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SPIES TRY TO JOIN THE
Stop Radio Chimes- Plea From
Germany
THE B.B.C., who in the past few weeks have been interviewing refugees applying for work at translating English news-bulletins into German, have been warned through unofficial channels by the British Secret Service in Germany that among the applicants are Nazi agents. As a result of this warning several applications from alleged rofugees have recently been turned down at Broadcasting House. No reasons were given.
The B.B.C. take a serious view of the situation. They realise that if a Nazi spy found a position on the staff he could do irreparable damage in a national emergency by distorting or falsifying news.
The Nazis tried the same tacties in farriving in England have written to Vienna and Prugue-and succeeded. the B.B.C. importing them on behalf The B.B.C. are determined that "it of their fellows still in Germany to shan't happen here."
Ido away with the "interval-signal" |
INVESTIGATIONS
of the bellchimes that always precede
An official at Broadcasting House the German news on the Regional aald: "I ja siluation that might programme. very easily arise. But the routine The chimes, they say, can be heard Investigations that the B.B.C. make easily in the street and are re- concerning every applicant would cognisable by members pr Anally show up any imposters." Gestapo, who promptly arrest the
great many refugees since owner of the set.
Valued Dead Or Alive
MONTEREY, Cul
Sharks have the double advantage
of being just as valuable dead bu
Major Henry Muir, retired British officer, proposes to loose in time of war flocks of balloons with bombs attached. Timing device would burst the balloons and allow the bombs to drop over wide area. Balloon above is one-quarter inflated.
the
they are alive, arcording to Ai Meyer Raid Wardens
expert on the Pacifie coast fishingi industry. His statistics show that 1,300,000 sharks are being used in the shark reduction industry in the United States. However, beirre
Must Not Tell
they are caught, they are equally BECAUSE * woman questioned a valuable in protecting
114 sardines Hampstead air raid warden
eating the larger fish that prey on
sardines-
Michels
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THE ALL-DAY LIPSTICK
to
private information he had gained
in the course of his visits, a special warning has been issued.
Wardens have been reminded by Hampstead Council authorities that
Adential.
B.B.C.
RH
Frau Scholtz-Klink, left, head of the Nazi women's organisa-
tion, the Freundschaft, greeted on a visit to London by Frau Dircksen, wife of the German en voy.
April 28, 1939.
After 5 Years
She Knows No English
n 13-year-old
OPETTE Lasserre,
Frinch woman, who cannot
speak a word of English although the has been in England since October, 1933, was at five recently fined £1 for being in this country without leave,
Lasserre pleaded guilty through an interpreter, and said that un Englishmon brought her to England to be married.
"I WAITED AND WAITED" "He promised to get a divorce and sald. marry me Immediately," the "I waited and waited, and then he left
Mr. J. E. Stevens, prosecuting, sald Lasserre landed with a permit valld for two months. She hind not re- ported to the police unt!! Inst month, when a woman friend brought her.
A French woman, with whom Las- serre and the man had stayed in Hove, said she understood then that they were married.
She sold: "I gather that the mun did not want Lasserre to learn Eng- lish as she might have learned too much about his affairs."
The magistrates made no order na ito deportation.
Why So Few Women NAVY CHILDREN'S
Barristers?
FOUR leading French women ALLOWANCES
barristers, ardent feminista,
who arrived in London recently
as guests of British women barristers, are puzzled.
why,
CUT
EVERY naval rating who has children to support
is having his allowances cut. A rating with one child will fose 6d. a week, with two or three children Is., and with four children and more 1s. 6d.
They cannot understand although there is woman's suffrage in Britain but not in France, there arej about eight times as many women practising at the Bar in France as there are in this country.
"In France,"
sald Maitre Odette Simon-Bideaux, "there
are inore than 400 women barristers, and nearly all of them are practising. In Britain, while some 250 women have been called to the Bar since 1022, only about 50 of them are in prac-children are unaltered.
tiec.
HIGHEST TITLE
The reduction is officially described as being due to the fall in the cost of living index figure. There will be no cut in the allowance for a wife, no cut for single men, and no cut for married men without children.
