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... THE BRITISH EXPEDITION ARY FORCE MARCHES THROUGH RURAL FRANCE The men who cross the Channel find their way to their pre-arranged positions a! ig roads like this deep in the rural life of our ally. This is a by-road, but u: ke the autobahnen of Germany it is good because it has been here for centu s, not newly driven (like the autobahnen across virgin country) and thus st Js up well to the ...
... The King Decorates RAF. Heroes THE FOUR R.A.F. OFFICERS AND PILOT SERGEANT ON WHOM THE KING HAS JUST BESTOWED THE D.F.C. AND THE D.F.M. From left to right are-- Flying Officer A. McPherson, Flying Officer T. M. W. Smith, Flying Officer K. C. Doran, Flying Officer John Barrett, and Pilot Sergeant W. E. Willits T\uring the King's two-day tour of R.A.F. stations in the north of England and the ...
... One Mechanised Division=40 Miles of Road The Methods of the Last War Compared with Those of the Present. The Strategy of the War VII) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., DG.L. I REMEMBER ending my last article with Anyhow, we shall know by next week. We do not. The Western Front is unchanged. Nothing whatever has happened and our war correspondents are reduced to ...
... A London Newsletter 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C. 4 Wednesday, May 10, 1939. ONE DISCORDANT STRING.-- I am not convinced that Press and radio invariably know what the public wants or indeed what is good for it. I have used up much ink in the past weeks in stressing the point-- which is now becoming gene rally clear-- that a bogy may easily turn into a bore and become more dreaded as a nuisance ...
... bivi i li ino UNUt auain Mr. a. t. wi idey, or tne Port or London Authority, enjoys a laugh as Princess Mapgapet speaks into a micpophone on boapd the P.L.A. boat St. Katherine in which she made a toup of London's dockland with Queen Mapy on the day aftep hep papents' depaptupe THE NEW DISNEY PROFESSOR OF ARCH/EOLOGY at CambPidge Uni- vepsity is Miss Dopothy Gappod, at present Director of ...
... A Foreign Survey THE STATUE OF OUR LADY OF HOPE, which was hidden from the Communist iconoclasts during the early days of the Spanish civil war, has now been restored to its place of honour in Seville Cathedral, and when this picture was taken Don Carlos and the Dona Luiza, leading members of the Bourbon family, were kneeling before the statue in order to give thanks for its return A MONSTER ...
... Four Personalities of the New Spain: A Correspondent Tells of Big Names Destined to Play a Vital Part in the Regeneration of the Peninsula This article, written hy an admirer of Spanish Fascism, has a very special interest in that it introduces to readers names which are as yet not widely known in this country. The author's estimate of General Franco's aims and obiects is, of course, purely ...
... SIGHTS AND SCENES OF OLD-TIME LONDON Some Outstanding Pictures at the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. 1747 This pen and -wash drawing by Canaletto has been lent by His Majesty the King to the 191st Exhi bition of the Royal Society of British Artists which has just opened its doors at the Suffolk Street Galleries. The picture records the ...
... SUITS ACCESSORIES WITH INTERCHANGEABLE QUICK- CHANGE CHECKS.-- The woman with a limited income must always count a suit and top coat as one o£ its indispensable items. If she is clever about them she will ring countless changes by varying small accessories, and certainly she will find an outfit that can be worn with equal success in town or in the country. I here is, for instance, almost no ...
... LAUNCH OF THE KING GEORGE V Britain's First J\[ew Battleship for Fourteen Tears about to Enter the T yne after being Named by the King; While Mr. Chamberlain was addressing the House of Commons last Tuesday afternoon and telling members how the long period of effort, preparation, and organisation of our defence programme is at last beginning to bear visible fruit, the King, accompanied by ...
... 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, February 22, 1939. THE COST.-- Only the other day the nation gasped to hear that a five-year plan of defence rearmament was perhaps to cost the country £1,500,000,000. The inconceivable figure was gradually digested. This money might be spent between 1937 and 1942. We are now at the beginning of 1939 and by the end of the year we shall have spent just ...
... Britain's Greatest Estate The Story of the Crown Lands How George III Gave Them to the People's Keeping --By^= NOEL THOMPSON CROWN lands are not controlled by the King. The greatest estate in the country provides money for the people. There is a widespread idea that if you have a Crown lease, or are a tenant of Crown lands, you are bound by all sorts of curious restrictions. Before I set out ...