131.§L.....__.It~·· Li.o The follmr~ing announcement was issued by the Har Office to-day: t,tiOne of our Divisions which was operating with its left on the north coast of Normandy had its communications cut by German forces which had penetrated the line further to the south. "A part of this Division, together with other Allied troops, was eventually surrounded by superior forces. Attempts to evacuate these troops by sea were only partially successful and ~t is feared that a number of them have been made prisoners. The remainder of this Uiyision has been embarked and landed again in France." ----000---­ MILITARY AFFAIRS J.3/6/40 -Np. Fe MINISJRY QF FOOD .ANNOUNCEMEN'T .. Restriction of deliveries of bulk condensed milk §.nd_nij.lk_powd§r.. The Minister of Food has made an G~der restricting, from June 17, deliveries of bulk condensed milk and milk powder by manufacturers and importers to one half of the quantity delivered in the corresponding months of 1938. Manufacturers of chocolate, confectionery and ice-cream and other manufacturing users will also be restricted in their use of condensed milk and milk powder to the same extent. The Order will not, however, apply to the use of these products in the manufacture of bread or of infant and invalid foods, or their use by hospitals and infant Welfare Centres. The Order does not affect the sale of condensed milk in containers of less than 20 ouncesa Effect is given to these provisions by the Condensed Milk and Milk Powder (Control) Order, 1940. ++++++++ MINISTRY OF FOOD.. 13/6/40 MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT Slaughterhouse Tribunals Further Slaughterhouse Tribunals have been appointed by the Minister of Food to consider applications for the provisiol!D. of increasedslf,lughtering facilities tm.der the control scheme for meat and livestock, and to advise the Minister of Food as to the action to be taken in respect of~_application. Ca.rmartherishire D. Johns Esq., B.A. (Law), M.Sc., .Alderman D. Stephens, W.D. Hug~es, Esq. Cornwall C.M. Knowles Esq., J.W, Lodge Esq., M.C., J.H. Bennetts Esq., Devonshire J. Radcliffe Esq., R.H.C. Whiteway Esq., J.P• ., S. Brumby Esq. , Leicestershire & J. Bibby Esq., Alan Kemp Esq., J.R. Lambley Esq. Rutland E.D. Mackintosh Esq., P.W. Jewson Esq., R.B. Seabrook Esq. · Staffordshire S.A.H. Burne Esq., R. Lewis Johnstone Esq., H. Smallwood Esq. · Warwickshire Aldennan C.H. Southern, F. $.I.'· J.P.; A • .Ashton Esq., F.R.I.B.A., P.A.S~I., CouncilI.or J.C. Mason, M.B.E. North Scotland ( compris.ing·the Counties of Aberdeen, ) Dr. J.R. Rust, Angus, Ba.m?:tr, Cai thnes;s, Fife, Inverness, Kincardine, ) N. Bird Esq. , Moray, Nairn, Perth, Rqss & Cromarty, Sutherland) ) P. Henderson Esq., J.P. South Scotland . (c,omprising the Counties of Argyll, ) Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Clackmanrian, Dumbarton, Dumfr.ies, ) SheITiff.. S. · MacDonald, East Lothian, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Midlothian, , l C.M. G. ·,. D.S. O. , Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Stirling~ · J.D. Dobson·Esq., West Lothian, Wigtown). J. Watson Esq., .Applications for. cases to be brought before .Tr.i~unals shoUld be addresaed to the Ministry of Food, Meat and 'Livestock Division, Great Westminister House, HorsefeJ:TY Road, London, S.W.l. • MINISTRY OF FOOD ----00000---­ 13/6/40 -NO. 4 KIWI llS PHOENIX Novr Zealand l\.irr.m.n' s Mascot With a neat sense of paradox:, an officer who has just been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross has chosen f or his nascot a bird without wings. He is Pilot Officer A.Co Deere of Wanganui, N.z. His record includes the personal destruction of five enemy aircraft in seven coobats, in which he helped to destroy others. While he wo.s escorting o. trainer aircraft to rescue a squadron co1i1r.1D.nder shot dovm near Co.lo.is, he and another pilot fought off twelve Messerschuitt 1091 s, shooting down three and dru:nging three r.iore~ While Dunkirk wo.s being evacuated, Pilot Officer Deere was shot down on the sands of Nieuport, o.nd wouncled in the head, Using abandoned motor-co.rs and a notor-bicycle, he attached himself t o some British soldiers on the outskirts of Dunkirk. Though they were constantly bombed, they managed, after frequently hiding in ditches, to reach the shore, and Pilot Officer De~re was brought t o England on a destroyer. Tije first thing he did on n.rrival in London wn.s to go to New Zealu.nd House, secure the stencil of a kiwi, New Zea.land's wingless; bird, and have his new machine decorated with it, Thus, rising like n phoenix, Mn.orilo.nd' s mo.scot vvill tnlce the o.ir in his compo.ny to become cock of the sky. OF'FICES 13/6/40 -No 5 Following is a message by 0,uoen Wilhelmina to the British people issued today:­ "I wish to take tM_s opportunj.ty of expressing My profound gratitude to all those in Britain nnd the British Empire who in different ways have given gener ous ~id and succour to the peop~e of the Netherlands~ the Government and My Pnmily in their hour of trial. "First and fpremost My thoughts go out to the members of the British forces and their French comrades who fell in Dutoh waters and on Dutch soil in the defence of our common causeo Their sacrifice and that of their bereaved families will never be forgotten. "On behalf of My Govm0 nment and My Family I also wish to express My heartfelt thanks for the spontaneous hospitality extended to us by Their Majesti-e_s the King and Queen7 the British Government and the people of the United Kingdomo Their vrn.r m·-hearted reception has not only done much to mitigate tno oittermess of our enforced departure from our country out has also enabled us to continue the Government of our Empire and -Co mc.rshal its resources for the common struggle with a minimum o:f j_ntorruptiono ~ 'At the same time Prince Bernhard and I are especially indebted to Princess Alice and the Esrl of Athlone for the generous hospitality offered to Princess Juliana and the Princesses Beatrix and Irene in the Dominion of Canadao 11 Finally, I wish to express My profound admiration for the gallantry and skill of those rnerribers of th8 British Royal_ Navy and Air Force who took part in cnsu~ing the safe arrival of My Family, My Ministers and Myself in Englando 11 FOREIGN OFFICE NEWS DEPARTMF.N'P ON BEHALF OF DUTCH LEGATION PRESS DEPARTMENT. 13/6/40 -No. 6~ PRESS NOTIGE South of the Seine fresh British t~oops, recentlyarrived from the United Kingdom, have taken their place in the line with their French comrades~ Reports state that the fine bearing and march discipline of these troops has had an excellent effect and has done much to maintain the morale of the Allied troops; who have been fighting day and night to stem the German advance. ----000---­ MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 13/6/40 -No 10 The German Agency DNB broo.dco.st from a Dutch station a report allegedly coming from Tokio, accordi:rn t o which the Netherlands Ea st Indies authorities had invoked British protection notwithst anding assurances given t o Japan, that no protection o~ any kind and from anybody would be QSked for or accepted. According to the alleged 'l'o"kio report, a contingent of' 21 000 British troops had already l anded in tho East part of Java. The Netherlands Government in London has issued a statement to the effect that this rumour is a pure invention without any basis, in fact there a.re no British troops in Juva, nor in any other part of the Netherlands Ea st Indies, and there is no intention whatsoever on the part of the Netherlands authorities to bring any change in their well established policy of' maintaining the status ~uo in the Netherlo.nds East Indi cse FOREIGN OFJ?ICE NEWS Dl~p'l~ ON BEHALF OF NETHERLANDS GOVEifrJMI~:i\TT PRESS SERVICE. -----· .. 13/6/40 -NO. '11 BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR Recent German broadcasts in English have made a feature of occasional announcements of the names of members of the British Forces who are alleged to be prisoners of war. This is, of course, a device expressly designed to obtain an audience in this c·ountry for enemy propaganda, as is proved by German military orders, of which the following is a translation:­ ' Orders to the Defence Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) regarding names of prisoners of war to be broadcasto Dated 4th March, 1940 Yn order to compel listeners abroad to tune in to German broadcasts, the names of enemy prisoners of war or of corpses picked up will be announced by German radio stationso As soon as enemy prisoners are captured or bodies found, a list in triplicate is to be forwarded with the utmost despatch. The Defence Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) is requested to take steps that:­ 1) Letters home written by prisoners of war are not to be forwarded until after the names have been broadcast. 2) Names are not to be transmitted to the German Red-cross until after all the names have been broadcast. 3) Commandants of prisoners of war camps are not to allow foreign press correspondents to have access t o prisoners of war until after the names have been released. The length of time during which the names are broadcast will be spread over a fairly long period. The date on which the broadcast is co~leted will be a~nouncedo By Order I Relatives of men who are missing need not allow their natural anxiety for news to be exploited by the enemy in this way. All such German broadcasts are immediately noted and checked in this country.The names will be published daily in the Press, and provided that the information in the German broadcast is sufficient, the next of kin will at once be inf ormed by the Service concerned. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION • 13/6/40 -NO: 9. PRIS~1!J,B.§_IN GERMAN HANDS WIJLF)LESS LIST The following is a list of :i;risoners of war in Germany as recently announced by German wireless stations:­ 1. John Maloney9 Born 12th April 19130 15, York Street, Southbank, Middlesborough., 2. James Inglis, Born 17th January 19190 1, Percy Street, Alnwick; Northumberland.. 3e Arthur Alport, Born 2nd April 1914. 16, Ferndale Avenue, Brambles Farm Estate, Middlesborough. 4. Bernard Lake, Born 28th May 19140 1, Park Hill, Clapham Park, London, S.W.. 4o 5. Joseph Crank, Born 1e:t May 1911. 5, Queen Street, Chalk Pits Stoke, Staffs, 6. John (Stainforth?), Born 19th May 1910. Jenkin Road, (Brightside?) Sheffieldo --1. George Patterson, Born 11th :B1ebruary 19200 6, Fairfax Road, Manor ~state, Sheffield. 8. Frank Booth, Born 5th October 1911. 2, Grange Street, Off Fountain Road, Hullo 9. Joseph Bottomley, Born 18th October 1909. 94a~ Avondale Avenue, E~ Carnet, j;rrobably E. Barnet, Herts. 10. Charles Pacey, Born 10th July, 1914, Church Avenue, Bardney or Bardley, Lincso 11. Edward (Goed?) Born 24th September 1919. Roundhay Road, Leeds" 12. Ernest Platt, Born 19th February 1910~ Sheffield 11" 13. John Fletcher, Born 29th September 19040 Western Vievv, Halbeck, Leeds 11 0 Roundhay Street, 58, Eccleshall Road, 12, Weston or 14. Thos. Wmo Preston9 Born 15th January 1911. 21 9 Sardinia Street, (Hanslitt?) Road, Leeds 10. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 13/6/40 -No.15. C!JN!CE CHEATS CANADA. 0 How the Firs~ Canadian Division \vas disappointed of parti­cipation i~ the N°"6g1an campaign in April aan now be disclosed•. A force of l 300 men of the Princess Pat's,. Edmonton Regiment, and eer!ain auxiliaries, under Colonel Sansom was selected as part or the British force under Major General F.E. Hotblack, The objeotive was the capture of the Trondheim forts. Owing to Major General Hotblaek's collapse as the result of sudden illness·, and the injury of his successor, Brigadier Bernie Ficklin, in a flying accident, the connnand devolved on Colonel Sansom. Meanwhile, the Maple Leaf detachment had been thoroughlydrilled and had been given a knowledge of the nature of the country in which they expected to .fight. The troops were beingentertai?led at a farewell conoert i prior t<> embarkat-ion, when their departure was countermanded. The element of surprisehaving been removed, the Germans had brought up strong reinforce­ments. The Canadians were deeply disappointed. They returned to Aldershot on Anzac Day to await orders for new adventure and fresh renown, ++++++ DOMINIONS AND COLONIAL OFFICES Pji§~ §EQTIQN. PRISONERS OF WAR. 13/6/40. -No. 18. . The following is the latest list of German Prisoners of War:­ OLDENBURG. Gefreiter Wilhelm Gerhard BRUMMER Helmighausen b. 25 Loningen Gefreiter Walter Albin HEIN Delmenhorst 20 Gefreiter Hermann LUSKE Nieholte, Post 26 Cloppenburg Gefreiter Johann ROWE Neuscharrel b. 25 Friesoythe Gefreiter Georg SPICKERMANN Wiefelstede 23 Oberschutze Heinrich BOCKERMANN Osterfeine B. 27 Damme Oberschutze Josef PRULLAGE Molbergen Kr. 26 Ciappenburg Gefreiter Hermann Josef MULLER Beverbruck Bei 26 Garrel Gefreiter Arno Heinz SCHWARTING Stadt Oldenburg 20 Soldat Josef DEWENTER Friesoytlie 26 Obergefreiter Heinrich FEYE Wilderhausen Unteroffizier Walter KUETEHANN Stadt Oldetnburg 20 Unteroffizier Karl BLEY Garrel 25 Oberschuetze Eilert DETERS Barssel 27 Friedrich Wilhelm WESTPHALIA Leutnant Heribert HAHNE Olsberg 26 Obergefreiter Willy TREUDT Munster 25 Eberhard Josef Gefreiter Alex VOLMER Munster 23 Feldwebel August RIDDER Witten Ruhr 27 Gefreiter Kurt HERWIG Gevelsberg 19 Unteroffizier Heinrich SCHNITTERSMANN Herne 24 Unteroffizier Owen HEUVELMANN Datteln 24 Obergefreiter Rudolf BERKENFELD Sudkirchen 24 WAR OFFICE, s.w.1. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN No. 884 13/6/Li.0 No. 19 'Jihe Air Ministry announces:­ During yesterday aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, in co-operation with (C:oastal (G',emmand aircraft, carried out successful attacks upon enemy vessels in Boulogne harbour. A motor torpedo boat was blown up and many bombs were seen to burst among other craft of this type and among ammunition ·barges.-The harbou1"' mole and military objectives ashore were also successfully bombed. Last night aircraft of the Coastal Command carried out a bombing attack on the enemy aerodrome at Vaernes in Norway. Hits were made on the runways and barracks and upon enemy aircraft assembled on the aerodrome. Enemy supply ships were also bombed near Bergen. -----000----­ AIR AFFAIRS D./_6/40 -NOa 22: AIR MINIST)iY BUL~IN_N0;;_.88,5._ .AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE ENJg:·_____ ___ lY BOHBED IN NORWAY ...,....,_,.,...._.., .._,,..z,,-..,,-,__ ...., Flying blind through rn.in} low clouds D.nc1 hcn:vy nist, G.ircrc.ft of the Oon.stD.l C01:irnnd o..ttn.cked Vn.e:c.ncs o.eroarorJe in Nonvo..y D.nd Germn.n supply ships nen.r Bergen early this norning~ The bonbers dived 4-,000 foet or. to Vo.ernes c.erodrone. Conditions vrere difficult been.use of the r~cin9 but o.s there is now n.laost 24 hours dn.ylight in Norway,, the pilots yrerc o..ble to sec their boDbs blow great holes in the runwo.ys n.nd diso..ble 1''n.zi o..ircrn.ft p2.rked thereo Tv-vo bonbs struck the Geruo.n t:.d1r.e::i1 s bo.rro.cks~ The nen rushed out, o.nd one of the British aircro.ft seattc::-ed then \7i th no.chine gun bullets. The supply ships nee.:".' 3c::-gen ;,-rere n.t·i;ack:ed by successive ·waves of boE1bers. Here the vveo.ther '.v::is even v-roi'se, The hn.rbou.t' n.nd roo.dsteads were a1lnost invisibleo The pilots ho.d florm 1Jli;:.cl across the North Seo.. Now they had to do what onounted n.JJ.1ost to bli:riL l)or:ioi:!1g~ Sone of ther.'.l could see only the flo.shes of their incenclio.rj_os throug.h. the Dist c.ncl fog. But their navigators hn.d brought then accurately on .to the targets? c.nd no..ny fires sto.rted, burned with growing fury o..s the D.ircraft turned. for hone. One wo.ve of atto.ckers so.vr th..;ir incen.diD.ry bombs sto..rt fires among ships n.t o.nchoro One pilot~ met by hco.vy o.r.tj_"~airor:..ft fire~ bo"1bcd the enemy bo.ttery. When he left, the gur.s wc1~e silent c.n~1 two big fires were burning. , Other o.ircraft botibed o. foi~t nen.r Bergen nnd sto.rted fierce fires. Two Gerr;nn destroyers vrere D.2.so bombed by Coastal Coi:1L1£1.nd aircraft on North Sea pn.t:~ol but in the thick uist they could not see the result of their attacko .AIR AFFAIRS PRESS NOh'Icm. The Secretary for Mines makes the following announcement:­ Under the leadership of the Coal Production Council, presided over by Lord Portal, Production Conunittees have now been established in all the principal mining districts to talce every possible step to nteet the urgent demand for more coal. In order to assist these conunittees and to maintain close co-operation with the Mines Departmentand the Council, the Secretary for Mines has appointedthe following Coal Production Advisers for the districts named. Lord Pol:'tal will continue to be Chairman of the Council and other Advisers have been added to its membership. North Eastern -Mr. Clive Cookson. North Western ~-Sir Robert Burrows. Vlest Midland -Mr. J. ·Cadman. Yorkshire and East Midland -Mr. Ovren V, Smithson.. Scotland. Sir Nigel Carnpbell. Wales. Lord Portal. MINES DEP;ASTMENT. Weekly No.23. IT IS REQ,~STED THAT FONZ OF ?:E:I2SE ITZLiS EROlTLD BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE IviORNING l'J:L-..'.Sr.AP:8R0 OF FRIDAY' 14TH JUNE, 1940. AIR ~.iIIi;I0'l1RY ";JBEKLY NLVlS LETTL!;R. Note: The information contained. in this News Letter nay be used by the Press Y1ithout acknowledgement. If it is desired to refer to the Air l''.ini stry as the source of the information2 the eXIJression 11 The Air Einistry announces -" is NOT to be used • .. CONTENTS. A BLENHEIM'S LAST FLIGHT. Iv.R • .AND IVIRS • BEETON IN THE AIR FORCE. TRUTH ABOUT THE TROOP CARRIERS. LOCKH2ZD HUDSON STILL i=AKING GOOD. AIR FORCE NEWS I N BRIEFo TAILPIECE. As a measure of economy in paper, the Air I l\:inistry Nt~ws L·:::tter will in future be typed with single spacing. . Press and Publicity Branch, Air :E:i.nistry, King Charles Street, Wh i t ehall, s.w.1~ June 14th 1940. 2 • •~1. DLEJIBEIM' S LAST F;J:GHT. . . Limping home with one engine out of nction o.nd po.rt of its to.11 shot awQy, while six Me.109 fighters o.tto.cked from behind o. British Blenheim fighter landed on o. mudbnnk in Holland. Its ' cre1u were posted as "missing"; they are now safe. They ho.d been on a "strafing" expedition with others of their squadron to Rotterdo.m. They ntto.cked enemy aircraft on ~otterdnm nerodrome, blo.zed awo.y at hangars, o.nd then found six ~e.109s on their to.il as they co.me out of the dive. The Blenheim's port engine, which had been smoking from ln early shot, was destroyed by a shell from an enemy aircraft's ~annon. Apo.rt from the six enemy mo.chines in pursuit, there were lt least fifty German aircraft in the .ai:tt at the time. Things looked blo.ck for the Blenheim's crew, with onlythe starboard engine working. As they turned for home, they swung rrom side to side and their speed fell to 130 m.p.h. making them rirtually a "sitting bird" for the Messerschmitts. "But, fortunately for us", said the Blenheim's o.ir gunner, "their shooting was bad. Only an occasional burst or no.chine-gun bullets entered the cockpit9 though one of the shells fired at us broke up our tail and another took ten inches or so )ff the blade of the nirscrew". "If it hadn't been for• the c;xcellent gui(lnnce of the ?;Unner", said the pilot9 "we would not have escaped. He gave a first rate running commentary over the radio telephone on the novements of the enemy, which helped me to adopt successful evasive bactics". Arter nearly ten minutes~ with the Blenheim's speed failing, the enemy decided to leave the British aircraft to the nercy of one Messerschmitt. Five flew off9 and the sixth crune in to give the cQup de g~ace. But the enemy pilot took things a little ~oo easily. He attacked from close range, and at last the British Pear gun spoke (it had jammed earlier in the .fight). "I must have got him", said the air-gunner. "Instead of sweeping po.st, he suddenly slowed down and gradually fell away ~owards the ground. I think I must have hit the pilot with my last rew rounds". The British crew were left alone for the next five or six minutes, hedge hopping as they vvent on, slowly, on one engine. Finally the pilot decided his remaining engine was running so bo.dly that it would be unsafe to go further. He landed on a mudbank, coming down on the mud about 50 yards from the shore of an estuary. When they finally reached home, with the help of a British destroyer, the pilot and air gunner found tho.t they had been posted as "missing" and that telegrams had been sent to their frunilies. Reassuring telegrnms, however, quickly followed. MR• .Al'rD MRS. BEETO~ IN TI-IE AIR FORCE! Gone are the days when only 2 general knowledge of cooking waw considered sufficient for a man to take charge of an R.A.F. kitchen equipped for feeding 1,000 mouths. To-dny every cook in the Royal Alr Force and the Women's Auxiliary Air Force is trained to a high standard of efficiency$ Hundreds of girls and men are now being trained as cooks for the flying Service. Many have hac1 no more than home-kitchen /experience 3. e.h.rperi ence~ But in a few vrneks they will know how to prepare two­coursc menls for a thousc..nc1 men in giunt ovens nnd with elcctricc.1 cooking apparatus, and how to provi de an appetising mcnl from tho remo..ins. Dny by dny c:.s the R.A.Fo grows, there c..rc more nnd more mouths to be fodo Bosidcs asking for men cooks who nro already trained, the Air Ministry is c..pponling for women volunteers for the R.A.F. School of Cookery, which provides tho skilled cooks to meet the ever-incrensing demo.nds o:f the Service. The recruits nre taught how to look after and maintain the complicated cookinG o.pparatus, such as clectricnl potato peelers and giant mincers; how to propnre nnd cook pastry and savourydishes; how to make soups nnd gravies; how to bone c..nd joint a side of bacon or hindquarters of beef; how to make n brine tub, and how to defrost rabbit and fish, etc. The importo.ncc of correct diet is stressed, and the loss of food value through bad cooking thoroughly expl12ined. Pilots and other members of nir crows who n re on continual patrol and night operations must be f ed, and the School of Cookery teaches recruits how to prepare proper haversack and flying rations. The sick and wounded have to be cared for, and special dietary food prepared. This a.spect of invalid cooking is also touched on at the School. The men and women who join the R.A.F. or W.A.A.F. to cook may t&ke pride in the fact that they will be carrying out most useful and necessary work for the Service. TRUTH ABOUT THE TROOP-CARRIERS. Answering a guestion in the House of Comrnons recently Captain Balfour, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, said that the German aircraft engaged on troop-carrying operations are generally of the unarmed transport class. A member had asked for information about tho nature and calibre of the armrunent, other than small arms, carried by German troop-carriers and similar aircraft which have been employed in the operations on the Continent. Replying, Cc.ptain Balfour so.id that in o.ddition to the usual small arms, tho troops carried are known to ho.vo been equipped with heavy mo.chine-guns of 13 8.nd 20 millimetres calibre; with 5 centimetre and 801 centimetre mortars; with 7.5. centimetre infantry guns and possibly 10.5 centimetre light howitzers. -.ft :!: ii The most widely used Gcrmnn troop-carrier is the 3-engined Junl~ers 52, which is co.pable of carrying about 14 troops~ has a maximum speed of 190 m.poho and a range of 1,000 mileso The more modern Ju.,,90 carries nearly three times as many troops and has a top speed of 225 m•PohQ LOCKHEED HUDSON STILL I1::Aia1'TG GOOD • ,A; .ong the first .k~erican built aircraft to go into action with . the Allied Air Forces is a military version of a faI.L.ous U.s.A. civil air liner, the Lockheed 14. In its specially equipped form as a fast reconnaissance aircraft it is known as the "Hudson". It was the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic on tre deck of a modern liner. Several hundreds of the type were ordered before the war, and a considerable nurnber are now in service with the R.A.F. It is an all-metal mid-wing monoplane, with two ;,·:right Cyclone radial motors giving a total power output of about 2,000 h.p. The fuselage is the cabin type with accommodation for a crew of four, and there is a gun turret aft in addition to forward firing armament. In its commercial form, with less :powerful engines, it had a speed of about 260 m.p.h. Though fast and manoeuvreable the Hudson is primarily a scouting rather than fighting machine. Nevertheless in the hands of R.A.F. pilots of the Coastal Conmand, the Hudson has earned a great fighting reputation in a number of actions. Many of these fights have about them more than a touch of audacity. In the first months of the war a single Hudson took on two big German Dornier Flying boats, holding them in close battle until two other British aircraft came up and helped to defeat the Germans. Another engagement over Bergen fjord ended with a Dornier being Siot down; and in a fight between a Hudson and a Dornier over the North Sea the Hudson settled its adversary in 35 seconds. It was also a Hudson aircraft of Coastal Conunand which first spotted the ill~famcd ''Altmark:1 off the coast of Norway. A recent exploit of the Hudsons was an attack by three of them last week on a formation of forty enemy 'planes, including protective fighters, which were attempting to bomb a British troopship. Three Ju.87 dive bombers were destoyed, two more driven down and the formation broken up, whilst the Hudsons were untouched. The tale of successes of this trans-.Atlantic aircraft, under ell sorts of conditions of weather and war, is a good augury for the :performance of the newsr and more :powerful .American typos now coming intcoi service with the Allies. AIR FORCE NKJS IN BRIEF. , Tho nUL1bcr of awards for outstanding bravery, skill and daring made to officers, N.CoO.s and men of the Air Force since the beginning of the war affords an1ple evidence of the devotion of all ranks aliks. Up to the end of May, 10 D.S.0.'s, one bar to a D.s.o, 139 Distinguished Flying Crosses and three bars to the D.F.C. had been awarded to officers. During the same period 41 Distinguished Flying Medals and 2 bars to thG D.F.hl. were awarded to SergGan~and Flight · Sorgcants and 46 Distinguished Flying Medals to Co:r:porals and others below that rank. Girls who can ty:pe at thirty words a minutG and ovor who want to serve their country can readily do so as toloprinter operators in the W.A.A.F. Training is given to other suitable applicants such as those with clerical experience. ...\. 5. Tho work' is not dissimilEJ.r from typewriting and can casily -bG learnt. It is, r1orcovor,, interesting and va.ried in its nature. Pay is at the rate of 2/2d. a day, with all found, and thcro ars opportunities for promotion. Applicants must be at least 5 feet in height and between 18 and 43 yGars of age. Full ~articulo.rs can be obtained from Victory House, Kingsway, London, 1X.c., fron any of the crca huadq_uartsrs of tho W.A.A.F., or from a combined Recruiting Centro. Any Post Office or local Employrn.ont Ex.change will give the address of tho nGarost of those. TAILPIECE. A fer,ious Amsricen flying-boat -the Consolidated P.B.Y.2. n GuoaH -which was me.king hGedlincs n yce.r ego with u scrics of romerk~blc flights across British torritorios oversees, is in tho news again. It is e.dvcrtisod for sale o.s a bo.rgcdn in 1'Avi0tion's Mnrk0t­:placo11 in a loe~ding Am.cricc..n r:_vic.tion mngazinc. This sooms to bo 2 chcncc for cnyonc wcnting their own privcte flying-boat, with e reputed rc.ngc of 4r000 miles, c. speed of neariy two hundred miles an hour, e. host of gc.dgcts including automatic _pilot homing devic0s, direction finders -C>.nd two s:po..ro ongi1;1Gs! n Gubc.11 made the first coc.st-to-coc.st crossing of tho Indir>.n Occ2.n from India to British Ee.st Africa • Its round trip included ~lso crossings of the Atlc.ntic and Pncific occ['.ns, nnd the continents of Austro..lie c-.nd Africc.. Following flights of fr.mous British circrc.ft -such 2-S the world record flight of Vickers wwcllcslcysn from Zgypt to Austrc_lie, c.nd of the S1.ort 11 Em:pirc.i1 flying boc,ts on tho 3rn.:pire Air Mr.il services -naubc' s;i flight domonstrf'-tcd soma. of tho :possibilitios of the modern long-rc.ngo 2.ircrc.ft in. linking up tho distr.nt pc.rts of tho British CornII1Dnwc2.lth .. 13/6/~.o. -No. 24 P R E S S N 0 T I C E. The King has been pleased to approve that the dignity of a Baron;y· of the United Kingdom be conferred upon the following :­ Sir Charles (Coupar) BaJ'.'rie, Member of Parliament for Elgin K.B.E., J.P.·, D.L. Bu~ghs,1918; for Banffshire, 1918-24; and for Southampton,1931 to February, 1940. For political and public services. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Iain Kerr, D.S.O., M.C., Member of Parliament for Montrose Bur-gs since June,1932. Chief Whip of the Liberal National Pal'.'ty z ince May, 1937 Comptroller of H.M. Household, April 1939 to May 1940. For political and public services. Colone1 Harry Louis Nathan, Member of Parliament for 1r,.p c Ce~tral Wandsworth since 1937, and for North-East Bethnal Green from 1929-35· For political and public sel'.'vices. 10, DOWNING STREET. s.w.1 . 13/6/40 No.25. PRESS NOTICE The Military Authorities having decided that it is essential to make use of Church bells for the purpose of giving warning of the approach of parachutists or other air-borne troops, their use for any other purpose must now be prohibited. .Am Order to this effect will be made by the Minister of Home Security. In future, therefore neither Church or Chapel bells may be rung at any time except by the Military or L0 cal Defence Volunteers to indicate that a raid by parachutists or air-borne troops is imminent. MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY 13/6}40 No. 26. TURNING OUT THE BOMBERS. (Not to be quoted as a Ministry of Aircraft Production Announcement) At a British Aircraf't Factory, •• ,J. Th't.:irsday• In a British Aircraft Factory today, thirty men were putting the finishing touches to a giant new bomber. It bore only a number. But when it takes off from the ground by the end of the weelt, it will have painted on its fuselage ;'Jamaica". This battle­ship of the air has been built with the £20,000 subscribed from Jamaica by the newspaper "The Gleaner." Very soon, there will be a "Singapore" in the air to pit against the Nazis for the "Straits Times11 has also sent a gift of £20,ooo. Other gifts, big and small, are coming in. It may be possible within a short time to form a Colonial SQuadron -with the proud names of Sierre Leone, Nigeria, Falklands, Malaya and the rest to testify to the united will of the British Empire to secure victory for democracy. The birth of a bomber, in the factory visited by the present writer, began in the hands of a group of green-aproned, rubber shoed girls working over benches nearly twelve hours a day. Theirs is the job of putting together ribs, rivetting,assembling small parts. They begin work at 7.30 in the ·morning.They work seven days a week except that now under a new,·regulation they are to have a two day week-end once in three weeks. This, indeed, applies to every worker in the factory but it is being so arranged that never more than a third of the staff is off duty at one time. These girls are young, many in their teens, few over twenty-five. They managed to have, almost without exception permanent waves. But their finger nails would have made a manicurist weep.They work with their hana.s, you see~ Some used to be domestic servants, some shop assistants. Now they are skilled bench-girls. One girl, Joan b;y name, is sixteen. She is a rivetter. She said 11 I don't mind the long hours, not while things are so serious. My father tells me this is a job for England. Funny fop a girl of sixteen, isn't it, to be doing? The weekend will be nice, though because I hardly ever see my boy friend now. Life is all worlc -sleep -work11 • Some of the girls hurMned as they worked. But standing out of their sight, it was to be noticed that none chattered --a woman'.s perogative given up with manicured nails. Their deft fingers toilea. on tirelessly. There/ There in that shed, the great bomber first begins to take shape•. A bomber is a network of aluminium, stainless steel, rivets, thousands and thousands of them -and wood, but very little Of that in these days. The factory is now in fUll production,. working to complete capacity.On a h'4ge board labelled "Machine Production11 every square opposit~ "Not Started" was empty. "In hand" squares were completeJ.¥..tull, "Rejected" had a :few work . sheets, "Finished" was full, too..., To make a bomber, in the layman's mind is .much like fftt.ingtogether a gigantic jig saw puzzle with thousands of hands to· help•. When production of the "Jamaica" type of 'plane was in ·1ts preliminary stages it was not very encouraging for the workpeopl~. It seemed a great deal of labour with no completed job to see at the end of it. But that is all changed. The mighty machines rearing high above the heads of men and. women, ·now stand with noses pointing towards the open fields beyond the sheds• .. Their time to fly -and to strike -·has . '. come. . Draughtsmen, production experts, and superintendents worked fourteen to fi:fteen hours in twenty four to get this factory pPoducing quickly, They are modest when asked to talk about it.. A job that has to be 4otie, they say, or time we got a move on, you know.. B:ut·pale faces when they might have been sun tanned, were noticeable everywhere. The plans ready, the materials in their raw state railed from other pprts o·f Britain, engines being built in still another factory, guns and bombs somewhere else -the work began. There were the long strips of stainless steel ready to be putthrough the milling machines -incidentally some .of the longest machines in Britain, There were the men cutting sheets of aiuminium to right sizes cutting blocks of rubber, carrying out small parts, fashioningpet!IOl tan.ks, bending ·strips of metal into network. It seemed like a motor mechanic's shop gone slightly demented. But here and there, were overalled men with blue prints in their hands, white sheets containing figures, checking and correcting -producingorder in the apparent chaos. The workmen themselves -youngish men mostly, many youtjls,-a few with grey hairs belonging to the wood-and-string stage of aviati"11 ­seemed to work like robots. No talking, no stantiing around, no stealing away fo7: a quiet smoke. They can all smoke on the job, in any case -except when ·~:t-t would be dangerous to do so, The authorities find it has an excellent effect on their work because it somehow keeps their minds contented., Nicotine seems to be fighting against Hitler, too. But they are not robots, these workpeople, if they are questioned.One man -he used to be a motor mechanic, is now an aircra:ft expel't ­did not stop working, nor take the cigarette from his mouth when asked what he thought of an 84 hour worki,ng week. He pointed one :finger to ~. a notice in f'ront of' him. It said "Back up our. F1S1t1ng Forces". Another man, Johnnie to his mates, was slightly more eloquent,He said "We' 11 all of' us go on till we drop if its going to beat Hitler.." When I think what the-:men from Dunkirk said about where were our :Planes,.' I get an itch in my hands, and that's the truth. Besides wet·re ge~.t.~ , good pay. The soldiers get precious little. What else can we. but work all we know? -2 ­ -3 ­ He, and all his fellow workers, are at their benches by 7.30 in the mor·ning. There is an hour break foJ'.' dinner -and a good canteen to get it in -and a ~uarter of an hour spell 'for a cup of tea at 5 o'clock. At 7.30 in the evening, the night shift arrives. There is no pause -no lag in the 24 hours' day. Working for a faith does mean something. These men -" it is an understatement -know their country, their homes are in danger.The result is, to quote their employers, a really extraordinaryquickening-up in their work, a willingness to tackle any new job that comes along without a grumble. From the machine and press shops to the sub-assembly sheds ­and the shape of the bomber begins to appear. A bomber is completely sectionalised. If any one section ~s rejected, another can replaceit without undoing the work of the whole. In the sub-as~embly rooms, trussed on steel jigs, the flaps, the nacelles ~ mountingsfor the engines -the wings are fitted together. The wings grow from the two sides of a huge rectangularjig where subsequently the fuselage goes. They stretch across the shed, row after of offence. row of them ·-soon to become the completed weapon I ,,• One noticed the little wooden plaque in front of each .:Paii·r of wings "Work started ---" The date on each was very re'9.~n.t. Around the wings on head high planlrn, men worked in rubbel? •· shoes and overalls. Their hands moved more quickly, perhaps, "than ever before but the same careful check on every one of the .ten thousand details as in more normal times was kept. · No f'aulty machines are going to be handed over to British pilots. ;;~ In another vast shed, the fuselages were being riveted together section by section. One man grinned sombrely as he completed his job at the rear of one fuselage. "That's for the gun turret" ) he said. The fuselages were brought down to the assembly sheds. Then erection. The job nears its end. vTI1eels bigger than a giant man are rolled out of the storeso The painters cra~l over the aerial dreadnought.. The "Jamaica", an awesome sight, like a creature of prehistoric proportions, is ready for the fight o Her creators are as proud as the Clydesider wp.o builds the great ships of the sea. They blush when praise is given to their machine, mumble 11 I think it will do". But the "Jamaica11 is not quite ready. The guns and the bombs in the long black painted racks have yet to be placed in position. When they are, the enemy will have cause to regret the name of Jamaica, and Singapore ? and the names of the other Colonies of the Empire they so bitterly covet. ~_.. ,,, ___ ..._ MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT_ ___PRODUCTION._ ,___..._ .. .-·. 13/6/40 -NO. 27 PRESS NOTICE Local authorities throughout the country a.re now conducting recruiting drives for Civil Defence volunteerse This cnr:ipnign was initiated by an o.ppea.l by Sir John Anderson,. Minister of Hone Security, which was issued last Friday. Oonpo.igns for recruits alreo.dy begun by local n.uthorities are securing very encouraging results. In one large town a platforn appeal by the Lord Mayor produced 1,.000 recruits. Sir John Anderson vrishes at this nonent to rec[tll his appeal to the pu'&\ic and to send then this nessage:_..,. The Civil Defe~ce Services represent a tritU~ph of voluntary effort. Conpulsion for palllt-tine volunteers would be an en.sy decision in theory, but in practice would involve serious ·a,ifficulties~ Estn.blishllent of the necessary organisn.tion, for exru:iple, would involve loss of precious tine and itself n.bsorb nuch energy and r:in.n-power. Thn.t can be n.voided if' every citizen will n.sk hinself the sinple question1 11.AIJ. I do~ng ny pn.rt on the hone front?" and will act a.s his conscience replies. MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY 1.U~l±.Q_-NO : 28 o FRENCH AIR PRODUCTION PUSH THE DEFENCE OF BRITAIN In tonight's broadcast war connnentary at 9.20., Air Marshal ir Philip Joubert, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.s.o., said:­ When last I spoke to you we were in the very middle of the difficult ~d dangerous time during which a part of the Allied armies isolated in 9lgium and North Western France was fighting its way back to the uncertain ~ourity of the coasto Since that date one of the most remarkable feats of endurance, ·mrage and determination has been performed. As a result of it over 10,000 fighting men have been rescued from imprisonment or worse. A ·eat deal has already been spoken and written about this classic 1eration but I feel that I must refer to it once again to emphasise the portance of sea pouer and its necessary adjunct, air powero No fraction, however small, of the B.E.F. could have reached curity if it had not been for our ability to control sea communicationso ~ communications can only be controlled by a Naval force more powerful an that of the enemy and supported by ade~uate air power. During its ~nificent strugcle to evacuate our soldiers the Navy suffered from one iVe anxiety. It was that there would be insufficient British air :aces over the area of the operation and working on the lines of ununications behind the enemy forces to ensure a sufficient measure of )tection acainst air bombardment. Our losses in ships and men would only become serious if, owing to .er qalls upon our air forces, there were insufficient of our aircraft .ilable to provide a satisfactory umbrella under which our ships and , could complete their task. When we consider the power of the man air force the British achievement becomes all the more remarkableo We are now in the middle of another vital, possibly the most vital, 5e of this war. The immense German masses, both in the air and on ground, are being flung against the French line of battle. With . . )ther of their frontiers threatened the Nazis can direct practically whole of their resources into the battle for Parise To-day, with their tanks and their aircraft, they can move father faster than they did in 1914. Small wonder then that the French . back on the line of the Seine and are fighting desperately and dficently to preserve their beloved city. Hard C.ays for all of us. Hard days for those of us who have ... llections of happy times passed in France, either visiting or ing, and all of us must feel deeply the shock and horror that so peaceful towns and villages have been blotted out and so much lisation destroyed. VJ e are heartened, however, by a feeling of nse admiration for the manner in which the French, overcoming iisadvantages that earlier disasters imposed upon them, have Led every man and every machine to fight this desperate battle, /Not -2 ­ Not many days ago I visited the head of the French Ministry of Aircraft Production. We spoke for some minutes and he out­lined to me the methods which he proposed to put into effect whereby the French air squadrons could not only be made up to strength once again but even increased in numberso His quietconfidence was a tonic after some of the disappointments of the preceding days. One gained the impression that whatever might come this man would not be found wanting nor would the French aircraft industry lack for inspiratio11 and direction of the highest order. There are many like him in France and in the fighting units their brothers and friends are producing the same standard of courage and clear visiono The French air force is fighting a battle both in the air and on the ground. Fighter aircraft have been equipped in some respects te deal with the German tanks and the young fighter pilots are having an exciting and profitable time shooting up the tank colunms and causing·very great damage and confusion in their rankso Meanwhile, as you have heard, their bombers have penetrated as far as Berlin and have also attacked targets of military importance across the German frontier. The work of the R.A~F. goes on as before, but we have now a fresh problem. Our own shores have been invaded by the enemynight bombers, so far with very small results., But :-~0 must expect these attacks to increase in frequency, in enterprise and in intensity. And I want you to remember that the sky is a vast battle ground in which the action of our own aircraft is often unobserved even during the day. By night it will be even more difficult for you to appreciate what is being done in your defence. Rest assured that the Air Force and the Anti-Aircraft defences will be doing their utmost to give you security.. In my last talk I referred to the German as the "dark invader" and it may not be long before we have first hand experience of this form of attack. If it does take place, and the Germans launch a combined sea and air attack on England it is unlikely that we can pr~ent all of the German troops from reaching our shores. One thing is certain. If the population of this country keeps its head, -and its mouth shut ...; stays where it is and rings up the Poliee when it does sec anything suspicious, it can safely leave the Home Defence forces to deal with the German invader. Above all, do not gossip and do not spread rumours. Believe only what you see yourself and not always that! In view of the importance of reconnaissance as a means of forestalling invasion it is time to say something of the work of Coastal Command.· This part of the Royal Air Force is a compoundof the air and the sea -its personnel have to kp:ww most thingsabout both these elements and the struggle to keep on the top line is one that brings premature grey hairs and even baldness to many f)f them,. It/ It is interesting to compare the working conditions of' these coastal aircraft with that of the fighters. The latter are cooped up in a nai"row coclcpi t and so harnessed. that they fo1"'m almost a physical part of their aircraft. Their patrols are short, being limited by the petrol car1"'ying capacity of their machines -quite definitely a crowd.ed hour of glorious life. The crew of a flying boat on the other hand can move about freely and even sleep when off duty. The aircraft has the capacity of a small yacht, including a cooking stove, and on the longpatrols which it operates, food and drink at short intervals is a real necessity. My most intimate recollection of a short stay in a flying boat squadron was thefi>equency and regularity with which the cook on my boat produced tea, cocoa and hot dogs. Of the ha1.,d, grinding and dangerous worlc that these coastal squad.ram accomplish it is only necessary to say that during this last bitter winter the;sr were seldom stopped by the weather and never by the enemy. Convoy duty, anti-submarine patrol, long reconnaissance when for hours sky and sea were a shifting scene of snow, rain, fog and tossing ·... whitecaps, all came the same to these coastal crews, And so little excitement to it all! The most to be hoped for is the sight of a , submarine. Five minutes stalking -a dive to release a stick of bombs ­and then very often nothing to Show for it• : ,; .. But occasionally success has come their way -sometimes i11 co... operation with naval cr~ft and sometimes alone -and one more U-boat goes to its account. And every now and then something startling happens ­as on the occasion when a flying boat was attacked by six; German bombers. The air gunner knew his stuff. He waited until he saw "the whites of' the enemy's eyes" and then blasted the Hun out of the sky. One bomber ... . fell in f'lames into the sea; another badly crippled, crashed on a .