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 murdersBy S. TUPPER BIGELOW20 min
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—
He is a greater killer than polio, yet our archaic laws let him get away with murder. Scientific tests could check highway horrorBy FRED BODSWORTH16 min
John Fisher loves Whisky Creek, B.C., Ecum Secum, N.S., and all points between with an oratorical fervor that keeps him a CBC aceBy JUNE CALLWOOD15 min
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 advanceBy SYDNEY MARGOLIUS14 min
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
Richard Chadwick dams raging rivers, throws skyscrapers into the heavens, salvages wrecks. But no, madam, his Foundation Co. doesn’t make corsetsBy GERALD ANGLIN13 min
Today’s bad coaching blights hundreds of young hockey careers before they get started, the famous coach believes. He gives his recipe for stardomBy BRUCE HUTCHISON12 min
Green-eyed Sarah Churchill finds that being her famous father's daughter is both a help and a handicap in her checkered career behind the footlightsBy McKENZIE PORTER12 min
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