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GENERAL ARTICLES

LONDON LETTER Communite Trouble

IN THIS Letter I propose to discuss a problem of British life which has been sharply accentuated by the war, and which is now confronting Parliament. That the Government is reluctant to take drastic action in the matter is understandable, but there are strong forces urging them to do so, and they are growing in strength. By A Beverley Baxter's11 min

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FICTION

Spy Against the Reich

In which Secret Agent Fenton crosses the trail of the Three Good Monkeys and a woman screams in the dark By MICHAEL ANNESLEY39 min

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FICTION

Everybody Loves a Station Wagon

Proving that for wheeling in and out of trouble there's nothing like a pair of nice, bright headlamps—blue, with long lashes

By FRANK LEON SMITH28 min

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Eating Out

Director, Chatelaine Institute WITH factories going full blast, with offices the bustling hives of industry they are, with shops doing a lively business, more people than ever are “eating out” at noon. Hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, tearooms, snack bars, lunch counters and lunch boxes are catering to the midday appetites of thousands, and on the whole making a pretty good job of it. By HELEN G. CAMPBELL6 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

Can the U.S.Arm In Time ?

Says this observer: "What the United States does about rearmament before this year is out may well determine the future of our way of life for centuries to come" By BRUCE HUTCHISON26 min

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HUMOR

Wit and Wisdom

In Fewer Words

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FICTION

Jungle Feud

A story of the elephant hunt, of a hunter's son, and how he learned that even ín the jungle it may be better to spare a life than take it By GORDON MACCREAGH24 min

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Reviews of Reviews

Urges Full Aid

Striking U. S. Editorial Advocates All-out Immediate Help to Britain

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GENERAL ARTICLES

"In All Respects Ready for Sea"

MERCHANT Jack of the Merchant Navy—could you do us a piece on him and his ships?” asked this narrative's assignment. “He runs about one man to every 175 tons of deep-sea shipping. Last official figures state 4,432,527 tons lost, which means that the equivalent of two land divisions of Merchant Jacks have suffered a wet shirt or worse. By CHARLES RAWLINGS18 min

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Matter of Fact

A sudden change of temperature may shatter opals to pieces. That is why they are said to be unlucky. Their beauty is frequently also their doom, since small natural cracks enhance their radiance and malees them liable to complete fracture. By HENRY ASHBERY4 min

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Reviews of Reviews

England Helped

Without British Aid, United States Might Have Lost the Spanish-American War

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HUMOR

Parade

N A NOT long ago Sunday a commercial broadcast from Station CJCJ, Calgary, dedicated a recorded number to the boys of the local section of the Canadian Dental Corps, who were about due to leave for an unnamed destination. The feminine announcer in charge of the program made the dedication in appropriately impressive phrases; but their effect was somewhat discounted when the music began.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

"Canada Carries On"

Canadian-made movie "shorts" are now telling the story of the Dominion’s war effort to millions of theatre-goers throughout the Empire and in the U.S. By GRAHAM MclNNES14 min