... The Manning of Britain's Reserve Fleet Two of the 12,000 Men who Joined Up Last Monday for a Two Months' Spell of Duty at Sea On Monday last the British Navy accomplished one of those sparkling feats of which it has so often shown itself capable, when 12,000 Naval Reservists, most of whom have been recalled from good shore jobs and comfortable homes, were summoned to Portsmouth, Chatham, and ...

... Mars Looms Close to the Earth A PLANET SWIMS INTO THE WORLD'S KEN: This diagram has been specially made for The Sphere and shows how the surface of Mars appears to the astronomer looking through a 28-in. refractor tele scope of the type installed at Greenwich. On the evening of July 27 Mars was nearer to the earth than it has been since 1924, and it will not again be so close until 1956. The ...

... Land, Sea, and Air Activities boss Motor torpedo boats are being perfected by every major power and this example, which was demonstrated on Southampton Water last week to representatives of the Admiralty, has shown that she can travel at 45i knots when carrying 2 tons above the normal load. She has two torpedoes, several guns and six depth charges, and is manned by a crew of six. There are two ...

... F L I G H T MASS OVER BELFAST: These Avro-Anson reconnaissance aircraft of No. 269 Squadron flew from Scotland last week and roared in formation above Ulster's capital YOU CAN TELL THEM BY THEIR CAPES: The short capes with the flying emblems proclaim that these nurses are attached to the R.A.F. They are standing beneath the flag outside Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital at Halton ...

... &n* A A Firsf-Hand Ob- Germany's Expanded Army^vEt HITLER'S triumphs have so far been bloodless ones. But the changes he has wrought in the map of Europe have not been exactly the product of agreements freely entered into by the various countries concerned. The German army and the threat of force are the tools that Hitler has used to build up the Third Reich. Nor, to do him justice, would he ...

... The Wanderings 0/ A MINOAN SWORD A GEM OF THE SWORDSMITH'S ART: This gold hilt of a Minoan sword was found last year in a tomb on Scopelos Island and was presented to the Archaeological Museum of Athens, where it has been the object of much admiring atten tion. Now it has come into the news again as a result of the discovery, by another expedition but in the same excavations, of a gold object ...

... Fire Down Below WITH A FLAME CUTTER THAT BURNS UNDER WATER: A diver equipped to descend in order to work on a wreck. Formerly he had to operate with a hack saw a long and laborious job-- but thanks to this remarkable invention he can carve through a ship's plates in a few minutes DEEP DOWN BELOW THE SURFACE the diver works with his flame-cutter. The reason the water does not put out the flame ...

... THE ARABS ATTACK FORT ZINDER Major Wren's Best selling Novel Makes Thrilling Screen Entertainment HOLDING THE DESERT FORT The Foreign Legionaries carry on a stern battle against the Arabs who have surrounded the place. A dramatic moment in the film version of Beau Geste, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, which had its premiere this week at the Plaza Cinema. Gary Cooper, Ray ...

... A Million Volts to Fight Disease The Great New X-Ray Flanf at St. Bartholomew's Hospital POWER THAT MAN EXPLOITS WARILY Above An expert radiologist adjusts the rectifier filament currents during a demonstration of the 1 ,000,000-volt beam of the Mozelle Sassoon high voltage X-ray therapy plant which has been installed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, with the object of fighting cancer ...

... BELGIUM. Antwerp. Grand Hotel de Londres. Best position in town. Highest service at reason able rates. Telegrams: Lonhotel. Anvers. Knocke-Zoute. Palace Hotel. Sea front. Near Golf. Casino. Bathing. Tennis. Reduced terms from August 20. FRANCE. Antibes. Grand Hotel du Cap D'Antibes et Pavilion Eden-Roc. Unique situation, between Cannes and Nice. Cap Martin. Cap Martin Htl. Free bus ser. with ...

... #|fl|ll A PICTORIAL mKSW* RECORD OF GILBERT SULLIVAN This Pictorial Record of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas has been produced by special arrangement with the Rupert D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. THE CONTENTS OF THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN RECORD INCLUDE-- T HE GONDOLIERS. Fife pages of pictures, plus two colour pictures, one of which shows stage setting for Act 1. I0LAN7HE. Four pages of pictures, ...

... A Howard Weds Arundel's Big Day LEAVING THE CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP NERI Mr. Colin Davidson, the only surviving son of the late Colonel Leslie Davidson, and his bride. Lady Rachel Fitzalan- Howard, the eldest daughter of the late Duke of Norfolk, after their wedding at Arundel last Monday LONDON SOCIETY CONGREGATES AT ARUNDEL: A glimpse of the fashionable throng outside the Roman Catholic Church ...