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On and Off Duty: A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country; Entertaining Americans

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 17 March 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2096 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE HIGHWAY OF FASHION

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 17 March 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 275 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... HOW THE TOWN OF MEDENINE, IN SOUTHERN TUNISIA, WAS FOUND AFTER ITS ABANDONMENT TO THE EIGHTH ARMY. Looking through a Moorish archway at tha wrecked buildings, wantonly destroyed by the Germans before their withdrawal The town of Medenine, near the Mediterranean coast, is only seven miles from the Mareth Line defences it lies on the direct route between Tripoli and Tunis. In view of the ...

Published: Saturday 20 March 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 182 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HELICOPTERS versus U-BOATS?

... THE VOUGHT-SIKORSKY HELICOPTER demonstrating how it can land or take-off from the water without making even a splash. With floats fitted to this strange aircraft, it is immediately converted into a seaplane. Its value in mid-Atlantic would make it of great value in combatting the activities of the U-boats COMING DOWN TO PARK, the helicopter can hover like a humming-bird over the exact spot ...

Published: Saturday 20 March 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 656 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Photographs 

SIX SOLUTIONS IN SEARCH OF A FÜHRER: Or, What is the Mystery of Hitler's Disappearance from the Gaze of his ..

... SIX SOLUTIONS IN SEARCH OF A FUHRER Or, What is the Mystery of Hitler's Disappearance from the Gaze of his Adoring Public By FERDINAND TUOHY ON April 20 there will be fresh occasion to test the validity of the argument that something has happened to Hitler. He should then be fifty four, and preceding birthdays have been signalled by a personal message. The obvious and simplest proof would be ...

Published: Saturday 20 March 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1829 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMAN VEHICLES in N. AFRICA: Some New Pictures

... GERMAN VEHICLES in N. AFRICA Pictures 'The pictures reproduced here have all been received during the past few days from the Tunisian battle areas, where the fighting has, once again, largely been a conflict of tank versus artillery. Many of the German Panzers were badly mauled in consequence especially during Rommel's attacks on the Eighth Army before the Mareth Line, when no fewer than fifty ...

Published: Saturday 20 March 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 378 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ALLIED ASCENDANCY IN THE AIR IN TUNISIA

... Cince the early days in North Africa, the R.A.F. has grown so strong that Air Superiority is now un doubtedly ours. Bombers and fighters are now crowding the skies, and valiantly supporting the efforts of the men on the ground. To the troops of the First Army it is a relatively new experience. One correspondent has described the scene depicted by Mr. Osmond above in the following terms Lying ...