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... THIS WEEK in fhe THEATRE Two Plays and Two Revues Discussed by PHILIP PAGE THE programmes at the Old Vic just now contain the information that this theatre has been con tinuously in use as a place of enter tainment since 1818. That is not strictly true. There had been no entertainment of any kind there from the outbreak of war until last week, which is far too long a gap to justify the use ...
... j WHERE BRITISH FORCES ARE SAID TO HAVE LANDED All the Points at which StockhnL has declared British Landings in Norway AMONG all the conflicting reports from Norway during the past week at least one thing stands out: Germany has not found Norway the willing victim she expected. In spite of all her preparations, in spite of treachery at nearly all key points, which enabled her to make easy ...
... NORWAY March 7. --Germany made a guarantee to Norway that none of her merchant ships would be sunk without warning --all to be examined before attack, except those in British convoy. March 21. German ship, filled with Swedish ore, from Narvik, sunk by British submarine 8 miles off Denmark. March 26. Germany accused Allies of having violated Danish neutrality hoping to involve the neutrals in ...
... Why Germany has In, ,ded Scandinavia and Denmark The Ice-free Porl of Narvik, the Territorial Waterj f Norway and Britain's Minefields Threatening Germany's Ore Route HThe determination of the British Government to carry out the most stringent blockade of Germany is directly responsible for Germany's latest desperate s'.ep. The pictures on this page show the real crux of the whole Scandinavian ...
... BRITAIN in WAR-TIME Three Graphic Pictures THE FISHING FLEET CARRIES ON In spite of Nazi terrorism by U-bcats and by raiding bombers, the indomitable spirit of the fishermen around our shores remains unbroken. Every day thousands of them leave British ports for the fishing grounds round the coast. This picture was taken at a fish quay in Fleetwood many of the fleet operating from this port ...
... THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY How the Blockade is being Operated by the Royal Navy Described by NOEL THOMPSON MORE and more these days we are hearing about the blockade of Germany. In my second sentence I would like to emphasise that whereas it is always referred to as the British blockade, especially in American newspapers, it is in fact the Allied blockade. The French Navy and the French control ...
... THE QUARTER LATIN IN WAR-TIME French Students Revisit Ancient Haunts of Learning and -With British Airmen on Leave -Seek Dis traction from War at the Bookshops and Stalls IN FRONT OF THE PANTHEON IN THE QUARTIER LATIN A student returns to the once familiar streets by the Seine and wanders through them with his relatives and friends. Behind them is the huge domed building which houses the ...
... A BOW VIEW OF H.M.S. ARK ROYAL AS SHE ARRIVED AT PORTSMOUTH FOR REVICTUALLING AND REFUELLING. THE WHITE ENSIGN STILL FLOATS ABOVE HER FLIGHT DECK: Reported sunk by the Nazi wireless, H.M.S. Ark Royal has just returned home for refuelling and revictualling. Lying at her berth at Portsmouth, the huge aircraft-carrier presents a picture of grim efficiency in her war-time coat of grey. No battle ...
... FROM SURRENDERED TERRITORIES ON THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS AND THE HANGOE PENINSULA EVACUATING THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS When the stunning news of the cession of the Karelian Isthmus broke upon the Finns, a great trek began of both the Army and the inhabitants of the district which had been so courageously defended. Long processions of horsed sleighs proceeded northwards, bearing goods of all kinds, ...
... A GERMAN ARTIST'S WORK DEDICATED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY The great Biblical candelabrum, which was recently presented to the Abbey by an anonymous donor and has now been dedicated by the Dean. This magnificent example in bronze, representing thirty-two figures from the Old Testament, is 6 ft. high and 7 ft. wide and was exhibited at the Royal Academy last year and judged to be of great artistic ...
... AND DRAMATIC NEWS No eTSotz TripleX u genuine safety gLzss Friday, april 26, 1940. m The Illustrated and DRAMATIC News j ...
... FROM the five charity matches played on the Richmond Athletic Ground, some £2,000 has been raised for the Red Cross and the Army Recreational Equipment Fund. The lion's share goes to the latter, which is one of Lt.-Col. B. C. Hartley's particular cares. More entertaining football could not have been desired and there was a glorious end on Saturday when the Army beat Great Britain by 3 goals (1 ...