... A Farm Walk at Cobham, Surrey A Demonstration by the Surrey W.A.A.C. THE Surrey W.A.A.C., for the second year in succession, arranged a demonstration at Cob- ham which took the form of a walk over Larken- shaw Farm, owned and farmed by Mr. W. A. Thompson. The main items of interest were the herds of Guernsey and of Ayrshire cattle, a farm silage plant, the use of heavy implements for break ing ...

... ASK A SOLDIER Ask a soldier what he knows about Lister's, and if in peace-time farming was his job, he'll tell you about the engines, separators, ploughs and other Lister machines that were his before the war. To-day, he knows that Lister's are still his trusted friends. He won't give you details, but when he gets home again he'll again specify Lister's. mss^ I ...

... THE FIRST PICTURE OF A FLYING BOMB LAUNCHING SITE, CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS IN NORMANDY DURING THEIR APPROACH TO THE PORT OF CHERBOURG. The entrance to the 20-ft. tunnel which runs the full width (120 ft.) of the site The picture reproduced above (and those given on page 3) show the unfinished steel and concrete construction captured by the Americans in Normandy and believed to have been ...

... nan pp a-- in ii i imiiiniir-- MTinrnn maan T hese pictures show views of one of the two huge German rocket yards captured in Cherbourg Peninsula and believed to be similar to those projecting pilotless planes to Britain. It has been described as resembling a scenic railway, or railway switching yard. The site is more than half a square mile in area. It is intricately camouflaged with such ...

... ONE OF THE FIRST FLYING-BOMB INSTALLATIONS FOUND BY THE R.A.F. IN NORTHERN FRANCE. The buildings used for the storage of the pilotless planes are placed outside the wood hidden in the wood itself are the launching cradles from which the craft is shot into the air. The location of this lair has been described as somewhere between thirty miles south of Calais and seven miles north of Abbeville ...

... THE MERCHANT NAVY PLAYS ITS PART IN THE INVASION OF FRANCE: THE CONSTANT PROCESSION OF FREIGHTERS ACROSS THE CHANNEL TO KEEP THE BEACHES SUPPLIED WITH THE MUNITIONS OF WAR. The vessels seen in the centre are small coasting steamers to the left is a naval motor-launch acting as convoy escort, whilst away to the right is a destroyer of the Eclipse class (of 1,375 tons). The sun is just rising ...

... The stubborn holding of Kohima, on the road between Imphal and Dimapur, by its small garrison, has been the keystone of the Allied position in Assam. If Kohima had fallen, the Japanese would have had an unobstructed road and central position from which to strike either north-west to Dimapur, or due south to Imphal. As it was, the garrison, though surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy ...

... >Y 7, l944 TripleX the safety glass fortnightly I ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS ...

... Lady Loder and Her Sons The wife of Sir Giles Rolls Loder, Bart., is the former Miss Marie Symons-JeUne, only daughter of Captain Bertram Symons- Jeune of Runnymede House, Old Windsor. They were married in 1939 and have two sons, Edmund Jeuue who was born in 1941 and Robert who is two years younger. The Loders* country home is at Leonardslee. Horsham, Sussex a Swat be ...

... Julia Farron as Mdlle. Theodore Premiere Danseuse in Ninette de Yalois's Ballet The Prospect Before Us Julia Farron is one of the very promising young members of the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company. In 1939, when she was seventeen, she created her first important role that of Psyche in the hallct Cupid and Psyche. Since then she has danced many leading roles in Sylphides, Comus, The Gods Go a ...

... Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia Howard Coster, F. U.S.A. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, G.C.V.O., D.S.O., A.D.C., son of a brilliant sailor and a former First Sea Lord, entered the Navy at the age of thirteen. He had already a remarkable war record when in March 1942 he became Chief of Combined Operations, with the ranks of Vice-Admiral, Lt.-Gcn. and Air Marshul. In this capacity he ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Guns and Gunnery EVERY night, just lately, as the German power bombs have been flying overhead, I have had cause to wonder at the ways of anti-aircraft gunners. They will, I know, forgive me if I do them an injustice in any of my inferences and, I hope, will let me know where I am wrong. I here are two things that puzzle me. The first is the exact purpose of the ...