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Champion Plugs

... Chamnion PIuos Chamnion Pluos for easier starting Quick and easy starting demands the hot 'live' Spark you get from Champions. That also is why Champions save your batteries (so hard to replace these days), save much- needed time, save petrol, giving you a H livelier engine and a swifter get-away, even on a car which may have been already long in service. A unique feature of , whicl raises ...

THE DOGS OF WAR: --Mobilised to Play Their Part in the Country's Struggle

... THE DOGS OF WAR --Mobilised to Play Their Part in the Country's Struggle THE DOGS REGISTER FOR WAR SERVICE Vic puts his name down a call has gone out for more does-- big dogs who can assist in guard duties and message-carrying The Government have asked for the loan of such for the duration of the war and many owners-- harassed by difficulties of getting sufficient feed for their pets, and for ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 916 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WAR ITEMS FROM BRITAIN AND FRANCE

... BRITAIN'S AMPHIBIOUS A.-A. MEN-- THE MARITIME REGIMENT The seafaring soldiers are taught how to launch a raft and climb aboard it. The Maritime Regiment, whose members are seasoned campaigners, are helping Britain to win the Battle of the Oceans by knocking the Nazis out of the skies with a formidable array of anti-aircraft weapons. These tough men are manning the guns aboard our merchant ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 429 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SOLIGNUM

... Dry r in full flower! WOOD PRESERVING STAIN AND WHITE ANT DESTROYER LTD. Donington House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C.2 WHEREVER TIMBER IS USED PROTECTS IT For forty years Solignum has been used all over the world for the protection of timber against attack by Dry-Rot, Damp and Insect Pests but never before has this protection been of such vital importance as now. In this country ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 120 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... FIGHTER PILOTS: AIRMEN FROM AMERICA WHO ARE FLYING WITH THE R.A.F. IN THEIR DAILY SWEEPS OVER OCCUPIED TERRITORY These men are all pilots of the Third American Eagle (Fighter) Squadron with other Allied pilots they have been taking part in the R.A.F. sweeps over Occupied Territory in France and Belgium. One of their latest exploits was to escort Boston bombers in a sweep over Ostend and ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 138 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DAYLIGHT SWEEPS

... CINCE our all-out fighter and day-bomber offensive over Northern France began in earnest, many people have been puzzled by the outcome of these intensive operations, as no single day has yielded big dividends in the shape of great numbers of enemy aircraft shot down even more puzzling have been the days when we have lost more machines than the enemy. But there are good reasons for these ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 801 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

HOW THE IRRAWADDY OILFIELDS FELL TO THE JAPS

... The Confusion that is Burma Out of the Welter of Confusion Surrounding the Campaign in Burma has come a Vivid and Clear cut Description of the Yenangyaung Fighting. Aspects of this are Illustrated in. the Special Drawings and Diagram published below, which Endeavour to Elucidate One of the Most Desperate and Involved Campaigns Ever Undertaken by the British Army Abroad Drawings by Roland ...

The ROYAL NAVY on its LAWFUL OCCASIONS: Out in the Atlantic Ocean and in Northern British Waters

... The ROYAL NAVY on its LAWFUL OCCASIONS Out in the Atlantic Ocean and in Northern British Waters Some recent pictures and special Sphere drawings WITH A BRITISH CONVOY AT SEA Mails being transferred from a Hunt class destroyer to one of the merchantmen of the Convoy Drawing by W. G. Whitaker This picture shows how mails are transferred to During the operation both ships continue to steam ...

LONDON IN THE SPRINGTIME

... THE NEW WATERLOO BRIDGE AND ITS GRACEFUL SPANS This recent picture shows the good progress made in the construction of the new bridge which, it is hoped, will be opened to general traffic in a few months' time. The five spans, each of which is about 250 ft. long, are the largest in reinforced concrete in Britain A FAMOUS VIEW SAVED FOR LONDONERS This glimpse of the River Thames as seen from ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 229 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Y.M.C.A. in Action

... The task of the Y.M.C.A. grows daily in extent and importance. More funds are URGENTLY needed. When you think of the sacrifices and hardships cheerfully faced on your behalf by the 4 1 men of our fighting-forces, can you refuse to help Send a contribution as much as you can spare to the Y.M.C.A. to-day. A Y.M.C.A. Tea Car provides the men with welcome refreshment while they prepare for a trip. ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 147 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Schweppes

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Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 5 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 141

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 141 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Madagascar-- First Re actions.-- The verbal reactions of Pétain, Laval, Goebbels and the rest of the Axis chorus to our action in Madagascar were exactly as expected. That Pétain would order the French forces in Madagascar to resist aggres sion to the death could also be taken for granted. The wider effects of our decision to safeguard, if ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1979 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs