... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Hard Road to Sal vation.-- I listened hopefully to Mr. Toynbee broadcasting on the collapse of earlier civilisations and on the prospects of saving our own. He was lucid, as was to be expected, but when he came to the remedy, he was, like all pundits, disappointing. He stopped too soon. He gave as the reason for the decline of the Greco- Roman, the Chinese and ...

... MOST OF THEM END UP AT THE SARACEN'S HEAD Captain Bob Bryant (of Alabama), Lieutenant Abraham (of Iowa), Lieutenant Owen Davies (of Florida), and Lieutenant Carl Estes (of Maine) congregated outside the celebrated Lincoln hostelry, a favourite haunt of the men of 28th Bombardment Group. This picture was taken as they consulted a member of the local constabulary on their first day of liberty in ...

... A TALL SHIP IN THE RIVER THAMES The Norwegian merchant marine cadet training ship Sorlandet, carrying boys in training, docking at Greenland Dock after her arrival in London. The vessel, built from a donation of 1,000,000 kroner (£50,000) by a Kristiansand shipowner, was handed over in 1927. During the war the Sorlandet fell into German hands after their invasion of Norway in 1940, and was ...

... The River Tyne, always an inspiring sight with its immense amount of activity, is now engaged in getting some of our finest whaling ships ready for next season s expedition to the Antarctic. Two of our largest and newest factory ships, the Southern Harvester and the Southern Venturer, are at South and North Shields for their seasonal overhaul, dwarfing other ships near by. The whaling ...

... PORT SHERRY I S3E Before the meal a Sandeman Sherry, slightly chilled. Afterwards a glass of one of Sandeman's incomparable Ports. This is the traditional tribute from host to guest and to fine food. ...

... A 70-m.p.h. gale swept the English Channel and the East Coast last week-end. Inland, torrential rain poured down for hours on end, and Britain had one of its wettest summer week-ends for many a year. Reports of flood havoc came from many resorts, the most serious being from Jaywick, near Clacton, where 1,000 holiday-makers were washed out of their bungalows, many of them having to be taken ...

... I y\^mencan aviation experts are at the moment making elaborate experiments In prone piloting, as witness a recent picture in The Sphere, showing the Northrop XP 79 flying wing with the pilot lying in a pressurised cockpit between the two jet engines. On a much smaller scale, but with the same ideas in view, three young men from El Cajon California, have built their midget plane, the Weebee, ...

... BECALMED OFF BEACHY HEAD-- THE FINNISH SAILING BARQUE VIKING, INWARD BOUND FROM AUSTRALIA, SEEN FROM THE AIR AS SHE STOOD OFF THE SOUTH COAST The Viking, carrying a cargo of 51,000 bags of grain, arrived off Gravesend last week, and thereafter came up the Thames to dock. This barque of 2,670 tons, built in Copenhagen in 1907, is one of the four surviving sailing-ships which used to take ...

... THE CAMERA RECORDS THE XIV OLYMPIAD EDLEMAN DOES THE HIGH JUMP IN COPYBOOK STYLE: At this stage the American was clearing 6 ft. 1 f in. and he went on to take third place with his compatriot Stanich, both jumping 6 ft. 4} ins. The winner was Winter, of Australia, the first Olympic victory for the Commonwealth since 1924 McGREW TOOK THIS JUMP IN AN AMAZED AND ALMOST DEATHLY SILENCE The American ...

... THE CAMERA RECORDS THE XIVth OLYMPIAD IHt rtNCING EYENTJ IN THE MODERN PENTATHLON IN AN ALDERSHOT GYMNASIUM Left A sergeant makes electrical contact for Captain Caballer, of Spain, before the latter goes into action. Both competitors have this electrical equipment attached, and when the/ score a touch it is recorded on the umpire's desk. Right Major G. B. Moore (U.S.) misses during a bout with ...

... MAPLE CO. LTD. MAPLE CO. LTD. FURNISHING BOURNEMOUTH CJ DECORATION NOTTINGHAM I TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. LONDON. W.l ...

... eorge Stephenson, modest and most unassuming of men, remains one of the world's great benefactors, because of the railway system that he fostered with such enterprise and the skill with which he developed the inventions of others. In June, 1881, Newcastle cele brated the centenary of his birth, a medal being struck in his honour, and now Chesterfield, where he died, celebrates the centenary of ...