... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Ministerial Inquisition.-- The present Government has been long enough in office for each chief Minister, whether in or outside the Cabinet, to have furnished proofs of his ability. Everyone has had his own particular day in Parliament-- some have figured in the House as principals on many occasions. There has been plenty of time to test the merits of each ...

... ANOTHER TRANSPORT COMMAND DISASTER The wreckage of the Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota after it had crashed at Chelsham, near Caterham, Surrey, with the loss of nine lives. In the foreground is the smashed tail unit, and the greater part of the fuselage lies in the distance. The plane, which was bringing Army and R.A.F. personnel home from Germany, crashed into the side of an 800 ft. ridge, ...

... WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE PACIFIC ON MAY I, WHEN AMERICA STAGES THE ATOM BOMB TESTS :A diagrammatic impression of the scene as an atom bomb explodes above the surface of the water and in the midst of the shipping arrayed by the American Navy Department for its vital experiments, the outcome of which wil' doubtless determine the future of capital ships. As the detonation takes place it is expectea ...

... pearl Harbour, the scene of the devastating Japanese attack in December 1941, when America's Pacific might was crippled at one blow by the Japanese carrier-based onslaught, is to-day better equipped by far than at the time of the disaster, and remains, as ever, the focal point of American naval activity in the Pacific. Such was the rate of naval construction in the fifty months between July ...

... FRANCE HONOURS BRITISH SERVICE CHIEFS Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, General Alphonse Juin, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham, M. Rene Massigli (French Ambassador in London), Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Portal and Marshal or the Koyal Air rorce bir Arthur Tedder at the ceremony in London at which General Juin, Chief of Staff of the French Committee of National Defence, conferred ...

... No sooner had the sub-committee of U.N.O., which had been touring the eastern seaboard in search of a permanent site, decided upon the New York-Connecticut tract than a flood of protests was at once forthcoming, largely from the wealthy estate owners living in this exclusive residential area. They gathered in a body at Greenwich High School and, with local tradesmen to back them up, they let ...

... I RE-BRIDGING THE RIVER PO Pile-driving craft at work in midstream as a temporary structure is erected to carry Lombardy's north and south traffic. On the right is a broken span of the old bridge SHARPENING THE GREAT PILES FOR THE PO BRIDGE German and, Italian labour, supervised by men of the Royal Engineers, is' being used for reconstructing this vital link between Lombardy and Central Italy. ...

... ■kAapUAAHj ,4 3 i jy *i .4 bi 1 1 1 ■HHHH The city of Meshed, the old capital of Khorasan Province, is i a place of considerable importance from a poli tical and commercial point of view. Both Russia and Britain view it with interest Russia because of its proximity to her Turkmenian frontier and Britain be- cause of its long-stai d- ing trading relatk ns with India by the over- I land route. ...

... Of all the great war time innovations, radar was one of the most remarkable, and in the following diagrams and pictures, which in earlier days would never have passed the censor, an out line is given of the methods by which radar detected the approach of enemy aircraft and then trans mitted vital data to a ship's guns, enabling them to engage with accuracy. Now radar is being put to a ...

... Lieut. B. C. G. Place, V.C., Lieut. I. E. Fraser, V.C., and Leading Seaman J. T. Magennis, V.C., all three of whom won their decorations in midget submarines built by Vickers at Barrow, were guests of the firm fQr the launching of the new sub marine Anchorite, and subse- quently attended a luncheon and reception at which they were presented with gold cigarette-cases on behalf of the workmen in ...

... INSTALLING THE FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-- HR. TRYGVE LIE SHAKES HANDS WITH M. VYSHINSKY AFTER BEING SWORN IN BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Between them stands Mr. Gladwyn Jebb, U.N.O.'s Executive Secretary, who now returns to the Foreign Office Last week the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted with enthusiasm the Security Council's nomination of Hr. Trygve Lie, the ...

... AMERICA'S LATEST AND GREATEST AIRCRAFT-CARRIER The 45,000-ton U.S.S. Fi-anklin D. Roosevelt cutting through the waters of Guantanamo Bay, off the coast of Cuba, on what is described as her shake-down cruise after commissioning. The great carrier's destina tion was Brazil, where she was to be present for the inauguration of the new President THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S POWERFUL ANTI-AIRCRAFT ...