... Honours For The Services The Navy, Army and Air Force at the Palace Four brothers came together three of them to be decorated. Cdr. P. M. B. Chavasse. D.S.O. and Bar (who fired the torpedo which sunk the Scharnhorst), was with Cdr. E. E. Chavasse D.S.O. D.S.C. Colonel K. G. F. Chavasse D.S.O. and Bar and the Rev. Claude Chavasse Vicar of Kidlington. The family comes from Castletownshend Cork ...

... On and Off Duty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Results Day RESULTS day passed quietly at Buckingham Palace, where Their Majesties had a full and varied programme to carry out, irrespective of the momentous declarations which hour by hour were made known on the tape. Lord Wakehurst, who has such a long and proud record of work as Governor of New South Wales, came to see the King, and, ...

... Pictures in the Fire By Sabretache Not So! A CLASSICAL scholard, whose name I feel that it would be most unkind to publish, though, apparently, he has no objection, has written accusing me of a mis quotation, or, at any rate, an omission in citing the well-known advice of the Apulian classic, in that I left out the words posthume, posthume. In the first place, an ellipse is always ...

... Officers of an R.A.F. Station Takoradi West African Forces Front row S/Ldrs. A. H. K. Stevens, V. G. B. White, C. T. R. Haswell, F/Lt. G. E. Payne, G/Capt. R. L. Wallace (C.O.), S/Ldrs. P. G. Peerless, C. E. W. Wheaton, J. B. Kinmonth, G. G. Dove. Middle row F/Lts. R. N. Phillips, A. W. Clarey, A. Rannie, S/Ldrs. J. C. Lindsay, T. J. Lewis, G. C. S. Willis, L. A. Wigzell, F/Lts. F. D. F. Mills ...

... With Silent Friends By Elizabeth Bowen On the Air IT is cheering to reflect that we have one art still, if not in its infancy, at the most crucial and interesting of its growing stages. I mean, radio-- or, if you prefer it, broadcasting. I am not a radio critic; and circumstances, during the last few years, have made me, even, a less constant listener than I could wish. But it must be clear, ...

... Bubble Squeak Stories from Everywhere THE vicar had tried all ways to stop one of his parishioners drinking himself to death. One day he said to the man, an enthusiastic dog fancier-- Did you know that giving a pup whisky stopped its growth? Yes, replied the toper, I tried it once. Oh, did you? What happened Pup died. Aha! cried the vicar, and wasn't that a lesson to you? Aye, ...

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... FILM F 3DR odak Film is scarce because of war needs, so MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR By the way When snapping a person do not stand too near or too far away from the subject. With most simple cameras the best distance is about 10 feet. If you have a portrait lens or attachment, or a focussing camera, you may go nearer according to instructions. When ordering an enlargement from a snap you can often ...

... THE CENTRAL FIGURES AT THE THREE-POWER CONFERENCE ARE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER AT THEIR LAST MEETING It has now been announced that the Conference was held in the Cecilienhof, the Palace of the former Crown rrince at rotsdam. In this picture the three leaders are seen seated in front Mr. Clement Attlee, President Truman and Marshal Stalin. Behind them stand Admiral Leahy (U.S.), Mr. Ernest Bevin ...

... HPhe three larger views included on these pages were all taken from an aircraft flying over the centre of London since the cessation of German air attacks They might almost be titled Les* We Forget. Whilst the war was in progress it was, perhaps, necessary to play down the destruction hurled down on us night after night. And time has helped to make the scars less ugly But scars they still ...

... COUGHTON COURT, IN WARWICKSHIRE, IS TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL TRUST. This picture shows the front of the house the gate-house, with its tall octagonal turrets, was built in the reign of Henry VIII and later converted into a hall. On the right is Coughton Church, which contains many monuments to the Throckmorton family. The first acquisition of a settled or entailed historic mansion under the ...