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Shoulder
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LONDON, (UP),
Το
tho common complaint of "housemaid's kneo” you can add "gas mask shoulder."
Most women carry their gas mask cases slung over, their loft shoulders. After
a time that causes a slight stiffness and a hunching of shoulders.
Beauty specialists have qriginated a series of mild exercises which, coupled with massage, remove the stiffness and keep tho shoulders straight,
CINDERELLA
OF DEFENCE Evans Criticisos A.R.P. Measures
OF London's civil defence forces, some are good, sorne are bad and some are Indifferent,
So says Admiral Sir Edward Evans ("Evans of the Broke") one of Lou- dou's two Regional Commissioners.
Be has come in this conclusion after visiting thirty boroughs in the
London area.
The Admiral said: "We must have frankness in this matter, because thousands of lives depend on the effectiveness of these services.
"A.R.D. is looked up as the Cin- derella force almost as an unwanted baby, but when the bombs begin to fall people snuggling in their shelters will say how heroic are the A.R.P. wardens, and workers."
The Admiral macle these remarks after watching Islington's big air raid test in which hundreds of workers took part,
Wardens Trapped
A.R.V.
There were nine incidents and I went with Sir Edward to the Union Square district, where the biggest Incident took place, writes a pondent.
CGTTCS-
There were real tires blazing every few yards, the (wo local war- deas were imprisoned by wreckage which hand fallen on their post, and at least two dozen casualties, most realistically made up will grease paint, were strewn all over the pavements.
SO YOU WON'T TALK!—WEh head lowered, a German prisoner is quizzed by French officer at feld headquarters somewhere Lehirut French lines. Prisoner presumably was captured in a raid ncross No Man's Land, but refuses to give information.Picture pussed by French censor.
ECONOMIST'S
TO FINANCE
LONDON (UP)-A revolu- tionary scheme for financing the war by compulsory saving from all classes, in order to avoid in- flation, is advocated by the well- known economist John Maynard In .two Keynes.
articles published in the "The Times" which have caused a stir in financial and political circles.
Deputy leader of the opposition Arthur Greenwood has rejected the scheme on the grounds that it is equivalent to asking British workers to nerept the same regimentation that Hitler imposed on Germany, and that 1-1,000,000 wage and salary carners have had no increase in wages since cost of the war started, while the living has risen.
Percentage Of Wages
Royal Family's
Rations
Only normal rations of bust- ler, bicon and sugar will be supplied to the King, the Queen the Princesses, and other mera- bers of the Royal Family.
They have been issued, on the insistence of the King, with "commercial traveller cards" the same as hose given to all people who have to move about the country.
menux
The Queen has drawn up special
to Bult the circumstances, which drop two courses from both luncheon and dinner, and orders have been
for givea
more fruk and vegetables to be used.
The gardens at Windsor Castle are being considerably extended to supply the increas ed quantities which will be
. Keynes proposes Unt percentage of all incomes in excess of a stipulat- ed mhúinum Income should be paid over to the government partly as compulsory savings and
partly us direct taxes, the percentage tu rise! steeply as the income level increases. Part of the nount would be credited to the individunt as a deposit) **** in the post offer savings bank bl the balance used, to pay his income tus and surtax. The sums credited in the savings bank would carry
for the time being. They woulet nat be available for current expenditure
necessary.
PLAN WAR
TWIN GUNS IN HIDING
Threat To Enemy Railways
By RICHARD CAPELL "Dally Telegraph" War Correspon- dent with the French Army TWO of the shyest beauties in France are named Clairette anil Mireille. There is no society in the world more exclti- sive, and I did not underate the honour of being presented to them in their rustic retreat.
Not for anything in the world would I give away their ad- dresses. This would really be the height of discourtesy to- wards such virginal reticence.
Mireille and Clairette are not at home to aray Tom, Dick or Harry.
An Inquisitive stranger might pass a few feet of their establish-
THYSSEN'Sments, without dreaming that per-
ESCAPE
Because the wardens were impri- sound, it was ten minutes before interest and would be blocked GILQ., in Islington Town Hall, heard of the disaster, but in than that time wardens from neighbouring dis- triels were beginning to help with the security agalus loans, but the holder would be allowed to use them to meet prewar commitments of a capital nature, such as instalments to a building society, hire-purchase and Fled From Reich
ensunities, and within 15 minutes the first ambulance party had arrived; beating the fire brigade by a couple
of minutes.
·Operations In Streat
Or
insurance premiums.
With the approval of a local com-
A minute or two later demolition mittee, the holder could use them to parties arrived to free the wardens,
duties.
How Nazi Magnate
[candidate.
AN account of Herr Thyssen's meet exceptional and unavoidable escape from Germany into Swit- followed swiftly by two complete expense arising from illness un-zerland is given by Mr. William mobile ambulance units, each includ-employment or the payment of death Teeling, the author and Tory ing trained nurses and a real surgeon. Operation theatres were set up in the open street, and within half an haur a nurse was fastening a real tourniquet round a patient's thigh. At least 200 trained people were engaged In this incident alone.
The fires were soon put out, and I con testify that real water was used. Sir Edward, spoke to the first Air Raid Warden who reached the spot. She was Miss Ada Allen, a typleat volunteer unpaid warden, who goes on duty nightly from 8 to midnight.
In the daytime she works in a shop near the Angel, and the firm had given her special leave for the day's
exercise.
She Worked In Same Office
Strange Search For Owner Of Money
near.
of importance lived anywhere
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And Clairette and Mireille. who themselves can boost no very whe der feelings towards Germany, are naturally not wishful of exposing their persons to injurious missiles The deposits would be unblocked in
Last August Herr Thyssen sent from over the hills. I should be instalments after the war, when the through the post office in an Austrian much embarrassed to have to say resources of the community were no vliluge near the Swiss frontier a tele- which of the twins I found the mort longer fully engaged. Keynes states that such releases would help through to Hitler deploring his rush handsome, though given every op-
portunity of making up my mind.
the first post-war slump and give
time for the government to concert
more permanent plans
Yield £400,000,000
towards war.
A few days later
come Hitler's
Reichstag speech. Herr Thyssen did
not listen to it, but his wife did.
She heard Hitler say that no mat- fter how much certain people had Keynes thinks his scheme might helped him in the past, if they of yield £400,000,000 in addition to in-posed him now he would look
them as enemies.
come-tax and surtax,
on
at
intentions towards Germany, Clairet
Short of actually carrying out her
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CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
did everything she could to im- press the privileged visitor with her gigantic power and resources: and Mirellie na lesa. All that could be Saigon.
old afterwards was that both had equally commanded his admiration.
respectful
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables Without
going farther thun de-are being landed and stored into the licacy allows into the secrets of these Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon woodland nymphs, I may be men- Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-
they are to tioned that
capable of loon, whence delivery may be obtain
He suggests that the income free "We must leave the country from levy, might be 35 shillings week once," she said. And persuaded her
for Ingle" man, 45 shillings for a husband. ly 1 married man, will the addition of teven shillings and axpence weekly for each child.
Refused Offor
Without packing, they drove
All cinima must be sent in to me
27th
Thus an unmarried man with 40 the frontier. They were stopped and hurling across hurge number of ed immediately aller landing. shillings a week would contribute one recognised, but got through on the miles a missile that will penetrate shilling weekly, a married man with pretext of a pleasure trip, and reach-into solid, concrete to an astonishing on or before the two children would pay nothing untiled Switzerland.
depth. his income was over 10 shillings a week,
17 agents called on
Herr
A Devoted Bodyguard
7th January, 1940, or they will not be recognized,
Damaged Packages will be examin-" few days later and suld
cd by the Company's Shrveyor that if he publlely wijdrew his
Certain railway stations, bridges Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the The percentage of levy credited as telegram the Fuehrer would it him other particular features of the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 Bavings deposit will fall and the per- live in Germany unmolested.
German scene were named to me, a.m. on Monday, 22nd January, 1940. centage taken as taxes rise, 08 the
· level of income increases.
Consignees must have a Revenus He was even offered facilities to come Uliție in the future to hear of
with the remark that if I were at
Company's Surveyors.
ATLANTIC CITY (UP),- Thus married man with two remove n percentage of his capital their being wrecked, I should know Officer in attendonce when any duti Attorney Samuel Freedman children, earning £300 or less an- from the country Here Thyssen that it would be Clairette's workable goods are examined by the looked for Miss Irene Gates fornually, will have the whole levy asked for documentary confirmation unless it were Mirellie's. seven years to give her $2,000 savings bank and it will remain his bank.
credited to him in the post office of this offer and lodged it in a Swiss The had won for her in a damage property. 7/10/~~ retained to pay the telegram or to return.
At 500, the total levy
But he flatly refused to withdraw suit.
would be And for most of those years, Miss his Income-tax.
"I have always been a capitalist." Gates' mother, Mrs. Mary Gates, In support of his scheme, Keyner he sald, and I will die n capitalist eloaned Freedman's office at night says it is impossible to pay for the Germany will become Communist,” One evening last month, Mrs. Gites war entirely out of current taxation: Introduced herself to Freedman,
comfort of the worker and gives him: n claim over the future resources of the community.
and adds that government stock, is an "Are you looking for Irene Gates?" | addition to the wealth, security and she asked, "I'm her mother. Another Kirl told me you were looking for ker. Here's her address in Warren, | Pennsylvania,"
Payment the $2,000 was delayed in 1032 because an Insurance com pany failed.
The New York State Insurance Commission took charge Inter, began liquidating the firm and Gates had disappeared.
Scheme Criticised
Perhaps Two Turtles
of
Agent
No Fire Insurance will be effected The two nymphs boast a devoted and gallant bodyguard. The guest by us in any case whatever. of French gunners loses the faculty
I. OHL comparison. ile comes away from an artillery mess saying every me that this, and no other, musi be the keenest, and jolliest set of fellows in the world.
There may be half a gale blowing)
VISIT TO CHUNGKING outside. The village or hamlet may Judge Helmick to Travel
With Ambassador
at this time of floods be half under water.
Racy Songs
Shanghai, Jan. 23,
HANOVER, Mass, (UP)-Priscilla Everyone who comes in is aplnshed; Judge Alton J. Helmick, of the The financial editor of "The Times" and Judy Brooks found a turtle with with mud up to his middle. The dis United States Court for China, will criticizes the scheme on the grounds the markings, "A.FL.M. D," and thence, from the normal civilian world go to. Chungking with Mr. Nelson T that the percentage taken is not of fact was noted briefly in newspapers, mem ten times greater than the Johnsen fellowing the Ambassador's increases in income above pre-war, Since then they have received nup MyA, sent out dividend checks. But Miss but percentage of the whole income ville, O., and Benson, W. Va., in which seems gay. It is truc than it is al-
letters from Elbridge, N. Y., London- But it table the spirit always return from Hankow,
Judge Helmick, declared that the This, he says is Inequitable, be cause many have had their incomes the writers told when and how they ways marvellously well-furnished trip was to more than a vacation Ife would probably hold a Court ni reduced as a result of the war.
marked the turtle with these initials, table.
know an artillery mess where Canton one day on the ae}{i}}! The city is asking how money is to
the law, the Press, the finanela); "Journey, be found to repay the deposits, as it value when compulsory subscriptions world and engineering are all re- Is presumed that these will be spent are to receive 24%, and be repaid at presented by brilliant young met After a slay of aboijt Ave werkt during the war on war materials, etc. par soon after the war is over..
The medical officer dore, in also the in- Chimakini, Judge Heiniek will
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Financiers opine that there will be Others contend that the voluntary chorus master. He conducts the re-ny to tongue band rating to Bhanga little inducement for Investors to subscription scheme as proved suc-gulation sorge, and also contributes about March 18, Tila marke subscribo voluntarily for government cessful enough in the past and there others net wholly of the regulation in feat visit to Chungking=United
Prees. loan which might fall heavily in fore Keynes' scheme is not necessary, sort, and very racy they are.