... HOW THE GERMANS ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT A raiding party of the enemy mopping up near Kharkov. In the house, a small Soviet reconnaissance unit had taken cover. German soldiers, supported by an armoured car, are moving up to attack it. This picture has reached London from Germany via a neutral country ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE SALVAGE FEATS IN MARITIME HISTORY This was recently ...

... -/4 By Sabretache Admiral Ahoy! WHETHER this is the correct way in which to address an Admiral of the Fleet I do not know, but what I do know is why Rudolf Schiklgruber was in such poor form when he made that mumbling speech on Ger man Heroes' Day. Sir Walter Cowan has got loose again I When we used to meet in that pleasant hunting demesne, Warwickshire, the Admiral used to frighten even Cox ...

... . iBMl FROM AUSTINS TO AUSTIN OWNERS OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND? I If your Austin is lying low for the duration, don't overlook to give it the little attention it demands. Remember, keeping a good car road-worthy is in the Country's interests as well as your own. Every three months, remove plugs, inject a little oil into cylinders and T give the engine a few turns by hand. Keep all chassis lubri ...

... HVSELF A! THE PICTURES The Riddle of Itma By James Agate A GOOD joke is one that will stand explaining. Whoever said this spoke more wisely than he knew. Let it serve as a peg for my observations on It's That Man Again, at the re-opened Tivoli. \\7 hat is the basis of humour Unless you are of the school which thinks a lunatic funny, then the basis of humour is reason. Reason on its head. ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Hearts of Gold By James Agafe Audi alteram partem! I have received an enormous number of letters about my recent article on It's That Man Again. The letters ranged from the modestly protesting to the downright abusive. The reader may remember my saying that if the comedians in this film are funny I would have my brains taken out and buttered. Which has provoked a ...

... A Distinguished Audience at the World Premiere Pictures of the Film on page 338 (9 Sir James Grigg the Minister for War General Sir Alan Brooke Chief of the Imperial General Staff Lieut.-Colonel Macdonald the Producer of the Film Lieut. -General Nye Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Mrsi Nye Cdr. Graham Johnstone and Mrs. Graham Johnstone Doris Zinkeison the artist) Air Vice ...

... 0 C^J A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Entertaining Americans COUNTESS SPENCER, who accompanied the King and Queen when they visited the American Red Cross Day Club at North ampton, during their recent tour of the Midlands, is a well-known and very popular figure among the American troops stationed in that neigh bourhood, for she and her husband frequently entertain large parties of ...

... BY M. E. BltOOHE The outfit on the left has been designed and carried out by H. J. Nicoll and Co., Regent Street. They frankly admit it has been inspired by the soldier's battledress. For the jacket tartan has been used, while the trousers are plain. Emphasis must be laid on the fact that this firm excels in equipment for the Army, Navy and Air Force. A feature is like wise made of classic ...

... fL uj Cft /)ty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Seventeen Next Month ALTHOUGH Princess Elizabeth will not be seventeen until the twenty-first of next month, the question of what lead she will give to other girls of her age, all of them anxious to take their part in the united war effort, is already one of the major problems facing the King and Queen. Although no decision has been made ...

... Red Cross. ShL lUr The Derbyshire Alrs. Waller Hughe Bo^n WaUej ond the Hon 0f Mr. Hardress J Eenarc Assistant Section Qflicer .'w?3 the R-^-^* Elliott Lady Dudley who works hard as a V.A.D., is the Danish ivife of Squadron Leader Lord Dudley, R.A.F.V.R. of Mear House, Kempsey, Worcestershire. She was formerly Miss Kirsten Albrechtson, daughter of Herr L. Albrechtson, of Vibsig, Denmark, and ...

... WAY #F THE WAR By Foresight Trouble THERE are all the indications that Hitler is having trouble with Italy, and that Mussolini, under German pressure, is having to play his biggest bluff in an attempt to deceive the world, as well as his people, as. to the true state of affairs. Whether Hitler and Mussolini met secretly on the Brenner Pass or not, it is significant that Ribbentrop spent four ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES A Sincere Film By James Agate THERE'S nothing like hitting the nail on the head, however boring it may be for the nail. A fortnight ago I quoted in this column from an article by a critic of the eighteen-fifties who maintained that the English could not abide seriousness on the stage. This was magnificently confirmed the other day at the Leicester Square Theatre, when I ...