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... AWAY FROM THESE WARS Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between --A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. THE Feet of the Young Men.-- In all wars and other revolutions, insistence is laid on a new charter, the heritage and responsibility of youth. Old age got the world into this mess. Youth must assume control of tidying up and rebuilding better. The idea of youth (while the tragedy which ...
... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 208 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. An End Achieved.-- Here is a thought for comfort at a juncture in this, long war when we await the climax and the fruits of Allied plannings and conferences from Casa- blanca to Quebec. As we wait on the issue, we assess (we are advised to assess) the trials and obstacles strewn ahead of us on the long, uphill road to victory and peace at ...
... Pictures taken during the action On May .17, a Nazi convoy consisting of six supply ships and eight escort vessels was attacked by Beaufighters of Coastal Command whilst steaming north off the fcutch coast. The R.A.F. wing was led by Wing-Commander H. G. N. Wheeler, D.F.C. (who comes from London) the torpedo-carrying Beaufighters were commanded by Squadron-Leader G. D. Sise, D.F.C., a New ...
... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 209 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.I. No. 208.-- I noted the number at the head of the Newsletter of August 28. No. 208 War Newsletter. If some seer had warned me during the first week of September 1939 that that number would one day be hoisted, what thoughts, what anxiety, what vacillation, would have troubled the waters of my inkstand? Behind that No. 1, 1 admit, lay, back ...
... When Downing Street Was (Nearly) Bombed Two Pictures Token During the Big Blitz in October 1940 Which Have Only Just Been Released for Publication AFTER THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 17-18, 1940 The Treasury Building in Whitehall, next door to No. 10, Downing Street, wrecked by a German bomb whilst the Prime Minister was at supper at midnight A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BOMBED TREASURY BUILDING, with A.R.P. ...
... Germany and the Eder Dam UNew and Very Interesting Reconnaissance Picture the night of May 16-17, Romber Command of the K.A.r. yrried out one of its most out- ■landing raids of the war, when force attacked the great hder J Mohne Dams. As a result, arts of the Ruhr Valley were (coded and great damage was aused over a very wide area. Since then, reconnaissance pic- ures taken exactly two months ...
... The RAPID CONQUEST of the ISLAND of SICILY The latest pictures from the Fighting Front where the British, Canadians and Americans are pressing on to the Final Victory MEN OF THE EIGHTH ARMY STORM A SICILIAN RAILWAY STRONGPOINT Making a bayonet charge up the line O The seasoned desert fighters hurl themselves forward to the assault of the concealed Axis defenders Infantrymen concealed behind a ...
... ROMMEL was faced with a very interesting military problem while he was holding the Mareth position. It was at once strong in factiçal detail and weak from the variety of postern doors which had to be guarded in his parados areas. For a time he held a pivotal control from a point south of Gabes, which enabled him to swing forces in any of the directions indicated by the arrows in diagram I. He ...
... THE ROYAL NAVY'S NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES. The iced-up superstructure of H.M.S. Kale during convoy duty in wintry weather in the North Atlantic The frigate is the new-type escort vessel whose existence in the Navy was announced only recently. They are similar to the well-known corvette, but larger and faster ships and they are better able to withstand the heavy weather through which the ...
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... Pinafore Jersey MATERIALS 3 oz. crimson 2-ply wool 2.1 oz. natural 2-ply wool Nos. 10 and 12 needles a fine crochet hook 2 press studs. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. sleeve seam, 3 ins. length, 20 ins. TENSION In the rib, 8 sts. and 10 rows to 1 in. THE BACK With No. 10 needles and crimson wool, cast on 104 sts. Work k. 2, p. 2 rib for 4 ins. M. 1 st. at beg. and end of next and every 4th ...