... 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 ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Thaw THE early thaw did as much as anything else to stop the Russian advance after Kharkov, and may be accountable in part for the loss of the city once again. But this turn of events is not a surprise to military experts, and certainly not to the Russian High Com mand. They anticipated that something of this kind might happen. In fact,' the Russians never ...

... You Can't Change Farce Walter Ellis, Most Successful Farcewright of World War I., Produces His Contribution to World War II. 1943: SLEEPING OUT A Little Bit of Fluff ran for 1241 performances at the Criterion Theatre during the last war. Its revival during World War II. at the Ambassador's is an indication of its cunning mastery. Surely no one knows better than Walter Ellis just how to mix ...

... -/4 By Sabretache /I Misunderstood Word THERE is an uncomfortable rumour abroad that Aunt Tabitha is somewhat shocked at what the Commander of the Eighth Army said to his troops anent what he was proposing to do to his adversary. The General up till then, she had considered such a nice man. It may be recalled, purely for purposes of reference, that the General said something about Rommel's ...

... Officers of an Air Engineering Dept. at a Royal Naval Air Station D. R. Sttiart Front row Lts. H. L. Lapage, G. I. L. Corder, A. C. Mahony, Cdr. W. B. Axford, Lts. H. J. Lavers, C. S. Sutherland, H. A. W. Harding. Second row Mr. C. V. Snell, W.A.O.R.N., Sub-Lt. P. E. Mitchell. Lt. S. J. Pratt, Mr. G. J. Stephens, W.A.O.R.N., Sub-Lt. L. A. Houston, Lts. J. Buckley, P. W. C. Halford, Mr. H. L. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Denholm Speirs-A lexander Ca.pt. John Neil Campbell Denholm, son of the late John Denholm and Mrs. Denholm, of Boatland, Perth, married Sheila Mary Speirs-A lexander, daughter of the late Capt. A. Speirs-A lexander, atid Mrs. Sydney MacDonald, of i, Welbeck House, W., at St. Peter's, V ere Street Browning Evans Capt. John Browning, R.A., son of the ...

... The highway of fashion BY M. E. BROOKE As soon as the warm weather arrives the little frock will come into its own again, as it is so pleasant to relax in at the end of a strenuous day. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly, are very successfully making a feature of these. Among them is the dress-suit seen above, which is ex pressed in a soft woolly material, pink and blue being represented in the vest. ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Estimate Time Now that we know about the Air Estimates and the announcements made by Sir Archibald Sinclair in introducing them, it is worth recalling that the prelude to the Estimates every year in the past has been a spate of prophecy. It has apparently been thought by the aviation writers that, by predicting with a sufficient air of confidence, every conceivable ...

... The only daughter of Lieut. -Col. Leonard Messel, O.B.E., of Nymans, Staplcfield, Sussex, married the Earl of Rosse in 1935, and they have two sons, Lord Oxmantown and the Hon. Desmond Parsons. Lady Rosse was formerly married to Mr. Ronald Armstrong Jones, and is the sister of Oliver Messel, the well-known painter and theatrical designer. As well as working for the W.V.S. in England, she runs ...

... -^4 By Sabretache GENERAL SALUTE God Save the King! God Bless the Kino's Wen Army Week March 1-8, 1943 Ascot or Newmarket Derby? AS well at Queen Anne's old racecourse as anywhere else, provided always, as one is bound to repeat, that we are not so busy passing the ammunition as to have no time for anything else. It is absolutely necessary to bear this possibility in mind, for it is there to ...

... BLACK, WHITE BLACK WHITE i A GRAND SPIRIT The more you know about Scotch Whisky the more certain it is that Black White will be your choice. This grand spirit has a flavour and quality beyond compare. gM-' ...