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February 29, 1940.
The King Rewards His Fighting
Men In Special New
New Year List Sailors Who Beat Menace
SPOTLIGHT
ON
GERMANY
SPY STORY AS "NAZI FACT"
A spy novel of the last war has
evidence of the "crimes" committed by the British Intelligence Service,
provided Goering with documentary
Linder the heading, "Confession of a British Agent," his newspaper, the National Zeltung, prints as fact one of the more colourful episodes in
Somerset Maugham's tale "Aslien- den."
"The Munich attempt and the numerous nets of sabotage during the past few weeks, in Rumania" and
Jugoslavia have drawn attention to
Of And
Mine U-Boat
THE King, in a special list of awards issued as a supplement to the "London Gazette" gives| recognition to courage, endurance and devotion to duty shown by officers and men of the Royal Navy in the war at sea.
Confined to personnel of the Services the list is as liberal to crews of the "little ships" of the R.N.R.-the trawlers and drifters which sweep mines and hunt U-boats-as it is to those who man the bigger vessels of the R.N.
The "little ship" men have done as much as any suc cessfully to smash the Nazi menace beneath the sea.
Twelve names of Ursula men, escorting and protecting other ships appear in the list--those of the from the violence of the enemy.”
dispatches.
An outs writes:
"cheerful
the British Sceret Service in A The King has made the submarine Ursula the proudest of munner which it must find very his fighting craft for the awards received by her complement (al- unwelcome," says the newspaper. "Yet there is no lack of books about rendy announced but now officially gazetted) make them, by this secret organisation of criminals | comparison, the most decorated in the Fleet, For among those who have taken part in there are not a few who ne metually proud of their criminal activities.
commanding officer, Lieutenant-ships are rewarded for
Those who have captured enemy "One of these to the English author Commander G. C. Phillips, two endurance, readiness and resource in Somerset Maugham, who, in a book lieutenants and seven ratings patrolling the seas and bringing in called Ashenden," discloses 'some experiences of a very insignificant who are decorated, and of a sub-enemy prizes." incinber of the Intelligence Depart-lieutenant and a
Promotions in the Royal Navy and chief petty RAF. were also announced. The ment. Among these experiences is officer, who are mentioned in Naval ja murder-in which, incidentally, the wrong person is killed by mistake- and an act of sabotage by which a factory in what was then Austrian Gallel was blown up. causing the death of many vurkmen,"
"The National Zeitung adds that the report of this latter incident 13 of sepcial interest in view of the similar erines recently committed in the Balkans. There follows an RX- Six enemy destroyers screened tract, occupying nearly half a page, cruiser, but the Uralla dhene the Squadron-Leader P. B. Barwell, who describing an Interview between them, got a periscope sight of her
becomes a Wing Commander. Ashenden and a Polish agent.
He was recently. awarded the D.F.C. for his gallantry in an alr Destroyer Attacks Evaded battle over the North Sea, which re- After skilfully evading attacks by sulted in six, and possibly seven, of four of the destroyers, the submarine nino Nazi raiders being brought rose impudently to the surface, and down.
feature of the fist The exploit which gained is the unusually lurge number of de- these honours for the submarine stroyer captains who have received thrilled the world.
advancement-nine in all.
It is probable that the majority of i held known as "Hitler's cabbage have been given in recognition of Penetrating the Heligoland mine- these promotions and decorations patch," she crept to the mouth of the successful actions against U-boats. Elbe and there cank a cruiser of the Koln class.
Among R.A.F. officers promoted is "the Arst
"Ashenden" was published in 1028.victim and fired two torpedoes. The story has been made into a fim under the title of "Secret Agent."
Badges for Troops
Ace"
the war,
A.V.C.. Wing Commander
For-
Gen von Brauchitsch, Commander-through her periscope saw two of the dinand Maurice Felix West, becomes in-Chief of the German Army, has screening shipa apparently searching Instituted a new decoration, to be for survivors,
known as the "assault badge," It There was no sign of the cruiser. will be awarded to non-motorised Altogether, 200 names appears in intantry of all ranks who distinguish the list, themselves in attacks.
Men
ja Group Captain.
He was awarded the highest honour for driving off seven enemy planes in France. In 1918.
in minelayers are decorated;
This he dish, although his leg had The corresponding decoration for "for untiring energy, zeal and de- been partially severed by an explo- armoured units will be the "ormaur-votion to their arduous duty,"
sive bullet. ed car badge."*
War Tax on Wages
Others of the Nelson breed gain New air cominodores include Act- Towards with the official tribute: "Foring Air Vice-Marshal R. L. G. Marix,
undaunted couruge, steadfastness, who was awarded the D.5.0. In 1914) coolness and resource in saving ships for bombing and desiroying the As a concession to wage-earners, and life at sea in the face of perit Dusseldorf nirship shed.
and adversity."
And Marix kept his promise.
the German Finance Minister, Herr Funk, has decreed that overtime pay
Men, who well earn their danger shall no longer be liable to the special war supertnx. This is, however, stillney in minesweepers, and others levied on all basie wages of Das, who glit Nuzi underwater pirates, LATE
weekly and above. In adition, ordin-ure gazetted for "unfailing courage, ry Income-tax is payable on Loil endurance and resource in their hard wages and overtime pay.
and perilous task of sweeping the
A worker earning 60s. weekly pays 78. inenre-tax and 2s. 6d. super-tax. Where overtime pay is earned, in-. come-tax rises steeply. A labourer whose base wage is 50s, a week pays
as clear of enemy mines and com- bating submarines."
"For Cheerful Endurance" Awards gained in ships convoying
10 per cent. in tax. If he earns an Britain's foodstuffs are accompanied extra 8s. for working on a holiday by these
words: "For faithful de-
or at night, this is taxed at the rate votion to the hazardous duty of of 10 per cent.
Old Shoes Collected
to And that the boundaries of the Collections of old shoes and other Bohemia and Moravia. The publish- Fatherlund do not extend beyond discarded leather articles are being ers have promised to send them, free organised throughout the Reich. The of charge, a Berlin correspondent of the Genoa showing the new eastern frontier.
supplementary map !ewspaper, Lavore, reports that a
new process has been devised for reference book for every German," "An atlas is 3n Indispensable making a leather substitute, which says the Koelnischer Zeitung's re- | must, howover, contain д certain viewer, "more especially in these proportion of the genuine article. Europe Up-to-Date
Purchasers of a new atlas just pub- lished in Germany are disappointed
times, when nations are in motion to remove old political injustices and thereby to wipe out potential sources of conflict which have always been inimical to pence."
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