robert C. Kauffmann

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

  • “Home Over Saturday” by Rose Wilder Lane and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Age of Chivalry” by Mary Lowrey Ross and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Hold it, Please” by Donald Hough and illustrated by Oscar Howard
  • “No Form and No Breedin'” by Allan Swinton and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • Company 5757, CCC
  • How It Feels to Look Like Everybody Else by Joseph Alsop, Jr.
  • Surgery at Sea by Captain George H. Grant
  • Angle Worms by Kirtley Baskette
  • Marie Curie, My Mother by Eve Curie and translated by Vincent Sheean
  • I Work for a Power Company by John Fort

    • SERIALS:

  • “Garden of the Moon” — Part 3 of 6 — by H. Bedford-Jones and Barton Browne and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Summer Moonshine” — Conclusion — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Luck” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page ad for Williams Luxury Shaving Cream features Lou Gehrig in both a large black & white photo and smaller cartoon from a newspaper

    • 1937-09-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/09/25 — Cover design by August Schomberg

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

  • “Canape Women” by George S. Brooks and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “Helen, I’ve Seen Your Father” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • “Wild Diesel Horses” by Ray Millholland and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Mr. Tutt and Mr. Jefferson” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • PWA’s Problem Children by Neil M. Clark
  • Pigskin Preview by Francis Wallace
  • The 168 Days by Joseph Alsop and Turner Catledge
  • Marie Curie, My Mother by Eve Curie – Translated by Vincent Sheean
  • There’s No Accounting for Wives by Jane Reitell

    • SERIALS:

  • “Seven Must Die” — Part 2 of 7 — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Garden of the Moon” — Part 5 of 6 — by H. Bedford-Jones and Barton Browne and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Patterns” by Helen Howland Prommel
  • “The Unopened Door” by Mary Willis Shelburne
  • Keeping Posted
  • Coca-Cola ad on the back cover

    • 1937-10-30 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/10/30 — Cover design by Robert B. Velie

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

  • “Reward” by Jean C. Becket and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “Trading Post” by Gouverneur Morris and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “Itsy-Bitsy Halfback” by George S. Brooks and illustrated by Francisca Bolles
  • “A Mountain in the Sea” by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Peppah, More Pappah!” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “The Raffle” by Anne Cameron and illustrated by F. Sands Brunner

    • ARTICLES:

  • Escape from Shanghai by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
  • The Biggest Racketeer Falls — Thomas E. Dewey’s Story of Smashing the Rackets by Forrest Davis about the Lucky Luciano case
  • That’s Football for You by Jimmy Conzelman
  • The Merchant of Venus by Walter Thornton
  • The World and Jim Mooney by Charles Wertenbaker
  • Tammany’s Last Stand by John B. Kennedy
  • “Split Up Everything and Start Over Again” by John Putnam Loomis
  • Father Meets Son by J.P. McEvoy

    • SERIALS:

  • “And One Was Beautiful” — Part 5 of 6 — by Alice Duer Miller and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “Seven Must Die” — Conclusion — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “To A Gathering of Downtown Pigeons” — A poem by Otto Freund
  • “Cap and Bells” — A Poem by Vanna Comstock
  • “So Many Things” — A Poem by Anne Marriott
  • Centerville by Billy B. Cooper
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-11-06 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/11/06 — Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker

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

  • “Champion Luck” by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Moses and the Blue Goose” by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “You Know Kay, Don’t You?” by Lester Atwell and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “The Last of the Legions” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated in bright color by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “The Colonel Builds a Backfire” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Galbraith

    • ARTICLES:

  • I Went to Red China — The Inside Story of China’s United Front Against Japan by Edgar Snow
  • I’m Following Rockne by Elmer F. Layden with Charles Moran
  • How to Make a Movie — Part 2 — by Grover Jones
  • Are Fish Citizens? by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • “Sorry, We’ll Have to Tie You Up” by Frank J. Taylor
  • Who Sues in America by Mitchell Dawson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Razzle-Dazzle” — Part 1 of 4 — by Francis Wallace and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “And One Was Beautiful” — Conclusion — by Alice Duer Miller and illustrated by John La Gatta

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Wallflowers” by John Travers Moore
  • “Bridges” by Dorothy Hope McCroden
  • “Give Not Your Heart” by Arthur Wallace Peach
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1937-12-04 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1937/12/04 — Cover design by Michael Dolas

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

  • “The Story of a Homely Woman” by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Scow-Gun of Marriage” by Lt. Col. John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “Diesel Cumshaw” by Ray Millholland and illustrated by Gordon Grant
  • “Wings for the Dragon” by Naomi Lane Babson and illustrated by Henry J. Soulen

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Crime of Economic Royalism by Garet Garrett
  • The Toughest Underworld Trust — Thomas E. Dewey’s Story of Smashing the Rackets by Forrest Davis
  • Twenty-Four House Run by Ab Jenkins , Maker of 700 Auto Speed Records, With Elliott Curtiss
  • Bank Night Tonight by Forbes Parkhill
  • Yes, We Have No System! by William H. Spaulding, Football Coach, University of California at Los Angeles, With Jack James
  • Corporation Control and Not the Sherman Law, Either

    • SERIALS:

  • “Fugitive Father” — Part 1 of 6 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Simple Way of Poison” — Part 4 of 8 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Tempus Fugit — A Poem by Frieda C. Davidson
  • Keeping Posted

    • 1938-01-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1938/01/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by J.C. Leyendecker.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Winter Sport” by Karl Detzer and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Birds, Bees, and Bill” by Horatio Winslow and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Her Father’s House” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Rawhide Knot” by Conrad Richter and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Do You Want $10,000 a Year?” by Joseph Alsop and Turner Catledge
  • “Red Wreckers in Russia” by John D. Littlepage with Demaree Bess
  • “The Gloomy Dean” by John Chapman
  • “No More Irish Will Apply” by T.F. Healy

    • SERIALS:

  • “Fugitive Father” part 5 of 6 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Simple Way of Poison” conclusion by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “January First” a poem by Maureen Murdoch
  • “Week-End Visit” a poem by May Carleton Lord
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 1938 Studebaker on the inside front cover, 2-page ad for “Oldsmobile Celebrates its 40th Anniversary!”, and an Old Dutch Cleanser ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1938-02-19 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1938/02/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Norman Rockwell.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Who Learned Too Young” by Ann Morse and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “The Sheriff Saves on Taxes” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “Fame at Fifteen” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “George and the Kiss of Death” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by E.F. Ward

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Twenty Months in Alcatraz: as told by Bryan Conway, No. 293, to T.H. Alexander
  • “John Wilkes Booth on Tour” by Alva Johnston
  • “Specs Before the Eyes” by J.C. Furnas
  • “What Can We Do About It?” by Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, President, University of Chicago

    • SERIALS:

  • “Mr. Benedict and the Madagascan Line” part 1 of 2 by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by Harvey Dunn
  • “Once to Every Man” part 6 of 7 by Fanny Heaslip Lea and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Housewife” a poem by Marguerite Janvrin Adams
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 1938 Studebaker on the inside front cover, 2-page ad for “Oldsmobile Celebrates its 40th Anniversary!”, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Congress Playing Cards, and a Gold Medal Flour ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1938-03-12 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1938/03/12 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by S.N. Abbott.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Woman With Kind Hands” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Executive Ability: by Frederick Wight and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “A Million on Skis” by Arthur Tuckerman and illustrated by R.J. Prohaska
  • “Oil for the Juggernaut” by William C. White and illustrated by Denman Fink

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Press Lord” by Forrest Davis is about Roy Howard
  • “Preview of Armageddon” by Major Thomas R. Phillips
  • “Three Horses on a Man” by Donald Hough
  • “The Missionary and Mary’s Gold” by David Burpee as told to Frank J. Taylor
  • “Who, Then, Is the Liberal?” by Merle Thorpe

    • SERIALS:

  • “Free Land” part 2 of 8 by Rose Wilder Lane and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “The Gay Banditti” part 3 of 5 by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “March in Oregon” a poem by Genneva Dickey Watson
  • “Armored” a poem by Lucile Hargrove Reynolds
  • “Any Garbage Today?” a poem by Mary Coles Carrington
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Camel Cigarettes ad featuring movie stunt girl Ione Reed, 2-page ad for Studebaker in the center of this issue, 2-page ad for United States Steel, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1935-12-14 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/12/14 — Cover design by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

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

  • “The Heart of Guinevere, London, 1935 by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “The Sargeant and the Bandits” by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the Author
  • “Apprentice” by Price Day and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Dear Brothers All” by Horatio Winslow and illustrated by Tony Sarg

