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HUNTING THE OPEN GARAGE: Finding Accommodation for the Car at Night

... HUNTING THE OPEN GARAGE Finding Accommodation for the Car at Night By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erk of the Course, Broolt/anc/s) ON more than one occasion I have made refer ence in these notes to a body known as the Motor Trade War Executive. The retail motor traders of this country, number ing approximately 16,000, are repre- sented by this organisation, and their interests ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1397 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

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THE PUBLISHER, THE SPHERE

... , ,' A NEW PICTORIAL RECORD OF GILBERT A SULLIVAN OPERAS This 48-page pictorial record of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas published by THE SPHERE, deals comprehen sively with the most popular of the famous operas. All the new stars, as well as the established favourites, are featured in their own parlicular roles and MANY PAGES IN FULL COLOUR SHOWING SCENERY AND COS TUMES WILL BE OF ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 190 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1035 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMANY ENTERS DENMARK'S CAPITAL--TUESDAY, APRIL 9: The Scene in Front of Copenhagen's Town Hall As the Germans ..

... GERMANY ENTERS DENMARK'S CAPITAL-- TUESDAY, APRIL 9 The Scene in Front of Copenhagen's Town Hall As the Germans Marched In Drawing oy r. .w7rmit7, i\.i. The invasion of Denmark by a huge (orce of the German war machine began at 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning from near Flensburg on the South Jutland frontier. An hour later German troops were disembarking at Copenhagen from German warships. The ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 160 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. XXXII: GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE--LORD TWEEDSMUIR'S SUCCESSOR

... A WAR NEWSLETTER No. XXXII 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE --LORD TWEEDSMUI R'S SUCCESSOR.- --Plenty of news of personalities. Lord Athlone was the obvious choice for Lord Tweedsmuir's successor. He (and Princess Alice) made a great success in South Africa, where he remained for seven years, and he has once before actually been nominated Governor-General of Canada-- in 1914 ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3103 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Photographs 

AFTER THE INVASION: Personalities in the Scandinavian Crisis

... AFTER THE INVASION Personalities in the Scandinavian Crisis THE AMBASSADORS CALL AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9 MR. ERIK COLBAN, NORWEGIAN MINISTER IN LONDON SINCE 1934 MR. BJORN PRYTZ, SWEDISH MINISTER IN LONDON SINCE 1938 COUNT EDUARD REVENTLOW, DANISH MINISTER IN LONDON SINCE 1938 THE KING WITHOUT A COUNTRY-- KING CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK. MOST DEMOCRATIC OF EUROPEAN MONARCHS. TAKING ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 197 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MAKING of a BIG GUN

... On these Pages the Process ot Making a Big Naval Gun is Further Described and Illustrated. The Pic tures are Numbered in the Order in which they Should be Studied. The Manner in which the Red-hot or White-hot Metal is Handled is Astonishing, Especially in the Use of the Mandrel which is Thrust into the Heated Forging for the Purpose of Providing a Counterpoise -SPECIAL BIG GUN SECTION 1. Above ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 501 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES AGAINST WHOM GERMANY CRACKS HER TEETH

... THE SKIPPER IS ALWAYS ON THE ALERT FOR ENEMY PLANES The officers of the Royal Naval Patrol Service have come through a stormy win ter and are still on the bridge on the heaving swells of the North Sea HE FISHES THE SEA FOR MANY STRANGE OB JECTS TO DAY He is one of the volun teer fishermen who are no longer casting their nets for the fish supply of our great cities he combs and rakes the sea ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 358 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER: MR. CHURCHILL AGAIN

... A WAR NEWSLETTER --No. XXXI 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, April 3, 1940 MR. CHURCHILL AGAIN.-- Mr. Churchill, our greatest orator, is also one of the few Ministers from the Front Bench who do not bore us with platitudes and patronise us. He takes us into his confidence, speaks his mind without fear of what the neutrals will say, and speaks as man to man, by which I mean as a man ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3514 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Photographs 

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AEROPLANE TACTICS IN THE NORWEGIAN WAR: Our Efforts fo Keep the Germans Out of Norway's Aerodromes and Prevent ..

... Aeroplane Tactics in the Norwegian War Our Efforts fo Keep fhe Germans Out of Norway's Aerodromes and Prevent Landings of More Troops By CHARLES G. GREY (Founder of The Aeroplane) OUT of all the maze of uncommunicative communiques, flatulent unofficial dispatches from official quarters, highly imaginative agency reports, and plain lying rumours, we can now get some idea of what the aeroplanes ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1572 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Maps  Photographs