... AT Lord's, in the presence of 14,000 en thusiastic spectators, the R.A.F. very narrowly escaped defeat from the Army. Squadron Leader Edrich, the R.A.F. Captain, put the Army in to bat, but his bowlers could not begin to take the wickets and the Army declared at 291 for three. An amazing century was scored before lunch by Harris, the Notts batsman, who made 115 in two hours and gave only one ...

... THE national appeal for medicinal wild herbs has found a ready response all over Sussex, many schools taking a keen interest in the work. One school is the Buckingham Gate Cen tral School, now evacuated to Handcross. Under the direction of their master, Mr. Lambert, the children are gathering all kinds of herbs, as well as rose-hips, from which a valuable vitamin C concentrate is obtained. the ...

... THE idea of combing off and threshing the ears, leaving the straw standing, is nearly a century old, for in 1845 the first Combine Harvester was used in Australia. Forty years later California started manufacturing Combines commer cially, and by the beginning of the century enormous machines like the one shown here were working on the great wheat-growing lands of the States and a few had been ...

... Scenes at the Weybridge Red Cross Regatta A successful day of mixed events organised and planned by the Weybridge Rowing Club SONS OF ISIS, Oxford, are victorious over the Barnes Rowing Club in the final of the Senior Eights. IN HEAT UB of the Clinker Eights, the Crowland Rowing Club (centre) are seen when they have just been beaten by the London Fire Force. THE UNITED HOSPITALS EIGHT: A ...

... L'UN et settlement, that is how his intimate friends often addressed him, for there was nothing of a type about Michael, he was an original one, one out of the mould only, and how sad it is to think we shall be without him for ever. There will be more awful tragedies in the war yet alas! we all know, but I feel it is the least I can do to pay tribute to one of my best friends and a fine golfer ...

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... (See also pp. 298-301 of this Issue DAWN OUTSIDE DIEPPE Wednesday, August 19. The Channel was crossed under cover of darkness, and the principal attack was launched at dawn. The naval vessels engaged were protected by a strong air umbrella, which covered the landings and allowed the withdrawal to take place as planned. A feature of the whole raid was the absence of enemy surface craft to ...

... What Happened to the Twenty-eight Fighting Vehicles Landed on the Beaches How They Behaved During the Great Raid And the Possibilities of the Tank in Further Similar Operations Special Sphere Drawings and Notes ONE of the most interesting features of the Dieppe raid was our employment of tanks during the operation. Their landing from special craft at the water's edge, awkward crunching up the ...

... AIR-CONDITIONED TANKS? Methods the Germans May Have Adopted in Libya TRAVELLING at the equivalent of naval action stations, a tank is almost completely battened down. Direct visibility is limited to a few square inches of bullet-proof glass, and direct ventilation to what air can be induced through ventilation louvres on the under side of the tank-- those on the upper deck, so to speak, ...

... CAN MERCHANTMEN DESIGN BE IMPROVED? The Construction of the Tanker and the Freighter Compared 1 1 A considerable number of suggestions have been made from time to time concern ing methods to circumvent torpedo attack on merchantmen. Many of the suggestions such as giant submarines, or vessels lying so low in the water as to be almost awash, and others are not immediately practical but here is ...

... Before and After its Bombing by the R.A.F. in Occupied France Official Air Ministry Photographs The following is a key to the damage done as indicated in the photograph on the right 1. Main shop of nine bays area 3,000 by 130 ft. One hit, and possibly a second. A large area of the roofing has been stripped and part of the west wall shattered. 2. Long building, area 500 by 40 ft. Roof damaged ...

... Playbill Looks at the Shows Men in Shadow (Vaudeville) HERE 'S another of 'em. As fast as one play of war-realism dis appears another bobs up to take its place. In point of fact, this is a case of one taking the place of two. For Sir Patrick Hastings's Escort did not last long at the Lyric, and Men in Shadow has succeeded at the Vaudeville Salt of the Earth, a play to which it bears a ...