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... IF you cross the bridge at Chinon (waving to Rabelais as you go) and drive south-east, in about twenty minutes you will be at Loudon, a gently-dying little French town. Once it had 20,000 inhabitants; now the figure is nearer 5,000. tn the Wars 01 Keligion, Loudon was one oi the fortresses of Protestantism. It still stood erect at their close. So much so, that Richelieu, fearing a revival of ...
... ^hrist's Hospital, founded in London by King Edward VI in 1552, was removed in May 1902 to the new buildings at Horsham, and there it has remained ever since, with its traditions and its customs substantially unaltered. Once every year, on St. Matthew's Day, the boys of Christ's Hospital and the girls from Christ's Hospital, Hertford, pay a visit to London. The boys march behind their band ...
... SHE BROKE IN TWO IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFIC The Greek freighter Loannis G. Kulukundis seen off Point Arguello, near Santa Barbara, California, after going aground in a heavy fog and breaking up about 100 yards from the shore. The crew was taken off with out mishap, but efforts to save the ship's very valuable cargo of 10,000 tons of wheat have, at the time of writing, been unsuccessful ...
... MAKING PLANS FOR THE RESTORATION OF NEATH ABBEY Mr. F. H. Williams, Assistant Superintendent, making an examination of the sixteenth-century part of the structure before the start of a new phase of the Ministry of Work's plan of restoration. The work began in 1 946, but it will not be finished for several years. One aspect of the task of preserva tion is the removal of modem additions to the ...
... THE 34T INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW AT EARL'S COURT Jhat the very handsome new Jaguar, illustrated at the top of this page, is not remarkable only for its appearance has already been thoroughly proved. Among the mechanical details of interest are the four-speed gear-boxes with p|| synchromesh on second, third and top independent front suspension by wish bones and torsion bar, and Girling ...
... THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DESCRIBED BY ITS NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT. BRIGADIER-GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE PEACE ASSEMBLY This general view of the proceedings was taken on the opening day before President Truman had re vealed the news of Russia's possession of the atom bomb secret and before Mr. Vishinsky delivered his peace offensive. ...
... THE WORLD'S FIRST HOSPITAL DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND ATOM-BOMB ATTACK The hospital is to be constructed partly beneath the ground at Long Beach, California, by the trustees of the Seaside Memorial Hospital. This 8,000,000-dollar project is designed to protect 700 patients during a major atomic attack, also a full staff and an undetermined number of civilians. The announcement from the trustees of ...
... The Ministers of the first West German Cabinet are as follows Front row, left to right Anton Storch (Minister of Labour), Professor Ludwig Erhard (Minister of Economic Affairs), Dr. Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor), Franz Blucher (Vice-Chancellor and Minister for E.R.P.), Jakob Kaiser (Minister for All-German Questions), Dr. Hans Lukaschek (Minister for Refugees). Second row, left to right ...
... Revaluation, described by the Chancellor^ an act of free will, shocked every capiul in the Western world, and the repercussions were many and various, as witness the pictures on these pages. Neither statesmen nor busi ness men really knew how to take the news, and there were so many ifs and 4 buts about the whole question that initial confusion was inevitable. Paris reacted with indignation; ...
... Londoners crowded to see the aircraft at North Weald near Epping one of the principal bases during the Battle. They are here watching a Meteor which is having its jet engines opened up Mr. Arthur Henderson Secretary of State for Air talking to Air Vice- Marshal G. Har court- Smith and the station C.O. W/Cdr. Barnard at Neivton, Nottinghamshire At the R.A.F. station Uxbridge Air Commodore 0. K. ...
... 4ssistant Section Officer I. Marshall, Liaison Officer, with F/Lt. D. R. Wiseman who organized the At Home'''' Air Cdre. G. R. C. Spencer, A.O.C. Gibraltar, Mrs. Spencer and F/Lt. Shand, the A.O.C.'s Personal Assistant, making a tour of the entertainments which the staff of this Coastal Command station had laid out on their aerodrome at the foot of the Rock. Fighter Command co-operated by ...
... THE FIRST NIGHT OF IVOR NOVELLO'S BRILLIANT NEW RIRITANIAN SPECTACLE KING'S RHAPSODY Vanessa Lee in her dressing-room at the Palace Theatre after her great success playing opposite Ivor Novello in the role of Princess Christiane. Twenty-three years old, she is a new name in the West End, and her career will be followed with great interest Mr. Peter Daubeny, the theatrical manager, and Mrs. ...