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War Begat These Gains: Some Innovations Which Could Most Beneficially Be Projected Into Peace Time

... rarnpf for nnp'? in}-> or ulpaiinrp Ickt iH nnt only for the well-off), and rushing urgent or light cargoes round the earth? Policing planes, too, will reach out to the spawning grounds of war plotters. The aeroplane has a lot to answer for. Its chance is ...

Published: Thursday 01 July 1943
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1400 | Page: 70 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Tenth Legion

... succeed-- and which is waged unceasingly during times of peace by a comparatively small, but care fully selected, army-- a corps d'élite of about 60,000. They are very modern and up-to-date, having existed only since 1829, at which time they were re garded ...

Published: Wednesday 16 June 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2679 | Page: 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Here, There and Everywhere

... things and if the war goes on much longer, I con fidently expect to see Commandos of Septuagenarians, and possibly an Auxiliary Police Force of Uctogenarians preferably selected from Post Office personnel. There 's a chance for us all before the boys get ...

Published: Wednesday 29 December 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2339 | Page: 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

Standing By ...: One Thing and Another

... from Bayeux Cathedra], it fell into the hands of the com missariat or Army Service Corps, who were about to cut it up for packing uniforms and supplies when a local police-commissary rescued it. Since then it has lived in a 350 ft. long glass showcase in ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1830 | Page: 16 | Tags: Illustrations