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1944-07-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1944/07/29 — Cover design “Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry” by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “Nothing Must Change by Georges Carousso and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “Sing and Rejoice” by Charlotte Edwards and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “The Buck on the Rock” by Sally Carrighar and illustrated by Paul Bransom
  • “Once a Salesman, Always a Salesman” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Albert Dorne

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Typewriter Statesman – Part 1 of 2 – by Matthew Josephson is about journalist Arthur Krock
  • I Shipped With the Desterrados by Charles A. Rawlings

  • We Can’t Starve Them Out by Karl Brandt
  • The Truth About the French by Demaree Bess
  • One Man’s War — Part 5 of 5 — by Sgt. Charles E. “Commando” Kelly as told to Pete Martin
  • Heap Big Uncle Frank by Lewis Nordyke is about oil magnate Frank Phillips
  • Post Card Parade by Oren Arnold
  • Our Strangest Tank Unit by George H. Johnston

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Remembered Death” — Part 3 of 8 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “After April” — Part 8 of 8 — by Frederick Faust and illustrated by Phil Dormont

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    • 1944-08-12 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/08/12 — Cover design “Day Coach” by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Lucy Liverpool” by Henry Beetle Hough and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “Battery X” by Leonard H. Nason and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • “Now’s Your Chance” by Gertrude Schweitzer and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “The Battle of Crazy Creek C.C. by Paul Gallico and illustrated by Glen Fleischmann

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • Dewey’s April Choice by Forrest Davis
  • Fear by Wesley Price

  • Hotel Hawkshaw by Maurice Zolotow
  • “Advertising” Paid Off at Cherbourg by Cecil Carnes
  • History’s Biggest Gamble by C.S. Forester
  • Tonight at the Beachhead Bijou by Pete Martin
  • Fortune on the Wing by Frank J. Taylor
  • With All Modern Conveniences by Capt. Alfred Friendly
  • Skeleton Country by Charles A. Rawlings

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Furlough in Flatbush” — Part 2 of 3 — by William Fay and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “Remembered Death” by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Hy Rubin

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    • 1944-08-26 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/08/26 — Cover design “Convoy” by John Atherton

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

  • “Trip to Town” by Elmira Grogan and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • “Maturity” by Konstantin Simonov and illustrated by Robert Riggs
  • “No So Very United” by Norbert Davis and illustrated by George Garland
  • “A Good Night’s Sleep” by Richard Sale and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Arctic Isn’t So Tough by Lt. Col. Charles J. Hubbard
  • Horse-Sense Blackstone by Patrick McDougall and Warner Olivier
  • The Russians Take Over in Rumania by Edgar Snow
  • We Shoot Shadows by Lt. H. Danny O’Neill, Jr., USN as told to Frank J. Taylor
  • Will the CIO Capture the Democratic Party? by Louis Waldman
  • Pollen for the Sneezers by Steven M. Spencer
  • China Needs a Friendly Nudge by Ernest O. Hauser
  • Letter From Bill

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “12:20 PM” — Part 1 of 7 — by William Gilmore Beymer and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Remembered Death” — Part 7 of 8 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Hy Rubin

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    • 1944-09-16 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/09/16 — Cover design “The Fighting Gillises” by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Reunion” by Hobert Douglas Skidmore and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “Dark Horse” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “The Battle of the Gripers” by Samuel W. Taylor and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “Mr. Digby and the Income Tax” by Douglass Welch and illustrated by Floyd Davis

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • They Sparked the Carrier Revolution by Jack Alexander

    • How Shall We Reconvert to Peacetime Work?

