... PLANNING AN AUTUMN WARDROBE HATS AND COATS ARE TAILORED STARTLING hats have dis appeared, even from the early collections, and the new models are, above all, pleasant to wear. It is not always easy to find the right hat for a suit, but Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road, have discovered an excellent type in the model above. Trim and tailored, with its grosgrain ribbon and matelot bobbles, this ...

... CHIEFS OF THE RAF. COMMANDS: No. 8.-- BALLOON. AIR VICE-MARSHAL OWEN TUDOR BOYD, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., A.F.C., w the Air Officer Commanding Balloon Command a post which he has held since 1938. On leaving Sandhurst in 1909 he entered the Indian Army, and joined the R.A.F. in 1916 He served tcith distinction in the 1914-18 war; teas A.O.C. Central Area, R.A.F., 1935-36 and Director of Personal ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THE ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED By THESE UNIFORMED WOMEN, for so gallantly /y soing to it to repair air=raid damage. THE MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS. THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE. J THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AUXILIARY AMBULANCE CORPS. THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICE. THE RED CROSS SOCIETY and VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. THE members of the ...

... . AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR CYRIL LOUIS NORTON NEWALL, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., is the man of the hour for his position as Chief of the Air Staff and Senior Member of the Air Council means that he is in command of the Royal Air Force, which is now at grips with Goering's Luftwaffe in the Battle of London Born in 1886, he was educated at Bedford and Sandhurst, and entered the Royal Warwickshire ...

... . THE KING and QUEEN were in the street during that tour of the London areas damaged in recent air raids token the alarm sounded. Their car teas piloted to a police station, and they took refuge in the shelter-room belotc the station. As they went in, a black cat crossed their path and the Queen stoo/ted to /tat it. ...

... . Right IMPROVISED TEST OF AN UNDERCARRIAGE by Keith Henderson Air Ministry Artist, 1940). heft 44 WOMEN'S LAND ARMY AT WORK by J. Bateman A.R.A. Offiri ally commissioned, 1940), MEUT.-COM. R. DAIN- TVEE, R.N GUNNERY LIEUTENANT, RESTING BF 'ORE DINNER; by M Ishipman J. Worsley R. .R. Official purchase, 1940). A A Afc/if 44 DESTROYER IN DRY DOCK by John Nash A.R.A. Officially commis sioned, ...

... . DOROTHY LAMOUR, who knotcs all the answers about moons and sarongs, appreciates sunshine too. Here she is, making the most of a warm day, perched on a railing, enjoying an ice and contemplating a dip. Typhoon is her latest picture, and soon she will be seen in Moon Over Burma. ...

... . When HIS MAJESTY THE KING toured districts in East and South-East London where air-raid damage has been severe, he chatted with members of the Civil Defence Forces tvhose splendid courage and devotion to duty has roused general admiration and helped the brave people of London to stand firm in spite of suffering and loss. Here he is talking to a typical party of wardens ordinary citizens ...

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... 44 Stand Together and Hold Firm A few hours before the Prime Minister made his world broadcast speech last Wednesday, he went to luncheon with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. There, host and hostess showed their guest the damage done to their home by a Nazi bomb. Like all the men and women in London who have faced the same sight, the King and Queen looked at the wreckage of their ...

... COUNTRY HOMES IN WARTIME No. 17: HINCHINGBROOKE, HUNTINGDON Ancient and Very Beautiful Hinchincbrooke, Once Bought by the Cromwell Family for Seventeen Pounds Trite Earl of Sandwich Giving Some Pupils the Once Over (Left) The Sleeping Babes in the Lovely Garden, a Nice Snug Spot The Earl of Sandwich and Retaini Ramsey Abbey Gateway The Countess of Sandwich and (Below) Lady Faith Nesbit (Left) ...

... By AMBROSE HEATH GOING into my pet sweet-shop to get Susan her chocolate, I found the place in a state of upheaval. Not an air raid, surely? said someone facetiously. No, it was only stock-taking; and on my way home in the country bus, it occurred to me that the end of the summer is a very good time for taking stock-- especially in the store-cupboard. The winter is coming, and in clement ...