... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... rene Dunne is in own Again Lady in a Jam her New Film at the London Pavilion idy in a Jam has been produced d directed by Gregory La Cava, is the story of an American 1 ress, one Jane Baxter (Irene 1 nne) who is regarded by friends a 1 trustees as daffy. Jane loses I fortune and accompanied by her mffeur (really a psychiatrist in c; guise who is studying her daffi- i -s) sets out to find ...

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... The highway or fasiiioy BY M. E. BROOKE Everyone is now seriously considering late autumn and winter raiment, therefore some thoroughly practical illustrations of the same are portrayed on this page. It is a Travella coat that is seen above. It has gone into residence in the salons of Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, where it is surrounded by others in bold check designs in decidedly attractive ...

... EGYPT A New German Weapon A Tank, which is a Mobile Gun Plat form, Just Captured by the 8th Army An Official Picture Wirelessed from Cairo This extraordinary picture shows a new Ger man armoured weapon which has just been inspected by Mr. Wendell Willkie during his tour of the Middle East. It is the first of its kind to be captured by the 8th Army in Egypt, and it was taken during Rommel's ...

... THE SPIRIT OF RUSSIA TO-DAY This picture shows how the civilian population of Soviet Russia are backing up the efforts of the Red Army in the field. It depicts the scene in a workshop of an underground factory in a city of the Soviet Union which has suffered heavy attacks from the I aggressors. The workers are producing arms for defenders of the city, despite the crowded quart artificially ...

... A part from a few very old destroyers such as the Vega and the Admiralty S and R classes the Hunts are the smallest destroyer type in the Royal Navy. Since the end of the last War, these vessels showed a general increase in tonnage but in 1939, when the Hunts were laid down under the Programme for that year, a return was made to the idea of a small, general-purpose destroyer. At least thirty ...

... THE FLYING FORTRESS, with which the American Air Force Have Carried Out Some Fine BombingRaids in Europe 'T'he huge four-engined aircraft known to the R.A.F. as the Fortress II, but to the U.S. Army Air Force as the B-17E, has already distinguished itself in operational flights over the Occupied Territories it is soon likely to distinguish itself further, because more U.S. bomber crews are now ...

... SEPTEMBER 18, 1942 TripIeX the Safety glass FORTNIGHTLY (J^) The Illustrated iiMHKlilraSHMIH^nF v r\ mpiatiw News ..v. r f v. SPORT COUNTRY i ...

... THE East Sussex County Council is to be congratulated on its recent Rallies. To the first came parties of children from twelve different rural schools, each of which includes farming activities in its regular school curriculum. To similar Rallies went the young pupils of twenty-four other County schools. The policy of the East Sussex education authority is to bring the children into as close ...