August 15, 1948

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August 15, 1948

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"LET ME OUT OF HERE!”
General Articles

"LET ME OUT OF HERE!”

By GEORGE KISKER11 min
DON’T CALL ME MISTER
Fiction

DON’T CALL ME MISTER

By ARTHUR MAYSE21 min
THE ELEPHANT ON PARADE
General Articles

THE ELEPHANT ON PARADE

By HUGH MACLENNAN20 min
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"LET ME OUT OF HERE!” 1617
General Articles

"LET ME OUT OF HERE!”

Claustrophobia victims can’t stand being shut up in trains, jaili— or even in bed. The reason: forgotten terrors of childhood By GEORGE KISKER11 min
DON’T CALL ME MISTER 1819
Fiction

DON’T CALL ME MISTER

The greenhorn teacher was too clumsy to sling hash so what chance did he have to make the grade as a logger? By ARTHUR MAYSE21 min
THE ELEPHANT ON PARADE 67
General Articles

THE ELEPHANT ON PARADE

No one knows what kind of president Tom Dewey might make. But he has already proved that heat, hoopla and horse trading can’t shake him By HUGH MACLENNAN20 min
"It’s Like This, Lord Beaverbrook —” 1415
BEVERLEY BAXTER'S LONDON LETTER

"It’s Like This, Lord Beaverbrook —”

LORD BEAVERBROOK loves the telephone. At his country house there are telephones on the terrace, telephones in every room, a telephone in the swimming pool, even a telephone in his bathroom. He picks one up and tells his private exchange operator to get through to this or that person.
HERE IS MY HEART 89
Fiction

HERE IS MY HEART

Nothing was important to Kelly— outside engineering. Then he met Catherine, and discovered how wrong a guy can be By JAMES CARVER18 min
Cross Country 1415
General Articles

Cross Country

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND’S doctors, who took a heavy loss of revenue three years ago when the so-called “Cullen” amendment to the prohibition act was passed, suffered a final financial body blow when the Island's residents voted three to one for a proposed new temperance act which will allow them to buy a bottle a week without a doctor’s prescription.
BIG DOUGH IN BREAD 1011
General Articles

BIG DOUGH IN BREAD

The Story of Garfield Weston, the World’s Largest Baker By MATTHEW HALTON16 min
BACKSTAGE AT OTTAWA 1415
General Articles

BACKSTAGE AT OTTAWA

Silicosis: The Dust Settles By THE MAN WITH A NOTEBOOK6 min
RED HELL ON THE MISSISSAGI 1213
General Articles

RED HELL ON THE MISSISSAGI

Even the fleet-footed deer stands hypnotized when fire stalks the forest, leaping half-mile lakes and exploding trees like bombs By BRUCE McLEOD15 min
Our Covers Both Torment and Delight 4647
MAILBAG

Our Covers Both Torment and Delight

Your taste of the girl who adorns your front cover is not very complimentary to Canadian femininity. I am an American here in Canada engaged in the exporting business and from my observation you sure have prettier women than you have displayed on your front cover.
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