16/1/40 -No 1 FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (MORNING) Paris, Tuesday 16 Jan,1940. The following official cornmuniCj_ue was issued this morning from French G.HoQo :­NOTHING TO REPORT. +++++++ 16/l..._/........___ 40 N_...o._._2_._ PRESS NO'rICE Mr. J. May, Head Schoolmaster R.N. (Retd.) has been awarded a Greenwich Hospital Pension of £30 a year in the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. G. Collins, Warrant Writer, R.N. (Retd. ), on the 30th November, 1939a -------000------­ ADMIRALTY.,, 16th J anuary, 1940. ;i.6/1/40 No. 3, PRESS NOTICE fHYSICAL EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN. * Hurly Burly (an official description of which appears below) and shinty are suggested as substitutes for football and hockey by the Board of Education ina Memorandum issued to schools today. In some areas facilities for field games do not exist, and these alternatives are recommended in order to provide effecti've training in self-discipline, team work~ and fair play. Every child should have regular periods of physical exercise, and under present conditions the health, development and general fitness of children have a special significance. To develop such qualities as alertness, concentration, poise and general pmver of control, a liberal physical training is needed. It should include gymnastics, games, dancing, and, where possible, swimming. In the Reception areas many teachers are handica:yn:>ed by restricted space, rough playground surface, lack of indoor accommodation and shortage of equipment. The Board suggests how these difficulties may be overcomeo Dancing is r econunended for its value in teaching balance, control and rhythmic action, and should be included wherever facilities permito It is particularly suitable in bad weather when out of doors activities a~a not possible. Opportunities for systematic training and games in the Evacuation areas are also likely to be limited, and it is suggested that, when school playgrounds, halls and gymnasia cannot be used, alternative accommodation may be obtained through the assistance of religious and philanthropic bodies, owners of factories and welfare halls, etco For outdoors activities it may be possible to use public parks and recreation grounds. In all cases a determining consideration will be the ready accessibility .of adequate air raid shelterso * HURLY BURLY~.- Hurly Burly is an informal game playable on any open space and for which rules can be made to suit the circumstances.. The only apparatus required is a sm~ll football and an improvised goal or goal line~ The players divide into equal teams and spread themselves out in their own half of the field. The aim of each team is to get the ball through their opponent's goal or over their goal line. The children are free to propel the ball as they like, provided there is no pushing or rough playo They may kick, bat rdth the open hand, throw, head or fist the ball from one to another, run with, bounce or dribble it along with foot or hand. The players must pass if touched when holding the balle The team may consist of from 7-15 a side, according to the size of the ground,, -------000--------­ BOARD OF EDUCATION. 16/1/40 16th January, 1940. MP!!§'.!:EY_QE_!QgIQ"Q!l~!Jg~_Vi~~~Y-~~§_§~EYfQ~L.-~~~!~ .CHANGING THE_~h-CE_OF__ER l_TAIN THE LAND CQ}.1E§_INTQ_ITS QWN AGAIN Well over a million acres of grassland scheduled for ploughing, and much of it already ploughed despite heart-breaking weather conditions, is a magnificent response on the pirt of the farmers of England and Wales to their task of ploughing 1,500,000 extra acres this season. Moreover, as Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith emphasised in his address to the Farmers' Club when he announced these figures, this is only a first instalment. The campaign will be continued in 1940/41 if it is necessary. The truth is that we are far better situated than in 1914 for expanding our food production. Our force of 60,000 tractors compares with under 100 then, and new knowledge gained in recent years about the management of grassland could enable us to increase -some experts say by 100 per cent. -the stock-carrying capacity of our land. Tractors and the practical work of Sir George Stapledon and others have shown us h~w we may clothe with good grass land that never [ rew grass before in the history of man. We have also learnt much in recent times about the science of stock rationing. rt is a startling fact that although our livestock have increased by 40 per cent. since before the last war, the food we import for them had only increased by 25 per cent. in the years preceding this war. If agriculture is given full scope, the possibilities of expanding the food production of this ccuntry are truly great. Wide Choice of Cr££~ That scope is now being given. Sir Reginald made this perfectly clear at the Farmers' Club. He not only re-asserted that prices would be paid sufficient to ensure producers a fair return on the basis of the known factors, but promised again thi9.t prices already announced would be reviewed if subsequent events materially alter the basis of production costs. 1. Nor are we, as in the last war, to lay the whole emphasis of increased production on a few crops, such as wheat and potatoes. On suitable land these are still the most desirable crops to grow in the national interest. But Sir Reginald made it perfectly clear that the primary consideration is the need to save shipping space and that this can be secured by reducing our dependence upon imported animal feeding stuffs, so making the industry as a whole more self-sufficient. The County War Agricultural Committees have been given the utmost latitude to use their discretion in approving the cropping of land eligible for the £2 per acre ploughing grant. It may well be, for example, that an efficient dairy farm would employ its ploughed up acres better by growing beans, peas, and fodder crops to maintain its milk output than by growing wheat for human consumption. If any farmer who has been directed by his County Committee to grow a specified crop feels that the conditions of his farm or the particular field would lead to more food being produced if some other crop on the list were grown, it is open to him to represent the matter to his County Committee. Restoring the Lost Lands But it is not only by changes in the cropping of land in active use that we are increasing our food production. Powers are being given to the County Committees and drainage authorities to deal with derelict and semi-derelict land where drainage, the repair of roads and fences, and other measures of restoration are required. This is a very big problem. There are large blocks of land, such as the heavy clays of Essex, that once yielded good crops but at a high cost, where agriculture has almost come to a standstill. Ditches are choked, farm roads become almost unusable and the farming population mostly departed. Even the grass is only the indiscriminate herbage with which Nature has filled the abandoned furrows of once arable fields. In the absence of water supplies ~ and on such land there is often no fresh water above the 300-ft. level stock have been 2. allowed to roam through perhaps half-a~·dozen fields to the i1earest stream. so there is no control of grazing and the grass is even worse than it might be. This is the kind of land where the wheat grower might have needed 55/-or 60/-per quarter for his wheat to bring him into line with the man receiving 45/-on 11 ore favourable soil But a such land has never been put back into good heart, re-equipped and tackled with modern cultivating machinery, sown with modern grass mixtures or farmed in the light of modern knowledge or grass management. rt may well turn out that if it is given a fresJ.1 start and farmed by up-to-date methods, some of these disabilities can be overcome and the land not doomed to desertion because of the high cost of working it. If it becomes essential to use the food producing potentialities of such farms in wartime and they are reclaimed and re-equipped, it will be a most useful experiment, giving us invaluable data from which a new and happier chapter may be written in the history of the lost lands in peace time as well as in waro Running to Form. It is fully realised that years of depression have brought farmers' re sources to a low ebb and wartime exigencies add many problems that could be more easi.ly solved if lack of cash and credit were not so often the twin brakes on the wheels of patriotism. It would be over-optimistic to take a horse st~aight from grass and expect him to win the Eclipse Stakes and the farming industry also wJ._11 need conditioning before it is in full fettle for mee ting the great tasks that lie before it. But the conditioning process has begun. Prices are better, assurances have been given, action is already being taken to bring the land into its own again. Farmers have never asked for more than fair prices, and are the last people to wish to exploit their country in its hour of need. Rather do they seek to serve it, on the food front, if they can obtain the necessary sinews of war. The great response they made from the beginning to the call made on them is proof of their 3. -. .. '.­ ~. ·~ patriotism; the changing face of rural Brita.in--La--&~t confidence is being added to that virtue. x x x SEED OATS. Supplies Adequate if not fed to Stock. Anxiety has been expressed in some Counties as to the supply of Seed Oats. The Ministry of Food have announced that feeding oats will be controlled at a maximum price of 11/-per cwt. and milling oats at a maximum of 13/-per cwt. until 29th February. After that date the maximum for milling oats will be reduced to 12/-per qwt. The market in seed oats will be left free as regards prices. This should ensure that adequate supplies of seed for spring sowing will be available. All the evidence coming into the Ministry of Agriculture goes .to show that, taking the country as a whole, there are sufficient oats to supply seed requirements, provided that oats suitable for seed are not fed to stock. Now that the position regarding oats prices has been clarified, it is hoped that the threshing of oats suitable for seed will proceed without delay. Although the supply position is satisfactory, we are unlikely to be embarrassed with a great surplus of seed oats and sowing will be starting in February. Moreover farmers will have to rely to a greater extent than usual on their own seed for spring sowing. Some of the larger farmers wht> have their own threshing sets will find an o;t;i~ortunity to be of national service and do a good turn to a neighbour by sending their machines to thresh on a farm in the v icinity where threshing is held up. x .x x GETTING THE BEST FROM SWILL HOW SUCCESSFUL FEZDERS USE IT. Much has been said and written of late on the subject of swill for pigs. This is a form of pig food freely used in countries such as Germany and the United States at all times, 4. and now, when cereal ratior:s must be rr:.a.de to go further, swill is a matter of na"'ci on;:J.l importu..nce in tbis country. But ~i thout knowledge and care swill can cause havoc in the herd and a note on tbe findings 01· the Pig l!.xperirr..ents Co-ordinating Co,:::imi ttee, wbo have c;.uestioned and visitecl a number of swill-feed.ing e:atablishments, ·will be help±'ul to many i n making the best use of this form of pig food. Its composition is very variable and it is most unusual for it to form a balanced ration in itself. Freq.uently it contains ex cesaive fat. If this is not removed, it is liable to cause digestive troubles and soft, oily carcases. Other · subs"1ant'es li kelJ to be harmful are also• foun:i in swill. Soap or soda, for instance, that ind~ce scour, or excessive salt that may cause salt poi saning. Tbese subctar1ces cannot be; sati sfactori1y removed when in solution, so they should not be allowed to get i nto the swill tub. Nor doe s t he pig ' s di gestive organs welcome such additions to its diet as orange, lemon or grape-fruit rind, fish bones, skewers, sardine tim:i or bottles. A pr eliminary rake ever is necessary to guar d against them. Some es tablishments devote separate containers t·o vegetable wa~e and thereby secure a particularly valuable food for sows and fattening pigs kept indoors. The vegetable material is useful in keeping pigs open when bran c.J.nd weatings are di fficult to procure • .Swill shoul d. be collected du.j_ly. If left lo,.nger, meat wastes may putrefy and bread fr agrnents develop unpalatable moulds. After the prelimi nary raking over, a.11 sv;ill should. be boiled for at least o.n i10ur. ·:rhis i s the law, under t he Ii1oot-and-:Moutb Disease (Boiling of dnimal Foodst uffs) Order. But it is not only a safeguard against the dangers of foot-and-mouth di sease infection, i t facilitates tbe removal of excess fat, that can be skimmed off, and one successful feeder boils the swill for at least three hours, and five hours if possible. In this vmy he obtains a ~ uniform pul p that mixes reaaily with the meal and rarely gives r ise to stomach t r oubles . 5. Many variations in feeding methods were found, but some general principles emergedo It was not usually considered advisable to feed swill, save in very small quantities, to pigs belmv 80 lb. live weight or to suckling sows. An all-swill r ation was generally restricted to empty and in-pig sows on grass. It was not found suitable for fattening pigso Swill cannot be fed to formula; It depends on the daily balancing of the ration and . the pigman1 s a1)ility to vrntch the progress and condition of his pigs. Swill containing l arge quantities of meat was balanced ·by adding maize, middlings or barley meal, while that consisting largely of -bread and potatoes required fish meal, soya l)ean meal or some other form of protein. The herd at one successful centre received at 80 lbo live weight a ration of 3-4 rb. made up of 60 parts weatings, 15 flaked maize, 15 barley meal and 5 parts each fish meal and soya bean mealo This was gradually reduced to 2 lb. per head and swill added to appetite. At 100 lb. live wei ght the basic ration was 2 lb. of a mixture containing equal parts of weatings and ·barley meal, plus as much swill as t ne pigs would eato Tt'1is was continued to bacon weight but varied slig.t1tly each day according to the swill and the pigs. If they were loose, the barley meal was increased; if constipated, the weatings proportion was raised. In-pig and sucl{ling sows were successfully fed at one centre throughout the year on swill and occasional raw potatoes. The sows ran out on clover leys and were housed in large wooden huts. In the morning 9 each rcceived a bucket of swill spread on the ground, and at midday~ if the morning supply of swill was short, a few raw potatoes were giveno No meal was fed, even during suckling. The little pigs, from 3 weeks, were given selected scraps of swill in creeps. It was evident, from the investigations, that SY ill I' Oo if proper1.y handled, can be used. in pig f'eeding ·.gi th great success. ':Che pi gs reached b8.Cf>n weight at a reasonable age and the bacon was of ~ood ~1ality. Natur ally, a good doal more skill is required in the feecUnt:: of' s1.'iill than of meal, and much depends on the pig~nsn and on the care with which the swill is selected and preparod. x x x x £'.:..Ql~I:_-F~)R FARM JJSE. CHAHC:§_ 'J\2.. _J..NCREJ\SE EXISTING S'I'OCKS. No shortage of fuel for essential purpose is­anticipatod in t he country as a whole and farmers who use coal for grass drying or other agricultural :purposes have no need to fear any serious r estriction of supplies. At t he same time it would be prudent for them to maintain adequate supplies and to waste no time in reporting any difficulties, firstly to their usual SUl"lPliers, and, failing satisfaction ther e , to their Divisional Coal Offices. At the present moment t he coal position is very satisfactory and so farmers might consider the present a good opportunity to increase their exicting stocks. x x x x SUPPLIES OF VETERINARY COD LIVER OIL A scheme submitted by the British Cod Liver Oil industry designed to ensure adequate supplies of veterinary cod liver oil for the next six months has been approved. The scheme involves the dilution of certain stocks of cod liver oil of a high vita.'Tlin potency, whi.ch are i.n the hands of producers with a suitable marine oil supplied by the Ministry of Food. 'I1he mixtu1~e will fulfil certain minimum technical standards, both as r egards Yi t amin content and other characteristies.. 'l'he mixture will be lmo7m as neontroll ed Cod Liver Oil l\iixtur~" and will be sc~d in packa~es bearing thi s titl e and the producers 1 name s 9 but not -brand names. '11he oil will be sold by tbe producers t o their usual customers and distribution \ ·will be made through the normal channels. Supplies to individual purohas<:;Jrs will not exceed the quantities rece ived by them before the war. The producers ' selling price for t he cod l i ver oi l mixture to primary wholesalers 1rrill be 6/6d. per gall on9 and the wholesalers and the retailers will be required to sell at t heir usual \)rico margi ns . 8 ,. 16/1/40 No. 5. NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFCRE FRIDAY, THE 19TH JANUARY, 1940. BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT THE HEA~TH OF .THE SCHOOL CHILD. Annual Report .of the Chief Me_dical Officer of the Board of Education for 19380 Sir Arthur MacNalty's Report for 1938 on The Health of the School Child is issued by the Board of Education today (Friday)n (H.M. Stationery Office. Price ls. 3d). War conditions have necessitated a general curtailment of the Report and the usual chapters on special subjects have been omitted. Nevertheless the Report still indicates the many- sided activities of the .Scho.ol-Medi.c.al -Service, which, no longer content merely to strive to prevent disease and-to--Clll".e-de.f.e.ot.,.. now aims at attaining ·for every child the fullest development of which he is inherently capable, and at maintaining him ~t the maximum health and vigour during the critical school years. For over thirty years the School Medica1 ·service has been actively employed--in pr-omo-tj_n.g....the.-b.e-alth_.and welfare of school children. To place the school child in a healthy environment, to build him up on sound lines to protect him against disease, and to see that he is so adequately nourished that he can take full advantage of the education, both mental-and physical, provi.ded for him, these have been the aims of the Service, and, states Sir Arthur, ,,While we are yet far from perfection, school children of today in general health, in physique and in stature are infinitely better than when the School Medical Service began its task." The introduction considers the circumstances wbich have rendered it necessary to evacuate school children from large ur·ban centres of population in war-time and describes the/ ·-2 the far·-reachinG· organination which thj_s measure necessitated an0. its effect upon the School Medical Serviceo Huch of this yrork was ·olanned in the year under re-.riew and at the same time the ordinary work ·;f the Service continued The general impPession produced by the reports of school medical officers is cheering~ though ther e are areas where no improYement can be reportedo During the year 1 9~74,023 children were assessed at routine medical inspections in respect of their nutritive state. 14o5 per cent. were found to be excellent, 7~ o2 per cento normal 5 1008 per cent. slightly sub-,nornw.l a'l.d O~ 5 per cent o bade Of the children examined at the last routine i nspection of thej_r school life 16.6 per cent. were excellent" The results of these returns are practically the same as for the past t hree year's and the Report points out that the increased attention giv::::n to nutrition and. the gener·al rise of standards lead to the reporting of minor degrees of defect which in earlier years would have seemed normal. or unworthy of notice. Variations in the standard of assessments make it di ffj.cult to give accurate comparison~, but there is no doubt that improvement has been madeo The steady ancl gratifying increases in the tables of average heights and weights which are shewn in nearly all the many reports from school medical officers in which such tables are given are striking evidence of the imp~. vement in the nutrition of the school child in the country as a wholeo Thus in s:heffield, compared with 1920, 5 year-old boys are on aver age nearly 2 inches taller and 3 lbs. heayier, and 5 year-old girls LL~ inches taller and 1 lbo heavier; 12 year-old boys more than 2 inches t aller and 9% lbs~ heavier, and the 12 year-old girls of 1938 are 3 inches taller and no less than 12.4 lbs. heavier than those of 1920~ The rn.JJi'ioers of children in receipt of free meals or milk have continued to increase: 687~855 were f ed in 1938-39 compared with 614,806 in 1937-·38 and 535,300 in 1936-370 Of these 687)855 children ~ 635,174 received free milk and 176,767 free solid meals; of the latter 1241 086 received both fre.e meals and free milJL These figures show that progress has been maintain~d, but it is still a fact that the provi s1on made in many areas /still -3 ­ still falls far short of that recommended in the Board's Circular 1443, issued in December, 1935. It is fully realised by the Board and by all progressive local education authorities that not only does the listless mind of the ill-fed child evade teaching, but the best physical education will be frustrated if, in the most critical years of growth, its recipient -goes short of the essential body building foods. An intensive survey of the measures taken by local education authorities in dealing with sub-normal nutrition was begun by the Board in 1938 and its effect was reflected by the continued increase in the numbers of children fed. The Board pointed out to local education authorities that it is not sufficient to rely upon routine medical inspections (which may occur only three times in the child's school life) to ascertain if children are undernourished, and advised that periodic nutrition surveys should be held at intervals of not more than six months, and that recommendations of children in need of feeding should be invited from teachers as well as from the members of the medical and nursing staff. Reliance on application by parents, which is still the only method of ascertainment adopted by some authorities, is entirely inadequate, and results almost invariably in large numbers of undernourished children receiving no free supplementary nourishment whatever. The survey has shown, as has been emphasised in previous reports, that , while in some areas the arrangements are well organised, in others the food provided, the service of the meals and the place where they are served, are all open to serious criticism. Some authorities rely entirely on the provision of free milk (too often only one-third of a pint), overlooking the fact that there are many cases in which milk alone is insufficient to meet the needs of the children, who /in addition -4 ­ in addition require free solid meals to restore and maintain their nutrition. The restriction in free meals in some areas by a severe income scale, which has often be.en in operation for many years without alteration, is pointed out, and in such cases authorities are advised that it is essential that the scale should be made more lenient. The Milk-in-Schools Scheme. On the 31st March, 1939, the milk-in-schools scheme was in operation in 86.9 per cent. of all the departments in public elementary sc~ools. Less than 5 per cent, of the total number of elementary school children are in schools not covered by the scheme. On the same date 55.6 per cent. of all children in elementary schools were taking milk under the scheme either free or on payment. While the numbers were increasing up to the outbreak of war it is extraordinary that there should still be so many parents who do not grasp the opportunity to supply their children at half price with a food so essential growth to health,/and development. Medical Inspection and Treatment. There were on 31st December, 1938, 1,518 school medical officers and assistant medical officers, 1,065 specialists, 1,009 school dentists and 5,431 nurses in the service of local authorities. The number of medical examinations during the year (including re-inspections) was nearly 5~ millions. Routine inspections show an increase of o.8 per 1,000 in the incidence of skin diseases. This may be due to an increase of scabies and medical orficers are asked to note this point for investigation and conrrnent in their reports for 1939· Many areas report considerable increase of this disease, the school control of which is difficult owing to reinfestation of children by contaot with other infected members/ -5­ members of their family. A new method of treatment is being tried in Liverpool which reduces the period of absence at school. Children with Defective Hearing. More attention is now being pnid by school medical officers to aural defects. A number of authorities have undertaken tests with a gramophone audiometer with the result that many cases of slight and previously undetected deafness and disease have been discovered nnd treated. ·The School Dental Service. The continued expansion of the 0,chool Dental Service gives cause for satisfaction, yet much further progress will be required to be made before the service can be regarded as adequate. The process of education of the bulk of the population is a gradual one, but by dint of ~ontinued effort the large majority of ohildren and their parents will in time doubtless be brought to realise the benefits of conservative dental treatment, both as regards the prevention of pain and as an aid to maintenance of general bodily well-being. Of the children requiring dental treatment 65.5 per cent. of them received it against 62.6 per cent. during 1937, but in many areas there is still a persistent refusal by parents to allow their children to be treat ed. Over 3t million children were inspected during the year and of these nearly 2~ millions were found to require tre'Eltmento he Care of the Young Child. The number of nursery schools recognised by the Board is now 118 with accommodation for 9,504 children, and there are at present proposals f or 47 new schools. Places for an additional 1,200 children were f ound during the yearo Although considerable rrogreSS has been mRde durin~ the past t en years the provision / -6­ the provision of nursery schools still falls short of what is needccl. and there still remain many ar eas where such schools could with no.vantage be established. Referring to the excellent work being done by child welfare scrvices 9 Sir Arthur MacNalty stat es that these services shoulC' be responsible for children up to the age of 5 yenrs. "If the same intensive effort were applied everywhere in the later years of pre-school life as is done in the first yo~r, the task of the School Medical Service would be considerably lightened, for i ·~s of ficDrs would n't have to deal with the aftermath of negl ected conditions i n the pre-school years. 11 • Miscellaneous Statistics. Over 14~ million examinations of chilcl.ren by school nurses were made during the year. 444,967 children were found to be unclean. There were 911 cases of legal proceedings against parents. There were 2,318 school clinics in 1938, an increase of 97 on the previous year. Thqre were 30 clinics in 1910 and 1,581 in 1928. 9 ,047 children bet ween the ages of 5-15 cl.ied a.uring the year. The chief onuses of C1.ef1.th were diphtheric. 1,733 and accidents (including other forms of viol ence) 1,230. 69 special investigations were undertaken by school medical officers during the year. Their titles indiccte the many subjects of clinical and sociol ogical interests which confront the service. ----000---­ • No. Tonnage. British T2 34,077 Allied Neutral 4 7,792 16 41,869 BRITISH SINKINGS:­ . - January 7th "CEDRINGTON COURT" 5,160 tons "TOWNELEY" 2,888 " II 9th "DUNBAR CASTLE" 10,002 II "GOWRIE" 689 ii "OAKGROVE" ·1,985 ti II ti 10th 11 UPMINSTER" 1 ,013 It 11th "EL oso11 7,267 " 11 GRANTA" 2 '719 II "KAYNES" 1,706 ti S/T 1'LUCIDA" 251 ti S/T "CROXTON" 195 II II 12th S/T 11 WILI1IAM IVEY" 202 ii NEUTRAL SINKI~GS:­ January 9th Dutch "TRUIDA" 176 tons II II 11th Norwegian "MANX1' 1 ,343Italian "TRAVIATA" 5,123 II Norwegian "FREDVILLE" 1,150 ti The Danish ships "FEDDY" 955 tons, and "IVAN KONDRUP" 2,369 tons, although damaged as a result of attack by aircraft on 9th January, reached harbour safely~ GERMAN SHIPP_lfil!:­ The "BAHIA BLANCA" 8~558 tons is reported to have sunk on the 9th January in Denmark Strait off Iceland as a result of damage by ice. The "DtETRICH HASSELDICK'1 172 tons, was blown up on 11th January either by internal explosion or as a result of striking a mine. CONVOYS: ­ The total number of ships, British, Allied and Neutral escorted in British convoys up to 10th January inclusive itoias 6 ,363 of '7hich only 12 were lost, as a result of enemy action, being 0.2 per cent. The DUNBAR CASTLE reported in some q_uarters as having been in convoy when she struck a mine and sank Wias not under escoi--t at the time, but was :i:;roceeding in company -v:i th other vessels to join a convoy. 16/1/40 -NO..• 7. MINES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEM~T yalidity of Current Petrol Coupo~ The public are remindec1. that the following coupons will cease to be valid after 31st January. (1) All coupons contained in Basic Ration Books issued for the month of January. (2) All supplementary coupons for private cars, motor cycles etc., bearing a date between 23,rd November, 1939 and 31st January, 1940. (3) All coupons similarly dated and issued for purposes other than road transport and agriculture; i oeo stationary engines and machinery, internal works vehicles, watercraft, etc. The current issue of coupons to farmers under the new scheme of petrol distribution for agricultural purposes, which came into operation on 1st Januaryj will continue to be valid until 29th Februaryo -----000---­ Dean Stanley Street, Millbank, SoWolo 16th January, 1940. / London9 16th J;anuaryL-19.40. No.2. The information contained in this News Iietter can be used by the Press, without acknowJ..edgment, if desired. (NOT TO BE PUBLISHED UNTIL FRIDAY, 19TH JANUARY 9 1940.) Contents. Stor;y· of' an Air Combat. Progress of the Air War. British Bombe1~s impress Neutrals. Winged Bomber's Safe Return. Coastal Aircraft guarding the Leave Troops .. Five attempts to escape. Australian Airmen making :b,r•iends. Balloon Barrage at Sea. Bombing Practice in France. Noises off -Gramophone Record of BJmber in Flight. Ranks of the Royal Air Force. The German Heinkel 111. Original B.B.C. 1tuncle11 with Air Force it F:eance. P1'ess & Publicity Brqnch9Air Ministry, King Charles Street, Whitehall, s.w.1. 16th Janu~;1[.~ 1940. STORY OF AN AIR COMBAT. Ei1em;Y~afrcraft were active off our coasts during 'the day, attempting to carry out reconnaissances. 'Precautionary measures were taken and active 'defences put into operation~ including anti­' aircraft guns. l5J.1 enemy aircraft was forced 'dovvn. It was a Do1'nier 11Flyin.:?; Boat" v ••• Official Bulletin. A..nd hB::.."e is the story of the fight :­ Two aL~.::r·af c of t~1e Royal Air Force Coastal Command recently engaged ii:. oa·ctle two big twin-engined German Dornier '1 8 flying boats. One end-11Y machine 'Nas destroyed and the econd driven ~r: with ~o loss ~o the British. Flying L1 forma-Cion on reconnaissance patrol~ Oi'le of ·;.;he two 3:2itist. a2.r·craf t sighted a German flying boat. The Britj_sh airer-aft waI'.!.J.ed ·its co.npanion ~ and t he t wo formed up fo.::' attack. Thr:u L1 tur::.1 they dived on the Dornier~ getting :..~~ bi_,.rsts of gu::if:!.r·e 011 the enemy's engines and fuselage. l1he Dornier made a steep tmm so as to bring both ~·:::-·o_Y': a11d rear glJ.1.lS into action, the German gunner succeeding ..:.;-.:. gettin.g home a shot on one British attacker, but without /effect~ effect. The two British aircraft also turned, and climbed into position for further attacks. One dived head on to the enemy, landing a burst of fire into his starboard wing. The other followed up with a steep dive from behind, firing continuously until within a few yards of the Dornier and raking it at point blank range. Whilst the enemy repeated his steep turn manoeuvre , the first British attacker climbed above him and dived again from another quarter, getting in a burst of fire on the cockpit before pulling out into a climbing turn. The seoond British aircraft then attacked again, landing bursts of gunfire into both the engines of the German, but receiving in return another bullet in the rear part of the fuselage: With blue smoke streaming from his engines, the Dornier, out of control, dived into the sea. One of the victor ious British aircraft then returned to its base to i nvestigate any damage due to the hits it had receivede The second British aircraft stayed to watch the end of the enemy, which heeled over and sank after the crew had taken to their dinghy. At this point, a second Dornier was sighted. Again this was below the British aircraft which immediately /dived 4. -dived to the attack with the sun behind it. Both the British pilot and his rear gunner fired bursts, hitting the enemy's engines and fuselage. This second Dornier attempted defensive tactics similar to those of the first, turning steeply to meet the successive diving attacks of his adversary.: After a number of bursts of gun fire had been seen to hit the German, both aircraft entered the clouds where the enemy made good his escape. PROGRESS OF THE AIR WAR. Air action by the Royal Air Force continues to be confined strictly to objectives in no way involving the civil populace. Routine patrols have been maintained nightly over German bases in the Heligoland Bight, resulting in a restric­tion of the activities of enemy seaplanes. More long distance reconnaissance flights into the interior of the German Reich have also been successfully undertaken by the Royal Air Force. Austria and Bohemia have now been added to the places visited by British aircraft, and pamphlets have been dropped on Vienna and Prague~ Germany has renewed her despicable air attacks on British and neutral shipping, but has again met with limited success only, the principal victims being unarmed sailors and fishermen~ These attacks by powerful German war aircraft on non-combatant shipping are referred to by the Germans as 'the heroic behaviour of the Nazi pilots~' /Fast Fast German aircraft have attempt,_d to penetrate various points of the British coast: anti-aircraft guns and Royal Air Force defence aircili?aft defeated each attempt ­several German aircraft being shot down by British fighters or forced to land in neutral countries. There are not wanting other signs that the threat of large scale air attacks against Britain may be renewed. Mr. Chamberlain and Sir John Anderson have recently warned the British public of the possibility of intensified air warfaroo Meanwhile the Royal Air Force stands readyr its defences fully manned and with powerful forces strategically djsposed to take immediate counter-offensive measures. x x x The increase in the strength of the British An~y in France has involved some modification in the organisation of the Air Forces required for the necessary co-operation and support to the Army. A new Air Connnand, designated 'British Air Forces in France', has been formed, with Air Marshal AGS• Barratt as Air Commander-in-Chief. /The 6. The new Air Officer Cg-in-C~, will be responsible, in c0nsultation with Army Commanders-in-Chief, for ensuring the most effective support by the Royal Air Force for the B.E~F9 and the French Armies on the Western Front. Air Marshal Barratt hRs been closely connected with the Army and understands the Army's needs. He served for a considerable period in France during the last war and in 1918-19 he was attached to R.A.F. Head~uarters in Cologne with the British Army of Occupation. Recently he has been serving as principal R~AoF, Liaison Officer with the French Forcese The new appointment, which involves no change in the principle that governs the relationship between the Army and the Royal Air Force, will assure the closest co­operation between the two services in the fieldo A change in the Air Council has also taken placeo Air Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney succeeds Air Vice­Marshal Welsh as Air Member for Supply and Organisation. Air Marshal Courtney served in the naval .wing of the Royal Flying Corps and recently returned from Canada where he was a member of the Dominion Air Training Mission. /British 7. BRITISH BOMBERS IMPRESS NEUTRALS. Visitors f'rom neutral countries who have been behind the scenes at Britain's aircraft factories say that they were impressed by the formidable fighting power of the modern British bomber~ even more than by the rapid rate of produotion, i./Vith their unique power-operated gun turrets a:oncealing batteries of machine guns~ and their high degree of manoeuvrability~ the bombers seen in mass-production are at least the equal in fighting abilit;>r of the enemy fighters. The tail gunner in one type of high-speed bomber can employ the same fire-power as German fighters. When flying 1 in formation the British ~ombers tail gunners are able to bring a devastating 0 cross-fire" on aD,¥ attacr:ker. Herein lies one of the secrets of the success of the many Royal .Air Foree reconnaissance flights over Germany. Spectacular demonstrntions of flying have been given by the factories' test pilots in which the new eight ai.~d ton ton British bombers have been thrown about the sky in a fashion more reminiscent of fighter aircraft tacties. WINGED AIRCRAFT'S SAFE RETURN. Here is a story~ as yet untold, of' a British aircraft;1s struggle home after an air battle over the North Sea recently. /Early 8. Early in the engagement this aircraft was holed by a cannon shell in the starboard wing. Despite this, it continued on its course, keeping in formation. On the return flight, within a few miles of England, further troi.1ble developed, owing to .a bullet in the engine. The pilot strugsled to keep up flying speed. As he made the coast he was losing height rapidly, but he sighted an aerodrome and made a skilful landing. GUARDING THE LEAVE TROOPS. Pilots of the Royal Air Force have assumed a new responsibility since leave for the B.E~F. began. They escort, across the Channel, all leave ships bringing troops home, or taking them back to the Fronto Troopships from Australia and Canada are met by Coastal Command aircraft while still hundreds of miles from these shores, and are escorted during the remainder of their voyageso Ships sail in weather which would "ground" aircraft o~J any peacetime schedule. But in the wintry weather ·of th~ past month the leave ships and the troop ships have never lacked an air escorto /FIVE I· l ~· · I '\ ; ', • 9. FIVE ATTEMPI'S TO ESCAPE. Air Commodore's record in last war. During the last war the Germans took prisoner an officer who had entered the Air Force via the Navy. ' Before long the Germans were almost sorry they had caught him, Five times he escaped and five times he was re-captured and punished with solitary confinement and a diet of bread and water. He was exchanged to Switzerland, found means of reaching England, and commanded a squadron in Yorkshire, The same officer has just been promoted to command a new group in the R.A.F. He is Air-Commodore Lionel Douglas Dalzell McKean, O.B.E., of Dublin, He joined the Navy in 1904 and took up service flying in its early days, He had the distinction of making the first flight from Egypt to Aden. His son is just finishing his course at Cranwell and will shortly follow in hie f~ther's footsteps in an operational squadron in the Royal Air Force. /AUSSIES. 10. AUSSIES MAKING FRIENDS. 11 0f all the units in our old A.I.F. there was none of which we rrere more proud than vve were of our Air Force"~ says Field Marshal Lord Birdwood in a message to the Australian crevvs who are now operating in Britain under the Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force, Lord Birdwood was Commander-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the last war. The Australians have got down to their job with 0haracteristic energy and thoroughness, They are working at top pressure to master their new duties as escorts for convoys and anti-submarine flying boat patrols. They a:re receiving much hospitality, Letters and gifts from British families 1 and invitations to visit homes in their area arrive each day in their mailbags. Mr. S,M.Bruce, the High Commissioner for Australia, and Mrs. Brue~ have done everything they can to make the new arrivals feel at home, THE BALLOON NAVY. The Balloon Barrage now protects strategic cent:rea from Scotland to Lands End by sea as well as by land. /Every 11. Every week the new mobile marine barrages are being extended. There are two types of craft in use. One is designed to lie at anchor in a key position~ the other ­larger and more seaworthy -is able to proceed at a moment's notice to any position where attacks may be expected. BOMBING PRACTICE IN FRANCE. Regular bombing practice is carried out by squadrons of the Royal Air Force in France over a desolate tract of hill country behind the Maginot Line. These hills were the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the last war. They have been left untouched and uncleared since. There are acres and acres of scarred and broken trenches and endless water-logged shell holes. Rusting barbed wire stretches for miles. The use of this desolate area has solved, for the units in France at least, one of the vital problems of the Royal Air Force, that is, finding space for f'ull-scale gunnery and bombing practice, .on which the efficiency of British air crews depends. /!!OISES OFF. NOISES O:F'F .. The staff of an R.A.F. training station have rigged up a novel device for observers• ground training. With the idea of getting nearer to actual flying conditions, a gramo­phone recording was taken of the noises inside a bomber in flight, The observer does some of his work against this background cf noise, sitting in an old fuselage which is slung from the roof. An amplifier is used to get a fuller effect. ~ Another station uses an old car engine with an open exhaust. RANKS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE• The ranks of the Royal Air Force are generally recognised nowadays, but even the initiated are sometimes puzzled to align them with their naval and military equiva­lents. At the top is Marshal of the Royal Air Force. This ranks with Admiral of the Fleet and Field Marshal. The next rank is Air Chief Marshal, q~responding with Admiral and General; then Air Marshal, which equals Vice­Admiral and Lieutenant-General. Sir Cyril Newall, Chief of the Air Staff, and Sir Hugh Dowding and Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, Commanders-in-Chief of Fighter and Bomber Commands respectively, are Air Chief Marshals. /The 13. The remaining "Air" ranks are Air Vice-Marshal· and Air Commodore, Yvhich have as their military Gquivalents Major-General and Brigadier. In descending order the remaining commissioned ranks are Group Captain, Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Flight Lieutenant, Flying Officer and Pilot Officer, including Acting Pi:l_ot Officer. ·These ranks correspond to the following ranks in the Army: Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel,. Major, Captain, Lieut~nant and Second Lieutenant. x The airmen's ranks are comparatively easy. Warrant Officer is the erstwhile Regimental Sergeant Major, the modern Army name also being Warrant Officer. Flight Sergeant ranks with the Company Quartermaster and Colour Sergeant; while Sergeant and Corporal are the same as those ranks in the Army. Leading Aircraftman, Aircraftman 1st Class and Aircraftman 2nd Class rank with Trooper, Gunner, Sapper and Private of the Army, 011 with Able Seaman -and. Ordinary Seaman of the Navy. /THE 14. THE GERMAN HEINKEL lll BOMBER. The Heinkol 111 K. standard long-range bomber has been used by tho Germans in several of their recent unsuccess­ful raids on Britain. Like most of the bombers of the Luftwaffe 9 the Heinkel is an 11 evaderu t;y:pe, as opposed to the fighting types of bomber developed by the Royal Air Force. Fast, but lightly armed~ it relies on clouds and escape tactics for protection when engaged by British aircraft. Fa?ourite tricks are the steep climb or dive into clouds, or skimming just above the surface of the sea where the pursuing British fighter is unable to make full use of its superior manoeuvrability. One Heinkel which was shot down by British fighters so~e time ago, has been examined by British experts. Some new details of its construction have been learned. Powered with two Junkers or Daimler-Benz engines of about 1,050 h.p. each, the Heinkel 111 has a reputed speed of about 275 m.p.h. It is armed with three machine guns and carries a crew of four. It has a range considerably less than the more heavily armed British 0wellington" bomber. /SBlf 15. Self sealing non-metal fuel tanks aru fitted. Despi t v this a number have been shot down in combat with Royal 1-i.ir Force aircraft. Others are believed to have failed to reach their home bases through loss of fuel, their tanks riddled by British s...gun fighters. It was a Heinkel 111 whieh, intercepted by a Royal Air Force aircraft came down with riddled fuel tanks last week in Denmark, where its crew was internad. BeBtCt 0 UNCµJ'1, WITH ,R.:A·F'.• One of' the members of the R.A, F. in France is the original "Uncle" of the B.B.C. Children's Hour when it was first started at S~voy Hill, London, the old studio headquarters, known as 2.L.O. ~..NOTICE ROYAL AIR FORCE AWARDS. Note to Editors: In connection with the Awards Bulletin Noo 324 which has been issued to the Press for publication on Wednesday, 17th January 19l.J.O, will you please note the following two amendments: In the description of the deed of S~uadron Leader Kellett, on page 1 9 .9:~$1~11 24..'..'.. -t.~_in second line" In the description of the deed of Sergeant Traynor and Leading Aircraftma:1 Gorrj_ng, OYl page 2, de~-~~-if 39_,000 rounds of" in bottom line of pageo Air Ministry, Whitehall, Se Wo lo 16th January~ 19400 ·' ' BOARD OF TRADlG AmTOUNCEl'.1ENT. The Right Hon. Sir Andrew Duncan, G.B.E., President of the Board of Trade, has appointed Mr. M.S. McCorquoda.le, M.?., to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary (unpaid). Board of Trade, 16th Januar;-sr9 19L~O. BOARD OP TRADE ANl\fOUNQ_I;JVl}:;.LIJ"L_ The Board of 'rrade have today am10u:r:ced the names of pcrsor s whom the President of the Board of Trade haG aupointed to te members of the Local Price Regulation Corrmittees set up under-the Prices of Goods Act, 1939i in England and ·.vales, Sane further appointments are under consideration and will be announced later. It is hoped to make a similar announcement about the membership of the Cornmi ttees for Scotland and :Northern Ireland shortly; meanwhile as has already been am1ounced, the chairmen and secretar·ies of these Cormni ttees have been appointed and offices have been opened at the addresses shown below. SCOTL.AND. Southern & (The counties of Perth, 12, Shandwick Place, South Eastern Angus, Kinross, Fife, Edinburgh. Region. West Lothi~n, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh and BE.::rwicl~) South Western (The counties of Dum.fries, Premier lLrnse, Region. Kirkcudbright, Wigto~vn, 197, Bath Street, .Ayr, Lanark, Renfrew, Glnsgow, c. 2. Dunbarton, Stirlinz, Clackr.iannan, Argyll and Bute) Northern (The covnties of Inverness, Hotel Imperial, Region Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness. Sutherland and Caithness) North Eastern (The counties of Kincardine, Amicable ~-louse, Region Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Union Street, OPkney and Shetland) Aberdeen. Northern Ireland Nor·thern Ireland. Ministry of' Commerce, Chichester Street, Belfast. Board of Trade, 16th January, 1940. f-6r1/40 No.1~.:-~ _______, _________ BOARD OF Tl{JJ)1<~ A1'1NOlJNC:FiME:i:ITT The President of th3 Board cf Trade has appointed the follov.Jing persons to be memb(1rs of the kcal Price Re£1ulation Oo.rnmittee set up under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939, for the Northern R':gion which com::.>rises the covnties of Durham, Northumberland, nnd York, North Riding. Mr. Robert Pearson Winter, M. C. Members:'"" Col. E.G. Angus, M.C., T.D. Mr. J. Kelly. Mr. W. Brittain. Mr. T. Law ther . Alderman J. Wesley Brown, J.P. Alde nnan P. McArdle, J.P. Mr. Hannan Dunn, F. C•.A... Mr. George Marshall_ Mr. Fred B. Fenwick. Mr. K Moore, Mr. T.M. Harbottle. Mr. John Simpson, J.P. Professor D. T. Jack, M.A. Councillor Mrs. E.W. Thompson. Secretari.: - Mr. H.L.S. Hannah Address:­ "Kildale", Clayton Road, J esmond, Nev1cas tle-on-T°'flle. NOTF.S FOR nTFom-:ATION OF TRE PRBSS. Colonel Anegs is a director .of the Newcastle firm George Angus & Co.Ltd., manufacturers of l eather, rubber and textile belting and hose. Mr. W. Brittain is the retail manager of Bainbridge & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. Wesley B:cown is Chairman of the Fin1mce Conuni ttee of the MiO.dlP.sborough Borough Council and a member of the Tees Conservancy. Mr. Dunn is a partner in the firm of Richard Onnond, Son & Dunn, Che.rtered Accountants of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mi·. Fenwick is Chairman of Fenwick Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne and a member of the Retail Distributors Association. Mr. Harbottle is a solicitor of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. Jack is professor in the Department of Economics, Kings OJllege, Newcnstle-on-Tyne. Mr. Kelly is a member of' the Association og Engineering and Shipbuilding Drai.1gh·~c.JP.n. Mr. Lawther is a. member of the J~ecutive of the Co-operative Union. Mr. McArdle is a.11 Alderman of Wallsend Boroug)1 Council and has served as a Mayor of Wallsend. He is an Area Official of the Electrical Tracl.e Un;Lon, Mr. Geor~e Marshall is a director of Marshalls (Sunderland) Ltd., Drapers and Outfitters. Mr. Moore is an agent of the Durham Mining Association. Mr. Simpson is the Govern.ing Director of Binns Ltd., Sunderland, Drnpers and Furnishers. He is also a Vice ?resident of the National Chamber of Trade. Councillor Mrs. Thompson _ is an executive member of the Durham Labour Women 1s Advis:ny Council and represents the N. E. of EnglaJ1d on the Sta·1c :LP.&: Joint Com>ni ttee '.)f Inrlustrial Women 1s Organisations_ Mr. Winter is a partner in the fi:nn of Win~r, Robinson & Co., Chartered. Accou.'lta.nts of Newc9.stle-0n-rJne. Board of Trade. 16th January, 194,0. _16/1/40 -No. 11. BQ.AP.D OF TRJ>.DE .AN1'T9UWCEIGNT. The President of the Board of Trad.e has appointed the following persons to be member's of the local Price Regulation Committee set up under' the Prices of Goods Act, 1939, for the North Ea.stern Regj.on, which comprises the counties of York, East Riding, and York, West Riding. Chairman:­Mr. Malcolm Hill. Members:­ Mr. George R. Carter. Mr. James Powell1 J.P. Mrs. K. Chadwick. Mr. H. Rhodes, J.P. Mr. D.G.Cowling. Mr. S. Schofield. Mr. E. Ransom Earrison, F.S.A.A. Mr. S. Tiffany. I~r. A.E. Hobson. Mr.. H. Willey. Mr. P. McC.\rVilson, M.A., F.C.A. Secrete.£;Z:­ Mr. C.Adcock. Add1'ess BriteJ;l.llia House, Lesds, 1. NOTES FOR THE INPOR.MATION OF 11IIB PRESS. Mr. MalcoJrnHill is a solicitor of Bradford. Er. G. ··rr~· Carte1"' is an ex-loI'd mayor of Bradford and secretary of the Eniineers'Tr·ade Union. . Mrs .__JC..!.. Chadwjc:k; is coni_ecteQ.. with the worlc of the Standing Joint 001,-rrnittee of Inr:'l.ust rial Women's Orge..nisations. Mr. D..! G. Cowlin_g is a d.irector of Wo0d & Sons, wholesale greengrocers, of Leeds. . Mr. E. R~.om Har•rison is an incorporated accountant of Sheffield. Mr. A.E.Hobson is the President of the Yorlcshire Federated Trades Counciis and Secretary of the Sheffield Tr<:::.des and Labour Council. He is a member of Sheffield City Council. Mr. Jmnes Pov1ell is a Justice of the Peace and a director of Messrs. Ifar.1t:1ond Ltd. 1 department stores, of Hull. Mr. H. Rhodes is e:: Justice; of the Peace B.nd ma.vi.aging director of j. & S. Rhodes, Ltd., Woollen IVI&"lufacturer1 s of Morley. Mr. S. Schofield is a director of Schofields Ltd. of Le0ds, a member of the Council of Management of the Retail DistributorE Association e.nd of the Council of' the DPapers' Chamber of Trade, a treasurer and past president of the Le0ds Cha.in1)er of 'l'rade. ~~r. S. Ti:fJ'an;z is a di.2ector of the Leeds Co-o:perative Society. Mr .. H. Willel is a dir•ectoi> of Messrs. Needham, Veall & T;y-zacl~, Ltd., cutlers and ::-;:i.lverSi11iths of Sheffield. Mr.:i?.Mcc·¥Wilson is an acc01.mtant of the firm of Whit:t'ield .& co:-;-of-Leeds. Board of Trade, 16th January, 1940. 16/1/40_ -No. 11. The President of the Board of Trade has appointed the following persons to be members of the local Price Regulation Committee set up under tbe Prices of Goods Act, 1939 9 for the North Midland Region, which comprises the counties of Nottingham; Lincoln, Parts of Holl&nd; Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven; Lincoln9 Parts of Lindsey 9 Leicester , Rutland, Northampton, Soke of Peterborougl1 9 and Derby. Ohairman:­ Mr. Dingwall L. B&teson. MembersI- Mr • .J.W. Blower. Mr. E. Button. Alderman J.N. Derbyshire 9 F.C.A., J.P. Mr. J. Hunt, Ll. D. Alderman F.J. Jenkinson. Major E.H. Spalding, T.D. Alderman Mrs. E.E. Wainwright. Secretarx.: ­ Mr. D. Craven-Griffiths. 'Address Gordon House, Carrington Street, Nottingqam. NOTES FOR 1'HE Il~F'OID.'.lA TION OF THE PR~SS. ---·~"-"'---...--· - Mr. Dingwall Bateson is a solicitor of the firm of Walter & Company of London. Mr. J .w. Blower is connected with the Co-operative movement in Derbyshire. Mr. E. Button is the President and Acting Secretary of the Nottingham '.rypo6 raphical Society: he is also Secretary of the Nottingham Trades Council and President of North Midland Federation of Trades Councils. Alderman J .N. Derbyshire is a charter•ed accountant and a director and chairman of a number of companies 9 including the Stanton Ironworks Company Ltd. Mr. J.. Hunt is a solicitor of Peterborougb. Alderman F.J. Jenkinson is a prominent agriculturist in Lincolnshire . Major E~H._f?12alding is a director of Griffin and Spalding Ltd., drs.perG of Nottingham. Alderman Mrs . . EQil_! VJaimvri&h.1 is a former £1Iayor of Mansfield &nd is Chainna:.:1 vf the Education Committee there. Board of Trade, 16th January, 1940. 16/1/40 -No.11. BOARD O:B1 'rRADE ANNOUNCEMENT. The President of the Board of Trade has appointed the followinc persons to be members of the local Price Regulation Comrni ttee set u .: under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939, for the Eastern Region5 wl1ich comprises the counties of B~dfor'd, Cambridge, Isle of Ely, Huntir:.g(Ln, Norfolk, Suffolk, East, Suffolk, West, Essex and Hertford except for such areas of Essex and Hertford as fall within the Metropolitan Police District. Chairman:­ Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, G.c.r.E., K.c.s.r., K.c.v.o., c.B.E. Members:­ Mr. F. E.Chappell. Mr. Alfred Pryce. Mr. W. B.Chivers. Councillor Mrs.C.D~Rackham, J.P. Mr. J. ~I;. Few. Mr.C. E.Sadler. Mr.W. Hansell. Mr.H. F. '.rurncr. Mrs.E.W.Parsons. Mr. Edward Williams. Mr.J.1H.Pretty. SecretarY-:::: Mr.E.J,V.St~dley Address:­Corpus Christi College, (Blocks Y & Z), Cambridge. NOTES FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PRESS. Sir Geoffr~y de Montmorenc:y-ho.s held various posts in the Government service in India. From 1928-1933 he served as Governor of the Punjab. Mr~ :B1.E.Chappell is a Divisional Organiser at Luton of the Amalgamated Engineering Unj.on. Mr.·n. B.Chivers is Chairman of Chivers & Sons, Ltd., of 'i'he Orchard Factory, Riston, Ca~bridge. Mr. J. E.Few is n partner in the firm of Messrs.Fevv & Kester, Solicito: of Cambridge. Mr. w·.Hansell is Secretary of the Yarmouth Co-operative Society. Mr. J.YI.Pretty is a Director of R.Sayle & Co. 1 Cambridge, a member of ·· t-he Council of the Drapers Chamber of Trade and President of CambI'idge Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alfred Pryce is a Director of R.J.Pryce & Co., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers, Lowestoft and Norwich. Councillor Mrs. C.D.Raclcham, J.P. was a factory inspector d"Ln·ing the last war and a member of the Royal Co:mnission on Unemployment Insurance from 1930-32. She is no·s a Memt '3r­of the Executive Cammittee of the Magist1~ates' Associatic; .~ Mr.C.E.Sadler is a Master Builder. He is a member of the Ipswich Local Employment Com.~ittee. Mi-•. H.,F. Turner was President of the National Union of Railwaymm1 District Council from 1934-35 and is now Secretar y. 1 Mr. Edward Wjlltams is a Director of the firm of E.V.'illiari1s & Sons, footwear dealers of Luton• He is a past President of the Luton & District Chamber of Trade and is now Vice-Prosident of the National Chamber of Trade• Board of Trade, 16til Jnn'Ua»Y,1940. The President of the Boar0. of Tr<:·~de ha~, c.ppointcd t::i.c foJ.J.o•.~ring pG:."sons to br; r.:.crnb01~s of the local Price Rc~;ulo..tion Co:rrnittec set up unc1.c~' the Prices of Gooc~G Act, 1939, for the London ReGion: ­ Mr. E.s. Herbsrt. Members:­ Mr. H.M. Barton. Mr. C.H. Dromhciaa.. Mi ss Dorothy Crewe. Mrs. c.s. Ganley, J.P. C01mcillor Le~;nard Lyle. Rt. Hon. Lord Swaythling. Mr. W.J. Wigley. Mr. Robert Willis. Secretary: ­ Mr. o. Bailey. Address:­ Armour House, St. l.Iartin' s-lc-Grand, London, TI.C.l. ]WT:GS POR TH:S Illf.N)~IYATIQ~·r or THB PR~jSS . Mr. :c.s. Herbert i c a Solici ~.o::."', po.rtnci"' i n the firm of Sydney Morse & Co. Mr,. H.~.~. Bar•ton i s a Chartered Accounto.nt nnd ~,:;artncr in the firm of Bartojl. Mayhew & Co. of' Disho}_;sgate. Mr. C.H. Brom ..'1c::~d h; the Mnnaging Director of D .E. :Cvans & Co-_-Ltd. of O::forc1 Street, W.l. Miss Dorothv Crewe is the Secretary of the Wes t minster =----- Hous ing Trust c..nd 110.s hac.1 a great deal of experience in c;ocial work and housing ii1G.tters. Mrs. C.S. Gaµley is a Justice of the Peace. Cou.g_ci J.lor L~_oFard I,yJ.e is the Chah·1w::m of' L. Lyle Ltcl. and a past Pr'esicJ.ent of the Hntional Associ.ation of Outfittcrs an<.::. of the National Chamber of Trade. Re iG also Chairman of the En~_Jloycrs' side of the Retail Distributj_ve Trades Conf'e:>encc allll 2, member of the Nci.tional Joint Advisory Counsel :.:iet up by the Minister of Labolli". Lord S_YQ.vthling i s a pctrtnc:i..., in the banJ:;:ing firm of Samuel Montngu :.....il.d Co. Mr'. W. J. \liglq2[ i s c01u1c cte6. witll the Co-operative movement in Land.on. M~~..R9.l?~~..:'.:°t!_J'i.i.::~)-~..:'2. is tho Sccr•etary of the Lonclon Trc..dcr:; ·Cour~.ciJ an-i. n 1nr;:d.. e;:r· of' ::.! 1 c ::-..Jondon Soc~icty of Crn::pooitoro. He io n mz~«nl : C:J." of the o:_c~_ .1-1..z0 2:·0:lSlonc Cornrili ttee of tl10 London Cou:l.ty Couldl, c.nd of t he London Council of Soc j_al Sci~vicc. Board of Trade, 16th January, 1940. 16/1/40 -No.11 BOARD OF TRADE Al'TJTOUNCEMENT. The President of the Board of Trade has appointed the foll owing persons to be members of the lor:al Price Regulation Crn1L;i t tee set up under the Prices of '.'-oods Act 9 1939 for the South Ea~tern Region, which comprises the counties of Kent, Sussex, hast,and Sussex, 7est,except the area of Kent falli~g within the Metropolitan Police District. Chairman:­ Mr. rr. T. Blyth. Mr. J.E. Banks, Mrs. L. Phillips, J.P. Mrs. R.L. Farlie ) Miss E. M. ·Thornton. Mr. A.S. Hainee, Mr. E.B. Weekes, J.P. Mr. J.C. Harlow, Mr. p, Wickenden, F.C.A. Mr. Charles Lefevre, J.P. Alderman Mrs• C. Williamson Secretary:­ Mr. G-. C.A. Woolley . .Adc1ress :­ 1, Culverden Gardens, Tunbridge '!"fells. NOTES FOR TBE IHFORMATI01'T OF THE PRESS. Mr. Blyth is a solicitor of the firm of -Messrs. Blyth, Dutton, Hartley & Blyth. Mr. Banks is president and chairman of the Kent Trades and Labour Federation. Mrs. Farlie is secretary of the Dartford Labour Women's Divisional Coffi(.lit tee. Mr. Haines is secretary of the Dover Co-operative Society. Mr. Harlow is a member of the Central Board of the Co-operative Union. Mr. Lefevre is a Justice of the Peace and chairman of Lefevre & Hunt, Limited, Retail Stores, Canterbury. Mrs JP-illips is an active member of the Co-ope-i;aative movement. Mrs. Thornton is Chairman of the Public Assistance CoiTurd ttee at Eastbourne. Mr. Weekes is a director of R.W. Weekes Limited, Drapers at Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Wickenden is a Chartered Acc:ountant of the firm of Iviess rs. Creasey, Son & 1Nickenden at Tunbridge irJells. r,~rs. vVill iamson is the Mayor of Canterbury. Board of Trade, 16th Janusry, 1940. The President of tl:e Bca.:'.'d of Trade has appointed the following persons to be members of the I.ccal P:!:'i..ce hegi1la.t :Lo:n Co1,1rnil;tec set up unJer the Prices of G:Jofs Act, ~ 9:59 ::'or t~1e Sc·-llthern .rteg~~on.• whi-::h comi,;ri'.:;es the cmmties of Berks, B1lcki.ngham, 0Y.for(1, Southma1Jton, Is~e of ~'!i.~(·it, &.nd Surrey except the area. of Surrey falling within the Metropolitan Police Di strict. Chairmar1:... M.r. Leo F. Page. lviembers. Mr. li'. R. Aldervrick. Alderman R. Howard, J.P. Major R. Bullin, T.D., J.P. Mrs. A.• SkiP.rrning. ~N.ir• C.L. Chute. Mr. C.H. S1J1enersby, J.P. Councillor !v1r·s. P.E. Cusden, J.P. ivir. ,{, G. Wallis. Mr. A. C. Denham, C.B.E. :Mr. A. B. Weir, :M.A. Miss Grace H&-dow, M.A. ~.r. A.G. West, F.C.A. Secretnry:-M.:c. II. Shepherd. Acidress:-97/98, Broad Street, :~eaC:.ing. NOT.'.i:S FOH THI'.: I NFOifaJA'I'ION OF THE PP.ESS. Mr. Page is a barrister and a J.P. for Ber kshire. He has served as High Sheriff of Bcr 1cshire and has been a member of various Home Off'ice Comni ttees. lvJ.r'. Alde'l.'.'wick i s I:Ianagi!!g Director of Herbert :B'erryinan Ltd. , Wholesa1e ---chf.:n{8t.s· of So;~tbx:;.pton, a.•d Chairr:l.'.in of the D.istribut.ive... Trades Co1mnittee o.f the Southampton Cb.3rnber. of Commerce. Major BuLlin is a solicitor and if F.inancial Secretary to the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. !.fr· Chute is a Barrister and is Chairman of the Hampshire County Council and C.:~uarter Sessions. Mrs. Gusden is a J.P. and a menilier of the Reading Town Council. She was ---for-80:-n.e years Chairman of t he Nursery Schools Association of Great ·I3ritain . Mr. Denham is Cha::Xman of Edmonds, Denham & Goyder Ltd. and Associatied C.:omp1mies 0;;icra1;ing Dep£._rtr.:1ent Stores. He is Chairman of the Retai l Trading ~tanda.rds Association. Miss Hadow is principa.l of the SocietJ.' of Oxford Home Students. }fir. Ifoward is a Justice of Peace and a member of the Transport & General WorJrnrs Union. :Mrs. Skimm.:i:~5. is Chairman of the Buckinghamshire County Federation of Wr,ll1e:n. 1 c'. Institutes. }{JX'• .§llr'.!!n"3r.s]?z was National Liberal M. P. for Shoreditch from 1931-1935 and for i7-l(• Jl:::Xc• wos J.i~y0:t· o:~ Horn::ey. He is now a Coun+,y J.:Ii::i.gistrs.te for ll/~ic~dJ.esex acid he is the proi;'rie-:;or of dr&pery busineE".ses at Ji.nd0ve1· and IJewbwy. Mr. Wallis is the President of the Oxford Co-,operative Society. Mr._Weir_ is a past P::'e.sicl~nt of' 'the South<.>.Jr;pt:>n Credit Traders Association b.110. t 11e 801~ ;;:-.e1 n ~Jistri~t Colutc :! 1 of Cred:::. 1~ T:rac1ers. He is a ma'.'1.ber of Executi.ve Com;tl. ttcc of the Nationb.l :•'ederation of Credit Traders. Mr. \'lest is a Chc.rtcred. Accountant of' the firm of Messrs. West & Drake at Re.:cding and London. Boarcl of Trade. l oth January, 1939. 16/1/L~O -No.11. The President of the Board of Trade has appointed the following persons to be members of the local Price Regulation Co1mnittee set up under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939,for the South Western Region, which comprises the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Gl0ucester, Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset. Chairman:­ Alderman R.F. Lyne. Members:­ Major E. Mr. s.w. Cadbur;y·,D.s.c. ,D.F.C. ,J.P. Cornwell. Alderman H. M. Medland. Mr. A.C. Mole. Mr. C. H.W. Davey. Alderman G~ Hancocl{, Mr. R. Hobbs, J.P. Mr. F.C. James, J.P. Mrs. M. Lidington. J.P. Mr. s.c. Morland , J.P. Mr. F.J. Pope.Alderman A. Senington. Mrs. K. Venning. Alderman V'I. Outon Wills. Secretary:­ .Mr. C. Smith. Address:­ 5, Albion Chambers, Bristol, 1. NOTES FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PRESS. AldeTinan R.F. Lyne is a barrister and has been Recorder of Hereford since 1935. Major E. Cadbury is a director of the British Cocoa & Chocolate Co. and several other companies. Mr. s.w. Cornwell is a chartered accountant of the firm of Curtis, Jenkins, Cornwell & Co. of Bristol. Mr. C.H.W. Davey is a director of the Metal Agencies Co.,Ltd. of Bristol. Alderman G. Hancock is a Justice of the Peace and an ex-Mayor of Salisbur;y-. He is a member of the Board of Management of the National Chamber of Trade. Mr. R. Hobbs is a Justice of the Peace and an official of the National Union of Railwaymen in connection with which he has served on a number of Co 1;1ittees. He was a member of rood Control committees in the last war. Mr. ::_:i . C. James is a Justice of the Peace and the Organising Secretary of the Dorset Branch of the Agricultural Workers Union. Ile is also a member of the Dorset County Council. Mrs. M. Lidington is connected with the Co-operative movement in the Bristol area. Alderman H.M. Medland is an ex-Lord Mayor of Plymouth and an official of the Engineering Trade Union. Mr. A.C. Mole is a retired accountant and an alderman of the Somer set County Council. ['~!.'· s.c. Morland is a Justice of the Peace and a r11ember of the So:ner·setshire County Council. He is a director of Clark, Son t Morland LtQ.., Leather Manufacturers of Glastonbury. -1­ Mr. F. J:.Pq·pe is the cJ.:.n.irnan of Bon lfa.r che (Gloucester) Ltd., and a di r·ector of a nunitJer of Department Stores in the South of Engl c.:nd. Ee is a '.11enber· of thG Council o:f:' Iv!an3ge:nent of the Retail Diutributors' Association. Alder:nan A. Seninr;ton is s.n of:::icial of the National Union of 'l'aiiors r~ncf Ganient Y/o r~rn:c· s . He has l ong beer:. a me:·.1-ber· of t~1e Bristol City Cou.ncil and is an ex Lord Mayor. ]\'.Ir~~..lt~ _yr~~~ning is connecced Yfi th the work of the St anding Joint Co: .. ::,i tte;e of Indust~ial \"!omen's Organisc.tions. Alderr:a1i '.;f . Out en \'lil1s ::.s 8 director o:f G::n1ld <~ V!ills Ltd ., Drii_')srs····Ctnu-?u1..,r1-i.-shr~rs-·of Exeter, and the 1-'r·esident of the E Xt3t er Chai;,oer of Trade . Bom..,d of 'J~·rade, 16th J anuary , 1940. -?,­ 16/1/40 -No .11. BOf\ RD OF TR.t:,DE ANNOUNCEMENT. The President of the Board of Trc:td e ha s appointed the f'ollowing persons to be members of the loco.l Price Hegulation Committee set up under the Prices of Goods Act, 193~ for the Midland Region, which comprises the counties of Hereford, Sa lop, Stafforu, Warwick and Worcester. Chairman:­ Mr. H.J. Wallington, K.c. Members: ­ Mr. F.J. Blakemore , O.B.E., J .P. Mr. G. Breeze. Mr. John Brockhouse, M.,-\ . Mr. F.J. Bur rows, J.P. Sir Smedl ey Crooke , H.P., J.P. Mr. J.W. Fletcher. Mr. A.L. Gib son, J.P. Mr. W.S. Grainger. Mr. F. Huntba ch. Mr. G.H. Jones, J.P. Mrs. A. Kendcill. Mr. J.H.M. Nicolson. Mr; W.IL No r ton. Professor J.G. Smith, M.A. Mr • J •W• Smi th• Col. H.E. Webb-Bowen, C.M.G., D.S.O. ,T.D., D.L. Mrs. Josiah Wedgwood. Secreta ry: ­ Mr. A.J. Fitzge ra ld. Address:­ Lombard House, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. NOTES POR THE IN:F'ORMATION Oli' THE PRESS, ¥r. H.J. Waflington is a barrister who became a K.C. and a bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1934 and has been since 1937 the Reco rder of Birrningha,iJ. Mr. F.J. Blakemore is a member of a finn of Wholesale and Retail Provision Me rchunts, and a past President of the Nation&l Chamber of Trade. He wae :Lorrnerly a member of the Committee on Trusts and is a member of the Mini s try of Labour Committee on the cost of living index figure. Mr. G. Breeze is the General Manager of Lewis's Ltd. of Birmingham, and a ·· member of the Retetil Distributors' As sociation, and other trade bodies. Mr. John Brockhouse is a director of J. Brockhouse & Co. Ltd. and of a number of other companies. Mr. F.J. Burrows is a Justice of the Peace f or the County of Herefor d, c:m official of the N2t;i.onal Union of Railwaymen, and has taken an active part in local government in the Ross-on-Wye distrd.ct. Sir Smedl ey_ Crooke is the member of Pa rliament for the Derit end Division of Bi nnint::;ham. He is connected with the fi rm of Crooke & Riley of Birmingham, and is Vice President of the Na tiona l Chamb er of Tra de. -1­ Mr. J. W. Fletcher is an offici2l 01' the Birmingham Co-operative Society Ltd. Mr. A.L. Gibson is a Justice of the Peace, and the Organisint; Secreta1'y of the Nationu.l Union of Clerks & Administrutive Workers in ·t;he Midletnd Areu . Mr. W.Sj Grainger is a director of Stocal Enamels Ltd. of Burton-on-Trent. Mr. F. Huntbach is a director of M. Huntbach & Co.Ltd. Drapers and Furnishers, of Hanley. Mr. G.H. Jones is a Justice of the Peace and the secretary of the Midlctnd Miner>s' Federa tion. Mrs. A. Kendall is connected with the work of the Standing Joint Co;·1mi ttee of Industrial Women's Ore.;aniso.tions in the Birmingham district. Mr. J .H .M. Nicholson is a director of the fir::1 of Bell &Nicholson Ltd, ManufactureJ'.'S o.nd Warehousemen of Birmingham and Secretary of the Bir;11ingh::im Wholesale Trc:tders' Associution. Mr. W.H. Norton is a meE1ber of the firr.11 of Norton & Whitton of Worcester. Professor J.G. Smith is the Dean of the Faculty of Co~merce and the-vice::p-rTnc ipal of the University of Birmingham. He has served on a nu.iiber of Ootnmi ttees 011 econouic questions. Mr. J .W. Sciith is the Organiser of the Na tional Union of AgriculturalWorkers in Shropshire, <:t is an accou:nt2nt of' the fir:n of Peat," 'I -. -. • . J. , ~ 1 " C f' l ' ,... -'­ lv a r Y:i c .l( , ~'.1~~vc.r1e_L ..... cc .AJ1., o_ Vl8l1C.1.1esuer. Board of Trr,de, 16t h J anuar7, 1940. -2­ 1611/40. No. 11. The :':.'resident of the Boe rd of 'rrade has anpointed the folloviing persons to be f!ierrilJers of the local Price P.egulation Comrr;ittee set up under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939j for the South Wales :Region, which comprises the counties of Caroigan, H.ad.nor, Pernb2ol<;:e, C:armE.<.rth0n, Brec1a1ock, Glamorgan and Monmouth. Captain Geoffrey Crawshay, D.L., J.P. Alderman Mrs. Rose Da-,ries, .r.P. Mr. W. t:orde;y·, J.P. Mr. A.E. Goskar, B.S.A.A. Mr-. D. B. Morgan. lv!r. James Griffiths, Ni.P., J.P. Llr. T.r. North. j1fir. A. D. Hewlett. !:Iiss Lilian Richards. Sir Herbert Hile3, M.~.E., ~.P. Mr. G.D. Shepherd, J.P.,F.C.A. Councillor Lewis Lewis, J.P. Darne Gwendoline Trubshaw, ?rotessor .ff. A. Marqua:nd, l;i. A., D. Sc. D.B.E., J.P. Sir R. Webber, D.L., J.P. Mr. o. M. Williams. 2, Cathedral 3 oad, Cardif~. IWTEd FOR ~HE Il{FORllATION OF THE PRESS. C~ts.i_il__Geo:c_:Lrey Craws}ls.;y served during the last war in the Helsh GuP.rds and is High Sheriff of f..Ionmouthsire. He was District Con11ilissioner for the Special Area of south Wales and, until he took up his :pI'esent appointment was Deputy Regional Co:mrnissioner for Wales. Alderman L~G. Rose Davies is a Justice of the Peace, and is connected with the work of the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Orcanisations. Mr. A.E. GoGkar is an accountant of the firm of Ashmole, Edward.s t~ G·osl-::arofs·;;·cmsea. Ivir~__!lain~LCJ:.r•iffiths is Merriber of Parliament for Llanelly. Mr. A.D. Hewlett is connected with t:r+e Co-operative Movement and is-a member-of the local board of the Special Areas Reconstruction Association. Sir Herbert Hiles is an ex-lord mayor of Card.iff and the District Secretary of the national Union of Bal:ers and Confectioners. Council.lor I~ewis Lewis has been chairman of the l\'1onmouthshire FederatTOnof Tra-O:es--a-nd Lo.bour Councils since 1920. He has had experience during and since the last vmr· of work on Food Cor:imittees and other public work. J?ro;f_~~ssor H.A. l''lar.9..}§_nd is Professor of Indu~trial Relations at University College, Car~iff. He is the author of the First and Second Industrial surveys of South \Jales and Monrnouthshire, and of other writings on industrial and economic subjects. -1­ _Mr. Wo Ivio:rdey is a tTustice of the Peace and. a member of the firm of it·:oi:d6y 0:: S011s, ship'):rokers, of Newport. )~"'._;Q~~; . Lor_g_ai-i is the Managing Director and Secretary of David. Eorgan Ltd., Cardiff and a director of a number of companies. He is 8. nember of the Council of Management of the Retail Distributors Association, Dra1)ers' Chan:ber of TPe.de and of the Board of Management of the Ha'c. ional Che.mber of Trade. N!r. 'l1.Y. North is a director of the firm of Edward England Ltd.,--Uotato in1p-orters, of Cardiff. Miss Lilian Ric}rnrds is the Chief Woman Off icer of the south-Wnles-2,nd Mo:1mouthshire Council of Social Service. Mr. G. D, Shenhera. is a LTuctice of the Peace and a member of the I nstl"tllEc -o{Cha::·t"ered Accoun"tant s. He is a nast president of the l'~ational Chamber of Trade and of t he CaI'diff Chamber of Trade. Dame Gwendoline Trub shaw is a Justice of the Peace and an ex-chairman of the Carmilrthenshir e County Council. She is Chairman of the Carmarthenshire Juvenile Advisory Con!rnittee. Sir Robert Webber is the Ivi.anaging Director of the Western :rv:ail Ltd., ana. a director of other Newspaper companies. Board of Trade. 16th January, 1940• . ~) -,.,J­ 16/1/40 -No. il T:i.e President of t[·'.e Board of Traue i1ss appointed the f''J llov.:in.c; psrsons to be mec ber·s of the local Price Regulation Corn.i.ili ttee set up under the Pricf;s o:f Goods Act , 1939, for the North \fales Re£;ion, which comp:etses the counties o:f Eontgomery, Eerionr::;th, Denoi ;::~h, J.,lint , Caernarvon e:.nd Anglesey. C.i1ai_Tm~:-C:=i.ptain Stanley Davies . ~-~e:1b-:.:rs:­ ----·--· I·.il' . R. C. B 3Jct el'* Er s . A. Lew~.s Alderman E. A. Cross , ~.3.E. , J .P. ~1Ir . .;.J . lJcNaught U1·. H. 'l'. Edv1ard s Mr.J. Evan ~orris ,J.P. Councillor D. Evans Iv1r s • 3 • P • TI e c s ~r. W. Parry Hughes Mrs. K. ·._:; •. Jones Roberts,J.P. Ivir . E. Jones Alderman ~.Enwr Villiams, LIJ . 13. Mr . J. 0. Thorn.ss • Address:-39, Ag_ua:eium Street, Rhyl. NOTES FOR THE HTPORMATION OF THE ;eFESS Ca-ptai_ll_ S!_r:inley Davi es is Chairman of the Um.employment Appeal Tribunals for Anglesey and part of' Caernr;rvonshire and has done other p-:J.blic work in Ncr-th \"Tales . :Ir. R. C.Baxter is the proprietor of Clare' s Modern Stor·es, Llandudn0.-_ _ _ Aldernan J.~ . ,~ . Cl'oss is a member· of the Board of .Management of the National Chember of 'l'rao.e and a member o:f the National Federation o:f Credit Traders . Hr . E.~r . Edw&rds is the Dist::'ict Secretary of the 'l':r•ansport and Gener·al ·,-rorkers ' :Jn:;_on. Councillor D. Evans is a :ner;11Jer· of the Anglesey County Council , and Chai:rman of the Finance Committee. Mr . V. Parry Hughes of Col~yn Bay uas f o rmerly an o:ficial o:::· tl1e Allicr1cc .Assurance Company. :.1r. ::;. ,Jonc:,s is the acent st -.·.•rexhsm of the North ·]ales and Border Counties Nineworkcrs ' Association . Urs . A. Lewis is connected with the work of the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial ~omen' s Organisations. M:t;: . ;..J. Pclfaup;ht is connected with the Co-operative )1ovE.mont in :north Yfales . Mr . J . Evan Morris was until latel y managing director of a whol esale grocery "busi ness, and hG.s served. as ~-Ugh Sheriff of Dcnoiglishire . Mrs . S. P . Rees is connected with the vrork of the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial \"iomen ' s Organisations . Mrs . K.W.Jo~es Roberts is a Justice o f the Peace and a well known :::ocialworker· ~Ln the Bl~H~~1au :L•'festiniog district . Alderr;;.an W. :Ciilyr Williams is a solicitor of y,·rexh~_m1. Bo8rd of ·rrade, 16th Janu2ry, 1940. 16/1/40 -No.12. ULSTER HUTS IN FRANCE. So good has been the response to the appeal for money to provide an Ulster hut for the B.E.F. that it is now intended to eguii) two huts. The original appeal was for £1,000, and no less than £1,750 has been received. EMPIRE AFFAIRS ~ 16/1/40. MINISTRY OF L.ABOUR .AND NATIONAL SERVICE. CHt.NGES I N cos~c OF I.1IVING DURING DECEMBER. The Ministry of Labour and National Service announces that at 1st January, 1940, the official cost-of-living index figure was 74 per cent. above the level of July, 1914, as compared with 73 per cent. at 1st Deceniber, 1939. The index figure for food was the same at 1st January as at 1st Deceniber, viz., 57 per cent. above the level of July, 1914. Press Office, Ministry of L'abour and National Service, Montagu House, Whitehall, S.W.1. H. 0.~54-800 A.J. (514fi--1429) Wt. 38887-688fi 20,000 1!/39 T.8. 677 16/1/40 -No 14. CONTROLLER OF COS~INGS. Mr. Leslie B~gin, Minister of Supply, has appointed Mr. Edward Cassleton Elliott, Incorporated Accountant, to be Controller of Costings to the Min:i.5try. Mr. Cassleton Elliott will join the Ministry of Supply in a voluntary capacity and will advise the Ministry in the exercise of his wide powers of controlling prices through the examination of Contractors' costs. Mr. Cassleton Elliott is the Senior Partner of the firm of Cassl et on Elliott & Company, London. He was President of the Society of Incorporat ed Accountants from 1932/35t and is Cha:.t.r,man of one of the Committees of the Ministry of Health. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY. 16/1/40 Noo 15. FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS. eine of the most curious results of the last war was the version of the French language which was invented by our troops in France. It was picturesque and it had the merit of a forthrightness which usually succeeded in securing for the British soldier the more elementary needs of lifeo But this French did not go far towards making possible easy conversation between the British soldier and his French comrade or in making life less complicated for him when he mixed with the French civilian population. Members of the British forces have come up against these facts almost since the beginning of this new war and repeated requests for some form of elementary instruction in French have been received from the Army. The average British soldier today, is probably better educated than his father was in 1914, and in many cases he has learnt some French at school. But what he wants is not dull and formal lessons, concerned with grammatical rules, or the fact that the pen of his aunt has been eaten by the dogof the gardener. He wants to lmow hmv to address a Frenchman \vhom he meets for the first time, how to order a simple meal in a French restaurant or how to write a letter to a French girl 'Nhom he met at the cinema and who, he hopes, will accompany him th.ere again. And this sort of information is not to be found in the ordinary textbook, The British Institute in Paris has, therefore, stepped into the breach, and has ~mdertaken to be the British soldiers' guide in such everyday problems of life. When the first appeal for assistance was received, Mr. Hugh Sellon, the director of the Institute, got into touch with the French wireless authorities, with the result that Radio Paris station will broadcast French wireless lessonso These lessons, which are given every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4.45 in the afternoon, are not dull lessons but conversations which are as entertaining as they are instructive. The talk which will be broadcast next Priday from Radio Paris is typical. In the two previous lessons the British soldiers, Bill Smith and Jock Mucklewane, have been lunching with their French mentor, Louis Dupont, in a little restaurant. At the beginning of the lesson the coffee is about to be served, and the liqueurs will doubtless be ordered, accompanied by explanations given by M. Dupont. In the course of the ensuing conversation the two British soldiers will begin to express their surprise at certain French gastronomic customs. For example the vast amounts of bread consumed and the presence on some menus of such delicacies as snails and frogs. In re~ly M. Dupont will point out the defects of English cooking and drinking and will emphasise how in France the culinary art is highly developed, whereas in England food is for the most part regarded, merely as a basis of sustenancea Side by side with the friendly banter will be a great deal of infornation as to French customs in restaurants, how to order the mGal, the difference between an ordinary liqueur glass and a "verre de degustation", 1;1hat tip to give the Yvai ter, and so fortho At the end of the talk various grmmnatical problems will be explained and information vlill be given ;)n a number' of French customs, such as, for example, French decorations and the difference between the ribbon and the rosette which French members of the Legion of Honour wear in their buttonholeso -2­ The role of the British soldiers is assumed by two members of the British Institute, Mr H. o. Quick and Dr, McMillan, who are appropriately enough, an Englishman and a. Scotsman respectively. The part of the various Frenchmen introduced in these imaginary conversations .is taken by the well known French broadcaster, M, Etienne Rey. The British Institute in Paris, which is the most importa.nt Anglo-French cultural organisation in France, and is affiliated to the University of Paris, is showing bythese talks t~at French can be learned without tears, and that instruction by the most modern methods can be combined with entertainment and a considerable amount of humour. THE BRITISH INSTITUTE IN PARIS 26/1/40. 16/1/!~0. Ho. 16. SPEECH BY SIR JOHN ANDEHSON AT WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL AIR RAID DEM0NSTRATION. 16th January, 1940. This has been a very instructive hehearsal, and before I leave I should like to offer my congratulations to the Hospital and to the staffs engaged in this d6monstration to-day -including the members of the L.C.C. Ambulance Service and the ladies of the Order of St. John who are working under the control of the .Medical Officer of Health for Westminster. We have seen what it means for a hospital to receive, diagnose, and place under the care of its surgeons and physiGians a compara­tively small number of persons suffering trom the effects of bomb explosion, gunshot wounds, gas, and shock. But what I have thought throughout this rehearsal has been: "Good work, indeed; but what would have happened had the number of ambulances and easualties been multiplied by ten or twenty, as they might well be in the event of a real air raid in this part of Westminster?". This demonstration should bring it home to all of us that, if we are to reduce as we wish the physical suffering and damage to life and limb which will be caused in air-raids, then oun first aid stations, our ambulance services, our hospitals in London and outside -in fact the whole machinery of the emergency medical services -must be ready to act at a moment's notice by night as well as day, and must be fully manned with all the tPained personnel required to enable them to function smoothly and efficiently in emergency. I want, therefore, to take this opportunity of appealing ­through the Press -to all who are not already engaged in war work to give all the personal help they can to this and other hospitals. At the moment, one of the greatest needs is for emergency stretcher-bearers at the hospitals. I am told that most of the young men who have been doing this work to-day are students of this hospital; and that although every effort has been made to enlist a corps of local helpers, more are still needed. We are grateful to the students for the help they have given to-day; but if there is a rea1 air raid they will be required not only for this but for other work. I speak not for this hospital alone, but for all hospitals, when I ask for more emergency hospital stretcher­bearers, who will be willing to l earn this work and will then pledge themselves to attend for duty when the air raid warning is given. This may seem an unimportant task, but it is a vital link in a chain which must be sound throughout. Finally, a word of congratulation to the hospital. I am glad indeed to know that, in spite of the ,:i;reat efforts required to create and maintain this emergency organisation which will come into operation only in time of aiP raids, the hospital is still able to carry on its peace-time service to the sick without detriment to its high traditions of efficiency and public service. MINISTRY OF H0ME SECURITY. ------000-----­ OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to announce that during the past week H,, M. Submarines SEA HORSE, UNDINE, and STARFISH have failed to return to their bases or to report. These three vessels have been engaged on particularly hazardous service, and the Admiralty fear that they must now be regarded as having been lostG Next of kin are being informed at onceo The German wireless has announced that part of the crews of ~h~ UNDINE and STARFISH have been rescued~ -------000-------­ ADMIRALTY, Whitehall, s. w. 1. 16/1L40 No., 18. MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT Meat and Livestock Controlo Ma~g of Im~orted Cattleo The Imported Cattle (Marking) Order, 1940, made by the Minister of Food on 15th .January, takes effect at once.. The Order provides for the marking of imported cattle in a manner similar to that previously prescribed in connexion v-vi th the Cattle Subsidy Scheme. ++++++ 16th January, 1940~ .. 16/1/40 -No.19. IMPORT Lrc: :;NSI NG DEPARTLl:CNT NOT IC:c.; TO Ii.iPORTi.~RS NO. 33 Importers are asked to note that the heading in the No. 1 Prohibi tion Order \ihich reads "poultry and il1eat paste •••••• " covers the product known as haia roll. In view of the fact that there appears to be sone misunderstanding on this point, the Boa rd of Trade are arranging to issue licences in re =>pect of all consigTunents of ha.;11 roll which arrived in thi ::S country on Or' before the date of this Notice. No licences will be i3sued for any quantities arriving after this date. Import Licensing Department, Board of' 'J:irade, 25, Southampton Buj_l dings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2. 16th J anuary 191-+0. ·-·--•·-'--·-- -­ 16/1/40 -No.20. ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY. CANADA'S PART IN THE .EMPIRE'S WAR EFFORT. Canada's share in the cost of the Empire Training Scheme will, it is computed by the Department of Trade and Commerce at Ottawa, amount to approximately 350,000,000 dollars. By next September, the anniversary of the outbreak of the war, Canada will have spent 48,000,000 dollars on air training measures, in addition to the 315,000,000 dollars which it is expected her military effort will by then have demanded. Thus, as the Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada, has pointed out, during the first year Canada's war preparations will have cost about one million dollars a day. The Air Training Programme, which provisionally continues until March 31, 1943, is estimated to cost some 600,000,000 dollars. Excluding the cost of the aircraft provided by the United Kingdom, Canada will foot the bill for the initial and elementary training in Canada. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 16/1/40 -No.21. BOARD OF EDUCATION A.NI>~Q.illiCEivIENT SUGAR SUPPLIES FOR COOKERY CLASSES. The recent decision that Private schools and voluntary organisations requiring sugar for cookery classes or demonstrations should send their requisitions through the Local Education Authority has been cancelled. At the request of the Ministry of Food, they are now asked to submit estimates of their requirements direct to the Local Food Control Committee y;ho will issue the necessary permits. Ministry of Transport, Metropole Buildings, Northumberland Avenue, w. c. 2. FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PRESS. Arran[~e:-:e'1ts ~lnvo novv been made for Railway facilities at special cheap ra tes to be available for visitors to evacuees to places West of Exeter and 'l'aunton to v1hich the return journey cannot be made in one day. '11lle f ncilities will, until further notice, be available on any week-end to persons holding vouchers. The outward journey will be made at midi-day on the Saturday and the return journey , at t he option of the visitor, either on Sunday afternoon or by a night train, if available, on Sunday night. Vouchers must be ootained at l eo.st a weelc in advance of the date of the journey. Residents in London should apply at the London Divisional Education Offices; residents in the neighbouring Boro~ghs and Urban Districts should apply at the Town Hall or council Offices.. Applicants will ne required to satisfy the voucher issuing off icers that they have arranged for overnight accommodation in the reception areas. Services will be available to the following places:- Cambornc Credi ton Cull ompton Gilesion (S. Wales) KinGsbridgeNewton Abbot .Qkehampton Paignton Pa1• Redruth St,. Austell ~aunton (for hlinehead and other places West)Tavistocl\: Teignmouth Torquay Totnes Truro Wellington (Som.) In addition, further one-day trips will be run on Sunday, 28th January. Vouchers for these must be obtained from the L,C,C, Schools and other voucher issuing offices on the 18th and 19th January. The services will be as follows!­ -2 ­ From Paddington From Liverpool Street From King' s Cl'"'O ss '11 0 Ax1:,:e i dc;e Bath :3ech,'Yl1 Box (Hill Lane) Br i cJ_c;ewa te1" Bristol (Temple Meads) Cheddar Chippenham Clevedon Cor sham Flax Bour ton Highbri dge Hungerfo1"d Keynshmn and Somerdale Langport East Lone Sutton and PitneyMelksham Nail sea and Backwell NeYiiJury Shrivenham Sornel' t on (Som.)Swindon Taunton Uffi ngton Vian tage Road '!est on-Super-Mare '.7i nscornbe Wootton Bassett Yatton 'l'o Attleborough BeccJes Brampton B:tandon Cor ton Dereham Eccles Road El;y Fakenham HolesYvorth Hopton Loue stoft Narborough Oulton Broad South Saffron Walden 8axrn11n dharn Svmffharn Thetford v:al singharn Vlell s Wic~cham Market Yloodb:eidge ;7ymm1 dham Yarmouth To Granthar.1 Holri1e Pe terbor•ough Ya:xley -3 ­ From To Marylebone Brnckley Braunston and WilloughbyCalvert Charv1elton Cul worth Finmere Lutterrrorth Rueby Woodford and Hinton From To St. Pancras Desborough Leicester 1.ouc;hborough Mai-'lrn t Harborough Ylellingborough ·.ngston Magna From 'ro Euston Bletchley Blisworth Leizhton Buzzard Lone; Bucl:by Rugby Uol verton ?rom To New ·~sc. BatTle Bexh:i_ll 1:rest Crov-vhur st Hnsti11gs Robert sbridge From To Victoria Bri~hton Hayvrards Heath Hove Lane ing Shoreham ·\-:orthil'2g Central From To London Bridge Eastbourne Hayvro.1"d s Heath Hove Lerre s Nev1haven Town Poleza te Sea.ford Shoreharn-b3r-Sea Worthing Central From 'l'o Victoria Arundel Bognor Regis B1~oadstairs Lit ·~lehampton Mo.Pga te Pulborough Ramscate -4 ­ From To Waterloo Bournemouth Central Broclrnnhurst Corfe Castle Havant Petersfiel d Poole Portsmouth and Southsoa 8v.rc1no.ee Wareham Many of the trains wi ll also call at suourban stationsa 16th Janua~. 