9/11/39 -No.l. FRE~TCH OFFICIAL _COMMUNIQUE LJ\19l"P.:J:..nr-:) The following comrnunique was issued this morning by the French G.H~Q. :­ Increased nctivity during the night on the Front as R whole. Local reconnaissances 2nd sharp encounters especially between the l!Ioselle and the Saar. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. _9/~1_1~/~3_9~--~---No.2. LAT\lD FOR MILITARY TRAINING I N ULSTER Though Northern Ireland's military preparations may entail the requisitioning of a good deal of land, the greatest care is being taken not to interfere with Ulster's increasing agricultural production. The Ministry of Agriculture has been nssured that land will be taken only after the local Executive Officer of the Ministry has been consulted and a report sent t o Army district headquarters. Growing crops, tilled land, pasture and live­stock will be closely safeguarded. Orders have been issued to the various units in N0rthern Ireland that every effort must be made to avoid damage and to allow farmers the utmost possible freedom in the use of agricultural land. Notice will be given to occupiers of l and of any area over which it is pro,osed to carry out training, in time to allow stock to be movedi If the oWn.er or tenant wishes, a field on each farm will be reserved for his stock and marked "out of bounds" to the troops. Arable land under crop will be similarly out of bounds• BOA.~~D OF EDUCATIOn AN!TOUNC1.~:MI:NT. STAFF APPOINTMENT_~­ The Rt. Hon. Earl ·De La Warr, President of the Board of Education. har appointed Mr. G.W. Rulµble to be his Assistant Private Secretary. 9.11.39/No.4. P.N.1592. l?RESS NOTICE. The Postmaster General gives notiee that the limitation or £10 per person per dsy no longer applies to Money Orders issued for payment ill. Egypt, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Iraq. Money Orders for those destinations may again be sent up to the nonnal limit of £4C. GE~POST OFFICE. 9th November, 193~. 9/11/39 , -No. 5. BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT. SCHOOL BROJ'..DCASTS IN WAR-TIME. A wider use of school broadcasts is expected as a result of a Mcmorandun1 issued to nearly 32, 000 schools by the Board of Education today (Thursday). The Boo.rd point out tho.t under :9resent conditions many schools are in need of SUJ!pler,mntary material and stimulus and brondcQsting is one way of compensating for the scarcity of books and equipment. The progranune for schools are runong the best means of occupying large groups of children especially in halls where there is no provision for classes of the usual type and they are, therefore, particularly suitable to schools working the double shift system. HOMEWORK FlWM BROADCASTS. School broadcasts henrd by children in their own homes or by small groups elsewhere form a valuable basis for homework. Pending the reopening of schools in evacuation areas these broadcasts vrill help to provide children with some form of schooling• Suggestions for homework are made at the end of most of the talks which can be followed by the individual child G.s well as by a group working directly under a teacher. In some cases, at the suggestion of the Board, these suggestions will take the fonn of questions which chil~ren can answer at their leisure. The Local Education Authorities are advised to consider ways and means of providing _the necessary apparatus, and the Central Council for School Broadcasting is prepared to assist schools with technical advice. ++++++++++++++++++++ BOARD OF EDUCATION The schools Ill °\'Var-ttlll e Memorandum No. 6 The use of School Broadcasting In Circular 1474*, on" Schooling in an emergency," issued just before the outbreak of war, the Board expressed the hope that school broadcasts would be generally available, and that these would provide material appropriate to the circumstances. The B.B.C., advised by the Central Council for School Broadcasting, have broadcast since September 25th, the date on which the usual Autumn programme was due to begin, a special programme for schools, adapted to war conditions. The Board cordially welcome this programme, and hope that the schools will make full use of the facilities offered. School broadcasts which have established themselves in peace time as a valuable aid to the teacher can be still more valuable in war-time if wisely used. The schools, many of which are facing an entirely new situation, are all the more in need of supplementary material and stimulus ; and broadcasting is one way of compensating for the scarcity of books and equipment, and of meeting some of the other difficulties imposed on the schools by war-time conditions. It would not be desirable, even if it were possible, to lay down rules for the use of school broadcasts. One of the chief reasons for their success in the past has been that often the same broadcast has been used profitably by many different schools in as many different ways ; and if some of these ways are remote from anything originally imagined by the broadcaster, there is nothing wrong in that. This flexibility in the use of broadcast material may be an important asset in war­time. The Board are indebted to the Central Council for the particulars given in the paragraphs which follow. Only such changes have been made in the time-table of school broadcasts as seemed necessary to adapt it to war conditions in the schools and in the studio. The broadcasts are still arranged in series for the benefit of schools which can take them in the normal way. But these series neces­sarily differ to some degree from those prepared in anticipation of a normal 1939-40 session. For one thing, the B.B.C. cannot produce pamphlets for use by the children in war-time ; and this may require new developments in presentation which will take time to evolve. Furthermore, some broadcasters cannot commit themselves long in advance, so that the whole programme cannot be * To be obtained directly from H.M. Stationery Office, York House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, or through any bookseller. (Price 6d., post free 7d.) planned so far ahead as usual, though as much advance information will be given as possible. Again, every broadcast must now be complete in itself and self-explanatory so that children not working under normal classroom conditions may be able to listen with advantage. Teachers will appreciate the necessity of these deviations from the accustomed ·ser~ice, which otherwise will keep as close to accepted School Broadcasting as possible : its aim, to supplement the work of the teachers, its special quality, the daily or weekly challenge of the unusual or the unexpected, remain unaltered. The B.B.C. now produce only one Home Service programme to serve all ages and all parts of the country. Some subjects such as Modern Languages, with the least appeal numerically, have disappeared for the moment from the programme; but there is a new series on Tuesday afternoons for Secondary Schools, "Science and the Community," in addition to the Sixth Form Talks on Friday afternoons. Teachers generally will still find a wide choice of series suitable to different ages with most of the old courses at their previous place in the time-table. Schools in " neutral" areas. Schools in areas where conditions are relatively normal, particularly if they have used broad­casts in peace time, should find little difficulty in continuing to do so, though some change in time-table may be necessary. They will find World History and British History, for instance, much as planned, Ann Driver, Biology, Senior Geography and Travel Talks. Schools in " reception " areas. Schools in the reception areas which are housing not only the children officially evacuated to them but often a number of private evacuees also from all over the country, will find the wireless a valuable aid in dealing with some of the unusual conditions with which they are faced. In many of these schools for example ·double shifts are being worked, and in the " off" sessions halls are being used which do not provide facilities for class lessons of the usual type. The programmes now being broadcast are perhaps one of the best means of occupying large groups of children profitably under these conditions. The programme makes special provision for schools working in double shifts by spreading certain series, as in Music and English, between the morning and afternoon sessions. Interest in the general programme is an element which should not be overlooked for children in billets, and teachers may find opportunities of advising on home listening. During the in-shift, though time will be jealously guarded, teachers need not regard all broadcasts as' luxuries.' Schools in " evacuation " areas. In evacuation areas there are the problems to which attention was called in Circular 1479. Pending the re-opening of schools, authorities are making various attempts to improvise some kind of schooling for the children who have not been evacuated or who have returned. They are already finding school broadcasts heard by the children in their homes or by small groups elsewhere, a valuable basis for homework. Most broadcasters are now giving at the end of their talks sugges­tions for ' follow-up ' which may be followed by the individual child as well as by a group working directly under a teacher. In some courses, at the suggestion of the Board, these will take the form of questions which children can answer at their leisure. Schools which are unfamiliar with broadcasting may find useful material in the Annual Programme "Broadcasts to Schools," September 1939-June 1940, issued before the war by the Central Council for School Broadcasting. This pamphlet; in addition to particulars of programmes which are now largely superseded, contains general material of interest : notably, on page 6 " The Contribution of School Broadcasting," on page 10, " Classroom Use,'1 and on page 13, "Problems of Installation and Reception." Any school or individual can have free of charge on sending a postcard to the Secretary, Central Council for School Broadcasting, 6 Duchess Street, London, W.1, a copy either of" Broadcasts to Schools, 1939-40," or of the war-time programme, or of both. Any suggestions which would make the service more useful would be welcomed by the Central Council. Schools will realise that if proper use is to be made of School Broadcasting reception must be as good as possible. A list is published by the Council of apparatus suited to different conditions, and schools which are not familiar with the special requirements of reception in classrooms and in halls should consult the Secretary of the Council, who will arrange for technical advice to be given. Authorities will no doubt consider carefully ways and means of providing apparatus, and in some cases it may be possible for evacuation Authorities to move receiving sets from their schools into the reception areas. November, 1939. M11 (382)21117 Wt 34710-103 35,000 11/39 E & S 3..~11.32 :no.7. The cont~oller of the £nglo-Italian Clearing Office announces U1.<..t un to the close of lJus iness on the 31st Octooer 9 19399 £l89 701,004 h<::'.d been credited to the Sterling Ucne.ral Account. ~Chis sum has been s,llocated­and payment Ll8.d& as under : ­ J.llocated Pc.id n iK.J Current Tr c.:<.t1e DelJts : ­ St e rling Fer1 J..ccount( 2.) 59 527 9 528 Sterling Ooa.l :3ub­ Lccount 3? 971,907 11A11 St e rling 1'-r i-•oai"s .Account : ­ 2 ?9319786 Istituto ~azionale 460 9000 1.~60' 000 p01" i Cw1J.bi con 1 1 ~.;ster•o Sterling .f.rrcars Accoui1t '10;1 Fin2~11c i 2.l r ei 'iittc:.nces __-2§ Ui.1.allocated £18,7319004 (b) Includes e1nounts de c:.lt with through the Sterling J.I·re2.rs J.ccount 11B;: of tho Clea.ring Agr cer110nt da.ted 6th ~ -;·ovei;1b.::r 1936. At the close of lJusiness on the 31st OctoiJer, 1939 9 payments hc..d been r,1ade to United :Cingdon crecU tors in respect of lire deposits r,18.de on the follo·1Hng d&..tes :­ Sterling J..r•rears J.ccount .;;~ 1 1 •••••• 13th October 1939 Coal Sub-1.,.ccount ..•...23rd J~ugust 1939 Sub-.t~ccount 11D11 (Goocls) .•..•.27th Eay 1939 9th Novcr.11Jer 1939 2nd Sentember-193.'3 and 12th Julv 1939 . ------~·--··· --:.:::....1..----·-·----------___ ___ _ _.._,,2_ _ The Controller of the Anglo-Rownanian Clearing Office announces that the a1:1ount received into tD.e Clesrinr.; Accounts in respect of deb ts due f'or Rou:.1snian gooC.s fx'orn J.2th September, 1933, up to the close of business on 31st October, 1939, including baLmces totalli ng <:~177, t::l4 dcrived from the previous Agreements, was 25,116,671; arter allowin& for Oil Companies' transact ions under Art j_cl e 3 ( 1), the sum of £4, 512, 389 was available, of v1hich £359,278 was made ave.il8ble during October, 1939. In addition, the sum of £20,404 \78S 3dv3nced by the Nati onaJ. Ban]>,: of Houmania under Article 14(-1) f or Clearing purposeG . T'r"is advance m:d the sum of f-',6.~S,032 rep:riesenting outstan0ing odvances fro~ the ~reviouc A~ree~ent , are repayable in acco1'darice with tlrn provisions oi' .!U"'ticle 14(4)~· Roumani sn Public de.ot ctc .......... . Shor·t Te!':r1 Bankin.:; Credit:;, etc ...•• Trade Deb ts: (1) Outst c,nr.d.ng 1JcL.1tG (j.) Due before 1st Augu::.:t ,J.935 (ii) Due after 31st July, 1935 for I1~orts of United King6om Goods be~ore £ R-14 , 207 671 , 695 (.,9' 072 ?9,725 264 , 8'73 197, 657 135 ,803 21th '."3eptc.;nbGI' , l 9j8 •• (2) Currer.:t ~.:;xpor·ts (iJnitcd :tangdom Goods Ac count) ....... . 85Z, 311 (a) 689, 4-28 ( 3) Itoumanian Govcrm:rnnt Pur·ch[-3 Ses (Uni ted Kincd~m Goo6s) . •.•• 210,301 ( 4) Compensation 'l'ro.dc: ­ (i) United Kingdom Goods 5::S6 , 023 (a) 498,674 (ii) Go ods from any country 465 , 257 (a) 414, 818 Miscellensous re;,1i·ctan.ccs (Gene1,al United L.ingc::.:;in Acc·:mnt) .. .....•• 0C-iS, ;~65 (a) 563 , 574 8hipning c.n.d Insu:rcn~ce R6 ni ttanecs (iii scellor;,eouG Account). . . . . . . . . • 13, 910 5 , 000 National 3sn:~ of R.onr.1anj. e:, . .. .. .. ... ['):;.;5~.?l 525 , 061 fA , 50~ , ?93 £3,992, 036 -~---­ ( a ) 1'hi s sterling is held ·by the Clearing Office in ;;ub-Accounts in the names of Roumanian authorised ~anks . To settle their debts due to United Eine;-:dor.i. Creditor·s, P.oumfmi an D0'btors rr~ust pu:cchesc this sterl.ing fr()li1 the se 3· ~th-. ::.'ir~ cd b2nks, ~it ·;rl1o :_3c rcc.:.uer;t tne Clear·i ng GL':'i c e '.'.lakes pay1.1cnt . 'I'hc Clea1'ing Office is not a~.vare of the extcn.t to wh:i.ch t~1e unpaid balances mny have l1een sold forward . 9th :NovcmbE..I' , 1909 . 9.11.39 -No.9~ the CmYcr>oller of tl1e J .. 11glo-'l1urkish Cl caPing Office &nnounces t l1[ t up to the close of business on the 31st Octo-;.>er 9 1939, the amounts r eceived j_nto the Clearing "-ccount and the various SulJ-.i-.ccounts, a.nd the 21.mounts paid from the latter under advices received f'rom the Central Banlc of .c·ur;_,:e;:,r ~ were as follows :­ Account Receipts £ Sub-Account A ) Outsta:n6.ing arid 19 289 9 6L~5 ) curreirt trade Sub -Account X ) delJts. Su!J-Account B Centrc:~l :·:) a:o.k of 860,106 060,106 '.C·url::e: y Sub-Account C CoE11Je1nation •rradc 932 9185 821 9 82L~ UulJ -LccouJ1t D Special exports for lic1uidation of outst8.!1.ding debtr:: . 2 9 914 2,914 WW 'I'he a.mount of deposi·ts awaiting tre.nsfer on 31st October, 1939, was approxiraately £2,030 9000. At the close of business on 31st October; 1939, lJayr.1ents had been uacle to United l\ingdon creditors from :3ulJ-Account A i n respect of deposits made in the Special Account of the Central ~ank of 'rurkey on 30th Novcrnber 1936. 9th November, 1939. 9!.....,11/...,3.... 1'..._L"'-'o_l:.Q BOA.fil:l OF EDTJ..Qlb.T.JON ANNO~JmNT. ..... ........... 9__ .. EXPE!>TDITURE ON EVACUATED CHILDREN TO BE HET IN FULT:...J?.X..j'HE J:~CCHEQUER. A Circular issued by the Board of Education today announces that certain expenditure by Local Education Jmthorities on account of evacuated children will be )Jaid in full by the Excheq_uer. Items that will be met in this way include expenditure on air raid lJrecautions, sv.ch as trenches, dark blinds etc. , in so far as the additional provision is solely attributable to the evacuated children; the hiring of premises to supplement the ordinary scl1ool accommoda.tion and for out-of-school activities; expenditure due to the conveyance of evacuated children to school and other educational ex:9endi ture of a kind which would not have been incurred by the sending authority on their children if they had not been evacuated. No expenditure due to evacuPtion will fall on the receiving authority. Payment of the s alaries of teachers and other sta.ff in their employment sent into the receiving areas to work with the children, expenditure on the maintainance of schools, school materials, etc., will be met by the evacuating authority, grant being paid by the Board of Education. 9/11/39 -No 11 FOR PRESS AND BROADCAST The effects of wearing o. gas mask on the non-waterproof' type of 11eye-black 11 is the subject of a notice issued by the Ministry of Home Security. The attention of women is dr2,v:m to the fact that the temperature conditions obtained inside the faceptece of the mask causes the eye-black to nrun 11 , leading to smarting of the eyes, profuse tears, spnsms of the eylids. This produces an urgent desire to remove the mask with dangerous· results if gas is present. MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY 2 NOVEMBER. 1939 9/11/32 -No. 12 EMPIRE AFFAIRS NAZI PLOT IN SOUTH AFRICA COMPLICITY OF GERMAN EMBASSY. An authoritative sto.tement broadcast in South Africa last night says thnt the Union Government has in its possession incontrovertible evidence of the details of a Nazi plot which was frustrat ed by the measures taken by the Government a t the outbreak of war o The statementy issued in reply to a Zeesen broadcast of the night before, denying that such a plot existed, says that there are in the possession of the Union Government authentic lists of the members of each of the Nazi organisations in the principal cities of the Uniono Contacts between these organisations and the Blackshirt (pro-Nazi) Movement in South Africa are fully recorded, and the names of people in South Africa who have associated themselves with the Nazi movement are known to the Government. The statement says fu~ther tha t the connection between Nazi organisations and members of the Embassy Staff of the German Minister Plenipotentiary had been conclusively proved·· and that plans to arm and mobilise Blackshirt troops and to sabotage vital points in the South African industrial organizations were also revealed. 9/11/39 -No.13. For In:t~.o.~~t_tqn. ZEESEN -GT::RMJ\NY -Short-wave in German c1.na_Spanish f'or .America: at 04.15 B.S.T. 9.11.39. Hitler called away on urgent stete business to Berlin, left the Munich Nationnl Socialist Anniversary Meeting and pro refiled to the railway stetion. Immediately after his departure nn explosion took ~l~ce. Six of the Old Guard were killed and 60 people wounded. (In Spanishonly). Foreign complicity sus:peeted. Linedintely news was given whole population of Munich reacted against the criminal attemnt. A reward of half a million marks is offered to any··person giving information. Strone 11rotests r aised throughout Germany and she will t ake the strongest measures against her country's enemies. DETJTSCHLANDSENDER in German for Germany c,t 07.02 B.S.T. 9 .. 11.39. p • I' • •• ' ~ •• • • • ----------------~-~~-------~--------~--------~-------------~ Identical statement to that from Zeesen at 04.15 with the follovv'ine addition : -"Berliner I.olwl Anzeiger,commenting on the criminal attempt asks, 11Did_the British Secret Service, on Chamberlain's orders, arrange this attempt? With horror we have learnt of this bloody crime. We mourn the death of six faithful Ola. Guard and we thank providence for saving our Fuhrer. Our hQte of the perpetrator is beyond description and the enemies of Germany will get what is coming to them. 11 EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 9/11/39 No.14. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS REJECTS HERTZOG "MORE GERMAN THAN THE GFRMANS" Disappointment at the l ack of constructiveness and the increasing antiJB~itish feeling manifested in General Hertzog's recent speech at Smithfield, is expressed in the English Press in South Africa. The Rand Daily Mail says that in his sym~athy and admiration for "poor old Germany", Hertzog was in danger of becoming more German than the Germans. He believed that Germany had never been guilty of Imperialism nnd her sole effort was to free herself from iniqitous restrictions. Gorman leaders themselves had r arely gone so far as that, but had usually been frank enough about their r ole ns conquering heroes. The Johannesburg Sunday Express said that Hertzog must be one of the few senior politicians in the world to-day who sides with "poor Germany" and who was sim:!Jle enough to declare that Hitler would be satisfied with Danzig and the Corridor. The Cape Argus hoped that General Hertzog would withdraw the charge that Parliament's decision to. enter the war was dictated by Jingoism. The sincerity of old and true Afrikanders like General Smuts and the Minister of Native affairs should not have been thus impugned. That Hertzog's speech has found little more f avour with the Nationalist press, which expresses uneasiness about the ultimate state of the republican issue in the negotiations between the Hertzog group and the Nationalist party, is a blow to those who hoped for united opposition t o Gen. Smuts. The Transvaler says to-day that Hertzog'is latest speeches have awakened troubled disquiet amongst the Nationalists who are protesting that they will not serve under a leader who is not an acknowledged Republican. The paper goes on to declare with great emphasis that no attempt to create a United J\.fric" can succeed unless a republican policy is adopted ; ­unambiguous and unwe.ter ed form" as a first r-r · 2 Hertzog really mennt what .he said when he declared that he w2s not in favour of secession from the British Commonwealth, then that meant the destruction of all chru\Ce of Afrikander unity. General Hertzog's own paper, the Vaderland, is resePved in its comments, but it declar es that Hertzog has made his standpoint clear to all. He was adhering t o the course he had f ollowed f or 40 years. ------.: 9/11/39. -No.15. BINOCULA..ItS FOR 'rlfC ARtlY. THE KING 1 S GIFT. H. M. the King has sent four binoculars to the Vinistry of Supply Armament Inspection Department in response to the appeal made to private owners by nr. Leslie Burgin 9 Minister of Supply. Since f.1r. Burgin called attention to the new army's need for more good glasses, they have been coming in at the rate of 400 a day. More than 2, 000 binocu11ars have been received and inspected9 more arrive by every post and many more are promised by o~mers in different parts of the country. To all who have responded to his appeal the IUnister of Supply wishes to express his cordial~ personal thanks. Many senders have presented their glasses to the Government 9 but unless it is specifically stated that payment is not desired, a fair price is offered to each sender immediately glasses have been ins1;ected and found suitable for military use. Many more binoculars are needed and private owners who can spare suitable types will be rendering a national service by sending them at oroe to: The Armament Inspection Department 9 Ministry of Supply 9 Garl.and Road, Pl umstead 9 S. E.18. The glasses required are indicated by the following brief specification: A prism binocular of the type made by Ross and Zeiss, having a magnification of approximately 6-8 diarneters, in a l eather case. A tie-on label with the name and address of t he owner 9 should be attached to the binoculars and the identification number o~ any particulars engraved on the binoculars should also be indicatr£: in writing. Development in the art of camouflage and of aerial warfare 9 compared with the last war 9 have increased the need for good glasses for observers at home and at the Front. Under the Ministry of Supply the manufactu!"'e o:pticaJ instrmnents of all ldnds for the Services ha~ H t.rnvelop~d on a quantity-production basis. Manufa~ture:?s rve -2 ­ co-operated readily with the Ministry to ensure increased produetion. Works have been modernised and eX!;>anded and additional manufaeturing facilities are being provided as rapidly as possible. The manufacture of eood glasses, howevers takes time and by providing them now, private owners will assist to meet requirements in the period before additional works are in full operation. Ministry of Supply, Press Office, Itovember 9th, 1239. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 9/11/39 -ho.16. INDIAN HILL STATION'S CONTRIBUTION. LOYAL NILGIRI PLANTERS. A Committee representing all parts of the Nilgiris, the South Indian hill station famed for its tea plantations~ has been inaugurated under the title of the "Nilgiri Overseas Hamper Fund". It is hoped to forward a large sum of money to the Overseas Hamper Fund in London in time for Christmas gifts to the troop~ at the Front, with the special request that some of the hampers should be allocated to the battalion on active duty of the regiment stationed at present in the Nilgiris. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 9/11/39. No. 17. ULSTER ECONOMIES .SUSPENSION OF STATE GRANTS FOR ROADS In the int·erest of economy, Ulster Government grants hitherto made from the Road Fund to local authorities for the maintenance of roads are to be discontinued, and thereby some hundreds of thousands of pounds will be saved. One County alone (Antrim) has decided to cut its road expenditure by over £80,000 a year. The Government state that the present national emergency makes it imperative to limit road expena5 ture to the amount required for maintenance alone. A heavy decrease is anticipated in the revenue from motor taxation. ·-·----­ I0,000 4/n T.S. 677 00,000 7/39 T.S. 677 /Y MINISTRY OF LABOUR. Press Notice Schedule of Reserved Occupations. The Ministry of Labour and National Serv::..ce announce the fol1o'Ning changes in the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. r. The following new entries have been P..1ade in the Schedule: ­ Composition die grinder 21 Composition die borer 21 Composition die polisher 21 ~rrrployers ' Association. General clerical grades (whole time) 30 Needle Maker. Surgical needle maker (able to make t hroughout) 18 Paper, Paper Felt, Paper Box Board, Fibreboard, Insulation Board, :Millboard, Strawboard, Wallboard Manufacture, Coating and Pasting. I Assistant back-tenter (strawboard making machines having six-stack or higher dryers) 25 Felt attendant ( stravrboard making machines having six-stack or higher dryers) 25 1st and 2nd Cb.lender attendants ( strai"rbo8.rd making machines having six-stack or higher dryers) 25 Trade Union Official. General clerical grades (whole time) 30 II. In the c3.se of the following occupations, the ages of reservation have been reduced as shevm below: - Occupation Former age of reservation .Amended age.of reservation Forgeman's helper, etc. Forge hammer driver, hammer driver steam 25 18 Forge furnaceman 25 18 i. Occupation Former age of reservation Amended age of reservation Forgeman's helper, etc. contd. Stamper's helper, stamper's puller 25 18 Hot pressman 25 18 Glass Worker. All workers * (other than labourers) in productive processes in:­Optical glass making 21 18 Scientific, laboratory and medical glass working 21 18 ~ In occupations not otherwise specifically reserve d. Turner (Engineering -excluding Brass and other Non-Ferrous Metals). Roll turner 21 18 III. The following other changes in connection with the Schedule are also announced. The entry relating to Theological Students has been amended to include not only a student who was, before September, 1939, established in his course at a recognised religious training institution, but also a man who was, before September, 1939, regarded by any religious denomination as a candidate for Holy Orders or for appointment as a regular Minister. The revised definition reads:-Theological Student. A man who was, before September, 1939, regarded by any religious denomination as a candidate for Holy Orders in or for appointment as a regular Mini~ter of, that denomination -while he remains such a candidate and continues without interruption in a course of preparation for Holy Orders or for appointment as a regular Minister. With regard to officials of Employers' Associations and Trade Unions, the existing entries have been amended to make it clear that they cover supervisory clerical grades. The revised definition under these headings reads:­ W~ole-time official (including executive, administrative, organising and supervisory clerical grades, but excluding general clerical grades) ­reserved at the age of 25. IV. These amendments have no retrospective effect; therefore men who were in these occupations in civil life and .are now serving with the Forces are not l:l.ffected by these decisions. Issued through the Pre.ss and Censorship Bureau. 18/9.11. 39. 2. H.Q.254-470 K·~· s1'. Mr . Hu1'':l remarked en t.hf; excellent ::.'cports he had heard of the Women' s Land /\rmy, more of whose j.1eubers are non compl eting their tr aining and icrill soon be ready to take the ir places as milkerc tractor drivers? poultry girls anr:.. in. almost any other bra~ch ·or farm 'YorJ::. 1 " '7e shall 1vant them all" 9 Mr . Peacock s a i d , "if the ·war goe s on, and a grec:i.t many recruits for [->easonal worl; next swn-:-ier at hay t ime and h arvest. Of course, our r::ainst ay is the regular farm worker who knows his job insj_de out •;;ri t hout any tea ching. As f ar r.1er s , we want to see our iaen ge t a squar e cl.eal . \Vage r ates are rising in agriculture as they are in son<:; other industries. -,·re realise the importance of thj_s question and we have already rnet -1 e spokesmen of the wor kers under the Chairmanship of the Mi nister 0f ~\griculture11 • "But we f ar ners real ise that our main job is to wir 1-.is vrar, and we ' re go j_ng to do it". EMPIRE AFFAIRS 9/11/39 No. 20. MORE MONEY FOR LINEN WORKERS As a result of an agreement between representatives of Ulster ~lax spinners and Trade Unions, between 20,000 and 30,000 textile workers in Ulster are to receive an increase of 7~% in their wages on December 4th, and the principle of holidays with pay will operate from January 1st next. A few days ago some 20,000 workers in the make-up sections of the linen industry were granted holidays with pay from next year. ~1 Two i.!-:ssex schoolchildren have hit upon an idea to help the trc· c~ps i n Pre nce.. 'l'he~r invested their pocket money in buyi11g wooden boxes, chopped them up, and sold bundles of firewood to their neighbours. Half of the first week's ta.kings th•JY spent on more boxes, and ha lf they sent to the Government fund for supply comforts to the troops. They intend to raise money regularly in this way. Anothe.r gift recently received by the Army Comforts Depot at st. Mary's Butts, Reading, was a khaki scarf knitted by an old soldier disabled in the last war. Having lost a leg, he decided to make himself useful by learning how to knit and so helping hL::> comrades in the new war. Money donati~ns to the Depot are spent en tobacco and cigarettes. ·.men bought officially more than twice as many are obtained fc1" the w ney since they are despatched free of duty. It is net cnly knitted articles tha t ar•e n e eded for the comfort of the trocps. Gcme o:r the c.ther things they would we lccme are mouth organs, playi.ag cards 9 Chocolate slabs in carto11s, sweets in tins 9 razc·r blades, and soap and shaving soap. In knitting woollens it should be noted that all wocl must be khaki~ except socks which may be khaki or preferably army grey. P.R.1. War Office. 9.11..39. NOTICE TO THE PRESS. The next announcement by the Ministry of Labour and National Service on unemployment will relate to the :position on 13th November, 1939, and will be available on the evening of 1~nday, 4th December, 1939. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED EITHER BY BROAIXJAST, OR O:i\f TIL3 CLtJB ;r.APES, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY, BEFORE 9 P.M. ON '.FHURSD.£\Y , 9TH NOVF.lMBER, 1939 • lvIINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NNl'IONAT.J SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. At 16th October, 1939, the numbers of un0mployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Gre2.t Britain vrere 1,221,655 wholly unemployed., 146,451 temporarily stopped., and 62,532 normally in casual employment, making a total of 1,430,638. This was 99, 710 more than the number on the registers at 12th September, 1939, but 350,589 less than at 17th October, 1938. The total on 16th October, 1939, ccmprised 903,127 men, 43,920boys, 417,798 women and 65,793 girls. There were increases in the numbers unemployed in building, public works contracting, hotel and boarding house service, the distributive trades~ the print:L~g industry, laundry service, Local Govermr£nt service, road transport, dock and harbour service, and agriculture, horticulture, etc. On the other hand unemployment decreased in coal mining, the textile and clothing industries, metal goods manufacture, the furniture trade, the fishing industry, and the entertainments and sports industries. 