... IF THE BOMBERS COME TO NEW YORK WHAT WILL HAPPEN to the GIANT SKYSCRAPERS? NEW YORK, with its towering buildings, reaching in one case at least to 1,250 ft., is one of the wonder sights of the world. The strip of Manhattan, on which the main clusters of tall buildings stand, presents a wonderful silhouette as the visitor arrives up the East River. Skyscrapers began to arise in New York about ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 124 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i Man-Power in Rural Areas.-- Long after this war is over, we shall, ruefully perhaps, admit from the evidence supplied by a thousand war histories that our victory might have been accelerated, and much anxiety and money saved, if we had acted differently in our policy at home and abroad, and even in our strategy. That is no wild or large ...

... THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE ISLAND OF LUZON RETIRE TO A STRATEGIC POSITION to the north-west of Manila, after the capture of that city, and thus link p v, other U.S. forces on Corregidor Island- --Drawing by E. G. Lambert After the surrender of the capital city of rlanila, the mixed American and hlipino forces under General MacArthur moved round to the north-western side of Manila Bay into the ...

... i THE NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION IMPOSED ON THE RUSSIANS BY THE WINTRY CONDITIONS AND DEEP, FROZEN SNOW Light field-guns being raced up o tht fighting line by horse-drawn sleighs-- Drawing by L. Ashwell Wood The Russians, in their advance against the retreating German armies on the Central sectors, have brought into play their customary winter equipment to good advantage. In the above ...

... THE RECENT SMALL-SCALE RAIDS ON BRITAIN, and how they are warded off HOW BRITISH BOMBERS ARE LOST on the iourney to and from Germany Drawings by Roland Davies I wo principal tmngs nave uecome apparent during tne past twelve montns in connection witn the War in the Air the almost complete absence of German daylight raids and the remarkable diminution in German night raids and the growing ...

... The Monsoon Season and the Royal Navy What the Monsoon Means, and When It Comes, in Malaya and Burma THE dry, and therefore the best, season in British Malaya is from April to September. Then the temperature is from 70 to 90 deg. Fah in the shade, and this is about the same all the year round. The rainfall varies according to the particular area, and is from 68 to 167 ins.; the average is ...

... THE HEART OF AMERICA An aerial view of the GREAT CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, which stands in its own 50-acre park. It was begun in 1793, first used in 1800 and finished in 1811. It is the seat of the Congress of the United States THE U.S. SUPREME COURT BUILDING In the background (on the right) is the Congressional Library. These are two of the many fine buildings for which Washington is ...

... EVERYBODY MUST HELP The great nation-wide £20,000 waste-paper chase is in full swing. The Marylebone Council (as only one instance) have opened seventeen shops where the people of the Borough can deposit their waste WILL YOU DO YOUR PART N OW WHEREVER IN BRITAIN YOU MAY BE ...

... The picture reproduced here has just arrived in England from the United States it was taken on the historic occasion when Mr. Churchill made his electrifying speech to both Houses of Congress, during his visit to Washington to discuss problems of co-ordination. The Prime Minister is standing behind a veritable battery of microphones which conveyed his words clearly and distinctly to all ...

... When the Bank was Bombed THE GREAT HOLE OUTSIDE THE BANK AND ROYAL EXCHANGE, after a heavy German bomb had fallen at this busy spot THE JUMBLE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL GIRDERS AND SHEET IRON which had to be cleared away from the crater THE MASS OF CONCRETE ROADWAY which caved in on to the Underground subway beneath, after the explosion at the Bank Above and on left THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED OVER THE ...

... IS THE IMPREGNABLE BASE REALLY IMPREGNABLE? A Very Vital Problem of To-day Exemplified by a Comparison Between the Positions at Gibraltar and Singapore GIBRALTAR IS PROBABLY A REALLY IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS, but the problem of guarding the Town and Harbour and Dock is another matter The more vulnerable portions are shown dark in contradistinction to the lighter-toned Fortress itself Air power ...

... fhmfbwtiC of Indigestion AC I It COJVTIiOL, 1JY the introduction of the principle of acid control, Alocol marks an important advance in the treatment of indigestion. The effect of Alocol is to absorb only the excess acid in the stomach, and to leave the correct amount of acid to perform the natural processes of digestion. Thus Alocol gives relief by removing the cause of digestive discomforts. ...