December 6, 1958

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THE TESTING OF JEROME MARTELL

Shivering with cold and fright, Jerome crouched under the bed. His mother was dead; now her murderer hunted him. Could a ten-year-old boy conquer his own fear and find freedom? By HUGH MCLENNAN49 min

Jimmy Hoffa’s plans for a Canadian empire

The much-feared and much-investigated czar of the world's biggest labour union boasts he'll control a quarter of a million key canadian workers in ten years. He rules 40,000 now-from candy stuffers to disk jockeys -and he's reaching for the Seaway and "everything that moves" By Peter C. Newman18 min

Who says forty is too old?

Anybody who thinks it’s time to slow down at two score years should consider this Vancouver golf pro. Since his 40th year he’s won more money at one of the world’s tensest sports than any Canadian in history

WHERE WE STAND IN DEFENSE. No. 3 Could canada stay out of a U. S. war?

We’re inescapably bound to the American chariot, and we’re expected to help pull. Our problem now is how to make the best of it while we still have a chance to talk to the driver By BLAIR FRASER15 min

The happy sequel to Quebec’s great ball-park wedding

On that memorable day in 1939, a multitude watched as 105 couples exchanged vows in Montreal’s ball park. Here is the surprising story of those marriages today — and the lessons they’ve taught a million other couples in a score of lands By Eric Hutton14 min

The ship that wouldn't die

Doomed to a museum after fifty years of stirring Aretic adventures, Bear came back to fight her second war and triumph at another pole. Now eighty, she lies in Halifax harbor, still ready to be recalled to duty By Lawrence Earl14 min

A Teacher speaks up to parents

A Winnipeg schoolteacher who’s proud of her profession says she’s fed up with amateur experts who browbeat her with theories they know nothing about By Sybil Shack11 min