9th November, 1939. .APPENDU . l\umbers unemploy,e~ on reg_isters at .:1.6th October_, 1939, •rith fi_mg:es for a irontl1..Q.~fore a.ncl a yeru.· before .....__..--........ --.......~ .............. ...... _..~_..._...___,._.,.... _~....--.,., __ ....--......_._. ------~·-----·····-·-"':""'---~,..~--··-.......---·-....,.. -~ Persons normally in Pers0ns regular ~_!E.ployrnen_t___ normally in DATE . Wholly : Temporarily casual TO'.l'l.,L Unemployed. :stopped employment ..... -·---·~---··-·. ··---_.,.____.....__ ..,.... """-~·-.-·----------~------·-------~--------··---.. ---------i~-.. ·--·-""·--·--····----· 16th October, 1939. Men 758,645 84,074 60,408 903,12'1 Boys 41,971 1,850 99 43,920 Women 358,361 57,426 2,011 417'798 Girls 62,678 3,101 14 65,795 :...-.. -~-.... --... ~.,·---=· ..-..... -~...--··--....---·---..:.---------··--..-....---:...------~__...... _ . . ' . , ·--·---.-...,.-..._--.......,---~-·...-.....----------:------·--------;...,....--------..·-·----: · 1,052,218 227,CYJ9 . 51,611 1,330,928 . ···-·..-···~-----..-·-~...........___....__ ,~,------~-----~...------,....-.................-.--..---·: 1,060,370 195 '768 62,285 1,318,423 Boys 45 ,672 6,087 237 51,996 Women 257,447 99,032 1,790 358,269 Girls 45,443 7,060 36 52 ,539 .-...-._...,. ......... ___....__:.....~·-.....--.--...----'4·-..---:._,________.............. -. .-.. ~.. 1,408,932 307,947 64,348 1,781,227 . . ------·--~--·--·---..-------" Divisiona l Changes. The following table shevrs the difference betv.ieen 16th October, 1939, and 11th September, 1939, in the total numbers unemployed on the registers in the various administrative divisions:­ LONLON + 54,840 EASTERN + 3,611 SOUTH EASTERN + 1.S,736 SOUTHERN + 12,328 SOUTH vVESTERN + 8,649 :MIDLANDS 9,207 NORTH MIDLANDS 5,900 NORTH EASTERN + 784 NORTH VIBSTERN + 1,64.4 NORT".tlERN + 6,290 SCOTLAND + 5 ,395 W.ALES + 7,540 1,221,655 146,451 62,532 . . . ... -..-.~--.-----··------~···-~---... ;.....-.. -.-..,,, ..... -,. --~----~---·· -·-·---......--....~; ....-.,__,, ___,...... -----'*-..........,.....,.,-... 661,403 115,873 49 ,535 41,508 2,975 60 291,647 101,613 1,983 57,660 6,638 33 1,,430,638 .-.....-..-------·--­ 826' 811 44,543 395 ,243 64,331 Injustrial Qh2nges. Figures 2. re given belm7 which indicate the c:L ci,zcs in tl:.e nmbers of insured persons, aged 16 -64, unemployed at 16t h October , :L939, as compared with 11th September, 1939 , and 17th October, l938, in the industries which shov:ed the rnost marked changes during those perioCls. Co~rison vrith 11th September, 1939. Buil ding + 35 , 998 Hotel, boarding house etc. service + 24,688 Distributive trades + 20~l64 Local government service + 12,393 Printing and bookbinc.ing + 11,215 Public \;;o:!:'lrn contr&cting + 10,957 Road t r ansport + 9,639 L aund.ry service + 7,416 Dock and harbour service + 5 ,735 Agriculture, horticulture, &c. + 3,37'7 Cotton 16,990 Tailoring 16,063 Dre ssmaking, millinery, &c. 12,437 CoE.clmining 12,2::1-8 Fishing 7,124 Hat and Cap 4,691 Entertainments, spart, etc. 3,906 Te:x-tile bleach:.ng, dyeing &c. 3,788 Silk and artificial silk 3,695 Furniture making 3~494 Woollen and vrorst ed 3,384 :Metal goods manufacture 3,364 Comparison vrith 17th Octob_E;;Jr, 1938. Cotton 59,923 Coal mining 57,4..L'.i:-1 EngineerL11.g 35 ,570 Building 30,440 Iron ana. steel 30,084 Public works contracting 29 ,165 Metal goods ma..."lufacture 28}520 Yloollen anc1 vrorsted 24,980 Shipbuilding and ship repairing 20,631 Distributive trades 19,603 Textile b leaching, dyeing, &:: • 13,411 Tailoring · 11,411 Hotel, boarding house, etc. service + 21, 798 P-.cinting and bookbinding + 14, 868 Entertainments, sport, etc. + 13;975 3. FROM FOREIGN OFFIC:C NEWS DEPARTLiENT. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST BEFORE THE MORNING PAPERS OF FRIDAY 9 lOTH NOVEMBER 9 19390 The King has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Mro Oliver Charles Harvey, C.M.G., a Counsellor in the Foreign Office and since January~ 1936, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Pariso WEARING OF HAIG POPPY BY R.A.F. The Air C;ouncil have given authority for the wearing of the Haig poppy on Armistice Day in the head-dress of all ranks of the Royal Air Force when on duty, should they so desire, provided that when so wo!'Il the emblem is of reasonable dimensions. FROM AIR AFFAIRS. 9'/11/39. No 25 KEEPING THE J\.RMY IN THE FJ\.MILY Soldiering is in the blood of many families whose members for generations have served with the Colours, but a record of service is claimed f or the Culley family by Army Recruiter T.F.Culley, stationed nt the Depot of a County Regiment in the South of England. He has five sons and three daughters of whom seven are in uniform, while the remaining daughter's husband is in a famous Cavalry Regiment. Actually, the record of service goes much further back than the pr esent generation. Three great uncles fought in the American Civil War, and the fourth brother -Mr. Culley's grandfather, saw a lifetime's serv~oe in the Royal Dragoons. "My father also went into the 4th Dragoons", said Mr. Culley, "And I was in the 3rd Hussars and fought through the Great WRr. Now I am back in uniform again, and glad of it. "Of course, I married into the Service. MY wife was born into the Wiltshires, and both her father and grandfather served in that Regiment. They had a grand reputation for marching, the Wiltshires. "My five boys ar e all in khaki. One is in the Brigade of Guards, three ar e in my old Regiment, and the fifth is doing Government work somewhere in the Midlands. Of the three girls, two nr c in the A.T.S. -one of them married to a Ca•alry man, and the third, although not in uniform is married to a Hussar". WAR OFFICE 1 WHITEHALL, s.w.1. 2L_ll/39 No. 27.. MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT OILS FOR USE IN THE PREPARATION OF MEDICINES An Order has been made to-day by the Ministry of Food which permits any person to use until further notice the following oils for the purpose of the preparation of any medicine or medicament for internal or external use without the necessity for holding an individual licence as required by Article 8 (d) and (e) of the Oilseeds, Vegetable Oils and Fats and Marine Oils (Control) Order, 1939, (S~Ro & 0& Nool371 of 1939). Coconut Oil Maize Oil Cotton Seed Oil Olive Oil Gingelly (Sesame) Oil Palm Oil Ground Nut Oil Soya Bean Oil 9th November 2 1939. PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE WAR OFFICE AS OFFICIAL SOURCE. In spite of the Treaty of Amity bet1ive...:.n the Third Rej.ch and the Third International, fortification of the new front i er is said to have began on both sideso Russia has sent many engineers to superintend their side of the work. The Russians have established an air base near Yilnao In the Baltic Provinces they have about 60,000 Red. Ar my men ­clearly on the defensive against Germany; r-o other likel y menace exists. Disappoint ed in their first hope that they Yverci going to fight Germany the Red Army men are now busily propagandising i n the newly occupied territories by means of victory marches 9 milJ.tary concerts, sing-songs, gramophoneso The soldiers are also organising a certain amount of l''elief work for the 200,000 Jews who fled into eastern Poland l)efore the German advance and now are homeless, without either food or war1:1 clothing. Many of these Jews have joined the Soviet militio. anc1. wear red armbands" Ukrainian Nationalists and officials of othe1" pulit1cal groups have ell been arrested. According to a Pole barely escap ing over the fron~ier t he Soviet mechanised divisions were headed by 50 t o 60 t anks; the:~~. came tractors carrying food, and fuel for the tanlrn; then light lorries with about 400 soldiers; the discipline a!1d marching of the regular troops seems to be excellent; but there have b een many break--dovms Rmong the t anks and light Soviet built lorrieso According to Soviet sources the mechanized ·~olu.'Jlns march about 3;7 miles a day. At the beginning it is ad.mitted that badly fitt:Lng "boots and equipment caused some trouble and the initial pace of marching was not more than 2:$ miles an hour. Men who fell out we:i:•e J.ooked after in the ambulance which came along after the rear company; and i. t is claimed that the battalions arrived in full strength at their des~inationsn Polish sources state that from the state of the men's boots they had already marc:1ed long distances before reaching the Polish frontiers Against this it may be said that the Red Army men do not go in for the spit-and-polish of Western Armies; and that even ::'.n Moscow o::> L:::ningrad most military boots seen in the streets are eaked Yvi ·t;h di.mt,. The Red Army men now occupying Polish Ukr aine are mainly from the Soviet Ukraine; seve:::-al Georgian and Armenian of fi eeI'S have been notedo -2 ­ From reports coming in it appears that the Red Army first-line troops had a good appearance both in Poland and in the Baltic Stat es; their disci~line and mar ching wer e good. Those coming after vrerc not so good; the men a2!pear ed apathetic, their clothing bad. In the Baltic States as in Poland there vrer e many break-dov-ms among the t anks and armoured cars o So f ar ther e has been no attempt to collectivise the peasants. The big estates have been broken up; and the peasants given plots of land, some of them medium-sized f arms. Some priests have been arrested, but churches remain open. The Soviet propagandists all appear to be well-disciplinedo Polish unemployed are being taken into Russia , A party of 500 have already arrived at Stalino to work in the Donbass coal mineso A Polish officer who escaped over the frontier after being held bx the Red Army declares that twenty officers ·Were kept for three days in a cell little l ar ger than a railway carriage -ten had to sit while the other ten stoodo Then they were entr ained for Russiao Russian officers told them that they needed specialists in Russia. Altogether there were about 140 officers captive on the traine At night the narrator jumped from the train· found a friendly r ailway official who gave him a railwaymanf s uniform. With this the officer found his way to Lvov and so over the frontier" rn white Russia,. according to the latest news from Moscow, co-operative societies are now bedng formed to provide 500 shops, 33 bakeries and 33 restaurants among the villages. The German Government boasts that the Allied blockade is ineffectiveo Nevertheless, admissipns have leaked outr even in Nazi Party organso One number of · Der Schwarze Korps is reported to have been confiscat ed by the German military authorities because of an art:;_cle i t cont ai ned admitting the effectiveness of the Allied Blockade~ Further evidence is provi de& by 1 Angriff1 o·f November 1st, 19390 In an ar t i cle 0 :1 per rni ts for pur·chasing commodities, 10 'comrJandments: are gi ven f or a1)plicants , and another 10 for official so For the applicant:­ l" . Think t en t i mes before deciding that you want a thing. 2. Think that other s want it more than youo 3o Claim only what you lecko 4-SoAdmini stration de~ailso 9" Don 1 t regard the off::i.cial as your mortal enemy. lOo Don't grous8 over a r efusal, it i s not directed against you, but for all. The official i s inyj_ted among ot her things to:­ Be clovmright ·but al so polite; look the ap1)licant up and dorm before you open your mouth" The newspaper r eport er, who had been to an office where a young v-vornan asking f or a permit to buy a night gown had been told to go to bed naked, went t o see the Burgomaster. That worthy eArplai ned that 2/3rds of the population had asked for a pair of boots per head in 3 months. 11This is, of course, out of the q_uestion11 ~ Vegetarians ar e va1rial..Je citizens for they do not consume meat or fatso Even vegetarian foods are regulated, but vegetarians are to receive additional rations of butter and cheese as compensationo 9/11/39 -No. 30 MINES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT A deputation from the Federation of Colliery Deputies' Associations of Great Britain, including Mr. Ao McAlpine, Chairman, Mr. W.T. Miller, Secretary1 Mr. J.W. Sumnall, Treasurer, was received at the Mines Department to-day (9th November) by Sir Alfred Faulkner, C.B.,C.B.E. Permanent Under-Secreatary for Mines. The Deputation brought to notice a number of matters arising chiefly out of the War, and affecting the Federation and the class of mine officials known as firemen, examiners and deputies . Certain matters which had 1Jeen the subject pf resolutions pa ssed at the Federation's Summer Conference in regard to stone-dusting in mines, shot-firing and .accidents from falls or roof at the face were also discussed. PLEASE DO NOT ·QUOTE 9/11/39 No 31. WAR OFFICE AS OFFICIAL SOURCE Reports have been received of the presence of German davalry near the Dutch frontier, and of the movement of patrol by rail towards the same district. A. M. Bulletin 9/11/39 No 32 AIR EXERCISE ON NORTH EAST COAST During a British air exercise yesterday a number of aircraft flew low over a Royal Air Force st ation on the North E::st coast. They circled and dived, continuing their "attacks 11 for about half an houro The 11 r a iding 11 aircraft were part of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron. They gave ground gunners firing practice and at the same time gave themselves flying practice. The aircraft flew.at the height of low flying raiders, and the gunners on the ground were given an excellent opportunity to "shoot them down". The guns, however~ operat ed cameraso The results have shovm that many direct hi ts were recorded on the speedy figher s . Slovrnr bombing machines wou1d have been shot down very quickly in an actual combat. These sham attacks keep the gunners on the alert in readiness for real raiders. They have been the basis of several recent false report that actual raids were in progr ess. _ NO}. TO BE QUOTED AS AN AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AI R AFFAIRS 9/11/39 No. 33. PRESS .NOTICE During Tuesday and Wednesday last -7th and 8th inst ­Her Royal Highness the Princessc Royal has inspected military units. 9/11/39-No 34 THE FOLLOWING IS FOR IS SUE FOR THE GENERAL GUIDANCE OF THE PRESS. IT MUST NOT BE Q.QQ1l1jID AS A WAR OFFICE AN~OUNCEMENT Hitler in his speech of the 8th November declared "Britai-n and France did not defeat us on the battlefield. That was a great lie On the 3rd October~ 1918~ Prince Max of Baden who was the Reichschancellor put the following question to Hindenburg and Ludendorff;­ "Is the militnry situation so critico.l that action must be taken at once with the object of obtaining an Armistice and peace?" The m:.s1vc~:ri given by Hindenburg was as follows; ­ "The Supreme Command ad.heres to their demand made on 29th September of this year for the immediate issue of a peace offer to our enemies". On the 29th September, at the Council at which the highest political and military officials hnd been present with the Kaiser presiding, General Ludendorff had d.3clo.red "that the situation of' the Army demands an immediate Armistice" . ., A parliamentary Enquiry was instituted by the Germans after the war to enquire into the co.uses of its outbr eak, its long duration Emd its loss. This Enquiry · ~o.t from 1919 to 1925. Dr. Albrecht Philip who was o. mcmbel'"' of the Reichstog and President e:>f the 4th Sub-Committee of this Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry issued a report in three volumes. In this the following phrases· occur:­ "As Germany was not victorious she was not in a position to dictate a peace". "ThG Cub-Committee ne;recd that the Forei gn Office was "learly warned ·chat the military opero.tionsmi.c~ht fail and there might 'be need of diplomatic vrnapons. " "The failures on the 15th July and the 8th _,·rngust, 1918, were due to the troops not to the incompet ence of the Supreme Command". "The demand for an A1:mistice WD.s· not due to ·'lef.eat but f ear of defeat and it ho.s been established that the Gover;nment did all they could to delay sending the demand for an Armistice but finally Hindenburg-Ludendorff despatched a message t o President Wilson on their own account"o "As r egards the Army, the Sub Conm1i ttee think that it held out to the utmost of its power". In a book by Police Colonel Dr. H. Schutzine;er called "Collapse ­The Tragedy of the German Field Army", the author warns his countrymen that if they will no-'-: realise that they were "beat en for purely military r easons , that it wns not the Homeland but the fi~hting forces of our opponent s which broLcht our Armies to ruin~ Germany will only be heading for on.other fall in n short time 11 • ·----··-~-----­ -2­ Most German accounts of the war are less frank than the above and gloss over its l ast phRses, thus General Wellmann, Commander of the 1st Reserve Corps, in a historyof its formation from the 24th August, 1918, to the Armistice describes his Corps as "going steadily backwarc1s11 in a process which he terms "uninterrupted victorious defence". Just after the first Battle of the Marne, the younger Moltke said " when there is victory there are p:risoners and guns" to his Generals who had produced few , if any"' If this formula is correct then the following figures surely establish a victory f or uso Between 8th August and 11th November, the German Armies were driven back from the line St, Mihiel -Reims -Amiens -Arras -Ypres to the line Sedan -Mons -Ghent which was beyond their last prepared defensive lineo Their l osses in prisoners and guns were as follows:­ Prisoners Guns Br itish 188,700 2,840 Fi"ench 139,000 1,880 Americans 43,300 1,421 Belgi ans 14. 500 474 Totals: 385,500 6,61L These t ot als r epresent a quarter of the Army in man-:power and more than half its gunso These figures do not i nclude the killed and wounded, nor do they include the mat erial surrendered after the armistice. Erzberger who .was German Plenipotentiary at the L:r•mist ice says in his book that Hindenburg gave him power to accept any terms even unconditional surrender. A case for a complete military victory is thus amply pr ovedo 9/11/39 No 35. MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT CONDENSED MILK PRICES • The Ministry of Food announce that in consequence of the advance made by the Milk Marketing Board in the price of liquid milk used in the manufacture of condensed milk, end to provide for adjustments in retail prices, all maximum wholesale and retail prices fixed under the Condensed Milk (Provisional Prices) Order, 1939, have been increased. Full information has been ciculated to the trade interests, and all enquiries should be addressed to the Director of Condensed Milk Supplies, Ministry of Food, Room 233, Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W~l~ The revised m~ximum retail prices are :­ pintsequivalent per tin d. Full Cream Sweetened c • • .• • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • li II II II • • • • • ~ • • e o ~ o • o • ~ 7 8 5 II Unsweetened ••o•••·~~··•• IIII II • e o o o o • o • • ·• • • • • Skirnrne·d ti • o • • • • ••••• °' o • o •• c o o • • •••• ti ~ 0 0 •••.• 0 •••.•••• ~ 0 • 0 0 ~ 0 ~ ~ •• 0 •• lf· • 0. 0. 0 •• • .•••• 0 0 0 ~ 0 0 0, •• 0 0 •• ~ 2 3 4 MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT SUGAR (I!iAXIMUM PRICES) NO. 4 ORD:BiR The Sugar (Maximum Prices) No., 4 Order made by the Ministry of Food leaves undisturbed the general range of sugar prices but removes from the operation of the previous Orders, icing sugar and certain recognised trade brands of castor sugar. 9/11/39 -No J,7. MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT The Invert Sugar (Maximum Wholesale Prices) Order. 1939. The effect. of the above. Order, made by the Ministry of' Food today~ i.s to decontrol the price of liquid glucose. +++++++++++++++