... 1 Hen completed, the new Yunnan-Burma Railway will connect with the ingoon-Lashio Railway in Burma and then continue on to Kunming it will pplement and relieve the congested supply route to China along the Burma ad and speed up Lease-Lend material from America to China. It will also valuable for Chinese military movements to the Burma front. Most im- rtant is the fact that the new line will ...

... THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA are sent to neutral areas At Manyanar, in the State of California, an evacuation centre has been established for more than 60,000 Japanese evacuated from the defence areas around Los Angeles. Here the enemy aliens will soon be living and working where they can do no harm. Note the food supplies in the foreground ready for the kitchen staff to take over for the ...

... THE Japanese advance northward from Rangoon, which has been taking place in the form of two columns, one on the left and the other on the right bank of the river, has centred attention on this mighty, broad-bosomed stream, which flows; from the easternmost Himalayas out to sea through, numerous mouths. the Padaung ot to-day clusters Between tne ni' s and the river edge. On the opposite bank, ...

... The heavy enemy defences which surround the Ruhr district failed to deter the onslaught by hundreds of aircraft of Bomber Command when they resumed their fierce attacks last week. In spite of the flak and other German devices, our men have been reaching their targets and unloading their bombs. But, in the process, a number are always damaged as soon as they return, expert mechanics at once ...

... The BATTLE of tli MALTA CONVOY Special Sphere Drawings and D/ogi THE cause of the great naval action in the Mediterranean, was the passage of a British convoy which was carrying important support to Malta. Weather conditions on bunday, March; were very bad and air reconnaissance cci not be relied upon. Early in the afterm an enemy force consisting of four cruisers v sighted to the northward. ...

... IN SPRINGTIME, SPAIN ATTRACTS the FUHRER Control of the Whole Atlantic Coast is Essential to Axis Victory, According to Hitler. What this Means to Spain, and the Preliminary Steps which Have Already Been Taken in the Peninsula, are Here Considered By FERDINAND TUOHY AS we stand waiting for the Nazis' third spring offensive, majority opinion selects as Hitler's most likely strategy, if he is ...

... BARGES FERRYING U.S. WAR SUPPLIES TO THE TRANSPORTS Piled high with crates, these barges (in an unidentified U.S. port) are waiting to be towed to ships preparing to sail for the Allied war fronts PLANES FOR DISTANT BATTLEFIELDS A pier slip jammed with barges laden with war equipment and supplies. The aircraft were covered with snow when this picture was taken AN A.R.P. IDEA FROM NEW YORK CITY ...

... MOSS BROS mackintoshes and Raincoats for the Services Moss Bros, have been making Service Mackintoshes these fifty years time enough to have seen a few nasty down pours and prove their worth They are scientific ally made, cut to the accepted pattern for Navy, Army and R.A.F. (and for Women's Services too) and are supplied in all sizes. We need hardly add that they are also completely impervi- ...

... MALTA STILL DEFIES THE AXIS Despite 1,700 Raids (in February alone there were 236) the Island is Still Confident and Unafraid Italy's boastful confidence that she could overcome Malta in three or four days was quickly proved to be a bubble, and even the Luftwaffe, when they came to her assistance, in January last year, found they had under-estimated the strength of the tough little island. ...

... WAR MATERIALS REACH RUSSIA 6/ the Far Northern Waters which Have Been Kept Open this Winter for the British Convoys i1-- i WHAT A PATROL IN NORTHERN WATERS MEANS FOR THE CREW. This picture was taken on board a British warship during a routine patrol in the North. Everything on board decks, bridge, guns, etc. wears a thick coating of ice Below ARCHANGEL IN WINTER Allied cargoes for Russia being ...

... FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS AT SEA The Vessels of the Little Fleet and Why the Navy Feel that Losses are Often Worth While By ARTHUR BARRETT THE public always feels the loss of a warship keenly. The Navy, while proud and grateful for this popular sentiment, takes a more practical view of the matter. War ships are built to be risked, and the loss of a ship is no disgrace. Not all navies share this ...

... After the Fall of Singapore and the Advance Through Burma, the Japs now Control the Whole of the Eastern Shores of the Indian Ocean ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN-- or, an island off an island The Count de Moni (connected with the Royal House of France, and a friend of the ex-Kaiser) lived on this small tropical island for twenty-five years. It is situated off the coast of Ceylon, ...