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The Saturday Evening Post [July 27, 1940] (92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emery Clarke) Information from EBAY auction. · Madame Sectary, A Study in Bewilderment · Benjamin Stoleberg · ar · “A-Hunting We Will Go” · I. A. R. Wylie · ss; illus. F. R. Gruger · The Nazi Nobody Knows · Wallace R. Denel · ar · Alchemeist · Howard Linn Edsall · ss; illus. Stevan Dohanos · Laugh That Off · William H. Upson · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · Chocolate Rube Waddell · Ted Shane · ar · Paper Prophet · Earl Wilson · ss · Beefy · William H. Wright · ss; illus. Wendell King · House of Cards [Part 4 of 7] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illus. William Brown · Reckless [Part 5 of 6] · Robert E. Pinkerton · sl; illus. Saul Tepper · What About That Monroe Doctrine · Elmer T. Peterson · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [August 10, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Douglas Crockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · The Little Red Hen Had Wings · David Lamson · ss · Songs Are Where You Find Them · Frederic Mertz · ss · Paddling Feet · Eleanor Mercein · ss · Blind MacNair · Thomas Raddall · ss · Design for Giving · Stanley High · ar · Do Not Notify the Police · Misc. · ar; journal of an extortion case. · Pittsburgh Phil · James McCarthy & James McGill · ar; horse races and betting. · War Against the Middle Class · Peter Drucher · ar · Dust in the Afternoon [Part 1 of 4] · Holmes Alexander · sl · House of Cards [Part 6 of 7] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [August 31, 1940] (10½" x 13½") [PDF:6308] · East from Botwood · Leland Jamieson · ss · A Present for Babe · R. Ross Annett · ss · Children’s Page · J. P. Marquand · ss · First Aid · Robert Carson · ss · Sailor Take Warning [Part 2 of 5] · Richard Sale · sl · Dust in the Afternoon [Part 4 of 4] · Holmes Alexander · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [September 7, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Werner Stoy) Information from EBAY auction. · Cross-Country Boat Ride [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; Alexander Botts jumps into the boat business and finds it wet. · You Were My Friend · Naomi Lane Babson · ss; The story of a young Nazi in Hong Kong. · Give a Man a Time to Think · Harold Titus · ss; A boy, a girl, a sailplane and some high-altitude thinking. · Crashaw on Strategy · William Arthur Breyfogle · ss; An unprofessional soldier proves a point in African warfare. · Pay to Learn · Borden Chase · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 14 ’39; A reprinting of a Post story. · The Atom Gives Up · William L. Laurence · ar; Have they discovered a brand-new world within the atom. · Home from the Wars · Robert LeMoyne Cusick · ar; What life is like in the Veterans’ Administration facilities. · Salmon Derby · Clarence Dirks · ar; Here’s one fish story you’ll have to believe-pictures prove it. · The Great Mistake [Part 1 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · Sailor Take Warning [Part 3 of 5] · Richard Sale · sl · Not to the Swift · Dorothy Hughes · pm · Lost Heritage · Leah Bodine Drake · pm · Illusion · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [September 21, 1940] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½") Information from EBAY auction. · Young Ames Andrew Jackson and the American Eagle [John Ames] · Walter D. Edmunds · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt · River Pilot · Carl D. Lane · ss; illus. Norman Rockwell · Monkshood · Sidney Herschel Small · ss; illus. Rico Tomaso · You Tell Me Your Dream · Joel Sayre · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · The Great Mistake [Part 3 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl; illus. Hy Rubin · Sailor Take Warning [Part 5 of 5] · Richard Sale · sl; illus. Donald Teague · Pigskin Preview of 1940 · Francis Wallace · ar · Seagoing Soviets · William McFee · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [September 28, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Walt Otto) Information from EBAY auction. · These Hostages Given · Ann Morse · ss · Spare the Rod · Philip Wylie · ss · The Chain Shot · Jack Leonard · ss · The Sheriff Runs [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss · The Mystery of Gamelin · Jules Romains · ar · Let Them Do the Talking · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar · Trouble in Television · Alva Johnston · ar · Adventures of a White-Collar Man · Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. & Boyden Sparkes · ar · Enemy Sighted [Part 1 of 2] · Alec Hudson · sl · The Great Mistake [Part 4 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · Elegy for an Enemy · Branson Blake · pm · Fulfillment · Helen Frazee-Bower · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [October 5, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Information from EBAY auction. · Faith Is Easy to Lose · Mildred Cram · ss; An early-American startles a dude-ranch roadhouse. · The Secret of the Old Master · Lucian Cary · ss; J. M. Pyne, master gunsmith, returns to the Post. · Housing Problem [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; Alexander Botts joins a navy and sees part of the world. · The Third Way · Ruth Rodney King · ss; A frightened woman discovers how to conquer fear. · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar; Mrs. Rogers tells Will’s life story. · Anchors Away · Gen. Hugh S. Johnson · ar; Is our Navy defending the wrong ocean. · The Mystery of Leopold III · Jules Romains · ar; An emissary to Leopold solves the riddle of his surrender. · Boss Flynn Can’t Lose · Raymond Moley · ar; The new Democratic chairman makes his own political rules. · How to Watch a Football Game · William H. (Red) Friesell & Robert H. Reed · ar; A noted referee tells you what to look for this fall. · Enemy Sighted [Part 2 of 2] · Alec Hudson · sl · The Great Mistake [Part 5 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · Ezra Higgins · Ethel Barnett de Vito · pm · Old Wives’ Tales · Clara Hyde · pm · Squirrels · Glenn Ward Dresbach · ms
The Saturday Evening Post [October 19, 1940] (5¢, 116pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Newton Howitt) Information from EBAY auction. · A Man’s Mother · Gladys Hasty Carroll · ss · A Vacant Chair · Edward L. McKenna · ss · Here Birdie, Birdie, Birdie, Birdie! · Joel Sayre · ss · Win or Lose · Don Tracy · ss · Man Lost [Part 2 of 6] · C. E. Scoggins · sl · The Great Mistake [Part 7 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · Sidney Hillman: Success Story · Benjamin Stolberg · ar · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [October 26, 1940] (5¢, 124pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Russell Sambrook) Information from EBAY auction. · North of Terschelling · Alec Hudson · ss · An Honest Dollar · William H. Wright · ss · I Wish I Was in Chicago · Colin G. Jameson · ss · Don’t Beat a Man Down · Robb White · ss · My Husband’s Little Widow · Dorothy Thomas · ss · Man Lost [Part ? of ?] · C. E. Scoggins · sl · The Great Mistake [Part 8 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · King Hanky-Panky of Jersey · Jack Alexander · ar · Cornell Goes to the Movies · Robert A. Hall · ar · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [November 2, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by William Edwin Booth) Information from EBAY auction. · Blacksmith’s Boy—Heel and Toe · Edward W. O’Brien · ss · Who Wants Willkie · J. C. Furnas · ar · Walk to Glory · Louis Kaye · ss · Dust & Double Dust · Everett Rhodes Castle · ss · Heir Apparent · Hugh S. Johnson · ar; Henry Wallace. · Adventure Island Isn’t Far Away · Frederick Wight · ar · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar · Man Lost [Part ? of ?] · C. E. Scoggins · sl · The Great Mistake [Part 9 of 9] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · sl · He Had an Idea · Jesse Rainsford Sprague · ar; Howard Johnson ice cream.
The Saturday Evening Post [November 9, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Miriam Troop) Information from EBAY auction. · The Man of the Family [Part 1 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl · Germany’s Wild Animal Circus · Demaree Bess · ar · The Snow Goose · Paul Gallico · nv · Horse Race · Eddy Orcutt · ss · Notes of a Red Cross Man · John Maloney · ar · Mother Mother · Curlin Reed · ss · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar · The Nazi Mystery · Jules Roamins · ar; #5 of the seven mysteries of Europe. · Man Lost [Part ? of ?] · C. E. Scoggins · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [November 16, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by W. W. Calvert) Information from EBAY auction. · The Crush · Richard Sherman · ss · Are Japanese People? · Ernest O. Hauser · ar · A Reputation · R. W. Daly · ss · No Choice · Lucian Cary · ss · Battle of the Hot Shot · Frank J. Taylor · ss · Its a Nice Day · William R. Cox · ss · No Water in the Nursery · Raymond S. Deck · ss · The Cave & the Eyeless Fish · Edgar Laytha · ar · The Man of the Family [Part 2 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl · The Mystery of Ribbentrop and Co. · Jules Roamins · ss · Man Lost [Part ? of ?] · C. E. Scoggins · sl · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar · The Sun in His Eyes [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss
The Saturday Evening Post [November 23, 1940] (104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emery Clarke) Information from EBAY auction. 14 · Big Operator · Marian B. Cockrell · ss 16 · Fifty-Four, Forty and Fight · Philip Wylie · ss 20 · The Mole · Sarah Litsey · ss 22 · Tomorrow [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ss 9 · Swamp Water [Part 1 of 6] · Vereen Bell · sl 24 · The Man of the Family [Part 3 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl 12 · “Sillman—He’s a Wonder” · Roger Butterfield · ar 26 · The Coaches Pull Boners Too · Dr. Mal Stevens · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [November 30, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · The Sunflower Kid · Brendan Gill · ss · Tea from a Chinese Garden · Jack Leonard · ss · The Light That Didn’t Fail · William Chamberlain · ss · Love Is Not All · David Lamson · ss · New Deal’s J. P Morgan · Samuel Lubell · ar · Candidly—The Windsors · Ivan Dmitri · ar · Uncle Clem’s Boy [Part ? of ?] · Betty Blake Rogers · ar · Will Europe Hunger This Winter · Peter F. Drucker · ar · Little Town That Lead’s ’Em · Russ Davis · ar · You Can’t Give Them Away · Misc. · ar · Swamp Water [Part 2 of 6] · Vereen Bell · sl · The Man of the Family [Part 4 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [December 7, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emery Clarke) Information from EBAY auction. · A Ring for Your Finger · Burnham Carter · ss; A race for the diamonds of Amsterdam. · McQuillan at Standpipe Park · Frank Leon Smith · ss; The indomitable Rodney floats with ease above the trees. · A Christmas Rose for Ames [John Ames] · Walter D. Edmonds · ss; Young Ames asks a favor of a lady who dislikes him. · Supercharged Harmony · Ray Millholland · ss; Blue Chip Haggerty fights trouble in Superaviation. · Sheriff Olson and the World Premeer [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss; The sheriff learns that Hollywood doesn’t always forget. · Blitzkrieg-The Diary of a British Staff Officer [Part 1 of 2] · Major Philip Gribble · ar; A soldier’s picture of the tragic Battle of France. · Chinaman’s Chance · Ernest O. Hauser · ar; The Chinatown bus leaves, with Mr. Hauser at the megaphone. · River, Stay Away from My Door · Curtis G. Small · ar; The New Deal saves Shawneetown, willing or not. · The Never Had Seen a Soldier · Leslie Roberts · ar; Iceland welcomes a friendly invader. · Detroit Da Vinci · Robert W. Marks · ar; Inventor Bill Stout makes his practical genius pay. · The House That Jesse Built · Samuel Lubell · ar; Does the RFC control our nation’s business. · Swamp Water [Part 3 of 6] · Vereen Bell · sl · The Man of the Family [Part 5 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl · A Chapter of Life · Marion H. Turner · ms · Sketches from Ireland-1940 · B. Y. Williams · pm · Second Love · Ethel Barnett de Vito · pm · The New House · Lalia Mitchell Thornton · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [December 14, 1940] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Hyde Phillips) Information from EBAY auction. · Cape Horn Pilot · Jacland Marmur · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer · Then My Indiana Home, Good Night · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper · Snow on the High Iron · Harry Bedwell · ss; illus. Earle B. Winslow · The Sergeant Couldn’t Help It · Joel Sayre · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · Swamp Water [Part 4 of 6] · Vereen Bell · sl; illus. Amos Sewell · The Man of the Family [Part 6 of 6] · Booth Tarkington · sl; illus. Henry Paleigh · Ziegfelds on Ice · Russ Davis · ar · Blitzkrieg [Part 2 of 2] · Major Philip Gribble · ar · It’s Our Country Too · Walter White · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [December 28, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · Son of a Tinker · Maurice Walsh · ss · King Barney the First · Brendan Gill · ss · Christmas Angel · Horatio Winslow · ss · The Combat Engineers · William Chamberlain · ss · The Facts About Lindbergh · C. B. Allen · ar · Court Card · J. Bryan · ar · Give the Ball to Junior · Howard W. Turtle · ar · Give Me a Murder · W. Somerset Maugham · ar · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 1 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl · Swamp Water [Part 6 of 6] · Vereen Bell · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #27, January 4, 1941] (5¢, 72pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Lawrence G. Blochman, also Margaret Rhodes Peattie & son. [MO] 9 · Wish Me Luck [Part 1 of 2] · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 12 · The Invisible Bridge · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 14 · Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! · Anon. · ar; gorillas.; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 16 · Sarker’s Folly · Thomas H. Raddall · ss; illus. Courtney Allen 18 · How Your News is Censored · Joe Alan Morris · ar 20 · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 2 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl; illus. John Gannam 22 · The Made-to-Order Eye · William H. Wright · ss; illus. Wendell Kling 24 · Emmy for Sugar, Sarah for Salt · Margaret Rhodes Peattie · ss; illus. Mortimer Wilson 27 · Oil War Over Here · Ruth Sheldon · ar 28 · Husbands are Difficult; or, The Hospitality of Oliver Ames · Phyllis McGinley · pm 28 · Self-Preservation · Richard Armour · pm 28 · That Erratic Inner Man · Jane Kapp · pm 28 · East and West · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 28 · The Male Illusion · W. E. Farbstein · pm 30 · “They’ve Gone - Back Home!” · James E. Edmonds · ar; Confederate emigres in Brazil. 35 · 1941 · Robert D. Abrahams · pm 62 · Crusader · Edith Cherrington · pm 67 · The Glow Within · Berton Braley · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #28, January 11, 1941] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Douglas Crockwell) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has a photo of Arch Whitehouse. [MO] 9 · Inside German Europe · Demaree Bass · ar; Norway. 12 · Spitfire Squadron · Arch Whitehouse · ss; illus. Clayton Knight & Hy Rubin 14 · Long Rifles and Short Sermons · Lucian Cary · ar 16 · Beaver Bonanza on Wings · John F. Coggswell · ar 18 · The Loving Cup [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 20 · The New Road · Wyatt Blassingame · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 22 · I Can Think Tomorrow · Kermit Shelby · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 24 · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 3 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl; illus. John Gannam 27 · Fadiman for the Millions · John Chamberlain · ar 28 · Now You see It, Now I Don’t · Ogden Nash · pm 28 · Shopper’s Calendar · Doris Caldwell · pm 28 · Canaries · Pauline E. Fay · pm 28 · Horses · Richard Armour · pm 30 · Wish Me Luck [Part 2 of 2] · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 66 · The Highland Spinster · Branson Blake · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #29, January 18, 1941] (5¢, 88pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Barre Lyndon and Daniel P. Mannix. [MO] 9 · Sundown [Part 1 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; WWII in Kenya.; illus. Stevan Dohanos 12 · Guns Aren’t Windshield Wipers · Charles F. Kettering, as told to J. C. Furnas · ar; defense procurement.; illus. Herbert Johnson 14 · Corporal Bess · Walter D. Edmonds · ss; illus. Floyd Davis 16 · Line Squall · Frederick Wight · ss; illus. Ben Stahl 18 · Runaway · David Lamson · ss; illus. L. R. Gustavson 20 · Hunting Dragons with an Eagle · Daniel P. Mannix · ar; falcons and iguanas in NJ. 22 · Never Leave Them Angry · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar; Sam Raeburn. 24 · A Present for Dotty · William Iay · ss; illus. O. F. Schmidt 27 · Self-Discipline or Slavery · Will Durant · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 28 · Love Comes to Hollywood · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · Came the Dawn · Margaret Fishback · pm 28 · Danse Un-Macabre · Ogden Nash · pm 28 · (untitled) · Figenshu · pm 28 · Spoilage · W. E. Farbstein · pm 28 · The Ladies · Richard Armour · pm 28 · No Parking · James Alexander Black · pm 30 · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 4 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl; illus. John Gannam

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