... A Great National Undertaking The evacuation of three million children, mothers, blind I people and cripples began early last Friday, while Hitler was proclaiming to his army he would meet force I with force, and, according to reports that followed swiftly, while that army was invading Poland. The early part of the evacuation, at least, was carried out calmly, efficiently, and with ...

... Lance-Corporal's uniform was seen in the House of Lords almost certainly for the first time, when Lord Wolverton, thirty-five- V par-old baron in the Territorials went on special leave to hear Lord Halifax' s statement. Hitler and Napoleon were lance-corporals mi m-- p-- Emperor Haile-Selassie, victim of the war before the war before last Spain v. Spain, China v. Japan, Italy v. Abyssinia) ...

... 44 London Gazette Some Crisis -Week Promotions Captain is the former Lieut. Lord George Scott, 10 th Royal Hussars. His rcgi- ment is mechanised and thus comes under the heading, Royal Armoured Corps. He is the Duke of Buccleuch's youngest brother married Molly Bishop last year Captain is a Grena dier Guards subaltern, William Richard de Bacquencourt des Voeux. He is the only son and heir of ...

... Women in Uniform No. 12. The Civil Air Guard At Heston where most of these photographs were taken, Lady Bonham-Carter has been an enthusiastic member for some time. She is the wife of Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter, and lives in Radnor Place The ground trainer originally invented for blind-flying (a hood fits over the whole machine) is used in some clubs to give pupils the feel of the controls. It ...

... Gardener's Chronicle In Search of Sun By R. C. Jenkinson From Arcachon WE arrived at breakfast-time to find, of course, grey skies and a threat of rain, which fell in the evening! But this was only a matter of a day or two, and the soft, balmy, resin-laden atmosphere was very welcome. This is an enchanting place; a strip of sandy foreshore rises sharply, more or less, to the dunes, and the ...

... Pearson Galtrey Frederick Fanning Ayer Pearson, of Sulby Hall, Rugby, American benefactor of cancer research, and Isobel Eileen Mary Galtrey, daughter of the late Sidney Galtrey (the former Hotspur of the Daily Telegraph and Mrs. Galtrey, of Westfield Court, Kingston Surrey were married at Caxton Hall register office Wyndham Hodder- Williams George ColviUe Wyndham, only son of Capt. and Mrs. ...

... The Shadow of Wings By Charles Ward R.A.F. Ready THESE notes are written six days before publication, and the issue-- peace or war-- must be decided by Septem ber 6th. The R.A.F. is ready for all eventu alities. It was ready on August 24th, for on that day I flew home from a short holiday abroad, and one could see signs of its preparations. It is impossible to predict the chances of peace, but ...

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... Getting Married o The Bystander's Review of Weddings and Engagements Pamela Alar low Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Marlow of Bearwood Wokingham Surrey s/w is gaged to HaroldW arwick Edwards so/t 0/ the late Frederick Harold Edwards, and Mrs. A. Edwards, of 5, Platts Lane, Hampstead Pearl Freeman Muriel Knight-Rowe Is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Knight-Rowe, of Rio de ...

... The Bystander visits the 1700-year-old The Orange Special? 7.50 a.m. from the Gare de Lyon takes down members of the Optra, Opera Comique, Comtdie-Franqaise and Odeon companies to the Midi. Upright in his second-class corner sits M. Lafleurance, flautist, who has been at the Opera for fifty years, and clings, alone, to the old-style morning coat and white waistcoat En voyage members of the ...

... Mr. and Mrs. B. Bira at Home Prince Birabongse Bhamnbandi of Thailand is one of the many expatriate members of the royal family of his country (formerly Siam), now represented on the throne by the fourteen-year-old King Ananda Mihadol. Bira, as he calls himself on the race-track, came over here to go to Eton, and has never returned to his country. Instead, he has made a considerable place for ...

... What's On THEATRES Straight Plays Buxton Festival. The Old Vic Company in Romeo and. Juliet, The Devil's Disciple, The Good Natur'd Man, Viceroy Sarah. The Corn is Green. Emlyn Williams's biographical play is full of life Sybil Thorndike as a go-ahead Welsh schoolmistress, Williams as her genius prot6g£ Duchess, 8.30. Tues., Thurs., 2.30. Counterfeit. Comedy and gangsterism agreeably mixed, ...