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In "fifth column" round-up in England, Sir Oswald Mosley, above, British Fascist leader, and cight of his lieutenants were taken into custody in London, Ho was British flier in first World War at 18 and was one of youngest members of House of Commons, Ho was expelled by Conservatives and Labour.
Cheated
U-Boat: Now Loses His Ship
FOUR days after war broke out Captain Hugh Roberts outwitted a U-boat and shook it off after a three- hour chase.
For this exploit he was decorated with the O.B.E.
Control And QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
Labour
Train
By An Industrial Correspondent
BRITAIN'S big five Labour controllers met at the, Ministry of Labour recently for the first time and, with- fout any delay, they set the great national machinery in
motion.
In addition to the five members already announced, the following will also serve on the Labour Supply Board: Mr. Ralph Assheton, Parliamentary Secretary; Ministry of Labour; Sir Thomas Phillips, Permanent Secretary; Mr. F. N. Tribe, Deputy-Secretary: Mr. G. H. Ince, Under-Secretary, and Mr. F. W. Leggett, Chief Industrial Commissioner.
Mr. T. S. Chegwidden will act ns secretary of the Board.
I understand that the Board de-i elded to set up Immediately about 201 local labour supply committees to control the scheme.
These will each consist of a chafe- man,
RN Employment Exchange manager and two others, who will [usually be a trade union leader and a man from the management side who understand the industry.
Among the places where these full- time committees will be established are London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Shefeld, Bir- mingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle and Leicester.
Not Fighting To Make Millionaires
-A.E.U. CHIEF
MR. JACK TANNER, in his presidential address to the Na- tional Committee of the Amal- gamated Engineering Union, at Three Functions The Ministry of Labour Divisional workers were not prepared to Morecambe, enid that the Controllers have been asked to congive labour, make sacrifices, alder names of person
iheir
sultable to act as Inspectors of La carry the burden, to make this bour Supply and a considerable pro-country safe for capitalism. portlun of these will be trade union! officials.
"The men at the front," he said,
They will have three main func-are not battling amid fire and fury make more millionaires, depressed
tions!
1. To Inspect firms who ask for areas and starving peoples."
more labour, to see if they really gineers war- machine war with a He described the war as "an en- need it, particularly skilled meti.: vengeance,"
2. To inspect firms already em-
ploying skilled labour to deter the utmost of our courage, capacity "We shall be tried and tested to mine to what extent skilled men and understanding," he said.. can be released,
3. To stimulate training by em-
ployers in their own works and
to ensure that firms take full ad- MEDICAL BOARD
vantage of local facilities, such as
and
technical Institutes night TRICK ALLEGED.
schools. They will also recom- mend when women should be em-
ployed.
Ten men were remanded at Bow The National Service officers who Street recently charged with con will have power to compel men and *piring together and with other per- demands will be officials of the Minis-sions of the National Service Act, employers to curry out the Minister's sons unknown to defeat the provi
try, but Mr. Bevin is confident that They were:
many jobs, he said, where work Bert (0), of Gllda Cres-
Recently Captain Roberts' that compulsion will be necessary.
the voluntary response will be such Jack Brack (20), salesman, Burton Street. Brick Lane, E.; Maurice luck was out.
Bovin's Appeal
VIS (22)
machine operater, King's He was in command of an- Mr. Bevin last night issued an ap Inbourer, Median Road, Hackney;
Road, Brighton; Joseph Barnett (24), other ship, the 5,406-ton Glas-peal to all owners and workers in
Sydney Israel Barnett (23), trim- gow steamer Charges, when it maintenance 'workshops. There were was sunk by enemy action.
mer, Lynton Road, West Acton, W could be so arranged that skilled fit-t ters or toolroom workers, for example, cent,
Hil: Conny Rifkov (67),
Commercial Street, E. could be released permanently or
Samuel Rifkov (23), tallor, Old Hi
am not asking that anyone heme; George Old (31), driver. Dry- onelton (23), amusement caterer, no fixed Eight men suffering from scalds there is another job for him to go to. Barnett, labourer, of Hampton Road, should leave his present job until scale Road, Lewisham; and Louis and burns are in hospital.
Two Men Missing
.
Of the Charges' crow of 64-most-temporarily for work in more essen-Street, Stoke Newington; James Boul- by Merseyside men-two are missing tial production. and the remainder have been landed at a North-West coast port.
The
• missing men are both of Liver pool-the be'sun, Arthur Riley, and fireman Hugh Gribbon..
"In this way I want, while keeping s
maintenance for all industry intact. Forest Gate.
When
Brack asked for ball "on to have local reserves of skilled la-| when war demarkis cause situation of bury, objecting, said: "He is de- bour which I can borrow to help out sounds-of-h
-health-Inspector-Salls-
The bo'sun was within 2ft. of being saved by his shipmates, who pushed great urgency."
an our mul to him, but he was too exhausted to clutch it and vanished. The Breman was apparently trap-
REGISTRATION LAW
ped below by the explosion and could Extended to Women And not get to the deck when the boats were lowered.
said. "We had the boats down in a
Children
initely a Grade 4 man who has been Impersonating other men before
medical boards."
KING HAAKON
Berlin, July 7. The
ship sonk in a short time after developing a heavy list soon after Excellency the Officer Administering cial information regarding the over- As foreshadowed last week, is declared Germany possesses no off- Authorised quarters here to-day an explosion. The survivors were the Government has made regulations sens reports that Norway is forming picked up by a vessel after being amending sections 7 and 8 of the a new Government to replace King nearly two hours in the lifeboats. Registration of Persons Ordinance, Haakon's.
Four monkeys, belonging to mem-1939, so as to require female British bers of the crew, were lost.
Twenty-two-year-old Harold Jones, subjects. British persons under the However, they pointed out that of Liverpool, who was at the wheel," of eighteen years, and British recent Press reports from Oslo in- persons over the age of Alty-Bve dieste that moves are afoot whereby few mantents and piled in, assisting years, to register at the Registration of the Storting will again function, im- the Injured as best we could.
Persons Omeo, Police Department, plying the formation of a Cavern- "Men who had been flung out of either persons of Chinese race or are
within two weeks, unless they are ment. the bunks were dressed only in scanty
"Steps designed to increase Nor clothing, and steward James Buck-members of His Majesty's regular way's autonomy ley, who was in great pain from his members of the Hongkong Police same time that the Nazi
are progressing," Naval, Military or Air Forces or
they said, but explained at the scaldy, was naked."
Force.
gauletler, Herr Terboven, will remain of Oslo. Formerly, only males were affected, For the past week the German between the ages of 18 and 55, and Press has been asserting that King they could register within two Haakon forfelted his rights to the months.
throne when he fled.-United Press,
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