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Published: Wednesday 17 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 5 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

AMERICAN RED CROSS WORKER MADELEINE CARROLL

... Since 1941 MADELEINE CARROLL has been engaged exclusively in war activities, and in 1942 was appointed Entertainment Director for the United Seamen's Service. She of Irish-French parentage, was educated at Birmingham University B.A. Honours, French), and after some stage experience became a leading British screen actress. In 1936 she went to America to continue her film and radio career. Her ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 83 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PIN-UP GIRLS OF SWEETER AND LOWER

... PIN-UP GIRLS OF SWEETER AND LOWER. 44 Pin-Up Girls, blonde, dark or red-head, Over each bed-head, we 're on parade Undressed to the right to assist in the war, For that 's what Pin-Up Girls are for YVONNE JAQUES, PAULINE FRASER and MARY IRWIN in their dressing-room at the Ambassadors getting ready for their 44 Pin-Up Girls number. 44 I *m the one who 's not meant to be rude, My pose is ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 338 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WASHING FROCKS FOR THE WARM DAYS

... LINEN pure linen, too, a relic of the good old days, simply cut, trimly youthful with its Peter Pan collar and decorative bows. £4- 18 11. COTTON excellent value for money and coupons, with its clever stripe-work, its double-buckle belt, its envelope pocket. £2 13 7. CREPON a wonderful fabric for washing, yoked buck and front, the bodice becomingly full and with a neat tie collar. Pastel ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 81 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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... J He road from Anzio to Rome is so vital for the enemy to p Hold, so important to prevent an Allied advance, that the Jgntrng has been persistent in that area, never ceasing by ?aV or night. There have been heavy direct attacks at intervals, but when these were repulsed the Germans con- jnued a constant artillery activity, with patrols keeping up he effort to find a weak spot. The main ...

Published: Saturday 27 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 470 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

More About THE MIDGET SUBMARINE and HUMAN TORPEDO

... The speed, range and arma ment of the midget submarines of the Royal Navy are still secret. But certain other details have been made public by the Admiralty, and these are shown in the pictures reproduced here. As stated last week, the crew of each vessel consists of three officers and one rating the length of the submarine is 40 ft. Nor mally, the crew work under the orders of the captain, ...

Published: Saturday 27 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 724 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The PARTISANS of YUGOSLAVIA: And their Continued Offensive against the German Force of Occupation; GENERAL ..

... Under Tito's organisation the fighting in Yugoslavia never dies out, but flares up into greater activity every now and again. The Germans, too, make special efforts, at intervals, to round up the guerilla army and bring some kind of rest to their forces in the Balkans. They started an. offensive in considerable force, aided by tanks and the Luftwaffe, at the beginning of April, but the ...

Published: Saturday 27 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1128 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Photographs 

GETTING READY FOR INVASION Last-Minute Scenes of Preparation and Rehearsal for the Opening of the Second Front ..

... SECOND FRONT TROOPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PREPARING FOR THE COMING OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE NAZIS IN EUROPE. The British, American and Allied Armies of Liberation are now massing for the opening of the Second Front. 41 Last-minute 44 preparations are being made all over the country, and Britain now resembles an armed camp filled with fighting men and fighting equipment of all kinds. This picture, ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 692 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FROM the FIGHTING AREAS in ITALY: Scenes from the Beachhead, the Cassino Front and Naples

... A characteristic of the fighting on the Allied fronts has been the tremendous and growing weight of shell-fire employed. Not only is there almost continuous artillery duelling throughout the day, but there may occur intensifications of fire such as have occurred around Cassino's Monastery Hill. Advances of troops have been preceded by intensive poundings which have literally shaken the earth. ...

Empire Sport

... By John Radnor EMPIRE sport already has a long and readable history. What it seems to lack is a historian well primed and in- terested in games and sports as a whole. As for the pages yet to be written they ought to be the best of the lot. How interesting, how enjoyable, how valuable in relation to post-war reconstruction; how much will depend upon the imagination, energy and common-sense of ...

Record Demand For Lincoln Reds

... THERE were three interesting innovation at the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Associa tion's Annual Show and Sale held on the Wes Common, Lincoln. To meet the ever-increasin inquiry for females, a Show and Sale of cov. and heifers was held on the afternoon precedin the Bull Sale. This proved a great success and provided an opportunity for numbers o new members to select animals to form tht nucleus ...

Research at Rothamsted: How Crops are Protected from Insect Pests

... Research at Rothamsted How Crops are Protected from Insect Pests. THE chemical or biological con trol of farm and garden pests is of great importance to the farmer. Many million gallons of various insecticides are used every year to keep down attacks of insects on the various crops grown in this and other food-producing countries. But new or improved substances are discovered from time to time ...