"IRON LUNGS" FOR EVERY HOSPITAL IN EMPIRE
Thousands To Be Built At Morris Works, Cowley
Lord Nuffield's
Latest Benefaction
London, To-day.
SUDETENLAND ANGLO-GERMAN RIGHT TO OPT CREDIT ACCORD
AN
BERLIN, TO-DAY. AGREEMENT. HAS
SUPPLEMENTED
London, To-day.
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BEEN ́SIGNED BETWEEN A supplementary agreement was GERMANY - AND CZECHO- added to the Anglo-German Credit Lord Nuffield, who in the last few years has become SLOVAKIA REGULATING Agreement of 1988 during a meet- QUESTIONS OF NATIONALE ing here yesterday after which the Britain's most generous benefactor, has now TY AND THE OPTION OF following official communique was announced that he intends to provide every hos- CZECH INHABITANTS. IN issued last night: pital and institution in the British Empire with THE
"The advisory committees pro- vided for in the German
Credit an "iron lung.”
The German Government shall Agreement of 1988 for the purpose Some of the larger hospitals may be provided with quest non-Germans in Sudeten- terest arising from the agreement, be entitled before July next to re- of discussing matters of mutual in-
three or four.
DISTRICT CEDED TO
GERMANY.
land to leave the district within met in London on November 15 and three months if they have settled 28.
It is expected that all the iron lungs required will in Sudetenland since January 1, During these meetings an agree
be available by next March.
It is proposed to give up to five thousand iron lungs, which repre- sent a total benefaction of half a million pounds sterling.
Lord Nuffield's announcement of this new act of generosity was made by him to the Press in his office at Cowley, Oxford.
£98 EACH
Works
1
a large percentage of cases cured, whereas without this ma- chine they must die.” ·
AUSTRALIAN MACHINE- Lord Nuffield explained that as infantile paralysis was most pre- valent`in warm climates, it was intended to supply the big cities first and in the first three months of 1940, nearly a thousand lungs
preparation for the summer.
[1910.
ment pertaining to short term bank credits awarded by foreign The same rights are reserved banks to banks and commercial to the Czech Government as re- and industrial concerns of the gards. Germans in Czecho- former Austrian state was signed, Slovakia.
this providing to those who wish
A joint committee had been it similar treatment as that accord- fed short term bank credits under established to supervise the
the German Credit Agreement of Reuter. agreement.
1988." It was further decided to extend this Agreement to May 31,
May 31 |1939-Trans-Ocean.
MANY CASUALTIES
would be ready for distribution in MANY CASUALTIES They had worked very closely IN SIAN BOMBING
Sian, To-day.
NO A NO ANGLO-GERMAN MEETING YET CONTEMPLATED
London, To-day.
He said that the lungs would be manufactured at the Cowley of the Morris Motor Company. At present they cost £98 each. He was prepared to manufacture any with Mr. Young, the Australian number and after the demand was inventor of the new machine, to satisfied, stocks would be kept at improve it. Although the present Cowley in case of need,
More than 250 civilians were model was very successful, its Although the average time for a chief advantages were. lightness, either killed or maimed yesterday. person to occupy an iron lung was which aided transportation and it when 20 Japanese bombers subject- In answer to a question whether from ten to fourteen days, nine could be worked by hand if elec-ed Sian, provincial capital of Shen-it was proposed to invite any Ger- months might be the period neces-trical power was not available. si, to its severest air raid since the man Ministers to come to London in sary for a patients' recovery.
Originally produced for cases of start of hostilities.
return of the Prime Minister's visits He said: "It seems to me a infantile paralysis, it could be used Flying from Shansi, the raiders to Germany the Chancellor of the dreadful state of affairs when in other forms of lung failure and showered over 80 heavy bombs, in Exchequer referred in the Commons children suffering from infantile in cases of gas poisoning in war- the residential districts. Central to the answer by Mr. Chamberlain paralysis might be saved and in 'time. Reuter.
News.
on Monday, when he e gave a negative reply to an enquiry whether any meeting between members of the British and German governments to discuss appeasement, was contem- plated in the near future.-British Wireless.
THE HOUSE OF
FINE PORTRAITURE
Much has been said recently about the shortage of nurses in England. is a little known fact that many of the London Polytechnics provide preparatory courses for young girls prior to their becoming nurses. This picture was taken at Battersea Polytechnic, where girls are given a thorough training before entering the nursing profession. Photo shows girls at the Polytechnic learning anatomy with the aid of a model of a fucian body.
Sun Ying Ming Studio (Opp. Queen's Theatre)
FRANCIS WU
PHOTOGRAPHER