... The July Sales at Newmarket And Some of the Owners and Racegoers Who Were There H.II the Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda was one of the biggest buyers at the Sales and was with Mr. Bayley Reynolds the veterinary surgeon and Mr. Fred Armstrong Major Pldfield was looking on u)ith Mrs. Hawkins (left) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Oldfield, the Earl and Countess of Dunmore's younger daughter Inspection ...

... . MRS. CHURCHILL and JUN. COMM. MARY CHURCHILL, M.B.E., who accompanied the Prime Minister on his short pre-Potsdam-ronference holiday in France, spent a good deal of time on the lovely sandy Hendaye plage. Here they are enjoying the Basque sunshine and keeping in touch with English news by close study of the papers. Miss Churchill is concentrating on a copy of cur sister-paper, The ...

... . I MAJOR-GENERAL TREMLETT, C.B., watched the Eton and Harrow match I from a chairback seat. He is with MRS. TREMLETT, JOHN and ELIZABETH j TREMLETT (right) and, on chairs, ANGUS CAMPBELL-GRAY, and a friend. lhree generations of DoolitUes make up this group. They s are left and right) GENERAL DOOLITTLE, famous Com f mander of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, and his son, JAMES H. DOOLITTLE, JUNIOR, ...

... . A week ago, on. the disbandment of the Second Tactical Air Force, AIR CHIEF- MARSHAL SIR W. SHOLTO DOUGLAS, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., R.A.F., took over command of the British Air Force of Occupation in Germany. The newly named force comprises upwards of 90,000 R.A.F. officers and men, many of whom served under him at Fighter Command, Middle East Command and Coastal Command. The H.Q. will be at ...

... . MR. CHURCHILL'S famous siren suit served as practical and comfortable beach mttire for him at Hendaye. He and MRS. CHURCHILL both enjoyed bathing from the lovely sands there. MISS MARY DRUMMOND-PAYNE, only child of the late Capt. George Drummond- Payne and of Mrs. Drummond- Payne, has served in the W.A.A.F. since 1942. i She is a keen winter-sports enthusiast. I _ 'is THE HON. RUTH SHAW, ...

... THE owners of property all over the country must be considerably worried about the reports of the so-called Vigilantes, who first became opera tive in Brighton over a month ago. Led by a Mr. Harry Cowley, they have been moving home less people into unoccupied houses, without a by your-leave from the owners. Last week, the movement spread to London, and committees are now being formed in at ...

... After much debate over the subject, and much comment in the Press, British soldiers and German girls may now meet in the Occu pied territory. The Russians led the way, of course the Red Army was never under the constraint to which our own men, and the Americans, were subject. To-day, British and Ger man may meet and fraternise within limits. Dances, walks in the forest, picnics, are all ...

... Whilst awaiting the delayed arrival in Berlin of Marshal Stalin, Mr. Churchill and Mr. Truman met for the first time since the death of President Roosevelt. The Prime Minister and Mr. Anthony Eden also took the opportunity to tour the German capital and inspect some of the historic buildings reduced by Allied air raids and by the Russian artillery during their siege of the city. The pictures ...

... I--fuge billows of black smoke are visible in this picture above the fleecy tropical cloud formation after Super-Fortresses, flying at a great height, recently set fire to the huge Empire Dock in Singapore, which was virtually destroyed. As another wave of big bombers sweeps in towards the target, the column of smoke has already reached a height of 10,000 ft. it later towered 20,000 ft. above ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. WHAT a talent Hollywood has for bluff ing the customers with an amiable conceal ment of the common place; for dressing up the commonplace in fine trappings; for photographing it bril liantly and alluringly; for endowing the most threadbare situations, by lively playing and smart cutting, with the illusion of wit; for insinuating into the mediocre mass a line of poetry, a ...

... ICH DIEN --THE HEIR-PRESUMPTIVE TO THE THRONE AS AN OFFICER OF THE A.T.S. N.B. A Coloured plate is inserted in this issue PHOTOGRAPHS B,0R°' iTHY WILDING. It was announced on March 5 last, just lefore she had reached the age of nineteen, that the King had granted to HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH a commission with the honorary rank of second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial ...

... I THE ROMANTIC REVIVAL Elegance Will Be All- Important this Winter This winter, colour, romance and elegance are to prove the antidote to the lethargy of war-weariness. British designers have been busy. They have planned a silhouette with wide shoulders (though not necessarily square shoulders), a loose tailored bodice tapering to a nipped-in waist and pencil-slim skirt, low necklines for ...