... 2 3 or HE Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 8 5 JlL wishes its readers, at home and abroad, a Q Happy Christmas and a Victorious New Year. g I Our greetings speed across the broad acres of 8 jj England, to the Colonies and Dominions, and to our Allies all over the world. Let 1942 be Britain's round I ...

... He r.o longer spares the tree. It is badly needed for many varieties of war essentials. Soon we may need trees for paper. Who knows Paper is now an important war item. Country readers may have less of it than Town readers, but all can supply something. Did you know that if every adult in the kingdom gave up one old book for pulp, the yield would produce 7,000 tons of this vital war weapon ...

... W.L.A. Rally at Ox xford OXFORDSHIRE is proud of its Land Girls, and they are proud of the county in which they are working. There are at present 428 girls employed on the land, and the rally at Oxford is bringing in many new recruits. Members of the W.L.A. are of all classes. Oxfordshire's quota is drawn from the county itself, and from other counties as far away as Lan cashire and Cheshire. ...

... h By Our Flying Correspondent THE connection between food and flying seems slender; but a survey of the world situation shows that there is such a connection and that in the future it may become far more important than in the past. One air enthusiast has proposed that certain forms of concentrated food should be carried to Britain by air, and when one works out the capacity of the most modern ...

... . The evacuation from Dunkirk is reproduced in detail in 44 A Yank in the R.A.F. Twentieth Century-Fox's story of an American ferry pilot (Tyrone Power) who joins the R.A.F. to please his girl friend (Betty Grable). The scenes were made with the co-operation of the Air Ministry and the Royal Air Force, and twenty-seven acres of land were flooded to represent the English Channel. The film is ...

... THE GERMAN COMMANDER OF THE 2 1 ST PANZER DIVISION IN LIBYA AFTER HIS CAPTURE IN THE FIGHTING EAST OF TOBRUK GENERAL VON RAVENSTEIN, THE FIRST GERMAN GENERAL TO BE TAKEN PRISONER BY BRITISH FORCES IN THE PRESENT WAR Major-General von Ravenstein was the Commander of 11 one of Rommel's crack Panzer Divisions in Libya-- the 21st He was captured during the fighting east of Tobruk by New Zealanders ...

... HOW THE TANKS HAVE BEEN OPERATED DURING THE BATTLES IN THE DESERT A British armoured vehicle being conveyed on a special lorry to the repair work: hops at Tobruk for an overhaul after a period of intensive fig'iting In tank warfare, the maintenance of the great cruisers is of paramount importance. There are so many things which can go wrong and immobilise the fighting vehicles, and workshops ...

... I Z.4JLF iLT*C! ,v-- sssnHBOHM RUSSIAN GUERILLAS CONVERT MARIUPOL INTO A BLAZING HELL Even after the Germans had entered the city, the Russians were still active there. Taking advantage of the restricted mobility of the enemy tanks in the city's streets, they launched Molotov cocktails and hand grenades until the city buildings were a blazing mass A TRAFFIC JAM, CAUSED BY GERMAN TANKS, IN ...

... Women Who Work Wartime Activities of Four Energetic People Mrs. Aubrey Burke Mrs. Aubrey Burke owns, and runs very efficiently, her own factory, now working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production. She is herself an accomplished pilot, and flew all over Europe before the war. Mrs. Burke originally started her factory for. making models, chiefly of aircraft, and is note turning out parts for ...

... In the Country At the Home of the Marquess and Marchioness of Tavistock Pink Cottage is a charming fifteenth-century timbered cottage at Chalkhouse Green, which was given by the late Duke of Bedford to his grandson, the present Lord Tavistock. It is here that Henry Robin Ian, Lord Howland, has spent most of his young life. Lord Howland was born at the Ritz Hotel nearly two years ago. His ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Mary, Queen of Scots MARY STUART, that most unfortunate queen, was originally the victim of calumnies. Since, she has been the victim of her own almost too strikingly picturesque appeal. It is sometimes hard to remember that she is not a waxwork, a key number in historical tableaux vivants or a costume inspiration for a fancy- dress ball. Few women have not wished to get ...

... Stories from Everywhere THE managing director caught sight of the map hanging on the office wall. Little flags were pinned on it, showing the positions of the company's salesmen at the moment. The flags were clustered round the Metropolis, as the company operated only in the Home Counties. The managing director's eye was attracted by a lone flag stuck into the south-west corner of the map. ...