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The Saturday Evening Post [October 21, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by A. F. Sozio) Information from EBAY auction. 8 · The Preacher Learns to Pray · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss 10 · Half a Ship · Richard Howells Watkins · ss 14 · Clothes Make the Man · Nunnally Johnson · ss 18 · The Lady and the Guinea Hen · M. G. Chute · ss 5 · Old Man in a Hurry—Winston Churchill · Vincent Sheehan · ar 12 · Beef Comes from the Hills · Donald Hough · ar 20 · The Foot’s Back in Football · Franny Murray & Leo Riordan · ar 23 · The Woman from Croatia · Louis Adamic · ar 16 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 4 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl 26 · Back with Her Mother [Part 3 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl 23 · Cartoon · Herbert Johnson · ct · Look of Eagles-The Flight to Galway Bay · William Rose Benét · pm · Conclusion of a Serial · Kathleen Sutton · pm · Indian Summer · Peggy Simson · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [October 28, 1939] (10½" x 13½", cover by Douglass Crockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · Daniel Webster and the Ides of March · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss · Battle Stations! [Part 1 of 2] · Alec Hudson · na · We Must Keep Out · Herbert Hoover · ar · Bramley Is So Bracing · P. G. Wodehouse · ss · Test Case at Pitt · Francis Wallace · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [November 4, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · A Choice of Ties · Zachary Gold · ss · Glory Hole · Harold Channing Wire · ss · Hand Upon the Waters [Gavin Stevens] · William Faulkner · ss · Horse Talk · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 1 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar · The Great Red Father · W. G. Krivitsky · ar · The Football Laboratory Explodes · Francis Wallace · ar · If You Must Borrow · Lowell Brentano · ar · Battle Stations! [Part 2 of 2] · Alec Hudson · na · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 6 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [November 18, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Lonie Bee) Information from EBAY auction. · Won’t You Walk a Little Faster · Richard Sherman · ss · Fore · Frank Bunce · ss · Brag Dog · Vereen Bell · ss · But Love the Sinner · Eve Bennett · ss · All Father’s Chillun Got Heavens · Jack Alexander · ar · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 3 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar · Dixie Plays for Blood · Tom Meany · ar · Mussolini Prepares for War · Demaree Bess · ar · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 1 of 3] · William Brent · sl · Out of Gas [Part 2 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl · Cartoon · Herbert Johnson · ct · Hush, Chile · Henry Lumpkin · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [November 25, 1939] (10½" x 13½", cover by Leyendecker) Information from EBAY ToC scan. 5 · Cocks Must Crow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss 10 · How Happy We Could Be · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 14 · The Sheriff Throws a Party [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss 20 · “—I Never Mention Your Name” · Ruth Lyons · ss 18 · Out of Gas [Part 3 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl 26 · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 2 of 3] · William Brent · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [December 2, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by H. Wilson Smith) Information from EBAY auction. · The Jabjam Motor Trip · Booth Tarkington · ss · Pigs in Hibiscus · William Chamberlain · ss · Many are Called · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss · Trailin’ In · Ray Palmer Tracy · ss · Can They Bomb Us · Fletcher Pratt · ar · Music is Business · Artie Shaw · ar · Hold What Line · George Halas · ar; Head Coach, Chicago Bears. · Why Hitler Wanted Peace · Demaree Bess · ar · The Valor of John Breazeale · Hermann B. Deutsch · ar · Out of Gas [Part 4 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 3 of 3] · William Brent · sl · Look of Eagles-The Great Circle · William Rose Benét · pm · Maternity · Eleanor Phillis · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [December 9, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Jack Murray) Information from EBAY ToC scan. 10 · Suggestion for a Happy Ending · Edith Fitzgerald · ss 14 · He Sort of Got to Talking · David Lamson · ss 16 · Please Let Me Come Home · Helen Deutsch · ss 18 · Thomasheen James and the Deep-Sea-Pilot Cap [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss 22 · Game Day · Paul O’Neil · ss 8 · The Plain People Face the War · John W. Vandercook · ar 12 · The Coyotes Come · Lila Lofberg & David Malcolmson · ar 20 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 5 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 25 · It Was Smart to Be Red · Eugene Lyons · ar 35 · They Came from Pomerania · Louis Adamic · ar 5 · High Frontier [Part 1 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl 28 · Out of Gas [Part 5 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl 25 · Cartoon · Herbert Johnson · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [December 16, 1939] (10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Information from EBAY ToC scan. 10 · No Gift of Gab · Harold Titus · ss 12 · The Land Beyond · Robert Murphy · ss 16 · Picture of Lizzie · Lillian Day · ss 18 · Doowinkle’s Comet [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · ss 5 · Valley of the Sun [Part 1 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl 20 · High Frontier [Part 2 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [December 23, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Information from EBAY auction. · Sergeant Bridoon of the Horse Marines · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss · The Visiting Fire-Eater [Crunch and Des] · Philip Wylie · ss · Just a Hen This Year · Curlin Reed · ss · Love on the Hoof · George Sessions Perry · ss · They Bring Them Back Aloft · Morton L. Bennet · ar · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 7 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar · Iron Floats to Market · Jack Alexander · ar · Italy’s Seven Secrets · John T. Whittaker · ar · High Frontier [Part 3 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl · Valley of the Sun [Part 2 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl · Cartoon · Herbert Johnson · ct · Introduction to Philosophy · Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet · pm · Christmas in the Snows · Ann Vandenberg Dunshie · pm · December Poem for Grandfather · Gladys McKee · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [December 30, 1939] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Information from EBAY auction. · Myra · Richard Sherman · ss · The Mountains of the Axis · James Ramsey Ullman · ar · Wishes of the Family · Eddy Orcutt · ss · The King’s Whiskers [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss · Is Russia Winning China Too · Hallett Abend · ar · Touchdown Engineer · Fred Russell · ar · With Malice Toward None · Wendell L. Willkie · ar · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 8 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · sl · Valley of the Sun [Part 3 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl · High Frontier [Part 4 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [January 6, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Paul Hesse) Information from EBAY auction. · Thomasheen James Jumps the Budget [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss · Buck and Fo’-Bits · James Street · ss · Suffer Little Children · Ann Morse · ss · Shut Up, Dear · Frank Leon Smith · ss · Border Without Bayonets · Jack Alexander · ar · Take Away the Backboards · Stanley Frank · ar · Massachusetts Goes to the Dogs · Dan Parker · ar · The Road Drives the Car · Loring A. Schuler · ar · The Classic Books of America · W. Somerset Maugham · ar · Valley of the Sun [Part 4 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl · High Frontier [Part 5 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl · Cartoon · Herbert Johnson · ct · Oracle · Frances Bragan Richman · pm · In the Dark Hour · Audrey Wurdemann · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [January 13, 1940] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) Information from EBAY auction. · Steady As She Goes · Royce Howes · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer · The Wild One · Vereen Bell · ss; illus. Amos Sewell · Roger and the Golden Rules · Herbert Dalmas · ss; illus. Hy Rubin · Women Have It Hard · Lenora Mattingly Weber · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 1 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper · Valley of the Sun [Part 5 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illus. Benton Clark · War Has Lost Its Pocket · Garet Garrett · ar · Jacobs Beach · Bob Considine · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [January 20, 1940] (96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Information from EBAY auction. · The Enemy · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss · Tee for Two · P. G. Wodehouse · ss · Wheel to Wheel · Philip Clark · ss · It Used to Be More Fun · Ruth Lyons · ss · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 2 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl · Valley of the Sun [Part 6 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl · Dakota Winter · Ivan Dmitri · ar · The Sons of Tugboat Annie [Tugboat Annie] · Alfred L. Gehri · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [January 27, 1940] (84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Dominic Cammerota) Information from EBAY auction. · Julia Volunteers · Margery Sharp · ss; illus. James Williamson · Second Wind · Talbert Josselyn · ss; illus. Robert Riggs · Parents Can’t Help It · Gladys Taber · ss; illus. Nicholas Riley · Man-Killer · Don Waters · ss; illus. Norman Rockwell · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 3 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper · Valley of the Sun [Part 7 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illus. Benton Clark · All Right Gentleman Do We Get the Money? · Florabel Muir · ar · Baseball’s Troubadour (Germany Schaeffer) · Malcolm W. Bingay · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [February 10, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) Information from EBAY auction. · Trapped · Alec Hudson · ss · I Got a Name · Zachary Gold · ss · The Sheriff Sits Out [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss · A Few Stars · Grace Nies Fletcher · ss · Weather for Sale · Helen Nace Satterlee · ar · The War Behind the War · Demaree Bess · ar · Champion is a State of Mind · Gene Tunney · ar · Dime Store [Part 2 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar · Lincoln at Bay—Letters of Henry Villard · Harold G. & Oswald Garrison Villard · ar · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 1 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 5 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl · Recruits · Harry Elmore Hurd · pm · Hank and His Dulcimer · Barbara Miller Smales · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [February 17, 1940] (104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Julius Moessel) Information from EBAY auction. · You’re As Old As You Feel · Richard Sherman · ss; illus. James Schucker · Crunch Goes Haywire · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson · The Peddler’s Daughter · D. E. Brown · ss; illus. Peter Helck · The Lady Was a Flop · Borden Chase · ss; illus. Floyd Davis · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 2 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 6 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper · 100,000 Quakers May Be Right · Stanley High · ar · The Balkans Play It Safe · John T. Whitaker · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [February 24, 1940] (104pp, 10½" x 13½") Information from EBAY auction. · Topman · James Ramsey Ullman · ss; illus. Stevan Dohanos · Letter to the Dean · Gladys Tabor · ss; illus. Mortimer Wilson · Co-Pilots Don’t Talk Back · Leland Jamieson · ss; illus. Denman Fink · Mortgage on the Home · Price Day · ss; illus. George Brehm · My Grandmother’s Leg [Part ? of ?] · Ben Ames Williams · sl; illus. F. R. Gruger · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 3 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark · The Political Olympics · Robert Moses · ar · South of the Border · Roberto Pina · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [March 2, 1940] (5¢, 92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emery Clarke) Information from EBAY auction. · Life Was Simple Then · Conrad Richter · ss; illus. Harold Van Schmidt · Maid in China · Sidney Herschel Small · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt · In the Reign of Jeff Raleigh · Edmund Ware · ss; illus. Mortimer Wilson · Goon Castle · Weymouth Jackson · ss; illus. Nicholas Riley · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 4 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark · My Grandmother’s Leg [Part ? of ?] · Ben Ames Williams · sl; illus. F. R. Gruger · The AAA in Its Own Dust Bowl · Garet Garrett · ar · Nuts About Baseball · John Durant · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [March 9, 1940] (10½" x 13½") [DP:20334] · He Lost His Pig, But He Saved His Bacon · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss · There’s Two Kinds of Heroes · Maurice Beam · ss · Strike in the Hospital · Hannah Lees · ss · Bungalows Don’t Float · Thomas Rourke · ss · The Caves · Dorothy Thomas · ss · Hangman’s Whip [Part 1 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 5 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [March 16, 1940] (5¢, 128pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albert W. Hampson) Information from EBAY auction. · No Visitors · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; illus. Henry Raleigh · The Rum Blossom [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer · Mr. Caperton’s Seagoing Hounds · Robert Becker Phillips, Jr. · ss; illus. L. R. Gustavson · A Lady Spends the Night · M. G. Chute · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper · Hangman’s Whip [Part 2 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illus. John Gannam · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 6 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark · Lost Behind the Ranges · George C. Sheldon · ar · Germany’s Game in Finland · Demaree Bess · ar · As Good as He Has to Be (Red Ruffing) · Stanley Frank · ar
The Saturday Evening Post [March 23, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Information from EBAY auction. [MW] 12 · A Peaceful Settlement · Charles Rawlings · ss 14 · Perley Thinks I’m Silly · David Lamson · ss 20 · There Was a Bigger One · Robert Murphy · ss 22 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 3 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl 24 · Fresh-Water Mermaid [Crunch and Des] · Philip Wylie · ss 30 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 7 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl 35 · Apple Knocker · Harold Titus · ss
The Saturday Evening Post [March 30, 1940] (10½" x 13½") [MW] 14-64 · Confidential Stuff · William Hazlett Upson · ss 16-58 · Am I Blue? · James Ramsey Ullman · ss 20-74 · Divided Honeymoon · Dorothy Thomas · ss 22-78 · The Decoration of Perry Brown · Paul Gallico · ss 24-82 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 4 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl 30-51 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 8 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [April 6, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Charles de Soria) Information from EBAY auction. · Listen to the Whippoorwill · Vereen Bell · ss · Pop Pops Off · Doug Welch · ss · The Marriage Mouth · Sidney Herschel Small · ss · An Apple Fell on Doowinkle [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · ss · The Hitler Bomb’s Real Victim · Demaree Bess · ar · The Man Who is a King · Misc. · ar · Business in the Woodshed · Raymond Moley · ar · I Saw Lee Surrender · Seth M. Flint & William Ross Lee · ar · Salt-Water Daffy [Part 1 of 4] · Philip Wylie · sl · Hangman’s Whip [Part 5 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl · Earth Lover · Myrtle Marmaduke · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [April 20, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Douglass Crockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · Mister Ears · Eddy Orcutt · ss; A boy and an Indian fighter solve their problems happily. · Ground-Shy · Sparks Hausman · ss; An Army flying cadet gets one more chance. · Your Mom Was a Lady · R. Ross Annett · ss; Babe goes to a party, helped and hindered by Uncle Pete. · Merrily We Go to Press · Phil R. Sheridan · ss; When the city room bites the publisher-that’s a story. · Country Doctor Goes to Town · J. C. Furnas · ar; Dr. John Brinkley sells operations by air from Mexico. · The Old Fox Turns Magnate · Bob Considine & Shirley Povich · ar; second article on baseball’s Clark Griffith. · Pageant in the Sky · Raymond S. Deck · ar; Facts about birds we never knew till now. · Sharpshooting at Insurance · Raymond Moley · ar; Washington looks hungrily at the insurance business. · Propaganda Changes Poisons · Edmond Taylor · ar; A tour through Europe’s propaganda mills. · Salt-Water Daffy [Part 3 of 4] · Philip Wylie · sl · Hangman’s Whip [Part 7 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl · The Could-You · Helen Howland Prommel · pm · Dog Meets Cat · Margaret Mackprang Mackay · pm

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