BIG SHUFFLE IN R.A.F.
New "Army Cooperation Lessons of the Blitzkrieg In Flanders
ESTABLISHMENT ́ ́ OF A NEW COMMAND OF THE R.A¡F., TO BE CALLED THE ARMY' COOPERATION COMMAND, WITH THE DUTY OF ORGANISING ALL FORMS OF COOPERA- TION BETWEEN THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE,||||| WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE AIR MINISTRY YESTERDAY. ́AIR MARSHAL SIR A. S. BAR- RATT IS APPOINTED AIR OFFICER COM MANDING-IN-CHIEF OF THE NEW COM-
MAND.
Simultaneously wide changes are an- nounced in the R.A.F. Higher Command. Air Vice-Marshal W. S. Douglas is appointed Air | Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Com- mand, in place of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh *Dowding, from a date in the near future. Douglas is promoted Air Marshal (tempor- ary)
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Air Marshal Dowding, at the tween the two Services ́ ́over a special request of the Minister of long period and the new organ Aircraft Production, "is being se- isation is designed to accord with conded to the latter's deparment the lessons of recent operational for special duty in the United experience.
States.
The Army Cooperation Com- mand with its joint Staff will work in constant association with Army and Air Force com- mands concerned.
Air Vice-Marshal A, T. Har rls is appointed Deputy Chief of Air Staff in place of Air Marthe shat Douglas:
Air Vice-Marshal O. T. Boyd is
promoted Air Marshal (acting) and appointed deputy to the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief in the Middle East Command.
Air Marshal E. L, Gossage is appointed Air Officer Commanding the Balloon:Command in place or Air Marshal Boyd.
Air Vice-Marshal P. Badington
Command Created
South African armoured cars on the move "somewhere in Africa." (Copyright, Fox).
NEWS BEHIND
"THE NEWS'
AIR TRAINING SCHEME FOR THE
RED ARMY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA' MAIL"
NAZI ACTIVITY IN U.S.A.
A 500-PAGE REPORT. ON SUBVERSIVE GERMAN ACTIVI, TIES IN THE UNITED STATES
ment of army cooperation teching the past week have AND KHARKOV.
caused people in Britain Students will be between the with 5th Column activities
nique and foster a common understanding of all aspects of inter-Service cooperation. The new Command is to
by
THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S 18 ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED. COMMISSARS YESTERDAY OR- MR. MARTIN DIES, CHAIRMAN DERED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE....... Certain remarks let slip OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS FOR SENTATIVES COMMITTEE FOR It will ensure rapid develop by the German Rádió duỡ: AIRMEN IN MOSCOW, LENIN- THE INVESTIGATION OF UN- GRAD. KURSK. GORKI, KIEV AMERICAN ACTIVITIES," SAID
YESTERDAY..
The report, he said, will deal to ask themselves certain ages of 16 and 18 and the schools German consuls and agents.
be affiliated with military. questions which the Ger-will
He promised that a similar re- aviation schools of the Red Army port on Italian agents and their mans might find difficult and will open on January 21 next work will follow very shortly. to answer
at least, to year-Havas. answer honestly and truthfully.
be
established on December 1, 1940.
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is promoted "Air Marshail (ucting) TAXIMA
and becomes 'air member or per- somiel in place or Air Marshal Gossage.
REPORT
For instance, the German Radio Sir Arthur Barratt
said that the former Chief In- THAT A EUROPEAN PAS spector of Police has been appoint- ...Air Marshal Sir Arthur Sheri
SENGER HAD REFUSED TOled to an important supervisory dan Barratt first came
PAY THE TAXI FARE WAS THE into the news in the present wal when he PORT TO THE POLICE BY A
ALLEGATION MADE IN A RE-post in the German Army.". was appointed Commander-in-TAXI DRIVER, LI YEUNG, YES- Chief of the British air forces in TERDAY.
France.
This was a new appointment fo Friday, he
Li alleged that ät about 8:10 on ensure the most effective support Argyle Street. There a European was summoned to by the RAF for the B.E.F. and couple boarded the taxi. After French armley on the western seeing his woman compartion return to the address in Argyle home, the European ordered Li to
Street.
front.
It is noteworthy that all but one of the dew" man åre under 50,
:
Announcing the new Command European, alleged Li, refused to After leaving the taxi, the the Air Ministry says the Air pay the fare and disappeared into Ministry and War Office Jointly; the building. considered how best to secure the most effective basis of coopera- matter.
The Police are Investigating the tion between the Army and Air Force and a detailed scheme is being drawn up covering all as pects of Army air requirements and training.
ROBBERY REPORT
A theft of $740, in money, All Squadrons®
jewellery and clothing, from the second floor of No. 9, Hillwood Principal feature of the new ar- Road, was reported by the co- rangements is the decision to set cupants of the flat last night. up a command of the R.A.F. to be included $255 in cash,
The money and articles, which called the Army Cooperation
a. gold Command, which will comprise all Pocket-watch, in cash at $325, squadrons allotted to army form and a suit, was said to have oc-
In London, people are ask- ing: increased police super- vision in the German Army' necessary? If so, why?
The German Radio sald:-"'A clans are busy at German-occupied large number of German techni- bases in France replacing and re- ! pairing aeroplane engines.
Have German planes receivėj such extensive and heavy'dam- age in their attacks on Britain, 2 or is this necessary because of the use of poor materials; in German engine" construction? Finally, the German Rudlo said: During an attack ori London. the machine-gun of a bomber froze, as the temperature was so far below 30 degrees."
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16 British anti-aircraft forcing the German raiders to fly as high as all that? Reuter,
TROOPS
ations in the United Kingdom, to-curred between 6.30 pm on TURN OVER
gether with the associated train- Saturday and 3 pm. yesterday. Fing units.
Primary Hunction of this MACÃO'S NEW? command with 'be to organidé SHIPPING SERVICE
· experimentă” and ” training inlin
all forms of cooperation bee The French ship, 3.8. Canto
› tween the two Services..
TO DE GAULLE
A large formation of
arrived in Macho on Saturday The operational employment of afternoon, front Haiphong com. the squadrons will rest ag hitherto sleting its third voyage following troops at Libreville Who with the commanders of army the inauguration of the new ship: formations to which they are ping survide." **
opposed the advance of allotted
The vessel carried 87 "passen- the Free French Forces The Army Cooperation" Com-gers, mostly Chinese, and a cargo have now asked to join mand will be under an air officer of coal. Our Own Correspon- commander-in-chief and a dent.
senior army officer is being ap-|:
pointed as head of his Air Staff. VICHY CONTINUES
~ Air Staffa of the Command
and its subordinate formations "RED" ROUND-UP ̈ will consist of Army and RAF. officers in roughly equal propor- tloné. *.
them, according to a Free French communique.
Wounded on both sides were few.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA. MAIL") i General de Gaulle, who visited The French police yesterday Libreville on Friday, received the carried out further arrests of civil and military 'buffiorities, and Lesson Of Experience Communists. At Toulouse two verified that" no 'lḥhabitants" of | noted women · Communists were Libreville' were killed or woufid“ Formation of this Command, arrested and charged with operated during the “police operations says the "Air" Ministry," "is the ing a secret printing plant and dis- which resultüd, in Gabon rallying outcome of a system of coopern- tributing Communist pamphlets: to life Froe French Empire." tion which was steadily built be--Havasi
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