·:: . neutral shore; the others went home. . ·:. Or perhaps :i..t is the German battle fleet on one of its rare -9xcursions to sea~ And do not let us underrate the manner in which the .. }ermans handle their ships. They are first-class seamen and gooct fight­ . 9rs and they have good material. But Coastal Command has a big contri­ mtion to make in helping to make these excursions far more costly than . ~he German High Command would wish. The Italians, if they had been wise, ­' " .. rnuld have learned a lesson from the history of the sea-air war of the .ast nine months. On form, as the sportsman says, it does not appear ...ikely that they will fare any better than their Axis partner. Let us now take a quick look at the new situation cPeated by Italy's .eclaration of war. On paper she is a strong military power. She has a .arge conscript army, a considerable fleet and a powerful air force. Bu~ aper strengths and hard fact are not always the same thing. To begin ith I am one of those (and there are many) who believe that the heart of he Italian people is not in this busines~. It would take more than the esentment about "Sanctions", however deeply felt, to wipe out all the ssociations that a century of friendship has built up between Italy, ~ance and England. There is a mass of anti-fascist feeling as well · o be reckoned with. Ana., above all Italy is a land of individualists. lny Italians are very brave but nearly all prefer a peacefUl existence 1 which they can work out their own lives. They cannot be dragooned lto the servile mass that is the German people. They are too quick, ~o intelligent too witty to follow a leader blindly or an idea to an )Surd ~~nclusion. In the last war some Italian airmen fought alongside •itish pilots and willingly placed themselves under the leadership of tr flight comm.anders. They were quick to appreciate courage and \termination in others and to profit by them. It is in this way that I eApect the Italian affair will develop . the air. At the start and under the leadership of the good pilots e mass of their Air Force will fare out to battle in very good heart. r a while the Allies will have a great deal of trouble with them. en the bold few will be killed and the rest will decide that it is t a good war. So do not be too down-hearted at Italy's entry into e struggle. She may ;:.ret prove more of a liability than an asset to e Ge~man High Command. ~ISTRY OF INFORMATION. 13/6/40. -No. 30 EXPORTS TO l'IEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT AHEAS. The Boar•d of Trade have made an E;.rport Control Order taking effect today under which the export of all classes of goods to Bulgaria, Greece 9 Hungary, Liechtenstein9 Rumania 9 Switzerland, Yugo-Slavia and the Black Sea ports in the U.S.S.R., is prohibited except under Board of Trade licence. This step has been taken as a result of Italy's entry into the war in order to enable the necessary control to be exercised over exports to the Mediterranean and adjacent areas. It is not, however, to be regarded in any sense as a decision to discontinue trade with neutral countries in those areas. A Revocation of the outstanding licences for exports to the destinations in question has been issued at the same time; this does not preclude the issue of fresh licences in appropriate circumstances. · Further, the Revocation does not effect the existing open general export licence for coal, coke and manufactured fuel under which the procedure for the issue of coal exportcertificates by the Mines Department was established. This procedure will be continued and no coal 9 etc., can be exported to these destinations without an export certificate. BOARD OF TRADE. 13/6/40 No. 31.. . REGISTRATION FOR BUTTER AND MARGARINE. The MinistJ•y of Food states that people who have not registered with a shop for butter, ana. who, at present, buy only margarine should, when their new ration books arrive, register with their margarine supplierso Steps are being taken to ensure that, if the necessity should arise, margari~e could be rationed without delay. The butter couDons in the ration book are designed for a combined ration of butter and margarine. If margarine were to be rationed, it would not be possible :for custm11ers tO''buy butter from one shop and margarine from anothera One registration will cover both foodso It is not necessary :for customers who have already registered their new ration books with a shop for butter to take any action as a conseq_uerice of this announcement. +++++++++++ MINISTRY OF FOOD. _ _;, 13/6/40, No. 32 • • FRENCH NATIONALS The Home Secretary has made an Order under the .Aliens Order, 1920, exempting persons of Frenah nationality from the ~estrictions which have been imposed upon aliens by orders made since the 31st August, 1939, under Article 11 Of the 1.J.iens Order. The ot'fect of the Order is that French citizens are no longer subject to the special restrictions which have been imposed since the beginn.ing o:r the war upon aliens of non-enemy nationality, such as the restrictions upon employment and upon '· the possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives, motor · ·~ cars, bicyclws, etc. and the curfew restriction. French nationals have also been exempted from \the restrictions relating to the entry and residence of·· aliens in areas declared to be aliens protected areas. They are not, however, exempted from the peace time requirement applicable to all aliens of registering with the police. HOME OFFICE +++++++ NO GENERAL EVLCUATIOH FROM lVLA.:YTA. Some misconception. has evidently been cl:'eated by the announcement of the arrival in this country of women and children from Malta,. It has, for e::::am:ple, been reportedthat no women are lef't in Malta., It is officially stated t hat these reports are without foundation. The wives and frunilies of naval and military personnel, Who cu...e not themselves resident in Malta, have been sent to this country• , But there hs.s been no general evacuation of women and childl"en, vvhether English or Maltese1 f'rom the Co1ony, nor is any such evacuation contemplated. Dominion & Colonial Office Pres.s Section. PRESS NOTI.fill:_ The Minister of Home Security asks that all members of the public will give careful attention to the following announcement. It is important that movement into the strip of country along the coast from the Wash round to the eastern borders of Sussex and ex.tending about twenty miles inland should be restricted as much as possible. It is not desired to interfere with journeys into these areas undertal