THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1940
INCREASING R-A-F. EFFICIENCY
London, To-day.
IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED that in order to relieve strain upon the Chiefs of Staffs, Sir John Dill, at present commanding the First Corps in France, has been appointed Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Vice-Admiral Thomas S. V. Phil-
lips and Air Marshal R. E. Peirse, at IMPORTANT
present Deputy Chiefs of the Naval and Air Staffs, respectively, have been appointed Vice-Chiefs.
The holders of the new posts will be on the Board of the Admiralty, Army Council and Air Council, res- pectively, and will be available to attend meetings of the War Cabinet at which the Chiefs of Staff are un- able to be present.
It is understood that Sir Charles Craven will be a member of the Air Council and will assist Sir Wilfred Freeman, head of the production drive, necessitating the starting of new factories, employment of thou- sands, of more men in aircraft produc- tion, and the creation of new aero- dromes throughout the country.
In this connection it is understood that the Empire Training Scheme is coming well up to expectations. Reuter.
AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE
London, To-day.
An Air Ministry announcement con- firms that Sir Samuel Hoare has in- vited Sir Charles Craven to join the Air Council as civil member for the development of production in as- sociation with Air Marshal Sir Wil- fred Freeman.
Sir Charles Craven is also to be Chairman of the Air Supply Board which will replace the existing Air Council Committee on supply and be responsible under the Air Council for production of aeronautical equip- ment and supplies.
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Sir Charles, on taking up the ap- pointment, has ceased to take part in the conduct of affairs of Vickers Limited, Vickers Armstrong Limited and all associated companies.
E. J. Lemon, whose services were lent to the Air Ministry by the Lon- don Midland and Scottish Railway in June, 1938, is resuming the vice- presidency of the L.M.S. organisation but will serve on the Air Supply Board.
Mr. Lemon carried out with mark- ed success the two-year production programme for which he was lent to the Ministry-Reuter.
DUTCH SHIP SUNK IN NORWEGIAN WATERS
Amsterdam, To-day.
The Dutch steamer Bernisse (951 tons), homeward bound with a cargo of iron, sank off the Norwegian coast yesterday. The crew of 18 were sav- ed.-Reuter,
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LONDON, TO-DAY.
SKELETON IN PLEASURE GROUND
[From Our Own Correspondent]
Folkestone,
Two schoolboys found the ske leton of a man beneath bushes In The Warren, pleasure ground, at Folkestone.
Under the skeleton was a rub- ber bottle filled with water. Prac- tically the only clothing which re- mained were the man's boots, and these gave no clues to Identity.
Bushes had to be cut away be- fore the skeleton could be moved. It lay at the foot of cliffs nearly 400ft high and the police belleve it had been there for two years.
Only 300 yards from the spot is a tea chalet which is visited by many people during spring and summer.
GIRL PRESENTS HER CARD
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New York, To-day. In a column sýndicated all over the United States, Walter Winchell tells how
were two girls
arguing at a table in a cafe at Cara- cas, Venezuela.
One said to the other: "You're as pig-headed as Hitler." An attache of the German Consulate at Caracas was sitting near and heard the re- mark.
girl across the his card, say-
brothers
or
He slapped the face, then gave her ing: "If you've any male relatives I shall meet one of them on the field of honour."
be glad
to
THE WAR OFFICE'S BRIEF COM- MUNIQUE ANNOUNCING "CONSI- of sold landing bases and also the The girl, her mouth bleeding, said DERABLE ALLIED SUCCESSES" IN | establishment of contact with the Nor- "I have no male relatives, but here's NORWAY IS CONSIDERED TO BE wegians in the Lake Mjosa district. my card"—and, picking up a lemon- VERY IMPORTANT DESPITE THE It is anticipated that German troops ade bottle from the table, she crack- SCARCITY OF THE DETAILS PU-operating north of Oslo will shortlyed the Nazi official over the head BLISHED.
be definitely cut off from those en- with such vigour that he fell un- The general opinion is that these trenched in the Trondheim district. conscious and had to be taken away successes pertain to the establishment | Havas.
in an ambulance.--Havas.
Breast-Fed is Best Fed
The Mother of this Perfect Baby writes:-
"I am sending you a photograph of Valerie Ann, aged six months. She weighs 21 lb. and sleeps from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., and the. Matron of the clinic she attends has named her "the perfect baby.”
"Valerie Ann is breast-fed, and ever since
six months before she was born I have
taken 'Ovaltine' every night.”
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Doctors and nurses strongly recommend that 'Ovaltine' be taken regularly before and after baby comes.
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