... FRANCO BUILDS BONNY BABIES This picture, received from the Franco side, shows that the youth of Malaga, seaport city of south-eastern Spain, are well nourished despite prevailing war conditions. The children are orphans and are being cared for under the auspices of the insurgent administration, everything possible being done to help them to live normal lives. Fortunately they have for some ...

... A.R.P. Measures in Barcelona How the City Prepared for and Reacted to Air Raids During the Weeks Preceding its Fall By JEROME WILLIS The following article was written by Jerome I Willis for The Sphere during a visit to Barcelona a few weeks ago, j and although the city has fallen into I General Franco's hands since the events described, many of the points that are raised are still of ...

... ftbis J£nglant> Melbury Beacon in Dorset /npHE winter and rough weather that do still overset the ways of our civilisation bring to mind an ancient weather-saw for this time of Candlemas. The sixteenth-century rhyme runs: If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But jf Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone and comes not again Another version beginning; ...

... QMMjQfflfiMQl P.N.N56B BMHifflflllfflilFr P.N.X56B AFFAIRS OF STATE concern him more closely than most men. In Diplomatic circles his agile brain and cool bearing have clarified the issue in many an international incident. Notice, too, how he habitually lights up a pipe of No Name p a A when faced with a deli- cate situation. He shows BR0AD CUT his usual tact and fine per- s 1 h e, 5 4 m e ...

... A London 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C. 4 Wednesday, February 1, 1939. THE PREMIER AT HIS BEST. --Birmingham deserved to be honoured by the Premier at his best. He never made a finer speech and it is natural that he should reserve that best for the great city that is the cradle of Chamberlains, their nurse and their staunchest supporter. It was indeed a, grand speech. There was a new strength ...

... Australian Fire Havoc AS THE FLAMES ADVANCED ON THE TOWN OF NARBETHONG, in one of the greatest bush fires in Australian history, a daring cameraman obtained this spectacular shot. Over sixty lives were lost in Victoria State and the damage to property has been immense. It was an exceptional instance of a top fire, with flames leaping through the foliage, as distinct from the usual ground ...

... elona Without Opposition Capital Fell Arouses Barcelona's Enthusiasm ■melted almost to enthusiasm, and long- ^fcarted friends and relations picked their ^Kvay among the faithful trench shelters ^fend refuges now vacant at last, queued ■up at public fountains for what scanty ■supply of drinking water was still to be ■had, or adjourned to restaurants, there ■to consume their spoil, and hopeful ...

... Flight From D n/* r I /N kj A Scenes in the City as Government 13 /V Ix X* t L 1^1 r\ Supporters Prepared to Leave AS FRANCO'S TROOPS DREW EVER NEARER these citizens of Barcelona waited for transport to take them north, away from the scene of war. Almost 200,000 people left the city when it fell and it was obvious that some had lost all faith in the Government cause, for they flocked through ...

... Irs Up to Signor Mussolini Now The Sphere's Foreign Correspondent Looks Back On the Rome Visit and, in the Light of What Happened, Surveys the Present State of Britain's Relations With Italy By FERDINAND TUOHY NEVERTHELESS, our experience has been that those princes who have done great things have held good faith of little account, and have known how to circumvent the intellect of men by ...

... Name 'Fay Pearl.' As soon as Robin beard this absurd name, he sighed with relief. And he said to himself, That girl's got to be engaged.' To call herself 1 Fay Pearl' was, in itself, a stroke of genius. It was inspired cheek. She Was Fay Pearl. She couldn't be anything else. Particularly, when she spoke her name so exquisitely, in a sort of silver whisper, on an ascending scale as though, ...

... THE QUILT-MAKERS OF COUNTY DURHAM Skilled Work by Wives of the Unemployed: The Queen Buys Five Quills for Windsor HThe magnificent quilt work depicted here is being produced in their cottage homes by the wives of unemployed Durham miners, and it is clear that it reaches a wonderfully high standard of craftsman ship. Her Majesty the Queen recently bought five of these quilts for the Royal ...

... A SPORTS CAR THAT IS SILENT The 2-litre M.G. Which Combines Silkiness and Silence With Speed and Safety By A* PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. Clerk of the Coune, Brooldands) IN the mind of the average motorist mention of an M.G. car probably conjures up a small, low-built nippy vehicle with quite a decisive exhaust note. In consequence, if one were to suggest to the middle-aged or ...