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1940-06-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1940/06/08 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Photographic Cover by Wynn Richards — Mabel Downs.

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

  • “Trotting Ain’t Racing” by David Lamson and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • “The King of the World” by William Fay and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “A Name for a Boy” by Glenn Allan and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • “This Time It’s Different” by Marian Spitzer and illustrated by James Schucker

    • ARTICLES:

  • “A World That Was” by Garet Garrett
  • “To Have and to Hold” by Fletcher Pratt
  • “Convoys Don’t Advertise” by Leslie Roberts
  • “Canadian Invasion and Black Tom” by Emanuel V. Voska with Will Irwin
  • “Never Another Jones” by Grantland Rice about Bobby Jones

    • SERIALS:

  • “Attack!” Part 1 of 4 by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “Quick Service” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “Cock Pheasant” by B.Y. Williams
  • “Burros” by Glenn Ward Dresbach
  • “The Frolicsome Heifer” by Helen Howland Prommel
  • “Cock of the Woods” by Martha Keller
  • “Piney-Woods Anniversary” by Evantha Caldwell

    • 1940-06-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/06/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Miriam Troop.

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

  • “Journey by Moonlight” by Burnham Carter and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Anybody Can Pray” by Eddy Orcutt and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Commencement” by Marguerite F. Eyssen and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “The Sheriff and the Widow Smeby” by M.G. Chute and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • “How Much Conversation?” by Richard L. Neuberger
  • “Snug Harbor”
  • “The Camera Trapped Them” by Alva Johnston
  • “Germany Moves on Mexico” by Emanuel V. Voska, with Will Irwin
  • “Your Son Will Not Return! Heil Hitler!” by John McCutcheon Raleigh

    • SERIALS:

  • “Attack!” Part 2 of 4 by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • Quick Service” Part 7 of 8 by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “We Have Been Together” by Eva Byron
  • “Exile” by Archibald Rutledge

    • 1940-06-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/06/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Albert W. Hampson.

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

  • “A Monument With Wings” by Charles Rawlings and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “Punchy” by Don Tracy and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Heart Trouble” by Hannah Lees and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Dog Weakness” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “They Last So Long” by Helen Hedrick and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • ARTICLES:

  • “I Am Not Nominating Him” by Hugh S. Johnson
  • “Five Minutes to Midnight” by Wendell L. Willkie
  • “Winner Take All” by Demaree Bess
  • “We Blind Have Fun” by Bob Allman with Russ Davis
  • “Just Like Daisy” by Maxine Davis
  • “They Sent a Letter–” by Alva Johnston

    • SERIALS:

  • “Attack!” Part 3 of 4 by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “Quick Service” conclusion by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “Death” by Ethel Barnett DeVito
  • “Lines for Felines” by Louise Owen

    • 1940-06-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/06/29 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover design by Ski Weld.

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

  • “March On, He Said” by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Fathers Have It Easy!” by Alma Boice Holland and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Courtship of Cant-hook McCord” by Hector Chevigny and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Far Enough” by Stuart Cloete and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Get a Horse!” by Malcolm W. Bingay — When Detroit Roared Like a Mining Camp, and the World Was Remade
  • “Black Magic and Men in White” by Richard C. Gill
  • “Victory — And Flight for Life” by Emanuel V. Voska with Will Irwin
  • “Gregory the Great — and the Man Who Made Him Great by Charles Moran

    • SERIALS:

  • “Reckless” Part 1 of 6 by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Attack!” conclusion by Leland Jamieson and illustrated by Courtney Allen

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • We See By the Papers

    POEMS:

  • “Discarded Map” by Glenn Ward Dresbach
  • “Spring Water” by Frances Frost

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 2-page Mobiloil ad with large color illustration by Frederic Stanley, American Airlines, and a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover.

    1940-08-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/08/17 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Clyde H. Sunderland.

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

  • “Leave it to Ames” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “Thunder at Night” by Steve Fisher and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “Limbs is a Flourish Word” by Lucretia Penny and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Every Night a Bank Night” by Joel Sayre and illustrated by E.F. Ward

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Adventures of a White Collar Man” by Alfred P. Sloan Jr in collaboraton with Boyden Sparkes
  • “The Tall, Straight Spars” by Capt. D’Arcy Grant
  • “Pittsburgh Phil” as told to Clem McCarthy by James C. McGill
  • “Dunkirk Diary” by Taffrail

    • SERIALS:

  • “Dust in the Afternoon” part 2 of 4 by Holmes Alexander and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “House of Cards” conclusion by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials
  • “Fog” a poem by Edith Cherrington
  • “Two Trees” a poem by Helen Howland Prommel

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Camel Cigarettes ad featuring both Joe DiMaggio and Bucky Walters, American Airlines, Aluminum Company of America with James Montgomery Flagg illustration, and a Kix Cereal ad on the back cover.

