Maclean's

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GENERAL ARTICLES

BACKSTAGE AT OTTAWA

Election Pay-off: Nobody Quite Happy By THE MAN WITH A NOTEBOOK10 min

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FICTION

To Chuck—With Love

What’s a man to do when his girl won’t trade her uniform for high-heeled shoes and a frilly apartment? By HUGH JEFFRIES21 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

BEVERLEY BAXTER'S London Letter

Stage — Set For An Election

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FICTION

Well, Good Night

Remember when you first went out on a date?—If you do you’ll like this story of tongue-tied courtin’ By CHARLES MERGENDAHL17 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

Music by Adaskins

Fiddle or cello, oboe or tin whistle, piano or voice, the six Adaskins can oblige—They're Canada's most musical family By D. M. LeBourdais15 min

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GENERAL ARTICLES

THREE-WAY X-RAY

Whether it's locating a button in a child's lung or helping in childbirth, this war invention has many peacetime uses By WOODROW WIRSIG7 min

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Editorials

PAUSE just a moment before you groan over the above headline, before you say, “Why bring that up now? Let’s have a rest.” All progressive businesses and institutions make a practice of looking five years ahead. So do economists. So do political party leaders.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

MAN FROM MISSOURI

A vivid close-up of the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House By CHARLES A. MICHIE14 min

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In the Editor's Confidence

AS OTTAWA editor of Maclean’s and a frequent commentator on CBC’s airwaves, Blair Fraser has achieved eminence, but we hardly expected his sudden elevation to the Prime Ministership of this Dominion, even though his tenure of office lasted but a few seconds.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

25,000 MILES TO BATTLE

It’s a different war in the Pacific . . . An officer of H.M.C.S. Uganda mops his brow, swallows his atabrine, and tells you why By LIEUT. STUART KEATE, RCNVR14 min