  • Small Business Must Get the Breaks by Maury Maverick
  • Maximum Total Employment Should Be Our Aim by Louis Ruthenburg

  • The Inside Story of Italy’s Surrender — Part 2 of 2 — by David Brown
  • “Right Hard Rudder! … All Hands Below!” by Martin Sommers
  • The G.O.P.’s Mr. Hull — Part 2 of 2 — by Forrest Davis
  • Hobby House by Pete Martin
  • The Lights Go On Again In Russia by Edgar Snow

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Alias Jane Smith” — Part 2 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “12:20 P.M.” — Part 4 of 7 — by William Gilmore Beymer and illustrated by George Hughes

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    • 1945-02-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/02/03 — Cover design by John Atherton

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

  • “The Muses Is My Racket” by Charles Rabiner and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “The Things You Say” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Now Listen to Me” by Myna Lockwood and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • “Ticket to Stateside” by Richard Sale and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Brazil’s Iron Twins by John Lear is about President Getulio Vargas
  • Just What the Doctor Ordered by Arthur W. Baum
  • The Correspondents and Their Curly Mustaches by William L. Worden
  • Bear Cub in a Nazi Cage by Ernest O. Hauser
  • The Japs Had Allies on Leyte by Allen Raymond
  • The Mysterious Mr. Gibbs — Part 3 of 3 — by Alva Johnston is about William Francis Gibbs

  • “It Will be Tough, But–” by David G. Wittels
  • Chesapeake Shell Game by Howard Bloomfield

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Lion in the Streets” — Part 2 of 8 — by Adria Locke Langley and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “Canyon Passage” — Part 4 of 8 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Donald Teague

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    • 1945-03-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/03/24 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “A Really Important Person” by B.J. Chute and illustrated by Perry Peterson
  • “Souvenir for a Senator” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Hank Berger
  • “The Taming of Old Man Daley” by David Lamson and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • “It’s Love, Mr. Parron, It’s Love” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Edwin Georgi

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Strong Men Around Stalin by Edgar Snow
  • The Real Case Against Conscription by Felix Morley, Pres. Haverford College
  • The Army’s Pet Prophets by Martin Sommers
  • Fortress Hotel by Bill Shadell
  • Is It True About Women? by Ashley Montagu and Pete Martin
  • Tugging in the Big Time by George Sessions Perry
  • The Greatest Jungle Fighters of All by First Lt. David D. Duncan, USMC about our “least-known Allies, the Fiji soldiers”
  • So You Want a Raise by Wendell Knowles

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Commodore Hornblower” — Part 1 of 8 — by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “The Red House” — Part 3 of 5 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Paul Rabut

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    • 1945-03-31 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/03/31 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Gentle Like a Cyclone” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Fateful Meeting” by Anne Wormser and Jess Oppenheimer and illustrated by George Wiggins
  • “A Boy in France” by J.D. Salinger and illustrated by Roebrt Frankenberg
  • “The Crumped Leaf” by Margaret Craven and illustrated by Austin Briggs

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Death March in a French Courtroom by George Slaff
  • We Must Have Steadier Jobs by Eric A. Johnston
  • The Surprised Democracy by John Lear
  • Imagine Wanting to Eat a Pigeon! by Sgt. Robert Geake
  • The “Baloney Barrage” Pays Off by Henry F. Pringle
  • Is China Washed Up? by Samuel Lubell
  • Doghouse to Let:–Apply Newhouser and Trout by Red Smith — with photos of Detroit Tigers Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout
  • Why Your Child Acts Like That by Wilbur Schramm

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Commodore Hornblower” — Part 2 of 8 — by C.S. Forrester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “The Red House” — Part 4 of 5 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Paul Rabut

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    • 1945-08-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/08/18 — Cover design by John Falter

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

  • “Alexander Botts and Our Gallant Allies” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “The Dark Room” by Hannah Lees and illustrated by George L. Connelly
  • “Widow’s Walk” by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • “Scoop Boat” by Cliff Farrell and illustrated by Melbourne Brindle

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • A Frenchman Comes Home by Ernest O. Hauser
  • Up From Akron by Jack Alexander is about Chicago Daily News publisher John S. Knight
  • Susu Goes Fishing by William Sharpe
  • Road to Tokyo — We of the B-29’s Say Good-By — 1st of a Series — by Richard Tergaskis
  • The Middle East Explodes by Harold Lamb
  • The G.I.’s Reject Education by Stanley Frank
  • The Daring Young Man of Wall Street — Part 2 of 3 — by Matthew Josephson
  • Valley of Despair by John LaCerda

