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WHITE CARGO, WITH HEDY LAMARR

... . Left 44 I am Tondelayo HEDY LAMARR as the sultry- half-caste of the African rubber station, finds her way to the bungalow of LANG- FORD, the new overseer, who has been warned against her. Tondelayo marries Langford,' and later determines to get rid of him. The Doctor (FRANK MORGAN) accuses her of poisoning her husband, but the girl flatly denies that the liquid she gives him is poison. ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 158 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SEARCHLIGHT GIRLS

... . Warmly wrapped up in their new woollen smocks, A.T.S. GIRLS search the night skies of England for enemy raiders. Lengthy experimental trials have proved that in this, one of their latest duties, the girls are thoroughly capable of taking over from the men whom they replace. More pictures appear further on in this issue. ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 56 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ACTION STATIONS AT AN ALL-A.T.S. SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY

... . A MEMBER OF AN ALL-A.T.S. SEARCHLIGHT CREW adjusts the carbon in the searchlight. In the beam of the searchlight, THIS MEMBER OF THE A.T.S. is seen beside the apparatus on the look-out for enemy raiders. THIS YOUNG OPERATOR kk drives the beam to the required angle. By means of this gear she adjusts the searchlight according to instructions from Control. PRIVATE TAMEA MULLA (formerly a mother ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 203 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE TURKISH PRESIDENT, MADAME INÖNÜ AND OZDEN

... THE TURKISH PRESIDENT, MADAME INONU AND OZDEN. HIS EXCELLENCY ISMET INONt), President of the Turkish Republic, who conferred with Mr. Churchill at Adana posed xcith his favourite daughter, OZDEN. The inauguration of a 44 knitting week for Turkish ladies MME. INONt) centre presides at a meeting of workers. PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. BOSSHARD. MR. CHURCHILL'S 44 surprise visit to Turkey after the ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 168 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ST. JAMES'S PALACE TRANSFORMED INTO A RED CROSS OFFICE

... . Ambassadors'' Court St. Jameses Palacey is now the ENQUIRY BUREAU, PRISONERS OF WAR DEPARTMENT of the British Red Cross. A general view of the. Throne Room filing clerks at work with the SHROUDED GOLD CANOPY in the background. CLERKING IN THE THRONE ROOM: Red Cross workers at deal tables under the famous Lawrence portrait of George IV. Henry Villus portrait gazes down on a girl clerk ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 198 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROMANCE, ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVENTURE: ALL TOPICAL PICTURES

... ROMANCE, ACHIEVEMENT AH DVENTURE: all topical pictures. This desert patissier produces admirable cakes for the men of an Australian squadron in Tripolitania. His goods are baked in an under-sand oven, ingeniously constructed of petrol cans and fitted icith a petrol-can chimney and cowl. LIEUT. EL WOOD COOKE, U.S.N. was formerly America's No. 2 /(iirnial amateur and MRS. COOKE was Sarah Palfrey ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 406 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO-- H.M.S. RENOWN SEES STARS

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- H.M.S. RENOWN SEES STARS. THE CREWS OF MALTA'S HIGH-SPEED LAUNCHES-- for having rescued from the sea hundreds of airmen shot down during the blitz THE 44 blitz over Malta, G.C., has been the occasion for countless acts of heroism, not least on the part of the CREWS OF THE HIGH SPEED LAUNCHES stationed there, who have, sometimes through great storms, during the last year ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 722 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MAKING OF A WITCH

... . As the Witch of 44 Jack and Jill at 1 1 is Majesty's, ILEANA SILVA glW? 0 great back-stage performance in the art of transforming her charming faC* into a properly frightening witch visage. We give you eight stages in this miracle of maquillage, just to show what a little face treatment will do. PHOTOGRAPHS BY SWAEBF.. ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 62 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DE-AY AS A MARY MARTIN DANCE

... TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DE-AY AS A MARY MARTIN DANCE. Star of the five-star 44 Happy Go Lucky Technicolor musical at the Plaza MARY MARTIN as the Neiv York cigarette girl who blues her all on a trousseau en route for a Caribbean island and a 44 poor rich fish, has thirteen changes of costume and no stockings. Mary teas a dancer before ever she dreamed of singing as a profession and in this film the ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 102 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME

... i JAEGER are particularly successful in creating dresses for every daytime occasion they are exercising great care in never permitting any glamorous notes. The one above introduces the peg-top silhouette in its spring form. As will be seen, it has curved pockets, unpressed pleats, a neat neck-line and tight sleeves it is carried out in wool jersey. Outfits for the younger people have been ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 336 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE CHATWOOD SAFE CO., LTD

... QUALITY The policy of a firm controls its destiny. This subtle yet vital element throughout a firm defines its aims and governs its achievements. The Chatwood policy has always been to confine its efforts to the production of work of quality. Craftsman ship is placed before material gain. There is throughout the firm a definite atmosphere of continuous mental stocktaking. The reputation of ...

Published: Sunday 10 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 169 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs