... 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. ...

... ■The Battle of Singapore lasted for sixteen days from January 31, when the famous Causeway was blown up, till February 15, when the garrison surrendered after a seven-day stand. The pictures reproduced here are the most recent to be received in London, showing the last days in the city whilst under assault by the Japanese. Air raids and bombardments were constant during this period. The ...

... IN THE STREETS OF MOSCOW A heavy tank passes through the capital on its way to the front. Note the wintry roads and skies IN A RUSSIAN MUNITION-FACTORY The slogans declare that We will avenge ourselves on the German Fascist vipers. Blood for blood Death for death HOW THE RED ARMY SKI TROOPS ARE TAKEN UP TO THE FIGHTING FRONT The white-robed soldiers are driven to the advanced lines on ...

... H.M.S. MACKAY, DESTROYER, ATTACKS THE GERMAN HEAVY CRUISER PRINZ EUGEN 99 By coming so dose up to the German, the latter was unable to hri„„ her big guns to bear on the smaller vessel and could only employ her secondary armament-- -Drawing by Wm. McDowell l he Prinz tugen was lying somewhat astern of the battleships in the great run up-Channel. Whilst the bigger vessels were being engaged ...

... MINEFIELDS LAID ON LAND The Traps for the Tanks which have been Sown by Both Sides in Libya and in Russia Described by E. J. VILLIERS IN this war-- especially in the fighting in Libya and in Russia-- frequent references have been made to mine-, fields. Hitherto this phrase has been used mainly in connection with the war at sea. To-day, however, means have been found of sowing mines on land ...

... THE FLAGSHIP AND THE C.-IN-C. OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET ADMIRAL SIR ANDREW CUNNINGHAM AT THE CEREMONY OF THE HOISTING OF THE COLOURS ON BOARD H.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH The Admiral may be seen, in the right centre of this picture, at the salute as the morning colours are hoisted on board the flagship and the National Anthem is played by the Royal Marines Band. For many months now this famous ...

... A GROUP OF WHIRLWIND PILOTS seen in front of one of their planes as they watch comrades return from a daylight offensive sweep TWO WHIRLWIND FIGHTERS TAKE j OFF Note the four forward guns, and the wheels which are just being retracted A CLOSE-UP OF THE NOSE OF A WHIRLWIND Her engines, being placed in the wings, leave the nose free to mount these four deadly aero-cannons The first demonstration ...

... RANGOON-BURMA ROAD -CALCUTTA Is this the Japanese Strategy in Their Westward Drive NO one has exactly understood the precise Japanese objectives-- that has been our trouble in the Eastern war. But the pattern is now clearer. Let us examine the events in Burma so far. What has the enemy gained to date? Firstly, some fine loot, which ranges from oil-wells producing 200,000,000 gallons, valued at ...

... - M AND ALA Y has just experienced the first touch of war after a period of over half a century of peace under the British Raj. Under her own independent monarchs, Burma was constantly at war with her neighbours, Siam, China and India, but after her conquest by the British in 1887, the land enjoyed peace and increasing prosperity. All Eastern cities are apt to appear to the European visitor as ...

... The Role of the Ministry in the Distribution of Foodstuffs; How the Racketeers Secure their Supplies and Still Operate Within the Law and the Various Methods of Proceeding Against what has Become a Public Scandal An Enquiry by CHARLES GRAVES A STUDY IN CONTRASTS THE new measures against operators in the Black Market have long been demanded by public opinion, and everyone except the racketeers ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 132 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.2. Bombers over Paris. One of the chief reasons for the collapse of France was undoubtedly the fact that a majority of the leaders of the nation knew that they could not take it and preferred to sacrifice their national honour and liberty rather than to endure a rain of bombs on Paris. Has Paris spared one fraction of the glory of scarred ...

... TUP R F 'S SMASHING ATTACK ON BILLANCOURT Mazing Official Pkotogropfc showing the Wreckage of the great Renault Week, in a Paris Suburb, Raided by Aircraft of Bomber Command on the Night of March 3 On the night of March 3 Bomber Command made a smashing assault on the German war effort, by attacking the huge Renault works at Billancourt in the south western suburbs of Paris. These works are ...