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MOTLEY NOTES: The Arm of the Law

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. The Arm of the Law. It is announced, apparently with great pride, that since the beginning of the war there have been 18,272 prosecutions under the Food Control Orders. The score mounts briskly month by month: in March there were only 2,141 prosecutions, in April there were 2,300, and there seems to be no reason why there should not be ten thousand a month, if the ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2509 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please Forward

... f luiM hm^L By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- The Conductor gave two concerts last week, one here, and one in an outlying village. He has been in bed ever since. Here we had our usual rather sullen audience composed of people who had been bludgeoned into buying tickets and who would rather have been playing bridge. The most ex citing moment of the afternoon, as far as I was concerned, was when ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 944 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

IN THE CAVALRY--NOW. NO. 3

... IN THE CAVALRY NOW. NO. 3. Here is the third of S her riffs'1 series of impressions of his fellow soldiers in the Royal Armoured Corps, with which he is serving. He compares the types of officers and men of the modern mechaiised arm with those of the old-time cavalry which it replaces in up-to-date warfare. CARICATURES BY SHfeRRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 59 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

HE CAME TO SCOFF

... Ifeg(j3 --.* By DOUGLAS NEWTON MR. WREDGE, the burglar, clicked on the light, swore softly, and stood very still. Poised for instant flight or guile, he stared at the owner of the flat. Then he became frightened. Was the man dead? He sat motionless, head on sprawled arms, and there was something heart-curdling in his attitude. Had he died as he sat, or was he asleep? Neither, it seemed. The ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2056 | Page: Page 25, 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

DUNLOP SERVES

... DUNLOP SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY AND INDUSTRY ^/ujp&ut'Mwq Right throughout the building of a ship from erecting the steel structure to the furnish ing of the most luxurious state room, the products of Dunlop are needed for engineering efficiency and bodily comfort. The secret of knowing how best to make rubber serve such a variety of needs lies i'n the Dunlop policy of specialisation, of ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 188 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

Opportunity

... knocks but once IT is extraordinary how much can happen in one year. Twelve months ago, my wife and JfA I were living quietly in a London suburb. I a had the position of Chief Clerk with an old- established firm. My duties as a part-time Air L Raid Warden gave me an outside /i| interest and my wife's hobby of breed- ing Red Setter puppies kept her busy. Suddenly my firm was completely 3SL ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 492 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

Standing By...: One Thing and Another

... One Thing and Another By D. B. Wyndham Lewis WHILE the cry More tanks! waxes ever louder, we were glad to hear from an officer of the Royal Tank Corps last week that the conversation of that admirable body is also soaring to a higher level. You may recollect that Lawrence of Arabia, that strange tortured genius if you have read his letters edited by David Gar- nett was revolted by the ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1839 | Page: Page 14, 16 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

With the Home Guard--No. 2

... With the Home Guard No. 2. Siteing the Village Defence Post By Wing Commander E. G. Oakley Beuttler ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 18 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Opportunity: knocks but once ..

... Opportunity knocks but once IT is extraordinary how much can happen in one year. Twelve months ago, my wife and I were living quietly in a London suburb. I had the position cf Chief Clerk with an old-established firm. My duties as Jr j a part-time Air Raid Warden gave IB ti me an outside interest and my wife's hobby of breeding Red Setter puppies kept her busy. Suddenly my firm was reorganized ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 478 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... U STIN REED Shirts Summit The long life of a Summit Shir means long life to your coupons. Fast colours, un shrinkable material, scrupu- #1 lous tailoring all mean J lasting good looks. Hundreds of patterr collars with every and, of course, a chi of three sleeve length Prices 10/6, 12 upwards. OF REGENT STREET Bath, Belfast. Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, HnJl. Leeds, ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 73 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Illustrations