The allowances for officers'
The rate for the rutings with Briton On
one child is reduced from 5s. Bd. to "Britain, it seems, the degree of 5x.; for two children, from Ds. to Bs.; barrister-at-law is regarded by many for three, from 11s, to 10s; for four as an academie, or even a social dis- from 12s. 6d. to 11s; and for live tinction, sometimes merely 119 un from 13s. 6d. to 12. additional qualification for appoint- A year ago the married allowances ments in the publle services." Infor naval ratings and other ranks of France the title of Maitre is perhaps the Royal Marines were substantially the highest runk Д woman can increased. The wife allowance was Jachieve,"
Increased by 7s., and a man with a
To understand more fully the wife and one child got an increase struggle for woman's suffrage in from 158. to 22s. 6d,,i week, Great Britain, the French women bar- It was stated at the Admiralty risters are meeting leading feminists that all chief petty officers, petty in Britain and will visit Holloway officers and ratings, except Maltese, Gaol, scene of hunger strikes by were affected, and that the reduced suffragettes.
rates would continue to apply unti} April 1940.
BEAUTY AND BRAVE
Madame Coletle Anjubault de regarded as a national heroine of Balsae, secretary of the Association France-is one of the party, and who, for her obstructive attitude to Madame Germaine Sellier, fumed for the German occupation of Lille, is her beauty, another member,
Singapore Defences Completed This Year
Singapore.
particulars of indivduals obtained) THE great naval base of Singapore, key of British Empire while checking up on the issue of gas masks must be regarded as con-defences, will be completed and ready to operate at full capacity this year. Then the dockyard, most modern in the world, will be "Private Inquiry agents, especially in a condition to maintain a full battle fleet. Every protective if in search of divorce evidence, gun will be in position and the big air base beside the naval for night not hesitate to try to pumptress" will be in full commission, with a chain of outlying bases a warden," Mr. W. F. Essex, Assistant to guard the base. Air Raid Precautions OMeer to the borough, sald.
The warning signed by the Town Clerk, Mr. T. H. Harrold, says: -
on
Nazi Radio-
"I May Seem A Traitor"
THE voice of まで! Englishman, criticising England and praising Hitler, was broadcast to Britain from Berlin shortwave station recently on a wavelength of thirty-one metres.
The Introduction of the broadcast was not heard, but the mystery speaker began his talk-which was on the lines of a Hitler speech-with the words: "To some I may seem a traltor, but hear me out."
He
to constantly referred Englishmen," and "our country."
After a
a reference to Mr. Eden as "arch-Bolshevist," the speaker said: "At no time in history has Bri- tain had such weak leaders, or more
"BOMBING ARABS" Germany, he continued, had always
need of strong ones."
"we
wanted peace with Britain, who bad no right to talk of aggression, since the Empire had been built on aggres- sion.
Arabs in
run
by
Britain was bombing The strength of the base is 000,000, naval works alone having Palestine, but Hitler did not "try to
the cost £1,500,000.
tell us our business. "A wurden might innocently give terrifle, being constructed
in existener, The heaviest guns
The Central European democracies presumption that it might have to away information which could cause stand sice until naval reinforce- in well-canouanged emplacements, were condemned as having nothing a great deal of trouble,"
ments could be rushed to the scene. guard the bare, and the anti-aircraft in common with Britain, and being
are described 15 Although no ceremony has yet defences
un-"in the lands of Jewish Bolshevists.
Poland was a country been planned for the absolute com-paralleled. pletion of the whole base, people of Up till now Britain could not have feudal landlords. Were Englishmen "It is possible that the incident may Singapore tre already expressing operated her heaviest units in East-going to fight for them? | be repealed. . . . I would like to warn the hope that the Duke and Duchess ern waters because of the lack of a When the speech ended an
wardens against being drawn into of Kent might pay a visit to Singa-suitable base for maintenance. Now nouncer who usually broadcasts news disclosing information which might pore on their way to Australia. the British Novy can operate with In English sald, "This is Berlin COSTLY UNDERTAKING as great safety and in a great short-wave station." He then gave The base Bas taken ifteen years strength in the East 115 In home the details of i concert by die to build and hus cost about £20,- waters.
station orchestra.
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