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SCRAMBALL: FEMINISED RUGGER FOR SERVICE GIRLS

... SCRAMBALL is the name of the new ball game for Service women. It 's a kind of maidenly or feminised Rugger, de vised by Flight Lieut. A. J. Adfims, the sports supervisor of N. A. A.F.I. who is well known as middle-weight boxing [Continued opposite. c Continued champion of the R.A.F. It has many features in common with Rugger, but to make it suit able for girls the scrum and tackle have been ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 235 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 11 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 9 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - GENERAL MacARTHUR, the Napoleon of Luxon, for being a belLto-breakfast baby who has been appointed supreme commander of the entire Western Pacific, from Singapore to America. A MERICA'S GENERAL r\ DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, the Philippines brilliant de fender, is a realist, and as such his appointment as Commander- in-Chief from Australia of the Allied Forces in the Western Pacific is welcomed ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 442 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH R.A.F. AND W.A.A.F

... SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH R.A.F. AND W.A.A.F. Flight lieut. WATERS, who was, before the war, in the very successful Farjeon revues at the Little Theatre, has produced many shows for the R.A.F. 44 Spread Your Wings, his latest, had a company of seventy members, all drawn from the station. Hairdressers, wig-makers, make-up ex perts, and so forth, were all found among the personnel, and the re ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 277 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: SQUARE PATCH POCKETS THE RUSSIAN TUNIC DECORATIVE CORNELLI WORK

... j WOMEN IN WARTIME SQUARE PATCH POCKETS THE RUSSIAN TUNIC DECORATIVE CORNELLI WORK. THERE is no doubt about it that everyone has to do with fewer clothes, and they must be well made and the material of good quality that is, if coupons are to be saved. In the Sports Knitwear Department at Debenham and Freebody's, Wigmore Street, there is a selection of frocks that may be worn throughout the day ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 300 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE LADY HAS PLANS--ON HER BACK!

... THE LADY HAS PLANS-- ON HER BACK I PAULETTE GODDARD'S shoulders are lovely enough to rouse interest, but this close inspection by RAY MILLAND is dictated by Secret Service necessity, for drawings of a new radio-controlled torpedo have been transferred to her skin in invisible ink, and will only become clear again when treated with a chemical reagent. The scene is from 44 THE LADY HAS PLANS/* ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 117 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHARMING BROWNE STUDY

... . CORAL BROWNE plays the part of Maggie Cutler, secretary to the ineffably selfish if fascinating Sheridan Whiteside, in 44 The Man Who Came to Dinner This wise-cracking, high-spirited comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss llart is a big success at the Savoy, with Robert Morley in the title-role. Miss Browne, who was born in Australia, originally studied painting. She made her first stage ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 133 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN

... PROTECTS THE YOUNG MR. CHURCHILL SPOKE ABOUT ME. In his stirring message from the White House, the Premier said Let us resolve that by our sacrifice and daring the children shall not be robbed of their in heritance or denied the right to live In a free and decent world. The N.S.P.C.C. has been fighting to do this for 58 years and now needs your help more than ever before. WILL YOU PLEASE ...

Published: Wednesday 25 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 97 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

THIS DAY--NOW-- WE ARE MASTERS OF OUR FATE..

... THIS DAY-NOW- WE ARE MASTERS OF OUR FATE THE PRIME MINISTER has never attempted to disguise the magnitude of the effort required to win the war but he has never wavered in his certainty of ultimate victory. This new smiling portrait might well have been taken as he said, in his historic speech to Congress last December 44 Sure I am that this day now we are masters of our fate that the task ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 106 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE V.C LOOK-- TWENTY-NINE OUT OF THE THIRTY-ONE MEN WHO IN THIS WAR HAVE WON THE HIGHEST AWARD

... SERGT. ALFRED CLIVE HULME, V.C., of the New Zealand Military Forces. During the fighting in Crete, Sergeant Hulme repeatedly stalked and killed snipers his total bag teas 33 and teas responsible for the wiping-out of nest after nest of machine-gunners holding up our troops and inflicting heavy casualties on them. He exhibited jnost outstanding valour. LIEUT. (ACTING CAPTAIN) ERIC CHARLES ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1896 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE ARRESTINGLY GOOD-LOOKING MRS. DUBEDAT

... : VIVIEN LEIGH as Mrs. Dubedat, in an evening dress of the period 1906, made with a gored shirt and train and worn with massive jewellery. The charm of the blouse and skirt VIVIEN LEIGH n amusing costume from 44 The Doctor's Dilemma r-pHE revival of Shaw's 44 THE DOCTOR'S DILEMA the Wind fame, has been successfully touring si at the Hayrnarket last week. Vivien Leigh personifies 1 all demur an ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 138 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs