15562-1429) Wt. 8504-7084 5,000 4/4.0 T.S. 677 MINISTRY OF LABOUR & NATIONAL SERVICE Press Notice NOT 'IO BE PUBIJISHED O:N" Till~ CLUB TAI-ES OR BY BROADJAST OR JH AJiY OT"rCR WAY BEFORE AN OF"11 ICIAL Ai~OUliCE~TIS lfLu)E-Ff~m.~TtlZ Pl~fiTf cum~fffi::;-o5P:=CE ---·-· -------­ ON THURSDAY, 9TH 1U-i.Y , 1940. The Ministry of Labour and National Service announces:­ 1. Today, Trursday 9th May, a Royal Proclamation is to be signed by His Majesty the King under the National Service (Armed. Fcr0es) Act. The Proclamation will direct that with certain exceptions all male British subjects who on 9th May 1940 ai~e vrithin Great Brita;n or subseeiuently enter Great Britain, and who on the 9th May 1940 had r eached t he age of 19 but had not reached the age of 37 are liable to be called up for service in the Armed Forces of the Crown. 2. This will be the fourth Proclamation to be made under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act ancl its effect will be to extend t he liability to be called up for service to ­ (1) men born between 2nd January 1921 and 9th Jf.Lay 1921, both dates inclusive , and (2) men born between 10th May 19·)3 and 1st J anuary 1912, both dates inclusive. It is estimated that the rru.rnber of men made liable for service by the new Proclamation will exceed 2,500,000. 3. No cha."'1.ge is contemplated in the present procedure of registering successive age groups in an ascending scale, and no person will be called upon to register until he has r eached the age of 20. Press Office, :Ministry of Labour and National Service, M:ontagu House, Whitehall, s.w.1. Telephone: Whitehall 6200. H.Q.181-520 E.J. 9/5/40 No. · 2. FRENCH OFFICIAL. MORNING COMUUNIQUE. The following official communique was issued this morning from French General Headquarters:­ JIN THE REGION EAST OF THE MOSELLE SEVERAL ENEMY PATROLS HAVE BEEN .REPULSED BY OUR INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY FIRE. ++++++++++++++ U2j_4.Q__ .. No\> 4.... .· OFli'lCIAL . ADiiiIRALTL...Q_Q11TITT.NIQ._UE ' The Secretary ot:thc Ac1..m1r~lty regrets t6 announce the f'ollow1ng casualties 1'fli.ich occurrecl in H. M. s. TARPON• 1j, M1 S, ._TJ::'{PON MISSING OFF,ICEB§. Lieutenant Cormnande.r H.J. Caldwell$ R. N., (in command) Lieutenant L.~ Kettle f R.N. MP~ R. W. Shel"ity $ rJarrant !~;ngineer , R. N. Sub-Lieutenant H.D.A, Weatherall~ R.N• Lieutenant Commander c. B. L. Wrens R. N.. R. RATINGS Alexanderp Arthur Allison, Franeis Andrew, Walter Banfield, Edgar Barrett, G. J • . Beaumont, A. A• Brewer~ A.C. - Cadby9 C.G. Cavaye 1 James Chadwick9 G. J,. Chilton, Stanley Collins, L.A. Davies~ Thomas E. Davies$ Thoma8 W~ Davidson 9 J. K. Ede, w.J~Ei. End.crsby 9 s. E. c. Etheridge 9 G. D~ Fergusonll John Ga.thergood, J.-A. Able Seaman Stol{er Engine Room Artifioer~ 3rd Class Chiof Petty Officer Loe.di ng Stoker Able Seaman Stoker Telegraphist Ldg.Signalman Petty Officer Cook Telegraphist Stoleer Chief Petty Officer Stoker Stoker Able Seaman Pet·l;y Officer Telegraphist Petty Officer Engine R,oom Artificer, 1st Class Ablo Seaman Petty Off ice1, Leading Stoker P/J 93213 B.18503 C/KX.83188 D/MX 51926 D/J 77988 C/KX 80350 P/JX 142308 P/J 109329 D/JX 139976 P/N 38635 P/JX 135579 D/KX 86850 C/J 103082 D/KX 847430 C/KX 80223 P/SSX 14483 P/J 114117 P/J 113098 P/M 34444 D/JX 164945 B.16927 C/JX 128503 C/KX 98416 Bt.16529 -2 ­ Globe, Sydney Goodall, Thomas Gregory, A.. E. Hanunersley, A.F. Harrison, T.C.. Hart, George Harvey, Leslie J. Heggett, H.J. Hills, A. A. Stoker Able Searaan Petty Officer Electrical Artificer 2dn c:i. Able Seaman Able Seaman LeadingTelegraphist Chief Engine Room Artificer Able Seaman Holliday, William Ldg.Steward Hubbard, F.. P.. Able Seaman Jo:pe, w. B, Stoker Kellond, Reginald Engine Room Leonard, Vlilliam Luff, Ronald Paterson, J. G. Perkins, L. w. Raggett, A. F~ Smith, John Snell, Stanley Spurden, Lo.w.. Tatlock, James Tem.Pleton. G, .Er Thomas, w.N. Trott, P. M. J. Walker,:t(. J, Walsh, Harold ADMIRALTY, S.W.1,. Artificer, 2nd Cl. Ldg. Stoker Stoker Chief Engine Room Artifice·r Telegraphist Chief Stoker Ldg,.Seaman Stoker Leading Seaman Able Seaman Stoker Stoker Stoker Ldg.Stoker Stoker PettyOfficer C/K 652.52 B 17772 C/JX ·138369 O/JJE 126438 D/MX 46764 D/J 107568 B.19732 C/J 113010 B.19821 D/JX 136108 P/M 27357 D/J 108275 B.19530 C/EX 21265 P/J 45401 B.15601 D/KX 91430 D/M 38362 C/KX 83072 P/KX 83629 P/M 39375 C/JX 131917 P/K 57325 C/J 105724 D/IOC 89519 C/J 127480 C/SSX 16071 D/K 64242 D/KX 86588 D/KX 81624 C/KX 83031 P/KX 76676 B,19942 9/5/40 -No. 5. OFFICIAL ADr.URALTY COMMUNIQUE. ----·-·-·----------­ The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to announce t he f ol :.owing cnsualties which occurred in H.M~ S. STERLET: Lieutcnant·,,·Commander G.H .S. Haward, R.N. (In Command). Probationary Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant J.S. Crone, R.N.V.R. Mro A. S. Sarfas, Commissioned Engineer, R. N. Sub-Lieutenant Gilbert Wardle, R.No Lieutenant G. Jo Wright, R.N. RATI NGS. J • Alden, l~ich0las. St oker 1st. Class D/KX 88098 Andrews, G.W.A. Able Seaman P/JX 138738 Benson, James Tel egraphist D/JX 138867 Bessell, Henry Leading Seaman D/JX 136593 Brightman, A. Ao Petty Officer P/J 114357 Tel egr aphist C/JX 141411 Campbell, Kenneth Able Seaman C/JX 130771 Chilton, George Able Seaman P/SSX 17860 Dixon, FoEoPo Leading Telegraphist C/~f 108928 Dunn, Harry Lending Seaman C/JX-129256 Ellwood~ Richard Able Scaman C/J 75424, Engine-Room Artificer _3r a. Class. P/IVIX 50815 Fox, George Stoker 1st Class D/KX 87377 (over -2 ­ Franklin, B.C.J. Gray, W.R. Hughes, Fran.le Jacques, H.S! Jones, Harley Kay, Friend Lake, E.C. Lancaster, Harry Langridge, A.O. Lloyd,. J .A. Martin, G.J. Mercer, N.W. Nicholson, G.B. Nuttall, J.H. Pickard, J.B. Po:pham, W.H. - Sa.rgant, W.,C.R~ Sherrick. John Thomsett, H.G. Toomes, Roy Wheeler, F.E.T. Wood, Robert ADMIRALTI.1 S1 W•.1 Petty Officer P/J 112094 Leading Stoker D/KX 86093 Signalman P/JX 134680 Petty Officer Telegraphist D/J 112956 Able Seaman D/SSX 18833 Leading Stoker P/KX 76700 Petty Officer D/J 103460 Able Seaman C/JX 142953 Stoker Petty Officer C/K 63748 Leading Stoker P/KX 86075 Stoker 1st Class P/KX 87882 Engine-Room Artificer 3rd Class C/MX 47755 Stoker 1st Class P/KX 87843 Engine-Room Artificer 3rd Class D/MX 47689 Engine-Room Artificer 1st Class P/M 26962 Leading Seaman P/JX 137164 Stoker C/K 59967 Able Seaman P/J 101287 Leading Signalman P/JX 134346 Engine-Room Artificer 3rd Class C/MX: 47640 Stoker 1st Class P/K 58360 Leading Stoker. C/KX 76274 9/5/40 No. 6. CANADIAN AIR GUNNER'S BADGE. Recognising the extent to v-1hich the air gunner has proved his value over the North Sea, Germany, and Norway, the Royal Canadian Air Force has approved a distinguishing badge for airmen com~leting the course under the British Comrnonwealth Air Training plane It is similar to that approved by the King for the Royal Air Force. The badge consists of the letters "AG" in drab silk surrounded by a laurel-wreath in brown silk, with an outspread wing9 mounted on blue Melton clotho Airmen who have qualified for the former badge of a winged bullet may retain it until further notice. Numbers of young Canadians are eA'IJected to apply for enlistment as air-gunners, as they are likely to be accepted sooner than those wishing to be :pilots or observers·. DOMINION Af\Jl) COLONIAL AFFAIRS .,. ... ·.T, Army JI.mateur Chnm1)i onshius. ~------,--,,... _._..,..... ... -,......._,_........_ The Army will hold their firr:;t war-time box.ihg ;.. . championships nt 1~ldcrshot on ':i.'hursda;y and Frida~r next~ f'Ia,~~9th [L lC: 1Oth, when each of the Homs Corn.;nr~.nds I,o:nd.on ./~I'Cf:t and. lTor·t:1eri1 9 Ireland District will be re:)rosentec.1. 'I'he entries include a WJJnbcr of well-known amateur bo:z:er2, many of whom h1;wo joined the ScI'vice since l ast September, but, for obvious enough reasons 9 ;:nost of the · old hands are not availabl0 at the moment. ·.):here arc cho.m'.::ions Dnd :former champions among the entries -A. D. A. 9 Army and Terr•itox·ial hrrny -but each of the eight titles will have ·to be won ~or a :first tiH'.1:.\5-..·-A notable feature of the tournament will be the fact that never before have Of'f'icers and Othor''i{;;r:;~ rno t •in a; -,mn; Chm119i on"r!hip. As it -T happens, on1y four officers vJill :ec:present their r espective Co:::rui18nd.s 2nd Lieut. Sarge:nt in the I·eothcrs, 2nd Lieut. Lumby, (a T.A. holder) among the Light-weir_;hts .s> 2nd Lieut. Burton in th~'Light Heavies and Lieut Giles in the He8vi cs. The outstanding boxer undoubtedly will be Lance-Corporal A. Hussell9 formerly an A. D. 1\ . .8'1y-1:rei ght champion and now in The RoyE:l Scots. '1\-.rico since the ·..'ar, Rus::..ell has (foug. ht for the · Army ago inst \rn les and won each tirne 1 though giving away weight. Russell 1 however, no longer• can make the Fly-weight easily and so it is the new honour of an /~rrny Bantam championshi11 that one expects him t o v.ri n. J?erha;::)s his most fo:rmidable op_orien:t"'.\vill be Corporal Colbourne R. A• .:; .C. ~d;~{U9~ ~'ras tJ'W A~py's b_~st f'ly-;,e~ght last ye~~· Among the J?e8 ther•s will be the C:fordon Highlanders, Prlvate 'Hinters, 'Nho proved quite o. find when introduced. i nto the Army' s return match with 'iales, and two men, Private :8;roggatt and Private '11. -',f. Parkinson, who have considerable re:;;mt a tions as club boxers in London. There should b e some remarl-rnbly keen fighting among the Light-weights, who include Signalman Goddard, a Welshman who has done well for The Army in war-time matches, D]:'i ver Hu tchison R.A.s.c. ~ I .... "{ 2. R. A. s.c., a Scottish cham~ion ·Of ··19,39, P1.,ivatc 81v-::tin, El Tl A. 3. A. ,_ .. ,. . . Divisio~al holde:r,' ,~ 2nd Lieut. Li..unby , and a likely man 'i n Lance­Corpor·al Donnelly, R. A. 8. C. A leJ3.dL1g entry in the .!cltel"s would seem to be Lo.nee-CorpQral Raven, who was the rurmcr-u::; to H.. Cr. Thonws -an champion and now a soldi er and ci. JJiiddle-weight -in the Bur•opean Police championships l ast year. Unfortun.ately9 one of' the best 1v'el sh boxers, Sap;_)er lviac1_}rath 1 °\.'ill not be avail able. In the absence of' ~::erc;t. 'l.'homas 1 the j_s -.tic looks v c:. y open in the diddles. In the Light Heavies there is to be not0d CoP:1oral Dovast on, the Dcnterton -a holder for four years i D succession -has been .,,., entered among the r0ally big rnen 9 whei"'e he will encounte1" an experienced fio;htc r lilce Lanco~-Cor:0oral Thcc~::tci-• 9 who has represented . the Al'!lY, and the 15 stone Lieut. 0iles. 2/5/40 No.10. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 643 ( NQt ,to .be quoted as an PJ..r Ministry announcemeill· HOW R. f\.F. FIGHT:cRS DEFE1'J""DED NORWAY BASE. The story of the Fighter Squadron which was despatched to an improvised base in Southern Norway, as described in the House of Commons yesterday by the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Samuel Hoare, 0an now be given in greater detail. A fortnight ago the snow on the frozen lake of Lesjeskogen,40 miles south east of Aandalsncs-... was dug away to make a runway to receive a squa,1.ron of gladiatio~"s. In the evening, and in · wintry weather, they had taken off from the aircraft carrier which had brought them from a British port and, escorted by aircraft of the Fleet Air Ann~ they had flown through a blinding s~owstorm to their temporary base. All the pilots i;1ade a safe landing, and in little over an hour all their ~ircraft were refuelled and dispersed round the lake, except one se~tion which was in i.rrnnediate rea:.Hness. It was now late at night but it was necessary for some of the aircraft to take off at once to intercept two aircraft which approached but were found to have No:r.weg:tan markings. These Norwegian aircraft were probably flown by German pilots. In any case, the enemy soon became aware of our dispositions. At three o 1 clock the next morni.ng, patrol of the lake began. The difficulty of getting the aircaaft into the air was immense owing to the bitter cold~ Shortly after 4 acm., three of our aircraft engaged a Heinkel and shot it down and two ;.ilthers were in"tercepted. Soon afterwards, the frozen lake, which was serving as the R.AoF. aerodrome, was attacked by another Heinkel with b.ombs and machine gun fire. At 7.30 a.m. the enemy began attacks which continued all day until 8 o'clock at night, Except on the runway, melting snow in drifts several. feet deep made it almost impossible to move. The British pilots had to crawl through the snow on hands and knees; their clothing became lrenched and immediately fr.,~ze. Throughout the ince~sant attacks to which the landing ground was subjected, the pilots remained in the open, without cover and without thought of seeking any. As they came down from their combats with the enemy, they refuelled, replenished their ammunition, and tried to start up again. As one by one the aircraft were destroyed, the pilots, though some were badly burned, helped one another to get the remaining aircraft into the air. All the time they were being machine-gunned. When they could no longer fly, they fought back from the ground with a 0achine gun which they had found nearby. /Towards. -2 ­ Toi,-rards the end of the a.2.y ~ i:-.rhen the~r ammuhi tion was exhausted.~ the :oilots inac1e o.tto.cks which were f'eints;p without any chance :if returning the enemy's f'ire. One pilot has a_es cribed how, with no 2,mmunition end -1ractically :r.() ''et1"'ol, ana_ attaclced by three of the most modern and hee.vily armed German fighters, he saved his o.ircraf't from being shot dovm by re:oeatedly attempting to collide viith the enemy until they swerved o.way from him. Their cannon fire struck his aircraft again and again nnd after he ho.d successf1.1lly mo.de a f'o1"ced l anding it vrc,s set. 011 f'ir e as he left it. In his mm words 11 1 vvc,l ked <.-~way and tried to st2rt another, but was forced to leave as it we,s bombed and c1estrc~red. 11 To defend this, the onl3; Fritish base available was throughout our pilots' chief concern. One of them reportea_ "I then attacked another three Iieinkels during the course of my patrol. How much damo.ge I inflicted I cannot say e.s there was al ways another Heinkel to 2.ttack . I 'broke avrn.y as I was running short of petrol o.nd not cert2in of my position. I landed on the l ake cmd saw three Junke1"s 88 o.pproo.ching, so I took of'f ag2,in and. a ttaclced these, eventually "forced-lcmdingn through lack of petrol. In E'.ll I ho.cl. 16 comba.ts. 11 Altogethery on this c:ay L~O sorties were c~u"'ried out and 37 enemy air craft were engaged. our landing~ground on the frozen l ake was bom1Jec1 and machine gunned by between 80 o.nd 90 German bombers and 132 Gr at ers could lJe countedo By the end of the day~ of the 18 Glo.diator•s only five remained serviceable. But the Gladiators had to..ken their toll~ Six enemJr aircretft for certain ana_ probably eight more were brought down on the surround­ing mountains , The next day, the remaining R.A.F. aircraft cnrried on the unequal combat making reconnaissance flights and attacks on enemy t argets with considerable success, 811d by the end of this day , only one aircraft remained servicenble. In view of the evacuation of southern Norway it was not possible for e.ny of these damaged aircraft to be repaired. VVhen the pilots re-er11barked, their ship was bombed for six hours without interruption, but all the atta cks f'ailed. AIR AFFAIRS . AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 644. NAZI AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN. The Air Ministry announces:­Shortly before mid-day to-day Fighter Aircraft of the Royal Air Force intercepted an enemy aircraft off the North East coast of Scotland and sh~down into the sea. AIR AFFAIRS. ~----oOo----­ The ')ar• Office, Lmidon, s.·· .• 1. 9th May, 19L~O. The :nr Office cnnounces that a fJlili tary Forwarding Organisation has been set UD for the despatch of parcels to units or individuals serving with the North '7estm:-n 1jxpoditionary J.:i'orce 1 and in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. l' ackages ".rhich must be not l ess than 15 lbs. and not more than 56 lbs in weight , should be addressed to the individuals and units concerned9 c/o The Llilitary J.:·orwcirding Officer, Carnwath, Ltc<.nnrlrnhire, Yrho will arPa:nge for onvrnrd conveyance. Similar p2.ckau;es for• indiv:Lduals or lU1i ts in the British ~xpeditionary Force should, as heretofore, be consigned c/o The ~ilitary Forwar ding Off icer, Old Docks, Southampton. 9/5/40 No.16. His J:::xcellency the Conm1and.er-in-Chief in Ind1a has been pleased to ap-;_Jrove of the following immediate award for• gatlantry in action on the North-West Frontier:..­ Lieutenant_ Fes~s Wilj.i~jViacDonagh qUl_GLEY, Indian .Army, attached South Wa,Zi.E.,.ista.ri__sco_uts. On the 29th March 19Lj.O, Lieutenant Quigley was in command of a patrol of four platoons which ·became heavily engaged, and i)ractically surrounded, in the c1-ifficult country about three rniles North of LADHA POST in Waziristan. Lieutenant Quigley extricated the patrol from this extremely dangerous position with skill and judgment, by carrying out a bold attack towards the hills on his left flank, which 1Nel:'e in :possession of hostile tribesmen aided by fire from the towers of two adjoining villages. The attacl;: was carried out under his leader•shi·9 with courage an6.. cletermination, and achieved its object with ca sualties of six i·11en wounded• I NDIA OFf1ICL. 9.5.40. -No.17. MEAT SUPPLIES FOR CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS, RESIDENTIAL ESTABLIS.HMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND GROUP III MEAT MANUFACTURERS •. From 1st July next the allocation of meat supplies to Catering Establishments will be made by value instead of by weight as at present. In accordance with an undertaking given to the Catering trade at the introduction of meat rationing, the basis of allocation of meat to Catering Establishments has been reviewed in the light of experience, Originally the requirements of catering Establishments were estimated by weight. Under the Meat and Livestock Control Scheme meat is issued by the Wholesale Distribution Depots upon a value basis, This is the only satisfactory means of ensuring an equitable allocation of the different types and qualities of meat to the various classes of purchaser by wholesale. In these cir­cumstances it was essential to use a factor . for converting the Catering Establishments' estimates by weight to a value basis, but the use of this factor has been misunderstood in the Catering trade and has caused some confusion. It has accordingly been decided in consultation with the re­presentatiyes of the Hotels and Catering Trade Associations to make the change refepred to above. 