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... The Rt. Hon. Ralph Assheton, M.P. A Portrait by James Gunn In order to become Chairman of the Conservative Party last October, Mr. Ralph Assheton gave up his post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury and the prospects of an early seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Assheton comes of a family long connected with politics the first, Sir John de Assheton, was elected to the House of Commons in 1324. Since ...
... -^4 By Sabretache 1704-1945 THE political and moral effects of the battle were great, for, as Sir Archibald Alison wrote in his History of Europe, the de cisive blow of Blenheim resounded throughout every part of Europe. From Our Fighting Services, by the late Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. It is again suggested that anyone who may be interested and particularly the Herr General von ...
... Sitting Capt. W. T. Couchman, O.B.E., D.S.O., R.N., Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, First Sea Lord Capt. J. B. Heath, R.N., Capt. G. Thistleton-Smith, G.M., R.N. Stand ing Pay/Cdr. H. T. Isaac, O.B.E., R.N., Lt.-Cdr. J. A. Ivers, R.N., Cdr. (A) Nicholson, R.N.V.R., Cdr. F. G. Einley, R.N., Lt.-Cdr. F.. B. Morgan, R.A.N.V.R., Pay/Lt. J. E. Bryon, R.N.V.R. Front row Prof. P. A. ...
... By Elizabeth Bowen National Figure THE dire years through which we are living now can be raised to one sort of level; they are a time for greatness. We are at least released from the depressed decades of nonentity. In England, it is at present our privilege to hear the voice of one great man in whose utterances the might of the English past rings, whose language is in the august tradition. ...
... Pantomime Gala In Aid of Army Cadets' Welfare Fund A gala performance of Babes in the Wood was given at His Majesty's Theatre, in aid of the Surrey and Middlesex Army Cadets' Welfare Fund. The audience included Array cadets, who were delighted to meet the Principal Boy and other members of the cast after the show 44 Monsewer Eddie Gray who with Nervo and Knox and Leo Franklyn provides *he fun ...
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... THE BABES IN THE WOOD, WITH ADELE DIXON AS ROBIN HOOD. 44 rPHE BABES IN THE WOOD is the pantomime at His Majesty's, with Adelc Dixon as J- a fine, upstanding principal boy, Robin Hood. She sings admirably, looks a dashing Sherwood Forester, and has a lively sense of fun. The comedians in this show are a specially strong team, with Nerv'o and Knox, 44 Monsewer Eddie Gray and Leo Franklyn and ...
... . The duke of kent and his sister, PRIN CESS ALEXANDRA, thoroughly enjoyed a visit to 44 Goody Two-Shoes at the London Coliseum, where they were taken by the Duchess of Kent last week. The nine-year-old Duke made a spectacular catch of a plum-pudding thrown up to the Royal box from the stage at the end of the show, and afterwards they went be hind the scenes with their friends, rode the panto ...
... . LIEUT. E. KENNETH A. BENJ AFIELD MACDONALD, R.N., elder son of the late Mr. Donald Macdonald, married MISS LILITA BLANCO-FOMBONA, at Our Lady of Victories temporarily Assumption Chapel, Kensington Square). The BISHOP OF BLACKBURN centre baptised the TRIPLET SONS of MRS. VARAH (I.) and the REV. E. C. VARAH, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Blackburn. The babies (born on October 19) had eighteen ...
... ■MMgHIKH L iluS|JHylaEjU IYIA1 f;HJ J 7 Drawing by W. G. Whitaker It was clear from comments made in the -'J-JfrW J£r/ JPW HE GERMAN ARMOUR GOES FORWARD IN THE ECHTERNACH AREA IN DEEP SNOW THE sccas ON THE BOURSCHEID ROAD, beneath a picturesque ruined castle, and made a penetration into iAm ...
... During the earlier stage of the German thrust into 1 Belgium it was frequently stated that all planes were grounded owing to dense fog and mist. On some days, when German massed divisions were creeping steadily forward on all the roads through Luxembourg and Eastern Belgium, the artillery could do little or nothing to stop this crawling, but ceaseless, advance. With visibility of a few yards, ...
... Touring recent weeks British piloti have reported that the Luft waffe have been coming up in greater strength. This new development follows the recovery by the German armies of their eyes the high flying, very fast, jet-propelled Me. 262s. Previously, the pilots ol the latter had always avoided close fighting, obviously under orders. The Me. 262 is a single-seat, low- wing monoplane its two ...