... THIS is a time when new twists are being given with some frequency to the British Occupation of Germany. A definite enough milestone was reached in August, which saw the end of the good old days --spell during which Montgomery's famous army largely dissolved amid the farewell-party spirit-- and marked the entry of a more staid and permanent note, a new and more sober and serious buckling ...

... HOW THE EARTH WOULD APPEAR TO A TRAVELLER ALIGHTING ON THE MOON It would present a surface ten times as large as the moon presents to us, and the earthlight would appear ten times brighter than moonlight. This artist's impression is supposed to be taken from the crater of Copernicus, one of the great natural features of the moon which has been observed constantly by astronomers. French ...

... While the prisoners of Nuremberg awaited the verdict of the court they were permitted to receive their wives and children, and many of the relatives came in haste to the court-house at Nuremberg as soon as they heard the news. Among the first to arrive was Frau Goering, who in the days following the capitulation denounced her husband, but who has since adopted a wise reserve. She has made her ...

... Ousted from their ancestral homes among the palm-trees of Bikini Atoll to make way for Admiral Blandy's atom bomb experiment, the Bikinians had no reason for satisfaction, but the Ameri- i can Navy has sought to put matters right for them hv j building a new and better j village amid the palm-trees I of Rongerik. The building work has been done by th j Naval Construction Bat talions, and, in ...

... To-day in Britain coal is one of our most precious assets and, with coal production falling, every ton saved will play its part during the winter months when industry's needs are greatest. Assisting notably in this saving are the British railways, and their new plan to convert 1,200 heavy-duty railway engines from coal to oil will save roughly 1,440,000 tons of coal a year. 1 he change-over, ...

... THE psychological effect of the Britain Can Make It Exhibi tion at the Victoria and Albert Museum will be fascinating to study as time goes on and more and more people see what they cannot buy. The immediate effect on the citizens is a dumb, glazed look about the eyes. Theirs, indeed, is the Britain Can Take It expression. except ior rue iew cnuaren who see tne toys, and whose desire to ...

... T aurence Olivier has followed nobly the Old Vic's tradition of bringing Shakespeare to London audiences, and he takes his place with John Gielgud and Donald Wolfit in making a great personal success in the West End. His King Lear is, in the words of a current revue, a tour de force, and his performance was epitomised by The Times critic as Unfaltering Unflagging His virile style is at its ...

... Hudton Knight Limited Hudson Knight Limited I was it introduced to It Diana |g? And is she worth sf meeting! Lovely to talk T to, lovely to look at I could write a poem about her complexion Lucky man Of course, you wouldn't realise at first that she doesn't spend hours before her mirror. But that 4 face appeal is just proof of her common sense; she's never without Knight's Castile the soap ...

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... ^sdccidentai ddt)eath Fatal Misadventures to Birds and Beasts By Frank W. Lane DEATH by Misadventure must be the verdict on many deaths of wild animals. Illness, the hunter's bullet, the trapper's snare, and, above all, the attacks of pre datory birds and animals, no doubt account for the greatest proportion of wild-life mortality, but accidents also take their toll. Accidents connected with ...

... BY WINIFRED LEWIS THIS is the story of a social experiment completed before the war. In that sense it is not a new story, but in its relation to topics of immediate interest it is very hot news. Here is an experiment completed and successful, an exist ing, flourishing justification for the claim that, given an imaginative approach, backed by cool-headed efficiency, the housing and social ...