... WAV OF THE WAR By Foresight Sawdust IT was natural that the Germans should make such a fuss about the rescue of Mussolini, and that people in this country should be annoyed that it was allowed to hap pen. It does seem that adequate precautions were not taken by the Italians. No blame can fall on the Allied commanders. They were right in assuming that Marshal Badoglio was looking after ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES We are Amused By James Agate I HAVE received a delightful letter from a distinguished resident of Carlisle. Readers will not require me to point out the author so admirably parodied. One hot day this summer I am sitting in Shaw's restaurant on Lowther Street partaking heartily of a portion of spam and salad, which comes very nicely at Shaw's, and while I am enjoying my ...

... The Wingless Victory The Work of a Distinguished American Dramatist is Introduced to London Audiences The Wingless Victory is the work of Mr. Maxwell the distinguished American dramatist. It was first in New York with Miss Katharine Cornell in the les Mr. Bernard Delfont, who presents the play in Lo chosen Miss Wanda Rotha as his leading lady, and a dramatic performance is given by her as ...

... Builders of Britain's Film Prestige Fred Darnels It is now some five years since the unique combination of producer Michael Powell and script-writer Emeric Press- burger came into being. The work of these two men, who have together produced such films as One of our Aircraft is Missing, 40th Parallel and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, has already done much to further the prestige of the ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings M athews Otter ('apt. Martnaduke J. Mathews 24/A i Lancers son 0/ the late M. A. Mathews ami Mrs. Mathews of Croford Mills, Milverton Somerset married Susan Otter, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Otter, of Royston Manor Notts., and Grimston, Norfolk, at St. Botolph's, Grimston Clark Darling Capt. R. G. Clark, 23 rd Hussars, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Clark ...

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... CIVILIANS ALSO SURRENDER IN TOTAL WAR The Growing Fear Throughout Germany of What May Happen when the Allies Finally Triumph. By FERDINAND TUOHY BECAUSE the unconditional surrender fiat of Casablanca did not require to be enlarged upon beforehand, at least publicly, for the Italians to cease fighting us, does not prove that it should be retained as the last word for Germans also. There were ...

... Recent Pictures from Enemy Territory, Showing What is Going On Within the Fortress Europa, Now Under Threat of an Allied Invasion THE NAZIS MAKE HOLLAND 41 INVASION-PROOF by the ruthless destruction of buildings in The Hague t The ruined Duinoordkerk on the outskirts of the city, where Queen Wilhelmina occasionally Worshipped WHAT REMAINS OF THE HOUSE OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER, DR. ...

... --Found Abandoned in Sicily The picture reproduced above comes from Regalbuto, in the Island of Sicily it was taken in the Cemetery, where the gun had been placed as one of the German outer defences of the hill-town, and it shows a 20-mm. anti-aircraft gun of an unfamiliar type. A complete drawing of it appears on the right. The gun may appear to have been designed awkwardly, but it has ...

... ^jnc of the reasons for the recent successes of Allied bombers has been the perfect co-operation with the fighter escorts which take them out as far as practicable and then meet them over the French coast on their journey home. Over the target, of course, the bombers are unescorted, as the fighters' range does not permit of their going so far. But casualties can be, and are, averted once the ...

... I n all of the Seven Seas, it would appear as if, during recent months, the Allies have finally got the upper hand over the U-boats. Admiral Lutzow, Germany's naval spokesman, admitted as much during a recent wireless review of the difficulties now facing the enemy's under-water craft. The Admiral declared that the Atlic' nLmn and naval craft force the U-boat to dive. If it stays on the ...

... The Enemy and Occupied Territories Continue to be Attacked by the Warplanes of the Allies A FRENCH BOSTON SQUADRON ATTACKING THE TRANSFORMER STATION AT GUERLADEN, IN BRITTANY Part of the target is enveloped in smoke as one of the bombers (top, left) comes in to make its attack. On August 26 the Lorraine Squadron of the Fighting French carried out an attack on the Electric Transformer Station ...