FRASER, BLAIR; DAVIES, RAYMOND A.; HEWELCKE, GEOFFREY; KEITH, RONALD A.; PENGELLY, TONY; YOUNG, SCOTT; HOLLIDAY, KATE; BAXTER, A. BEVERLEY; FELDT, ROBERT H.; ROBERTS, C. MONTE; WARNER, ANNE H.; VAN DE WATER, FREDERIC F.; MASSON, HAL - Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 November 1945, Vol. 58, No. 22: Flt. -Lieut. Tony Pengelly and Real Great Escape from Stalag Luft III (Part 2 of 2)

Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company Limited, 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by McCullagh Studio; Bush, Jack; Norgrove, T.. Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 2 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Shakedown - Political favours and liquor licences; Life with Ivan - How does the average Russian live?; Marriages Mended - Domestic Relations Judge H.S. Mott has a 90% success rate; The Mine That Shook the World - A vivid photo-illustrated report on Eldorado, the super-secret mine in the Arctic which produces the raw material for atomic bombs; King Size Tenor - Lauritz Melchior, mighty tenor of the "Met"; Russia - A Split Personality; Backstage Ottawa - the taxpayer wins a battle; Big Business Farmer - George Wesley of Wrentham, Alberta, farms 16,000 acres in Alberta and grows enough wheat to feed a small city; The Truth About Epilepsy - Robert H. Feldt, M.D, has made immense strides toward taming this dreaded brain disease; Man of Many Voices - Meet Mercer (One-Man Cast) McLeod, first radio actor to sell a Canadian-recorded program for U.S. broadcasting; If You Should Get Venison - cooking tips; and more. Short Stories: World Premiere; Uncle Alfred; For These Thy Gifts. Nice ad for: C-I-L; Imperial Oil (How an oil well works); Good Year (with color illustration of firemen and forest fire); Snyder's Furniture; G.E. Electric Blankets (& Electric Flying Suits); Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Westinghouse in the electrical age 1920-1945; Life Savers (nice one-page color ad); Chase & Sanborn - featuring Charlie McCarthy in colour; Waterman's Taperite pen; Once-page colour-illustrated ad by Carling's honouring Jack Miner of Kingsville, Ontario; T.S. Simms "Pure Badger" shaving brushes; Lovely 1946 Ford (dark red) ad inside back cover; B.C. Apples ad on back cover features charming colour illustration of young lass holding basket of fruit. 72 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine, 15 November 1945, Vol. 58 No. 22, Tony Pengelly, Great Escape, Stalag Luft III, World War 1939-1945 - POWs , X for Escape, Shakedown, liquor licences, liquor license racket, Life in Russia, Marriage Counselling, Judge H.S. Mott, Eldora. Good .

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