'rhis will place all Catering Esto;:-. ablishments substantially on the same footing. The change from a weight to a value basis will apply not only to Catering Establishments but also to Residential Establishments, Institutions and Group III Meat Manufacturers. New issues Of Preliminary Demand Notes (Form M4A in the case of Group III Manufacturers, Form M4 in all other cases) are being made by ·Food Offices and if any establishments, institution or manufacturer has not received by 17th May the appropriate form on which to return an estimate of meat requinemcnts upon the new basis of value instead of weight, the Food Office should at once be approached. The form received should be completed and returned to the Food Office by not later than 25th May. Although the forms are printed for completion in terms of cwts. and lbs. they should be completed in terms of pounds and shillings. Full instructions as to the manner in which the forms are to be completed can be obtained from any Food Office or from the Trade Association concerned. MINISTRY OF FOOD. ------oOo-----­ 9.5.40 No 18 PRESS NOTICE The Secretary for Mines announces that Sir Alfred Faulkner9 C.B., C.B.E., has been seconded for special duties in connection with the war supplies of petroleum products, and that Sir Alfred Hurst, K.B.E., C.B. has been appointed Under-Secretary for Mines in his place. At the request of the Government the London Builders' Conference has temporarily released Sir Alfred Hurst from the position of Chairman of the Conference to enable him to accept this appointment. MINES DEPARTMENT DEA~ STAJ:tLEY ST.S.W.l. 9/5/400 -No. 19. SLAUGHTERHOUSE TRIBUNALS. The Minister of Food has appointed Slaughterhouse Tribunals,' composed of three independent persons, to consider applications for the provision of increased slaughtering facilities under the control scheme for meat and livestock and to advise the Minister of Food as to the action to be taken in respect of each application. These Tribunals have been constituted, broadly speaking, on a county basis as regards England and Wales. Two Tribunals are being appointed for Scotland, one for the North and one for the South. Tribunals will sit at convenient centres in their respective areas. Applications for cases to be brought before Tribunals should be addressed to the Ministry of Food, Meat and Livestock Division, Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London,S.W.1. and should be accompanied by a full statement of the reason why the applicant considers that the existing slaughtering arrangements in the locality concerned are inadequate for the efficient operation of the meat and livestock control scheme. A list of the members of the tribunals so far appointed is set out below. The appointment of the remaining tribunals will be announced in due course. Anglesey & Caernarvonshire Sir David J. Owen, Stanley Davies Esq., It. W. Williams, Esqo , Breconshire & Radnorshire Captc H.A. Christy, J.P., C.C., W.J. James Esq.,Councillor F.M. Thomas. Cambridgeshire Dr. J.A. Venn, F.S.A., J.Po, Ald. H.T. Wing, E.F. Andrews Esq., Cardiganshire & Pembroke­Rev. E.J. Davies, shire Josiah R. Jones Esq., J.P., Councillor J.H. Thomas. Cheshire Rev. Dr. C.A. Griffin, M.A.sn.Litt., L.L.D. 9 F.R.A.S. ,F.R.c.s.,c.c., W.J. Rowley Esq., T. McLellan Esq., Cumberland & Westmorland Major J.W. Cropper, Arthur Appleby Esq., E. Grierson Esq., Denbighshire & Flintshire Rt. Hon.Sir John E. Bankes, P.c.,c.c.B., W.H. Fox Esq., E. Jones, Esq., /Derbyshire -2 ­ Derbyshil"•e Dorsetshire Essex Glamo1"'ganshire Herefordshire Lincolnshire (Kesteven & Lindsey) Monmouthshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Worcestel"shire Yorkshire (East Riding) Yorkshire (West Riding) Ald. G.W.P. Beswick9 J.P., Lionel Ro Harris Esqo ~ G.W. Southern Esq. Admiral Sir Arthur ·Duffs K. O. B. ,J.P., A.R. Pope Esq., F.O. James Esq., J.Po, O.O. Alfred Brooks Esqo, O.B.E.,J.P.,O.A., J.W. Vincent Esqo, FoCoAo 0.08 Stevens Esq. J. Williams Esq. 9 OoBoEo, J.P. E. Verley Merchant Esq., R.G. Henshaw Esqo E.R. Dymond Esq", OnB.E., J.P. Herbert S. Thynne Esq., J.W. Smith Esq. Theodore Norton Esq~~ Ald. F.Jo Jenkinson, JoPo, G. Deer Esq., J.Po H. Hastings Olay Esq.,Gordon Joliffe Esq. , L.F. Bowen Esqo Joseph MacDonald Bailey Esq. , J.s. Armstrong Esq., J. White Esq. T. Wallis Gordon Esq. , Lord Belper, J.R. Lambley Esqc, JoPc J.R. Wood Esqo, J.P. B.E. Dumber Kilburn Esqa~ J&Pn S.A. Winteroone Esq. L.E. Bury Esq. 5 O.B.E. , P. Clarke Esq., J. W. Smith Esqo H.G.D. Moger Esqo, R.A. Hobhouse Esq., J.Po A.H.J. Stroud Esq$ Lt. Col. R.W. Awdry~ T.O. Usher Esqo, J.Po J.V. Coe Esq. E.S. Lloyd Esq., Ool.O.S.Tomkinson9 0.B.E.,M.O.. ,J.P. H.E. Stanley Esq. A.O. Storey Esq., John Elmhirs:t Esq. , J,, P" , B. Hazell Esq. J.H. Preston Esq., J.P., O.A. ~ Sir G. Bernard Lomas Walker, K.B.E., J.D.S. Highman Esqo 9/5/L:-O -No. 22. HOME-KILLED MEAT SUPPLIES. At this period of the year., and for the next few months until August, the number of fat stock reaching the markets in this country normally shows a decline owing to the finishing of the Winter fed stock before the grass fed stock comes forward in any big q_uantities. The normal decline may be expected to occur this year and conseq_uently, for some two or three months the proportion of fresh meat in the supplies available for civilian consumntion is likely to be less than it has been during the past few months. In ol"'der to give a fair share of home-killed meat to areas which do not produce fat stock it may be necessary to reduce somewhat the Quantities of fresh meat distributed in producing areas. Ample supplies of imported mutton and lamb will, of course, be available to make up the full ration•. MINISTRY OF FOOD. 9/5/40 -Nr,24, M. A, F. 221 I ENGAGEMENT OF NEW AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BY FARMERS, I Farmers who take on a new agricultural worker are advised t~ find ~ut whether he has already registered for military service and, if so, what his position is under the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. If farmers are in any doubt on this last point, they should enquire at the local Employment Exchange. If the worker is not reserved and has already registered, farmers should immediately apply to the County War Agricultural Executive Committee if they wish to ask for the temporary pcstponement of the man's calling up, It may happen that the man concerned has been granted a period of postponement as a result of an application by his previous employer. Such a postponement is, however, no longer valid once the worker concerned has left the employment of the farmer on whose application the postponement was granted, It is, therefore, important that the farmer taking en the man should apply immediately to the County Committee if he wishes to avoid the risk of the man being called up befrre a new application for postponement can be considered. · It does net necessarily follow that because an agricultural worker is over 21 years of age, he is reserved. Reservation is determined by the man's age at the date of his registration for military service, and there will be many cases of men whose calling up has been postponed and who have reached the age of 21, but who are, nevertheless, still not reserved., Long Term Hiringso The need for farmers to take immediate action if they wish applications for postponement to be considered, is particularly important in districts such as the Northern counties and Wales, where it is customary to engage workers f 0r the year or half-year. In many of these cases postponement has been granted up to Whitsun­tide only and, if farmers do not take the necessary action, the worker concerned will be liable to receive lr:s calling up papers and it will then be too late, Whether t he man remains in his present employment or is 'taken on by another farmer, the employer should, if he wishes to retain the_man's services, immediately apply to his County ~·.rar Agricultural Executive Committee for the calling up of the worker te be deferred .for a further period. +++++++++ MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, 9/5L40 -No. 26. FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (EVENING) The following