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GENERAL ARTICLES

"Fitness Wins"

GREAT BRITAIN is undergoing a physical overhaul. She is like a middle-aged woman who has become anxious over her own fatness and her children’s thinness. She is discovering that she is eating the wrong foods and is not taking enough exercise, and that the health of her children has been sadly neglected. By Highlights on Britain's campaign to improve the physique of the nation, BRIAN MEREDITH8 min

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FICTION

Medicine Man

His sweetheart captured by head-hunters, Dr. Granger attempts a rescue By GEORGE EDWARD ALLEN31 min

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FICTION

FOOL KID

The gang said he was the dumbest dumbbell that ever hit town but they never dreamed he'd do the fool thing he did By BERYL GRAY30 min

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WOMEN AND THE HOME

Cereals

Prepared cereals provide a base for many appetizing dishes By HELEN G. CAMPBELL Director, Chatelaine Institute7 min

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FICTION

Roughneck

She said she didn't go out with roughnecks, but that was before the Gusher blew in By RAYMOND O. TURNER22 min

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HUMOR

Parade

THE MAN who reported this occurrence swears it is true. He gave us names and places and everything. We aren’t using them, because—well, we just don’t know. A university professor of Hamilton, Ont., has a wife and small baby. The other night the wife went out to a bridge party.

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FICTION

Talked About

Judy said she was looking for a glowworm, but she found a drama of tangled loves By BERNICE BROWN22 min

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HUMOR

Wit and Wisdom

Snappy The way some men answer the telephone leads one to suspect that they get nine calls out of ten asking for more money.—Guelph Mercury. Hah, Hah!—The world will be a better place in which to live when more people learn to laugh and fewer take themselves so darned seriously.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

The Rain Came

"With the rain came Life again...and in the Dust Bowl was hope instead of despair" By EDNA JAQUES16 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

War in China

Downfall of Japan, if War Is Long Continued, Is Said To Be Quite Possible

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GENERAL ARTICLES

Education in Reverse Gear

An answer to the question, "Why are so many educational reforms ineffective?" By W. SHERWOOD FOX15 min

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SHOTS and ANGLES

THIS IS the screen version of the stage hit that is still running happily on Broadway. It's about the Sycamores, a nice affectionate lunatic family headed by Grandfather Sycamore (Lionel Barrymore), who believes people should do what they enjoy doing. By ANN ROSS4 min

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In the Editor's Confidence

THIS IS a brief but moving story of simple heroism; a story of suffering endured for a friend; a story of chivalry in flower. We tell it so that the names of Ralph Lepper and Bob Gole may be revered by all who strive for artistic perfection, and engraved in the memories of all Maclean's readers.