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BATTLESHIPS AND ARMOURED SHIPS

... Above The battleship Scharnhorst top right the battleship Gneisenau. Both these vessels have been sunk the first by H.M.S. Renown, and the second by shore batteries in Oslo Fiord. On the right the armoured ship, Admiral Scheer-- not definitely claimed by the Admiralty as sunk, but so severely damaged by H.M. Submarine Spearfish that she will be out of the war for a long time. These three ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 560 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Larola

... Ja tvlq At rclq Whether you are in uniform or not, on munitions or other Government work, don't neglect your skin because of changed conditions. Keep up the regular daily applications of to tone and nourish the skin, to keep your face and hands beautifully soft, white and smooth. , pure and free of all pore-clogging ingredients, is applied in a minimum of time it prevents red and roughened ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 114 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

... THE ILLUSTRATED MIMIO.X NEWS. THE ILLUSTRATED MENTION' NEWS, THERE'S A WEALTH OF ENTERTAINMENT IN INSIDE KNOWLEDGE A large number of the informative dia- interesting sectional drawings are reproduced grammatic drawings, chiefly by that well-known as panoramas, EACH MEASURING OVER artist G. H. Davis which have been published THREE FEET WIDE. They show British from time to time in THE ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 194 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs 

Article

... THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NORWAY'S GEOGRAPHY: To the south lies an area over which no modern army could advance but whoever holds the port and town of Narvik holds the west to east communications towards Kiruna and the iron ore supplies of Sweden THE IRON ORE REGION OF KIRUNA, THE RICHEST AREA OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD; and the principal region from which the enemy can secure her vital ores ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 314 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

Article

... 116 SPECIAL SPHERE SECTION The SEARCHLIGHT by SEA and LAND (Continued from previous pa&e) too rapid feeding, the arc length tends to become too great, an electrical control speeds up or retards the speed at which the negative carbon is fed inwards. Such a process, if otherwise uncontrolled, would sooner or later result in the trans ference of the positive crater from the focus in which it has ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2708 | Page: Page 18, 19, 20, 21 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

THE CONVOYS ARE STILL COMING SAFELY TO PORT: Some Striking New Pictures

... THE CONVOYS ARE STILL COMING SAFELY TO PORT Some Striking 7\[ew Pictures THE NAVAL ESCORT VESSEL KEEPS WATCH OVER HER FLOCK OF ASSORTED MERCHANTMEN AT SEA mWSSSkM. v i sini A ON BOARD AN ESCORTING VESSEL-- HIGH-ANGLE GUNS AND GUN CREW READY FOR INSTANT ACTIOh The North Sea has not been a cheerful place during the past winter months of intense cold and drivinr snowstorms but the work of ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 275 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Article

... moured Corps to be One of the Smartest and cjent Bodies of Men in the Army By NOEL THOMPSON (With Special Illustrations) training to be wireless operators, studying instruments and sending messages. On an average, Phase I men have twenty lectures a week, and I should add to these lec tures a really admirable idea, that is, voluntary lectures in spare time at night. These are popular, and men ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 928 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

THIS WEEK in the THEATRE: Two Plays and Two Revues Discussed by

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1121 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

WHERE BRITISH FORCES ARE SAID TO HAVE LANDED: All the Points at which Stockholn has declared British Landings ..

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1810 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

GERMANY'S SWOOP ON SCANDINAVIA: The Invasion of Norway and Denmark on April 9

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 678 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Photographs 

WHY GERMANY HAS IN ... SCANDINAVIA AND DENMARK: The Ice-free Port of Narvik, the Territorial Water Norway and ..

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 573 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

BRITAIN in WAR-TIME: Three Graphic Pictures

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 262 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs