... SUGAR beet is at present occupying the attention not only of growers and of factory managers but of the general public. Londoners, for example, have just been told through the press that three factories alone will provide their sugar rations for a year. To the farmer the crop has a double value. A good acreage of sugar beet lifted from October to December will provide tops that can be fed ...

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... Wear Wool This Winter TWEEDS AND SHELTER SUITS MANY women have to find their own uniform for unofficial but necessary war work, and for practical reasons most of them are turning to tweed. It is important to choose a pattern that will not become tiresome, so Jays, of Regent Street, suggest the suit above in a herringbone weave. This is a Devon tweed, made in a warm heather purple, in ...

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... AND THIS IS READING IT Mr. Frank Phillips One of those familiar; voices which say This is the nine o'clock news and Mr. Frank Phillips was formerly a professional singer, a fine training for his present job. His first broadcast as a singer was in 1928 and he became a B.B.C. announcer in 1935 Mr. Joseph MacLeod He joined the B.B.C. in 1938 after being barrister, author, private tutor, book ...

... By PAMELA MURRAY WRITING at the end of September, the New York winter tempo is still a matter for speculation, as is the Presidential Election campaign, which, after a deep Willkie slump, following his rather insipid early speeches, has stepped up into a sturdy con test, on domestic issues (with the President still making golden-voiced promises) while both candidates become more emphatically ...

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... NEWMARKET CARRIES ON THE BLOOD-STOCK SALES The Top Price Yearling, Hyperion's Son This colt, out of Quashed, Lord Stanley's 1935 Oaks winner, by Hyperion, Lord Derby's good colt which won the Derby in 1933, made top price. He was owned by Lady Barbara Smith and Mr. C. Cowie got him for 1,400 guineas The Winner of the Wooden Spoon And this colt by Hyperion, which went for only eight guineas, ...

... . H.R.H. PRINCE EDWARD OF KENT, only son of T.R.H. the DUKE and DUCHESS OF KENT, celebrated his birthday last week, for on October 9 he attained the age office years. This delightful family group showing him with his parents his only sister, H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, and their dog, the chow-chow Mouff, was taken on the day before the anniversary. H.R.H. the Duke of Kent is wearing the uniform ...