... By A. CROXTON SMITH SOME day, perhaps, a man with more time than I have to spare will gather together the anec dotes about dogs that have led adven turous lives with the soldiers and other branches of the Services. They should make thrilling reading if related in the right manner. From the generals at the top down to the most modest ranker there have been dog-lovers who have taken their ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart g- THE problem of getting a man out of an ultra-high speed aircraft in an emergency is a new one. The Germans solved it by means of an ejector seat. The pilot, whose aircraft was in trouble, pressed a button and was shot out into space with his parachute. Now we have a similar ejector device, the Martin Baker, and it goes with a special Irving parachute. Mr. Leslie ...

... Reception Given by the Argentine Ambassador To Delegates Who Are in London to Attend the Preparatory Com mission of the United Nations Senhora de Bianchi, the icife of the Chilean Ambassador, was photographed with her sister Miss Hart, who was looking very charming with flowers in her dark hair Looking serious were Senhora Rivera Schrieber, wife of the Peruvian Ambassador in Rome, with Sehor ...

... Hogarth's Immortal Rake in Modern Dress Rex Harrison in The Rake's Progress' 1 Flirt I 1 ;y ?0V> UnieTSlty ■P os Ji#, Tp,e j,. K In Vienna for the Grand Prix, Vivian finds himself broke again, for the race is cancelled owing to the international situation. His difficulties are solved by Rikki (Lilli Palmer), an Austrian girl who wants to escape from the Germans Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison) ...

... University Events Rowing, Rugger and Association Football Girls' Eight Race for the Fairbairn Cup at Cambridge A combined women's eight from Newnham and Girton took part in the race for the Fairbairn Cup at Cambridge where thirty- three crews competed. The girls' eight, sur rounded by men's crews, were photographed waiting to paddle to their position along the bank P. B. O'Halloran, the ...

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... Social Activities in London South Africa House Reception and Two Committee Meetings Mr. Heaton Nicholls, High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa Mr. G. B. van Zyl, Governor -General- Designate, Mrs. van Zyl and Mrs. Heaton Nicholls at South Africa House Photographs by Swaebe Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hawkins. She was Miss CuUinan, of the CuUinan diamond family Right The Hon. J. Maurice de ...

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