NANCY
OH, NANCY... 15 MR. SPUTTER
STILL ASLEEP ON.
THE COUCH?
YES MA'M--- COME
IN AND LOOK AT HIM --- TEE HEE--- I DOLLED HIM
ALL UP!
Wednesday,
HE'S GONE!
BUT
HE WAS HERE A MINUTE AGO!
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By Ernie
LUCKY I WOKE UP-- I ALMOST FORGOT THAT BUSINESS
DATE!
November 22, 1939.
Bushmiller
HOW DO, SIR- NOW ABOUT THAT CONTRACT --
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RADIO, CARPET,BOOKS
IN KING'S
DOCTOR'S DILEMMA
(1939 BRAND)
A NEW style "doctor's dilem- ma" is going to arise out of the latest decision of the Ministry of Health regarding the emer- gency hospital service.
to
The Ministry has decided notify a certain number of the doc- tors at present employed whole time in the service that they will be allowed to transfer to part-time service so that they may also at tend private patients,
The selection of doctors who will Le 50 notified will rest with the Ministry; the choice "to transfer or not to transfer" will be for the cloc toy.
And there urises the dilemma. KICKING THEIR HEELS Getting down to the purely finan- cial point of view, the choice will not be easy in many cases.
Doctors who have committed them- selves for whole-time service have done so on the agreement that they will not engage in private practice.
The salaries paid to them cover a wide range from £330 a year for the house oMeer to £1,400 a year for the consultant adviser.
Many of them are at the moment kicking their heels more or less in idlene--and they are not liking it. But they are sensible enough to rea- lise that an emergency service is in- tended to meet on emergency-which up to the present has not arisen.
EVACUATION SEQUEL
A great
cat number of the men carn- ing over £1,000 a year under the scheme were earning much more in private practica. There are eminent consultants and surgeons among them.
But they know that a great part of their private practice has com pletely disappeared through the evacuation of London.
The people who could afford to pay the big fees could afford to move out of London,
Many of the younger men, getting their £350 a year on a resident basis, with an allowance of £100 a year it board and lodging are not supplied. will not be in,so much doubt,
HARLEY-STREET CAPS
The medical profession, like many others, has its problems in these days.
Many Harley-street rooms are empty,
reasons.
for one
DUGOUT
Churches Call
To Patriots "MAY God help us so to be patriots as not to forget we are Christians."
This Is the conclusion of a wartime message on Chris tian citizenship,
It is signed by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury and the Moderators of the Church
►
TWENTY FIVE feet beneath Buckingham Palace is an air-raid shelter for the use of the King and Queen.
Big armchairs and a settee have been installed, with A powerful radio set, a writing desk for the King, a worktable for the Queen, and a selection of their favourite books,
Originally, the shelter was one of the several workshops that give on to the long stone-
of Scotland and the Evangeli-lined corridors that run all the cal Free Churches.
"At all costs_the_polley proclaimed by the German Fuehrer must be overcome,” states the message.
"It is based on forec. Il must be met by counter- force.
“What this means must he hateful to any Christian man. But there is no other way.
"The only effect of any appeal of non-resistance upon Herr Hitler would have been to encourage him to pursue his way with more ruthless determination."
Hostesses For Overseas Men
A SMALL army of hostesses are being organised to look after the contingents of fighting men from the Dominions, Colonies and India"who"will"be" arriving in London soon.
way under the Palace,
Stolen Gas Masks
Sold for 5/-
HUNDREDS of gas masks have been stolen-and resold, in some cases for 5s, each-In the past few weeks in England.
Some people who have lost their gas masks prefer to buy another to reporting the loss, because they are afraid they will get into serious trouble.
"Actually, any person who has lost his gas maak has only to explain the circumstances to his local authority and, provided he has made all possible inquiries, a new one is supplied to him,” an A.R.P, official said.
OFFICERS PICKED FROM THE RANKS
LONDON.
FUTURE officers of the British Army are to be chosen from the ranks of private soldiers. Strengthening beams, extra con-
The War Office, announcing crete, and sandbags have been ar ranged to make it splinter and blast-that commissions are to be proof,
granted only after service in the A.R.P. experts from the one ranks and then by merit alone, Offer who examined it before the thus brings the British Army war declared safe against any into line with that of France. thing save a direct hlt, Under the Queen's supervision the stone walls have been hung with soft blue material, and thick carpets have been Jald.
