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... FEBRUARY 20, 1942 TripleX-- the safety glass fortnightly (1^) The Illustrated PI S ill J m/ J I II 1^1 o.-vi'- W r| H ft ^RT j.. -A J j J J w a ■'I A^ aK and DRAMATIC News r i u -4 r jffiL.- V' I; K 1 77 M i\lt J\T u jPJ SPORT COUNTRY I FBKV i-- I II ill'! ...
... THE eighty-eighth Show and Sale at Exeter, held under the auspices of the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, attracted a large attend ance 144 hulls were catalogued and an excellent sale resulted 23 bulls reached three-figure prices and the 123 bulls sold averaged approximately £70. The judges, Messrs. Cecil Brent, Robert Maunder, G. C. Skinner and Fred Yendell had a difficult task. The cham ...
... By J. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering) THANKS to the recent developments in Malaya and the Far East, the tyre situation has quite suddenly changed from difficult to something very near the impossible so far as motor tyres are concerned, and there is little sign of the rubber position easing for at least a year or two. Eight years ago, or even less, ...
... SUITS FOR THE SPRING GALADALE TWEEDS AND NAPPA HATS A NOTABLE doctor once declared that there is no better mental tonic than a new hat, especially in the spring, when the longer days are coming. Harrods, Knights- bridge, are showing their new collection, which may be divided into two classes those for sports and country wear, and those for social functions. The latter are cheerful and prac ...
... The Tote and its Possibilities Meyrick Good's New Book I AM obliged, owing to shortage of space, to write a rather patchy article this week. First of all, a note has come from the friend who supplied me with some details of the Flemington racecourse. Why, he asks did you cut out the i most important part my reference to the 1 kind of Tote used and the fact that the meet ings are run for the ...
... AT the Church of England School at Little Gaddesden, Herts., great work is going on. The children, half of whom are evacuated from London, are all members of the Young Farmers' Club, and with the encouragement of the local food and educa tion authorities, they rear pigs, rabbits,, poultry and goats. Everything is run on strict business lines, and they have converted a grant of f\2 into animal ...
... The Jap Onslaught at Hawaii BattleshFps and Destroy ers Sunk by the Attacking Aircraft THE BATTLESHIP ARIZONA, OF 32,600 TONS, crumpled and toppling, pours clouds of smoke into the air as she sinks under the Jap bombs it was stated that a bomb passed down the smoke-stack of this capital ship, exploding the boiler and forward magazine. After she had settled on the bottom, only the ship's guns ...
... The TANK TRAVELS by ROAD Despite the Popular Idea, the Heavy Vehicles Are Still Delicate Mechanisms and They Must Stick to Firm Ground THE essence of tank attack, as with cavalry, is deep infiltration into the enemy line, forming a series of wedges. If strength can be concen trated at the tips of these wedges, one's opponent finds, large bodies of his men trapped between the prongs of the ...
... I THE EPIC STORY OF CORREGIDOR Guardian of Manila Bay The U.S. Bastion in the Philippines, Which Has Held Out Under General MacArthur Against All Odds Since Last December IT will be recalled that after the Japanese had entered Manila City on January 2, General MacArthur suc ceeded in concentrating his forces on a line protecting the northern approaches to the Batan Peninsula, which, with ...
... MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS- An Experiment in Autobiography-- IV By J. G. A FEATURE FROM 'THE STRAND.' -- My mother's instincts and impulses often came to a halt before my father's law-trained logic and his oak-door negative to any novel plan or theory. I realised, too, even as a child, that her apprehension of dangers and risks to our health was setting my own mind -- for I, too, was ...
... EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STATESMEN I LIVE AGAIN ON THE SCREEN ROBERT DONAT AND ROBERT MORLEY AS PITT AND FOX. JOHN MILLS plays William Wilberforce, Pitt's greatest friend and confidant, in The Young Mr. Pitt. Left ROBERT MORLEY as Charles James Fox. His physical resemblance to the famous statesman is remarkable. rtaerted in this issue. The eighteenth century is admirably evoked bf *c etill phvt I ...
... TWO YEARS OLD THIS MONTH THE BEAVER CLUB-- CANADIAN SOLDIERS' LONDON HOME FROM HOME. Canadian soldiers coming down the double staircase of the Beaver Club ichich is decorated in turquoise blue and scarlet. Where business is always brisk the canteen. During Us two years of life, the Beaver Club has served 1 ,266,060 meals and snacks. Boys from Vancouver and Alberta chatting with MRS. VINCENT ...