March 15, 1950

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Articles

THE MIND READER AND THE MURDERER

Maxmilian Langsner told the Edmonton police he was a human radio when the thought waves flowed. And when he tuned in on Vernon Booher the farmer’s son was hanged for four murders By S. TUPPER BIGELOW20 min

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THE Golden Pheasant

Affairs of the heart aren’t usually associated with young professors. Henry had no intention of stealing another man’s girl—or a million dollar mine. Not at first that is—

By JAMES CARVER18 min

Articles

HOW TO BORROW MONEY

Need $5 till Friday? Or enough to buy your wife and baby back from the hospital? Almost everyone has to float a loan sometime — and it pays to know how in advance By SYDNEY MARGOLIUS14 min

Articles

I AM THE LUCKIEST GUY ALIVE

SINCE the night of May 30, 1942, when I bailed out of a flaming aircraft over Cologne, I have flown only once. That was two days after the war ended in Europe. I had just survived a head-on train collision and I wasn’t travel-minded. But I was heading back to England after three years in a prison camp. By RAY SILVER13 min