official communique was issued this evening from French General Headquarte~e: DURING LAST NIGJ:IT, INFANTRY ACTIONS REPORTED IN THIS MORNING'S COMMUNIQUE, TOOK PLACE ON A LARGE FRONT•, THE ENEMY WAS EVERYVl/HERE REPULSED. DURING THE DAY, ACTIVITY OF BOTH ARTILLERIES TO THE WEST OF THE VOSGES IN THE REGION OF WISSENBORG. +++++++++ Ail" Ministry Bulletin No. 6Lt6. THE . END OF A DORNIER. (Not to be quoted as an Air Ministry Announcement.) After shooting down in flames a German Dornier "Flying Pencil" raider off the North East Coast of Scotland today, R.A.F. Fighter Conunand Pilots tried to save one of the crew who had jumped byparachuteo The Nazi ail"man fell into the sea about fourteen miles f'roip. land. The British pilots, circling above him in their Hurricanes, saw him remove his parachute and begin to swim. was They reported by r adio telephone immediately sent out. to their base and .a launch Flying to and f'ro between the launch and the swimming German they directed the rescue.. But when the launch reached him, he was deado The patrolling Hurricane pilots had chased the Dornier shortly before 11.30 a.m.. from a point just inland. As they came in to attack, the German rear.-gunner opened fire first.. Waiting until they were within close range, the Fighters .fired oneafter another. The raider was hit irrrrnediately, the first burst from one fighter causing clouds of black smoke to pour from the starboard engine. He flew into cloud, closely pursued. When the Fighters came out of the cloud they found themselves at point blank range. Oil from the crippled Dornier covered their windscreens as they made two more attacks on the raider which dodged in and out of the cloudse Before the aircraft dived into the sea, one of the Nazi airmen had t aken to his parachute. As the Dornier struck the water there was an explosion. The fighter pilots saw white and orange flames shoot into the air. One of the fighter pilots said afterwards: 11 We could see thick black smoke coming f1"om the Dornier·' s engine al-1 the time and oil plastered our windscreen. When we saw that the enemy was finally done for we withhe:d our fire and followed him down. One member of the crew who jumped for . it carne down by parac~ute some distance away from the DoI'nier. I saw him release himself from the parachuteand strike out for l and. By this time there was no sign of the aircraft. Only the slowly disappearing splash could be seen". AIR AFFAIRS .. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No.647 9/5/40. -No. 29. JUNKERS ATTACKED OVER.EAST COAST (Not to be quoted as an Air Ministry Announcement) A German Junkers 88 aircraft was attacked by a Fighter Command Hurricane Aircraft off the East Coast of England early this afternoon4 The British Fighter was on patrol. The pilot saw the Junkers 9,000 feet above him and at once climbed to attack. The enemy aircraft dived steeply, making rapid turns, but his pursuer was able to let r,,ff a sustained burst of f.1ee. Black smoke was seen· pouring from both engines of the Junkers befoI'e it fled out to sea. AIR AFFAIRS 9/5/40 -No.30. OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE. H. Mn Submarines have had further success in their operations against enemy transports and supply ships. In an attack on a convoy of ten enemy ships six torpedoes found their marks. Three hits were made on another convoy and t wo on a third. One ship sailing independentlJr was torpedoed and sunk,, Another was driven ashore and destroyed by gunfire and torpedo. NAVAL AFFAIRS. 9/5/40 No 31 . A.M. BULLETIN N0.648 A SECOND ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN. The Air Ministry announces:­ It is now knovm that a second enemy aircraft was shot down in the combat already reported off the North East Coast of Scotland this morning. AIR AFFAIRS NOTE:-See Issues 13 and 27 of todaY(9/5/40.)