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FICTION

Murder in Amber

THERE'S A MURDERER ABOARD! COMMENCING A GRIPPING NEW NOVEL OF A MYSTERY THAT TERRORIZED A WHOLE SHIP'S COMPANY By COLVER HARRIS39 min

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WOMEN AND THE HOME

HOME again after the honeymoon! And now there’s a housewarming in the offing, as befits any hospitable young couple. It may take one of several forms, but my advice is to make it a simple affair until you get your hand in at being both housekeeper and hostess. By HELEN G. CAMPBELL9 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

Number One Marksman

Robert George Pickrell, Winnipeg, holds most of the world's revolverand pistol-shooting records By PHILIP A. NOVIKOFF6 min

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FICTION

Donna Laura's Diamond

I HAD persuaded my friend, H. B. Treadgold, to take a holiday away from the vicunas and cheviots of Savile Row and accompany me on a Mediterranean cruise. We were spending a couple of days in Paris on our way back to London, and were breakfasting in our dressing gowns the morning after our arrival when the door of our hotel suite was flung violently open. By VALENTINE WILLIAMS25 min

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FICTION

A Welding Job

The kid had courage but had he brains?— A thrilling story of dirt-track auto racing By RICHARD HOWELLS WATKINS25 min

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Shots and Angles

WAKE UP AND LIVE” is taken from the book of that title—or rather from the title of the book. The story itself doesn't seem to have any literary source; it’s just an ingenious linking up of some of the sounds, songs and personalities that come over the air. By ANN ROSS6 min

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FICTION

All There Was

The love story of a girl who was baffled by success and a man who thought that the road to ambition achieved led to happiness By TIM PRIDGEN23 min

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HUMOR

Parade

AT NOON on Sunday, May 9, Canadian troops took over the Buckingham Palace guard from the Welsh Life Guards. The day was drizzly and grey, but a curious crowd watched the ceremony. The guard solemnly went through the business of marching from box to box, replacing the tall, grey and busbied Welsh sentries with Canadians who, in ordinary service khaki, looked almost diminutive in comparison.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

B.C. Woos the Yukon

"It is unthinkable that 4,000 persons should have the final say"—Premier Pattullo. "The people of the Yukon are outraged"—Dawson protest By CHARLES LUGRIN SHAW12 min

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Brickbats and Bouquets

Would it not be in order for us women to ask gentlemen like Mr. Baxter if they have done all in their power to make the world a safe and sane place into which to bring children? We find many people today enjoying the richest fruits of the earth while contributing little or nothing to their production.

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THE DEFENSE PROBLEM

Defense AND NATIONAL UNITY

MOST CANADIANS agree that Canada’s foreign policy, and consequently its defense policy, should be based upon the following assumptions: (1) The League of Nations, whatever its future possibilities may be, cannot now be relied upon to maintain peace. By E. J. TARR11 min

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Voyage of the Trevessa's Crew

I AM A regular reader of Maclean’s, to which the family subscribe. My interest in the magazine centres chiefly in tales of the sea and ships, particularly authentic tales, when such appear in its pages. The article in issue of March 15 describing the loss of the “Trevisa” revived my recollections of the story.

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Maclean's Editorial

DOMINION DAY

IT IS a popular belief that Canada was the first country within the British Empire to be called a Dominion. The accepted story goes that the original suggestion of “Kingdom” having been found unsatisfactory, one of the Fathers of Confederation, reading his Bible, was struck by the phrase, “Shall have dominion from sea to sea.”