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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
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #30, January 25, 1941] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emmett Watson) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Grover Theis, Kurt Severin, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, and John Gannam. [MO] 9 · Post-Mortem: Who Elected Roosevelt? · Samuel Lubell · ar 12 · Hide and Hair De Luxe · J. C. Furnas · ar; illus. Kurt Severin, photos 14 · Trial at Arms · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss; illus. Nicholas F. Riley 16 · Ten Thousand Skippers · Grover Theis · ar; yachting.; illus. Ivan Dmitri & Fritz Henle, photos 18 · River Feud · James Street · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 20 · The Pride of the Chutes · Joel Sayre · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 22 · Sundown [Part 2 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; illus. Stevan Dohanos 24 · The Long Hand Tells the Minutes · Ada Marie Fairchild · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 27 · Britain’s Ambassador Incognito · Maxine Davis · ar; Sir Willmott Lewis. 28 · A Hair of the Dor · May Richstone · pm 28 · Hysteria in a Hat Shop · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · You Know Me · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 28 · Yoicks; or, The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog · Mildred Wesaton · pm 28 · To be Dreamt - But Not Spoken · S. H. Dewhurst · pm 31 · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 5 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl; illus. John Gannam
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #31, February 1, 1941] (5¢, 72pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albert W. Hampson) [MO] 9 · “Just Call Mr. C.R.” · Jack Alexander · ar; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 12 · Some Can’t take It · Bertram B. Fowler · ss; illus. Hy Rubin 14 · The Bitter Fate of Holland · Demaree Bass · ar 16 · Child of the Terror · Helen Fawley · ss; illus. Amos Sewell 18 · Canada’s Open Secret · Richard Thruelsen · ar; Canadian Air Force.; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 20 · Hull Down [Crunch and Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 22 · While I Played Home, Sweet Home · Russell Gordon Carter · ss; illus. James Anthony Kelly 24 · Sundown [Part 3 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; illus. Stevan Dohanos 27 · Tropical Knute Rockne · Ted Shane · ar; football in Cuba. 28 · Now Tell Me About Yourself · Ogden Nash · pm 28 · Curious Species · Helen H. Battey · pm 28 · In Defense of Man · W. E. Farbstein · pm 28 · Ever After · May Richstone · pm 30 · Wherever the Grass Grows [Part 6 of 6] · Allan R. Bosworth · sl; illus. John Gannam
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #32, February 8, 1941] (5¢, 88pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by McClelland Barclay) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Dorothy Disney, George Perry, and Steven Donhanos. [MO] 9 · Thirty Days Hath September [Part 1 of 5] · Dorothy Cameron Disney & George Sessions Perry · sl; illus. Arthur William Brown 12 · China’s Blitzbuilder, Rewi Alley · Edgar Snow · ar 14 · Alexander Botts, Doctor of Science [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 16 · The Klystron Boys · Frank J. Taylor · ar 18 · Men Have No Romance · Stuart Cloete · ss; illus. John Gannam 20 · Road Discontinued · Ben Ames Williams · ss; illus. L. R. Gustavson 22 · Straw Battle Helmet · Ray Millholland · ss; illus. Earle R. Winslow 24 · In This Corner: 250,000 Contenders · Thomas Aitken · ar 27 · Around Us the Wail of Sirens · Rebecca West · ar 28 · The Tale of the Handy Man; or, Oliver Ames Meets an Emergency · Phyllis McGinley · pm 28 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pauncefoot’s Broad Mind · Ogden Nash · pm 28 · Sure Thing · W. E. Farbstein · pm 30 · Sundown [Part 4 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; illus. Stevan Dohanos 53 · Shelter the Little Ones · Joseph Joel Keith · pm 84 · Gray Street · Opal Winstead · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #33, February 15, 1941] (5¢, 92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Gilbert Bundy and Zachary Gold. [MO] 9 · Muddled Millions · Benjamin Stolberg · ar; the wealthy financing left-wing causes. 11 · Teddy the Lion-hearted · John Terrill · ar; Ted Lyons, baseball player. 12 · Money in the Bank · Zachary Gold · ss; illus. Gilbert Bundy 14 · Lincoln Lived Here · Fern Nance Pond · ar; New Salem, Ill. 16 · Oh, Them Golden Mittens · Paul Gallico · ss; illus. O. F. Schmidt 18 · Prairie Dogs · Vereen Bell · ar; bird dogs. 20 · Thirty Days Hath September [Part 2 of 5] · Dorothy Cameron Disney & George Sessions Perry · sl; illus. Arthur William Brown 22 · Women Want Words · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illus. Nicholas F. Riley 24 · Traffic Jam · Robert Carson · ss; illus. James Schucker 27 · Is This Lincoln? · Anon. · ar; possible after-death photo. 28 · Suburban Valentines (To the New Cook / To a Seed Catalogue / To the Collector of Internal Revenue / To the People Next Door / To My Favorite Movie House / To a Hat in a Shop Window / To the Landlord) · Phyllis McGinley · pm; illus. Richard Tayloe 30 · Sundown [Part 5 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; illus. Stevan Dohanos 40 · The End of the City of Washington · Robert D. Abrahams · pm 48 · Valentine for a Janitorial Gentleman · Ethel Jacobson · pm 72 · Prayer for Saint Valentine · Gladys McKee · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #34, February 22, 1941] (5¢, 116pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Patricia MacManus and Leta Crews Cromwell. [MO] 4 · Sea Shells · Arthur Guiterman · pm 9 · Island Queen · Leta Cromwell & Patricia MacManus · ar; Jo Carstairs. 12 · Full Cargo South · Thomas H. Raddall · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 14 · The Road to the Horizon · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · ss; illus. Denman Frank 16 · I’ll Take Hoosier Hoopla · William J. Fox, Jr. · ar; basketball. 17 · New York’s Basketball’s Better Basketball · Tom Meany · ar 18 · The Adriance Prize · Brendan Kary · ss; illus. James Schucker 20 · Shell Shock · Theodore Pratt · ar; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 22 · Revenge in Moderation · Lucian Carey · ss; illus. Karl Godwin 24 · Thirty Days Hath September [Part 3 of 5] · Dorothy Cameron Disney & George Sessions Perry · sl; illus. Arthur William Brown 27 · Good-By, London, Hello, Canada · Helen Cumming · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 28 · When Whinnies Win · Joseph Fulling Fishman · pm 28 · Ski Tracks · Byron Fish · pm; emblematic verse.; illus. Douglas Borgstead 31 · Sundown [Part 6 of 6] · Barré Lyndon · sl; illus. Stevan Dohanos 35 · A Grapple a Day [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illus. George Brehm 71 · Card of Thanks · Ada Farris · pm 96 · Song Without Music · Baron Ireland · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #35, March 1, 1941] (5¢, 97pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has photos of Cliff Farrell, also Clifford Dowdey & wife and Matt Clark. [MO] 9 · Alcoholics Anonymous · Jack Alexander · ar 12 · Fiddle-Footed · Cliff Farrell · ss; western.; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 14 · Helen, Thy Beauty is to Me— · John Fante · ss; illus. Floyd Davis 16 · Wreck A-s-h-o-r-e! · Anon. · ar; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 18 · Whear Ha’ Ye Ben, My Laddie? · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illus. Henry Raleigh 20 · Low Bid Loses · Harry Klingsberg · ss; implied that this is one of a series about attorney James Doowinkle.; illus. E. F. Ward 22 · Thirty Days Hath September [Part 4 of 5] · Dorothy Cameron Disney & George Sessions Perry · sl; illus. Arthur William Brown 25 · How Strong is the Nazi Economy? · Peter F. Drucker · ar 26 · Vegetable Plate (The Parsnip / Further Reflection on Parsley / Assorted Chocolates / The Cantaloupe / Celery / The Absentees) · Ogden Nash · pm 26 · Small Comfort! · Virginia Conroy · pm 26 · It Costs Too Much to Keep Those Big Places Up · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 26 · Double-Crossed! · Margaret Fishback · pm 26 · More Quotations Bartlett Never Heard Of · Phyllis McGinley · pm 28 · Sing for a Penny [Part 1 of 4] · Clifford Dowdey · sl; illus. Matt Clark 33 · The Girl on the Sawbacked Mountain · Leah Bodine Drake · pm 87 · The Athlete · Keith Thomas · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #36, March 8, 1941] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Jack Murray) “Keeping Posted,” on page 4, has a photo of Lynn Montross. [MO] 9 · How to Become a Playwright [Part 1 of 2] · Alva Johnston · ar 12 · Gifts from Trenton · Lynn Montross · ss; American Revolution.; illus. Matt Clark 14 · Old Sigurd Meets the Ill Wind · Donald Hough · ss; illus. Larry B. Kritcher 18 · Saturday Night · Ruth Lyons · ss; illus. Michael 19 · Privacy, Unlimited · J. Bryan, III · ar; Jekyll Island.; illus. Ivan Dmitri, photos 20 · Smart Boomer · Harry Bedwell · ss; illus. James B. Allen 22 · Thirty Days Hath September [Part 5 of 5] · Dorothy Cameron Disney & George Sessions Perry · sl; illus. Arthur William Brown 25 · “They Took Sweden by Telephone” · Demaree Bess · ar 26 · Ultimatum to Oliver Ames; or, The Speaker of the House · Phyllis McGinley · pm 26 · Old Faithful · Evantha Caldwell · pm 26 · The Working Girl is Here to Stay · Margaret Fishback · pm 29 · Sing for a Penny [Part 2 of 4] · Clifford Dowdey · sl; illus. Matt Clark 32 · The Nettled Tongue · Dorothy Hope McCroden · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [v213 #37, March 15, 1941] (5¢, 120pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Lonie Bee) [MO] 9 · Blood on the Moon [Part 1 of 7] · Luke Short · sl; illus. Benton Clark 12 · Defense Comes to Our Town · Lowell Clucas · ar 14 · Mardi Gras at Coney · Zachary Gold · ss; illus. Gilbert Bundy 16 · The Equinoctial Epizootic · William Wister Haines · ss; oystering.; illus. Courtney Allen 18 · Poor Man’s Snow Heaven · John F. Coggswell · ar 20 · Miss Bronsko Gives a Party · Gene Harvey · ss; illus. Henry Raleigh 22 · Blessed Are the Meek · William Fay · ss; illus. Nicholas F. Riley 25 · How to Become a Playwright [Part 2 of 2] · Alva Johnston · ar 28 · Sing for a Penny [Part 3 of 4] · Clifford Dowdey · sl; illus. Matt Clark 26 · Owed to March Fifteenth · Kay Hoskins · pm 26 · Amen, Amen, What then? · S. H. Dewhurst · pm 26 · And So to Bath · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 26 · The Veteran · Phyllis McGinley · pm 33 · Singsong · Martha Keller · pm 35 · Hank Made Greenberg (Hank Greenberg) · Stanley Frank · ar 78 · The Budget · Grace Noll Crowell · pm

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