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WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - i TN the great naval victory in 'the Mediterranean, VICE-ADMIRAL H. D. PRIDHAM-WIPPELL, in H.M.S. 44 Orion, lured an Italian battleship of the newest 44 Littorio class, with cruisers and destroyers, towards our Fleet for summary action. Having spent the morning 44 flirting with the Italians and dodging heavy shells, he said 44 A number of 15-inch 4 bricks from the Italian battleship fell ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 452 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PEACEMAKER FOR FEUDING COMEDIANS

... peacemaker for feuding COMEDIANS. MARY MARTIN is one of the stars of LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR, new Paramount â– picture, due for its premiere at the Plaza on April 11. She plays Mary Allen niece of comedian Fred Allen, who is running a feud with comedian Jack Benny. Their encounters include a car-bumping contest, in which one vehicle is reduced to junk some sharp work in hiring away a clever quartet, ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 106 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WAIFS AND STRAYS SOCIETY

... The WAR and HOMELESS CHILDREN Where do we go now 7 THE SOCIETY CAN PROVIDE CHILDREN NEEDING CARE AND THE ANSWER WITH PROTECTION BECAUSE OF THE td t t n WAR ARE DAILY COMING TO YOUR HELP us for a home OVER 5000 CHILDREN TO FEED AND CLOTHE EVERY DAY OLD TOWN HALL KENNINGTON, S.E.11 n, inkers Barclays Ltd. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 67 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN

... The Delights of Childhood ARE A CHILD'S BIRTHRIGHT Yet there are children, victims of callous indif ference and brutal neglect, to whom real happiness is a hollow mockery. Since the N.S.P.C.C. began its work 56 years ago more than 5,000,000 such children have been rescued from a life of misery and ill-treatment. Children are still being made to suffer to-day. We still have to fight that most ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 113 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

ROAD SHOW, CIRCUS FUN; VIRGINIA, SOUTHERN ROMANCE

... ROAD SHOW, CIRCUS' FUN;' VIRGINIA, SOUTHERN ROMANCE. V ROAD SHOW, due at the London Pavilion on April 7, is a high- spirited comedy of circus life. Colonel Carraway (ADOLPHE MENJOU) is playing the 44 big cat in a rehearsal of the lion-taming act of Drogo Gaines (JOHN HUBBARD). Road Show Penguin Moore (CAROL LANDIS) owns the circus which Drogo has joined on escaping from the sanatorium in ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 202 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LADY IN THE DARK FOR LONDON WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE UP AGAIN!

... LADY IN THE DARK FOR LONDON WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE UP AGAIN I GERTRUDE LAWRENCE has made -on immense success in New York in Lady in the Dark the new Moss Hart Kurt Weill Ira Gerschwin musical play. At the Carnival to Britain Miss Lawrence had a conversation with C. B. CochrSn across the Atlantic telephone. This talk was amplified and relayed across the States. During their chat, Miss Lawrence ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 115 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MOTLEY NOTES: They Don't Care

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. They Don't Care. About fifty daffodils in my garden, and legions of them forming up. Crocuses nearly over. Tulips shooting up nicely. Buds and young leaves, all according to plan. Blackbirds and throstles sounding the Raiders Past in the morning. And I had nearly forgotten them!-- the first almond-blossoms. It would all be very vernal and stimulating but for two ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2319 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

ROYAL DUCHESS VISITS THE LAND GIRLS

... royal duchess visits the land girls. I H.R.tf. the DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER recently visited the Women's Land Army Training a> the Institute of Agriculture, Moulton, Northants, and watched the girls doing such jobs as loading up farm-wagons. The royal visitor sees how an orphaned lamb being brought up by hand, gets its bottle from a Land Girl. Left A demonstration of the skilled art of pruning ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 89 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FUTURE LADY ANDREW CAVENDISH

... . The marriage of the HON. DEBORAH MITFORD, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale to Lord Andrew Cavendish, Coldstream Guards, younger son of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is fixed to take place on Saturday, April 19, at St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield. Miss Milford is here posed with a favourite whippet, which wears her pearls with grace and insouciance. PHOTOGRAPH BY YEVONDE. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 69 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NOTABLE AND CHARMING PERSONALITIES

... . MISS J. B. G. FRAZER-NASH, younger daughter of Captain. A. Frazer-Nash armament designer, is engaged to Fit. Lieut. J. N. Watts-Farmer, D.F.C., R.A.F. MISS JOCELYN MARGOT GAVIN, only daughter of Flying Officer Ian Gavin, is engaged to Captain John Miles Burton, R.A. H.R.H. the PRINCESS ROYAL stuck a flag in the Gifts from Overseas map at the W.V.S. H.Q. to mark an American Red Cross gift of ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 185 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE CAMERA ROVES IN WARTIME A CHOICE HAND-PICKED PICTURE MIXTURE

... A THE CAMERA ROVES IN WAR- B TIME: urn A CHOICE HAND-PICKED PICTURE L_ MIXTURE. i wm--mmm mmn J i It was pretty chilly racing at Nottingham, so MRS. 1 PETER ALLEN (left) and MISS PEGGY JOHNSON did their racing standing by the brazier at least, during part of the day. I-- Right Hoops over MISS EVELYN FORMAN'S negro (Mammy helps her into her crinoline for the Pilgrimage Garden Club's annual ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 360 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs