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BAD GIRLS INVITE RECTOR TO A DANCE
Ex-'Gangster' There
SOMEWHERE IN DEVON.
I DANCED last night with a shop-lifter. Seventeen I found her in the Paul Jones, says years old she was.
a correspondent
M.C., D.C.M., M.M..
He Routed Gang of Bandits
AWARDS of the Military Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal to an officer, a company-sergeant- major and a private of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders respectively are announced by the War Office.
The ofeer, Capt. James Cunning- ham Church, led a company against 14 bandits in un armed gong of Palestine.
"His gallantry was conspicuous" is the oficial comment.
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The other awards have been made Patricir Mac- Sergt.-Major
. The dance was given at a hospital-not one that deals with. accidents and illnesses, but an institution. that cures such things as shop-lifting.
It was a Home Ofie approved school for girls.
The destinies of the 10 girls there are in the hands of their headmis tres, a young, energetic and pro- gressive woman who has introduced an experimental system.
Soldier, Guests
The dance was a part of the system. Invitations were issued, one girl acting as secretary.
I brought along three men friends; the rector and 'hls curate brought a dozen, including two soldiers.
To dance with any of the girls was sufficient conviction of the value of the system.
They were thrilled with the dan- cing--to a real hand--and gave the men no opportunity to "sit out."
Their behaviour was a credit to their school.
Patient Instead My 17-year-old partner in the Paul Jones once intended to be a nurse.
Most of her colleagues owed their
Queen Hands Own
Prizo To Girl
NORA HAINS, 18-year-old school girl, went, to Bandringham House, to receive a prize from the Queen for being "the most public-. spirited girl" at' King's Lynn Girls' High School.
It was a braniifully-bound book of modern tho Queen's
monogram.
verse, bearing signattire and
Tho Queen made me feel very much at home," sald Nara after- wards,
BOY, 11,
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CHILD
HITLER might have learned something if given the chance to look over the shoulder of a North London schoolboy.
The
boy in 11-year-old John
Phillips and Private William Henry downfull to terrible home conditions, Chapman, of Palmerston-rond, Bowes
deplorably bad environment, or the Park. Sprosan.
misfortune of mixing with "wrong 'una."
Shot Four
The
under Captain A 20-year-old girl in the school was company Church's command encountered the formerly leader of a Juvenile gang of bandits in December, 1930. Although law-breakers. fired at from very close range, he
skilfully directed the fire of those member of the party whe could at
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One day before the war began John bent ludustriously over his desk.
He was writing a letter to an im- jaginary child in Germany. Only Victors
After chewing the end of his pen wrote this:-
"I am sorry of the warlike attitude of your German leaders, who seem in- fent on having another world war.
HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION with him, states the official report; first effectively use his rifle, he open-for a while he settled down and
and by boldly manoeuvring the ed such an accurate fire that in
to very neighbouring platoons, managed
short time he had shot four of break up the gang, all but four of the enemy."
Private Sprosan, awarded the M.M., the bandits being killed or coptured,
Sergt.-Major MacPhilips is award was employed as company runner ed the D.C.M. for "conspicuous and "displayed coolness, initiative igallantry and great coolness in the and disregard of his 'personal' safety face of the enemy....Being the only under heavy fire."
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I hope your country will never start a war, because there can be only one winner, and that is our's-and the winner loses thousands of men,. women and children in the war.
rend in the papers that your coun- try is re-arming, although its ple do not receive enough to eat.
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I um sorry because our country does not desire to fight your country. Our airmen do not wish to bomb your innocent children.
I know you are powerless, s'a boy, to stop Hitler in his wild exploit, but please tell your father that my father does not want to murder yours."
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The letter was written in the un- nual peace essay competition for Wood Green and Southgate school- children,
Girls usually predominate among the prize-winners, but this year John was the only entrant.
and dislocation or Evacuation schools in the district by war soun after the announcement of the com- petition affected the entries.
But John did not wrile his letter in vain.
He is being recommended for ward by the judge,
THOUGHT
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Accused of conspiring to burn down a shop, two men and a woman were committed for trial at the Old Halley.
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Hendon, Crescent, charged at Old Street with unlaw fully inclting Alfred Kellor to com- | mit'a crime
ime, and conspiring to burn down a hairdresser's shop at Park- way, Camden Town,
Kellor, an electrical engineer, who gave evidence, was asked by Mr. Raphael (defending): What G. G took you to the police station?
Kellor: The remembrance of Leo- pold Harris.
Was the prospect of a reward?- iNo.
Evidence was given that the pro- mites at Camden Town were insured in the name of Mrs. Esther Drobchin- sky for £1,200 material Insurance and £500 loss of profits following fire, with a six months" period of Hindemnity,,
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