    1940-12-14 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/12/14 — Cover design by John Hyde Phillips

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

  • “Cape Horn Pilot” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Then My Indiana Home, Good Night” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Snow on the High Iron” by Harry Bedwell and illustrated by Earle B. Winslow
  • “The Sergeant Couldn’t Help It” by Joel Sayre and illustrated by E.F. Ward

    • ARTICLES:

  • Radio’s Best Bedside Manner by Jack Alexander and Frank J. Odell about Raymond Gram Swing
  • Ziegfelds on Ice by Russ Davis
  • Blitzkrieg — The Diary of a British Staff Officer by Marjor Philip Gribble
  • “It’s Our Country, Too” — Can a Negro Fight for His Country? by Walter White

    • SERIALS:

  • “Swamp Water” — Part 4 of 6 — by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “The Man of the Family” — Part 6 of 7 — by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “Letter for Christmas” — A Poem by Eva Willes Wangsgaard
  • Santa Claus featured in a Coca-Cola ad on the back cover — “Somebody Knew I Was Coming

    • 1940-12-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1940/12/28 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Son of a Tinker” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • “King Barney the First” by Brendan Gill and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “Christmas Angel” by Horatio Winslow and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • “The Combat Engineers” by William Chamberlain and illustrated by Karl Godwin

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Facts About Charles Lindbergh by C.B. Allen
  • 29,600 Parts Make One Bomber – How to Build a Flying Fortress in color photographs
  • Court Card by J. Bryan, III
  • “Give the Ball to Junior!” by Howard W. Turtle
  • Give Me a Murder by W. Somerset Maugham

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wherever the Grass Grows” — Part 1 of 6 — by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “Swamp Water” — Conclusion — by Vereen Bell and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Next Week
  • Keeping Posted
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon

    • Poems:

  • “Christmas Roundup at the Diamond-B” by Clarence Mansfield Lindsay
  • “Recipe for Little Boys” by Louis J. Sanker
  • “Half Fare to Heaven” by Mary Ward

    • 1941-01-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/01/25 — Cover design by Emmett Watson

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Trial at Arms” by Walter Van Tilburg Clark and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “River Feud” by James Street and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

  • “The Pride of the Chutes” by Joel Sayre and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “The Long Hand Tells the Minutes” by Ada Marie Fairchild and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • Post-Mortem – Who Elected Roosevelt? by Samuel Lubell
  • Hide and Hair De Luxe by J.C. Furnas
  • Ten Thousand Skippers by Grover Theis
  • Britain’s Ambassador Incognito by Maxine Davis

    • SERIALS:

  • “Sundown” — Part 2 of 6 — by Barre Lyndon and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Wherever the Grass Grows” — Part 5 of 6 — by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by John Gannam

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • We See by the Papers

    • Poems:

  • “The Lady and the Cooper” by Ethel Barnett De Vito
  • “Station Taxi” by Charlotte Louise Groom

    • 1941-02-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/02/01 — Cover design by Albert W. Hampson

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Some Can’t Take It” by Bertram B. Fowler and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “Child of the Terror” by Helen Fawley and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “Hull Down” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “While I Played Home, Sweet Home” by Russell Gordon Carter and illustrated by James Anthony Kelly

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Just Call Me C.R.” by Jack Alexander about Cyrus Rowlett Smith of American Airlines
  • The Bitter Fate of Holland by Demaree Bess
  • Canada’s Open Secret by Richard Thruelsen
  • Tropical Knute Rockne by Ted Shane is about James Hornibrook Kendrigan of University of Havana

    • SERIALS:

  • “Sundown” — Part 3 of 6 — by Barre Lyndon and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Wherever the Grass Grows” — Conclusion — by Allan R. Bosworth and illustrated by John Gannam

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • 1941-02-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/02/15 — Cover design by Frances Tipton Hunter

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Money in the Bank” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “Oh, Them Golden Mittens” by Paul Gallico and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Women Want Words” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “Traffic Jam” by Robert Carson and illustrated by James Schucker

    • ARTICLES:

  • Muddled Millions – America’s home-bred fortunes finance radical propaganda – by Benjamin Stalberg
  • Teddy the Lion-Hearted – What makes him baseball’s greatest pinch pitcher – by John Terrill is about Ted Lyons
  • Lincoln Lived Here – A pictorial tour of reconstructed New Salem – by Fern Nance Pond
  • Prairie Dogs – Our bird-dog aristocracy goes North to train – by Vereen Bell
  • Is This Lincoln? – A strange picture and history

    • SERIALS:

  • “Thirty Days Hath September” – Part 2 of 5 – by Dorothy Cameron Disney and George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Sundown” – Part 5 of 6 – by Barre Lyndon and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “The End of the City of Washington” by Robert D. Abrahams
  • “Valentine for a Janitorial Gentleman” by Ethel Jacobson
  • “Prayer for Saint Valentine” by Gladys McKee

    • 1941-03-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/03/08 — Cover design by Jack Murray

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Gifts From Trenton” by Lynn Montross and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Old Sigurd Meets the Ill Wind” by Donald Hough and illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher
  • “Saturday Night” by Ruth Lyons and illustrated by Michael
  • “Smart Boomer” by Harry Bedwell and illustrated by James E. Allen

    • ARTICLES:

  • How to Become a Playwright by Alva Johnston is about Preston Sturges
  • Privacy, Unlimited by J. Bryan, III
  • “They Took Sweden by Telephone” by Demaree Bess

    • SERIALS:

  • “Thirty Days Hath September” — Conclusion — by Dorothy Cameron Disney and George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Sing for a Penny” — Part 2 of 4 — by Clifford Dowdey and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poem:

  • “The Nettled Tongue” by Dorothy Hope McCroden
  • Full-page ad for Citizen Kane — It’s Terrific! Orson Welles Citizen Kane

    • 1941-03-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/03/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Lonnie Bee.

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

  • “Mardi Gras at Coney” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • “The Equinoctial Epizootic” by William Wister Haines and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “Miss Bronska Gives a Party” by Gene Henry and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • Blessed Are the Meek” by William Fay and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Defense Comes to Our Town” by Lowell Clucas
  • “Poor Man’s Snow Heaven” by John F. Coggswell
  • “How to Become a Playwright” by Alva Johnston is about Preston Sturges and includes a photo of Sturges and Ernst Lubitsch
  • “Hank Made Greenberg” by Stanley Frank about Hall of Fame Detroit Tiger Hank Greenberg with 3 photos of Hank including one of him with Mrs. Louis Marks at the premeire of Gone With the Wind

    • SERIALS:

  • “Blood on the Moon” part 1 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Sing for a Penny” part 3 of 4 by Clifford Dowdey and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted.
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Singsong” by Martha Keller
  • “The Budget” by Grace Noll Crowell

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: United Air Lines*, Merle Oberon for Calox*, John Hancock Life Insurance with large b&w illustration by George Hughes, Travellers Insurance ad with color illustration by Anton Otto Fischer, United States Steel illustrated by Gluyas Williams, Pan American Coffee Bureau ad with color illustration by J.C. Leyendecker, Louise Stanleys for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover, and Flour Sifter ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1941-03-22 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/03/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by John LaGatta.

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

  • “All the Right People” by Brendan Gill and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Where Early Fa’s the Few” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Piper of Dundee” by R.V. Gery and illustrated by Henry C. Pitz
  • “Bantie Woman” by Bernice Kelly Harris and illustrated by Karl Godwin

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Strictly Personal” by W. Somerset Maugham
  • “Sugaring” by Vrest Orton
  • “All China Was Our Factory” by Charles Healy Day as told to William Winter
  • “This Champion Doesn’t Practice” by Charles and Jack Shelton about Dave Freeman
  • “Rookie No. 1” by Tom Meany is about Phil Rizzuto

    • SERIALS:

  • “Blood on the Moon” part 2 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Sing for a Penny” conclusion by Clifford Dowdey and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted.
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Channel Port” by Joseph Auslander
  • “Boy and Dog” by Sophie Himmell
  • “Connecticut Yankees” by Ellen Hogue

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pall Mall with color illustration by John Falter, 2-page color ad for Dodge featuring performers from Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus, Gulfpride Oil with color illustration by Stevan Dohanos, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1941-03-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/03/29 — Cover design by Paul Bransom

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Monarch the Bum” by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “The Herald in Her Heart” by Henry Beetle Hough and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Wedding Gift” by Thomas H. Raddall and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “His Honor, the Judge” by Arthur Train and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • ARTICLES:

  • War by Refugee by Samuel Lubell
  • Here’s How They Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm by Robert H. Reed
  • I’ll Get the Music–You Can Listen by Jim Perry
  • “Little Things of No Consequence” — Part 2 of a Series — by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Immigrants on Wings by Ray P. Holland

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Murder of the Fifth Columnist” — Part 1 of 7 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Blood on the Moon” — Part 3 of 7 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • We See By the Papers

    • Poem:

  • “Falling Weather” by Billy B. Cooper

    • 1941-04-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/04/05 — Cover design by McCauley Conner

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “You Could Look It Up” by James Thurber and illustrated by Norman Rockwell – With 3 baseball illustrations in color by Rockwell
  • “The Charley Colt” by R. Ross Annett and illustrated by Amos Sewell
  • “It’s a Free Country” by Colin G. Jameson and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson
  • “Necklaces for Ladies” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by Ben Stahl

    • ARTICLES:

  • Poland in Chains by Demaree Bess
  • Ships, Men–and Bases by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox with Fletcher Pratt
  • Floating Bridges by Lawton Wright about ferry skippers going through Puget Sound
  • Tennis Dizzy Dean by Harold Parrott about Frank Kovacs
  • Too Many Bears! by John F. Cogswell about the Black Bear
  • “We Have Been Betrayed” — Part 3 of a Series — by W. Somerset Maugham

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Murder of the Fifth Columnist” — Part 2 of 6 — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Blood on the Moon” — Part 4 of 7 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Plow Handles” by Frances Frost
  • “Formula for Little Girls” by Louis J. Sanker
  • “Guest-Room Door” by Jane Reitell

    • 1941-04-19 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/04/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Emmett Watson.

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

  • “South Toward Home” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Prestige” by Walter Van Tilburg Clark and illustrated by Ben Stahl
  • “A Medal for Albert” by Arch Whitehouse and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • “Two Little Guinea Hens” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley
  • “Peewee” by Don Tracy and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The President’s Best Friend” part 1 of 2 by Marquis W. Childs about Harry Hopkins
  • “Nervous Ice: The World’s Diamond Trade Flees the War” by Jack Alexander
  • “Men at Work–Transport Pilot” by Richard Thruelsen and Ivan Dmitri
  • “Hot Heafner — The Firecracker of the Fairways” by Jake Wade
  • “Caboose Cuisine” by Clifford Funkhouser and Lyman Anson
  • “Yes, the Japanese Can Fly” by Hellett Abend
  • “I Fight Sharks” by Wallace Caswell, Jr. as told to Vereen Bell

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Murder of the Fifth Columnist” part 4 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Blood on the Moon” part 6 of 7 by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted.
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Short Cut” by Arthur Guiterman
  • “One-and-Twenty” by Branson Blake

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Pall Mall Cigarettes illustrated by John Falter, two-pages for Pontiac in the middle of the issue showing several different models, American Airlines, George Brent for Calox Tooth Powder*, Quaker State with large black & white illustration of the Hindenburg exploding, Goodall Company illustrated by John LaGatta, and an Ivory Soap ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1941-04-26 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/04/26 — Cover design by John Hyde Phillips.

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

  • “World of Little Doves” by H.L. Davis and illustrated by Tom Lea
  • “The Cold-Water Kiss” by Royce Howes and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson
  • “Mr. Rumbin’s Dix Chunior” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Winter Idyl” by Thomas H. Raddall and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • “For Your Birthday, William” by Russell Gordon Carter and illustrated by James Anthony Kelly

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Writ on Rocke” by Boyden Sparkes
  • “The Battle of the Balkans” by Demaree Bess
  • “Land of the Jook” by Theodore Pratt
  • “The Desert Shall Blossom” by A.L. Rand and L.J. Brass
  • “The President’s Best Friend” part 2 of 2 by Marquis W. Childs

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Murder of the Fifth Columnist” part 5 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Blood on the Moon” Conclusion by Luke Short and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted.
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Song of War” by Virginia Brasier
  • “Letters from Dorothea” by Ethel Barnett DeVito

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Kelly Springfield Tires, Champion Spark Plugs ad illustrated by Vickers, 3-page ad for the Packard Clipper, Texaco ad illustrated by Albert Dorne, Ford ad with circus themed illustration, Waterman’s Pens with several small sketches of Betty Hutton, Republic Steel ad illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer, Sealed Power Piston Rings ad illustrated by Robert O’Reid*, The Barrett Company illustrated by John Alan Maxwell, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1941-05-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1941/05/03 — Cover design by Norman Rockwell

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Preacher Calls the Dance” by John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “The Works or Nothing” by Hugh Pentecost and illustrated by Wendell Kling
  • “The Last Bell on the Street” by Erle Stanley Gardner and illustrated by Hy Rubin
  • “Remember the Party?” by Curlin Reed and illustrated by George Garland

    • ARTICLES:

  • Tallyho! – An American pilot’s story of his battle over Britain by Pilot Officer Arthur G. Donahue
  • France on Berlin Time – The way Germany is taking over a French Industry – by Thomas Kernan
  • Wild West on the Subway – Come along and play Indian, in color photographs – by Warren Hall and Howard Whitman
  • Grab it Here – How to start a store–and make it succeed – by P.D. Converse

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Captain from Connecticut” — Part 1 of 6 — by C.S. Forester and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “The Murder of the Fifth Columnist” — Conclusion — by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • We See By the Papers

    • Poems:

  • “Fog: In Time of War” by Charles Hanson Towne

    • 1939-02-04 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/02/04 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Josef Kotula.

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

  • “Mr. Gallup Has Conniptions” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Sugar and Spice —” by Virginia Bird Martin and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Twice as Cold as Zero” by Donald Hough and illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher
  • “Dry Season” by Brian O’Brien and illustrated by Donald Teague

    • ARTICLES:

  • “King George Strives to Please” by Ben Robertson
  • “Sell ‘Em Ben Smith” by Forrest Davis
  • “The Habitant Hokays Winter” with photographs by Ivan Dmitri
  • “Books and You” by W. Somerset Maugham

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wickford Point” part 2 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Streamlined Heart” conclusion by Samson Raphaelson and illustrated by John La Gatta

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Farm Mother” a poem by John Travers Moore
  • “Three Wishes” a poem by Dorothy Brown Thompson
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside front cover, Toonerville Folks for Kellogg’s All Bran*, “Baltimore Girl Gets Her Man” for Chrysler, Travelers Insurance ad with color illustration by Albert Dorne, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1939-02-11 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/02/11 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Norman Rockwell.

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

  • “I Will Do My Best” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “We Go Fast?” by Doug Welch and illustrated by James Williamson
  • “Two Pounds Off” by Price Day and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “The Message to Hassan Beg” by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Not-So-Free Air” by Stanley High
  • “Gabby Likes ‘Em Hot” by Warren Brown is about Gabby Hartnett
  • “Lincoln and Son” by Nicholas Murray Butler
  • “As I Saw It” part 8 of 11 by Edith Bolling Wilson

    • SERIALS:

  • “These, Her Children” part 1 of 2 by Almet Jenks and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Wickford Point” part 3 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Mill Talk” a poem by Leslie Nelson Jennings with color illustration by Larry B. Kritcher
  • “Ax in the Morning” a poem by Gene Shuford
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Packard Six and 120 with color illustration by John Falter, large photo of Mickey Rooney in full-page ad for Huckleberry Finn, 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 (*))

    1939-02-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/02/18 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Ski Weld.

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

  • “Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “The Hero” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • “A Bagful of Emeralds” by Joseph Harrington and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • “Customers’ Wife” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Not Too Hard” by Howard Fast and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Hitler Wasn’t Bluffing” by S. Paul Johnston, Editor of “Aviation”
  • “As I Saw It” part 9 of 11 by Edith Bolling Wilson
  • “Roads West” by Lawton Wright
  • “Show Lady” by Carlie Beach Roney

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wickford Point” part 4 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “These, Her Children” part 2 of 2 by Almet Jenks and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Kettles and Covers” by Ann Vanderberg Dunshie
  • “Travel Catalogue” by Ethel Jacobson
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Log Cabin Syrup, Fair Enough! by C.A. Voight for Kellogg’s All-Bran*, Lincoln Zephyr V-12, Roland Young in “How Many Roland Youngs” ad for Conoco, 2-page Chevrolet ad in the center of the magazine, United Air Lines, Madeleine Carroll for Calox*, and a Gold Medal Flour ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1939-02-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/02/25 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by J.C. Leyendecker.

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

  • “Crisis” by William C. White and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Luke Brings Home the Beacon” by William Chamberlain and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • “Thank you, Rosie” by Dorothy Thomas and illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • “The Pipe Major of Little Sorrowful” by Glenn Allan and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • ARTICLES:

  • “The Man Who Talked Back” by Alva Johnston is about Wendell Willkie
  • “You Can’t Stop a Guy Like That” by Borden Chase
  • “As I Saw It” part 10 of 11 by Edith Bolling Wilson
  • “Uncle Sam Scares Europe” by Demaree Bess

    • SERIALS:

  • “Arizona” part 1 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “Wickford Point” part 5 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Fifith Reader” a poem by Irene Stanley
  • “Cycles” a poem by Billy B. Cooper
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Community Plate with color illustration by Anton Bruehl, “Walt Disney, You’ve Got Another Hit” ad for DeSoto with color photograph of Walt Disney, 2-page color ad for the 1939 Dodge Luxury Liner, and a Old Dutch Cleanser ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1939-03-04 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/03/04 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Robert P. Archer.

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

  • “The Way of a Man With a Mermaid” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Canton Pearls” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Sweet is the Flavor of Justice” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “The Girl in the Humbert” by Mari Sandoz and illustrated by Harvey Dunn

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Lady Astor Interviews Herself” by Viscountess Astor
  • “So Sorry for You” Japanese Espionage Used to be Funny–But No More by Hallett Abend and illustrated by Kemp Starrett
  • “Subtle as a Punch in the Nose” by Stanley Frank is about Larry MacPhail
  • “So Red the Rose” has photographs by Ivan Dmitri
  • “As I Saw It” conclusion by Edith Bolling Wilson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wickford Point” part 6 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Arizona” part 2 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Epitaph to a Black Persian” a poem by E.B. Crosswhite
  • “Old Maid” a poem by Ina Roed Peterson
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap, Kool Cigarettes with the Kool Penguin, Old Gold Cigarettes with illustration by Petty*, Lincoln Zephyr V-12, “Alphonse and Gaston See Coney Island” in an ad for Kellogg’s All-Bran*, and a Sunkist ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1939-03-18 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/03/18 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Norman Rockwell.

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

  • “The Beaver Dam” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Earle B. Winslow
  • “Ring Packer” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • “Mamma and Her First National Bank” by Fannie Hurst and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “One More Round” by Don Tracy and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “Altar Ego” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Jewish Pawns in Power Politics” by Demaree Bess
  • “Labor at the Golden Gate” part 1 of 2 by Garet Garrett
  • “He Rose From the Rich” part 2 of 2 by Jack Alexander is about William C. Bullitt
  • “A New Way to Pay Old Debts” by Lowell Brentano

    • SERIALS:

  • “False to Any Man” part 1 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Arizona” part 4 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “The Old Story” a poem by Mary Coles Carrington
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: “The Captain and the Kids” by Rudolph Dirks in an ad for Kellogg’s All-Bran*, “We Want Dole Pineapple Gems” ad for Dole with photo by Grancel Fitz, John Hancock Insurance illustrated by Revere P. Wistehuff, Stetson, United Air Lines, and a Kix Cereal ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1939-03-25 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1939/03/25 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Cover Design by Frances Tipton Hunter.

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

  • “Tom Whipple, the Acorn, and the Emperor of Russia” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by Harvey Dunn
  • “Sweet Talk, True Talk” by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “The Circulating Stove” by Donald Hough and illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher
  • “The Quasibottomy” by T.S. Stribling and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • “The Estate of Arbutus and Damon Given” by Margaret Weymouth Jackson and illustrated by Amos Sewell

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Whose Law and Order?” by Garet Garrett
  • “It’s All Done With Mirrors” by Parker Morell
  • “Cats and Kinkers” photos by Maxwell Frederic Coplan
  • “Small-Town Banker” by Jesse Rainsford Sprague

    • SERIALS:

  • “Arizona” part 5 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “False to Any Man” part 2 of 6 by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts
  • “Mandy Say” a poem by Evantha Caldwell
  • “The Night They Burned Shanghai” a poem by Robert D. Abrahams
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Studebaker on the inside front cover, “Spencer Tracy has a New Riding Habit” is a DeSoto ad featuring Spencer Tracy in riding boots resting on a DeSoto, Cream of Wheat*, Donald Budge for Tea, and an Old Dutch Cleanser ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))