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A Clean Sweep

... franfais is not tres tres formidable, he said haltingly. Delbos grinned, although the effort made his head throb again. I speak English, captain, he said, noticing the three pips on the other's shoulders. I crashed my plane and The commando took another ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4450 | Page: 66 | Tags: Photographs 

A Letter For Jennifer

... associating with this sub-human room- mate of mine, who for once has an intelligent proposal to make. He prodded Jonathan. Speak up. Tiny Dinner, said Jonathan hopefully. For three. Arroz con â– polio. At Luisito's. Jennifer's tawny eyes rested specula ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4961 | Page: 62 | Tags: Photographs 

MYSELF AT THE PICTURES: Some Hints to the Critics' Circle

... can be told cinematically. Still it is well for the film critic to be aware that there is a masterpiece in the offing, so to speak. Which, of course, raises a broader issue this is whether film critics should be literate or illiterate. Possibly this is to ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1610 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs 

Standing By...: One Thing and Another

... anybody decent can have it without looking down his (her) nose, as happened when Spanish 'flu swept Europe in 1918. Not to speak of the influenza plague of unknown but obviously loreign nationality which devastated these islands in the i8So's, nearly ruined ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1610 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

American Soldier Agriculturists

... to the county and provincial advisory centres, whose advice is at the disposal of the farmer. Professor W. B. Brierley, in speaking of the biological problems connected with the production of crops, considered the biggest one we had in Britain was of getting ...

NEW MECHANICAL DEVICES: Being Used on the World's Battlefields To-day

... conversation may be heard above the loudest disturbances only the desired voice being retained This means that a soldier can speak into the microphone while standing amidst the deafening noise of battle or in a thundering tank and yet be heard clearly. The ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 801 | Page: 20 | Tags: Photographs 

Give a Good Book

... Hon. Andrew Shirley, founder of the Book Campaign, in his office, has given 400 of her own books, and spends a lot of time speaking for the Book Campaign As a response to desperate appeals from hospital libraries, Services and welfare organisations for ...

Published: Wednesday 12 January 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 391 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 228

... industry is (in its most important aspect) a longer- term policy than most people even now suppose. The authorities often speak of it as a long-term policy, implying that the full fruits of the destruction are not to be picked at once. Rather, that the ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1939 | Page: 4 | Tags: Photographs 

The COAL-MINING INDUSTRY of BRITAIN: The Last of Three Articles Dealing with Conditions Underground, After a ..

... (chaque me'daille a son revers, as the French say). Both require a highly centralised totalitarian form of Government. Strictly speaking, Fascism was to a certain extent decentralised by the formation of industries intn larap rnrnnrations within the corporate ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1815 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

PICTURES FROM THE WORLD'S MANY BATTLE AREAS

... and are trained as fighting soldiers before being taught a trade. When qualified, they receive trade pay. All are taught to speak English. Of fine physique, they average 6 ft. in height and (like most Africans) can stand long exposure to the heat and humidity ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1211 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs