WHEN William Lyon Mackenzie King resigns and Louis S. St. Laurent is sworn in as his successor, Canadians will have a Prime Minister they hardly know. Two thirds of us can’t pronounce his name (Sahn-Lorahn is about as near as English spelling will get to it).By BLAIR FRASER20 min
FOOTBALL, a form of autumnal violence in which grown men in short pants pummel each other legally, reaches its giddy climax in less than three months when 20,000 people will pay $30,000 to watch the best team in Western Canada exchange bruises with the best team in Eastern Canada for the national championship.By TRENT FRAYNE14 min
The air lift feeds Berlin but proves nothing. Our diplomats’ mistakes made the city a futile symbol. Now a fateful decision lies before usBy L. S. B. SHAPIRO13 min
Silent noise can be used to age whisky, pasteurize milk, kill rats, disperse fog, mix paints — maybe even detect and cure cancerBy GEORGE H. WALTZ11 min
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