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The Unsuspected” — Part 2 of 8 — by Charlotte Armstrong and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • “Nine Strings to Your Bow” — Part 6 of 8 — by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by James R. Bingham

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    • 1945-11-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/11/03 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Mr. Parron Beats the Rap” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • “Slick Trick” by Royce Howes and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • “Late Date” by Jon Cleary and illustrated by Melbourne Brindle
  • “The Mayor of Strawberry Hill” by Todhunter Ballard and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Last Big Sweat–and Out! by Milton Lehman
  • A Jap Officer Explains Nippon’s Mistakes by Lieut. S.P. Walker, USNR
  • “This Ain’t No Taxi” by Robert M. Yoder
  • Everything Gets Put in a Locker by Marshall R. Davenport
  • The Cities of America–Chicago (Fifth of a series) by George Sessions Perry
  • Angel of the Range by Lewis Nordyke
  • Swiss Family Robinson in the Philippines — Part 2 of 3 — by Muriel M. Johnson in Collaboration with Pete Martin
  • What’s the Matter With the U.S.A.? by S/Sgt. Jameson G. Campaigne, USMC

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Remembered Anger” — Part 1 of 6 — by Martha Albrand and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Land of the Torreones” — Part 5 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

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    • 1945-12-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/12/01 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “Yours for the Asking” by Paul Ernst and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Moment of Triumph” by Will Thompson and illustrated by Glenn Grohe
  • “Rest Cure” by Thomas Walsh and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “Mr. Chinnus and the Box Widow” by Glenn Allan and illustrated b Floyd Davis

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Dilemma of the Dutch by Demaree Bess
  • Our Communists are So Sorry They Were Good Boys by Stanley High
  • Portrait of a Fullback by Pete Martin is about Army’s Doc Blanchard
  • What You Can Buy From the Army by Richard Thruelsen
  • Abe Lincoln Shopped Here by John Durant and Lloyd Mann
  • Can We Stop an Invasion by Disease? by Brig. Gen. James Stevens Simmons
  • Frontier Life Among the Atom Splitters by Theodore Rockwell, III
  • Boarders From the Tyrant Fish by William L. Worden

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The D.A. Breaks a Seal” — Part 1 of 7 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
  • “Remembered Anger” — Part 5 of 6 — by Martha Albrand and illustrated by Amos Sewell

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    • 1945-12-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/12/08 — Cover design by John Falter

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

  • “Jam Session in Foggia” by Jerome Lawrence and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Sheriff Olson Acts Dumb” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • “All Fair Cheating” by Norman Katkov and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “The Farmer Had a Pretty Daughter” by Herbert Depew and illustrated by Coby Whitmore

    • 9 ARTICLES:

  • Millionaire Moses by Forrest Davis is about Montana’s junior Senator, James E. Murray
  • World’s Craziest Pilot by Jean Potter

  • The Untold Tragedy of Potsdam by Samuel Lubell
  • New Medicines From Your Back Yard by Steven M. Spencer
  • Jimmy Stewart ‘s Finest Performance — Part 1 of 2 about Stewart winning rating as “superior” air commander — by Col. Beirne Lay, Jr.
  • The Sad Plight of Cotton by Williams Haynes
  • Letter from Hollywood –Big Set by Pete Martin
  • The 10th Caught it All at Once by Richard Thruelsen
  • The Kids Love It by Lawrence N. Galton

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “The D.A. Breaks a Seal” — Part 2 of 7 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs
  • “Remembered Anger” — Part 6 of 6 — by Martha Albrand and illustrated by Amos Sewell

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    • 1945-12-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/12/15 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “The General’s Secretary” by Victor Ullman and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “A Bracelet for the Lady” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Mr. Whitcomb’s Genie” by Walter Brooks and illustrated by J.W. Welch
  • “Ugly Duckling” by Nancy Shores and illustrated by Phil Dormont

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • My Three Years With Eisenhower — Part 1 of 10 — A Diary by Capt. Harry C. Butcher, USNR
  • The Cities of America — Los Angeles — Seventh of a Series by George Sessions Perry
  • The Man Who Owns the Navy by Eliot Janeway
  • The G.I. Is Civilizing the Jap by William L. Worden
  • Jimmy Stewart’s Finest Performance — Part 2 of 2 — by Col. Beirne Lay, Jr.
  • Homecomings by Alan Dunn

