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MOVE TUNISIA
PERSISTENT AND heavy late rains through- |00000
out Morocco are having a disastrous effect on the.
crops, but the food situation is naturally not yet PREMIER'S PLEDGE
affected. Morocco is still the granary of North Africa.
Government and private stocking is causing an acute shortage of certain articles. Practically only natives can obtain sugar, and saccharine is served everywhere.
Prices are kept low. A fair meal can be obtained in Rabat or Casablanca for about a shilling. There seems to be no large reserves of either petrol or avia- tion spirit. No more petrol is to be allowed to private users after this month, and already generals in full uniform can be seen rid- ing bicycles in Rabat,
M.P.S ATTACK
SPAIN LOAN
Fears that our loan of Despite the nervous timidity of local authorities and the adverse more than £2,000,000 to influence of reverses in Libya, not
only do the majority of people Spain would go straight desire a German defeat, but the to the Germans were ex- realisation is slowly spreading That the Anglo-American bination is unbeatable.
com-
French Fears Grow
A belief is growing in inform- ed circles in French Morocco that whatever happens in Egypt the Germans will turn westwards to- wards Tunisia and French North Africa.
French fears are thus increased, and general feeling of helpless- ness is deepened as the funda- mental nature of American sup- port for Britain becomes evident every day.
more
French military and civil
pressed in the Commons recently by Mr. J. C. Wedgwood (Soc., New- castle-under-Lyme).
Mr. Churchill, stating that the agreement for the loan would be laid as a White Paper. said it would not be wise to debate the agreement just now, certainly not in public.
Mr. Wedgwood also suggested that Sir Samuel Hoare was "a
TO M.P.S.
Mr. Winston Chur- chill received a great ovation from back- bench Conservative M.P.s when he was entertained at lunch in London recently by the 1922 Committee About 150 members were present.
The Prime Minis- ter's declaration, dur- ing his speech, that "we shall let no party surpass us in the sacri- fices we make,' was loudly cheered.
1500 MAD TEACHERS
Fifteen hundred New little too expensive" as Ambas-York school teachers are sador to Spain,
:
The Premier said many people definitely crazy, accord- authorities express friendly feel thought in July last year that ing to Dr. Emil Altman, ings towards Britain, even to Spain would enter the war against
medical-
to neutral observers, but theus, and it was largely due to Sir formerly chief French navy is consistently Samuel Hoare that our relations examiner in the city's hostile, und naval influence is had tended to improve at this schools.
paramount in Vichy,
No considerable section of Frenchmen, except naval officers! and those who sold their careers i to Germany, want or expect a Nazi victory,
DONEGALL'S CURRENCY ERROR
critical time.
Mr. Aneurin Bevan (Soc.,
Dr. Altman insists that a tolol Ebbw Vale) cald there was un- of 4,500 teachers require psy- rest about the money among chiatric or other treatment, cables the public, who could see
from no John Walters
New York. aigns of gratitude.
Not all of these are unstable enough for asylums, but they are dangerously unsuitable instruc- tors and should be removed.” "We do not wish to give any
Here are some stories of New excuse for a breach at present York classroom insanity given by between ua and the Spanish | Dr. Altman in an article in the
"American Mercury:"
"No Gratitude"
Government,
Mr. Churchill said this policy A middle-aged teacher, of had been most carefully consider- Amazonian proportions, accused ed, and the state of our affairs in the school caretaker of sending every part of the world did not up ether fumes through the allow matters of this kind to be radiator pipes to suffocate her. handled in a rough ori reckless or The Marquess of Done- debonair fashion. He added:
"We consider
gall, of Westminster Garing condition of that the starv-
the people of dens, Marsham Street, Spain fully justifies assistance S.W., was at Bow Street being given by Great Britain, and the United States if they choose recently fined £180, with so to act, irrespective of whether £20 costs, for failing to do any expressions of gratitude are everything necessary to assign to the Treasury a right to receive $489 |
(£120) outside the United Kingdom.
Mr. H. Morgan,
forthcoming or not.”
HOMELESS TO
ing, said that following cores- LIVE IN PARK
pondence with the Bank of Eng- land, Lord Donegall wrote to say that he had received a cable from his bankers in New York mention- ing a cheque of his for $400.cash- ed by Viscountess Furness. In-
LANE FLATS
stead of " arranging for the A block of flats in Park Treasury to have the use of these Lane will be ready short- dollars. Lord Donegall arranged.
for Lady Furness to use them. ly to house people who His New York account was then have lost their homes as $489 in credit. No
a result of air raids.
The magistrate, Mr. McKenna. a
Asylum "Vacation" One teacher would teach several on her go away months, then "vacation" to an asylum.
Another told her pupils every-
the thing in
classroom was
charged with electricity, and she could pull a switch to kill them all if they misbehaved..
She sent shivers down the; children's, spines with reallstic hör br stories of poison gas floating in the room and cov- eral became acutely lik
One woman insisted on teach- ing that two plus two equal, five. Questioned on the point she de- manded: "What would you do if people kept hammering at your head all the time?"
STOLE TO CATCH SOLDIERS' EYES
The advent of soldiers into village life and the said that. Lord Donegall had Westminster City Council have desire of two girls to look pleaded that this was a matter of taken over the building and are attractive in their eyes bona fide misjudgment. Mr. adapting and furnishing it for were said at Bridgwater, McKenna did not take the view these temporary tenants. Air-raid that it was one of the more serious victims who are sent there will Somerset, recently to be be able to stay until suitable al- responsible for the theft
class of case.
3 WHO SHOT DOWN 24
of two coatees.
ternative accommodation can be offered to them
The building, which will ac commodate 200, will be run on
A solicitor said the girls were the lines of a hostel, with cafe on the verge of womanhood, and teria meals which the tenants with the tempo of village, life will be able to buy at cost.
speeded up their desire to look Three R.A.F. sergeants, who The people accommodated will attractive was natural and in a between them have destroyed be expected to help with the certain type of girl Irresistible... more than 24 German planes, cleaning: Tenants can sleep in a The probation officer could tell were honoured by the King at a basement shelter in the event of the Bench in their retiring room recent Investiture,ralds, and there is a first-aid post something that he could not tell
Sgt. D. McKay DL.M. and Bar in the building shot down 12-planes himself, and with four other fighter pilot de stroyed a 13th. FI Sgt E. Thorn and Sgt: F. Barker Bar to the D.F.M. each-shot down from a Deflant 12 'planes in one after-
hoon
One floor will be given up to mothers and babies, and in addi- tion there will be nurseries for the use of small children,
them in open court.
Without hearing the prolation officer the Bench bound over the girls, Dulcia Anne Palmer, 17, of Nether Stowey, and Hilda Rose The scheme is being undertaken Mary Sellick, 10%, of Castle Hill, for the City Council by Women's Over Stowoy, for two years Voluntary Servicos.