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Contents

Speaking of pictures, Mme Chiang paints landscapes
5
Mei-ling Chiang
Story of two mothers
26
Ivan PIRECNIK, Pavla PIRECNIK, Josefine SIRSCH, Allied High Commission for Germany, Refugee children
Death for a speedster
34
John Rhodes COBB, Boats and boating (Accidents)
Shield for a madman
34
Louis DIFRAIA
Old hand gets a big hand
36
Harry S. Truman; 1884-1972, Presidential campaigns (1952)
Government leaders who guide the boom
85
Canada (Politics and government)
Private first class Fisher, crooner
89
Eddie Fisher
Coed from the hills
95
Nan HENDRICKS, Berea College
Tints for tires
103
Tires, Automobile
To sleep: perchance.
105
Barbiturates, Amphetamines

Allies and a truth squad rally to Eisenhower
38
Dwight David Eisenhower; 1890-1969
Help from neighbors
40
Community chests
Why taxes are an issue
40
Taxation
Step to unity
53
Ramon Magsaysay; 1907-1957, Communism (Southeast Asia)
Jet sky jeep
59
Helicopters (Military use), Trucks, Military
New sweater girls
60
Sweaters
Top billing for Bali on Broadway
65
Dance, Balinese, Dance (Bali (Indonesia))
New Canada
72
Canada (Industries)
At Kitimat, men juggle geography
73
ALUMINUM Company of Canada
East is old, the west is bold
78
Canada (Population)
Atomic cannon
121
Nuclear weapons
Birth and death of a volcano
129
Volcanoes
Memorable and beautiful
137
Henri Cartier-Bresson; 1908-., Photographs
They like Mamie, too
149
Mamie Doud Eisenhower (wife of American president Dwight D. Eisenhower.); 1896-1979
Millionairess
163
Bernard Shaw (Irish dramatist.); 1856-1950, Theater reviews (Single works)
London jumps the gun on Broadway
163
Theater (Great Britain)
Quadrille
166
Noel Coward (English actor, dramatist and composer.), Theater reviews (Single works)
Under the sycamore tree
169
Samuel Spewack; 1899-1971, Theater reviews (Single works)
Life goes to a bar mitzvah
170
Carl Jay BODEK, Judaism (Liturgy and ritual)
Self-preying mantis
176
Praying mantis

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