This move is seen here as a naturalj supplement to a rapid series of radical reforms which the army has undergone in less than a year.
Nazis Remove Treasures
Charlemagne Remains Taken To Safety
EMERGENCY MEALS
Not so long ago, the small British)
PROBABLY for the first time Near by are other shelters, equally Army WVA8 little more Than ain history the remains of Char-
"carcer." well-protected and comfortably fur-
lemagne have been removed nished, for household officials, clerks,
It was in March that Mr. Leslie from Aachen, in Western Ger- and servants. Arrangements have Hore-Delisha, Secretary for War, an- many, been made for emergency meals tonounced in the House of Commons, interior.
and taken into the drastle reorganisation of the Army
be served.
An elaborate system of alarm bells, on the basis of the formation of
Other treasures of the Aachen; rung simultaneously from a central three, distinct forces, a Continental Cathedral have been moved and control, ensure that every one in Field Force, a Near-East Army and similar precautions taken in a num- the Palace would receive an air raid in Home Defence Army. At the close ber of Rhineland churches. warning at the same time.
of March, the Territorial (Volunteer)ber of aged and infirm people moved ap-Army was doubled, and the Con- out at the beginning of the war, but
A.R.P. wardens have been pointed for each department.
A num-
As in other big buildings, no tiental Army increased from 10 the absence of air raids has tempted
divisions to 32.
In
must be operated in the Palace the event of a raid, and the King and Queen and every member of their staff have been allocated
them to return.
In April, conscription for 20-year- The award of the Iron Cross, olds was introduced.
second class, to a number of German More recently, the Territoriul war correspondents is not surprising staircases" IcadingTM quickly to their Army and other auxiliaries have if one has read the nccount of their
shelters.
Palace police have orders to close been abolished as separate unlis and activities given recently in the Neuer This is part of the hospitality work outer gales immediately a warning merged with the regulars, and ar- Wiener Tagblatt. During the Polish being organised by the joint Empire is sounded and to keep them shutangements for general conscription campaign journalists and cameramen Socletles through committed ofuntli the danger is past. which Field Marshal Lord Milne is chairman.
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"We want to give these men os warm a welcome as possible," Miss Hermes, secretary of the committee, said. "A panel of hostesses, who normally help Empire visitors in peace-time, are being mobilised on a war buais.
"We hope to have many homes available in all parts of the coun- try where Empire soldiers, mallory and airmen can be entertained, spend week-ends or convalement leave.
"We shall also organise residential consulting
clubs as we did in the inst war- of two both in London and the country.
"Most of the men will be here for Men who have been absorbed in the first time, and so we shall open the scheme are scattered over an
a central information bureau and
and be entertained."
ares going out as for as Bedford, give advice about where to live, cat
Colchester or Maidstone.
Some others, who had a general practice as well as Harley-street consulting room, have closed down in whale-tline or part-time basis.
Only a comparatively small num Harley-street and confine themselves
ber have, in fact, been found jobs so to general practice.
There are sill, of course, a num-far under the scheme. ber of Harley-street men still.carry- ing on.
MORE WILL BE WANTED
But it is anticipated that eventual- ly. when replacements are needed either because of the younger men being called up for work with the Up to the present, 18 per cent. of Services or because of the need for doctors have registered with the transfers to different parts of the British Medienl Association for emer- country, there will be fobs for the gency medical service, elther on a majority of them.
1 DEAD, 4 MISSING
OFF THE
KITTIWAKE
have been introduced.
were allowed to take part in the fighting and air raids. One news To provide an immediate flow of reel now showing in Germany was officers, many young men have al-tuken from inside a tank during an ready been registered for direct attack on Polish machine-guns; an- commissions, and a scheme for the other showing the bombardment of proper use of this "officer material" Warsaw was also taken nt close has been put into
effect. This quarters. The article mentions that scheme is to be wound up before a number of reportera were killed the new "ranker-oflcer" order is carrying out their duties or fighting. put into full effect.
BAD TIME FOR BARRISTERS
From this list they will make re- commendations for appointments to Government jobs.
of tho
"In the great wor, 1914-18, a War) Once statement explaining the plan! states, "potential officer material was colled up, irrespective of its age, and font overseas as soon as it was ready. The result was that very early in the war larger portion of the
BARRISTERS and solicitors anil-} younger men between the ages of 18 cipate a lean time when the Law and 20 had become casualties and Courts reassemble next month. ONE man was killed, four are we had to fall back upon the mea Highly-paid legal experts will ba missing, "reported lost," and two were of a mature age."
the greatest sufferers because-im- injured in the submarine patrol
coses have slumped H.M.S. vessel,
Kittiwake, which It is added that the War Office portant civil ruck a mine in the English Channel intends "to avoid this illogical pro- suddenly,
to work on a system The official casualty list issued by cedure and
Many cases already listed will be under which potential officer ma- settled. the Ministry of Information states:
The Secretary of the Admiralty terial of the more mature age will The General Council of the Bar is) regrets to announce that the follow be employed initially, the younger to compile a list of barristers of 41 init inember of the crew of H.M.S. men being called upon later when and over. Kittiwake has lost his life.
they have had time to develop." Dinsdale, George, leading sloker The lower age groups, which will
be required int C/KX/84117.
later date, uro in
Many younger men will be taken The following are missing, and are effect a reserve to provide for the
by the legal departments believed to have lost their lives; further requirements of the Army,
War Office various Services, Burton, John W., stoker II., e/KX and, as a reserve, the
says, they form a "most important 05301.
Gilmore, Albert E, chief stoker, linic in the whole procedure for the C/K.67093.
provision of officers." Kiniry, Dermis, stoker L, C/KX | A later War Omce announcement 84074
declares that with the closing of the Emith, Robert F. F, engine-room present final direct commission re- artifeer II., C/M 38704,
ristration,
all future officers are to The following were injured and be given training at endet units. Re- are now in hospital!
commendations for training and sub- Kemp, Alfred, stoker PO. C/Ksequently for the grant of emergency from 00670.
commissions will be by merit tho
'Morris, John E., officers' cook II., As regards opportunities for gain- Soviet-German Pact. He is now in C/L 14000,
ing commissions by men now serving The twin objects of the campaign Russia,
The accident to the Kittiwake was in the ranks, steps are being taken are to bolster up the Fuehrer's
announced on a recent Saturday, and to register. the names of those who waning popularity and his own con- XAMPLES of the "underground it was stated she had returned to port possess the necessary qualifications, fidence in his "divine qualities, warfare" now being carried on for repairs.
and who are recommended by their by a secret military organisation inj The Kittiwake, a patrol ship of 530 commanding officers, and in addition, THREE THOUSAND Viennese Jews Poland were reported in Paris re-tors, belongs to the 1st Anti-Sub- the names of those who are recom-
have thought it wise to volunteer sently.
marine Flotilla. She is armed with mended as being qualified for fur- for war work,
One German-appointed Mayor of one 4in. gun.
ther, training. They have answered the appeal a Polish town has been seriously for volunteers Issued by Gaulefter wounded by bomb hidden under Buerckel, who had dechired that he his desk and another has been shot could not accept responsibility for dead.
Hitler
"Push"
CEBBELS Propaganda Ministry
INSIDE GERMANY
Wha Thacimann
released
has decided on a campaign with prison after the signature of Hitler as the central figure.
the welfare of Jews if there were
not an immediate response.
•
•
TEUTRAL travellers reaching
Switzerland unanimously
agree
'Man's Job' for Chaplains
"TO be a chaplain is a man's job. You will hear words of ESTAPO Chlof Himmler recently that the chief topic of conversations English you never heard before--and will wish nover to hear
approached Thacimann, the for- among women queueing up outside again."
mer Communist leader, with a sug-shops in the larger elties is the der The Archdeacon of Bath, the Ven. W. Marshall Selwyn, sald gestion that he should use his in man news broadcast by the DB.C.
Special police have been detalled this to clergy of Bath and Keynsham rural doanerics. He added fluence to curb underground opport tion among Left-wing elements in to eavesdrop on the quotes and that he envied those who intended to join up to "inckle this God
· given opportunity."
Germany.
arrest-"rumour-mongers."
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