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Y 23, 1939
EVENT OF WAR YOU LOOK REALLY SMART
Princesses on their way to Waterloo for their
large measure of controlled adult evacuation was the simplest solu- tion to the shelter and mainten- ance problem.
FROM 'PHONE TO SIREN One cannot leave the subject of dislocation, which affects not only railways, roads, communications and administration, but also peo- ple at work, without reference to the air raid warning system, as it would affect London. It is perhaps not sufficiently realised how this es- sential system, operating as far as the public are concerned from telephone exchanges to the sirens, may influence daily existence.
It is certainly one of the major factors which have influenced the Government experts against deep shelters, which would require several minutes to reach; but its implications go deeper. For every raid actually carried out, a London borough might well receive a dozen alarms, which must be heeded. It' is not hard to imagine an astute enemy seriously interfering the es- sential work by causing constant movement of citizens to and from shelter.
This is also a problem for the industrial areas in the Midlands and North, but they would receive relatively fewer alarms than Lon- We can assume don. One wonder how far it would ork, instead of always be made.
from home as that the International Telephone be possible to maintain the great it en- fore transport Exchange and the 'Central Telegraph area of industry, much of
vital a gaged in
war production, have to be Office would be transferred to
which is centred in North and West safer district than London, E.C.
London,
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CLOSING OF CINEMAS If there were to be constant
were to
d be off the EVACUATION PROBLEMS etrol supplies Greater London's total popula don Transport tion must shrink to a 19th-century vernment con- level. Apart from those who might alarms over London, the fewer non- will, it might be away on active service, we know essential citizens there
underground that at least 500,000 school-children swell the crowds, to increase the on home-made and another 500,000 young children dangers of chaos and panic, and to as far as pos- with mothers can leave at once for fill the hospitals, the better. When London has been stripped of its omnibuses. the country. During September it
task certainly be a was proposed to evacuate under non-essential population, the
providing adequate shelter, Government control up to 2,000,000 of
to
rce and admin- non-essential civilians, after the transport and good for those who to at least have to carry on become, a good and dispers- children, in addition ge locations, 250,000 people who could find their deal simplified. f vital impor- own way out to homes of relatives ase would cer- and friends in the country.
restricted for At present London's evacuation Unob- plans, beyond the million children Sir John ffice has been and mothers, are vague. $ amount of Anderson believes that able-bodied bossible break- civilians should stay at their posts, Yet this is not incompatible with
Boses.
But there would be very little re- laxation for those who remain in London. Already, we have been warned that cinemas and theatres would have to close, because the concentration of crowds, unable to dissipate in the maximum of five Even minutes, must be avoided. museums and picture galleries
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Yesterday's Solutions
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THAT 12 BOYS ARE BETTER BECAUSE
HE MAY SHARE THE 13TH. POSITION.... WITH SEVERAL
OTHER-
BOYS
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reorganisation, planning is essen-
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