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... GETTING MARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lucas Addison W/Cdr. P. B. Laddie Lucas, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, R.A.F., married Miss Jill Addison, daughter of Lt.-C.ol. and Mrs. A. M. Addison, of Ascot at the Grosvenor Chapel London Brine Douglas-Pennant Mr. Anthony Brine married Miss Sheila Florence Douglas- Pennant, actress daughter of Rear- Admiral C. E. Douglas- Pennant, C.B ...
... PORTRAITS '>lf Wiy MWr SIMON HARCOURT- SMITH t_! Bread and Greatness HOW precious, how engaging a quality is candour among statesmen! For years our Press and our Ministers have contorted themselves to avoid saying one word that might hurt the susceptibilities of the American people. The result has been an American suspicion that we were soft- soaping them, and puzzled British resentment ...
... The King of the Hellenes attended the wedding of Mr. George FitzRoy Seymour, younger son of Mr. Richard and Lady Victoria Seymour, to the Hon. Rosemary Scott-Ellis, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden at St. Margaret's, Westminster, recently. The Rev. Lord Byron, uncle of the bridegroom, and Canon A. C. Don officiated. The bride was given away by her father, and four pages, ...
... BHMNHHH BOOTS BY THE THOUSAND-- U.N.R.R.A. MAKES A BOLD ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE FOOTWEAR FOR ILL-SHOD EUROPE A scene in t Science Hall of one of the buildings which was to have been used for the 1942 World's Fair in Rome, but which new co stitutes a giant boot factory. Here boots discarded by the United States Army, many of them not in pairs, are sorted out, fitted with rub! soles and heels, and ...
... The plan to hold an International Exhibition in London exactly a century after the exhibition organised with such conspicuous success by the Prince Consort in the grounds of Hyde Park is one that has met with universal acclamation, and has, at the same time, promoted a controversy. One school of thought inclines to the opinion that the World Fair of 1951 should also take place in one of the ...
... THE MARCH-PAST OF THE TANKS-- DURING THE VICTORY DAY REHEARSAL ON SUNDAY LAST The scene at the saluting-base in the Mall as the guns dipped in salute in front of the royal stand Londoners had a realistic foretaste of the Victory celebrations last Sunday morning when, despite the showers and a distinct nip in the air, many of them gathered to watch the 6 a.m. rehearsal by the mechanised column ...
... ^s\ Few parts of the world suffered more than Burma during the war. She was fought over almost from end to end her communications were ruined her agriculture paralysed and her administration entirely disrupted. After the expulsion of the Japanese the British troops found themselves obliged to undertake far-reaching responsi bilities, particularly in procuring and distributing supplies of all ...
... SCOTTISH BRAWN IN ACTION Mr. Kilged M. Balfour, of Dunfermline, executes a fine swing in the weight-slinging contest at Dunbog Highland Games, which took place recently at Aytonhill, near Newburgh, Fifeshire PRINCESS ELIZABETH AT THE NAVY LEAGUE DINNER BALL Her Royal Highness dancing with Captain Humphreys, a Guards officer, at the Dorchester Hotel function held in aid of the Navy League's Sea ...
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... THE FIRST HELICOPTER WITH A JET-- THE CIERVA W9 CREATES A SENSATION AT THE AIR LEAGUE'S FLYING PAGEANT AT SOUTHAMPTON The wingless machine hovering above the aerodrome after demonstrating the vertical take-off. The j'et unit is at the rear Visitors to the Air League's Flying Pageant at Southampton Aerodrome, Eastleigh, which provided a spectacular finale to the Southampton Aero Exhibition week ...
... CHARLES DE GAULLE is one of those person ages about whom it is always safe to write in advance. He may go out of power; he may be sped into the political wilderness; he may be deposited safely with history. Barring acts of God, his tall shadow goes strolling on. That seems to me just what the General has been doing since he abruptly closed down his Government in January a sort of ambulatory ...