... THE MAKING of a BIG GUN The Final Stages of Fitting the Breech Block and Mushroom Plunger -SPECIAL BIG GUN SECTION NEARING THE END IN THE TASK OF PRODUCING A BIG GUN FOR THE NAVY The problem of securing a gas-tight breech is solved by providing a pad which creates a closely-fitting joint. The explosion of the powder forces back the mushroom plunger as shown here HOW THE INTERRUPTED SCREW ...

... IS This the END of CIVIL AVIATION in BRITAIN? A Few Things which Must be Said Before the End Comes By CHARLES G. GREY (Founder of Tim Aeroplane) Mr. C. G. Grey is famous throughout aviation circles the world over for the forthrightness of his views. The article which follows may be counted as amongst his most forthright. Mot only Mr. Grey, but many other competent observers as well, have been ...

... -SPECIAL CONTRABAND SECTION The question of Contraband grows in importance with every passing week for it is by checking war goods reaching Germany that her downfall can be accomplished within measurable time Here the question of one of the back doers is examined in detail NOW that Mr. Chamberlain has announced that the Allies intend to tighten the blockade against Germany, the Black Sea ...

... [HE BALKAN CONFERENCE C ord Halifax Presides Over the Foreign Office Discussions ^ritain's counterblast to Germany's economic campaign in the Balkans has begun. On Monday last the first of a series of discussions on the political and economic situation in south-eastern Europe began at the Foreign Office under the presidency of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, when the pictures reproduced ...

... FILM Scarlett O'Hara Comes to Town Next Week VIVIEN LEIGH AS SCAR LETT O'HARA PRESENTED IN LONDON NEXT WEEK The long-awaited film from Gone with the Wind, the enormously popular novel of the American War, appears on April 18. Miss Leigh is partly Irish SCARLETT O'HARA ON THE PORCH AT TARA WITH THE TARLETON TWINS, WHO HAD JUST BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: it doesn't matter ...

... The Supreme Allied Wa ouncil Meets in London The Sixth Meeting of the Cout 1; Its Momentous Decisions GENERAL SIR E. IRONSIDE, CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF (WEARING CROSS OF LEGION OF HONOUR) WITH AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR C. NEWALL GENERAL VUILLEMIN, CHIEF OF THE FRENCH AIR FORCE (ON LEFT), IN LONDON FOR THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL MEETING THE ALLIED AIR MINISTERS LEAVING AFTER THE ALLIED WAR ...

... In War and Home Work Northern Ireland is Showing Great energy HELPING TO CLOTHE THE ARMY Northern Ireland is well equipped to help in the Home Front campaign with her numerous weaving mills. In consequence, the mills and factories of the Belfast district are humming with activity and are turning out a big variety of articles of clothing required for the Army, Navy and Air Force AT WORK ON THE ...

... SAILOR info AIRMAN How the Men of the Fleet Air Arm Are Trained Described by NOEL THOMPSON PROBABLY by far the least publicised of the fighting forces in the present war has been the Fleet Air Arm. That they have been extremely active goes without saying, but their sphere has not lent itself to the spectacular. That phase has yet to come, and no one is waiting for it with more confidence nor ...

... B.E.F/s FIRST MOBILE RAILWAY WORKSHOP BRITAIN'S CIVIL AVIATION CARRIES ON A mobile railway workshop which has just been com pleted for the Ministry of Supply tor use with the B.E F. in France was on view at Waterloo Station recently. The workshop is the first of a number designed tn enable service repairs to be carried out in forward areas in France, instead of at base depots. Each workshop ...

... i MJSTMgBWB!Wg8WISiM sIEGI M ents BMiMil^nWlMgiragMiiQM M AND in France These officers of the Welch Fusiliers belong to a famous regiment. It was first raised in Wales in 1689 and began its service in Flanders under William of Orange and Marlborough. Des tiny was to see it again in Flanders in August, 1914, where it distinguished itself in the first battle of Yores and the defence of the Menin ...

... TLere are Other Things tTan VC^ar Riding M emories ol France/ Tlie Voice of Experience A RIDING Tour Through Northern France, x etc.-- In the spacious and unhurried days of 1915-19 I took a leisurely tour on horseback through Northern France, Flanders, and into Germany. I rode for the most part a chestnut mare named June, standing but 15-2 hands, and I found her on the whole difficult to ride, ...

... THE BOULDER DAM TO-DAY Now a blue lake replaces the muddy dangerous Colorado Kiver. The power which is generated yielded a return last year of 4,321,000 dollars to the U.S. Treasury. With the Boulder Dam controlling the Colorado, two more dams have been completed down stream, the Parker, for diverting domestic water to Los Angeles and ten nearby cities, and the Imperial, to supply water for ...