September 1, 1947

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September 1, 1947

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TWO CAME BACK
Fiction

TWO CAME BACK

By W. G. HARDY24 min
Uncle Sam’s Iron Curtain
General Articles

Uncle Sam’s Iron Curtain

By BLAIR FRASER17 min
WILD GESTURE
Fiction

WILD GESTURE

By ELEANOR COATES16 min
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Fiction

TWO CAME BACK

Here is the story of a strange reunion, a story as fresh and disturbing as tomorrow’s news from Europe By W. G. HARDY24 min
Uncle Sam’s Iron Curtain 67
General Articles

Uncle Sam’s Iron Curtain

Atom research is crippled while the U.S. holds its secrets like grim death. But it might mean grim death to let go By BLAIR FRASER17 min
WILD GESTURE 1011
Fiction

WILD GESTURE

There are no sure things in horse racing or in love, when a girl holds the stakes By ELEANOR COATES16 min
MIKE’S PARADISE 1213
General Articles

MIKE’S PARADISE

Under Archangel Verigin, the Doukhobor "wife-sharing” colony at Hillier, B. C, is out to create heaven on earth By CLYDE GILMOUR16 min
Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hulls 1819
General Articles

Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hulls

Cap'n McQueen laughs at Lake Erie’s sunken treasure — and turns rusty hulks into gold By M. W. BOWMAN, GRATTON GRAY15 min
Are the Yanks Invading Canada? 1819
General Articles

Are the Yanks Invading Canada?

We’re nobody’s colony, says this Canadian editor. But let’s not try to stand alone — as Belgium did in 1939. By GEORGE FERGUSON15 min
BIG-CITY SAFETY VALVE 89
General Articles

BIG-CITY SAFETY VALVE

Vancouver people rave about Stanley Park. They also fight over it, and make love, bury stolen loot, and die in it By PIERRE BERTON14 min
Men Are Right About Make-up 1213
General Articles

Men Are Right About Make-up

They sneer at paint eaters, tooth daubers and eyebrow pluckers—and they’ve got a point By MARY FRANCES13 min
DIRTY WORKER 2021
General Articles

DIRTY WORKER

BENEATH the good Canadian soil, that rich earth with its flourishing crops, its vineyards and its market gardens, there toils unseen and unacclaimed a farmer who has never hitched on overalls or ridden a tractor—the earthworm. He doesn’t ask for a share in the glory of the West, nor is the deaf, blind creature aware of his essential part in the scheme of things. By A. C. ANDERSON12 min
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INDIA TAKES THE PLUNGE

Take B.C. and the Maritimes, forge them into a new country called Pakistan, and you’ve got an idea of what india faces By DOON CAMPBELL11 min
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