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NEW PICTURES from the ENEMY'S LANDS

... INDIAN SOLDIERS FREED FROM THE HANDS OF THE JAPS: These Sikh warriors were captured at the fall of Singapore they were taken by the Japs to Rabaul and thence to Los Negros, in the Central Pacific, to act as labourers. When Los Negros was recently captured by the Americans, the Sikhs were freed. They numbered in all sixty-nine. Here an American officer is questioning the men as they eat a meal ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 382 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

INVASION: How Britain is Preparing for the Opening of the Second Front--A Series of Pictures Showing On the Eve ..

... AMERICAN PRESSES IN ENGLAND ROLL OUT THE MAPS OF LIBERATION. Many of these will be needed eight machines run twenty-four hours a day in this press room of an American Army Topographical Unit, turning them out A BIG NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES READY FOR THE CONTINENT. Stored on spur tracks alongside two open main lines, this big supply of new and powerful engines is awaiting employment in the ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 587 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The APPROACH to MYITKYINA: The Joint Operations of General Stilwell, Merrill's Marauders, and a New Chinese ..

... Myitkyina has long been the objective to which the Allied forces under General Stilwell have been pressing forward in Northern Burma, racing against time to reach the shelter of the town before the monsoon descends in full force. It was on May 17 that the Japs were surprised by the sudden appearance of Brig.-General Merrill's American and Chinese troops, who pounced upon the main airfield, ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1351 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

The SMASHING of the GUSTAV LINE: Special Sphere Drawings Showing the Advance into San Angelo and the Capture of ..

... When the massed attack of the Allied forces was launched against the Gustav Line, stretching rom north of Monte Cassino down to the seashore, south-west of Minturno, attention was first con centrated upon the heroic efforts of the sappers to bridge the Rapido under intense enemy crossfire. When this gallant effort was successfully accom plished, attention soon turned to some spectacular ...

The INVASION of HOLLANDIA in Dutch New Guinea

... Qn April 22, General Douglas MacArthur launched his offensive against the Japs in Dutch New Guinea by invading the Hollandia district on i hat huge island. American soldiers, storming ashore at three points along a 150-mile stretch of coastline, quickly captured the town of Hollandia itself and three important enemy aerodromes. The invasion was made by way of Hollandia at Tanahmerah Bay, 35 ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 854 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW LAMPS and OLD: A Fortnightly Causerie on Life and Letters

... OF CABBAGES AND KINGS-- In the bad old days, before world war was the usual thing, I used often to walk through kitchen gardens-- my own and other peoples-- and enjoy with aesthetic pleasure the trim green orderliness which promised so many good things to come. I liked best to go round these vegetable gardens in early May and observe the beautifully-ruled lines of peas twining among their ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1438 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

Forhans TRADE MARK

... Tender, bleeding gums are danger signs, which neglected lead to gum disease (Pyorrhoea). Daily use of.Forhans will eradi cate these gum affections used in time, prevent them altogether. Thousands of dentists recommend Forhans Brand Special Formula Dentifrice with its special anti-gum-infection ingredients. Don't let pyorrhoea claim you as a victim. Guard against it now before it is too late! ...

Where Are The FORGOTTON MEN?

... WW1 A GRAVE shortage of political leaders is as sure a legacy of Hitlerism as any with which the liberating nations will have to contend on the Continent. The Nazis are deliberately seeing that this shall be so, and they are helped by the dis crediting of former leaders and by the normal deaths and ailing of these. Hopes are entertained that the various anti- Nazi movements will succeed in ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2126 | Page: Page 16, 17, 66 | Tags: Photographs 

Beauty for baby

... _ J eauty for IF you see that your baby has an ample sufficiency of vitamins, calcium, and cod-liver oil you are in suring that she will have reasonably good chances of a lovely head of hair, sturdy legs, a good straight back, strong white teeth that will not decay easily, firm ankles that will help a graceful walk later, healthy finger nails, and a vitality that will play its part in forming ...

What Cam I Do About My SKIN?

... What Cam I Do About M THE routine care of a normal skin is simple. Its true value lies in its regularity. Get a habit of skin care from your earliest twenties and you should manage to keep your skin healthy and reasonably youthful in texture and Colour for years. The most important habit is the before-bed cleansing with lotion, cream or soap and water after cream-cleaning, depending on the ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 734 | Page: Page 46, 47 | Tags: Photographs 

Little Mother

... 1 EVERYWHERE in the land nine, ten and twelve year old girls are learning before their time to cook and clean and shop, and cope intelligently with womanly tasks. The}- are helping mother to cope with the strain of keeping house and holding down a war job while father is away. These little girls Gan be called war workers just as much as their mothers to whom they are companion helps in every ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 381 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Photographs 

COW & GATE MILK FOOD

... COWS GATE &od COW GATE S Cmfcd£Mt M (jt^£/iAoo4 Before Baby comes you make many preparations. Even in war sipill; time it is not difficult to knit pretty, dainty things. So too you prepare for the possibility that you may not be able to feed him yourself. Well, in that case you will not hesitate. In those all important first weeks, only the best is good enough for your babe. Your doctor will ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 145 | Page: Page 57 | Tags: Photographs