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MANSION HOUSE SPEECH, WEDDINGS, A CHRISTENING, STARS AND A SHOW: BUDGET OF UP-TO-DATE PICTORIAL NEWS

... . Members of the audience at an Army Rand concert in Algiers were accommodated in tiers of boxes made bv the wall-less rooms in a bombed building. Mareth cub of the Prime Minister's lion Rota teas officially adopted as mascot of the Lion M Bomber Squadron, R.C.A.F., but will remain ai the Zoo. W/CDR. R. S. TURNBULL, D.F.M., is behind the banner (left) W CDR. J. R. GORDON-FINLAYSON, D.S.O., D.F ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 391 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... Lieut, mark bonham-carter and major THOMAS P. BUTLER, both of the Grenadier Guards, recently made their escape from a German prison camp and trekked 400 miles to the British lines. When Italy collapsed the Germans took over control of the camp, and the two officers scaled a 15-ft. wall while the sentries were facing the other way dyed their uniforms to look like civilians travelled always by ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 447 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

SUPREME COMMANDER, S.-E. ASIA--LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN

... SUPREME COMMANDER, S.-E. ASIA- LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN. PHOTOGRAPH BY CECIL BEATON. In his uniform as full Admiral this portrait of LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, 44 triphibian Commander-in-Chief S.-E. Asia Command, was taken just before he left for Delhi to take up his appointment. After brief preliminary consultations with the C.-in-C.t India, General Auchinleck, he flew to Chungking, where his ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 135 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ENGLAND THROUGH SOVIET EYES: THE DEMI-PARADISE

... rT,HE DEMI-PARADISE premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on Thursday, November 18, is in aid of Lady Cripps's Aid to China Fund, and will be a big social occasion, which Mrs. Churchill has promised to attend. The film, which takes its name from the well-known quotation from John of Gaunt's dying speech about England in 44 King Richard II., is a story of this country as seen through the ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOLLYWOOD AT THE VICTORIA PALACE: THE LOVE RACKET

... The FREDDIE CARPENTER DANCERS add glamour to stcing in their admirable numbers. Peedles the Butler (HARRY HILLIARD) prostrated by the Visitor (HUGH MORTON). CAROL RAYE as the glamour-girl film-star Jane Denver in one of her numbers. ARTHUR ASKEY and PEGGY CARLISLE as Tony Merrick and Bonnie Drew in So Much to Remember ROY ROYSTON and VALERIE TANDY as Jimmy Blake and his wifet Minnie Master. ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 188 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 267 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, CHRISTENINGS ... WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT

... ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, CHRISTENINGS eisteddfod, work and entertainment. The POLISH A.T.S., or PESKI, are doing strenuous training some where in Scotland. These two members of the service are acting as an aeroplane spotter team. These members of the W.A.A.F., wearing complete suits of oilskin, are on a barrage-balloon station. They are here giving their charge a gas transfusion from a pressure ...

WOMEN IN WARTIME: JUMPER SUITS IN MANY COLOUR SCHEMES; BECOMING FELT HATS

... I WOMEN IN WARTIME JUMPER SUITS IN MANY COLOUR SCHEMES BECOMING FELT HATS NOWADAYS women in general do not consider their wardrobes complete unless they contain at least one or two jumper suits. Practically all the shops make a feature of the same. They are carried out in a variety of colour schemes and materials. Those that may be seen at Harvey Nichols are admirably tailored and cut, hence ...

Published: Wednesday 03 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 288 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

City Fur Store

... A fine collection of lovely yet practical Fur Coats of every description suitable for Town and Country for your choice all moderately priced. FURS ON APPROVAL Postal enquries receive personal attention. FURS REMODELLED Renovated Repaired Cleaned, Estimates Free. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 38 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

THE TOPS OF THE WOMEN'S SERVICES

... the TOPS OF THE WOMEN'S SERVICES. AIR 'MMANDANT LADY WELSH, Director of the W.A.A.F.. was gazetted early ist month. She is forty-seven, tall, slim and very smart. She has come p to the top through all the stages, and served in the F.A.N. Y. in the l> uar. Her husband is Air Marshal Sir William Laurie Welsh their seventeen-year-old son is at a public school. MRS. B. W. CUTHBERT, O.B.E., wife of ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 338 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MINISTER OF STATE AT THE ... OF FORTY-TWO: MR. RICHARD LAW AND HIS ... ... AT HOME

... MINISTER OF STATE AT THE AGI OF FORTY-TWO MR. RICHARD LAW AND HIS I IFE AT HOME. THE announcement that MR. RICHARD KIDSTON LAW, vounp been appointed Minister of State was made in September last gave the Prime Minister the opportunity to overhaul the adminifl his work as lieutenant to Mr. Anthony Eden at the Foreign Office. Foreign Office since 1941, and he is continuing in that department i ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 345 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs