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The Saturday Evening Post [v212 # 5, July 29, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Floyd Davis) [Mark Owings] 5 · How to Become a Great Writer · Alva Johnston · ar; (about Edgar Rice Burroughs) 8 · The Monte Carlo Massacre [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 10 · Island Doctor · Ray Millholland · ss; illus. Tom Lovell 12 · Bank Crisis, Bullet Crisis - Same Smile · Raymond Moley · ar 14 · The Homestead Orchard · H. L. Davis · ss; (western); illus. Benton Clark 16 · Fishing Is for Kids · Donald Hough · ss; illus. Larry B. Kritcher 18 · Plant Trees and Stay Young · Frank J. Taylor · ar 20 · Escape [Part 4 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 23 · What Has Happened to Mexico’s Oil? · Ruth Sheldon · sr; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Whither Are We drifting? Or, You Tell ’Em Pop! · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · These Never Broke a Postman’s back · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · There’s Nothing Like an Intelligent Discussion · Berton Braley · pm 24 · Sourpuss Snort · Baron Ireland · pm 24 · Leghorn’s Lament · Joe Wesp · pm 26 · Logging Fool [Part 3 of 5] · Robert E. Pinkerton · sl; illus. Saul Tepper 57 · A Growing Hand · Joseph Auslander · pm 70 · Diary · Martha Berndtson · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #6, August 5, 1939] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) [Mark Owings] 5 · The Crisis in Christianity · Will Durant · ar; illus. Edward Shenton 7 · My Flight from Stalin · W. G. Krivitsky · ar; Former General to the Red Army. 8 · The Witch of Woonsapucket · Paul Gallico · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 10 · Whatta Men Want, Anyway? · Lucile Babcock · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown 12 · Rehearsal for a Fiasco · Raymond Moley · ar 14 · She Put Out to Go · Lula Vollmer · ss; illus. Amos Sewell 16 · Water Hole · Edison Marshall · ss; illus. Rico Tomaso 18 · Cod and Canvas · Anonymous · ar; illus. Maxwell Frederic Coplan 20 · Logging Fool [Part 4 of 5] · Robert E. Pinkerton · sl; illus. Saul Tepper 23 · Death in a Mirror · J. C. Furnas · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Dolce Far Niente in Summer Is Plenty · Baron Ireland · pm 24 · Any Nana to Her Poor Little Sing · Lillian Day · hu 26 · Escape [Part 5 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 52 · The Rain Road · Frances Bragan Richman · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 # 7, August 12, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by John Phillips) [Mark Owings] 5 · Trust Buster, the Folklore of Thurman Arnold · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar 8 · —And Out Like a Lamb · David Lamson · ss; illus. Harvey Dunn 10 · The Tent · Virginia Black · ss; illus. George Brehm 12 · “Kings Cannot Err” · Raymond Moley · ar 14 · Tractor Man’s Holiday [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; illus. Earle B. Winslow 16 · Escape [Part 6 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 18 · Last Act, Last Scene · Almet Jenks · ss; illus. Floyd Davis 20 · Gambling Ship · Florabel Muir · ar 23 · What Is Moral Rearmament? · Stanley High · ar 24 · Judicial Baseball · Tom S. Elrod · hu 24 · Summer Hotel · Walter H. Schmidt · hu 24 · Something Should Be Done · E. B. Crosswhite · pm 24 · Laughing Lady · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · “Through a Glass Darkly” · Fairfax Downey · pm 24 · Thirty Days After Date... · G. B. Walton · pm 26 · Logging Fool [Part 5 of 5] · Robert E. Pinkerton · sl; illus. Saul Tepper 57 · Golden Wedding · Ann Vandenberg Dunshie · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 80 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photo & autobio sketch of Virginia Black)
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 # 8, August 19, 1939] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) [Mark Owings] 5 · Double for Death [Part 1 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 8 · Freight Trains on Our Highways · Magner White · ar 10 · Billy and You · Herbert M. Alexander · ss; illus. O. F. Schmidt 11 · Spring Over Brooklyn · Zachary Gold · ss; illus. Gilbert Bundy 12 · The Old Crawdad [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 14 · Baseball’s Ugly Duckling-Durable Durocher · Arthur Mann · ar 16 · This Mysterious “They” · Jerome Weidman · ss; illus. William Meade Prince 18 · Heaven or Bust · Raymond Moley · ar 20 · A Salmon for the White House [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown 23 · How Japan Carries On · Hallett Abend · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Mrs. Peachey’s Predicament; or, No Mot Parades · Ogden Nash · pm 24 · Everything in its Place · Arthur Guiterman · pm 24 · Thoughts While Waiting in the Waldorf Lobby · Naomi Shaw · pm 24 · The Football Coach Goes Into Training · Bob De Haven · hu 24 · To a Certain Portrait Painter · Gertrude Ryder Bennett · pm 27 · Escape [Part 7 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 34 · Aunt Betsy · Irene T. Dague · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 84 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photo & autobio sketch of Hallett Abend)
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 # 9, August 26, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Charles E. Kerlee) [Mark Owings] 5 · Boss on the Spot · Jack Alexander · ar; (about Enoch Johnson) 8 · A Good Night’s Work · Joel Sayre · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 10 · Where Anything Can Happen · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar 12 · Times Have Changed · Ben Ames Williams · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 14 · The Big Stick · John Jennings · ss; illus. Matt Clark 16 · Hop Man’s Daughter · Charles Alexander · ss; illus. Earle B. Winslow 18 · Double for Death [Part 2 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 20 · “There’s One Issue-It’s Myself” · Raymond Moley · ar 23 · Nazi Germany’s First Colony · Demaree Bess · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Wishful Thinking · G. W. · hu 24 · Ladies’ Doubles · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Unfair Competition · Dick Kardel · pm 24 · Thankful · W. E. Farbstein · pm 24 · Reflection Upon Viewing the Most Extravagant, the Most Awe-Inspiring, the Most Stupendous Show on Earth · Naomi Shaw · pm 27 · Escape [Part 8 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 38 · Call of Far Places · Louis J. Sanker · pm 60 · To the New Owner · Lucile Hargrove Reynolds · pm 76 · Some Other Time · Eleanor Graham · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #10, September 2, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) [Mark Owings] 5 · Communist Wreckers in American Labor · Benjamin Stolberg · ar 8 · Tribute · Joseph Harrington · ss; illus. Henry Raleigh 10 · Go-Grease Benny Howard · T. Benson Hoy · ar 12 · Sonny Boy [Bingo Little] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; illus. James Williamson 14 · Long Duel · Robert Murphy · ss; illus. Edward Shenton 16 · Double for Death [Part 3 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 18 · Tenor on Horseback · Alva Johnston · ar; (about Gene Autry) 20 · Reply Requested · Margaret Lee Runbeck · ss; illus. John H. Grosman 23 · “Peeling John Bull’s Skin” · Edgar Snow · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · The Secret Song of the Put-Put · Genevieve Taggard · pm 24 · Benighted · W. E. Farbstein · pm 24 · Washington Papers, Please Copy! · Phil Stack · pm 24 · Davis-Cup Dirge for ’39 · P. S. · pm 24 · The Guy Ahead of Me · Hannibal Coons · pm 24 · Deep Sorrow · G. B. Walton · pm 24 · Thoughts While Reading a Mystery Story · Norman Ingersoll · hu 27 · Escape [Part 9 of 9] · Ethel Vance · sl; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 28 · Ant Time · John Gould Fletcher · pm 30 · Penny-a Day Hospital · Claire & George Sessions Perry · ar; (about Flint-Goodridge in New Orleans) 50 · Of Foxes · B. Y. Williams · pm 52 · Transition · Edith Cherrington · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 80 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photos and autobio sketches of Robert Murphy and T. Benson Hoy)
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #11, September 9, 1939] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by McCauley Conner) [Mark Owings] 5 · Behold the Brown-Faced Men [Part 1 of 3] · MacKinlay Kantor · sl; illus. Benton Clark 8 · Peace on the Rails · Garet Garrett · ar 10 · The Scot from Scotland Yard [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 12 · A Dog for a Man · Vereen Bell · ss; illus. Frank G. Hoffman 14 · Plug-Ugly Duckling · Dan Parker · ar; (about Lou Nova, football player) 15 · Imp in the Laboratory · Warner Olivier · ar; (about Robert W. Wood) 16 · Dog! Dog! Bite Pig! · George S. Brooks · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 18 · Candle in the Wind · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illus. Henry Raleigh 20 · Double for Death [Part 4 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 22 · Flirting with War · Raymond Moley · ar 25 · “Poker-Playing, Whisky-Drinking, Evil Old Man” · Marquis James · ar; (about John Nance Garner); illus. Herbert Johnson 26 · Sauce for the Gander · W. E. Farbstein · pm 26 · Politician · Elizabeth Fowler Draper · pm 26 · Unnecessary Human · Hannibal Coons · pm 26 · Turn About · Thomas M. Duffy · hu 26 · In Explanation · E. B. Crosswhite · hu 26 · Band Arrangement · Laurence McKinney · pm 26 · Brother, You Can Have It · Edith Frisbie · pm 38 · Watchman, What of the Night? · Joseph Auslander · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 96 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl; (photo & autobio sketch of Vereen Bell
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #12, September 16, 1939] (5¢, 100pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) [Mark Owings] 5 · Merchandising Miracles - Sheridan Downey and the Pension Business · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar 8 · Danger in Jade · Burnham Carter · ss; illus. Benton Clark 10 · Don’t Sell It, Mr. Rumbin [Mr. Rumbin] · Booth Tarkington · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 12 · A Portrait of F.D.R. · Raymond Moley · ar 13 · Faster Than a Bullet · H. Lloyd Child · ar; (about aviation) 14 · The Soldiers’ Peaches · Stuart Cloete · ss; illus. F. R. Gruger 16 · This Is Our Daughter · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illus. Gilbert Bundy 18 · Come One, Come All · Anonymous · ar; illus. Angelo & Salvatore Pinto 20 · Behold the Brown-Faced Men [Part 2 of 3] · MacKinlay Kantor · sl; illus. Benton Clark 23 · The Nemesis Nobody Knows · Marquis W. Childs · ar; (about Elmer Irey); illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Football Prospects · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Found in a Discarded Book on the Calculus · N. B. · pm 24 · Good Times Are Insured If All Under 50 Retire · W. E. Farbstein · hu 24 · Song of a Successful Secretary · Elizabeth Ann Christman · pm 27 · Double for Death [Part 5 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 93 · Love Knot · Martha Keller · pm 98 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #13, September 23, 1939] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Crosby DeMoss) [Mark Owings] 5 · Pigskin Preview of 1939 · Francis Wallace · ar 8 · Variation on a Theme [Delage and Delano] · Paul Gallico · ss; sequel to “Tell Me a Love Story” in the May 27 issue.; illus. Ritchie Cooper 10 · Funny Man · J. Bryan, III · ar; (about Robert Benchley) 12 · The Big Ones Get Away [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 14 · One to Make a Bargain · Garet Garrett · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 16 · Double for Death [Part 6 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 18 · Henry and the Golden Mine · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; (uncollected fantasy); illus. Tom Lea 20 · Swing Your Partner, Hector! · Sigman Byrd · ss; illus. Floyd Davis 23 · The Yanks Are Coming - Back · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Home from the Range · Richard Armour · pm 24 · Woodman, Spare That Timber! · G. A. Aman · pm 24 · Theme Song for a Songwriters’ Union · Al Graham · pm 24 · Saga of One Raucous Voice · Winston Howard · pm 26 · Behold the Brown-Faced Men [Part 3 of 3] · MacKinlay Kantor · sl; illus. Benton Clark 37 · Fiddler by Lamplight · Irene Carlisle · pm 97 · Incident to Progress · Baron Ireland · pm 102 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #14, September 30, 1939] (5¢, 92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Monte Crews) [Mark Owings] 5 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 1 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illus. Henry Raleigh 8 · When Stalin Counterfeited Dollars · W. G. Krivitsky · ar 10 · Crazy with the Heat [Uncle Pete] · R. Ross Annett · ss; illus. Amos Sewell 12 · A Wife for Mr. Meecham · David Lamson · ss; illus. Harold Von Schmidt 14 · Between Two Flags · Magner White · ar 16 · The Rose · Louise Kennedy Mabie · ss; illus. John La Gatta 18 · The Crosley Touch—and Go! · Forrest Davis · ar; (about Powel Crosley) 20 · Now in October · Holmes Alexander · ss; illus. O. F. Schmidt 23 · Country Storekeeper · Jesse Rainsford Sprague · ar 24 · Lines on Signing a Lease · W. W. Watt · pm 24 · Paris on the Wire · Walter H. Schmidt · pm 24 · For Inventors, as 1940 Nears · Geraldine Ross · pm 24 · Valedictory · Mary Ward · pm 24 · Conclusive Evidence · Dow Richardson · pm 26 · Double for Death [Part 7 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illus. John Gannam 78 · River Song · Jessie Scott · pm 90 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 92 · Keeping Posted · Misc. · cl _ · The Little Darling · Hildegarde Walls Johsnon · pm; about Little Lulu, with a four-panel illustration and response by Marge.
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #15, October 7, 1939] (5¢, 108pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ivan Dmitri) [Mark Owings] 5 · Back with Her Mother [Part 1 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl; illus. John La Gatta 8 · Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean · Fletcher Pratt · ar; (about the US Navy) 10 · This Business Needs a Fool · Joel Sayre · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 12 · The Turf and the Dirt · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illus. Saul Tepper 14 · Way Down West in Florida · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar 16 · Country Practice · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illus. Ritchie Cooper 18 · Willow Joe and the Scarlett Wonder · Ben Lucien Burman · ss; illus. Amos Sewell 20 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 2 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl Seattle Times ict 7 ’39; illus. Henry Raleigh 23 · I Think I’ll Sit This One Out · Milton S. Mayer · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Humblesse Oblige · Phyllis McGinley · pm 24 · Twinkle. Twinkle · W. E. Farbstein · pm 24 · Rude Awakening · Sid Sullivan · pm 24 · The Home Run · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Song (With Silver Lining) of an Addict of the Ads · Ethel Jacobson · pm 26 · Pass! Pass! Pass ! · L. R. (Dutch) Meyer & Amos Melton · ar 32 · Funny Man · J. Bryan, III · ar; illus. Gluyas Williams 35 · The Wishing Star · Edna Hamilton · pm 46 · A Small Boy’s Prayer · Clara Tone · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #16, October 14, 1939] (5¢, 160pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by H. Wilson Smith) [Mark Owings] 5 · Stalin Over Europe · Demaree Bess · ar 6 · The Money Pit · Parker Morell · ar; (Novia Scotia) 8 · Blowing East [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illus. James Williamson 10 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss; illus. Hy Rubin 12 · “It Was All Right When I Brought It In” · P. F. Scally · ar; illus. George Shanks 14 · I Am the Clay · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illus. Charles La Salle 16 · I’m Always on the Spot · William H. Friesell & Robert H. Reed · ar; (football) 18 · The Bird That’s Not on Nellie’s Hat · Hermann B. Deutsch · ar; illus. Ivan Dmitri 20 · Hi-Yo, Silver! · J. Bryan, III · ar; (Lone Ranger radio program) 22 · The Venus Mugwump · Herbert Ravenel Sass · ss; illus. Stevan Dohanos 24 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 3 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illus. Henry Raleigh 26 · Two-Gun Slappey Rides Again [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illus. George Brehm 28 · Back with Her Mother [Part 2 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl; illus. John La Gatta 31 · How to Be Neutral · Demaree Bess · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 32 · Whodunit · Richard Adamson · ss 32 · Sportsmanship First · Parke Cummings · hu 32 · Righting a Wrong · W. E. Farbstein · pm 32 · All Our Yesterdays · Martin Gleason · pm 32 · Feminine Urge · M. L. · pm 34 · —And Iron Men · Allan R. Bosworth · ss; illus. Courtney Allen 41 · The Buck of Skookumpuss Peak · Chester Chatfield · ar 50 · Lay-By Time · Hope Fair Fielding · pm 70 · Stars and the Land · Grace Bailey Beacham · pm 108 · Crows · Keith Thomas · pm 142 · Grave in Vermont · M. Hopkins · pm 158 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct
The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #17, October 21, 1939] (5¢, 108pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by A. F. Sozio) [Mark Owings] 5 · Old Man in a Hurry—Winston Churchill · Vincent Sheehan · ar 8 · The Preacher Learns to Pray · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss; illus. John W. Thomason, Jr. 10 · Half a Ship · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 12 · Beef Comes from the Hills · Donald Hough · ar 14 · Clothes Make the Man · Nunnally Johnson · ss; illus. E. F. Ward 16 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 4 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illus. Henry Raleigh 18 · The Lady and the Guinea Hen · M. G. Chute · ss; illus. Matt Clark 20 · The Foot’s Back in Football · Franny Murray & Leo Riordan · ar 23 · The Woman from Croatia · Louis Adamic · ar; illus. Herbert Johnson 24 · Self-Kidders · G. B. Walton · pm 24 · The Millennium · Scott Corbett · fa 24 · Letters to a Bride and Groom, or, The ABC of Conjugal Content · Berton Braley · pm 26 · Back with Her Mother [Part 3 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl; illus. John La Gatta 33 · “CLook of Eagles"—The Flight to Galway Bay · William Rose Benét · pm; illus. Clayton Knight 85 · Conclusion of a Serial · Kathleen Sutton · pm 104 · Indian Summer · Peggy Simson · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

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