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LORD ROTHERMERE

THE death of Lord Rother- more removes from the world one of the most striking and re- markable figures in the history of journalism. Without the flamboyance of his brother, the late Lord Northcliffe, he made equally important contributions to the development of modern journalism, playing a particu- larly notable part in his early days in the successful produc- tion of "Answers" and other world -

popular Harmsworth periodicals. His was the finely imaginative, delicately poised business brain behind the Harmsworth ventures, which, allied with the creative genius of his brother, turned almost everything they handled into

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While Lord Northcliffe was alive, Lord Rothermere idénti- fied himself comparatively little with their newspapers, devoting practically the whole of his at- tention to the Harmsworth publications; nevertheless, was largely through him that the Harmsworths secured the "Times," and it was Rother- mero who produced the first fully illustrated Sunday news- paper in England-the "Sun- day Pictorial," Rothermere in fact,

the first the newspaper magnates as they ure known to-day. His attempt to obtain a virtual monopoly of the leading daily newspapers from one end of England to the other, and the manner in which he was thwarted, constitutes one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of English news- paperdom,

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The political campaigns carried on -through his newspapers were founded on a thorough-going hatred of Social- Ism. At the same, time he was 'a generous and scrupulously foir employer, and had the same sympathy, towards the legitimate activities of the trade uplons as had been shown by Northcliffe.

His writings were not marked by scholarship, but they were, pletare. sque, vibrant, and compelling. He won a certain amount of respect and a great deal of popularity for his papers, and he will be remembered as a man who, through his Hurmuworth magazines, probably did more than anybody else. to bring to the home of the working man, a form of popular education which is still capable of supplement- Inig and broadening the scliðlastic. training received in the schools, of England to-day

Bombs Over London

Looks A WOMAN LOOKS FROM HER BALCONY

In the calm light of morning, when London looks just like herself, it is difficult to realise that this is a city which has been subjected to intensive air bombardment.

By Janet Leeper

Gay crowds surge through the streets, shop- ping is in full progress and there is not the slight. est sign of panic. In the small shops people are. beard joking and passing the time of day, saying, "How did you get on last night?" or inviting one another to share their cellars or basements for the night.

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Offices are running as usual. the big West End shops have their usual display of autumn tweeds and autumn fashions and everything is normal, Only the tired faces of people going to and from their work give some sign of the ordeal through which the city is passing, and in the evening everyone hurries home before the nightly raids begin which last until daw

The night raids are very unpleasant. Intensive raiding began on September 7th, when more than 300 people were killed and the Germans lost more than 100 aeroplanes. Each night raid his been dif ferent from the last, but all have lasted 7 or 8 hours from start to finish.. From my balcony on the fifth floor, the whole of London is spread at my feet, and the aeroplanes ́sound as if they are very near, though actually they ard thousands of feet up:

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On Monday last I watched. fascinated--for periods all...” through the night. When bombs fall near, you hear them a long time before they arrive, it seems like 3 or 4 seconds, and if the scream or whistle grows louder, you know It is coming nearer. Many fell in the streets on either side a few hundred

yards away. Sometimes the building rocked, which was rather alarming, like a mild earthquake.

I could see three huge fires that night, one near St. Paul's and two to the south-west, and it seemed as though no- thing could put them out. I actually saw the great flam-. ing incendiary bomb fall that set a furniture store alight. It fell exactly behind a large roof visible from my balcony. The whole place must ap- parently have gone

up flames, as this roof was im- mediately silhouetted against flames as the bomb landed. You could hear the roar of the flames and the shouts and words of command of the fire- men as they struggled with the fire.

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Yet an hour later, when I looked out at about 3 a.m., there was not even a red glow,

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the Fire Brigade must have mastered it.

The fire near St. Paul's was at one time so brillant-for half a

minute or so-that every balloon

fire

in the sky was silhouetted dark against the pinkish glare reflected from the clouds. It was an awe- inspiring, apocalypile sight. This

burnt

all night, but was put out during the following day. Dozens

of searchlights, looking for targets, made criss-cross patterns In different parts of the sky. The serene beauty of the scene in early hours of the morning, the thin pointers of light against starlit sky. with Hitle' drifts of white cloud It up by moonlight, was unforgettable.

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As I write, the noise. from the guns is terrific. It is a new heavy barrage, heard for the first time on Wednesday. There ace searchlights to-night. There is so much shrapnel bursting in the sky, yellow stars overhead, flashes from (big-and-Hille guns,that it' la not very wise to look out, and occa- sionally there is a reminder of the fact in a rattle of shrapnel on the root.

The roar of the guns,, some of which are very big and very near,' is positively encouraging, and no- body minds this nearly so much as. the beastly drone of the acroplanes.

sounds. The whole thing is like a monstrous Browork display com- bined with a thunderstorm,

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London is absolutely calin amid all these excitements. Everyone is anaztagly stoleat, no sign of pante anywhere, least of all among the poorest families, many of whom have lost their homes.

Afler daylight rald there is a rush on the Undergrounds, much as it is ofter a football match. During the day- light raids, many buses run as usual, and no one seems to take cuver unless the 'plunes can actual- ly be heard overhead.

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Occasionally machine-gunning is heard and then it means an air- battle is in progress, but I hove only once seen an enemy 'plane, tiny, tiny speck with cotton-wool puffs near it, going in and out of the clouds. Some of the small shops close, and one has to be nippy getting the shopping done between warnings,

There are so many that one quite loses count, about four, five, six or seven a day. They really have very little effect on the population except as a nuisance. I have, for instance, more than once started out after the warning has gone and found the Under- ground working normally.

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the transport oflelals are most courteous and considerate and ready to help everybody to find their way, for many routes are diverted or curtailed. This is because of the time bombs which necessitate whole blocks of streels being railed off until the bombs have exploded. One went off this morning not for away with shattering explosion. After work, groups of sightseers go to see the damage done on their way home...

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The casualties, considering the number of bombs dropped, are very low; this is because the popu tation has learnt to take cover.

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We have a shelter: in the build- Ing here and everyone goes down now for the night, sceping in chairs or on mattresses. There is new neighbourliness, 4. new friendliness, and a determination not to be rattled by and

by anything

that. may happen. Bombs fali all round us and we laugh and chatter

The crater clearing squad slows up for a minute as Their Majes- ties inspect the bomb wrockage in Buckingham Palace grounds after a recent raid.

De Gaulle's Men Help Show Girls

By RITCHIE CALDER

Show girls bombed out of theatrical boarding housea and clubs, have been victims of the neglect of the home. less,

This time it was not the. East End, but Central Lon- don, where lack of facilities: surely-cannot-be-the-excuse

Badly shaken by the bombu;. which had wrecked the houses and imprisoned many of them in shelters from which they. had to be rescued, they found themselves helpless.

Shelters Full

The rald was still on, but the neighbouring shelters were full.

No one intervened to help them. until French soldiers of De Goulle's Army canic -to their

rescue.

They

found them

shelter in their club.

temporary:

Every kindness was shown them by the Frenchmen, but presently they were ordered to get out be-

cause

there was danger of this- house itself becoming unsafe.

Again the girls had to go out. into the rald. Again there was no prospect of shelter. Again there · was no organised effort to help. them,

In Museum Finally, they found sanctuary- amung the specimens in a muscum,. which was thrown open to them: out of compassion.

After the ruld they had to find! food as best they could.

During the same bombardment. people escaping from bombs in a crowded North London districi. tried to get refuge in the well-pro- tected and equipped shelter of big Arm.

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During the day this shelter! accommodates comfortably about 5,000 workers, but it was barred to: people seeking shelter from the night bombers.

How Deaf Man

Made Fortune

In spite of it. And this is true, of

Ellia P. White, a Glasgow Jew; every section of the population, fa dent. He wears a deaf-aid

But while some theatres and appliance which uses up ong restaurants with deep shelters have battery a day. managed to keep open; most places To Mr. White, this, seemed waste-- of entertainment have closed. Anful. He therefore decided to start enquiry at the Queen's Hall about, an industry which meant collecting the abandoned Promenade Con- old torch and wireless batteries. out materials, for cartridge w elicited

Now his London factory Is

ls turning Mewads, concerts next week and to give this week's

end.

Often it is only one, a kind oferty: We hope to resume, the tiresome super-mosquito, cruising round and round and dropping

agusting eggs at Intervals, when Il feels inclined; The eggs whistle an iliey arrive, or burst in mid-air like hugs, fireworks with swishing

reply:

of the season." Sapdare "That is"the" "spirit" with "which

London carrios on,

brass buttons for uniforme, copper for shells, carb

'carbon for the steel of bayonets, graphite, for soldiers' boot black, zinch for camp utensils, and pitch for Army tarpaulins,

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