... A Description of the Country and of Its Vast and Rich Stores, Which has Caused the New State of Iraq to Become One of the Centres of War-- a Special Sphere Section KIRKUK, the jumping-off place for the Iraq oil-fields, lies some 200 miles to the north of Bagdad by rail. Since the opening-up of the fields it has developed tremendously, and is to-day a busy centre. Kirkuk, however, is very ...

... The Oil Wells of Kirkuk and Mosul Described by A. BEEBY THOMPSON IRAQ is permeated with historical associations dating back from Assyrian and Babylonian days when great cities like Nineveh (Mosul), Nim- rina, Babylon, Ur, and a host of others acquired world-wide fame for their magnificence and opu lence. Overrun and ruled in turn by Greeks, Persians, Romans and Turks, the vicissitudes and ...

... ..But the PILOT is SAFE. These Pictures Show why this Statement in Air Ministry Communiques can be Made so Often I7ROM all these flights, only one of our L aircraft is missing, but the pilot is safe. One often reads these words, but how many realise how this has been achieved Here we show pictures illustrating the rescue of an airman forced down over the sea. It was recently announced that ...

... The ENTRY into ADDIS ABABA And the First German Prisoners in the Western Desert The surrender of the forces under I the Duke of Aosta at Amba \lagi was rendered inevitable on April 5, when Addis Ababa was occupied by South African troops who Had advanced to the Abyssinian capital in a series of huge leaps. The men under General Cunning ham had made an advance of 1 ,800 miles in sixty days the ...

... great northern railway hotel GREFNORE CAD A DC ATCCI II LJ I P\ A V I V-/ r\ I LMVLIUL. n VVIL/M I IRELAND THREE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY HOTELS LEADING AND BEST GREEZNOREH O the shores of Carlingford Lough. Golf 18 holes. THREE (Co. Louth) Sea Fishing. rfaiitv BUNDOR AN Magnificently Situated on the Atlantic. Bracing Air. Golf (Co. Donegal) 18 Holes in Hotel Grounds. Tennis. Bathing. Fishing. ...

... Other Things Than War Of J.M.B. And of the Luckiest Graftsmen Generally With a Note on Our Private Vaticans J.M.B.-- It is always a question whether the most exhaustive and admirable biography of a well-known public figure, written after his death but during the lifetime of his contemporaries, can ever tell one anything essential of his character which the public do not already know. The ...

... It is believed that in the attacks on Crete, the Nazis are staging a full-dress rehearsal for a probable in\ vasion of Britain if this is so, it makes their present technique of even greater interest. This is how Hitler's invasion tactics have developed up to the present first came the swarms of dive-bombers, which sought out our anti-aircraft positions and hammered them unceasingly then, in ...

... THE ARABS AND THE WAR IN IRAQ An Account of the Present Situation in Arabia With Some Notes on the Arab Tribes By MAJOR C. S. JARVIS THE army rebellion in Iraq against its own Govern ment and against the British forces (which, according to the treaty made with that country have the fullest rights to be there), recalls the fact that this state, then Mesopotamia, contributed during the last war ...

... The MODERN KNIGHT in ARMOUR To Survive in Warfare To-day, Armour-Plating is Essential and All Combatants must Fight from Behind Strong Steel Shields By DONALD COWIE AN outstanding feature of this war has been the increased use of armoured protection, not only for warships-- which monopolised this form of de fence over a long period-- but also for fighting vehicles, guns, aircraft, men. It ...

... Nearly 3,000,000 Tons out of a Total of 4,500,000 German Tonnage and 3,425,000 Italian has been Lost to These Two Enemies Since the War Began By FRANK BOWEN ONE of Germany's pet plans, which appears to have been formulated well before the outbreak of war, is to make herself the world's one great shipping and ship building power. At the present time the people, especially in the big seaport ...

... NOWHERE in Africa, and perhaps in the whole field of the present war, has there been such a spectacular setting for warfare as was provided at Amba Alagi, the scene of the Duke of Aosta's last stand. The cliffs lining the Amba Alagi Pass are fantastically abrupt and the canyons deep and often filled with wreaths of cloud. The Peak itself rises steeply from the roadway through the Pass. The ...

... The LATEST from the UNITED STATES The Huge Boeing Super-Clipper, and the P. 38 Single-Seat Fighter With Further News of the Activities of Our Own Fine Flying-Boat, the Very Big and Capacious Short Sunderland On left THE COLOSSAL TAIL OF A SHORT SUNDERLAND An idea of the huge size of these flying-boats can be gained from this picture. The top of the fin is 32 ft. I0J in. from the ground at the ...