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The article focuses on the "National Herald," the only English-language paper published in China by Bruno Shaw. It is currently published in flat-bed presses and set up on linotype machines. According to Shaw, the paper was previously handset by Chinese compositors who could not read English. He was caught in the middle of the dispute when British advertisers withdrew their advertisements on the grounds that he was a communist while Chinese communists shut his paper down because he was with the British imperialists.

The article focuses on the move done by an instructor in an Eastern college in the U.S., to trap the students who stole copies of his test paper. He was victimized by an errand that led to the loss of the test paper. He decided to shorten the length of the remaining test papers to catch the cheaters.

The article reflects on the U.S. State Department's White Paper on China. The author points out that the paper justified the Soviet Union's entrance in the Pacific War as a result of military necessity. Russia entered the war against Japan in order to contain Japanese forces in Manchuria and prevent their transfer to the Japanese homeland.

The author discusses the status of the press and the government in Great Britain. He mentioned the problems that surround the press, like the press monopolies and secret ownership. However, the Royal Commission claimed that there is no such activities in the press as a whole or in newspapers. He noted that these controversies are only up to the people who buy the papers and read them or who will not buy at all. He added that it is the people's affair who composes and publishes the papers.

The article presents a discussion about a dog that delivers papers. The dog's name is Rex, and is owned by a farmer named J. R. Myers. However, in a larger sense, since the dog delivers papers and goes to different places, he is virtually owned by a lot of people, which includes those he serves, the flagmen, conductors, brakemen and engineers.

The article discusses the healing experience going outdoors and digging in the dirt provide. It details how lowly soil bacteria called Mycobacterium can ease depression and speed learning, citing a paper by Dr. Chris Lowry, lead author from England's Bristol University, in which he recounts learning how the body communicates with the brain and the importance of a healthy immune system in maintaining mental health.

The article lists lesser-known functions of tablet computers, including using the tablets' high-resolution cameras and mobile apps such as Scanner Pro by Readdle to scan and digitize paper documents, using free radio mobile apps such as iHeartRadio to use tablets as alarm clocks, and using stylus pens and mobile apps such as Evernote to make lists and keep notes.

Provides do-it-yourself tips for repairing and maintaining kitchen flooring. Installing solid-sheet vinyl directly over a scarred floor without presurfacing; Self-adhesive backing of vinyl tiles and prefinished wood-flooring squares; Resilience of sheet flooring; Trim 'N Fit's paper template of the kitchen floor; Popularity of ceramic tile as kitchen-flooring material.

Features several television commercial endorsers in the U.S. Actress Nancy Walker for Bounty Paper Towels; Character actor and Emmy award nominee Norman Fell for American Express Card; Actress Margaret Hamilton for Maxwell House Coffee.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making holders for place cards, table numbers, or other papers out of Mason jars and vintage forks.

Th article offers step-by-step instruction on creating wall art out of cardboard toilet paper tubes.

The article presents gift recommendations for products manufactured in the United States, including toys made from recycled milk containers by Green Toys and electronic mobile device stands by CelJel.

The article discusses the career challenges faced by the author when he was assigned as a deskbound supply officer of the U.S. Army as part of its reorganization during World War II. He narrates work complications involved in the supply end of the military, including the paper work which he considers as the most challenging. He recalls how this promotion nearly ruined his career.

The article focuses on salvaging rubber, metal and rags and its relation to the U.S. government's war aid program. Junk collectors and dealers are not profiting from the government's drive for waste materials as oppose to popular opinion. The junk market recognizes 75 different grades of scrap iron and steel, 50 kinds of nonferrous scrap metals and 50 kinds of waste paper. Wartime salvage has introduced new methods of junk collection as some communities utilize garbage trucks, designating certain days for collecting junk.

The author reflects on the economic depression in the U.S. which started on 1929. He said that the country has greatly affected by rapid declines in the production and sale of goods and severe rise in unemployment. What happened in 1929 and its succeeding years was a stock market panic, with a collapse of paper values and profits. Moreover, he stressed that the depression has produced lasting effects in the country that are still apparent more than half a century after it ended.

The article offers significant information related to baseball. It was stated that sometimes, the pitcher gets the benefits of special rules applying to him. The paper provides a special case of a baseball game in which the umpire is about to make a decision that would have a great impact on the game.

The article focuses on a discussion on U.S. policy toward China held in October 1949. The Department of State has acknowledged Red China on its White Paper. According to Lawrence K. Rosinger of the Institute of Pacific Relations, there is a stake to be won in considering China's public opinion. The experts can be excused for taking little consideration of the public opinion of the U.S. because it was not included in the department's agenda.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles published in previous issues. Comments on a paper on Junior Engineering Technical Society; Information about Mentor Graham, the man who taught former U.S. President, late Abraham Lincoln; Problems related to labor wages in Michigan.

This article presents information on the President of the U.S., who took the lead in demanding that an imperious queen of Hawaii should be restored to her throne. He denounced the American-supported revolution which ousted her and said that the United States forces engaged in "a lawless occupation," of the capital "under false pretexts." President Grover Cleveland objected to the dethroning of Queen Liliuokalani, last monarch of Hawaii, in 1893, by armed revolutionists led by planters of American birth or extraction. The United States flag was raised, and Hawaii was declared a protectorate. The outgoing Republican President, Benjamin Harrison, quickly signed annexation papers.

Presents the poem "Nothing Like a Walk," by Scott Corbett. First Line: “All ready for a big dinner, Edgar?” Last Line: the paper.”

Focuses on the lives of those people who have tasted the honors and basked in the spotlight of official and social Washington D.C. Assertion of the author that Washington D.C. is like a fly paper; Excitement of the capital life; Suggestion that many ex-members of the U.S. Congress are eager to return in Washington.

This article presents information about a newly developed pollution control system for automobiles by Charles M. Heinen, assistant chief engineer of Chrysler Corp. called as Cleaner Air Package. This system is designed and developed for decreasing exhaust pollutants by means of a few relatively minor modifications in the automobile engine itself. The system is claimed to be helpful in solving the long concerned problem of automobile-caused smog. A former member of the U.S. surgeon general's advisory committee on air pollution, an adviser to the Southern California Air Pollution Foundation and the author of many papers on the subject for the Society of Automotive Engineers, Heinen knows as much about air pollution as anyone in Detroit, Michigan.

This article presents information about the life of Charles M. Schulz, the creator of famous comic strip "Peanuts." Peanuts brings Schulz worldly rewards of about $250,000 a year. The cartoon has appeared in 18 floppy paper-backed volumes which have so far sold 3 million copies. The characters of the "Peanuts" have also populated two hard-cover books. The first, "Happiness Is a Warm Puppy," is nearing one million sales in three languages. The second, "Security Is a Thumb and a Blanker," has sold over 500,000 copies in less than a year. Son of a barber in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Schulz had the initial handicap of being nicknamed "Sparky" at birth. He spent two years in the eighth grade and managed to graduate from high school. The school rejected the cartoons he prepared for its graduation yearbook. He copied some of the characters out of "Popeye" and "Captain Easy" and appended his own ideas to them. To his amazement the school soon offered him a full-time staff job. Schulz has always had two dreams: one to play left field for the San Francisco, California, Giants and the other to make $1,000 a week from a comic strip.

The article focuses on the ruling of the court on the case between a major in one of the British regiments stationed, who apply for a transfer, and with his commanding officer who was stationed in Hong Kong, China. On the day before the major's transfer, there was a parade and review in which the commandant reached the major and found that he was wearing a green paper nose. However, the major admitted that he wore a false nose, and he was acquitted.

The author relates his experience of being successful in the jewelry business in the U.S. It mentions the goal to own a jewelry store which is different from other stores. He began to study trade papers and attend conventions and call on similar stores in other cities to learn about their trade. It cites the efforts to make the jewelry store competitive. The author owns seven successful stores which can be expanded indefinitely.

Several letters to the editor is presented in response to previous articles including, the paper about Butch, the Cover Dog in the June 18,1949 issue, "Ogunquit: Resort Town Down East," by Pete Martin in the June 25,1949 issue and "An Admiral Talks Back to the Airmen," in the June 25,1949 issue.

An introduction to the paper "Who Stole the American Dream?," by Hedrick Smith, published within the issue is presented.

This article presents reader-submitted jokes on topics including when an older person is ready to be placed into a retirement home, the creation of woman from the rib of the first man Adam, and a child so poor that their paper dolls did not even have clothing.

The article presents step-by-step instructions on how to create Halloween decorations that are made with paper bags and flameless tea lights.

The article offers several poems. "What's Your Motivation?" by Eva Segar. First Line: I shopped for clothes; Last Line: I'm thick and tired of it. "Counterpoint" by Doris Markland. First Line: Approaching the checkout, Last Line: "Paper of plastic? I say. "Always Half-Empty" by Dominic Martia. First Line: The Pessimists Convention; Last Line: With an option to extend.

This article lists basic roadside emergency kit that must be stored in vehicles. They include roadside flares, oil, small first aid kit, extra fuses, flashlight, help sign, tire inflator product, pen and paper, rags and a multipurpose tool.

The article presents views of the author on chair awareness among teachers. In my childhood I did not notice what teachers sat on. I was unaware of chair discrimination. No one spoke of it in my presence and local papers said nothing against it. My mother was a teacher, but, brought up in a different era, she never question it. When I began teaching in a junior high school, I accepted the plain, straight-back wooden chair at the desk in my classroom as my lot in life. I regretted its tendency to snag my nylons, but, in a cheerful spirit of resignation, I covered chair's splinters with masking tape and taught English and history from it every day.

Presents a joke about a wife doing a paperhanging project.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of the periodical "The Saturday Evening Post." "The Pumpkin Papers," which focused on the Whittaker Chambers' guilty plea; "A Palestinian Viewpoint," which featured the Palestinians.

Offers tips on exercising creative control over the elements that affect photography. Factor that affects the sensitivity of the film; Ways to focus the camera on the sharpness of photographs; Cardinal rules for making action and motion show in photographs.

Highlights several conclusions on the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Assumption regarding the assassin; Refusal of the Texas authorities to perform the medicolegal investigation and port-mortem examination; Seizure and destruction of the film taken by a medical corpsman by a U.S. Secret Service agent.

The article focuses on the account of a pilgrimage by Major John H. Lay in search for the French people who sheltered his brother Lieutenant Colonel Beirne Lay, Jr. He shares the time he spent inquiring from village to village. When Major Lay describes the reaction of the family to the presents he gave including a box of American chocolates, a pound of tobacco, candy bars, writing papers, and flints.

The article presents the life and works of Alexandra Krastin, post author and artist. Krastin was born in Russia, and experienced first rejection from her family when she was seven years old. Depressed, she wrote a story about a princess and a bag of gold and sent it to a Boston paper. However, the editor declined Krastin's piece. She grew up, started earning a living, and had experienced success in selling apples.

Focuses on the mail sorting strategies employed by the U.S. Navy to encourage officers to read their mail. Ineffectiveness of the arrow pointing strategy; Introduction of the practice of stamping the words that are important and action on papers; Indication of the decline in potency of the use of color in mail sorting.

Presents the poem "For You, Baby," by Ted Ashby. First Line: Come, baby, get into your hiking things. Last Line: Me? I'll just sit here with the Sunday paper.

This article profiles Ben Stahl, an illustrator and photographer. Stahl has a sleepwalking disorder where every night he strips the pictures from their wall and hide them. His wife's dog, Zhondor, kept him from getting up every night. Stahl was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1907 and his brothers used to give him a pencil and a paper where he developed his talent in drawing.

Focuses on a house in Provincetown, Massachusetts owned by author Helen Bishop. Problem with the wallpaper of the house; Disagreement with a painter hired by the author.

Provides information on an experimentation conducted by the U.S. Army Air Forces on the ability of homing pigeons to survive in high altitudes in 1944. Use of the pigeons as message bearers of the U.S. Armed Forces; Release of the pigeons in the altitude with a paper bag; Reason given by an enlisted regarding the ability of the pigeons.

The article presents an anecdote about a mysterious package wrapped in paper and tinfoil and discovered by a merchant seaman walking through his ship's hold. The seaman thought the package contained a small time bomb so he reported it to the commanding officer of his ship. The object was X-rayed but the tests revealed no time mechanism within. The official analysis of the package at an Army arsenal was that the box contained a can of dehydrated corn-beef hash.

The article profiles journalist John Lear. Lear was born in Pennsylvania. He sold "The Saturday Evening Post" as a boy and at eighteen was editing a daily paper. He was writing political news for the Harrisburg Patriot and covered assignments in various parts of the world. While travelling around South America for the Associated Press, he got lost in the Sechura Desert of Peru. He attempted to put his desert experiences into a book.

Presents the poem "Officer's Club," by W. W. Watt. First Line: When, reading the evening paper, Last Line: By dreaming up titles for subsequent members.

Presents the poem "Stranger Across the Restaurant Table," by Ed McAuliffe. First Line: GIVE me pencil, give me paper, Last Line: With a perfect stranger straight across.

The article profiles former heavyweight boxer Sam Langford. During a match, Langford handed his opponent a sealed envelope containing a paper that bears the number of the round in which Langford had accurately predicted a knockout. He had fought a total of twenty matches with boxer Joe Jeanette. The first time Langford was credited as champion was a match with boxer Gunboat Smith.

The article features Violet Richardson Lowe, a contributor to the July 24, 1943 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post." She offers "A Man to Take Hold," the first story she wrote and submitted for publication. Her father was an editor of a country paper in Dallas, Texas. She took a degree in journalism at the University of Texas. The story is about a young printer in the early 1900s.

The article states that some of the patriotic songs in the U.S. were written by nonprofessional musicians and composers. Some patriotic songs were written hurriedly, often in moments of stress and anxiety. From a simple melody, they transformed into a national institution. The country's national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was set to the tune of an old English drinking song by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. America, was likewise written by Dr. Samuel Francis Smith in half an hour on a scrap of paper to the music of the British anthem, God Save the King.