... rfj m I l W 4 n id P ^^OOD-BYE to that old bugbear of the placket skirt an ugly, shape- destroying hip bulge. Literally a placket without an opening, the new Gor-ray ZWOW Fastening has no buttons or metal fastenings on the hip to stand out, cause gaping, or pull the material. Smart women everywhere welcome this further addition to the high quality of all Gor-ray Skirts. Good fashion houses ...

... Recent Radio Pictures Transmitted Direct from Moscow LISTENING TO MARSHAL STALIN On the occasion ol the cwenty-sixth anniversary ot the founding of the U.S.S.R., Marshal Stalin made one of his rare broadcasts to the people of the Soviet Union, in which he stated that the German forces occupying Russian territory were on the verge of a catastrophe. The two pictures above were taken as the ...

... THE LATEST PICTURES FROM ITALY From the Battle-fronts of the Fifth and Eighth Armies, where Fighting All Along the Line has been Fierce and Continuous HOW THE FIFTH ARMY PUSHED ON TO THE RIVER GARIGLIANO. advance towards Rome continues steadily and inexorably. The rising smoke ol battle as the Allies neared their main objective. On the west coast ol Italy the After the capture of Mondragone ...

... MASSED ONSLAUGHT by PARATROOPS The most Dramatic Pictures yet Published of a Massed Parachute Descent by U.S. Troops taken during the Capture of Lae in New Guinea on September 5 1 1 has been rare during the progress of the present war that the opportunity has occurred to present to our readers such striking pictures as those reproduced on these pages. The one above, and the larger one on the ...

... AND HOW WILL DOENITZ DO IT This is the Manner in which the German Navy Surrendered the Last Time By FERDINAND TUOHY WE are all legitimately interested, these particular days, in just how the Germans split and disintegrated a quarter of a century ago. It is more than an indulgence of memory. The throw-back is useful in that it helps us to investigate possibilities which cannot lie far ahead, in ...

... Since the moment the Allies landed on the Italian coast the Air Forces have lent never-ceasing aid to the advancing armies by carefully planned and devas tating attacks at vital points in the German supply system. By night, it has been the role of the Wellingtons of the R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. to pound marshalling yards, rail junctions and road centres by day, light bombers and Flying Fortresses ...

... LIFE WITH THE ARMY Scenes from the Allied-Held Territories in Italy LANCE-SERGEANT EDDIE CONNOLLY, of Edinburgh, is the Battery Cook-Sergeant. He has an Italian woman for his assistant in the preparation of meals for the Battery THIS DESPATCH-RIDER HAD A FORCED HALT owing to water in the carburettor. The inevitable Italian child looks on with interest whilst he carries out the necessary ...

... She Ifioiial (Eancer 'Hospital i&otial (Eancer Hospital (FREE) FULHAM ROAD, LONDON, S.W.3. SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS fl B of the ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL /J corner oj one of the Research Laboratories. Research NOWHERE is the search for the cause and cure of Cancer prosecuted with greater vigour than in the Research Laboratories of the Royal Cancer Hospital. The nature of this scourge is investigated by ...

... 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, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Ministerial Inquisition.-- The present Government has been long enough in office for each chief Minister, whether in or outside the Cabinet, to have furnished proofs of his ability. Everyone has had his own particular day in Parliament-- some have figured in the House as principals on many occasions. There has been plenty of time to test the merits of each ...