... 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. ...

... THE KING'S REGIMENT (LIVERPOOL) HAS A REGIMENTAL WEEK A Cricket Match, an At Home and a Ball Were Among the Entertainments The Earl of Derby, who commands a Battalion of the Regiment, talking to Lt.-Gen. Sir Frank Simpson, G.O.C.-in-C. Western Command One of the parties at the At Home included Major M. II. McL. Dynes, Mrs. S. J. Hannaford, Major-Gen. H. D. Ward (Colonel of the Regiment), ...

... THEY WERE HARRIED The Tatler's Review Bankes- Jones Rendle Mr. Roger Myddleton Bankes- J ones, elder son of the Rev. and Mrs. Bankes- Jones, of the Vicarage, Bagshot, Surrey, was married at St. Paul's Church, Yelverton, Devon, to Miss Patricia Mary (Molly) Russel Rendle, elder daughter of the late Mr. H. C. R. Rendle, Malayan Civil Service, and of Mrs. Rendle, of Greystones, Yelverton ...

... ENGAGEMENTS The ^Tatler's Register of The Hon Elizabeth Hardinge and Capt. John Frederick Dame Johnston M.C., Grenadier Guards, iclio are to be married soon. The Hon. E. Hardinge is the younger daughter of Lord and Lady Hardinge of Penshur st, Clock House, Rutland Gate, S.W.7, and Capt. Johnston is the son of the late Mr. F. II. Johnston and of Mrs. Johnston, of Fairways Ferndown, Dorset ...

... PRINCESS MARGARET WAS AT THE PERTH HEAT STEEPLECHASES One of the Most Successful Meetings Yet Held On the Scone Palace Course A group of spectators in the Club stand Miss Grizelda McCririck, Mile. Franfoise Ide, Viscount Chelsea, son and heir of Earl Cadogan, with his eldest sister Lady Sarah Cadogan, Lady Forteviot, Mrs. T. M. Burrell, Mrs. Finlay and Lord Forteviot. With the two-day meeting ...

... INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTIES IN LONDON South Americans Celebrate Cdr. Orozco Silva, Naval Attache to the Mexican Embassy executes a brilliant national dance with the Mexican Ambassadress, H.E. Sra. Jiminez CFarrill, at her Embassy party Enjoying the party are Srta. Carlota Constantino de James, Srta. Cristina Chapoy, sister of the Mexican Embassy Counsellor, and Miss Deirdre Mulcahy Count du Pare, ...

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