... -/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 MAN WHO COMMANDS THE ALLIED FLEET IN THE NORTH AFRICA BATTLE ZONE: A CLOSE-UP OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR ANDREW CUNNINGHAM in his office at Headquarters, where most of his time is now spent yyhen the history of the present war comes to be written, the name of Sir Andrew Cunningham will always be associated with the Mediterranean Sea, and with British domination of those waters. Since the ...

... The TRAGEDY of the PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Which struck a mine in the South Pacific whilst acting as a U.S. troopship The President Coolidge before the war was one of the world's luxury liners. After the entry of the U.S., this 22,000-ton vessel became a troop transport as such she was engaged on operations in the South Pacific, when she struck a mine off a small island at a moment when she was ...

... Correspondents who have been inspecting the Tunisian battlefront have commented on the varied nature of the fighting terrain. The northernmost section is, in many ways, the strangest. Bounded by hills which drop down to the sea as steep cliffs on the north, this area reaches southwards to the Beja Valley, where the country changes to more rolling hills and shallow valleys. The Sejenane area ...

... The FRIGATE RETURNS to the ROYAL NAVY An Historic Name which is Being Revived to Describe a New Class of Bigger Corvette with Heavier Armour IN his review of the work of the Royal Navy in the House of Commons on March 3. Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, made an announcement which must have been welcomed by many Naval officers. He said in the course of a long and very ...

... The BLACK BERET- The First of Two Articles Dealing with the Work of the Royal Armoured Corps. By CHARLES GRAVES THE task of mechanising the Cavalry and Yeomanry fell to the lot of Mr. Leslie Hore- Belisha, as Secretary of State for War, in April 1939. The Royal Tank Corps had been formed towards the end of the last war, but the initiative in tank fighting had been allowed to go by default. So ...

... ^HBj£3Ciirame' BOMBED CHILDREN FROM LEWISHAM RECUPERATE IN COUNTRY MANSIONS Some of the pirls at Gravcombe House heloine to move a chicken run GIRLS WHO ARE BUILDING COMMANDO BARGES IN A BRITISH SHIPYARD Women workers filing the edges of the portholes of one of the Tank Landing Craft under construction in Scotland THE NEW GOOD CONDUCT BADGE OF THE W.R.N.S. which has just been issued I This is ...

... ft WREN TORPEDOMEN hoisting a torpedo, or tin-fish aboard a naval coastal craft at a British naval port. Looking after the tail part of a torpedo when it is hoisted away ifn the Wren Torpedomen have overhauled it. A gang of Wren Torpedomen working above and below a torpedo a job that means the release of men for more vital duties at sea. Learning how to set the preselected range and depth ...