... THE SCENE IN THE HARBOUR AT MANILA (CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINE GROUP) AFTER A STRIKE BY AIRCRAFT FROM AMERICA! CARRIERS. This remarkable aerial reconnaissance photograph was taken over Manila on November 25. It graphically portrayi the weight of recent American strikes against Jap shipping concentrated there. Thirty-three vessels, sunk or sinking, are visibli in and near the breakwater ...

... THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND HER TWO CHILDREN VISIT THE COLISEUM PANTOMIME The two boxes occupied by the Royal party during the matinee performance on January 2. Princess Alexandra and Prince Edward (now Duke of Kent) are seen in the right-hand box the Duchess (with Lord and Lady Herbert) in the left. After the performance the Royal party went behind the scenes, and the children were given a ride ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 280 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. On to Our Finest Hour.-- The fury of the last great battle (as we hope) must now increase on all fronts, for the light is coming back, the worst of the fog soon will be over and the ground will become fit for tracks and wheels, and the sky for air armadas. Even now in Budapest and the Ardennes the tempo should satisfy the most robust and ...

... Just how far the U.S. First Army in the Ardennes was taken by surprise when the Ger mans launched their massed assault on December 16-17 will probably not be known for some time to come in full completeness. But there are certain things about the break-through already known. Only three days before Rundstedt hit out, a First Army patrol had actually advanced east of Monschau this sortie was ...

... ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE GERMAN SALIENT IN BELGIUM A vivid picture from a small town which changed hands several times during the savage fighting. The town is Manhay, now in ruins a knocked-out American tank lies almost capsized in the ditch, with a dead cow in the foreground near by. Not a soul is in sight, and the ground is everywhere churned up by the artillery barrages. Manhay lies to ...

... Family Life On The Home Front Since You Went Away is the Story of every Mother in Times of War As the mother of two teen-age daughters Claudette Colbert has a new kind of role. She plays it with a simple sincerity and an ■endearing charm. Since You Went Away is based on Margaret Buell Wilder's letters to her husband in service and was written by David 0. Selznick who also produced the film. ...

... A Film Premiere for Toe H Gala Performance of Wilson at the Odeon The first performance of the film Wilson was given at the Odeon, Leicester Square, in aid of the Toe H welfare work for the Allied Forces in India and Burma. The Countess of Abingdon was chairman of the premiere committee, and Mr. Arthur Rank and his co-directors bore all expenses in con nection with the gala performance, ...

... C. Off A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Pantomime Party IN spite of the absence of the King and Queen from Buckingham Palace, London has not been altogether without Royal functions, and the Duchess of Kent has been seen about a good deal lately, mostly with her two elder children, the young Duke and his attractive eight-year-old sister, Princess Alex andra, whom their mother has been ...

... Director- General of the B.B.C. Mr. W. J. Haley Mr. William John Haley joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as Editor-in-Chief in November 1943, and in May 1944 was appointed Director-General on the resignation of Mr. Robert Foot. Born in Jersey, where he first went into journalism, he worked as a wireless operator at sea during the last war, and in 1921 he joined The Times editorial ...

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... THE LONG SKIRT has a formal look it has a graceful, elegant air, is just right for the hostess entertaining in her own home. Harvey Nichols have this in blue, its long lines emphasised by the very becoming rtiching and the long tassels which hang well below the knee. (£18 12. 7.) THE SHORT SKIRT wins where transport problems are involved. This is another of the dresses in the Small Si%e ...

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