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THE WORK OF THE TRADE: What the Submarines Have Done in the War

... THE WORK OF THE TRADE What the Submarines Have Done in the War Described by F. BOWEN THE British Submarine Service-- The Trade as it is still called by its own people-- is very properly a section of the Navy whose activities are most care fully hidden by the censorship, for there are many things in it of which the enemy has very little infor mation and which are constantly giving him a ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2018 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Photographs 

ABOUT SOME GERMAN FIGHTERS: And Particularly About the New Slot Pusher Monoplane

... I ABOUT SOME GERMAN FIGHTERS And Particularly About the J\[ew Slot Pusher Monoplane By CHARLES G. GREY I Founder of The Aeroplane) ODD disconnected bits of information when jumbled together often give one a better mental picture of what is happening than does a connected story, especially when it is a platitudinous, polysyllabic, plantigrade narrative such as has been inflicted hitherto on ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2008 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

THE QUIETER SIDE OF THE WAR

... ONE OF THE DUNKIRK LIFEBOATS UNDERGOES REPAIR Nineteen lifeboats of the R. N.L.I, were amongst the Little Ships at Dunkirk. Together they brought off some thousands of men from the open beaches. Only one of them, the Hythe boat, was lost but most of the others received damage of some sort. They are now being repaired at their various home stations along the coast. In this picture is seen the ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 701 | Page: Page 30, 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Schweppes

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Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 478 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

Article

... r I ports of Britain are still crowded ivith scenes such as this large stores being unloaded into this country from packed decks ...

White Elephants With ROSY FUTURES

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Other

... T 1 AIMMt I V I VTIO V S 1 K. Knit; P.=Purl; M. Make '|1 S.= Slip Sts. Stitches Tog. HI --Together; Beg.-- Beginning. i ai-- i MATERIALS 11 oz. of Patons and Baldwin's Super Boucle in green mist 1 pair of No. 10 needles 7 buttons 4 yds. black braid. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length, 22 ins. hips (6 ins. below waist), 32 ins., gripping firmly sleeve seam, 18 ins. TENSION 6 sts. and 9 ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 757 | Page: Page 46, 66 | Tags: Other  Photographs 

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LOOKING AHEAD. CECIL BEATON DRAWS THE WORLD OF TO-MORROW

... . On a rush visit to America CECIL BEATON took a quick look at Netc ork s IT orld s Fairt and sketched General Motors' plan for The World of To-morrow. 1 his exhibit, already seen by six million people, shoivs the latest projects for solving highways-traffic problems, and the newest buildings. The public revolves in arm chairs, and behind each a wireless voice murmurs description. Mr. Beaton's ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 90 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

JOHNNY APOLLO, UNDERWORLD DRAMA--WITH TYRONE POWER AND DOROTHY LAMOUR

... JOHNNY APOLLO, UNDERWORLD DRAMA- WITH TYRONE POWER AND DOROTHY LAMOUR. JOHNNY APOLLO, which is due at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on August 12, is a full-blooded U.S.A. underworld picture. Bob Cain (TYRONE POWER) is the son of an embezzling banker. Disgusted by the unfairness of his father's trial and by his fair-u-eather friends' attitude, he goes to the underworld, takes the name of ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 178 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

UP AND DOING WITH SONG AND DANCE

... . MISS PATRICIA BURKE, daughter of Marie Burke adds to the attractions of Up and Doing the Saville Theatre success with her songs and dances. Her numbers include You d Better Go Now, When You 're in Love and Day In and Day Out. She has just made her first appearance in cabaret at the Cafe de Paris. Her stage debut took place in 1933 at the Gate Theatre, and she has played in panto, and ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 88 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs