... MANY centuries ago, the various trades formed themselves into brotherhoods for their better protection and benefit, and there is a reference to the in the City of London as early as 1416. Subsequently, these brotherhoods became incorporated into Companies, ob taining grants of Charters from the Crown. Originally, the Fruiterers Company ap pears to have been governed by Wardens and ...

... MANY things have had to be eliminated from our wardrobes, but it is realised that the little woolly frocks and tailored ensembles are absolutely necessary. Hence it is not surprising that Jays, Regent Street, are making a feature of these. The two-piece illustrated on this page may be seen in their salons. It consists of a dress and short coat, the upper portion of the dress being of an ...

... GENERAL MONTGOMERY, COMMANDER OF THE EIGHTH ARMY, PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE FORWARD AREA as he looked out from the turret of his American-built tank to witness his men pursuing the fleeing Afrika Korps on Wednesday, November 4 This picture was sent by radio from Cairo it was taken a few hours before London and the world received from Middle East Headquarters the dramatic communique which told of ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 167 i, New Oxford Street, W.i. A Grand Job in the Desert.-- We are entitled (fire works on Guy Fawkes Day!) to be proud of our Army in Egypt. Alex ander's Ragtime Band, which the Duce's very latest slogan condemned to be kicked in the pants by the advanc ing Italians, has, under Montgomery, won lasting glory. The boot was on the other foot and the pants on the other ...

... The U.S. Landings in North Africa Where the American Forces Landed; and the Officers in the High Command TTn Sunday last the announcement was made that Allied expeditionary forces had converged on a number of ports and strategic points on the Atlantic and Mediterranean shores of Northern Africa. It is interesting to note that they are all within the Atlas Mountain region, Saffi being the most ...

... BOMBS ON GENOA The Port from which Rommel in North Africa is Reinforced ^enoa is the North Italian port from which supplies and reinforcements are shipped to the Axis forces in North Africa. These official Air Ministry pictures were taken after the raids on the nights of October 22-23 and October 23-24 and this damage has been increased in subsequent raids Most of the damage is due to fire, ...

... GUADALCANAL The Fierce Struggle for the Smallest Theatre of War Xhe big aerodrome on Guadalcanal forms a not inconsider able portion of the small area held by U.S. forces on the island. From east to west this fiercely-contested plot of ground measures but six miles it extends inland to a depth of three miles. On all three land sides, the area is flanked by tropical forest growth and palm ...

... AMERICAN INDUSTRY BECOMES GEARED UP What is Going On in the Vast Industrial Centres of the United States To-day Described by CHARLES GRAVES THE United States has always enjoyed a reputa tion for mass production, but from the latest information received in London it would appear that if Hitler, Göring and Goebbels were taken on a conducted tour of the war factories over there they might, in all ...

... . . (/(tttit t'lt'Ctl t o 4 If these were the piping days of peace this would just be a photograph of a happy little boy. Until then, it is a picture of the unobtainable a banana. But wait Isn't it a symbol of all we are fighting for Not merely that a banana may be a commonplace, but that children can be happy and grow up to live sensible, useful lives with never another war to come grasping ...

... IN the Corn Exchange at Dorchester the other day, a special Milk Brains Trust, composed of experts in the industry, faced a critical audience coming from all parts of a milk-producing county. The Trust was replying to a series of difficult questions which had been sent in by local milk farmers on the all-important problem of maintaining winter-milk production. In the top picture, Question- ...

... THE Arundel Rabbit Club was started in February, with eighteen members. Between them they had thirty-two breeding-does. Founded by the Duchess of Norfolk, the Club comes under the local, as well as the general, direction of Mrs. Kilian Konig, who, in addition to many activities in the county, now assumes the responsibility of being honorary assistant organiser of the D.P.K.C. for the whole of ...

... WITH the restriction of imports of all kinds, the obvious remedy was to look for substitutes obtainable in this country, but few people would have believed that there were any possibilities in the home production of bamboo canes. Stocks were already low in this country owing to the Chinese war itself, and the repeated requests to save shipping space gave the clue to this new industry which has ...