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THE REBUILT MÖHNE DAM

... 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 ...

THE GYRODYNE AND HELICOPTER: And Other Aircraft of Special Interest in Commercial Aviation

... ()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 ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1121 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Up and down the land

... a/zt/dhwz OREGON and New York are presented differently to the starving masses in Vienna and Athens. Thus Mr. Hoover, ex-President of the U.S.A., is reported as having said in Vienna on April 15: The American people are now more severely rationed than most people in Europe Bread consumption has been reduced to one- third of a pound a day. Bread-Cuts The pity of it is that Mr. Hoover's ill ...

MINK From Farm to Coat

... /XAHE mink, one of the most valuable fur-bearing animals and a close relation of the polecat, is a native of North America and parts of Europe. Its pelt is much in demand by the ladies, and, consequently, the breeding of minks is a thriving industry in Canada, the United States of America and in Sweden. In the latter country there are about 40O farms, with a population of more than 25,000 ...

Need Must Must?

... Need list Must UNLESS nego between thl landowner, result Shinwell, Minister no acres of garde Fitzwilliam's Wei and will turn it i The total yield of quality, is estimal property, situate siderable historic i places in England able for visiting their county. Lord Fitzwillis property to the N ...

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AT THE PICTURES: Technihorror and All That

... AT THE PICTUKET JAMES AGATE Technihorror and All That A YOUNG woman once told me that she invariably read a novel while listening to the wireless, and kept the wireless on while she was reading. I asked her the reason for this extraordinary proceeding and she said, The one keeps my mind off the other. That, dear readers of the Tatler, is the sole justification for Technihorror. As the old ...

Agatha Christie's New Thriller: Murder on the Nile

... Agatha Christie's New Thriller Murder on the Nile 9 Agatha Christie's new murder mystery takes place in the pleasure-seeking atmosphere of a tourist steamer on the Nile, while the subsequent conclusion also has a strong crime does not pay moral to it. A group of people are suspected of the murder of the rich bride who is on her honeymoon. Later, her French maid, who is about to disclose the ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1946
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 244 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MOIRA SHEARER: TITIAN-HAIRED BALLERINA

... I M RA SHEARER TITIAN-HAIRED BALLERINA 17HEi r. Harold C. King, Civil Engineer, 9 left nfermline, in Fifeshire, for Rhodesia 1 1932 h his wife and their only child Moira, o one ast of all Mr. King) suspected the ir-rear .g results of the journey. A woman iend v met out there, a former member rathe ighilev Company, first discovered in x-year d Moira the inherent qualities of a Bat d. ;er. When ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1946
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 302 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Saturday 27 April 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 14 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

The COMIC BULLFIGHTERS of MEXICO CITY: Cantinflas, Idol of the Bull-ring, and His Knockabout Collaborators

... Me-°, City takes its bull-fighting seriously, and most of the great idols of the Spanish arena appear there during the season but Mexico City had a day off from the real thing, thronging to u 11 7. r'n? to see tbeir favourite screen idols take part in a comic bull-fight given in aid of charity. They enjoyed a comedy that surpassed all expectations. Strutting and prancing across the arena in ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 520 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs