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The Way Of The Tides

... bed. The phenomenon of the red and swelled moon, mentioned by Holinshed, is well known to dwellers on the coast of South America as a sign of an approaching terremoto, or earthquake, and the follow ing account of the disaster which practically wiped ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1950
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1472 | Page: 63 | Tags: Photographs 

Pay-Off For Inventors

... bj' the Commission and duly re warded. But the most portentous invention of all never came before it because it was born in America. If it had been perfected Pay-Off For Inventors here, and if it had been eligible to be con sidered for an award, what price ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1950
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1404 | Page: 72 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO . . . . . . AND WE APPLAUD

... rope, food, and an axe. Their route via France, Spain, Africa, India, Malaya and Singapore. They plan a return journey over America, and then to settle down. A good-bye kiss goes to Miss Joan Walker from her fiancd, Captain Peter Blake. Appreciating it ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 292 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

THE MILLS BROTHERS

... The peer took the challenge, with a wager of £100 and a hat into the bargain. Having booked Olympia, Mills contracted with America's Barnum and Bailey to supply a show. A month before the opening date, however, they cabled that they could not fulfil the ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 173 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

at the Circus: The Mills Brothers Once More

... good judgment. Between one Christmas and another Mr. Cyril Mills or Mr. Bernard Mills, or per haps both, scour Europe and America for the best turns that are going, and so the lun cheon guests, when they have insinuated them selves into the vast audience ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 798 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

A Bouquet for B.O.A.C

... time when out machines come into service. For the American operator it is not therefore a choice between something made in America and something made in Britain it is a choice between an old-fashioned way of doing things and a new. American workmen will ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1426 | Page: 32 | Tags: Photographs 

A SPORTING HALF-CENTURY: Some Even and Personalities

... first swum by Captain Webb, an astonishing variety of countries have taken part. They include Egypt, Peru, the Argentine, America, Germany, and Sweden, GOLF. Bobby Jones at St. Andrews in 1930, winning the British Open for the third time. He is seen playing ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 609 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

PEOPLE: SOME PERSONALITIES IN THE WORLD NEWS

... Miss Ruth Meyer just after Christmas, the wedding taking place at the English Church in Zurich. 6 THE WINDSORS RETURN TO AMERICA The Duke and Duchess were a smiling couple as they left Paris just before Christmas, waving good-bye to a host of friends ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 835 | Page: 10 | Tags: Photographs 

A FAMILY ON THE TIGHT-ROPE

... presents to such a family in the Arturos, who are appearing England for the first time. Indeed, they arrived this country from America only five days before the dress-rehearsal The dangers confronting the Arturos as thtJ clown brilliantly on the tight-rope ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1238 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs