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Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover portrait illustration of female member of the military; Ford ad inside front cover features action photo of troops constructing bridge under fire; Nice half-page colour Pepsi ad features naval officer in uniform and illustration of boys swimming; News of the month includes Dissolution of the Third International (Comintern), and Closing Ranks Against Japan; Editorial on Black Markets and Summer Vacations; Jet Black (short story); The Pacific Coast Rangers - photo-illustrated article includes photos of Lieut.-Col. T.A.H. Taylor, O.B.E., M.C., and Col. M.E. Dopping-Hepenstal; Matilda and the Wolf (short story); Key Men of War - an enormous directory of over 200,000 names is relied upon for expertise which has saved hundreds of lives and brought success to major campaigns; Garfield Weston - article with Karsh photo-portrait; Old-Style Cop (short story); Hollywood news - article with photos including Lenore Aubert; Northern Electric one-page ad features illustration of tank; Five to One (short story); Rare one-page two-colour illustrated ad for General Motors and their "Victory Service; R.C.A.F. half-page recruiting ad features lady in uniform having tea with civilians; Wings on Her Feet - first part of a series on AW2 Heck's experiences in the Air Force; One-page Westinghouse ad entitled "After Victory" includes photo of airman using bombsight and large illustration of large artillery piece in use; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of beautiful Linda Darnell; "What's In My Lunch Box?" - wartime photo-illustrated article on home food tips; Colour Ritz cracker ad features illustration of naval personnel; Canadian Women Take to the Block Plan - photo-illustrated article explains the Women's Voluntary Service and the block leaders they assign, with particular attention to Mrs. Jack Wilson of Rochester Ave. in Lawrence Park in Toronto; Colour Orange Crush ad; World Sayings; Canadian Pacific Air Lines ad inside back cover includes large illustration of much of the northern hemisphere and heading "Wings over the North... and Beyond!"; Nice Kodak black and white photo ad on back cover shows air crew enjoying photos; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Cute photo of skinny-dipping little girl with huge Newfoundland dog; Wartime ad by the Trans-Canada Telephone system explains how citizens must limit use of their services in favour of war activity; Monthly war news update; The Tale of the Lonesome Swine (short story); Drama in the Union Station - Canada's National War Labour Board listens to all comers as it progresses toward its goal of a workable plant for industrial peace - article with photos of Mr. Justice C.L. McTague, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Leo. Lalonde, and Mr. J.L. Cohen, K.C.; Susabelle and Stoney Joe (short story); It's a Rough Road to Rangoon; His Honour the Judge (short story); Hollywood news; Once -age recruiting ad for the WRCNS / CWAC / RCAF; Mosquitoes Sting the Axis - photo-illustrated article on the R.A.F. Mosquito, Mark 11 (Fighter Intruder); Ford Motor Company one-page ad features allied spotters observing an enemy column; Their Watchword "Be Prepared" - the Girl Guides; Nice one-page photo-illustrated Westinghouse ad entitled "The Most Powerful People In the World"; Woodbury soap ad features photos of geology student Joan Patterson of Montreal and her pilot officer fiancee; Colour Orange Crush ad; Interesting article on munitions workers meals; Canadian General Electric ad entitled "Avoid Food Waste"; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Veronica Lake; Wings on Their Feet - part 2 of a series on AW2 Heck's experiences in the Air Force; Ontario Liberal Harry Nixon; RCAF half-page recruiting ad; Highway Women - interesting article on Canadian women who have moved to Northern Canada to support its development; Kotex ad includes illustration of lady building planee; World Sayings; Great colour-photo Coke ad inside back cover shows men working in heavy industry; Nice colour back cover recruiting ad for Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.); and more. Faint pencil name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A qualilty copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
60 pages. Features: Excellent colour ad for International Harvester trucks inside front cover; Page 5 features an excellent full-page black and white photographic ad for Canadian Pacific's stately Duchess - 20,000 tons of sturdy steel on the St. Lawrence Seaway - includes photo of the ship, write-up and six photos of passenger amenities on board; Nice full-page black and white photo ad for DeSoto cars on page 6; Funny-faced Horse, by Margery Allingham - the jolly story of an equine comedian, a too-trusting girl, and a rather nice villain; Who'll Succeed Bennett as leader of the Federal Conservative Party? - M. Grattan O'Leary considers the prospects of Hon. R.J. Manion and Sydney Smith; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - describes the hyperactive European political environment; Emmy-May Goes to Town, by Teddie Janess - as a 'woman of the world' this very young lady met more adventure than she bargained for; Could You Drive a Bus? - Lawrence Craig examines bus driver training - includes 4 black and white photos; Fascism in Canada - Part Two of Two - Signs of disintegration have appeared following fascism's brutality in Europe - with fascinating illustrations; Dog Watch, by Kenneth Perkins - the mystery of the howling dog and the girl who wanted to know the truth; The Power Problem - an explanation of the great electric power export controversy by Kenneth R. Wilson, with several black and white photos of hydro installations; Old Ugly Face, by Talbot Mundy - Death stalks the mountain passes, hunting the only man alive who can save Tibet; 30 books in a briefcase - books on film (film-books) may reduce a mile of shelving to a few cubic feet - with photos of a film-book reading machine and a film-book recording camera, by Hugh Gourlay