... Our News Pictures of the Week JUST AFTER THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE (476 to 25) The Prime Minister and his daughter back at No. 10, Downing Street from the House of Commons. Sergeant Mary Churchill of the A.T.S. had received seven days leave, which covered her father's return from the U.S. and the debate in Parliament CAPTURED IN LIBYA AND EN ROUTE FOR CANADA Germans of a Panzer Divisioi leaving ...

... WHAT IS AIR SUPERIORITY? Did we Have it in Libya and Did we Use it Correctly? By PATRICK HAMILTON IF the last Libyan campaign is looked at as consisting of two separate phases-- prior to the fall of Bir Hacheim and afterwards-- several rather puzzling features become a little clearer. Particularly does this apply to the air superiority question. Many are asking if we ever in fact had it, ...

... MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS- An Experiment in Autobiography-- XIV By J. G. A COUNTRY HOUSE.-- I suppose almost every Briton forms in early youth from a tried model the picture of country life which delights and comforts him and gives him his pride and glory in England (or Scotland or Wales) as long as he lives. He may visit a hundred beauty spots and experience the delights of a score of country ...

... THE WAR AND THE WOMAN WORKER Problems which Confront the Minister of Labour in His Task of Grading Women for the Munition-Factories Described by CHARLES GRAVES I HAVE just been over two factories belonging to one of the biggest armament firms in the world. There is no doubt about it, the munition- workers in most factories work tremendously hard and tremendously long hours-- 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. ...

... l„orous conditions found at high altitudes, [esearch has been divided into two parts ie plane itself, design of instruments, fuselage nd wings and adjustment of breathing and ressure conditions so that the crew can live nder such alien conditions. For the latter, pressure-cabin is provided which gives an tmosphere in which human beings can still reathe formally. In a commercial air-liner, it ...

... Two Special Sphere Drawings THE FLYING FIELD IN AN ADVANCED AREA OF THE EGYPTIAN DESERT: This is, very often, a rough-and-ready affair destined to serve one purpose j alone that of nutting fighter aircraft uo into the sky with a minimum of delay. There are no splendid hangars, runways, workshops, mess bungalows, and the other buildings which serve the R.A.F. elsewhere merely a flattish piece ...

... c/ r,pn i nwnnw sendin> Leuer to JO LV/HUvIi, Seaman in the Tropics WHEN you post a letter to your husband, son or sweetheart in the Navy, you need never worry about its safe arrival. Short of sinking at sea-- a 1,000,000-to-1 chance-- your letter will find him wherever he may be. That simple address-- H.M.S. Blank, c/o G.P.O., London, covers the world from Esquimalt to Auckland. It will see ...

... LEGAL AID FOR THE BRITISH ARMY The War Office Comes to the Assistance of the Harassed Soldier and A.T.S. and Settles Their Legal Problems Through the Medium of a New Section By CHARLES GRAVES QUITE unnoticed by the vast bulk of the civilian popu lation, the most intelligent and considerate scheme ever devised by the War Office to improve the fighting quality of our troops has been in progress ...

... NEW PICTURES FROM RUSSIA Warfare by Balloon, Tank, Pontoon, and Parachute SOVIET BALLOON OBSERVERS DIRECT ARTILLERY FIRE ON THE ENEMY The use of captive balloons has been extremely limited, but on certain static sections of the Russian front our Allies have been employing them for correcting the fire of Red Army batteries THE CREW OF A RUSSIAN ARMOURED TRAIN lined up in front of it before ...

... THE SCENE OF BATTLE IN EGYPT: Recent Official Pictures from the Alamein Froi FIRE IS THE CURSE OF THE DESERT A burning vehicle gives away valuable information to the enemy, and usually results in further bombing and more trouijt The desert fire-fighters have to get to work at once on any vehicle set on fire here the driver of an armoured car is shovelling sand on to tyres whid have been set ...

... When the Americans Occupy their 150 Airfields in Britain, the Joint Bombing of Germany Will Become a Terrifying Thing. If the U.S. Air Forces Pursue Their Intention of Coventrating Enemy Towns and Industries there are Plenty of First-class Targets in the Reich, Some of which are Indicated Here By FERDINAND TUOHY AMERICANS prominent in the war effort are visualising this sceptred isle in the ...

... THE WAR BY AIR The Daylight Raid on St. Malo The Mer chant Navy's New Rocket Apparatus (^)ne of the new sur prise weapons being used by the Merchant Navy against attacking enemy aircraft at sea is the rocket gun. The pro jectiles which they launch into the air are definitely not liked by the Luftwaffe They carry up with them long wires supported by parachutes so that they remain in position ...