... . MRS. BEN BRYANT is the wife of Commander Ben Bryant D.S.C., R.N. commander of submarine 44 P211, whose activities in the Mediterranean have been working havoc ivith Axis shipping since his arrival there. His 44 bag totalled in 44 Mare Nostrum twenty-three up to last week. Bryant, xcho won the D.S.C. in Norway nearly three years ago, is 6 ft. 3 ins. in height, and used to wear a beard, but ...

... . I The CHIEF YEOMAN OF SIGNALS demonstrating to an eager audience of Wrens, how a signal is made with flags. A class of Wrens practising GENERAL SIGNALLING on the flat roof known as the Flag Deck A GENERAL PRACTICE OF SEMAPHORES on the Flag Deck. The instructor (background, right) walks round assisting and correcting. ■PRACTISING RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING IN PAIRS Wrens under instruction on ...

... HOTEL INTO OFFICERS' CLUB, WITH INGENUITY. LAST week the Duke of Glouces ter opened the new Y.M.C. A. KING GEORGE'S CLUB FOR OFFICERS in Piccadilly, formerly the Hotel Splendide. The Club is a god send for officers who want quarters at reasonable rates. It is charmingly decor ated and furnished and looks bright and welcoming. Mr. Oliver Hill, the architect responsible, has worked miracles of ...

... - LADy PEMBROKE, C.B.E., MAYOR OF WILTON, for her borough-proud move to prove that Wilton is the oldest town in EnslancL The COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE, Mayor of Wilton seen here in her robes, with insignia and the seal of the Mayor, recently concerned herself with a move to prove that Wilton is the oldest Borottgh in England, a statement historical facts seem to back strongly. An important place ...

... PANTO. IN MALTA. IN 1941 MALTA, G.C., had the first traditional pantomime in its history brought to them by the R.A.F. Babes in the Wood. For 1942 Aladdin was chosen a great success which played to packed houses. The cast was drawn largely from the famous Malta R.A.F. concert party The Raffians, who have so far raised £400 for the Malta Relief Fund. MISS RENliE CAMERON, a plotter in ...

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... GUNNER TOY- MAKERS OF MALTA. THE w; oy shortage has affected most British nurseries, but .Malta, the George Cross Island in the Mediter ranean, th particular trouble has been ameliorated by the patience a), t ingenuity of the gunners. They have whiled away the v. g waiting hours on gun sites by making toys out of sue materials as could be mustered old bully-beef tins, wood rom ammunition cases ...

... FILM HAREMS -AMERICAN AND GERMAN STYLE. These film bathing beauties are in the screen s biggest bath-tub, built for 44 ARABIAN NIGHTS, Walter W anger's Technicolor extravaganza for Universal, due at the Leicester Square Theatre on January 22. HELEN PENDER, PEGGY SATTERLEE, PHYLLIS FORBES, ELYSE KNOX, BURNU ACQUANETTA and ELOISE HART (I. to r.), six of the picked beauties for the harem ...

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... . WREN JOY HIND MARSH is here receiving instruction in drumming from P.C. FRED LINDSAY, drummer in a police band so that she may head the ceremonial Wren parades, in correct style. LADY DAVSON, O.B.E., Chairman, Ladies Committee of War Services West India CoJ opened a Forces Y.W.C.A. Club at Camberley, presented by Barbados. CONTROLLfll CARLISLE, A.T.S., is on the left. Left The engage ment of ...

... -ORINA IN A MULTI-STAR FILM. Paramount' s 44 Star-Spangled Rhythm staggers the mind tcith the largest battalion of stars ever gathered together on one reel. VERA ZORINA is the star leader of the ballet and 44 Black Magic v one of her musical numbers. The extravaganza plot centres round the Paramount Studios and each star plays a real-life role. Here are a fete names from the stellar list ...

... . TT OLLYWOOD'S STAGE DOOR CAN- TEEN, run on the lines of the successful Stage Door Canteen of the American Theatre Wing in New York, proved a smash-hit as soon as it was opened. Bette Davis is the president, and the staff comes from every rank in the movie colony, from studio hands to producers, and includes hundreds of celebrated actors and actresses. The canteen's capacity is 600 uniformed ...