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... 0 UJ Cli A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country In the Country ONE of the gayest of the Royal Christmas festivities was the dance given on Boxing Night by the Royal Household Canteen Recreation Committee, attended by the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. A dance band from a famous R.A.F. station played, and some 400 guests, including many members of the Household ...
... One Thing and Another By D. B. Wyndham Lewis WAVING its long furry ears gently to and fro, the citizenry will observe with mild surprise that by way of a change from nagging it to do its duty, the National Savings publicity boys have now gone in for flattery of the most delicious kind. You're magnificent! is their new cry, in effect. You 're splendid Thank you ever so much, sweethearts, and ...
... 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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... 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 â– 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 ...