    • ARTICLES:

  • On the Hoof by Milton MacKaye is about pro wrestling with mentions of Frank Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, William Muldoon, Farmer Burns, the Zbyszkos, Gus Sonnenborg, Strangler Lewis and several others plus photos of Man Mountain Dean vs Ernie Dusek, Jim Londos vs Everett Marshall, Marshall with Joe Savoldi, Dean training, Joe Dusek. The article is on all or part of 5 pages.
  • Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn Walsh McLean with Boyden Sparkes
  • To Meet Mr. 10,001 by J.C. Furnas with Cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • Daze Without End; or Some Pretty Loose Leaves #3 by Katharine Dayton
  • Celebrities Stay at Home by Alice-Leone Moats and illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett

    • SERIALS:

  • “To Mary With Love” — Part 2 of 2 — by Richard Sherman and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Roxana” — Part 2 of 6 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Murder in Mesopotamia — Part 6 of 6 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

    • 1936-01-04 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1936/01/04 — Cover design by J.C Leyendecker

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

  • “Creating the Ideal” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Great Day” by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “She Needs an Older Man” by Elmer Davis and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “That Gray Old Mare” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • Japan Digs In by Edgar Snow
  • The New Deal Comes to Brown County, Indiana by Benjamin Wallace Douglass
  • Human Rights and Property Rights by John Rustgard with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn Walsh McLean with Boyden Sparkes

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Hurricane” — Part 2 of 6 — by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner — Made into a film in 1937 starring Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor and directed by John Ford
  • “Roxana” — Part 5 of 6 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    MISCELLANY:

  • Editorial
  • Postscripts
  • “Seaside Serenade” — Poem by Ogden Nash

    • 1936-01-11 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1936/01/11 — Cover design by Monte Crews

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

  • “Weather or No” by A.H.Z. Carr and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Gertie, the Bloodhound” by Freeman Tillman and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • “Work of Art–Public” by Sigman Byrd and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “Tobacco Worm” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “A Gun Without Guilt” by Gordon MacCreagh

    • ARTICLES:

  • Showman by William A. Brady
  • “So We Thought We’d Save Half Our Salary” by A Hollywood Wife
  • The Alien on Relief by Raymond G. Carroll
  • The New Deal Comes to Brown County, Indiana by Benjamin Wallace Douglas

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Hurricane” — Part 3 of 6 — by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Roxana” — Conclusion — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Winning Is More Fun Than Living” — A Poem by Ogden Nash
  • Who’s Who–and Why — Norman Reilly Raine
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover “A good idea”…A pause for energy-giving refreshment” featuring Ray Noble under the illustration

    • 1936-02-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1936/02/01 — Cover design by Jack Murray

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

  • “Prudent Dan” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Saddle of Jenghiz Khan” by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “J.M. Shoots Twice” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “O.K. Toots!” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Only Real Security- An Interview With Henry Ford by Samuel Crowther
  • New Government -a Catechism- by Garet Garrett
  • You Can’t Beat the Dutch by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • By Their Words by Edward Angly with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Iron Will” — Part 3 of 5 — by Margaret Culkin Banning and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “The Hurricane” — Conclusion — by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner — Made into a film in 1937 starring Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor and directed by John Ford

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “The Secret Place” a poem by Mary Dixon Thayer
  • “Awakening” a poem by Mary Cabourn
  • “Who Dares to Look” a poem by Frances Frost
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

    • 1936-02-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1936/02/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Ellen B.T. Pyle.

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

  • “Return from Limbo” by A.H.Z. Carr and illustrated by Charles LaSalle
  • “No Enemy” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Orison MacPherson
  • “Afternoon Performance” by T.S. Stribling and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “The Troubles of Dan J. Ruggles” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Life Begins at Seventy-Three” by Connie Mack
  • “Aliens in Subversive Activities” by Raymond G. Carroll
  • “Showman” by William A. Brady
  • “The Swedish Recovery” by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • “Wind in the Sage” by Helen Borden Viets
  • “Solomon in Scales” by Gifford Pinchot

    • SERIAL:

  • “Thank You, Mr. Moto” Part 3 of 6 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • MISCELLANY:

  • The New Tavern Sign — Painting in full-color — Stretches over 2-full pages — by Norman Rockwell
  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “The Precious Years” a poem by Mary Dixon Thayer
  • “The Wishing Well” a poem by Ogden Nash