The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, September [Sept.] 2, 1944 - Mitchell Bomber's Incredible Ride Home Vol. 217, No. 10

USA: The Curtis Publishing Company. Good. 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Great cover illustration of yellow country school bus by Stevan Dohanos; Lt. Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee - Batting for Eisenhower - photo illustrated article; Cleanup on the Wabash - How Terra Haute, Indiana rallied behind businessman Mayor Vernon R. McMillan to regain its long-lost self-respect; Our Incredible Ride Home - Capt. Robert B. Hotz describes the dramatic return to base of his Mitchell bomber after it blasted a railway bridge in Indo-China - with photo of pilot Jesse Weber in hospital; Main Street Moves to Amirabad - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the American suburb constructed in Iran by the Persogulf Command will probably surprise younger readers; The Church Solves a Problem - This Baltimore plan proves that most lonely servicemen and defense workers put up with honky-tonks and 'victory girls' only if there is nothing else to do; They Want to Save Capitalism - They Say! - Businessmen wonder what the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has in store for them; Long Pants for Australia - Wartime industrialization has brought plans to become a world power; Hollywood's Magnificent Mug - William Bendix. Short Stories: The Splendid Outcase; Horatio at the Bridge; Mr. Tutt Corners a Fox; back to the Beach; 12:20 P.M. (part 2 of 7); remembered Death (conclusion). Fabulous color-illustrated White Truck ad entitled "20-Million Rubber Trees for Los Angeles". Excellent one-page color-illustrated Chris-Craft ad shows a speeding 26-ft. Super Deluxe Cruiser. Nice one-page color-illustrated Webster Cigars ad shows military officers enjoying a high-brow musical performance. Nice color one-page ad for Lane Cedar Hope Chests shows yearning maiden thinking of romance. 104 pages. Campbell's Soup ad clipped from page 31 has removed illustration from the Agatha Christie serial beginning on page 32. Unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy.; Cover Illustration; Folio .