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to be bad, so far as concerns the were deceptive. In Leeds a big There will have to be artificial future. Át best the Reich must store was accused of starting a lighting," said a rallway official, import from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 | large extension. Actually the "but we cannot be certain of the tons every year, assuming that firm had pulled down the walls type until the work is finished." present consumption cannot be of an old building and exposed At other stations the glass is be- less than before. the war.
the steel skeleton.
ing protected by wire netting to Her external sources of supply Another duty of the regional prevent splintering. are now Rumania and Russla inspectors is to survey unwanted Gloomy railway arches are be- only. Rumania's total output in structures, the derelict factories, ing prepared for use as air-raid 1939 was 6,240,000 tons and can-pitheads and warehouses in the shelters in many districts. Some not quickly be increased.
industrial graveyards of the give cover for a very large num- Whatever the degree of Ger- kingdom. Thus the Ministry of ber of people. many's control of Rumania trans-Supply will obtain a close esti- port remains 2 problem. The mate of the nation's reservoirs of total fleet of Danube tankers steel scrap. numbers 300 barges with ä cap-
acity of 220,000 tons. Each barge
can make seven round trips ITALIAN
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year, so that even if Germany could commandeer the lot she would only get 1,500,000 tons this way, and she must leave some barges for "other countries on whose industries she relies,
Devastating R.A.F.
Raids
ATTACK ON TURKEY
VIRGINIO GAYDA; THE AU: THORITIVE FASCIST EDITOR AND WRITER, SAYS THAT THE TURKS ARE "SERVILE SATEL LITES" OF THE BRITISH "AND THE AMERICAN COLUMNS WHICH STAND BESIDE THEM."
At the end of April 25.000 tons a month was reaching Germany from Rumania by rail. This amount might be doubled, but that would only give her 600,000 He declared that the German- tons a year, or a total of 2.100,- Italian-Japanese Axis was not 000 tons a year as the maximum worried by British attempts to obtainable 1rom that country gain the United States as an ac- Russia's export surplus was last tive ally in the war. year less than 1,000.000 tons, and He added the Axis was not it is all now believed to be ab-concerned over the American pre- sorbed by her new military residential election in which both quirements.
candidates have advanced "inter- Germany has gained large ventionist policies.". Associated stocks in France. On the other Press. hand, the R.A.F. have been bombing her stores, and parti- cularly her coal-oil plants, with tremendous effect, and every week that passes increases the 'Nazis' reliance on coal-pil production.
Britain's Ample Supplies
Brick Shelters
Shelters of all kinds have in- creased to a remarkable extent in the past few weeks. Parti~ cularly noteworthy in London has been the erection of brick refuges on pavements and roads. Until recently lengthy delays were encountered by local au- thorities through the necessity of serving notices on owners of ad- joining property. This procedure has been abolished. Local all- thorities have power to dispense with it when a shelter is required for the protection of the públic.
THE BLAME
Not One Side Only
Sir Walter Citrine, general se- cretary of the T.U.C., addressing the annual conference of Trades Councils in London, referred tq the "clamour in certain quarters for the destruction of the Gov- ernment and the removal of cer- tain statesmen who are held to be responsible for our present
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In the hour of danger like this; he said, they could not feel very An important concession to
secure with people who bore the convicts has come into operation. I responsibility for our compara- By a Home Office order men can, tive state of unpreparedness. But, As to aviation spirit, some idea by good behaviour, reduce the he added, "If you challenge the of the needs of Goering's air period of their imprisonment by right of Conservatives and Liberals force may be gained from the one-third. Hitherto, if -a con-to have their own men there, fact that the. Heinkel III, and vict gained the maximum remis- you can only do it by withdraw- Junkers 88 bombers. use 88 gal- sion by good conduct he could ing your own people out of the lons an hour at. cruising speed not shorten his sentence by more Government. I ask you to re-
than a quarter.~ and 140 gallons when being pur-
flect on what the consequences of sued. Dornier 17' and '215
Under the new regulations use
that would be at this moment. about 75 gallons an hour, the man sentenced to three years, if "There will be a tint when Messerschmidt fighters from 60 he is not punished for any breach the responsibilities of individuals to 180 gallons an hour.
