... TTn July 14 France s great day of National celebration the war in Syria came to an end, with the signing of the Armistice between the Allied Forces and the Vichy army under General Dentz. The ceremony was carried out in Palestine, in the historic town of Acre. Here, in the Sidney Smith Barracks, the British delegation under General Wilson met the Vichy delegation under General de Verdillac. A ...

... The RUSSIAN CANALS The Inland Waterways which May Soon Play a Large Part in Russia's Effort NO other country in the world is so rich as the Soviet Union in natural waterways, where approximately 250,000 miles are available for shipping and floating down timber. Before 1930 little had been done to harness these waterways, many of the pre-Soviet canal systems having been built 150-200 years ago. ...

... 1 1 did not take long for Britain and Russia to come to agreement in connection with the war against Hitler- ism. On July 12, in M. Molotov's office in the Kremlin, signatures were appended to an Anglo-Russian Agree ment providing for mutual assistance and stipulating that neither country will conclude a separate armistice or peace treaty. M. Stalin was present at the ceremony, and afterwards ...

... THE ATTACK ON HITLER'S MERCHANT NAVY A Merciless Warfare which is Hitting the Enemy (pro rata) Far Harder than He is Hitting Us By FRANK C. BOWEN THE authorities take every measure to suppress undue optimism on the part of the public, but undue pessimism demands attention as well. While the figures of British shipping losses by enemy action are serious, and must be taken seriously, there is no ...

... THE DRIVE TO DISLOCATE NAZI TRANSPORT Unseen by Most of Us, Germany's Communications in All Directions are Being Disrupted by the Present Offensive of the R.A.F. How this is Affecting the Enemy's Colossal War Effort is Here Described EVERY [German] move up and down across Europe and into Asia and Africa, Mr. Roosevelt reminds, has been conducted according to a time schedule, utilising in ...

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... THE NORFOLK HOTEL, Bournemouth Combines all the factors that one expects to find in a First Class Hotel. RESTAURANT, GRILL ROOM, MEN'S BAR, RICHMONDE LOUNGE-- the Social Rendezvous of Bournemouth with Marcel Torrent and his Orchestra. Apartments each with P.O. Telephone and most with Private Bathroom. Telephone 7272 every room. Resident Directors Mr. and Mrs F. J. Mclnnes After London it is ...

... WHEN IN ACTION BOTH TANKS ARE MOVING FAST- Drawing by L. Ashwell Wood 1 j Under actual warfare conditions the tank gunners work under very considerable difficulties. Not only are they confined within a small space inside the tank, but the noise and fumes must be appalling all shutters are, of course, closed and the gunner sees his target through a sight such as that shown in the bottom right ...

... THE FERRY SERVICE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Pictures Taken Aboard one of the Big American Bombers During its Flight Over 'There is now a never-ceasing flow of U.S. aircraft reaching Britain each week from America, and many of them are being flown here direct across the Atlantic. Were the need for secrecy less great, wonderful stories could be told by the pilots whose now-everyday flights would each ...

... SYRIA and its NATIVE PROBLEMS A Diversified Land Occupied by Many Races, the Proper Settlement of Which May Prove No Easy Task Described by H. J. SHEPSTONE THE request for an armistice by General Dentz, the French High Commissioner for Syria, was more than welcomed for many reasons. In the first place, such a campaign should never have been necessary. It would not have been had it not been for ...

... FROM THE TROPICS TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN The Work of the Royal Navy in Many Waters and the Exacting Conditions Under Which the Personnel Have to Live BEFORE the war, the designers of British cruisers came in for a good deal of criticism from lay en because the official returns and books of reference suggested that their products were inferior to those of foreign navies-- to the Italians in the ...

... PROTECTING THE OCEAN BOTTLENECKS The Task of Their Defence is Greatly Increased Owing to the Proximity of the Enemy Across the Channel, and the Loss of the Irish Bases FOR many years enemy possession of the Channel and Flanders coasts has been the dread of British administrators, for our shipping will always be the pet target of every maritime Power with whom we may be at war. Now the enemy ...