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analyzes the case of HAUMANN
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LIGHT 3
DARK ALES
THE
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"And for the first time in thirteen years I expect I'll have to buy mo own beer."
London Express Service
THE SECRET
SECRET MEN
-and oh! the damage
to Britain!
they do to
Westerner, that he had given a **tremendous dressing-down to Colonel Rudel, An cx-Nozi officer who had made a speech against ratifcation at a meeting of former German generals in Stuttgart last December."
Which is interesting, isn't it? For you cannot really dress someone down unless you have What Neumann's authority over
Was
Rudel?
Well, the British Investiga- To still ploughing mountain of
But such has been the reduc-
The Simplified Spelling Bill which recently came up in the House of Com mons reminds SPIKE HUGHES how the
BBC HOOTED
A KING
HAAKON of Nor
way broadcast. to his. people from the BBC dur- ing the war, so the producer asked for an effects record of a fanfare. But the talk was rounded off by an up- roar of whistles and steam- organs.
The producer was a Yorkshire- man, and according to the way the BBC speaks English he had asked for a "funfal:"-and got it.
Now, if the producer's request had been written down, especially with simplified spelling. this could never have happened.
Or could it? For the tricky question is: Let them simplify the spelling of English If they can, but the spelling of what English and whose English?
AT
IT'S READING
T first sight the question does not arise, as the Simplified Spelling Blil recently presented in the House of Commons merely to make the reading of English cailer for children, while the children themselves will continue to write English as she is at present wrote.
The written English language is so fascinating in itself that it would be a pity to tamper with Elizabethan Times pools and play. 11 100 much (although in
wrights were most Individual and Inconsistent in their spelling, and the educated classes in general Inclined to comain so until well into the 19th century.)
It was no desire to be quaintly archale that caused the word "muse" to appear as "musick" on plays as late as the 1840's It was just that nobody really minded how you spelled, so long as you made yourself clear and there was no embiguity,
BUT
Bonn, Sunday. to German eyes 45 em telephone and knew it was some kind of authority: OR eight weeks now the British barrassed silence, more and being tapped."
Naumann, she said, had Security men in Germany, acting more Germans are begin- under orders of High Commissjoner ning to jeer at us and exalt made arrangements to call fors the
through Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick-confirmed Naumann as an heroic vic- up Dr Otto John, the head material they have confiscated. by Foreign Secretary Mr Eden-have been tim of British conspiracy of the German Security holding in close confinement six former intended to discredit Ger- Service, on January 16 in tion of staff in our Intelligence Nazi leaders. These six are suspected of many.
order to fix a date for a Service here that there are only through activities constituting "a threat to the Now the fact is that the meeting with him. "But the two experts to comb
these
mountains of material. were British must have heard Two experts, that is, aided by a Allied British the Security of
here out Forces."
arrangement themselves by no means un- that
being few inexpert helpers from other But no charge has been animous about the advis- made and in the night of departments. put forward against them. ability of this action. In fact January 14 they pounced." British and German ad- I understand that when it vocates have been retained was first suggested the In- to act for the arrested men. telligence Department ad- But the British authorities vised against it. have refused permission for Sir Ivone, however, FRAU LUCHT insists that from having completed their them to see the prisoners. wanted to go through with it is wrong to accuse to foresee whether Naumann Why? Because," say Sir it. He flew to London with Naumann, as the British and his friends can be tried at What charges. of being anti- all or on whatver, is that if be Ivone's men, "no charge has the evidence his men had have done, been made against your gathered by tapping tele- Western.
There is, therefore, client. no case you can defend."
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'Anti-Soviet'
Chancellor Adenauer has let it be known that he expects to receive a full report of the ins vestigations soon. He will be clisappointed.
For the experts are still for
task. It is not even possible yet
is certain, however,
imitation Gestapo pects' mail, and from other said constantly that he was in Foreign Secretary, we are going
by favour..of Immediate ratification
phones, watching the sus- he is aan can be. Why, he in the clumsy toned
"He as antl-Soviet and we go on handling this thing
sources,
manner
our
Most important among of the European Defence Pact to assure that--whatever Neu- mann's fate and "that of his Ave his evidence, I understand, European Army,"
and German participation in a
be, fellow-prisoners may
wo was a report of a speech Other Germans, too, men free shall have helped the Nazis to
their domination made, by Naumann at a from any suspicion
of Nazi recapture
the German mind. secret' meeting with about teint, have assured me that
-London Express Servica} 400 other Nationalists, most Naumann was of the other arrested Nazis, of them ex-Nazis.
NOW, believe me, I have no particular love for Dr Werner Naumann or any
I appreciate fully the highly relevant and significant fact that before he committed suicide Hitler made his will and nominated young Nau- mann to succeed Goebbels as Propaganda Chief.
In office
this speech-made about two years ago Nau- mann is alleged to have out- In my view it is by no lined a plan, (1) for pane- means impossible that Nau- trating the three main mann regards Hitler's will Right-wing parties making as a sacred trust to rebuild up the present coalition a Fourth Reich.
дп active pro-
This Queen
ot
Hanged
Her Coin-maker
By J. W. TAYLOR
until
for
Government In Germany: THE makers in Lincoln- continued, to an extent,
shire of the plastic the reign of Charles II. for insinuating his
engaged In 1501, Elizabeth Naumann may well have (2)
strategic cases to contain the special Elol Mestrel, who had formerly taken the first steps in that henchmen into
Coronation five worked in Paris and had set up. direction. If he has, he must positions in German in-minted
as her bul he Was be smashed down and shown fustry, finance, and Govern- shilling piece and the sets machines in the Tower,
- maker, coin- of smaller silver coins re-
eventually discharged and was clearly that the Western ment administration.
ceived an initial order for a later hanged at Norwich world does not intend to Other evidence showed
million of them, but this uttering base money. stand for a Nazi revival in that part of this plan had has since had to be doubled,
Denominations of coins in the Germany-even if the Nazis already been carried out so great has been the de- 10th century were more are to disguise themselves successfully. Some of Nau-mand on the banks who will merous than now, and they
entirely conalsted
of either as allies against the Soviet mann's own men from the be selling them in May on gold or silver. There were eight
ald Goebbels Propaganda the written orders of cus- gold and eleven silver Ministry are now holding tomers and their friends. Never before or since have office in the Free Democratic Party of Deputy Chancellor Franz Blucher.
Naumann himself was not really taken by surprise.
enemy.
No Charges BUT it is disastrous to do this smashing down in a way that (1) makes us guilty of defying all the principles of liberty and the Rule of Law, to defend which we oppose the Rus
Frau Lucht
pleces,
there been so many denomina- tions.
PURE GOLD
Gold coins were the 30s, plece (sovereign), 20%, plece (sover-
Indeed the minting of coinage for the new reign tas given a flip to the amateur and pro- fessional art of collecting coins, and no one will be more eager to acquire a set of Elizabethan elgn), 15s. (a ryal), 88. 8d. (an II coinage than Mr Grimths, ac angelet),
1. Ed. countant and estate broker of angelet 53. (a crown), Tunstall and the Westlands, for 2s. 6d. (half-a-crown),
BE CAREFUL
DUT there will be ambiguity in ✡ simplined English spelling if they are not careful, for simplification must inevit- ot wider r.bly make phonetic spelling. But 3 phonetic spelling based on whose pronunciation of English? The Queen's English? The Scot's, the Welshman's or Irishman's?
use
the
Is "oldier" to be spelled "otvija" according to the cockney, or "soledpur," accord- ing to the countryman?
Are "what"
and "where" to written as the Scots and Irish pronounce them with the #wh" audible—or are they to be like southern English proper names "Wat!" and "Wäre"? RICHNESS.
the
simplified spelling is such that it gives full value to the English language, especially to the "r" sound now heard only before a vowel in "standard" English, then it will not only help children to read but also to speak their nativo tongue correctly.
A
Accents and dialects "never did a language any harm, only slovenliness; the sort of lary speech which causes an English- mon to say, "I've got it in a draw." To the Scots and the Irish it would seem that the epeaker had something in a sweepstake or a raffle,
It is only when he writes it down that they realise he means something he has in a drawer.
Simplified spelling may well save a lot of young headaches when it come to reading; If it is used imaginatively it can do even. more.
It can restore the joy of giving full value and richness to spoken English.
POCKET CARTOON
by OSEERT LANCASTER
(quarter-
and
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
he already possesses an almost The silver coins were 'crown,
set of the coins
sinna and fought the Nazis CALLED yesterday on coeth I reign.
Frau Lucht, the, Belgian-
(2) help the Naumann cause born widow of "a Gorman
was arrested.
MILL AND SCREW
of another half-crown, shilling,
and
sixpence, fourpence, threepence, twopence, three-hallpence by making patriot martyrs army captain in whose home.
per coins of him and his fellow pri- Naumann
appeared in This Queen tried to improve Charles II's
reign The thrpe soners in the eyes of the (Naumann had been running a somewhat poor coinage and halfpenny and three farthing Germans.
Frau Lucht's import-export encouraged the initial moves to pieces were introduced by Eliz That is exactly what is business for her after the supersede the hammered coln beth I owing to the dearth In by the mill and screw in the small change. The first issue of happening. As week suc death of her husband.) :
frst attempt to introduce the sovereign coin, which had coods wook and no word Said Frau Lucht, a still-machinery at the Mint. Former a value at that time of comes from the British in attractive brunette, dressed ty, all money had been struckc paro gold-23 caraf vestigators, no charges are in a plum-coloured cocktail by hand, and the now method grains but the Bocond instie
It was contained less gold. formulated, and the whole frock; "We knew someone was unpopular because
would throw many Leared. If
Me Grimiha bow an Elizabeth affair continues to be was interested in us. We people out of work at the Mint, Coronation medal, which was shrouded in what appears could hear voices on our whereupon the old method was the first ever to be produced,
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Fontual PRISOVER
!! Yes, I know she was a Wood nymph surprised! ne last year's Academy bus that was before the mos
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