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THREE FRONTS IN RUSSIA
... Leningrad, Moscow and the Crimea, where Three Separate Soviet Armies are Fighting Manfully Against Terrific German Pressure Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams In the Gulf of Finland, at the eastward end of the Baltic, ice begins to form as a general rule at the end of October or beginning of November, and it remains until May or early June. Whilst the ice is forming, ice breakers can keep ...
TEN AMAZING SECRETS OF THE SOVIETS
... Described by PETER O'NEILL Russia has Submarines which go Twenty Miles Under the Ice, Warships in the Black Sea, Secret Aircraft Guns which Rip Open Giant German Tanks, an Astonishing Canal System, and a Strange Fleet of Ice-breakers. Here are Some Details of FROM his simple office in the red-walled Kremlin, Joseph Stalin, supreme ruler of 180,000,000 people, has stretched forth his hand ...
RADIO ENTERTAINMENT ALL ROUND THE CLOCK
... The Twenty-four-hour Programme Broadcast from London Every Day to the Farthest Corners of the Empire A Little-known Activity of the 6.8. C. Operated from a West End Theatre Described by CHARLES GRAVES QUITE unknown to the vast majority of listeners in Great Britain, a round-the-clock radio pro gramme is given day in and day out from a theatre in London. This is controlled by Cecil Madden, head ...
HERBERT TERRY & SONS, Ltd
... HERBERT TERRY SONS, Ltd., If you are not as fortunate as this IhU/fcpoiHe owner we are sorry -but these fine lamps are now very scarce T F you have an Anglepoise Lamp, treasure it, as only by hard searching in the shops will you be able to come across another. They are playing their part elsewhere which explains their scarcity. So we ask for your patience. A Terry's Anglepoise Lamp is one of ...
A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 116
... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 1 16 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Our Creed Restated.-- I suppose I share with thousands of thinking Englishmen a sense of frus tration and muddle as a result of the many, diverse, semi-official voices which for ever tell us what we should think and do and believe in these times of crisis. It seems to me very necessary to restate our essential creed and define our ...
FROM THE WESTERN DESERT
... A DIFFERENT KIND OF PICTURE FROM TOBRUK The garrison have sweltered in the burning heat of the Western Desert by day, but now it would seem as if the weather at Tobruk is changing. This picture was taken after a very heavy rainstorm which occurred a short while ago. It followed on a sandstorm which had lasted all day. The water came rushing down the wadis and flooded many of the tents. Kit and ...
PICTURES from the HOME FRONT
... MEMBERS OF THE HOME GUARD DEMONSTRATE HOW THE BRITISH-MADE SNOWSHOES FOR RUSSIA ARE WORN At a factory in Britain hundreds of thousands of pairs of snowshoas are now being turned out for despatch to Russia, to help the Soviet Army in its winter campaign. The shoes are rather like large tennis-rackets, with a short ski attached to the underside. They are made of stout ash wood THE FIRST MINERS ...
The LOSS of ARK ROYAL
... The LOSS of ARK ROYAL 'THE £3,250,000 Ark Royal was hit by a U-boat torpedo in the Western Mediterranean on November 13. But for fourteen hours she managed to struggle towards port, and only sank when within 25 miles of safety. According to the report of an eye-witness, it was just as we were preparing for the' final run into the docks at Gibraltar that someone put his head round the door of ...
ROOSEVELT HAS A HARDER JOB THAN WOODROW WILSON
... What are the Facts Behind the Isolationist Movement in the United States; How Strong is the Movement And what Measure of Support Does it Receive from the American Nation By FERDINAND TUOHY OFFICIAL tact does not alter the fact that many people in this country are critical of the American lag in war effort. A year after declaring itself to be the arsenal of democracy, only 15 per cent, of total ...
The ROYAL NAVY at WORK
... m 4 v ANNIE'S TUGBOAT, IN SERVICE ONCE AGAIN, has saved thousands of tons of British shipping This is the vessel on which Wallace Beery and Marie Dressier made their films, and which is now being operated by the Admiralty. (See notes on right) ONE OF THE BOOM-DEFENCE VESSELS which guard the harbours of Britain Men who are used to handling fishing gear in peacetime are particu larly suited to ...
THE AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS OF THE U.S.A.: With Particular Reference to the Newly-Commissioned Hornet
... THE AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS OF THE U.S.A. I With Particular Reference to the Newly- Commissioned Hornet. By FRANK C. BOWEN THE aircraft-carriers form a particularly important branch of the U.S. Navy and, moreover, it is a branch which has unlimited possibilities if the Japanese Government choose to extend the war into the Pacific. The Japanese public has been regaled with any number of propaganda ...