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... The Secret Agent's Wife by Olga L. Rosmanith Harry said formally, Sheila, this is Mr. Guise and this is Mr. Hendrikson. Gentlemen, Mrs. Warren my wife. They rose and bowed stiffly. Sit down again, please, she said. Don't mind me. I 've come back for a warmer coat and I 'm going right out again. I think not, said the dark, swarthy one. Adding, as he saw her look of swift anger, I mean I ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 935 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs 

JOHNNIE WALKER

... IOHNNIE WALKER Good work -good whisky Born 1ft 20 still going strong ...

Published: Wednesday 11 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 14 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON ... BY ARTIST AND CAMERA No. 10. THE PICCADILLY--THE ... AND THE SPECTATORS

... I CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON EWED BY ARTIST AND CAMERA: I No. 10. THE PICCADILLY-- THE >W AND THE SPECTATORS. I LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in one of their numbers. Lifting-piano art Hank the Mule (FRED WOODWARD) in his famous art. i Left LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in the Rumba. rananH i mr LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in the finale. Two of LES JEUNE5 FILLES in the Rnmha. A lovely study of JOAN BOOKER in her ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BLACK-OUT AND BOTTLE-PARTY SPY HUNT OF CONTRABAND

... CONTRABAND, due at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on Easter Monday, March 25, is the first British film to be started, completed and shown in the present war. It is a thrilling contemporary spy story. A night club where a banjo is played is an important clue, and turns out to be the Mouse Trap Club, where these charming musicians perform. Captain Andersen, the hero, hears music and dancing ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 245 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Heart of British Oak: When Kindness is Wistaken for Weakness, Virile Action is Unexpected

... rteaiS \of British Oak When Kindness is Wistaken for Weakness, Virile Action is Unexpected By Peter B. Kyne CAPTAIN JASPER HANNAY, late skipper of a decrepit old thirty-five hundred ton tramp that had been sunk by a mine in the Channel early in the war, was sur prised when he received a letter requesting him to call upon Mr. Baugh, of Kendall, Baugh Co., Ltd., owners of the Golden Arrow Line, ...

SURE-FOOTED

... SURE FOOTED THIS IS THE AUTUMN WHEN WOMEN WILL WALK WITH A MAGNIFICENTLY YOUTHFUL SWING, AS MOUNTAIN GOATS, TRIUMPHANTLY PATRIOTIC IN THEIR LOW-HEELED SHOES THAT SAVE WOOD FOR THE GOVERNMENT. SQUARE TOES MATCH SQUARED SHOULDERS, BRAVE COMBINATIONS OF COLOUR WILL LEND GAIETY TO THE MOST PRACTICAL OF SHOES, EYELETS HAVE A SWAGGER ING MECHANISED LOOK WITH THEIR BRASS RIMS AND INSETS OF COLOUR, ...

Mary Young's FINDINGS far your KEEPINGS

... Mary Youny9s FINDINGS far your KEEPINGS If any of the subjects discussed on this page answer your current problems write me at Britannia Eve 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C.4. I shall be happy to send any further information How to keep warm this winter within the bounds of strictest economy, is going to exercise the ingenuity of the cleverest housewife. For the price of warmth, whether it be ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 963 | Page: Page 44 | Tags: Photographs 

GALLIA LIMITED

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In Search of the Local

... By Ashley Courtenay EDWARD ARDIZZONE and Maurice Gorham are men after my own heart. They are seekers out of pubs. Not merely historic hostelries or Dickensian inns, but what we engaged in the chase can term as locals. Small and large taverns in main highways, up narrow alleys or in a mews, all frequented by regulars in every walk of life. When Messrs. Ardizzone and Gorham's book first came ...

R.M.S. QUEEN MARY

... R.M.S. Ol l i:\ MARY R.M.S. OlIliEN MARY There are few things more intriguing and instructive than these movable deck models of . Deck by Deck the ship's wonderful interior may be examined. Correct and to scale, all decks are numbered, and details can be identified very easily by reference to a guide supplied. The model is 12 inches long, price 3/6, postage and packing inland 9d. extra. ...

Mill Hill Athletes Break Records at St. Bees

... S. C. TINNERS LEY showed himself an out standing long-distance runner with comfortable victories in the senior 880 yards and the mile. But this year's running times were slower than last, probably because the races were run on grass instead of cinders as at Mill Hill. RECORD WELL BROKEN: D. A. Richards, throwing the javelin 147 ft. jJ in. to win the junior event, beat the previous record by a ...

First Day of Cricket at Oxford

... I NEW COLLEGE GROUND provided a tranquil setting for the first Freshmen's match at Oxford between an XI. captained by R. E. Luyt (Trinity), acting captain of cricket, and an XI. led by E. K. Scott (Lincoln), the acting secretary. The final trial finished yesterday, and one of the matches that have been arranged for the next month will be against a British Empire XI. on June 14 and 15. This, ...