... It was at the beginning of the second week in December that the great change on the Eastern Front began to manifest itself. Successful Russian attacks and advances coincided with the German decision to retreat under the compulsion of the Russian winter and of the accumulated fatigue both of men and material. The Russian commanders began to attack vigorously their armies turned and, being ...

... THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR WAR The scene at the Session in which it was unanimously declared that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany and Italy. The vote was 393 to 0 on the German resolution (with one woman Representative from Montana voting Present The President had sent a brief message, which was read by the Clerk. Speaker Sam Rayburn ...

... C^/tL ancf l^ow77 cJiey^c( NO figures have as yet been given to show how many Italian prisoners of war have been drafted to the land. The numbers at present are probably small. In this case it would appear that they could all be absorbed easily by the public authorities for gang-labour, such as ditching, draining, and so on. We question, therefore, the wisdom of allowing wood-conduct men to ...

... It is the Weil-Ordered Garden that Grows the Food By Our Horticultural Correspondent VTOT every reader is in a position to carry out the ideas which are illustrated here, but we would again urge everyone with a garden to produce all the vegetables and fruit that they can. Now is the time to plan for abundance/' for the plenty of last year will be barely sufficient for this year. Flowers and ...

... By I. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering NOTHING is more annoying to the farmer and the tractor driver than a tractor which will not start. In the summer the engine can usually be persuaded to go, and turning it over is not the heavy labour which it is in the winter, so that it is in the winter time that complaints about starting become prevalent. Certain ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent STRANGE tales sometimes come from the Services; and few stranger than some I have been hearing lately about the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. At first sight they take the form of the familiar grouse, but on closer inspection they seem to have a more serious aspect and to deserve closer attention from those in authority. It is a fact, I think, that when women change ...

... 'he Army and the Horse Training Pack Animals 'HE British Army has not forgotten that where no other method of transport is feasible the pack- horse will do the job. How the horses are being trained somewhere in the Northern Command is shown here. Part of the training is similar to that of the Metropolitan Police horses, including training to all noises. BEGINNERS Unaccustomed to their strange ...

... IN TEXAS ike disc- used--so width that one like this can cuter an en a day. This is traitor 1 which can be adjusted 1 spacing of the ...

... By A. Croxton Smith ALL dogs are good, but some are better than others, is a true saying. My readers will have gathered that I have a warm place in my heart for any that will work, whether they be used in field sports, for killing rats or tending the flocks. Curiously enough, most of the working breeds are also blessed with good looks. What can fill the eye more satisfactorily than a well-bred ...

... By Pamela Murray ITar, IT'ilA a Vengeance AMERICA at war is entirely, amazingly dif ferent. This change is difficult to convey by letter because, apart from the obvious bruhaha occasioned by accelerated A.R.P., W.V.S., etc., ad lib., the metamorphosis is wholly spiritual. Their eyes are shining, the blinkers off at last, their hands (especially the most velvety) busy with unaccustomed chores, ...

... The Hon. Mrs. Frederick Leathers and Christopher The Daughter in law and Grandson of the Minister of Transport At the Garden Door Christopher and His Mother Sil by the Fire Photographs by T unbridge-Sedgwick The wife of the Hon. Frederick Leathers was, before her marriage in June 1940, Miss Elspeth Stewart, a daughter of Sir Thomas Stewart, Governor of Bihar, and Lady Stewart. Her husband is a ...

... The Perfect Ballet for the Christmas Holidays Casse Noisette Revived by the Sadler's Wells Company for the first time since the war, Casse Noisette is being given by the Sadler's Wells ballet company at the New Theatre. In pre-war days, this Tchaikovsky children's tale was a regular Christmas event, with the Ivanoff choregraphy reproduced by Sergueeff, and Doboujinsky's gay decor and dresses. ...