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The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #30, January 21, 1939] (5¢, 76pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Paul Bransom) “Keeping Posted” says that Iffy the Dopester actually is Malcolm W. Bingay. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Cocktail Reporter · Paul Gallico · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 8 · The Human Yardstick · Williston Rich · ar; about George Gallup. 10 · Subway Fire · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 12 · Baseball’s Bouncing Betsy · Iffy the Dopester (as told to Malcolm W. Bingay) · ar 14 · I Been Too Nice · Price Day · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 16 · Streamlined Heart [Part 3 of 5] · Samson Raphaelson · sl; illustrated by John La Gatta 18 · As I Saw It [Part 6 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 20 · The Man Who Was Grateful · David Lamson · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 23 · “Pilots, Man Your Planes” · Lt. Stephen Jurika, Jr. · ar 24 · A Day to Remember · Scott Corbett · hu 24 · How to Address Dogs · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Fact and Fancy · Claire Aven Thomson · pm 24 · It’s Simile Nauseating · John Broudy · pm 24 · One Hundred Per Cent Flop · W. E. Farbstein · pm 27 · Song of Years [Part 7 of 7] · Bess Streeter Aldrich · sl; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 28 · The Master Architect · Joseph Auslander · pm 58 · Country Auction · Irene Carlisle · pm 74 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #31, January 28, 1939] (5¢, 88pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Walt Otto) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Wickford Point [Part 1 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 8 · Young Ames Fights a Fire [John Ames] · Walter D. Edmonds · ss 10 · Brainstorm Department · J. C. Furnas · ar 12 · Redbeard the Pirate’s Perfect Day · Horatio Winslow · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 14 · “Seconds Out!” · Richard McCann · ar; about boxing. 16 · Plumb Dumb · R. Ross Annett · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 18 · Baldy Bill Takes a Wife [Baldy Bill] · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 20 · As I Saw It [Part 7 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 23 · Uncle Sam’s Children · Robert M. Hutchins · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Friendly Transaction · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Typesetters Have Fun Too · Bruce Dennis · hu 24 · Number, Please · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 24 · Perennial Plaint · Ethel Jacobson · pm 26 · Streamlined Heart [Part 4 of 5] · Samson Raphaelson · sl; illustrated by John La Gatta 36 · The Snowplows · Charles Malam · pm 86 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 88 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; autobio sketch of J.P. Marquand.

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #32, February 4, 1939] (5¢, 76pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Josef Kotula) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · King George Strives to Please · Ben Robertson · ar 8 · Mr. Gallup Has Conniptions [Mr. Gallup] · Norman Reilly Raine · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 10 · “Sugar and Spice—” · Virginia Bird Martin · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 12 · Twice as Cold as Zero [Old Sigurd] · Donald Hough · ss; illustrated. 14 · Sell ’Em Ben Smith · Forrest Davis · ar 16 · Wickford Point [Part 2 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 18 · Dry Season · Brian O’Brien · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague 20 · The Habitant Hokays Winter · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 23 · Books and You · W. Somerset Maugham · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Note found in a Pincushion · Jack Cluett · hu 24 · Ho-Hum · Baron Ireland · pm 24 · The Lawyer Men · Wilfred Funk · pm 27 · Streamlined Heart [Part 5 of 5] · Samson Raphaelson · sl; illustrated by John La Gatta 34 · Farm Mother · John Travers Moore · pm 70 · Three Wishes · Dorothy Moore Thompson · pm 74 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #33, February 11, 1939] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · These, Her Children [Part 1 of 2] · Almet Jenks · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 8 · Not So Free Air · Stanley High · ar; about radio. 