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The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #10, September 2, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Communist Wreckers in American Labor · Benjamin Stolberg · ar 8 · Tribute · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 10 · Go-Grease Benny Howard · T. Benson Hoy · ar 12 · Sonny Boy [Bingo Little] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 14 · Long Duel · Robert Murphy · ss; illustrated by Edward Shenton 16 · Double for Death [Part 3 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by John Gannam 18 · Tenor on Horseback · Alva Johnston · ar; about Gene Autry. 20 · Reply Requested · Margaret Lee Runbeck · ss; illustrated by John H. Grosman 23 · “Peeling John Bull’s Skin” · Edgar Snow · ar; illustrated by 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; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Behold the Brown-Faced Men [Part 1 of 3] · MacKinlay Kantor · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 8 · Peace on the Rails · Garet Garrett · ar 10 · The Scot from Scotland Yard [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 12 · A Dog for a Man · Vereen Bell · ss; illustrated by Frank B. 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; illustrated by E. F. Ward 18 · Candle in the Wind · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 20 · Double for Death [Part 4 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by John Gannam 22 · Flirting with War · Raymond Moley · ar 25 · “Poker-Playing, Whisky-Drinking, Evil Old Man” · Marquis James · ar; about John Nance Garner.; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Merchandising Miracles - Sheridan Downey and the Pension Business · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar 8 · Danger in Jade · Burnham Carter · ss; illustrated by Benton Clark 10 · Don’t Sell It, Mr. Rumbin [Mr. Rumbin] · Booth Tarkington · ss; illustrated by 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; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 16 · This Is Our Daughter · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy 18 · Come One, Come All · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Angelo & Salvatore Pinto 20 · Behold the Brown-Faced Men [Part 2 of 3] · MacKinlay Kantor · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 23 · The Nemesis Nobody Knows · Marquis W. Childs · ar; about Elmer Irey.; illustrated by 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; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by 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.; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 10 · Funny Man · J. Bryan, III · ar; about Robert Benchley. 12 · The Big Ones Get Away [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 14 · One to Make a Bargain · Garet Garrett · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 16 · Double for Death [Part 6 of 7; Tecumseh Fox] · Rex Stout · sl; illustrated by John Gannam 18 · Henry and the Golden Mine · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; uncollected fantasy.; illustrated by Tom Lea 20 · Swing Your Partner, Hector! · Sigman Byrd · ss; illustrated by Floyd Davis 23 · The Yanks Are Coming - Back · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar; illustrated by 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; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 1 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 8 · When Stalin Counterfeited Dollars · W. G. Krivitsky · ar 10 · Crazy with the Heat [Uncle Pete] · R. Ross Annett · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 12 · A Wife for Mr. Meecham · David Lamson · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 14 · Between Two Flags · Magner White · ar 16 · The Rose · Louise Kennedy Mabie · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 18 · The Crosley Touch—and Go! · Forrest Davis · ar; about Powel Crosley. 20 · Now in October · Holmes Alexander · ss; illustrated by 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; illustrated by John Gannam 78 · River Song · Jessie Scott · pm 90 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 92 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl _ · The Little Darling · Hildegarde Walls Johnson · 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) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Back with Her Mother [Part 1 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl; illustrated by 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; illustrated by E. F. Ward 12 · The Turf and the Dirt · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Saul Tepper 14 · Way Down West in Florida · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ar 16 · Country Practice · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 18 · Willow Joe and the Scarlett Wonder · Ben Lucien Burman · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 20 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 2 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 23 · I Think I’ll Sit This One Out · Milton S. Mayer · ar; illustrated by 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; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by 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; illustrated by James Williamson 10 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin 12 · “It Was All Right When I Brought It In” · P. F. Scally · ar; illustrated by George Shanks 14 · I Am the Clay · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by 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; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 20 · Hi-Yo, Silver! · J. Bryan, III · ar; Lone Ranger radio program. 22 · The Venus Mugwump · Herbert Ravenel Sass · ss; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 24 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 3 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 26 · Two-Gun Slappey Rides Again [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 28 · Back with Her Mother [Part 2 of 3] · Agnes Burke Hale · sl; illustrated by John La Gatta 31 · How to Be Neutral · Demaree Bess · ar; illustrated by 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 · Marian Gleason · pm 32 · Feminine Urge · M. L. · pm 34 · —And Iron Men · Allan R. Bosworth · ss; illustrated by 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) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Old Man in a Hurry—Winston Churchill · Vincent Sheean · ar 8 · The Preacher Learns to Pray · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss; illustrated by John W. Thomason, Jr. 10 · Half a Ship · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 12 · Beef Comes from the Hills · Donald Hough · ar 14 · Clothes Make the Man · Nunnally Johnson · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 16 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 4 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 18 · The Lady and the Guinea Hen · M. G. Chute · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark 20 · The Foot’s Back in Football · Franny Murray & Leo Riordan · ar 23 · The Woman from Croatia · Louis Adamic · ar; illustrated by 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; illustrated by John La Gatta 33 · “CLook of Eagles”—The Flight to Galway Bay · William Rose Benét · pm; illustrated by Clayton Knight 85 · Conclusion of a Serial · Kathleen Sutton · pm 104 · Indian Summer · Peggy Simson · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #18, October 28, 1939] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Douglass Crockwell) “Keeping Posted” says that Alec Hudson is really a Lt. Holmes, no first name given. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Battle Stations! [Part 1 of 2] · Alec Hudson · na; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 8 · We Must Keep Out · Herbert Hoover · ar 10 · Miss Useless and the Underworld · Almet Jenks · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 12 · Bramley Is So Bracing [Bingo Little; Freddie Widgeon] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 14 · Test Case at Pitt—The Facts About College Football · Francis Wallace · ar 16 · Give Me Allies to Fight · Lloyd C. Griscom · ar 18 · Daniel Webster and the Ides of March · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell 20 · To Melody · Norma Bicknell Mansfield · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 23 · The Malignant Morrison · Grantland Rice · ar; about golf. 24 · I Had No Idea It Was So Late · Ogden Nash · pm 24 · Coach Breaks Training · Bruce Dennis · hu 24 · Dear Teacher · W. W. Watt · pm 24 · Modern Mother Machree · W. E. Farbstein · pm 26 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 5 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 76 · Hag-Hollerin’ Time · Katherine Simons · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #19, November 4, 1939] (5¢, 108pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 1 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 8 · A Choice of Ties · Zachary Gold · ss; illustrated by John H. Crosman 10 · Glory Hole · Harold Channing Wire · ss; illustrated by Denman Fink 12 · The Great Red Father · W. G. Krivitsky · ar 14 · Hand Upon the Waters [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss; illustrated by Floyd Davis 16 · Battle Stations! [Part 2 of 2] · Alec Hudson · na; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 18 · Horse Talk · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 20 · The Football Laboratory Explodes · Francis Wallace · ar 23 · If You Must Borrow— · Lowell Brentano · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · “The Object of My Affections” · Cyril B. Egan · pm 24 · Man’s a Hardy Creature · Al Graham · pm 24 · From Son to Father, Boston Style · Hayden S. Pearson · hu 24 · Questions Without Answers · Parke Cummings · hu 27 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 6 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 33 · Sketches by an “Athenian” · Charles Wharton Stork · pm 76 · Persimmon Beer · Hope Fair Fielding · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 108 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo and autobio sketch of Harold Channing Wire.

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #20, November 11, 1939] (5¢, 116pp, cover by Ivan Dmitri) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Out of Gas [Part 1 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl; must be the source for the film The Tuttles of Tahiti.; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 8 · What Good Are Endowments? · Robert Maynard Hutchins · ar 10 · There He Blows! [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 12 · The Crusaders · James Street · ss; illustrated by Charles La Salle 14 · Remember Galileo [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · nv; illustrated by E. F. Ward 16 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 2 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 18 · A Ball Game for Delia · Ben Peter Freeman · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark 20 · Don’t Ask Questions [Part 7 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 22 · “The Institute Will Be Heard from Today” · Anon. · ar; about Va Military Institute.; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 25 · Let the Neutral Beware · Lloyd C. Griscom · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 26 · Give the Countersign! · Berton Braley · pm 26 · We Yield, Too · T. C. C. · ar; evidently genuine discussion from the Congressional Record. 28 · The Permanent A.E.F. · Bernhard Ragner · ar 32 · Behind the Front Lines · Dragoman · ar 73 · Return of the Piper · Joseph Auslander · pm 75 · Country Night · Gladys McKee · pm 114 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct