THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1940
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RED CROSS WIFE ANSWERS QUERIES 8-1/2 HOURS A DAY
YOU AND I HAVE READ a good deal since this war began about what the Red Cross are doing, writes a London Correspondent.
"The Red Cross are to arrange for mothers to visit wound- ed sons in France. to build super ambulances for the BEF. to send 30 ambulance to Finland
to do this, that, and the other act of mercy.
Well, I called at various ex-private houses in London, now "Ioaned for the duration,” to find out just who the Red Cross are.
THE SPOIL SPORT shipped to France, thank 47-years-old
·Hampstead - (London) · A.R:P. Bulletin says one of its post war- dèns-has received this letter: :
"Dear Siri am writing as an angry mother. ·A· warden round here is not playing fair. My girl' always meets her. boy “In the shelter in road. The young must have their little fun, We were all young once.
“Well, a warden comes and dis- turbs them. It is not the short": one nor the very'tallóne nor the lady, but the one who has a lum- inous S.W., on his hat.
"He comes to his shelter where are my girl and her boy. Ho flashes his light on them. Now, is that playing fair? After all, why have we got shelters if they are not used? After all, if this is war we can't be too duft. I do not like the A.R.P. and I object to my daughter having her pleasure' spollt. 'Please stop it."
Barmaids:
Dangerous Job
When, you read that a dozen ultra- modern X-ray ambulances are to be
bespectacled Mr. H. T. Ferrier. He has been with the Red Cross for 17 years.
"Guerin Meschino".
brain?"
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Russian Armamento "The Finns did it with their knives."
the most capable person I've met--- He designed X-ray-equipped am- bulances for Abyssinia and Spain, has male or female," or "She's got a man's just had 30 more modern ones sent to Finland: His newest effort--an X-ray 'car complete with dark room and gen-
Chief of the Central Hospital Supply. erating plant--will soon be available Service-which handles all supplies for the B.EF.
made- by voluntary..workers in Eng- He looks like a busy town doctor, land and Wales-is Viscountess Fal-. medium tall, broad shouldered, going mouth. thin on top: Actually he is a qualified
She cycles to work from her home.
radiographer, married, with a son in Belgravia at 9.30 every morning. aged 18%, who will soon qualify as She gave up her car because she did an R.A.F. pilot.
not feel justified in accepting an extra ration of petrol.
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The stores in Mr. Ferrier's ambu-
lances are furnished by tall, handsome No Complaints. Mr. J. E. Goff, a businesslike man with a gruff voice and a soft heart.
SOMETIMES!
Milan
Filling in an application form to join the R.A.F., a young man' came to the section in which ap- plicants are asked to make cóm- ments about themselves. confronted with.........the
He was query,
He answered, "Sometimes!" This story was told by a distin- guished member of the · French Military Mission during a Press conference in London.
Hamburg's radio announcer, arriv
Last war he spent £7,000,000 of the The comedian who made this wise- Haw Haw, That's Me society's money buying and distribut- crack a few days ago in а Munich ing medical stores. This time he has cabäret got a year's imprisonment for been sending stores to France, Finland, his pains: and Turkey.
"In the old days we couldn't In peace time he is an efficiency ex- plain; everything was all right. pert-has saved two firms from bank- everything is even better, but ruptcy, organised N.A.A.F.İ. on a happy we would be if everything was Haw,' sound financial basis, Was on the all right." board of several business concerns.
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Mrs. J. R. Bryans, wife of Lieut.- Commdr. Bryans and daughter of Sir
Snatched Own Wife's
ing at the microphone five minutes com- late for an English broadcast, Intro- Now duced himself as the man "described how by the British Press as. Lord Haw
Proposals to employ barmaids in public-houses în Glasgow, which has not had barmaids for thirty years, to replace men called up for service, are
John Gilmour, Minister of Shipping, Handbag In The Dark. being opposed by the Glasgow Dis- trict Union of the British Women's is queries expert. All inquiries pass through her. Her telephone rings Temperance Society,
has a constant stream of callers. ceaselessly for 81⁄2 hours a day; she
"The war is being made the excuse for the employment of barmaids, and I appeal to all women to save our young girls from this dangerous type of employment," a member of the So- ciety said.
victim.
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"Let Use Embrace,
Kiss,” Nazis Sing ..
whole world and-kiss.”
When German stations would nor- Arrested for purse-snatching at mally have been broadcasting neww night, Fritz M. Jones, aged twenty-one, at ten last night they began playing appeared in court at San Antonio, a song called Texas, to be identified by his woman "I should like to embrace .the
Probably the most capable woman The woman took only one look at in the organisation is Miss Judith him. She said:
That can't be the No To Bigger Jackson, senfor official in the depart- man. That's my husband." Mrs. Marion Copeland, secretary of ment dealing with matters concerning But she was wrong. Jones had al the Union, said: "We shall vigorously war prisoners. Men say of her: "She's ready confessed. object. There are many temptations
for a girl in this type of employment."
Paving Stones Gave
The Dogs Shocks
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Dogs trotting along the pavement in Market-street, Eastleigh, Hants, sud- denly set up a pitiful howl and bolted away from the shopping centre.
The street was not haunted; Some" of the paving stones were found to be electrified because of a fault in the underground: main,
Although detected by dogs", paws, the strength of the escaping current was not sufficient to affect shoppers.
Framed
Among recent acquisitions by Imperial War Museum,
S.E. which has
reopened, is
Timer Joint
Hiler and Mr. Cham Munich In Sep
mbeth
pa
York
back fromí
hantleman. The nose contains a devastating'
aldeadly gaz.: The tall is packed with
ata to be read by the survivors."
Rations Plea
* An appeal for bigger rations: butter, bacon and sugar for men engaged in heavy industries - It was made by the South Wales - Minera Federation was rejected by the Min- istry of Food.
The Ministry stated that in view of the wide range of commodities not subject to rationing, it was not felt necessary to arrange for supplemen- tary rations for particular classes :of workers..
Fined For Improper.
Use Of Torches
A number of people were summon- ed at Guildhall for improper use -hand - torches». The police complain- ed that the torches were flashed up- wards, and outwards instead of down- wards," or "that" the lights were not dimmed by paper or other means. Sir Fercy Greenaway, who stated that the maximum penalty for breach of the regulations was £100,... Imposed fines of 5s each on the defendants;