and Ernest Haden; Youth, '38 Model - There's nothing much wrong with our young folks, by Marjory Willison; Lovely full-page colour ad for Canada Dry on page 25 - "It's Gingervating"; Black and white full-page photo ad for Dodge cars on page 29; Two-colour full-page ad for Chevrolet cars on page 31; Pages 29-32 (centerfold) loose but present; Nice Heinz ketchup ad on page 33; Handsome full-page colour photo ad for Nash cars on page 35; Wonderful full-page black and white ad for Fargo Commercial Cars and Trucks, featuring illustration of what appers to be a 3-ton truck; Crossword completed in pencil on page 46; half of page 53 has been clipped and is missing - May have been a recipe; Top quarter of page 55 clipped and missing - appears to have contained content of minor importance; Attractive colour-illustrated 1938 Ford De Luxe V-8 car ad inside back cover shows black man commenting on the shiny finish of the car to the lovely owner Mis' Page; Nice colour ad for Buckingham cigarettes on back cover features two white kittens drinking milk from a saucer. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hunting of Gonzales - An adventure of Senor Ramon Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Adrift on an Ice-Floe - Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green provides a photo-illustrated account of the amazing fashion in which a primitive Eskimo extricated himself from a predicament which would assuredly spelt death for a white man; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part II - Winifred S. Blackman's photo-illustrated account of the three winters she spent with the local people of Upper Egypt; Fraser's Price - The tale of an angered railroad engineer; The Three Angleteers - Part V (conclusion) of the trouble and adventures of three English wanderers in Constantinople and Athens; "Remember the Mortons" - A stirring story of an episode in the Matabele rebellion of 1895; Salvage Extraordinary - An Indian planter's account of an odd affair on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, including photo of five elephants pushing a stranded steamer; The Head-Hunters of Sepik - Part III - Beatrice Grimshaw explored the Sepik River of New Guinea and dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Where Everyone is Wealthy - The Osage Indians of Oklahoma come up with the strangest ways to divest themselves of their wealth earned from local oil - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part III - Count Nils Cronstedt spares a condemned bull-terrier which rewards him by saving him multiple times while he served in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; "Old White Face" - Allen Borders of Montana relates a terrifying cougar experience; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part III - The story of a British officer's remarkable journey - disguised as an Oriental - across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; "Captain Jed" - a tale of the whalers of New Bedford, MA, involving the "Cap'n Jed" and the "Wanderer" - very few men have ever fought a 'right' whale single-handed and lived to tell the tale; Python and Lion in Nyassaland - after visiting a witch-doctor for poisoning the author is attacked first by a great python, then a lion!; Photo of a Manchurian man 7 feet and 3 inches tall; Photo of a veritable forest of masts at Lowestoft, the Suffolk fishing port, during the height of herring season; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Good-bye to the Fairmont board in Vancouver - great photos including one with Miss Joan Ross; Map of radiotelephone chains; Fairmont Cutover Highlights; Merritt switchboard gutted - photo; Photo of a young Kenneth Dye - who went on to serve as Auditor-General of Canada from 1981-1991; Company Auto Equipment Staff; Photos of the expansion of Vancouver's underground telephone system; Many photos of Kamloops staff at work; New phone system for Vancouver's new Public Safety Building - photos; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Outdoor phone booths popular; 15 years ago; Photos of Victoria's expansion program; Victoria Commercial Office modernized - photos; Photos of moving phone lines prior to dismantling the old Granville Street Bridge; New radiotelephone mast on Lulu Island - photos; New Engineering Section formed; Automatic Toll Board for Royal City; Conversion project for Vancouver's Dexter office; Photos of placing cable 70 feet above the Fraser River near Boston Bar; Photo of 'Jocko', the company chimpanzee; Sales Training; Campbell River First North-west Conversion to automatic operation; Oliver and Osoyoos approve free calling; Walter R. Jones retires; L.C. Patey passes away; path testing to begin for microwave system - article; photos of cable-laying between Ioco and Port Moody; microwave skyway - photos and text; photos of loss of part of the bridge at Mission; microwave path testing completed for B.C. - article with map; photo and article of 'electronic secretary' (hint: picture a big box with a record player in it!); List of Exchanges in B.C. and # of lines operating; photos of heavy gangs at work; access to microwave sites 'most difficult' (article); G.W.S. Montgomery passes away; photos of New West's Lakeview office; Engineering for TD-2 Microwave in B.C. - article with map; Photos of laying underwater cable near Nelson; 1955 - company's best year ever; James Hamilton and C.B. Diplock retire; Aerial tram to serve Dog Mountain site near Hope; Teletype now links Trans-Canada system; "They Take their telephone with them - great article and photos on the use of radiotelephones - early car phones!; groundwork laid for microwave in B.C.; R.A. Story ends 46 years career; Photos of cable-laying between Mayne Island and Swartz Bay; photos of blasting near Hedley; North-west acquires Peace River; PNE photos; Dog Mountain construction photos; photos of the Mid-Canada Line, which supplemented the DEW line; article and photo re: the new 'Speakerphone'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text - Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee of the company. Book
