... mswwi mMH The Mohne Dam, where the late Wing-Commander Guy Gibson and his men achieved their dramatic bombing exploit in 1943, unleashing at one blow the waters of the Mohne See, is now a favourite resort of members of the British Army of Occupation, and during the summer months troops will be flocking there for brief spells of leave from the great garrison towns of the Westphalian Plain. The ...

... ()ne of the latest and most important developments in rotating wing aircraft is being made by the Fairey Aviation Company with its Fairey Gyrodyne, a machine possess ing some features in common with the autogiro and some in common with the helicopter. The Gyrodyne has an air screw at the tail and a rotor above the cockpit, the long blades of the latter providing vertical lift as they rotate ...

... QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S BALI ND OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS. Dogs as well as dog-lovers came to the Dumb Friends League Committee Meet ing for the Animals Welfare Dinner Dance I fixed for April 10. Here are Sir Pelham Warner's Simon, Mrs. Calvert Empson's Cirque, and Mrs. C. Porter's Jeep MR. J. BONHAM KIDSTON. of Hazelbury Manor, Box, married the HON. PATRICIA MANNERS, daughter of Lord and Lady Manners, ...

... . f I *HESE portraits by COWAN DOBSON are on view in the exhibition of his recent work which opened to the public on April 2 after a crowded private view, and continues until the first week in May, at Frost and Reed's New Bond Street gallery. Mrs. Cowan Dobson is her husband's favourite model, and this new full-length of her was specially painted as the centre-piece of his show. Countess ...

... . MISS ANNE CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, in the dress which she wore at her coming-out dance which was attended by Princess Elizabeth. A close-up of debutante MISS ANNE CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, daughn °f Wing Commander and Mrs. Gerald Constable- Maxwell. MISS ELIZABETH BUXTON, daughter of Major Anthony and Mrs. Buxton, of Horsey Hall Great Yarmouth. This is the dress which MISS ELIZABETH BUXTON wore at the ...

... I Last week was a big week in the theatre, and, in addition to several new productions, it was made particularly notable by the three special matinees staged on behalf of the King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses. About £7,000 was raised by the three matinees, and following The Importance of Being Earnest the King and Queen received the players. During the week the Princesses ...

... YY/hen Lord Winster, Minister of Civil Aviation, recently visited Heathrow, Middlesex, with Members of Parliament and Foreign Air Attaches, he announced that hence forward Heathrow would be known as London Airport and that plans were on foot to convert the place into a great international terminus. Lord Winster explained that by taking in land on the north side of the Bath Road, the airport ...

... THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN OPENS IN ITALY Signer Togliatti, the Italian Communist leader, addressing his followers in the Cathedral Square, Milan. As he spoke, a train arrived at the Central Station bringing 1 ,200 prisoners of war from Russia. Many of the men told lurid tales of life in Soviet camps A MOMENT OF REUNION Returning prisoners of war searching for their rela tives on the Central ...

... Of late vears re markable changes have taken place in the fighting ships of every Navy in the world, and one glance at the battleship, cruiser or destroyer of to-day is sufficient to convince the on looker that the modern warship pre sents a massive sil- houette, almost wholly with regard to its superstructure, that is of very recent origin. fhe reasons for these radical changes in design are ...

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... The culmination of a three-day Army Cadet Force Rally in London took place at Stanhope Gate Hyde Park, last Sunday afternoon when, in perfect spring sunshine Princess Elizabeth took the salute as 6, (XX) cadets marched before her. The boys in the parade were all aged between fourteen and nineteen, and the total strength of the Cadet Force, which is seeking yet more recruits, now numbers 9,000 ...

... 1 I n the last twenty years engineers have gained vast experience in the building of great dams, and now the vital knowledge gained at Great Boulder on the Colorado and at Grand Coulee will be employed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in assist ing the Government of China in planning and completing the harnessing of the Yangtze. This is without doubt the largest irrigation and hydro ...