1940. ( 740) GERMAN AIR ATTACKS ON LIGHTSHIPS The work of the keepers of lighthouses and lightships is done for the whole of seagoing humanity, irrespective of nationality. As such, lighthouses and lightships have always been considered as immune from air attack in wartime. German airmen have followed their attacks upon merchant vessels and defenceless fishing craft with attacks on lightships, and in these attacks have sought to inflict casualties upon unarmed men incapable of self-defence. It was ten minutes past ten on the morning of January 11th that Lightship No. 879 off the east coast of England, was attacked by a German aircraft. Two German aircraft were first sighted. One of these fJ.ew away, leaving its mate in charge. The German bomber first circled. close round the lightship. It was flying at a height of not more than 100 feet, and. it was not more than 100 feet from the lightship. It is quite irnpos sible to mistalee a 1 igh tship for an~rthing else 9 even at a considerable distance, let alone when seen from a range of little more than 100 feet. Lightship No. 87 was painted red outside 9 and her paintwork inside the bulwarks and on her superstructure was Y.rhite and cream. Forty feet above sea level, at the top of the mast, was the great lantern, which fo~ms a navigational mark by day and night for ships miles away. The German aircraft, knowing the vessel was a moored lightship, incapable of self-defence or of movement , circled round again, and o 1Jened fire with her machine gun. The aircraft was again flying 100 feet frcm the lightship and at a height of not more than 100 feet. The machine gun bullets spattered into the water l ess than ten yards on the opposite side of the light­ship to that from which the aircj:aft vvas firing. In other words, the machine gun bullets swept over the lightship's dec1c 9 and would probably have caused casualties had not all the lightshipmen taken covero /The 2 The aircraft circled again and repeated the attack in the same manner 9 but from the other side of the lightship. Again the machine gun bullets passed close over the lightship's deck and splashed into the sea close alongside. Then the German aircraft flew away. The lightships have orders to make test calls to a shore station three times a day, just to make certain that their com­munications with the shore are in order. Apart from this, the only messages passed by lightships are distress signals and reports of casualties. Moreover, neither the test calls nor the distress signals are passed in code. When Lightship No. 87 was attacked and machine gunned by a German bomber, the master of the lightship took care not to use his wireless, in case this might be misunderstood by the German airemen, and so provoke them to further act_j_on. Al though the lightship was being raked with machine gun fire, no wireless message was sent by the lightship. In the lRte afternoon of January 12th the only vessel in sight of 1.ightship No. 85, moored off the east coast of England, was a fishing trawler, busy at her task of fishingo Suddenly a German bomber appearedo It flew low over the defenceless fishing boat and dropued a whole salvo of bombs on that little vessel. The fishing boat was literally blown to Pieces, and nothing could be seen of any survivors. The German .aircraft now turned its attention to the light­shiri. -It flew low over the lightship and dropr:ied bombs, opening fire with its machine gun at the same time, with the obvious inten­tion of causing as many casualties as possible among the crew of the lightshin. The lightshipmen ran for cover to the galley. As they did so the lightship was badly shaken by the exulosion of a bomb which had narrowly missed and exDloded in the water close alongside. This bomb put all the lights out in the lightshiri. At the same time the lightshipmen could hear the machine gun bullets rattling down on the lightship's decks around their inadequate "covc;r 11 • -3 ­ As the aircraft swo~ped away after the first attack the lightship's radio operator sent out an s.o.s. siznal saying that the lightship was bei~ machine gunned anc1. bombed by German aircraft. Hardly had the message been passed than the bomber returned ancl. again dro:iped bombs and rakeo. the decks with machine gun fire. There were no casualties in the lightship, but her lantern was ridc1.led with bullets, anc1. the deck hao. also been peppered ;-Jith bullets. \:Vhen the lifeboat arrivecl in response to the lightship's s.o.s. two of the lightship's crew hact to be taken ashore to hospital suffering from shock. NAVAL AFFAIRS. The War Office, London:,s.W.1. 16th January, 1940. ':['he Var Office announces that His Majesty The King has been pl eased to approve of the appointment of' Colonel (tempora ry Brigadier) G.E.H. Sim, D.s. 0. 9 M.C., as Aide-de-Camp to The King, with effect from the 4th Sept em-ber , 1939 , in successicn to Colonel (acting Major-Gene r a l) E.L~ Morris , O.B.E. 9 M.C., who has b een promote d t c' the rank of Major-Gene ral with eff'ect from that dat e. FROI.1 NAVAL AFFAIRS. _ __....N....o...._~.. "TRAWLER "TRINITY, No B." The survivors of the fishing traYrler "Trinity, No Bo 11 have returned to England, and here is the story, in the skipper's own words, of the sinking of that fishing boat and the killing and maiming of some of her crew, by German airmen,, "On the morning of December 18th we were fishing in the North Sea.. At about 9. 30 a. m. there being two men on watch, I came out of my cabin and asked the men if they had seen any other ships. They said ' N.o' , and as they were saying so I saw two aircraft approaching us, flying very low over the water. They flew round our stern and came right along our starboard side. As they did so, they let go a burst of machine gun fire at the bridge. We were easily identifiable as fishing craft, for our hull ~as red and black, our funnel had a 'B' in a white st'fl.r on it, and we were flying the Red Ensign. "The aircra:Ct then flew away, and the only injury that had been done to us was one man hit in the leg by a splintero "After this att;ack I turned the ship round and then went below to attend to the injured man's leg. An hour and a half later I heard another fishing trawler speaking on the radio telephone, saying that she was being attacked by a German 'plane. I went up on deck again, and was just at the top of the ladder when the first bomb was dropped. It fell right on the forecastle heado I rushed out on deck and saw two German aircraft flying very low. over us.. "By the time I got to the galley the second plane had come round and I just escaped a burst of machine gun fire. I knew there were two men on the forecastle head, so I w.ent forward, but they had got away. The planes were then concentrating on the b~idge with machine gun fire" Then they started bombing again, and a bomb hit the bow on the after side of the bulkhead and appeared to go right through the ship. The vessel immediateJ.y.~rted to settle~ "I got/ -2­ "I got the men aft and told them to try to get the small boat out. The planes were machine gunning us all the time we were trying to get this small boat away, and then another bomb hit the stern of the trawler, which sank quickly and left us struggling in the water. 11'1'he planes then flew· away, and a Danish steamer which had been in the vicinity picked us up after we had been in the water for about three quarters of an houro This steamer took us to Egersund, in Norwayo We had one man killed on board the trawler. Another man died afterwards, and one man was injured." -----000----­ 16.1. 40 No,26. MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT. Licensing of Retail Food Shops. Registration of Catering Establishments As has already been announced, it is necessary under Orders made under the Defence Regulations for any retailer handling the principal foodstuffs to hold a licence from the Food Control Committee of the area in which his premises are situated. The Ministry of Food wish to point out that such licences are not granted autorr.otically. Accordingly, any person desiring to open a retail business for the sale of foodstuffs is advised to enquire at the local Food Office before entering into any commitment in regard to rt. Further, any person conducting a catering business is required to be registered with his local Food Control Committee if' he handles rationed foods in connection with the business. The rationed foods at the moment are bacon, ham, butter and sugar. Any person intending to open a catering business is advised to consult the local Food Off1ce as to his position before so doing. ------oOo-----­ EMPIRE AFFAIRS 16/1/40 -No. 27 INDI~'.Ji._I1Il.IT.ARY . CONTRIBUTICN ~CIAL APPEAJ_, FOR INDI.AN COI~FORTS. At a lecture and informal reception to be held at Over-seas House on Tuescla~r January 23rd at 3. p.m. , under the joint auspices of the I:ast India Association and the over-Seas League, Sir Frederick O'Connor will speak on "'India's military contribution to the war". The High Commissioner for India, Sir Firozkhan Noon will take the Chair. A special appeal will also be made to members of the India Group of the Over-Seas League by Sir John Whitty, for help in knitting warm clothes for the Indian soldiers who have already arrived in Fr&1ce, and for distressed Indian seamen. The wool is being provided by the India Comforts Corrnnittee, and help is urgently needed. ------oOo-----­ PR~SS HOTICE. Certain :persons purporting to have special facilities for approaching the Ministry of Supply 51 and obt aining contracts 51 are offering their services to smaller f'irrns particularly as intermediaries on a comni ssion or subscription basis. The hanistry of Supply again desires, in the public interest and in the interest of these fipms 51 to state that anyone wishing to be considered for Ministry contracts is free to apply direct to the Ministry or to the Area Off icers of the l"Iinistry51 and that all such applications are dealt with on t heir mer•its. There shouldl' therefore 9 be no necessity to employ intermediaries who, in return for a f inancial consideration 9 represent themselves as being able to influenc~ contracts. The Ministry's aim is to malrn as full use of small firms as possible consistently with the efficiency and speed of production essential at this time in the national interest 9 but it is considered that s:·riall firms usually would be most useful as sub­contractors to main contractors since it is not possible for many of the smaller firms to undertake ctbmplete manufacture of the various munitions which are required. Groups of small firms may usefully be ranged under a parent firm to form units large enough to undertake complete contracts. Several such groups of firms have indeed, been formed. Any gr1)Ups which may be formed in the future, would be re quired to observe similar conditions to those already laid down f or the groups of firms wl1ich, in fac t 51 have been formed to tender for woodworlc contracts. The re q_uired conditions are (1) that the firms who will form the group should be named; (2) that they shall agree to allow one firm only to tender and that this firm ~ill enter into the contractual obligations wh ich the 11inistry r·,:;quires; ( 3) that the firms constituting the group will provide written evidence to the ~.Iinistry that thoy agree to these arrangements, in particular of one f irm acting on their behalf; (4) that while the allocation of ViOrk between the constituent firms is no direct concern of the ~Hnistry, t he 11parent11 firm shall state on the tender form, f or the purpose of inspection, the names ofthe firms concerned and the address of the premises at which the work will be carried out; (5') each of the constituent firms shall agree t o the Fa ir Wages Clause and shall conform to the regul ations applicable to the Xing' s Roll; (6) if any of the firms are already on the 1Hnistry's list they shall not be invited to tender as separate units if they are within t he group. To assist firms, and particul nrly snaller firms not now engaged in munitions production, the ?:linistry some time ago# arranged samples of munitions stores at convenient centres t hroughout the countr~ Officers of the 1.-liniutry are in attendance at these centres and firms wishing to inspect the stores and 'be advised in rcs-oect of their r:-1anufo.cturc 1 are f r ee to make appoint­ments direct without the int ervention of any intermediaries. Sample rooms at whic~1 munitions stores may be inspected, upon application to th: Area Officer concerned, are at :- Xing Edward House, Sherwood Buildings, New Street, Sherr.rood Street, Birn1ingham Nottinzham. 11 Piccadilly, 32 Baldwin Street, I:1anchester. Bristol. 141 Bath Street, 41 Sidney Street, Glasgow, C.2. Cambridge. Queens Buildings, 4 St. Jicholas Buildings, Queens Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sheffield. Savoy Hill House, London, W.C. 2. · In addition to the sar:iple rooms of munition stores, pattern rooms for clothing and general stores are open at the following addresses London R.A.O.C. Depot, Greenford (shortly to be moved to a joint Pattern Room with Ad 1iralty at Penfold Street, Padcl.ington). Birmingham l\.ing Edward House, New Street. Glasgow 65 Rcnfield Street~ C.2. Leeds 9 Park Falce. Belfast 7 Do?\3gall Square ' 1est. Bristol Royal London Enuse, Queen Charlotte Street. Manchester \i7hitrrnrth House, 115 Princess Street. Sheffield Parade Chambers ~ East Parade. Wolverhampton 3 Queen's Street. Firms desiring to sE.-e sa:-:Tples should write in the first instance to the i.iinistry of Supply Area Officer at one of the addresses given, vvho will i.ssue cards of admission. Ministry of Supply, Press Office. 16th Janua_r__y_.l.940. 16.1.40 No ..29. FRENCH OFFICIAJ., COMMUNIQUE (EVENING) The following official communique was issued this evening from French G.H.Q. :­ A quiet day on the whole~ Usual activity of the patrols. --""."--oOo----­ 16/1/40 NO. 30. GERY.AN SUBMARINES LOSSES. (Not to be quoted as an Admiralty Announcement), There was a· very queer admission on the :Part of Germany's propaganda organisation in the course of a broadcast from Frankf'urt last night. The broadcast was in the form of a satirical sketch, in the course of which a "British soldier" rejoiced because "we hao. . sunk all t.he German submarines". The number was given as 70. At this point the compere of the sketch broke in and remarked that "We need not pay any attention to Ohurichill's tall stories. We have pJ:enty of submarines still, to say nothing of thoce bei ng turned out in dockyards. The wish of the English is father to the thought, They say they have sunk 70; if they said 35 we should be a bit nearer the truth" a This is most interesting. The Allies have never claimed that they have sunk 70 U-boats, The only aggregate claim which either Great B~ita.in or France have ac.vanced was that made by M. Campinchi, the French Minister of' Marine. In a st atement made on Sunday last M. Campin~hi said that altogether 30 German submarines had been sent to the bottom. It is curiou~ that the Frankfurt admission should follow so closely upon M. Campinchi's statement, and that this German admission should infer that the estimate of the Allies, as to the number of U-boats sunk, should err on the low sid.e, NAVAL AFFAIRS. '!L~1 S DBUM Al\fD FIF? :£2.PNJlo (Not to be quoted as an Air Ministry announcement). The WAf-:F-1 s Drum and ];i'ife Band made its first public appearance today at a march past before the Air Office Commanding-in-Chief 9 Training Cormnand, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore. The Air 111rarshal was making a tour of inspection of a WAAF camp, "somewhere in EnglaYld11 Q The idea of a Drtm1 anG. Fife Band was born only five weeks ago. A Director of ~.~usic of the Ro~,ral Air Force con­sidered it would be difficult to organise a band in time for today's parade, but determinatj_on 9 hard work and enthusiasm overcame all obstaclesa The band was lead by an imposing Drum Major, who swung her silver-headed staff with 'vigour and skill. Th.e bandswomen wore uniforms with scarlet facings. The drummers wore white gauntletso Although the band's repertoire is not yet extensive , its execution has the right martialrhythm and verve. '1he Gommander-in-chief warmly congratulated the performers. The three flights of WAAF recruits who followed the band marcheQ. with soldierly bearing and saluted smartly. Some had only been in the f orce a fortnighto FROM AIR ~.AlE..f?.~. FOREIGN PRESS . 11 REVIEW~ DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No. J 6ti1 J a.~:1u~---1~-:l ....................................................................., 1940 2. Tho vicvi that Germany ancl Russia have alio~1atcd tho S-;\'T.1.pathics of tho Ball;:an natiN1s, vrho though not bound by a :i.ormal alliance, will preseut a unitcd front against any attempt to rape their sountries is expressed in tho .American provincial press. 11 11 Germeny, states the G.ALVESTOlT DAILY ~1EWS, bluntly, 11 has no friends in tho Ball-:ans and Russia's .pnly friend is little Bulgaria. The Balkan nations have boon given a grim demonstration in Czccho Sloval:::ia and Poland of what to expect fro'rn the totalitarian giants • . i Although not bound together by a formal alliance :i:t is probable that tho South Eastern nations possibly v1ith tho exception of Bul­garia, will present a united front against attack from any quarter. If they arc supported partially by 1.I.1urkoy, they will make a f orrnidible combination. Italy's approach to Hungary makes the Romo-Borlin .A;',{iS a moa.ninglo ss shadow." Praise for _iir. Charnborlaj._~~ Commonting on J.:Ir. Chamberlain' a recent speech tho S.AJJ FHANCISCO CHRONICLE states: "Would any other leader in Europe tell his pc o:plo what Mr. Chamberlain told tho British people. Docs Hitler dare warn tho Gormc.ns tho. t they may o::::po ct yoo.rs of ever tightening bolts, vigilance, sacrifice and death :f:'ei:r IJcrhaps half a generation. The Briti.sh Premier ho.s shown that his pcoploaro ready for an ordeal that no Diotator could ask his people to endure." Tho possibility that Mr. ChomberJai.n' s frank spcalcing mi6'ht help tochange America's Foreign Policy is raised in the WORTWORTH ST.AR TELfilR.A1vi. "Mr. Chamberlain spol:o oxplicitly and clearly. 11 stB.tes this paper. uEvory sto.tc1~1ont vras stripped of diplootic verbiage. Its rocoution in this country should holtJ determine whether Am.orit)e, should continue her narrov1 isolo.tionlst policy or will join in tho creation of a new international ardor .to prevent future wars. 11 Tho CLEVEL.AlID PL.A.IN DEALER sto.tos that Germany and Russia arc both following the Policy of the Czo.rs in throo.tcning tho Ball::an sto.tos. ' ti Th ll t t t' . . ~, II . f 1 . . t . us, s a es Ills J ournc:..l.J.., .anco more oroes arc ining up o ~arry destruction into tho Bc.llco.ns. But this time there is a diff::;r­encc. :?inlo.;.1d' s rcsistanoo to ~ho Russian invasioi.1 has given tho sm2,;J_lcr no.ti ons a hope th2.t they did not possess before. If they act on it they mey yet prevent tho disastor. 11 FOREIGN PRESS REVIE\i'\' Page 2 The strikJng difference be tween ll.fe in democratic '.:oun tries and totalitarian states is emphasised in the COLUMBUS ff~3PATCH which features despatches from its special correspondent W. L.White who has recently toured Germany. 11 Whi te, 11 s tate3 an editorial arti.c1e , "cannot emphasise enough how good it is to be in a countrt whe r e women stj_ll wear feminine furbelows instead of wearing sombre 1 ersatz 1 clothing. He finds it a joy to find children frollicking instead of drilling. He is happy to be in a country where rulers devote themselves to the task of ~aking good the territory they possess instead of yelling for "Lebensraum' 11 Germany is to colonise Poland in order to remedy the agric­ultural position according to an article by nn official of the Food Ministry appearing in the PR.ANKFUR'l'ER ZEITU!.W . No fewer than 110 iOOO farmers and fa.11ilies from the Baden and Wurternberg districts are to be transferred shortly to Poland. The article explains that this move is necessary to rationalise German agriculture as South 'N<-;stern Ger.r:J.an farms are too small and split-up to produce efficiently., More advice to t he hard pressed German people is contained in the VOLKISCHER BEOBACH'l'ER, This paper U!.'ges people to make up for the lack of coal, due to the shortage of transport workers, by eating more vitamins. People are urged not to eat much but to eat scientifically., Another instance of the s,; rious position of Germany is sho\!m by a report in the NATIONAL ZEITUNG w~1.:Lch states that specia:1.. courts in Dertmund and Hamrn dealing w:._th c rimes by 'enemies of thl-3 State 1 cannot possibly get through all their caseso Hungary, occupying P.S she does~ the centre of gravity in Central Europe, is des tined to play an important r-.:> l e J states the newspaper PESTI HIRL:'\P. This journal gives prominence to the statemen t made by the British Ambassador to the United States that the vrnr was not being f ought exclusively fo ,n defence institutions, but was in preparation for the re-organisati~.~ of Europe on a federative basis . The paper notes trt th gratifica ti(JD that the Western P::::wers alRo realise the necess ity of re-adjustment in Central Europe . This is a delicate problem1 in the solution nf which no attempt must be made to preserve the prescmt st:~tus quo . France in p8rticvlar 9 it is added, realises the failure .·f ::1emenceu 1s p.:·licy nnd the creation of the Little Entente. The UJ :-.lAGYJt't.. SAG devotes an article to praising Signor Mussolini 1 s effcr~s to check the spread of war. This paper uses the head.line 11GBrmans :;--:epulr3e British Bombers attack on their Torpedo Destroyers. 11 and publishe:::. a Ber1i.n report denying tha t British reconna:tsancespl :;:ues reached Austria and Moravia , " M., Petho the edi t ·Jr of the MAGYAR NEMZET w:L' i t eB :::-. 1eader on :Mary Helen" the G~rman f i:l:'' v e rsion of the ~Iu:.rigarian War of Independence and protest~ against the falcificat~o~ of History. The r'eport by the Budapest COJ.'responC.en t of a J.ondon n ewspaper suggest:'."8g an appr,~achj_ng German j_nvasion of HD l gar;y' is descrP.rnd by the MAGYARS.AG as f antasticc FOREIGN PRESS REVIE\V Page 3 SWEDEN UNAFRAID OF RUSSIAN BOGIE. If tho Russian intention in dropping bombs on Swedish territory is to test Swedish nerves, the Soviet Union is likely to have an unpleasant surprise for Sweden is not to be flustered easily. Commenting on the dropping of Russian bombs on Luleaa. the newspaper AFTON BL.ADET states:-"It has happened before that the Soviet Government has given force to its diplomatic documents by punctuating in text with exclamation marks in the form of falling aerial bombs. If tho intention is by any chance to put Swedish nerves to the test we wish to inform the Soviets that we pass this test". The NY.A DAGLIGT ALLEHA1"IBA takos the view that Swedish diplomacy must become active and Sweden must bo prepared for all eventualities. This paper's Berlin correspondent reports anxiety felt in Germany lest Sweden and Norway become involved in war with Russia thereby cutting off Scandinavian ore and raw materials supplies. The German viow of aid to Finland. _tuiy British aid to Finland would further endanger peace in Northern Europe, it is believed in Berlin according to the Swedish newspaper GCTEBORGS MORGONPOST. The German view is that it is likely that Pinland has not seen any British help but in any case it certainly will not be large. If it is tho same as tho Poles received then the danger is not irrunincnt. Tho GOTEBORGSFOSTEN states that a war between the Soviet and the Allies would make tho Near East tho most important war centre as oil and big politics go together. Referring to Turkey's pact with the .Allies this paper states that the position of Britain and France without Turkey would be 11 ticklish11 although the Mohammedan world is now on :Sngland's side. "England and I11rance 11 , it added 11 arc ro ady this time and the Mohammedan world is calmer novv t;tie..n it has boon for a long time". TURKEY: BRITAilrJIS READY }i10R SACRIFICES -TURKISH VIEW The British people arc quite willing to accept the sacrifices called for by Hr.Chamberlain in his recent s:p~ech. This view is taken in tho 'l1urkish Press which gives a friendly reception to the Premier's speech. 111ile have not heard a speech of groator importance since the declaration of war" states tho CIDfilURIYET "the British Premier's ste,tement was so sincere and clear that it is impossible to doubt determination to achieve victory. Mr.Chamberlain is now striving with the same energy and sincerity, displayed when attempting to secure peace, to ensure tho triumph of Britain. The speech is noteworthy because of the frank adrnission of tho difficulties which lie ahead". Page 4 FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW 11Mr. Chamberlain 1 s exprescions of sympathy with tho victims of the Turkish earthquake have gone straight to tho heart of tho Turkish poopleTT states tllo YENISABAH ·which, turning to the war situation, states that in only four months tho Allies have obtained command of tho seas and tho submarine and mine menace has almost wholly boon cl~minated. "The Allies arc ~Y · ~:. "ing up their armaments" concludes this paper!Tand victory is only a question of time1;. II'.ALIAN PRESS FENI1URES LOW COUN'.11RIES SITUATION. Tho precautionary measures in Holland c.nd Belgium are given great prominence in tho It;:i,lim~ PrcsL~ which also devotes considerable space to Huss:La 1 s vmrning to Norway and Swodon that their attitude towards thr3 Finnish Russian conflict was"un-neutraJ.!1 • The situation i n the low countries i s chiefly presented as alarm on the part of Britain and F::canco ~me. stress is la.id on the calm in the countries concerned. The GI ORNALE D1 IT1A:'.°.JIA q_uotes an article; in tho VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER as c.l' •"' g£:3'.'.~i.yshcwing tho oxactituu.e of Gorman figures in regard -to the number of shi ps sunk and tho i nexactitude which it is alleged was contained in MroChambo:rlainTs statement. The German denial of mediation in the Russ-o-:B'j_nnis.h. . c0n£cre nce .is _faa.tur-Bd in tho GAZETTA DEL POPOLO, HOLLAND~ HoL:;:,A1rn CALM. The Dutch attitudo -·-,o the German throu.t of invasion.i as reveale d in tho Netherlands Pross ~a one of calm and the belief is hold that preparedness is the pr'om:Lum paid for safety, It is emphasised that Hollund will not g~vo way in a war of nerves. The HE1l' VLDERLAN:O states that there i s no cau se for ale.rm and does not believe that Gc.rma?'"').Y i s d.c t ermincd to cause a frontier incident. "If NorV'.ray and Swedun arc:; threatened by Russia!! adds the paper "surely E~1gland and Prc.::.nce could not remain onlookers 11 • DE l\iAASBODE dcni.c s tha t any acute danger for Holland e;x:ists and adds:-i1whocvcr atta·_~Jrn is j_n a.ango:c cf di gging his ovvn grave". Tho R. A. F, flic;L ts ovc]r Aust:riE" and BohoI!lia are praised by HET HANDELSBLAD as a corne.rkable example of boldness fit to 'l _ impress the cutsido vrcr 1d". All the Madrid par'-·:·:s today publish the Gorman accusation that Britain and F r anco vro rosponsiblc for the exceptional measures tal::en by Holl rn·d. c:mc1 Belgium. All but YA and A.B.C. print the accusation in J argc headlines. Reference is made tc, the dinner given to ~!Tr. Hila ire Bclloc by tho Spani sh ?rorja0an:'l.::-c Buy,:; au: London ;~.nd emphasize tho writer 1 s enthusiasm fo:: ;'po.in and hi s regret that the British Press does not pay due atten~~i.:1n ~co Gorwral Pranco s.s an anti corununist. FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW · Page5 JfORWA:(: GOVJ<~RNMENT__'.J3_ALLEGED NEGLECT OF DEFENCES. +The Norwegian Government is bitterly reproached by the Right Wing Press for an alleged neglect of defences. All the non-Governmental press including the Agrarian and the Left are united in condemnation of the unfair distribution of the new heavy defence tax from which about 90% of the p~pulation are said to have been freed . The Right Wing Press while admitting the necessity _of the increased budget, attacks the Government for its earlier neglect of defences and hints that new taxes are imposeQ with an eye to elections All the Norwegian papers yesterday published the Russian Notes to Norway and Sweden without comment. One pape r published Norway's reply and the MORGEN POS'rEN prints the 11ass r:-e)?olbt announcing that the replies are not consider>ed satisfactory" This paper also quote.d the BERLINER NACHTAUSGABE to the effect that German and Russian aims are not incompatible and that Russia aims at obtaining Norwegian ports. The paper wrote 11 'l'his article will cause surprise in Norway because it seems to confirm. what we have long hesit.ated to believe, that our country too has been put in the scales during the course of the remarkable German-Soviet bargain in Moscow when the un­natural and i:ncomprehensii'.)le pact of friendship was concluded". YUGO SLAVIA: YUGO SLAV PRESS ON BRITISH PARLIAl~ENTARY ------------C-OMMf'liiJiEF-S~---­ The VP;;vrn in its Sunday edition gave front page prominence in the headl!ne "Committee against Corruption in England_'r to the official German News Agency message from Amsterdam stating "The British Parliamentary Comnittee for the control of war profits has held its first meeting". The POLITIKA published the same message although less prominently. The majority of the ~adrid newspapers in their Monday editions devoted considerable space to the R.A.F.Flight over Vienna and Prague, together with the German denial of the flight's effectiveness. The ARRIBA, referring to North Sea activity stated that the British air attack ag ainst three German destroyers at Heligoland failed~ Another i tern ~re-,_~ some prominence on the front pages was the Russian mass attack on Finnish open towns. The OCTAVO prit:ted the: German allegation that General Weygand's army in Syria was not intended for the defence of the Baku oilfields but was for a:nti-Italian control of the Suez Canal FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW Page SWITZ£+RL.Al\TJ): TH1IB ON ALLIES SIDE. The Allies hc.:vo no interest in procipitu.ting military events as they have time on their side states the JOURNAL DE GENEVE tod&y, referring to tho situ~tion in the Low Countries. 11If Holland is invaded by Hitlcr'.' o.dds this paper "Gormany would adopt tho tactics of surpris.e and vmuld. bo unlikely to warn tho Allies in advance. Hence we can feel reassured for tho time being. The G.AZETTE DE LAUS.ANNE prints statistics from London regarding mino warfare ·which, it is st~1tcd, proves "that tho British Navy is still, as al·ways, the mistress of the scasn. Further proof of tho formidable results o:f the blockade is seen in the sucossful transport of troops. The edifice of ·t;hc British Empire which Ribbentrop declared to be tottering has, adds tho paper proved far more solid than the Nazi Foreign Minister lod Hitler to believe. LA SUISSE states that Germany no longer hopos for complete victory, her principal care is to hold out, counting on tho enemy's lassitude, decline of morale and communist invasion. The ~ronch, according to this paper envisage the possibility of a mass attack on the Maginot lino but tho offensive is likely to overflow on the flank. HUNGARY: HUNG~'U\L'_N PRESS PUBLISHES GERI:L-'\.N PROTEST. The Hungarian papers today concentrate on the Belgium and Dutch militQry precautions and the Press publishes German state­ments protesting aguinst alarming rumours and rumours of the convening of a Transylvanian conference as well as the intensifi­cation of Soviet operations against ?inland. Tho MAGYAR NEMZETmaintai ns that Japan would prefer an under­ standing with .America to an agreement with the Soviet. The majority of the newspape:s today stre£lS the increased narial o.ctivities by British planes although publication is given to German den~als stating that the planes turn back when still f'ar f'rom Vienna and Prague. ITALY: The pre~ent alarm in Holland and Belgium is thought by the majority of today's Italian newspapers to compare with that of' last November which proved f'alse. The low