... 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 ...

... AFTER THE NIGHT RAID ON NORTHERN FRANCE STILL WITH BLACKENED FACES, men of the supporting Infantry return home after having taken part in^the attack on the German Radio-location post at Bruneval, near Havre In combined operations on the night of February 27-28 joint forces of the Navy, Army and Royal Air Force attacked and destroyed an important German radio-location post at Bruneval on the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 131 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. A Late Note on the New Men.-- I have always believed that one of the first and best assets of true religion was jolliness-- perhaps I am coining a word. I have. found that the best churchmen I have met were also the jolliest. This is especially true of bishops. I never had so many occasions for loud and even impious laughter as when in the ...

... AMERICA'S AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS And her Sea-borne Fighter Aircraft By FRANCIS McMURTRIE IN aviation matters the United States Navy has been fortunate in always having had complete control of the whole of its air material and personnel. There is no independent Air Force in the U.S.A., the Navy and Army each operating its own aircraft as an integral part of the organisation. Another advantage ...

... REFUGEES FROM SINGAPORE HIDE IN A JUNGLE BAY Leaving the harbour by night, the small liner ran to a secluded island and lay there inconspicuously throughout -the day. She then pushed on in darkness until the next day, when the same process was repeated AT AN INTERMEDIATE PORT AFTER LEAVING SINGAPORE the outgoing tide left one of the refugee ships stranded high and dry for some hours. Because ...

... CAPITAL OF THE DUTCH INDIES Batavia, the Amsterdam of the Orient Described by J. B. GOODSON FROM Batavia comes the news of the enterprise and skill of our Dutch Allies operating in the Far East; yet the man in the street is often in doubt whether the name refers to a town, or an island, or an archipelago. Batavia is a city of over a quarter of a million inhabitants; it is the entrepôt and ...

... WHEELS VERSUS TRACKS for the TANK The New Ideas Evolved for the Big Fighting Vehicles to Render Them Less Liable to Breakdown IT is somewhat paradoxical that, at a time when the output of tanks from British and United States factories is growing into a broad and steady stream, the feeling should have arisen that all is not quite well with this powerful war weapon, as it has been evolved to ...

... MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS- An Experiment in Autobiography-- V By J. G. CHOOSING A HOUSE.-- My father's income, never large, gradually increased, and he grew tired of inspecting and renting holiday houses, and craved for something of his own for such uses. Per haps he brought disillusionment upon himself. I have referred to his engaging characteristic of con servatism, which in truth was the ...

... The BRITISH SWOOP on the NAZIS in OCCUPIED FRANCE --Official Pictures The Raid carried out on the night of February 27-28 had as its objective a valuable German radio-location unit at Bruneval, twelve miles north of Havre; in the operations the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force each played an equally important and inter-dependent part. The carrying force of bombers (the Force Commander of ...

... A bout the middle of February a new place-name suddenly appeared in the war news. It may safely be said that the name Aruba meant little or nothing to the average lay reader, although to the oil world this oil-refinery island off the coast of Venezuela was a very well-known and notable spot. It came into the news by reason of a number of attacks by enemy U-boats. Both Aruba and the ...