... America's South is Still Sunny Though Political and Economic Difficulties Continue to Abound By NELSON SPRINGER A SHORT while ago I had occasion to write an article on the Sunny South. It was concerned with the economic condition of the south, which is admittedly bad. Most southerners with whom I have talked not only agree that this is so, but are even bitter about it. With a considerable ...

... THE GERMAN AIR ATTACKS ON THE SHETLANDS AND OTHER EAST COAST POINTS AND WHAT SUCH FLIGHTS ENTAIL IN MILEAGE There was a fierce burst of anti-aircraft fire when a German machine believed to be a Heinkel bomber visited the Shetlands on November 26. This Sunday call made the ninth air expedition of the Germans to the Shetlands, the lonely group of islands to the north-east of the Orkneys. To ...

... WAR MAPS of BOTH EAST and WEST FRONTS THE ATTACK ON THE WEST THE points at which three waves of German infantry and massed tanks utterly failed to break the French de fences in a German counter-attack directed against French positions on the Saar Front in the Nied Valley, which crosses the Franco-German frontier 15 miles to the south-east of where the river Moselle forms the border of Germany ...

... The 1939 edition of The Sport- D. ing and Dramatic Fixture w Pocket Diary contains much information useful to the r 1 Sportsman and Motorist. It is bound in leatherette. Copies can be obtained from The P Publisher (address below). Price 1 ...

... THE ANSWER OF THE LOW COUNTRIES TO THE THREAT OF INVASION WHICH THE GERMAN COMMAND MIGHT UNDERTAKE TO ACQUIRE AIR BASES FOR ATTACK ON ENGLAND A PICTORIAL MAP SHOWING THE MAIN DEFENSIVE WATER LINES AND INUNDATION ZONES IN HOLLAND AND NORTH BELGIUM. Pictorial map specially drawn for The Illustrated War News by J. P. Chaplin F.R.I.B.A., A. I. A. A. inset map reproduced by Courtesy of I he limes ...

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... FIGHTING FOR TIME Or the Race with the Polar Night The Northern Areas in which a Life and Death Struggle is Taking Place between a David and a Goliath A MILITARY correspondent wrote on November 30 that Helsinki, Hanko, and the other Finnish ports could not be effectively protected by their coastal artillery or by their navy. A fortnight passed and these places were still withstanding Russian ...

... The Romance of the Canadian West The History of Pioneering Days Brought to Life in a New Volume CANADA'S history falls into two distinct periods. In the first there took place the long struggle of England and France for supremacy in North America; in the second we witness the growth under British rule of a conquered colony, at first entirely French, into a nation occupying half a continent. It ...

... St. Andrews from the Air The Old Course whe e the Open will be Played Next Veek THIS year's Open Goli Cham] and begins on Monday. 1 be played by strokes on Monday and New courses. The leading these two rounds enter the com be played over the Old course wi and another on Thursday. T returning the lowest aggregate two rounds on the Friday to The winner receives the cham money amounting to £500 ...

... I _ 1 SCAPA FLOW-- WHERE THE ROYAL OAK WAS SUNK A PICTORIAL MAP, SHOWING THE GREAT AREA OF LAND-LOCKED WATER. (Map Specially Drmtn by J, P. Chaplin FUABA., AAA. A.) J Scapa Flow is not a harbour in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a land- I locked sound many miles across (10 miles from St. Margaret's Hope to Orphir on the mainland), and, as Mr. Churchill stated in the House on October 25, ...

... TTeports from the French army I\ authorities stated last week that the weather conditions had made the Lorraine front almost impossible for a major attack. Snow and sleet were reported in the Saar district and elsewhere, to be followed by very cold but drier weather. Great activity all down the western line was reported on Tuesday, the opposing artillery interchangingfire, and observers from ...

... CO many people listen to the J commentary on the Grand 5s| National on the wireless that Messrs. Tophams have provided increased facilities for broad casting this year. A tower has been built at the Canal turn and the commentator's box on the Grand Stand has also been raised. The start this year will be broadcast by Mr. Victor Smyth. Those who listen in at home will find this plan a help. All ...