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Hide-out” — Part 1 of 4 — by William E. Porter and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • “The D.A. Breaks a Seal” — Part 3 of 7 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

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    • 1945-12-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/12/22 — Cover design by James R. Bingham

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

  • “Grandfather and Maria” by William L. Worden and illustrated by B. Kimberly Prins
  • “Husbands Know Best” by Owen Cameron and illustrated by J. Graham Kaye
  • “Thin Ice” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by James R. Bingham
  • “A. Botts and the Mobius Strip” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Albert Dorne

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Sweet Land of Liberty by Hal Borland
  • My Three Years with Eisenhower — Part 2 of 10 — A Diary by Capt. Harry C. Butcher, USNR
  • Meet Mr. and Mrs. Russia at Home by Edgar Snow
  • That Word “Blind” by Capt. Robert Steptoe
  • Is the Farmer Heading for Trouble Again? by Clinton P. Anderson
  • Screwballs’ Secretary by Maurice Zolotow and Rosanne McVay
  • Local Duke Makes Good by Frank J. Taylor
  • My, How You’ve Changed–or Have You? by Robert M. Yoder

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Hide-out” — Part 2 of 4 — by William E. Porter and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • “The D.A. Breaks a Seal’ — Part 4 of 7 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

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    • 1945-12-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1945/12/29 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

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

  • “Trial by Trickery” by Eli Colter and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Antoine Goes to Town” by Geroges Carousso and illustrated by George Garland
  • “Double Exposure” by Harry Klingsberg and illustrated by Perry Peterson
  • “Will You Marry Me Again?” by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by Coby Whitmore

    • 7 ARTICLES:

  • Europe’s Most Frightened Country by Ernest O. Hauser about Greece
  • Pictures for Peanuts by Nick Grinde
  • Ill-Finished Children by J.C. and Helen Furnas
  • The All-American Team by Ray Morrison
  • The Fat Lady of Okinawa by Lt. harold H. Martin, USMC
  • My Three Years with Eisenhower — Part 3 of 10 of a Diary by Capt. Harry C. Butcher, USNR
  • Hirohito Slept Here by Larry Keighley

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Hide-Out” — Part 3 of 4 — by William E. Porter and illustrated by Thornton Utz
  • “The D.A. Breaks a Seal” — Part 5 of 7 — by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

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    • 1944-04-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/04/08 — Cover design “April Showers” by Alex Ross

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

  • “Three-Day Pass” by Frank Bunce and illustrated by George Withers
  • “Success Story” by Murray Hoyt and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “A Medal for Mary” by Christine Tapley and illustrated by Perry Peterson
  • “Alexander Botts Will Fix Everything” by William Hazlett Upson

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Fourth Term’s Hair Shirt by Forrest Davis speculates on Senator Harry F. Byrd running for President as a third-party candidate should FDR run again
  • I Escape From the Island of Terror by Lance Bombardier Sidney Robinson as told to Henry Brandon
  • Week-End Rancher by Arnold Nicholson
  • The Indestructible Oliver L. Parks by Jack Alexander
  • How Naples Was Raised from the Dead by Allen Raymond and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • Admiral of the Reopened Sea by Joseph Driscoll
  • Letter from Hollywood — 10th of a Series of Hollywood Vignettes — by Pete Martin is about Loren Holmes
  • Beyond the Call of Duty — Anonymous

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Fair Stood the Wind for France — part 4 of 8 — by H.E. Bates and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Plunder” — Part 6 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

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    • 1944-04-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/04/15 — Cover design “Trout Fishing” by John Atherton

