... THE LATE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, FOUR TIMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA, ON APRIL 12, AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE. He was the thirty-first President of the Union, and one of the greatest men of modern times (see also page 67 of this issue) The greatest American of this century, he was the first man to have been four times President of his country ...

... Within a week of the crossing of the Rhine, three British armoured divi sions and at least two armoured brigades all with infantry support were moving steadily into the North German Plain. One of them was the Guards Armoured Division, which swept through Munster. on the road to Hanover, and other historic towns in the very heart of the Reich. At one time the rate of advance was phenomenal, as ...

... On April 9 the Eighth Army opened a new offensive in the Adriatic sector. The Senio River has been crossed on a wide front in the vicinity of Lugo, 12 miles west of Ravenna. A great air bombardment preceded the attack PREPARING FOR THE EIGHTH ARMY'S NEW OFFENSIVE Flame throwing Wasp carriers go into action to prepare the way for the following infantry, during final training ANOTHER PICTURE ...

... A Wo man In Belgium i The Record of a Visit Recently Paid to this Lib erated Country long Under the Heel of the Nazis By Jane Gordon I HAVE just spent two weeks in Belgium, Holland and a small part of Germany and one has only to make a trip like mine to realize that the Army and the R.A.F. know a great deal about good management. There were a few telephone calls, an interview, two days ll of ...

... Place three shallow porcelain bowls of the same shape but of varying sizes one inside the other. Fill the bottom two with water, and, according to the season, float flower-heads of mixed colours, or medium- sized leaves, painted to tone with the room's decoration. In the top bowl, place a quantity of damp sand, into which, at Js varying depths, should bestuck i candles, preferably coloured. ...

... By Wilma Buckley OUT with those stored-away spades and buckets; out with that attic-bound shrimping net, the waders, the picnic basket, the fishing-rods Hayseeds in the hair again and a good time to be had by all, for holidays are really going to mean something this year. Even the most conscientious worker can feel that he or she has rightly earned a vacation and would, in fact, be making ...

... y/ Spring sunshine has a searching guality which relentlessly reveals dirt and shabbiness. These suggestions tor renovating home and wardrobe are aimed at concealing Spring's worst revelations Grease marks on clothes can be dis solved with carbon tetrachloride. Blood stains respond when soaked in a solution of lukewarm salt water. The same treatment is good for broth and gravy stains. A warm ...

... THE English Jersey Cattle Society held their Spring Show and Sa'e on March 28, when 120 pedigree tuberculin- and agglutination-tested Jersey cattle were entered. The judges were Messrs. Cortlandt Taylor (females) and Dr. R. W. Wheldon (males). There was a good demand for stock from well- known herds. The Champion bull, Snailwell Aristocrat 2nd, winner of the Lockwood Cup, realised 500 guineas, ...

... Dwarf versus I Runner Beans i By Our Horticultural Correspondent GARDENERS are a conservative race and inclined to grow the same series of crops season after season, often with little relation to the family food require ments. This leads to unnecessary wastage or, what is worse, to seasonal shortages of salads and vegetables. The need for a cropping plan has often been stressed in these pages, ...

... Artificial Insemination Forestry Dispossession [From Our Parliamentary Correspondent^ TWO small but important Bills now before Parliament are those concerned with developing artificial insemination and the transfer of responsibility for forestry policy from the Forestry Commission to the Minister of Agriculture. They should be passed by the Commons during the next few weeks. There are signs ...

... By Phyllis Kelway COMPARATIVELY little is known about the personal habits of badgers, although naturalists have spent long nights in the woods sitting in front of huge holes in the earth. Many watchers have been defeated by the attacks of midges, but others have come away completely satisfied, having seen those bulky grey forms slink like shadows from the set and make off in search of supper. ...

... I WATCHED some 40 couples playing on the picturesque Parkstone Golf Course, Bourne mouth, a few days ago for trophies given by the Branksome Tower Hotel. The competition was a four- ball Stapleford, thought by some to be an improvement on the ordinary bogey scoring system. I had a good look at the players whose handicaps ranged from scratch to 18, and thought the standard of play very fair. ...