Maclean's

HUMOR

Parade

PEOPLE OF pacifistic views have been doing a lot of worrying lately for fear Canada’s increased defense appropriations are designed to turn the nation into an armed camp, but doubtless the following item which appeared in the Brandon Sun recently set a good many minds at rest.

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WOMEN AND THE HOME

Cutting Up!

Director Chatelaine Institute REGULAR cut-ups, aren't you? Not referring, of course, to your playful moods, but to the paring, coring, slicing and carving that goes on in the kitchen. For the serious business of housekeeping, a good knife is as important in its way as any other piece of equipment around the place. By HELEN G. CAMPBELL6 min

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FICTION

'BYNG' of Bristol

A modern knight-errant in war-torn Spain —and the danger that beset him in the dark streets of Valencia By JAMES FRANCIS DWYER26 min

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Wit and Wisdom

In Fewer Words

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Maclean's Editorials

Reconfederation WHATEVER ELSE the Rowell Commission on Federal-Provincial relations may do, it certainly cannot report that it got no concrete suggestions from the West. A Moose Jaw municipal official, H. W. Bromwich, has sent in a copy of proposals submitted by him to the commission, and they must have left its members breathless.

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FICTION

William the Conquered

He renounced the world and all its women —but Kitty knew better By GILBERT WRIGHT22 min

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In the Editor's Confidence

TWO YEARS AGO we went out to Alberta to look into Social Credit. We wrote what we thought was a fair appraisal of the situation as it then existed, and wound up by venturing the opinion that Premier Aberhart couldn’t do what he had promised the electors he would do.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

CRISIS IN ALBERTA

The Prophetic Premier, William Aberhart, in action. By W. A. IRWIN18 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

Forgotten Men of Flying

You don't hear much about the air engineers but they play a vital part in making Canadian aviation safe By W. B. BURCHALL14 min

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Shots and Angles

The Bride Wore Red By ANN ROSS3 min

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SPORT

THE ALL WESTERN

The All-Western All-Star rugby team was selected for Maclean’s by the following committee of the Western Canada Rugby Football Union: A. M. Naismith, Calgary, president, W. C. R. F. U Dr. Walter Sturdy, Vancouver, first vice-president, W. C. R. F. U.; F. C. Wilson, Regina, second vice-president, W. C. R. F. U.; A. E. Tomlinson, Saskatoon, past president, W. C. R. F. U.; Stan Pepler, Winnipeg, immediate past president, W. C. R. F. U. In addition, Ralph Allen, Dave Dryburgh, Ralph Wilson and Harold Straight, sports editors respectively of the Winnipeg Tribune, Regina Star, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Star, were consulted; while George Mackintosh and Ken McConnell of the Edmonton Journal gave valuable assistance.