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

  • “Chicago Lulu” by Wayne Whittaker and illustrated by Al Parker
  • “I’ll Quit the Cops” by Thomas Walsh and illustrated by Phil Dormont
  • “Soft-Boiled Sergeant” by J.D. Salinger and illustrated by Graham Kaye
  • “Big Girls Don’t Cry” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • The Magic Lie Detector — Part 1 of 3 — by Alva Johnston
  • Six Sergeants Come Home by Charles A. Rawlings
  • An International Organization That Works by John G. Winant, US Ambassador to Great Britain about the I.L.O.
  • The Fourth Term’s Hair Shirt — Part 2 of 3 — by Forrest Davis
  • The Japs Fail in the Philippines by J.L. Boots, DDS
  • The Battle Without a Name by Capt. Robert W. Blake, USMCR
  • Wilderness Airport by Mary Ellen Leary
  • Letter from Hollywood — 11th of a Series of Hollywood Vignettes — by Pete Martin

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Fair Stood the Wind for France — part 5 of 8 — by H.E. Bates and illustrated by George Hughes
  • “Plunder” — Part 7 of 8 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Hy Rubin

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    • 1944-05-06 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/05/06 — Cover design “The Kid and the Apple Blossoms” by Howard Scott

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

  • “Scratch Another Flat-Top” by Robert Carson and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “It’s a Long Way Down” by Georges Carousso and illustrated by Frank Robbins
  • “My Own Money” by Gertrude Schweitzer and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “The Education of Kelly Brown” by Norma Bicknell Mansfield and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • Queen Helen — Part 1 of 2 — by Mona Gardner is about Helen Rogers Reid
  • Richest Man on Earth by Ernest O. Hauser is about the Nizam of Hyderabad
  • The Waste That Saves Lives by Steven M. Spencer
  • He Flew Our First Jet Plane by Paul R. Milton is about Robert M. Stanley

  • Traitor’s Wife by Countess Ingrid Von Rosen as told to Kurt Singer is about Maria Quisling
  • They Called ‘Em Fish Food by Lt. Robert G. Ruark, USNR
  • The Valley of Fortitude by Donald Culross Peattie
  • Solid Citizen by Pete Martin

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • “Don’t Talk About Love” — Part 2 of 4 — by Phil Stong and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • “Fair Stood the Wind for France” — Conclusion — by H.E. Bates and illustrated by George Hughes

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    • 1944-05-13 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1944/05/13 — Cover design “The Postman” by Stevan Dohanos

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

  • “Lunny Is So Helpless!” by Jan Fortune and illustrated by Frederic Varady
  • “Too Old for Action” by Richard Sale and illustrated by Harrison Miller
  • “The Duel of Glory Creek” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Casablanca Cop” by Karl Detzer and illustrated by Melbourne Brindle

    • 8 ARTICLES:

  • What Really Happened at Teheran — Part 1 of 2 — Forrest Davis
  • The “Subway Sailors” Who Saved New York by North Clarey
  • Queen Helen — Part 2 of 2 — by Mona Gardner is about Helen Rogers Reid
  • Do We Need a Third Term Amendment? by Harry Scherman
  • But They’re Still Girls– by T/Sgt. Robert Geake
  • The General and the Sergeant by Frazier Hunt is about Douglas MacArthur and his 6 year old son Arthur MacArthur
  • They’re Taking the Kinks Out of Rinks by Pete Martin
  • Sixty Seconds From Target by Lt. Carl V. Abrams as told to Raphael Hayes

    • 2 SERIALS:

  • Devil on His Trail — Part 1 of 8 — by John and Ward Hawkins and illustrated by B. Kimberly Prins
  • “Don’t Talk About Love” — Part 3 of 4 — by Phil Stong and illustrated by Alex Ross

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    • 1942-02-21 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/02/21 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Photographic cover by Rudy Arnold.

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

  • “Dawn Attack” by C.S. Forrester and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “Sleight-of-Heart” by Virginia Faulkner and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Sometimes Talking Helps” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “This Week’s Bargain” by Anne Green and illustrated by John H. Crosman

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Food Is a Weapon” by Hugh Gibson
  • “Wilderness Defense” by Richard L. Neuberger
  • “We Learn the Hard Way” by Edgar Snow
  • “It’s Tough to Take Your Shoes Off” by Harold Kaese is about Lefty Grove
  • “Postmarked London” by William D. Bayles

    • SERIALS:

  • “Murder in the OPM” part 1 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper with decoration by H.J. Barschel
  • “Sugarfoot” part 7 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

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    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Texaco with art by Gluyas Williams, Barbara Stanwyck for Calox*, 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 (*))

    1942-05-09 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/05/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by W.W. Calvert.

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

  • “The Skipper’s Flag” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “A Plague Upon You, Mrs. B.” by Colin G. Jameson and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson
  • “A Girl Can Remember” by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “Escape from Djibouti” by Ida Treat and illustrated by Mead Schaffer
  • “The Bear” by William Faulkner and illustrated by Edward Shenton

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Hunger Won’t Beat the Axis” by Karl Brandt
  • “Tenth Man on a Ball Club” by Tom Meany
  • “What Hitler Wants You to Think” with cartoons by Kemp Starrett of Hitler whispering in the ear of both Uncle Sam and John Bull
  • “Not Quite Heaven” by Dr. George Lawton
  • “Headaches of a Headwaiter” by Maurice Zolotow
  • “The People Nobody Wants” by Frank J. Taylor
  • “War Slang” by William D. Bayles

    • SERIALS:

  • “Assignment in Brittany” part 2 of 8 by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Ride the Man Down” part 6 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • POEMS:

  • “A Son Remembers His Mother” by Joseph Auslander
  • “Caprice” by Louise Owen

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Philco ad drawn by Herbert Johnson with Uncle Sam hitting Hitler with an uppercut, General Tire ad with color illustration by Robert O’Reid, Lucky Strikes from painting by John Steurt Curry, Rita Hayworth for Chesterfield Cigarettes on inside back cover.

    1942-05-16 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/05/16 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Photographic cover by Ivan Dmitri.

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

  • “Time Holds the Secret” by Edward Shenton and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Horses at Broken Bow” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Love Comes to Leaning Oak” by James R. Aswell and E.E. Miller and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Alexander Botts Has Landed” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “A Full Gold Stripe” by George Harmon Coxe and illustrated by Ben Stahl

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The Great Dictator” by Alva Johnston is about David O. Selznick with photos of him with Vivien Leigh and Joan Fontaine
  • “Siberia’s Phony Peace” by Ernest O. Hauser
  • “Hitler’s U-Boat Espionage” by Curt Riess
  • “Banana Cowboy” by Arch F. Coleman
  • “Circus School” by Clifford F. Butcher
  • “The British Eat to Win” by Eric Knight
  • “The Boy From Arkansas” by Jesse Rainsford Sprague

    • SERIALS:

  • “Assignment in Brittany: part 3 of 8 by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Ride the Man Down” conclusion by Luke Short and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorial: A Statement About the Jewish Article
  • Post Scripts

    • POEMS:

  • “Tonight My Heart is On the Hill” by Dana Burnet
  • “Piney-Woods Understanding” by Evantha Caldwell
  • “Keep ‘Em Milking: by Catharine Morris Wright

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Republic Steel on the inside front cover, Frank Leahy for the United States Rubber Company.

    1942-05-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/05/23 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Charles Kaiser.

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

  • “Four-to-Midnight” by Alex Gaby and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “The Name of the Game” by Stanley Frank is a baseball story illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “The Armored Force Never Backs Out” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Wendel Kling
  • “December 6th” by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Robert Skemp
  • “Hold My Hand, Pop” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • ARTICLES:

  • “I Saw Alaska at War” by Maxine Davis
  • “Bird Lovers Aren’t Sissies” by Edward J. Reimann as told to Daniel P. Mannix
  • “Polly Wants a Contract” as told to J.C. Furnas and illustrated by Rudolph Pott
  • “Scare ‘Em to Death–and Cash In” by Richard G. Hubler is about horror movies and includes photos of Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster, Lon Chaney as the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman, and a scene from Dr. Rx.
  • “Sahara War” by Ben Lucien Burman
  • “Learn to Be Lazy” by Peter J. Steincrohn, M.D.

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Case of the Careless Kitten” part 1 of 8 by Erle Stanley Gardner in which Perry Mason traces a voice from the past. Decoration by H.J. Barschel with illustrations by Hy Rubin
  • “Assignment in Brittany: part 3 of 8 by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • POEMS:

  • “Family Tree” by Audred Roberts
  • “Flamingo Dance” by Arthur Guiterman
  • “The Newer Order” by Ethel Jacobson

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Philco Corporation with Rube Goldberg drawing of Uncle Sam, Lucky Strikes from a painting by Arnold Blanch, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. with illustration by Arthur Szyk of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito.

    1942-06-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/06/20 — Cover design by Fred Ludekens

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

  • “Where Is Tita?” by Kenneth Perkins and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Pike Pohlman Invades a Barony by Leo Livingston and illustrated by Tom Hall
  • “Four-Cornered Turn” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Destroyer from America” by John Fernald and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Ranger Takes a Honeymoon” by Bert Stiles and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

    • ARTICLES:

  • Bible of Baseball by Stanley Frank
    A detailed history of The Sporting News from 1886 through publication with biography of J.G. Taylor Spink, coverage of its evolution alongside the N.L and American Association, it’s intimate association with Ban Johnson and the American League, the Spink family, war distribution, and more. Excellent article!

  • Treasure on the Ocean Floor by Alexander Key
  • Tokyo Calls the Tune by Demaree Bess
  • Russia Will Hold This Summer by Joseph E. Davies, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
  • How to Have Fun With Weeds by Rackham Holt
  • Dorothy Lamour – Big Pie Plate by Earl Wilson

  • I Escaped from Hong Kong — Part 3 of 3 — by Jan Henrik Marsman
  • Should Congress Vote a Sales Tax to Finance the War? — No by Harvey Stephen Perloff and Yes by John W. Haines

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Case of the Careless Kitten” — Part 5 of 8 of a Perry Mason story by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “Assignment in Brittany” — Conclusion — by Helen MacInnes and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials

    • 1942-07-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/07/18 — Photographic Cover by Paul Hesse.

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

  • “She Wanted a Hero” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Gromie and Vincie” by Horatio Winslow and illustrated by Pvt. Dink Siegel
  • “Too Old for Service” by William G. Torode and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Journey by Night” by Thomas Walsh and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • Airplanes and Bathtubs: Cooked to Order by Paul Christian and David G. Wittels

  • Turkey’s Place on the Axis Timetable by Leigh White and Winston Burdett
  • We Saw the Battle of the Atlantic by Charles Rawlings
  • Oil Is Where You Pipe It by Frank J. Taylor
  • Chicago Throws a Party by Robert M. Yoder
  • Gall is a Wonderful Thing by Frederick C. Othman is about actor Victor Mature
  • What Social Security Does For You by Alexander Griffin
  • We Eat What We Want by Boyden Sparkes

    • SERIALS:

  • “No Surrender” — Part 1 of 8 — by Martha Albrand and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “The Bride Saw Red” — Part 4 of 7 — by Robert Carson and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Little Lulu by Marge

    • 1942-09-26 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1942/09/26 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Gilbert Bundy.

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

  • “A Dog for the Duration” by Marguerite R. Eyssen and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “Offensive Sweep” by Arch Whitehouse and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • “First Love” by Alice Lent Covert and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “Sailor on Broadway” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

    • ARTICLES:

  • “I Saw Manilla Die” part 1 of 2 by Charles Van Landingham
  • “30,000,000 Soldiers for Our New Third Front” by John W. Studebaker
  • “How Your News is Censored” by Robert Humphreys
  • “Hitler Can’t Do Business With the Church” by Rev. Stewart W. Herman, Jr.
  • “Pistol Pete–National Leaguer No. 1” by Tom Meany about Brooklyn Dodgers’ Pete Reiser
  • “All Kidding Aside” by Sara Bulette
  • “Everybody’s Clubhouse” by Jack Alexander is about the New York Public Library

    • SERIALS:

  • “Archibald the Great” part 1 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Laverack of Sarah Run” part 4 of 5 by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • “Creed” a poem by Hal Borland with illustrations by Edward Shenton

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The General Tire with Robert O’Reid illustration, Good Year, Alcoa Aluminum illustrated by C.C. Beall, Claudette Colbert for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover.