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The Saturday Evening Post [v212, #31, January 27, 1940] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Dominic Cammerota) [Mark Owings] 6 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photo & autobio sketch of Talbot Josselyn) 9 · “All Right Gentleman Do We Get the Money?” · Florabel Muir · ar; (about Willie Bioff) 12 · Julia Volunteers [Julia, Lady Warring] · Margery Sharp · ss; illus. James Williamson 14 · Second Wind · Talbert Josselyn · ss; Perhaps I should have read it more carefully, but the Talbert Josselyn story here is about a boxer who wakes up outdoors to be told that he died five years before; no explanation is given that I can see.; illus. Robert Riggs 16 · Baseball’s Troubadour · Malcolm W. Bingay · ar; (about Germany Schaeffer). 18 · Parents Can’t Help It · Gladys Taber · ss; illus. Nicholas Riley 20 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 3 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 22 · Man-Killer · Don Waters · ss; illus. Norman Rockwell 24 · How to Raise a Child [Part 2 of 3] · Alva Johnston & Fred Smith · ar 27 · Did the President Sign Away 1940? · Charles T. Lucey · ar; (about the Hatch Act) 28 · That’s Different · Edith Bristol · pm 28 · Primer for Expectant Fathers · W. W. Watt · pm 28 · Money · Richard Armour · pm 28 · Ballad of Ye Trayne Washe Roome · Fairfax Downey · pm 30 · Valley of the Sun [Part 7 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illus. Benton Clark 60 · Snow Magic · Louis J. Sanker · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #32, February 3, 1940] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Phillips) [Mark Owings] 9 · Dime Store [Part 1 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar; (about Woolworth’s) 12 · The Man Is Always Right! · Sophie Kerr · ss; illus. William Reusswig 14 · Pud’n and Tayme · James Street · ss; illus. Charles La Salle 16 · The War of Lies and Laughs · J. C. Furnas · ar; (about radio broadcasting) 18 · Gun Crazy · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illus. Harvey Dunn 20 · Look of Angels · Everett Rhodes Castle · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown 22 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 4 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 24 · It Couldn’t Be Climbed · David R. Brower · ar 27 · How to Raise a Child [Part 3 of 3] · Alva Johnston & Fred Smith · ar 28 · Get Your Man · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · The Law of Averages · Al Graham · pm 28 · When the Devil Was Sick, Could He Prove It? · Ogden Nash · pm 30 · Valley of the Sun [Part 8 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illus. Benton Clark 55 · Against That Time · Joseph Auslander · pm 74 · Wedding Eve - 1940 · Katherine Marcuse · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212, #33, February 10, 1940] (5¢, 88pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) [Mark Owings] 9 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 1 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 12 · Trapped · Alec Hudson · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 14 · Weather for Sale · Helen Nace Satterlee · ar 15 · The War Behind the War · Demaree Bess · ar; (about rationing in the UK) 16 · I Got a Name · Zachary Gold · ss; illus. George Brehm 18 · Champion Is a State of Mind · Gene Tunney · ar 20 · The Sheriff Sits One Out [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss; illus. George Brehm 22 · Dime Store [Part 2 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar 24 · A Few Stars · Grace Nies Fletcher · ss; illus. John H. Crosman 27 · Lincoln at Bay—Letters of Henry Villard · Harold G. & Oswald Garrison Villard · ar 28 · What the Young Groom Should Know · Berton Braley · pm 28 · My Athletic Memoirs · Parke Cummings · hu 28 · I Object · W. E. Farbstein · pm 28 · Lament for a Lass · Bert Cooksley · pm 28 · Double Wing Back · Anita Jones · pm 30 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 5 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 42 · Recruits · Harry Elmore Hurd · pm 85 · Hank and His Dulcimer · Barbara Miller Smales · pm 86 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #34, February 17, 1940] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Julius Moessel) [Mark Owings] 9 · You’re As Old As You Feel · Richard Sherman · ss; illus. James Schucker 12 · Crunch Goes Haywire [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 14 · 100,000 Quakers May Be Right · Stanley High · ar 16 · The Peddler’s Daughter · D. E. Brown · ss; illus. Peter Helck 18 · Roses Are Red · Anonymous · ar 20 · The Lady Was a Flop · Borden Chase · ss; illus. Floyd Davis 22 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 2 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 24 · Dime Store [Part 3 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar 27 · The Balkans Play It Safe · John T. Whitaker · ar 28 · Valentine from an Impatient Suitor · Arthur Guiterman · pm 28 · Remote Control · W. W. Watt · pm 28 · Taboo to Boot · Ogden Nash · pm 28 · Progress · Joseph Fulling Fishman · pm 30 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 6 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illus. Ritchie Cooper 33 · Hard to Lancaster · Lysbeth Boyd Borie · pm; illus. Larry B. Kritcher 61 · To the Tax Gatherers · Irene Stanley · pm 97 · Enclosed Find Love · Gladys McKee · pm 102 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #35, February 24, 1940] (cover photo by Lincoln Borglum, 5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½") [Mark Owings] 9 · My Grandmother’s Leg [Part 1 of 2] · Ben Ames Williams · sl; illus. F. R. Gruger 12 · The Political Olympics · Robert Moses · ar 14 · Top Man · James Ramsey Ullman · ss; illus. Stevan Dohanos 16 · Letter to the Dean · Gladys Tabor · ss; illus. Mortimer Wilson 18 · Bombers by the Pound · Hurd Barrett · ar 20 · Co-Pilots Don’t Talk Back · Leland Jamieson · ss; illus. Denman Fink 22 · Dime Store [Part 4 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar 24 · Mortgage on the Home · Price Day · ss; illus. George Brehm 26 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 3 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 29 · South of the Border · Roberto Pina · ar 30 · Song for Sit-on-Your-Neck Week · Ethel Jacobson · pm 30 · The Facts of Life · Evantha Caldwell · pm 30 · No Argument · Dick Kardel · pm 30 · Scenes That Never Reached the Screen · Scott Corbett · hu 30 · Songs for a Brand-New House · Phyllis McGinley · pm 66 · No Escape · Joseph Auslander · pm 85 · Cat in a Fog · Dorothy Brown Thompson · pm 86 · We See by the Papers · Anonymous · ms; (news clippings) 102 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #36, March 2, 1940] (5¢, 92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Emery Clarke) [Mark Owings] 9 · Life Was Simple Then · Conrad Richter · ss; illus. Harold Van Schmidt 12 · The AAA in Its Own Dust Bowl · Garet Garrett · ar 14 · Maid in China · Sidney Herschel Small · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 16 · In the Reign of Jeff Raleigh · Edmund Ware · ss; illus. Mortimer Wilson 18 · Gardens for the Stars · Charles Gibbs Adams, as told to Frank J. Taylor · ar 20 · Goon Castle · Weymouth Jackson · ss; illus. Nicholas Riley 22 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 4 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 24 · Nuts About Baseball · John Durant · ar 27 · —- And Some Are Chosen · Fred H. Turner · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 28 · The Defense Rests · Berton Braley · pm 28 · Evolution of the Twentieth-Century Credit Questionnaire · Lawrence F. Lee · hu 28 · Song Against Sweetness and Light · Phyllis McGinley · pm 30 · My Grandmother’s Leg [Part 2 of 2] · Ben Ames Williams · sl; illus. F. R. Gruger 32 · Logrolling · Irene Carlisle · pm 72 · The Waltz · Kathleen Sutton · pm 90 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #37, March 9, 1940] (5¢, 120pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Arthur C. Radebaugh) [Mark Owings] 6 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photo & autobio sketch of Carl Dreher) 9 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 1 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illus. John Gannam 12 · Shake! · Carl Dreher · ar 13 · Our Not-So-Secret Weapon · Demaree Bess · ar; (gold) 14 · He Lost His Pig, But He Saved His Bacon · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss; illus. John W. Thomason, Jr. 16 · There’s Two Kinds of Heroes · Maurice Beam · ss; illus. Peter Helck 18 · Here Come the Cats! · Morton L. Bennet · ar; (tractors) 20 · Strike in the Hospital · Hannah Lees · ss; illus. John H. Crosman 22 · Bungalows Don’t Float · Thomas Rourke · ss; illus. Peter Helck 24 · Dime Store [Part 5 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar 26 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 5 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 29 · The Court Is Now His · Wendell L. Wilkie · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 30 · Playing Safe · Marion Judd · pm 30 · Panorama of a Mamma · Pauline Winkler Grey · pm 30 · Song Sequels · Ray Barney · hu 30 · Calling All Mental Giants! · Al Graham · pm 30 · To a Chocolate Malted · Maude Barnes Miller · pm 32 · The Caves · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illus. Charles La Salle 69 · Coronation · Martha Keller · pm 86 · Gypsy Wind · Grace Conner Harris · pm 118 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #38, March 16, 1940] (5¢, 128pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albert W. Hampson) [Mark Owings] 9 · Lost Behind the Ranges · George C. Sheldon · ar 12 · No Visitors · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; The Benét story is ambiguous fantasy, uncollected.; illus. Henry Raleigh 14 · The Rum Blossom [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 16 · Germany’s Game in Finland · Demaree Bess · ar 18 · Mr. Caperton’s Seagoing Hounds · Robert Becker Phillips, Jr. · ss; illus. L. R. Gustavson 20 · “I Intend to Be President” · Alva Johnston · ar; (about Paul McNutt) 22 · A Lady Spends the Night · M. G. Chute · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 24 · Dime Store [Part 6 of 6] · John K. Winkler & Boyden Sparkes · ar 26 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 2 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illus. John Gannam 29 · Lollipops vs. Learning · Ann L. Crockett · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 30 · Comeuppance for a Progeny · Phyllis McGinley · pm 30 · To the Vanquished · Ethel Jacobson · pm 30 · Longing for You · Byron Fish · hu 30 · St. Patrick’s Day Parade · Scott O’Corbett · pm 30 · The Riddle of the Golden Mean · Janet Roy · pm 32 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 6 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 37 · As Good as He Has to Be · Stanley Frank · ar; (about Red Ruffing; baseball) 62 · Contentment · Philip L. Blakely · pm 92 · Spring Gal · Bessie Marlin Mason · pm 116 · Brady’s Bend · Martha Keller · pm; illus. Larry B. Kritcher 126 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #39, March 23, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) [Mark Owings] 9 · Golden Boy; The Story of Jimmy Cromwell · Jack Alexander · ar 12 · A Peaceful Settlement · Charles Rawlings · ss; illus. Ben Stahl 14 · Perley Thinks I’m Silly · David Lamson · ss; illus. L. R. Gustavson 16 · You Can’t Eat Books · Elizabeth Edghill · ar 17 · “We’ll Beat the Yanks” · Joe Cronin & George Kirksey · ar 18 · Chicken One Day, Feathers the Next · Hambla Bauer · ar 19 · Prisoner on a Submarine · Hugo Bleiberg · ar 20 · There Was a Bigger One · Robert Murphy · ss; illus. Paul Bransom 22 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 3 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illus. John Gannam 24 · Fresh-Water Mermaid [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 27 · I Meet the Plain People · Ernest Boyd · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 28 · View from Hollywood, Looking East · Al Graham · pm 28 · Blessed Event · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · It’s a Poor Rule · Carl Forstrom · pm 28 · Hist! · W. E. Farbstein · pm 28 · How the Farm Was Saved · Scott Corbett · hu 30 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 7 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 35 · Apple Knocker · Harold Titus · ss; illus. O. F. Schmidt 76 · Shopping · Dorothy Brown Thompson · pm 122 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #40, March 30, 1940] (cover byNorman Rockwell, 5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½") [Mark Owings] 9 · The Great Monopoly Mystery · Raymond Moley · ar 12 · Hook and Eye and Shoo-Fly Pie · G. Paul Musselman · ar; illus. Pinto 14 · Confidential Stuff [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; illus. Earle B. Winslow 16 · Am I Blue? · James Ramsey Ullman · ss; illus. Rico Tomaso 18 · America Rides the Skyway · John Chapman · ar 20 · Divided Honeymoon · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illus. Larry B. Kritcher 22 · The Decoration of Perry Brown · Paul Gallico · ss; illus. James Schucker 24 · Hangman’s Whip [Part 4 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illus. John Gannam 27 · Big Frog, Little Pond · Jesse Rainsford Sprague · ar 28 · The Sour Grapes of Wrath · W. W. Watt · pm 28 · How Not to Buy a Home in the Country · E. R. Littler · fa 30 · Red Wheels Rolling [Part 8 of 8] · Walter D. Edmonds · sl; illus. Matt Clark 44 · Steam Shovels · Frederick W. Branch · pm 62 · On Double Creek · James Still · pm 77 · Hardy Perennial · Marion Doyle · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
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
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #44, April 27, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Information from EBAY auction. · Grand Canyon Brain Storm · William Hazlett Upson · ss · “Hello Joe” · William Fay · ss · Pony-Express Boy · M. G. Chute · ss · Ladies’ Choice · Frank Bunce · ss · “Land’s Sake” · I. A. R. Wylie · ss · Woe to the Vanquished · Stefan de Ropp · ar · “We’re Moving the Rain” · Magner White · ar · They Build Men into Jobs · Stanley High · ar · Sowing Death at Sea · Taffrail · ar · Reap the Wild Wind [Part 1 of 6] · Thelma Strabel · sl
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #45, May 4, 1940] (5¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Hyde Phillips) Information from EBAY auction. · The Man Who Cooked by Ear · David Lamson · ss · Blitzkrieg in a Tourist Camp · Royce Howes · ss · Whar I Was Born In · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss · McQuillan Fells the McMiv · Frank Leon Smith · ss · Spy and Counter Spy · Emanuel V. Voska & Will Irwin · ar · Joe Lucky · J. P. McEvoy · ar · Here Are Your Wings · Wolfgang Langewiesche · ar · What’s the Matter with Bob Taft? · Alice Roosevelt Longworth · ar · The Paralyzed Purse · John Lardner · ar · Crashing Hollywood at Sixty · Gertrude W. Hoffmann · ar · Quick Service [Part 1 of 8] · P. G. Wodehouse · sl · Reap the Wild Wind [Part 2 of 6] · Thelma Strabel · sl · Piney-Woods Diplomacy · Evantha Caldwell · pm · Spring Morning · Eleanor Alletta Chaffee · pm
The Saturday Evening Post [May 25, 1940] (5¢, 128pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) Information from EBAY auction. · Branch-Line Lochinvar · William Edward Hayes · ss; illus. Earle B. Winslow · As He Thinketh in His Heart · John W. Thompson, Jr. · ss; illus. Charles La Salle · Hast Thou Ever Loved? · Curlin Reed · ss; illus. Charles La Salle · No Holts Barred · George W. Campbell · ss; illus. Nicholas F. Riley · Quick Service [Part 4 of 8] · P. G. Wodehouse · sl; illus. Gilbert Bundy · Reap the Wild Wind [Part 5 of 6] · Thelma Strabel · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt · Not Guilty · Harold L. Ickes · ar · To Many Germans? · Wallace R. Deuel · ar

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