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Beam Code Tapped On Bar Counter
-Police Story
A MORSE code message tapped on a bar counter was mentioned at Folkestone polico court recently.
Peter Roberts (25), of Leicester, and Peter Lawrence Wagstaffe (20), a Canadian, both ex-R.A.F. men, were charged with communicating In- formation purporting to be in respeel. of signals to aircraft which might be useful to the enemy. They pleaded not guilty.
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Detective Constable Dates said he saw the defendants and a man named Maxted in an hotel bar and heard Roberts Anish a sentence with the Wagstoffe topped word "aircraft."
a Morse code message with his n- gers on the counter and Maxted said he did not know what it was.
Wagstaffe then Imitated a message by making a noise with his mouth. saying: "That the code we . re- ceive on the beam when about to land. There are two of these beams," Roberts then gave a demonstration with his arm.
There were two other customers in the bar. Defendants had been drink- ing heavily, but were not drunk,
Roberts and. Wagstaffe told the magistrates that the conversation related to American elvil aircraft.
Wagstaffe added that he had not
divulged any sectal
The case was dismissed, with a
warning against loose talk in public Canteen Butter
Went Astray: £515 Fines
FINES totalling £515 were imposed on 26 people at Leeds recently for food rationing
offences.
Among those fined were Dr. James
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ITALY AND HER NEIGHBOURS-Assertion by Mussolini that Switzerland, Turkey... Yugoslavia, Greece and Egypt would not be embroiled in war if they maintained their neutrality, has been received with scepticism, as a result of Italy's entry into the war.
British possessions in the Mediterranean and North Africa as shown on
this map are the chief points of Italian attack.
Society's 'Farming' Talks
Cloak Nazi Propaganda
THE Home Secretary was questioned in the Commons recently about the activities of an organisation called Information and Policy.
of
Dr. Little (Con., Down) alleged that its weekly meetings, held under the discussing the relation between agriculture and industry, are really for German propaganda purposes.
July, 16, 1940,
By Walt Disney
Exports Must Give Way To Arms
By A Farilamentary Correspondent
BRITAIN'S export drive is doing well, but owing to the war situation it is now necessary, to divert some of that drive to the production of munitions.
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of Commons recently,
After giving "encouraging figures!
AN ATTRACTIVE, RANCE OF THE LATEST DESIGNS AND COLOURINGS IN THIS „POPULAR MATERIAL.
of increases in exports he said that RUCHED COTTON.
unfortunately serious adjustments in: our export trade were called for to meet the
must be onslaught of the enemy. We
prepared to turn's great deal} of effort now engaged on the export trade into munitions..
Highost For Years
To balance this export efforts must be intensified where skill could not bel transferred to munitions and in coal. The encouraging figures, he gave
were:
During April cotion goods reached the highest value since 1937. Wool- len goods and other textiles, pottery
and glass has higher exports than for the last ten years. Cutlery hardware electrical goods and apparatus, chemi- gulse cals and drugs had the highest ex- helde gap between exports and im
ports was still very big but exporters during March and April had at least made the beginning of a very credit.
Sir John Anderson replied: "I have information about this body, which has been under observation for some time. It would not be right for me to announce beforehand what action it may be necessary for me to take."
Fines If Shelters
Are
Not Put Up
Two other societies were mentioned
German
able performons meant that wei had lost 15 per cent,, of our, exporti markets but had given us still greater
in questions: The London and Provin- opportunity In other markets from
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elul Anti-Vivisection Society and the which the invaded countries were All colours $1.50 ea.
National Freedom League.
now exclude. But the switch-over took time. Arrested recently was Mrs. Dacre: He warned the country of the Fox (Mrs. Nora Elum) who was necessity of doing without things to a secretary of the London and Provin greater extent. The time had come efol Anti-Vivisection Society. The when neither our capital resources
NEW measures for strengthening home defence Society's offices in Victoria Street, nor our exports could be used for
Sharpe, Deputy Medical Officer for were announced recently-- Leeds; the Superintendent of the
Sweet Street A.R.P. Depot; a first-aid Householders who have received free Anderson shelters but ́ party commandant; a health depart-have not erected them and covered them properly with earth- ment accountant; three women em- ployees of the Health Department, must carry out the work forthwith.
and five A.R.P. clerks.
All the defendants except two were
Corporation employees,
Dr. Sharpe and 24 other defendants were each fined £20, and another defendant £13.
Butter purchased for the canteen at
Under now Defence regulations reason in writing to the local author penalities,
Covering the shelter properly with earth means to a depth of 15in, on top and 30in. on the sides and back.
the Sweet Street First-Aid Fost, There is no need to sink it more than
was stated, was supplied to Corpora-
tion officials and people at the post
a foot enough earth is available.
If the householder makes it clear
had margarine with their meals. to the local authority that he wishes Out of 180lb. of butter bought by to have the shelter erected but is un-
fallure to do so to give a may lead to heavy
Two P. P. U.
Youths Arrested
S.W., were raided a few weeks ago. buying imports for home consumption Replying to Mr. Graham White beyond the actual necessities of our (Lib. East Birkenhead) Sir John said population.
Consumption Cuts he had received_the_report of the police rald on the London office of the The restriction in: April, of the National and Provincial Anti-Viviser- quantities of cotton rayon and linen tion Society, On of the people con- to be supplied to the home market nected with the society was an was only a beginning. adherent of the British Union of "The present emergency, he de Fascists and was using the society's clared, "makes it imperative that offee for British Union business.
'home consumption should be reduced still further. Further action is about to be taken.".
The National Freedom League has not been publicly mentioned before. Surveyor Detained
Mr. H. S. L. Knight, Gulidford Borough Surveyor, has been detained)
Knight was appointed in August, 1930. He was then 36.....
Raid On Fascists Following distribution of leaflets in
Northampton branch of the British
WHEN two youths wearing in custody by an order issued under duplicated typescrip in Northampton, permit only 71b. was used in the can- able to do so himself, the local au Peace Pledge Union badges were Article 18 of Defence (General) police raided the headquarters of the teen and the rest found its way to the thority may decide to help him, pro- defendants.
vided a good reason is given. If no remanded in custody at Mary-Regulations (1939)..
At a meeting of Guildford Emer- Union of Fascists, took three persons letter is sent, the householder will lebone on a charge of insulting lose his shelter as well as being table behaviour it was stated that agency Committee it was resolved to to the police station for inquiries,
suspend Mr. Knight sine die. Mr.1 and seized a quantity of literature." more serious charge under the Defence Regulations might be made.
WANTED DECREE AFTER 42 YEARS
to penalties.
war.
The youths, who were alleged to have possessed n quantity of P.P.U. literature when they were arrested in: Paddington were Albern Densem Rowland, 21, a window cleaner, and John Edward Adkins, 20, a post office engineer. They pleaded not guilty.
Insult Denied
Skilled Engineers Peel Potatoes,
Scrub Canteens
Another regulation Issued gives the 42 Home Secretary power to suppress A couple who were married years ago and charged each other any newspaper which systematically with desertion were refused decree publishes matter calculated to foment Intel in the Divorce Court.
opposition to the prosecution of the Both Mrs. Sarah Coles, of Murlow
The Minister can also seize print Road, Southall, Middlesex, and Mring presses used in the production of John Coles of Shakespeare Road, such newspapers. Actor, W., sought dissolution of the
Uniforms, signalling apparatus and marriage.
wireless sets in cars are covered in Police Constable Holman said the the new Order.
youths were distributing leaflets to Supply of Service uniforms (in-pussers-by. One man shook his fist cluding the A.F.S.), or official badges at them, and said. "You ought to be are spending their time peeling potatoes, scrubbing man of more culture than Mr. Coles, to unauthorized persons is prohibit-jshot"
canteens and roadmaking were made at a meeting of the Mrs. Coles began to find foult with ed.
National Committee of the Engineering Union at More- cambe...
Mr. Justice Buckmill said that after the couple had gone to live at the
house of a widower, Mr. Young, a
her husband and made him thorough- Wireless sets in road vehicles are
Rowlands denied that they were
ly miserable until ultimately, at the now banned, apart from exemptions insulting anybody, and Adkins said age of 63, he walked out of the house. granted by the Postmaster-General, there was nothing harmful in the
His lordship held that Mr. Coles had to leave Mr. Young's
house. He was unable however, to £150,000 Fire Lights
find desertion by husband or wife.
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Less than two hours after the em-
ployces had left, a Birmingham fać- tory was seen to be on fire.
pamphlets.
Rowlands asked for legal aid, and was told by the magistrate that ho would be wise to obtain legal advice
without funds.
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Sonn the whole of the main build. HOSPITAL SHIPS
A statement made in London makes
The
PROTESTS that skilled engineers in the armed forces
The conference was discussing a resolution submitted by: Mr. 1. Mooney, of Belfast, deprecating the waste of valuable Colours and their ability not being fully utilised in the best akill caused by members of the A.E.U. being called to the
interests of the country.
aubversive Influences, which stated Be Must Not, Attend
that at certain conferences somo The president, Mr. Jack Tanner, officers of the Union were advertised sald that he had a list of outstanding as presiding at or supporting the con- cases against the Army - and the ferences, Navy, but there was not so much
The Executive sent out on in- complaint, he said, against the RAF struction that, if shop: stewards at Mr. Tanner gave some examples of tended as shop stewards any mees cases they had put forward to the inge not in accordance with the con- | Ministry of Labour and to the Ser- siftution of the Union, their shop
ing was burning. The flames could be seen for miles. The roof collapsed and firemen had to work against it clear that the two hospital ships white-hot shell: of corrugated
fron, reported to have been sunk by enuny factory was doomed.
bombing werd
lost in
in Dieppe har vice authorities: Atter or 26 stoward credentials would be with- amount to between £100,000 and It is impossible to give the names to retain his services, was blind in
whose employers were very anxious denter sold that he was chair-l £150,000, but by transferring work of the ships or the exact date of their one cya, .He
another of the firm's factories and less, but it is clear that they were RAS.C putting the people affected on to nightifying Red Cross Bags, and were The
to
An official said the damage would bour
Mr. te was a private In the man of the meeting that formed the Communist Party, but he was · do- unant Onitely and wholeheartedly opposed to the polley of the Communist Party
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