10 · I Will Do My Best · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 12 · We Go Fast? · Doug Welch · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 14 · Gabby Likes ’em Hot · Warren Brown · ar; about baseball, Chicago Cubs Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett. 16 · Wickford Point [Part 3 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 18 · Two Pounds Off · Price Day · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 20 · The Message to Hassan Beg · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 23 · Lincoln and Son · Nicholas Murray Butler · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Cupid, Stay Away from My Door · Phyllis McGinley · pm 24 · Noted (Parenthetically) in Passing · Al Graham · pm 24 · The Moocher · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · Liquidation · W. E. Farbstein · pm 24 · Portrait of the Young Woman as an Artist · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 24 · Checking Out · Berton Braley · pm 26 · Mill Talk · Leslie Nelson Jennings · pm; illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher 29 · As I Saw It [Part 8 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 40 · As in the Morning · Gene Shuford · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #34, February 18, 1939] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Hitler Wasn’t Bluffing · S. Paul Johnston · ar 8 · Thomasheen James and the Blind Pension [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss; illustrated by H. J. Mowat 10 · The Hero · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 12 · A Bagful of Emeralds · Joseph Harrington · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 14 · As I Saw It [Part 9 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 16 · Customers’ Wife · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague 18 · Roads West · Lawton Wright · ar 20 · Wickford Point [Part 4 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 23 · Show Lady · Carlie Beach Roney · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Fame: Remarks Anent Same · Thomas Adair · pm 24 · Voluntary Advice · Avery L. Giles · pm 24 · But Life Goes On · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · pm 24 · Popular Writer Takes breakfast · Alan MacDonald · hu 24 · Allergic to Sugar · W. E. Farbstein · pm 24 · Farewell, a Long Farewell to Wheepley Gardens · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 26 · These, Her Children [Part 2 of 2] · Almet Jenks · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 30 · Not Too Hard · Howard Fast · ss; illustrated by Benton Clark 34 · Kettles and Covers · Ann Vandenberg Dunshie · pm 85 · Travel Catalogue · Ethel Jacobson · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #35, February 25, 1939] (5¢, 100pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Arizona [Part 1 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 8 · Crisis · William C. White · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 10 · The Man Who Talked Back · Alva Johnston · ar; about Wendell Wilkie. 12 · Luke Brings Home the Bacon · William Chamberlain · ss; illustrated by Phil Lyford 14 · You Can’t Stop a Guy Like That · Borden Chase · ar 16 · Thank You, Rosie · Dorothy Thomas · ss; illustrated by Charles La Salle 18 · The Pipe Major of Little Sorrowful · Glenn Allan · ss; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 20 · As I Saw It [Part 10 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 23 · Uncle Sam Scares Europe · Demaree Bess · ar; illustrated by Henry Johnson 24 · Everybody Happy · James L. Dilley · hu 24 · Lest You Forget · Dick Kardel · pm 24 · Long Engagement · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · pm 24 · Paean for a Perennial Piece of Paper · Mykia · pm 26 · Wickford Point [Part 5 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 48 · Fifth Reader · Irene Stanley · pm 72 · Cycles · Billy B. Cooper · pm 98 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 100 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Capt. William Chamberlain.

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #36, March 4, 1939] (5¢, 88pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Robert P. Archer) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Lady Astor Interviews Herself · Viscountess Astor · ar 7 · “So Sorry for You” · Hallett Abend · ar; about Japanese espionage.; illustrated by Kemp Starrett 8 · The Way of a Man with a Mermaid [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 10 · Canton Pearls · Sidney Herschel Small · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 12 · “Subtle as a Punch in the Nose” · Stanley Frank · ar; about baseball. 14 · Sweet Is the Flavor of Justice · George Sessions Perry · ss; illustrated by Galbraith 16 · The Girl in the Humbert · Mari Sandoz · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 18 · So Red the Rose · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 20 · Wickford Point [Part 6 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 22 · Arizona [Part 2 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 25 · As I Saw It [Part 11 of 11] · Edith Bolling Wilson · ar 26 · Aren’t We All? · Berton Braley · pm 26 · Advertising Romance · Louis Jamme · hu 26 · Have You Met Them Too? · G. B. Walton · pm 26 · Pax Kitchena · W. E. Farbstein · pm 26 · Give ’Em a Footnote and They’ll Take a Mile! · Scott Corbett · pm 42 · Epitaph to a Black Persian · E. B. Crosswhite · pm 74 · Old Main · Ina Roed Peterson · pm 86 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 88 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Mari Sandoz.

