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The TANK TRAVELS by ROAD: Despite the Popular Idea, the Heavy Vehicles Are Still Delicate Mechanisms--and They ..

... 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 ...

THE EPIC STORY OF CORREGIDOR--Guardian of Manila Bay: The U.S. Bastion in the Philippines, Which Has Held Out ..

... 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

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1792 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

With Silent Friends: Hawk's-eye View

... By Elizabeth Bowen Hawk's-eye View MR. JOHN GUNTHER-- of Inside Europe and Inside Asia-- has now given us Inside Latin America (Hamish Hamil ton; 12s. 6d.). The flair that gets Mr. Gunther to the right places at the right moments makes him deliver books at the right time. With every month of the war, the Republics that make up Central and South America come further into the news. About these ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1910 | Page: Page 22, 24 | Tags: Photographs 

Pictures in the Fire

... £K? -/4 Bv Sabretache j Confidence Tricksters I '11 never assume that a rogue or a thief Is a gentleman worthy implicit belief (Said I to myself said I). A distinguished Lord Chancellor temp. W. S. Gilbert. WOULD gentlemen who make a living by getting a bit from both sides fall within the category mentioned by this eminent lawyer? As a rider: will it be exactly prudent to continue to employ ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1671 | Page: Page 26, 27 | Tags: Photographs 

BREWED & BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD & CO., LTD

... BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTD. BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTC MORE POPULAR THAN EVER A In the Mess, in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars-- no less than in the Home the call is for Whitbread's superb Pale Ale. Brewed from British hops and barley; appetising, refreshing, stimulating, Whitbread' s superb Pale Ale is more popular than ever. WHITBREAD'S PALE ALE LONDON, E.C.I ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 63 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 5 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STATESMEN... ... LIVE AGAIN ON THE SCREEN: ROBERT DONAT AND ROBERT MORLEY AS PITT AND FOX

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 277 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TWO YEARS OLD THIS MONTH: THE BEAVER CLUB CANADIAN SOLDIERS' LONDON HOME FROM HOME

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 309 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GIRLS WHO MADE THE BEAUTY GRADE FOR LOUISIANA PURCHASE: EIGHT OF THE BAKER'S DOZEN OF SPECIALLY SELECTED LOVELIES

... . LYNDA GREY was brought from New York to Hollywood from the stage cast of 44 Louisiana Purchase for the screen version, and is remaining at the studio under term contract. ELEANOR STEWART is one of the thirteen front-line show girls directed in dance numbers by Sam Ledner. They were chosen from one thousand candidates. ALAINE BRANDES won a part in 44 Louisiana Purchase and a contract. A ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 365 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WM. SANDERSON & SON LTD

... WM. SANDERSON SON LTD. WM. SANDERSON SON LTD. IkP9! ■ft F3J jkZMm r SandeWoruf LUXURY RLFNI) SCOTCH WHISKY VAT 69 L E 1 T H ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 25 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

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... THE CAPTAIN OF BRITAIN'S LATEST CAPITAL SHIP: CAPTAIN C. H. J. HARCOURT, O.B.E., R.N., ON THE BRIDGE OF THE BATTLESHIP DUKE OF YORK, NEWEST VESSEL OF THE ROYAL NAVY TO JOIN THE FLEET The importance of the Capital Ship in maintaining supremacy of the seas is, by this time, well known to all if only through the unhappy sequence of events in the Far East brought about by the loss of the Prince ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs