... 0.. 6ft /)ty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country In the Family Tradition THE young Marquess of Milford Haven is keeping up the family tradition of out standing service at sea, and there was real pleasure in the King's smile as he decorated his twenty-three-year-old cousin with the O.B.E. and D.S.C. Lord Milford Haven was a mid shipman when he succeeded to the title in the year before the ...

... For twenty-four out of her total twenty-nine years, Loretta Young has been making motion-pictures. Her 101st role is in Columbia's new production, A Night to Remember, which will shortly be seen in this country. In it, she will co-star with Brian Ahcrne. Loretta Young was only five when she made her first screen appear ance with Fanny Ward, but some years were to elapse before she reached ...

... -^4 By Sabretache Androcles Extract from the Life Story of the J-'amous Lion-Tamer: A LION which was let loose upon him in the Colosseum exhibited signs of recognition and began licking him. Androcles was pardoned and presented with the lion, which he used to lead about the city. Another very hard-worked person has just been the recipient of a similar gift, but has stipulated that he is not ...

... I R EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Speech or Silence Two of the greatest nations on earth, the United States of America and Soviet Russia, show a sharp divergence in their treatment of aviation news. America is open; Russia is reticent. America states the exact number of aircraft her factories deliver each month; Russia has never, so far as I know, given the slightest indication of her output. In ...

... KIBBLE A aid SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere MAN overboard! came the cry. Instantly all was commotion. Boats were lowered and a search was made in vain. Then the roll was called and the mystery deepened. All were present and correct. At last a very scared-looking A.B. approached the officer of the watch. I think, sir, as 'ovv the man overboard must ha' been me, he said. I went over, but I ...

... The wife of Mr. Ernest Laurie Gardner is Commandant of the Cambridgeshire Red Cross. All the time she can spare from the work her post entails is spent in supervising the production of food on her estate, Six Mile Bottom, near Newmarket, where, in pre-war days, she was the possessor of one of the lies! partridge shoots in the country. She and her sister. Lady Louis Mountbatten, O.B.E., who is ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight ItollllSt FOR a time, only a short time, Mr. Churchill's health caused those about him some concern. But fortunately they were unduly alarmed, and they had lost sight of the resilience of the Prime Minister. He has a remarkable constitution, which he has never spared. All his life he has worked hard and long. Every moment of his day is planned, even to the short ...

... Lady Paston-Bedingfeld In June 1942, Sir Edmund Paston- Bedingfeld, Welsh Guards, married Miss Joan Lynette Rees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar G. Rees, of Llanelly. Sir Edmund is the nineteenth owner of Oxburgh Hall, in Norfolk, the family place, which has descended from father to son since it was built in 1482. Lady Bedingfeld has been working in the Air Transport Auxiliary The Hon. Mrs. ...

... by M. E. Brooke 0 Sometimes this generation is inclined to over look the fact that the House of Courtauld is of very ancient lineage. Its products are known for their beauty and quality in almost every home. It is no exaggeration to say that this firm's rayon has played a prominent part in the world of fashion. Dressmakers all the world over declare it is of exalted merit. Nowadays it is also ...

... As of the St. John Ambulance Brigade for the Priory of Wales H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent recently inspected the ambulance, nursing und cadet divisions of Hertfordshire. The Duchess is a iullv nualified nursing auxiliary of the V.A.D. For three months she worked at University College Hospital (where Princess Arthur of Connaught also trained), and it was there, as Sister Kay, that she passed ...

... Pigeon Post Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Send Their Thinking Day Message to Lady Baden-Powell The Message is Written by Princess Elizabeth Released by Princess Elizabeth, the royal messenger starts off on its homing flight Thinking Day is the birthday of the late Lord Baden-Powell and of Lady Baden-Powell, and before the war it was the day when messages of good will were ...

... Star Spangled Rhythm George Marshall Directs the Greatest Star Cast in History Star Spangled Khythin can boast of 16 stars, 24 featured layers and 30 other supporting actors and actresses. Among he stars are Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Franchot one. Hay Milland, Dorothy I .amour. Paulette Goddard, Veronica ake, Vera Zorina, Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Alan Ladd and Rochester. Most of ...