of prison discipline, secures his can be properly assessed. When Telephone 28031 For supplies of petrol and oil release after two years, and like-it comes, some will bear a very, we are in an ideal position, the wise a man sentenced
five heavy responsibility, and I "ain survey adds, for we are able to years need only serve three years not sure if they will all be found obtain it all from sources beyond and four months.
the Atlantic. Moreover, we have
1
to
at our disposal a tanker tonnage £40 BLACK-OUT
of 5,800,000 gross, far more than
we need, while losses inflicted by U-boats. amount to less than 5 per cent.
FINE
in the ranks of our opponents."
SECRETS CASE FAILS
After a hearing at Croydon in
Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd. camera, it was announced that was fined £40 at Bow Street for charges against Charles Frederick The scrap metal position, an displaying lights during the black-George Turner, 49, of Brickwood official of the Ministry of out. It was stated that lights Road, East Croydon, .were..dis- Supply remarked, is satisfac-from the publishing -room in missed. He had been accused of tory. Besides the ordinary scrap | Fetter Lane were reflected on communicating information re- from furnaces and foundries we the white tiled wall of an annexe.specting operations and projected are now getting 50 per cent, more Proper black-out arrangements operations of H.M. Forces bought scrap than in peace-time, had now been made.
aircraft. 6,750,000 tons a year, against 4,500,000 tons, and 20.000,000 tons
of home ore against 14,000,000 tons, which was the peak produc-| tion in peace. Thus we are far from having to scratch round for every visible or hidden ton.
Reserve For Munitions
Steel skeletons of unfinished buildings in London and other cities are regarded by the Minis- try of Supply as a reserve for
and
NAZI FLYER, 9 DAYS FREE, LIVED ON TABLETS
A GERMAN AIRMAN who lay for nine days
munitions to be drawn on only hiding in a wood in Berkshire kept himself alive
in case of dire need.
Though no more steel may now
with his tablet food iron ration.
The man was one of the crew himself up. He drew his fingers be had for civilian purposes, the of five of a German bomber who across his throat-to show the fate Iron and Steel Control loolc-upon baled out when their machine he had expected.', trygg these gaunt frameworks with al was brought down in a reid. His. Lady Buckland, calm, made most an indulgent eye. Few of four companions were quickly room for him in the car, and them, they believe, will be cloth-rounded up.
drove with him to a police-station.
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ed with brick or concrete, and Police and military hunted for After handing him over she the steel will remain, to be the fifth man, but nothing was continued her shopping expedi called for when wanted.
tion.
Six regional inspectors have Just been appointed, part of their duties being to invest gate reports of steel being used for unessential purposLS. In a {number of cases stool supplies|
have been stopped.
seen of him until Lady Buckland, of Woolton House, Newbury, was driving to Newbury on a shop- ping expedition.¦'
Lady Buckland is the widow of died in a Lord Buckland-who riding accident in 1928. She is a sister-in-law of Lord Camrose,
A member of Lady Buckland's Four miles from the town she staff said: "Lady Buckland 'feels saw a man step into the road. He she did only what any other
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Industria! Graveyards was dirty, tired; and was wearing Englishwoman would have done.
Some of the cases of alleged a many days' growth of beard. She knew a German was at large misuse of steel, however, have His uniform was the dark, blue In the vicinity and kept a look- been found to be the result of grey of the German Air Force, out for him. When she found. contracts of long standing, which Lady Buckland's chauffeur him, she took proper steps to have cannot now be interfered with, stopped. The German Indicated him handed over to the authori as the order. was not: retrospec- that he had been untraid;to-glue.ktics"
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