September 15, 1948

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September 15, 1948

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Palace of Sweets
Fiction

Palace of Sweets

By GORDON M. HILLMAN23 min
Why Innocent Men Go to Jail
General Articles

Why Innocent Men Go to Jail

By SIDNEY KATZ20 min
WHERE DOES ST. LAURENT STAND?
General Articles

WHERE DOES ST. LAURENT STAND?

By BLAIR FRASER20 min
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Fiction

Palace of Sweets

The mayor put on his claw-hammer and high dicer, the band struck up "Annie Rooney” and the party for Mrs. Sarkas began By GORDON M. HILLMAN23 min
Why Innocent Men Go to Jail 1213
General Articles

Why Innocent Men Go to Jail

Innocent men have been jailed because they couldn't afford a lawyer.The remedy: legal aid bureaus to underwrite justice for all By SIDNEY KATZ20 min
WHERE DOES ST. LAURENT STAND? 67
General Articles

WHERE DOES ST. LAURENT STAND?

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
THE LONG YEARS 1819
It Couldn’t Of Been Babe Ruth

THE LONG YEARS

A light still burns in a low stone hut on Mars—and four strange figures tend a fire, for reasons they cannot know By ROY BRADBURY18 min
DAN Mcgrew DIED HERE 89
General Articles

DAN Mcgrew DIED HERE

Dawson, which saw strange sights under the northern lights, now dozes on the Yukon, hoping the wildest boom of all will return By PIERRE BERTON17 min
The First Lady 89
General Articles

The First Lady

When Jeanne Renault met quiet Louis St. Laurent it was love at first sight. When Ottawa called him away, she wept By EVA-LIS WUORIO15 min
Bomber From Over The Border 2021
General Articles

Bomber From Over The Border

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
WE TRAPPED OURSELVES IN BERLIN 1213
General Articles

WE TRAPPED OURSELVES IN BERLIN

The air lift feeds Berlin but proves nothing. Our diplomats’ mistakes made the city a futile symbol. Now a fateful decision lies before us By L. S. B. SHAPIRO13 min
FLYING RANCHER 1617
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FLYING RANCHER

The old-time cattleman has been replaced by men like George Ross—who uses a cockpit instead of a saddle By W. O. MITCHELL12 min
Sounds You Can’t Hear 2223
General Articles

Sounds You Can’t Hear

Silent noise can be used to age whisky, pasteurize milk, kill rats, disperse fog, mix paints — maybe even detect and cure cancer By GEORGE H. WALTZ11 min
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