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THE DESTROYER OF TO-DAY

... The Destroyer of To-Day Its Development Into the Efficient Ship of War which is the Terror of the Mediterranean, and Other, Seas DURING the present war, as in the last, the destroyers have proved themselvei invaluable ships for a hundred duties-; they have been worked tremendously hard, but have proved wonderful vessels for standing up to a great strain. The type is actually under fifty years ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2155 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

GERMANY'S MOBILE AERODROMES: By Means of which Her Aircraft Keep Up with the Panzer Divisions

... GERMANY'S MOBILE AERODROMES ly Means of which Her Aircraft Keep Up with the Panzer Divisions It would appear that the Germans, with their usual Teutonic thorough ness, have perfected a system whereby they can operate their aircraft in support of their armoured divisions despite that the latter are often moving forward at considerable speed. The mobile aerodromes are usually sited ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 281 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... GILLETTE |jft 1 Jfe A JM Ar and even longer still if I II [J you avoid the rust you Wi W cannot see. Even the strong shouldered Gillette edge has an enemy to its long life _ that only you can repel. u 4 A 1 JP Never leave your blades in I 9 C T in U D p a steamy atmosphere. The Ml M I I W II W W microscopic beginnings of oxidation on that fine edge will rob you of many a good shave. and ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 195 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

COMMUNICATIONS OLD AND NEW

... '^**w*'*w'*w',**,^'^r'*r'v'w,w'w*vr-www,'www'wvir'w'vwyw'w*w°w,w,wwyr^h,vw'ww'w'^ COMMUNICATIONS I I old and new iiaflHiii&SB MESSAGES BY FIRE I A SPECTACULAR method of swifdy conveying from the Scottish hills that raised a huge army to 4 information over great distances, and one that challenge a much-heralded invader who never came. 4 survived up to quite recent times even in our own ybe ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 236 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOSS BROS & CO LTD

... (moss BROS 66 A a-ay they have in the Navy A gentleman who used to he one of our most respected civilian customers appeared on our threshold, trimly clad in blue and gold, and announced that he was a rough, tough, seafaring chap who'd stepped ashore to buy a bridge coat and look slippy about it. This was no sooner said than done. Bow you people keep up your pre war standards of speed and ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 202 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please Forward

... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT.-- I am in London! Every year when Autumn comes, and the bathing-dresses have been washed and put away, and the roof umbrella stowed in the cellar, and the cushions in the linen cupboard, I begin to long for London. I didn't go up at all last year, and this year the craving became so intense that at last I rushed to the telephone and rang up Linda Dixon and ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1002 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR YOU, JUST BACK FROM ICELAND, BUT I'M PERISHED! DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 16 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Graphic

... THE ENEMY'S NEW CATERPILLAR TRIPLE TANKS FOR INVASION PURPOSES. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 14 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

AND THEN THE SOLDIER. NO. 6

... . Tanks, tanks, and yet more tanks is the order of the day. Matilda and Valentine have been helping us to victory, and here a neat little 41 Betty n ready to go into action and some Sherriffs impressions of men of the Royal Armoured Corps on duty and off. DRAWN BY SHERRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 58 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... lropical Activity ARMY R.A.F. s. d. f. d. Wolseley Helmet 117 0 Wolseley Helmet 117 0 Service Dress Jacket (Buttons and Tunic (Buttons and Badges extra) 2 15 0 Badges extra) 2 15 0 Cloth Belt 0 5 9 slacks 1 7 6 Slacks 1 7 6 Shorts 1 2 6 Shorts 1 2 6 Bush Shirt 0 10 6 Bush Shirt 0 10 6 Tie from 0 2 6 Khaki Stockings from 0 5 0 Tie 036 Puttees 0 15 0 Khaki Stockings from 0 5 0 All prices ...

The National Savings Committee

... When they take away the sandbags Down come the sandbags. Off come the headlamp mas1 s. Into the waste-paper basket go our ration hooks. W^ken all these glad things happen, will you he able to say, I strove for this peace with every thing I could command We cannot all fight with our lives. W e can, and must, all fight with our money. In 3% Savings Bonds or 2 2% National War Bonds it will be ...