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... MIGHTY BATTLESHIPS HEAD FOR JAPAN AND FOR TOKYO BAY Two powerful warships of Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet the Iowa (on left) and Missouri steaming within 100 ft. of each other while transferring personnel in Japanese waters, preparatory to the naval occupation of Tokyo Bay. The Navy state that this is the first-known instance of personnel being transferred between battleships while under way. ...
... When the Japanese surrender delegation arrived at Minga- ladon airfield near Rangoon, their plane was two hours late. From it stepped General Numata, Chief of Staff Rear- Admiral Chudo, and Lieut. -Colonel Tomura. They had come from Saigon in a Topsy transport (an exact copy of a Dakota), painted white as ordered by the Allied com mander. After landing, the delegates were marched to a tent, ...
... IT used to surprise people that the United States so persistently snubbed and cold-shouldered General de Gaulle (in some measure causing Britain to do likewise). Was it not clear as the day that this Conservative soldier of great prestige was the in strument chosen by fortune to withstand those very things that American power least wished to see in France-- radical social change, revolution, ...
... 'T ucked away in a corner of the vast grounds ot Horton Emergency Hospital in Surrey, not far from Epsom Racecourse, is a block of low-lying buildings which have attained peculiar significance during the war years. It is a research department, the Combined Operations Room in the world-wide battle against malaria, the disease transmitted by the anopheline mosquito. In charge of this up-to-date ...
... JQetails of the new British fighter, Tempest II, have just been released. It is a great improvement on the Hawker Tempest, which came off the secret list last year and proved to be even faster than the Spitfire. Designed by Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., the new plane is a low-wing, single-engmed single seater, with a single fin and rudder. It is powered by a Bristol Centaurus V engine of more than 2 ...
... Myself at the Pictures A Good Film Spoiled By James Agate Dead of Night (Gaumont) is an extremely odd compilation. It is based on stories by E. F. Benson, Angus MacPhail, John V. Baines and H. G. Wells. These are matched by four directors, Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. The result is a mess-- vivid, exciting, compelling but all the same a mess. A mess because Mr. ...
... Blessed Are the Believers A New Disciple for the Young Messiah Joins Emlyn Williams in The Wind of Heaven Valerie Taylor has joined Emlyn Williams at St. James's Theatre in his play The Wind of Heaven, taking over the role of Dilys Parry, originally so beautifully created by Diana Wynyard. As the childless widow who finds renewed hope and joy through the manifestations of a hoy, the lovo-child ...
... PRISCILLA II PARIS August Roundabout D.O.A.H.-- It took the celebrations of Liberation Day to show the world, via the news-reels, that will probably reach you before this does, how empty Paris has become since August 1st. The crowd that assembled to greet the various delegations that marched up the Champs-Elysées to pay homage to the Unknown Soldier's grave was only three deep along the avenue ...
... he tcell-known Irish racehorse owner and angler. Sir Oliver Lamhart, is having a word with Lt. J. H. Gartrell, R.N.V.R., and Mrs. irtrell. Sir Oliver-is a nephew of Lord Brabazon, and Mrs. Gartrell is daughter of Major J. O'Rorke, the crack polo player and big-game hunter Spencer Freeman, C.B.E., and the Hon. T> Justice Wylie, who is Chairman of the Irish Racing Board, and also President of 1 ...
... by Jean Lorimer Smart enough for any great occasion, but cut on such free and easy lines that they are comfortable for play, are the children's coats to which the well-known firm of Harella are now turning their creative artistry. j Jane, on the left, is wearing a double-breasted coat of J plain woollen material her older companion, Betty, M has one of diagonal tweed, buttoning cosily at the ...
... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere SHE was one of Society's most glittering matrons. On the occasion of a formal dinner party, she haughtily phoned the local Navy headquarters and asked them to send along a few staff members. Two men of the rank-and-file arrived, and were indignantly requested to eat with the servants in the servants' hall. Furious at such an occurrence, the hostess rang ...
... ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AN D SPOMiOONH 'WSSfS^ s*' i S On an Autumn Morning j ...