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #37, March 11, 1939] (5¢, 128pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Julius Moessel) “Keeping Posted” notes Werner Kell as a pseudonym for Herbert Kell and Werner Rings. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · He Rose from the Rich [Part 1 of 2] · Jack Alexander · ar; about William Bullitt. 7 · Stamp War · Werner Kell · ar 8 · One Big Happy Family · Patterson McNutt · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 10 · Writing Is Work · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ar; illustrated by Kemp Starrett 12 · Custer’s Cavalry Rescues Uncle Birch · Royce Howes · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 14 · The Cicadas Sang · Stuart Cloete · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 16 · Crank Ship · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 18 · Mrs. Cupid · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 20 · Prairie Boy · E. B. Bail · ar; illustrated by Frank Hoffman 22 · Arizona [Part 3 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 25 · You and Some More Books · W. Somerset Maugham · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 26 · Forward, March! · Phil Stack · pm 26 · One Moment, Please · G. E. Magee · pm 26 · Giveaway · Charles Waranow · pm 26 · Chip Off the Old Black · Parke Cummings · hu 26 · Not-So-Sudden Decision · Evelyne Love Cooper · pm 26 · Dental Doldrums · R. Nossaman · pm 28 · Wickford Point [Part 7 of 7] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 35 · One Rookie They Won’t Forget · Paul O’Neil · ar; about baseball. 36 · Desert Refuge · Marshal South · ar 62 · March · Bessie Marlin Mason · pm 118 · Idle Hands · Esther Houghtaling · pm 126 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #38, March 18, 1939] (5¢, 112pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · False to Any Man [Part 1 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 8 · Jewish Pawns in Power Politics · Demaree Bess · ar 10 · The Beaver Dam [Alexander Botts] · William Hazlett Upson · ss; illustrated by Earle B. Winslow 12 · Labor at the Golden Gate · Garet Garrett · sr 14 · Ring Packer · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss; illustrated by Charles La Salle 16 · Mama and Her First National Bank · Fannie Hurst · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 18 · He Rose from the Rich [Part 2 of 2] · Jack Alexander · ar 20 · One More Round · Don Tracy · ss; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 23 · A New way to Pay Old debts · Lowell Brentano · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · The Vanishing Americanism · Maurice Sagoff · pm 24 · Little Helper · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Tourist Information · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · pm 24 · To Eddie, Personal · Ethel Jacobson · pm 26 · Arizona [Part 4 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 30 · Alter Ego [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 77 · The Old Story · Mary Coles Carrington · pm 110 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #39, March 25, 1939] (5¢, 112pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Tom Whipple, the Acorn, and the Emperor of Russia · Walter D. Edmonds · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 8 · Whose Law and Order? · Garet Garrett · ar 10 · Sweet Talk, True Talk · Sophie Kerr · ss; illustrated by John Polgreen 12 · The Circulating Stone [Old Sigurd] · Donald Hough · ss; illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher 14 · It’s All Done with Mirrors · Parker Morell · ar 16 · The Quassibottomy · T. S. Stribling · ss; illustrated by Phil Lyford 18 · Cats and Kinkers · Anon. · ar; about Ringling Bros. circus.; illustrated by Maxwell Frederic Coplan 20 · Arizona [Part 5 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 22 · False to Any Man [Part 2 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 25 · Small Town Banker · Jesse Rainsford Sprague · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 26 · Detective Story · W. W. Watt · pm 26 · Reactions to Spring · Scott Corbett · hu 26 · Imposing · W. E. Farbstein · pm 26 · And Now It’s Wimples · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 26 · Delayed Peek Into Gift Horse’s Mouth · Alyce Hamilton · pm 26 · Question Before the House · Richard W. Armour · pm 28 · The Estate of Arbutus and Damon Given · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 43 · Mandy Say · Evantha Caldwell · pm 70 · The Night They Burned Shanghai · Robert D. Abrahams · pm 110 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v211 #40, April 1, 1939] (5¢, 108pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Now, Ripley, Please! [Ripley Little] · Booth Tarkington · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy 8 · “Henny Penny” Farmer at the Treasury · Joseph Alsop & Robert Kintner · ar; about Henry Morgenthau. 10 · Photo Finish · Doug Welch · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 12 · Two Eyes, Two Pennies · James Still · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 14 · Horsemen Race to Eat · A. J. Liebling · ar 15 · “They Need Me Something Terrible” · Bob Considine · ar 16 · Musketeer · Herbert Ravenel Sass · ss; illustrated by Edward Shenton 18 · Sitting in the Sunshine · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 20 · False to Any Man [Part 3 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 23 · Thunder Over the Southwest · Flora Warren Seymour · ar 24 · What, No Marjoram? · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · The Speaker of the Evening · Alan MacDonald · hu 24 · Please Lock the Hardware store; or, The Temptation of Oliver Ames · Phyllis McGinley · pm 26 · Arizona [Part 6 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 31 · Matthew 22:39 · George Sessions Perry · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 98 · Advice to Parents · Kathleen Sutton · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct