... (By Our Flying Correspondent) THE way the air war is going is most curious. It does not strike a positive and direct line; there seems to be no essential back- bone to the tactics of the Germans. We have first the big daylight raids, then the night raids, then more daylight raids of a different kind, then more night raids of a different kind. been such a temptation to the Nazis to indulge ...

... Autumn Coats and Shoes NOW that clothes are tested by the question Is it practical more and more women are choosing reversible coats for the winter. Not all coats face both ways with the same charm, but the model above from Selfridges, Oxford Street, is equally well finished on both sides. Even the pockets can be turned. The hood, too, is especially well designed, so that there is no drag at ...

... J. C. CHERRT, the Oxford Rowing Blue, and Glory Rowe, were married at Cookham Dene Church. Cherry, now a Sub. -Lieutenant, R.. V. 1 .R. was in the 1936-8 crews (he was President of the 0. U.B.C. in 1938 and in the British Olympic crew of 1936. PILOT-OFFICER R. W. G. HOLDSWORTH R.A.F.V.R.. son of Sir William Holdsworth, was married to Mary Z vegintzov at St. Pelers-in-lhe-East, Oxford. ...

... YY/herever practicable, traffic at night was maintained throughout London even during some of the raids. Buses and trams continued to run. until the sound of firing indicated that the raiders were actually overhead. It is not surprising, therefore, to witness such sights as the above. Although some people were caught in public conveyances and private cars, the wonder is that there were not ...

... IN RAMSGATE TO-DAY Life in Britain's Most Heavily Bombed Town T IFE goes on in Ramsgate-- Britain's worst bombed but I in some ways safest town. With over 500 H.F.. bombs dropped during one raid alone, the people of Ramsgate are determined to see it through to the end, despite that Mr. H. R. Knickerbocker, the distinguished American journalist who recently visited the town, has stated that no ...

... Invasion Distance Problems Set Forth. The New R.A.F. Incendiary Weapon. The Prime Minis ter's Speech Geo graphically Set Forth WHY THE AREA, DUNKIRK TO BOULOGNE, WAS HEAVILY BOMBED Last week-end the coastal area between Dunkirk and Boulogne was strafed by the R.A.F. with one of the heaviest aerial bom bardments yet undertaken by that force. Barge concentrations at Zeebrugge, Dunkirk, Calais ...

... HITLER BOMBS SICK CHILDREN Destruction at the Children's Hospital, Great Ormonde Street ome along, we re going to take you out to see the searchlights. Behind those calm, smiling words, uttered by nurses and staff of the Hospital for Sick Children, London, to a group of some 46 little children is yet another story of men and women upon whom naturally falls the mantle of heroes and heroines ...

... THE PRIME MINISTER iN THE BOMBED AREA A Picture Taken During His Visit to the Dockland Area and the Raided East End Streets Mr. Winston Churchill paid a visit to the Dockland area of London which had been heavily bombed by the German raiders at the opening of the week. Pressure of business had kept him in Downing Street until the early evening, when he set out on an informal tour of Dockland. ...

... This remarkable picture was taken from the roof of a newspaper building in Gray's Inn Road whilst the great Dock land fire was at its height, in the early morning before dawn on Sunday, September 8. The whole of London was clearly visible so that the German bombers had little difficulty in finding their way to the capital. Had it not been for this, they would probably not have been able to ...

... FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA The Vast Area in the Heart of the Black Continent which Has Now Come Under the Control of General de Gaulle Described by NEGLEY FARSON (Author of Behind God's Back(iust published by Goliancz), which Analyses Conditions and Life in this French Territory) ONLY one who has seen them in action can realise the bitterness with which the French officials in Equatorial Africa ...

... I ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE The Wonderful Equipment Which Is Beating the Enemy Raider THE MODERN SEARCHLIGHT IS A WONDERFUL APPARATUS: During the past few weeks we have had ample opportunity of witnessing the superb efficiency of our searchlight barrage. The job of these latest scientific wonders is to illuminate enemy aircraft forthe R.A.F. fighters and A. A. guns. The chief difficulty is in the ...

... BATTLE TACTICS OF THE AIR Further Drawings Showing How Aerial Strategy is Being Evolved in the Battles Now Being Fought Over Britain VERY PRECIOUS AEROPLANES! HUGE FOUR-ENGINED BOMBERS. HEAVILY GUARDED, APPEAR OVER KENT Probably Focke Wulf Condors-passenger planes converted for military use or possibly Junkers 90 big troop carriers. Their speed is about 230 to 240 m.p.h., and they have a long ...