... 3yo ft. per second is fast enough for the pilot to have little time for cogitation during a 2,000-ft. dive. The pull-out is usually begun at about 900 ft. An instant after the pull-out has begun the bomb is released. This fact is not usually realised. Most people believe that the bomb is released while the bomber is still diving. The reason that the pull-out is begun first is that it gives the ...

... AN ESCAPE FROM THE WAR The Boasts of Heraldry The Lure of Murder Trials and Barchester Once More A LANG PEDIGREE.-- To what extent is a deep interest in one's ancestry a weakness-- mere snobbery-- and to what extent a genuine scientific interest in heredity? I often ask myself that question. The College of Heralds sup ports itself largely on that (healthy or unhealthy) interest. for Heralds ...

... . MRS. RONALD CROSS, wife of the Minister of Shipping, had the excellent idea of organising a show of British-designed hats at the Ritz Hotel in aid of the Comforts Fund for the Merchant Navy. Half the price of each hat sold was devoted to the cause. MISS JACQUELINE CRAVEN wearing a royal blue coque-feather toque, with a chiffon shawl scarf to match. Left LADY MARGUERITE STRICKLAND adjusting ...

... . BETTY GRABLE plays Lily Blanc in 20th Century- Fox's new picture, Tin Pan Alley. ALICE FAYE takes the part of Katie Blane in Tin Pan Alley ichich tvas due at the Regal on February 3. _ Tin Pan Alley, new 20th Century-Fox Picture, with Jack Oakic, John Payne, Betty Grable and Alice Faye, was due on Monday last at the Regal. It 's a gay, light-hearted musical picture which offers, to quote ...

... . JESSIE MATTHEWS is Birmingham's principal boy, and plays the title-role in Emile Littler's Aladdin, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre of that city, with grace, gaiety and humour. She 's a delightful dancer and puts her songs over in real pantomime manner. Sonnie Hale is the Widotc Twankey, and the production is both spectacular and full of good fun in classic panto, stvle. PHOTOGRAPH BY H. J ...

... , , BREWED BOTTLED BY MORE POPULAR THAN EVER IN the Mess, in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars no less than in the Home the call is for VC^hitbread s superb P ale Ale. Brewed from British hops and barley; appetising, refreshing, stimu= fating; V^hitbread's superb Pale Ale is more popular than ever. WHITB READ'S PALE ALE LONDON, E.C.I. ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. DIRECTOR Anthony As quith, an easy winner last week with Freedom Radio, has pulled off a classic double with this week's QUIET WEDDING (Plaza). His many friends and everyone who knows him, everyone who has ever worked with him, is his friend will say, But of course. How nice. They won't be surprised. One expects distinction in his chosen work from Tonv Asauith. or ...

... : This Pomeranian is posed among the balls of wool provided by combings from pet dogs spun into yarn by Highland crofters, to be knitted up into comforts for the fighting forces. At Cheltenham Races MRS. GEORGE BRODERICK wore leopard-skin shoes. She is with MISS CAROLE HOUSTOUN. MRS. CHARLES SWEENY, formerly Margaret Whigham with her children, FRANCES HELEN and baby BRIAN CHARLES. MISS ANN ...

... THE EDWARDIAN AGE EVOKED BY THE IMMORTAL KIPPS: WELLS' LITTLE MAN SAOA SCREENED WITH MICHAEL REDGRAVE. It must be nice aving everything you want Ann (PHYLLIS CALVERT) hears that Kipps (MICHAEL REDGRAVE) has come into money. Left Helen Walsingham (DIANA WYNYARD) and the shop assistant Kipps (MICHAEL REDGRAVE), who has now become a rich man. Domestic happiness better than adventures in ...

... NO, NO, NANETTE AS A SCREEN PLAY, WITH ANNA NEAGLE. ANNA NEAGLE and VICTOR MATURE in the 44 Tea for Two sequence of 44 No, No, Nanette Left ANNA NEAGLE in the title-role of RKO Radio's version of the original smash- hit Broadway musical. ROLAND YOUNG, ANNA NEAGLE and EVE ARDEN in a dramatic moment of the comedy. A slight food shortage ROLAND YOUNG, ZASU PITTS and HELEN BRODERICK in an amusing ...

... k DANCING I THE DIG IT: ASTAIRE c AND paulette. It must be heaven to partner lightfooted FRED^^BH ASTAIRE, genius of quick tap. PAULETTE GODDARD obviously enjoys co starring in his latest Paramount picture 44 Second Chorus introducing Hollywood'' s slick new dance craze the 44 Dig it. You will see the film in London soon. Paiilette^s 44 skating skirt swings well in the dance but you can ...

... COATS INTO LINE WOOL OR DAY AND EVENING EVENING coats are no longer simply attractive accessories they must be warm and practical, designed for country houses and even for air-raid shelters. Paquin, of London, has the ingenious idea of using honeycomb blanket fabric, a favourite bed- covering in Wales, for the knee-length coat below. This is made up in pale blue, with the reverse side pink, ...