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SCHWEITZER IN AFRICA: The Great European is Eighty-two this Month

... Schweitzer in Africa The Great European is Eighty-two this Month Dr. Albert Schweitzer, whose fight against leprosy and tropical diseases in French Equatorial Africa has earned him the gratitude of countless thousands of Africans, celebrates his eighty-second ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1957
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 481 | Page: 12 | Tags: Photographs 

SIMONSTOWN NAVAL BASE: South Africa Assumes Control

... South Africa Assumes Control The Union of South Africa officially took over the adminis tration and control of the Simonstown naval base last Tuesday. Under existing agreements, the transfer will not affect its use by the Royal Navy, in peace or war. South ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1957
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 531 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

THE RHODESIA CASTLE: A New Liner for the Round-Africa Service

... THE RHODESIA CASTLE A New Liner for the Round- Africa Service On October 18 the S.S. Rhodesia Castle, of 17,300 tons, left London on her maiden voyage in the Union Castle Line's Round- Africa service, under the command of Captain J. M. Rayner, R.D., R ...

Published: Saturday 27 October 1951
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 575 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

COMPETITION WITH THE NEW EUROPE--OR TRADE WAR?

... groupings of trading countries to conduct trade war with the Common Market. This false start should not be used to prejudice what is certainly the most promising essay in European unity since the war; nor, over the longer run, should Britain plan to ...

Published: Saturday 17 January 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3047 | Page: 31 | Tags: Photographs 

From the FIRST WORLD WAR to the DAYS of BETROTHAL and MARRIAGE

... From the FIRST WORLD WAR to the DAYS of BETROTHAL and MARRIAGE At the time of the declaration of war, Prince Albert was stationed with the Fleet in Scapa Flow, but before many weeks he had to be hurriedly transferred to shore, where an operation for ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1952
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4193 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS: NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA AND THE CONTINENT, AND FROM LANCASHIRE AND LONDON

... Personalities j and Events J NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA ANA I THE CONTINENT, AND F/joJI LANCASHIRE AND LONDON On left THE TROUBLES IN NORTH AFRICA-- THE SULTAN 8 OF MOROCCO CONSULTS WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES The Sultan, Sidi Muhammed Moulay ben Arafa, wearing ...

Published: Saturday 18 June 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 771 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

A WORLD SURVEY: PICTURES OF EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE NEWS IN ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE AND AMERICA

... A World Survey PICTURES OF EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE NE]VS IN ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE AND AMERICA a i 1 OFF TO THE POLLS IN ANDHRA Supporters of Pandit Nehru's Congress Party g> to the polls in the Chalipali constituency, armed with flags and an umbrella ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1048 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

UNDERBELLY OF THE MIDDLE EAST: Current Politics in the Horn of Africa and Southern Arabia

... ambitions and economic reality, the cold war can be relied upon to close it. And there is always the eternal hope of finding oil. So far no oil worth exploiting has been discovered in southern Arabia or in the Horn of Africa. But it is not difficult to imagine ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1958
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2365 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs