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Taken with the Polish Forces now in Scotland. Photo shows the Polish soldiers at work constructing coast defences.
Britain's Fire Services Brought Under One Control
EARL OF SUFFOLK KILLED
The Earl of Suffolk
was
on
and Berkshire killed by a bomb Monday night, toge- ther with his secretary and five others.
The Earl, who had a colourful career, suc- ceeded to the title at the age of II. Since been then he has Guards officer, prentice in the Mer- cantile Marine and farm hand in Austra- lia.
ap-
At the outbreak of war he became, liaison officer for the Scien- tific Department of the Ministry in France. Reuter.
THE WHOLE of Britain's fire brigade
resources - now in the hands of 1,400 au- thorities in England and Wales alone to be brought under State control.
-
are
The Minister for Home Security announc- ed in the Commons this drastic plan for com- bating air raid effects.
Brigades, said Morrison, will be fistration of the new organisation. grouped and directed in regions. Mr. Morrison added that it was Smallest units in the organisation no reflection on local authorities will be sub-regions, comprising up that the task had grown beyond to 30 local areas.
local resources.---British Wireless,
Hitler Decree
con-
Mobile units for reinforcing and other special duties will be creat-achieve an understanding with
•à.
England through personal Greater flexibility and speed tucts. and better direction and leader- ship aro expected under the scheme than arc now possible A few hours before yesterday with the. fire fighting army alternoon's disclosure by Deutsch- divided into many small forces landsender that Hess had down of varying size.
to Scotland, a brief Most of the equipment is already ment had been made that Hitler standardised. Ninety per cent of had signed a decree stating that war equipment was supplied by "the former official bureau of the Home Office.
the Fuehrer's Deputy will in Shortage of man-power will be future be known as the Chan- met by the National Service Act of last April.
No. Reflection
announce-
cellery of the Party and the Chancellery has been taken over by me personally. Chief of the Bureau in future will be Martin Bormann."
The existing part-time Volun- teer or Auxiliary Fire Service will Bormann, who is 40, has been become part of the new national Chlef of Staff to Hess since 1933. organisation.
Meanwhile it can be stated that Mr. William Mabune, Joint the Deputy Fuehrer, who since Parliamentary Secretary to the he landed by parachuje on Satur- Ministry of Home Security, willday night hus been treated as a supervise the creation and admin-prisoner, is at present in hospital
WHAT GERMAN PUBLIC
HAS BEEN TOLD
THE STORY of the escape from Germany to Britain by aeroplane of Deputy Fuehrer.Hess, reach, ed the German public yesterday afternoon through its home broadcasts.
where he is receiving treatment for a broken ankle. On arrival he was served out with the usual hospital equipment and late yes- terday afternoon it was reported he was very comfortable, al- though suffering slight pain in the ankle.
Officer Detailed
An officer has been detailed to attend to the requirements of the patient.
The newspapers emphasise the remarkable achievement of the
aight indicating a high degree of physical and moral courage.
Although known as an expert airman it was his first flight in a. Messerschmidt 110 and he had never before baled out.
Prior to this statement by Deutschlandsender wireless station, information given to the German people was restricted to the German radio an- nouncement mystifying the world with the suggesWorks at. Augsburg on a machine
tion that Hess was insane and had either met with a fatal accident or deliberately fallen out of the 'plane in which, defying the Fuehrer's orders, he had left Augsburg on Saturday last.
Observance of this silence until unpalatable truth that stress and it could no longer be maintained dissensions exist in the Nazi hier- will be readily understood. The archy.
German authorities were obvious- As presented to the German
The last public speech in. Ger-.. many by Hess was delivered on | May Day at the Messerschmidt
produced at these works in which he took special, pride.
In the speech he said 'the' development or these factories was particularly satisfactory to. him 101 he kijew them when the... whole concern consisted of a couple of buildings which had now expanded, into, a vast, series of gigantic sheds, and the few
ly placed in a position of acute public, Hesa, is now reported to workers formerly" employed,had difficulty by the Deputy Fuehrerls have left behind papers tending become thousands and thousands. action, -proclaiming sag it does the to show he thought he could British-Wirdless."