... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Tribute ALL the Allied leaders have paid their tribute to those responsible for the early successes achieved in the Normandy campaign. Each has expressed surprise and satisfaction and has indicated that these successes represent a favourable augury for the future operations which are planned and will be fulfilled, presumably, according to a set time-table. But none ...

... Faced with the enormous responsibility of commanding the ships carrying the Allied Forces on the first stages of their assault on the Continent, and of supporting and sustaining them once there, no man is more fitted for this gigantic task than Sir Bertram Ramsay. His great powers of organisation and leadership are well known, and his experience of the problems of seaborne operations is second ...

... VEPtNPABILITY Since 1932 Britain's Radio Headquarters 1 have been located at Broadcasting House.- I London, where a round-the-clock news J and programme service employing 48 languages is maintained. The B.B.C. calls' to mind what millions throughout the world say of Champion Plugs, There's Dependability for you CLEAN PLUGS SAVE PETROL AND IMPROVE ENGINE PERFORMANCE n!Hiurn :hampion sparking ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK J Stories from Everywhere A CLERGYMAN was on a lecture tour, and after the first lecture in a certain county, a reporter from a local newspaper called to interview him. The lecturer asked him not to publish any details of the lecture, as it might the attendance at the other halls where more or less the same speech would be delivered in the county. The following morning, the ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Dummy Stories WITH the descent of Allied parachutists on to French soil there arose the supercharged heat wave of rumour. It was said that when one went up the Allied dummies they exploded or rose and struck one on the There were other rumours, mostly, I imagine, put about by the enemy, but I to feeling most disappointed in that no Allied soldier has as ...

... HOW THE FIRST LANDINGS IN FRANCE WERE MADE BY GLIDER AND PARACHUTE; AN R.A.F. RECONNAISSANCE PICTURE SHOWING BRITISH NORSA GLIDERS AND ABANDONED PARACHUTES, after Allied airborne landings had been made in the Normandy fields to the north-east of the town of Caen Even before the landing craft had touched down on the beaches off the northern coast of France, airborne troops had already been ...

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... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES No and Yes By James Agate I TAKE the following from the Daily Herald for Tuesday, June 13:-- Hundreds of American assault troops are now reported to have lost their lives in gaining the mile and a half beach sector near Vierville. An army major in charge of burying the dead on this beach says that he estimated some 750 bodies were recovered, while probably an equal ...

... A Romance Of Modern Poland In Our Time Co-Stars Ida Lupino With Paul Henreid Of Casablanca Fame In Our Time is an original screen play written by Ellis St. Joseph and Howard Koch and directed by Vincent Sherman. It is at the Warner Theatre and tells the story of a young English girl, Jennifer (Ida .upino), who while travelling in Poland with her employer, an antique lealer (Mary Boland), ...

... 0,. A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Birthday Honours TWO important members of the Court, whose names rarely appear in public, and whose work is little known or appreciated outside the immediate Royal circle, were honoured by the King in the Birthday Honours List, and have each since received their decora tions in private audience. One was the Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Lascelles, first cousin ...

... The very successful first show to be organised by the Royal Windsor Horse Show Club was held in the Home Park, Windsor, on Saturday, May 27th. Pictures appeared in our issue of June 7th but un fortunately amongst these were included some taken at the Staines Horse Show. We apologise for the incorrect information given and confusion caused by our failure to differentiate between the two Shows. ...

... Metropolitan Medley A Peep Behind the Scenes at New York's Metropolitan Opera House This year the Metropolitan Opera House celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. This old building, with its dingy exterior on New York's Broadway, has seen many of the greatest singers come and go, and thousands of world-famous figures have listened to them from the celebrated 44 Diamond Horse shoe. To-day the 44 ...