Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, April (Apr.) 1 1943, Vol. 56, No. 7 - Sir Alan Francis Brooke Cover Photo
56 pages. Cover photo portrait of Britain's WWII strategy-maker, Gen. Sir Alan Francis Brooke. Features: Pie in the Sky - Bruce Hutchison discusses claims of postwar prosperity made by politicians; Dishpan Daddies - men and dishwashing; Man With a Handshake - P.C. House Leader Gordon Graydon travels a lot and presses a lot of flesh; Destroyer Passage - tale of a bad storm during an Atlantic crossing; Milk - photo-illustrated article on this complex industry which is of vital importance to the nation's health and pocket book; Britain's Strategy-Maker - Alan Brooke; Gospel by Word of Hand - the Evangelical Church of the Deaf in Toronto and its Rev. Alexander MacGowan; Fighter Sweep - Gripping account of a spitfire pilot as told to Flying Officer John Clare; Blitz on Moths in the home. Fiction: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; An Eye on Beulah. Interesting colour American Airlines ad inside front cover shows Uncle Sam locked arms with a Canadian and a Mexican above a map of their North American routes. Editorial - Food May Win the Peace. One-page Ganong chocolates ad with naval motif. Hilarious Kreml hair product ad includes photos of Wild Hair Walter, Slick Sylvester and Billiard Ball Bill. Caterpillar ad shows crawler and troops plodding through Asian jungle beneath caption "What the Little Jap General Forgot". Great wartime black and white ad says "Watch the '43 Fords Go By" and shows Ford military vehicles parading by. Two-page Victory (War) Bonds ad with illustrations of seven Canadians from various walks of life. Nicely illustrated Canadian Pacific (CP) Air Lines ad inside back cover shows man and dog watching passing plane. Back cover Good Year colour-illustrated ad shows desert war scene eerily prescient of recent Middle-East wars. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
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