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The HALIBUT FISHERS of the NORTH SEA

... Described by ELDON MOORE Trawling and drift-net fishing are fairly familiar. But little is generally known about the deep-sea line fishing which brings in the oddest, most elusive, and most valuable fish in the ocean the halibut. Little is known because the dangers and hardships are such that owners and fishermen do not usually care to risk the presence aboard of a landsman. Mr. Moore's ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1897 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Photographs 

The WAR by SEA and AIR: The Crashed German Bomber And Details of the Magnetic Mine

... The WAR by SEA and AIR The Crashed German Bomber And Details- of the Magnetic Mine A BIG GERMAN BOMBER CRASHES ON THE NORTH EAST COAST This Heinkel twin-engined bomber came down in meadow land close to the North East coast. One of her engine eggs struck the flat surface of the field, crushing two propellers out of shape, but the rest of the plane suffered little damage UNDERSIDE VIEW OF THE ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 399 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FINLAND CONTINUES to CAPTURE RUSSIAN BOOTY: Big Hauls of Material on the Forest Fronts, in Spite of the ..

... FINLAND CONTINUES to CAPTURE RUSSIAN BOOTY Big Hauls of Material on the Forest Fronts, in Spite of the Pressure on the Mannerheim Line A WRECKED RUSSIAN PLANE being carried away on three Finnish lorries after it had been shot down on one of the northern fronts. It had evidently been a very large bohiber, judging by the size of the wings, seen on the right, and the two big power eggs, each on ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 247 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DEPTH-CHARGE--BRITAIN'S REPLY TO THE U-BOAT: A Naval Weapon Developed from the Last War which has Spelled ..

... THE DEPTH-CHARGE-- BRITAIN'S REPLY TO THE U-BOAT A Naval Weapon Developed from the Last War which has Spelled Disaster for the German Submarine I WHAT A DEPTH-CHARGE THROWER LOOKS LIKE THIS BATTERY OF THEM, JUST COMPLETED, IS AWAITING TEST AT A BRITISH FACTORY The depth-charge was evolved by the British Admiralty after experimental development by the engineering department of Manchester ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 466 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

AT THE BACK OF THE FRONT: A Tour through the Various Army Zones which No Civilian can Enter or Leave Without a Pass

... AT THE BACK OF THE FRONT A Tour through the Various Army Zones which No Civilian can Enter or Leave Without a Pass By HARRY J. GREENWALL THE Old Lady sort of fixed me with one eye and said: And where exactly does the Front begin, young man? Strangely enongh, I had never thought of war, or more particularly, shall I say, this war, in terms of where the Front begins and ends, but when one does ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1889 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Photographs 

THE FOUR-CORNERED BATTLE OVER CIVIL AVIATION: Its Plight Since the Outbreak of War

... THE FOUR-CORNERED BATTLE OVER CIVIL AVIATION Us Plight Since the Outbreak of War- Described by CHARLES G. GREY CIVIL aviation may not seem to have much to do with air war, but in fact it has as much to do with it as the Merchant Marine has with naval war, and as railways and motor buses have with land war. In fact, civil aviation has not done so much in connection with the present air war as ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2014 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs