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CURRENT COMMENT
The people of Britain are keyed up while waiting for the Blitzkrieg lo start. It is impossible nowadays for anyone who is not familiar with the country to know exactly where hẹ là, on every algo post has been re-
· moved and Levery name over stores, pest offers and such places in the village, that would give an invader any glue to his whereabouts, has biso
tone.
The country is in good heart, the Prime Minister says and is waiting for the assault, with a certain amount of pleasureable antjelpation since nothing would be co desirable na to meet the enemy on one's own
round.
Never have there been, no many troops in England under arms, never bus the coast line been so carefully watched, never has the nation been so organised as a whole to meet a threatened danger. There is no dia alpation of energy. It is focussed to one point, the defeat of Germany, No Force Could Approach
Big Shot Is
Small
Now Beer
AL CAPONE, once head of a £20,000,000 a year beer and vice racket, has now left the hospital to which he was taken after eight years in Alcatraz Prison for in- come-tax evasion.
He was expected to ko to his £100,000 home on Palm Island,
Miami Beach, Florida
But instead, the former Public Enemy No. 1, still be- lieved to be worth £500,000, has gone to a suburban home in Baltimore.
It is Inconceivable that any
force can approach Britain. unseen, it la still more inconceivable if that were possible that a force could land in such numbers as to endanger the security of the island. On land, sea but that is why it is necessary to have und air the invader will be revelled first class writer to deny it.
wiili every weapon Britain possesses. Roosevelt's Third Term
The greatest damage will come Roo from the air, but if indiscriminate
·
By Scrutineer JAPAN
burden of the war how falls on Britain and 11. Ja nécessary to love time to reorganise the defences, and recast the navel plan of campaign. - At the end of three months something decisive will have happened, since the Germana are practically committed to launching their blitzkrieg before that time has elapsed.
If that is unsuccessful as most experts belove it will be, Germany herself wit begin to feel the full force of on air. blitzkrieg from the RAF which, even now is Indicating the shape of things or perhaps the mis-shapen state of things to come.
The contribution of the United States to the British war elfort is steadily growing, and the latest ruling. whereby American nirmen can serve in the British R.A.F. 06-a kind of foreign legion of the Air will add to strength of the Air Force and greatly encourage the British people It looks as though the Germans in pinning their faith in their air force had forgotten the capocity of the Allies to meet her challenge, The concentration of German forces for the blitzkrieg in and round Germany is providing the RAF, with excellent targets and full advantage is being taken of thaì.
East Depends on West
Events in the Far East run parallel with
events in Europe and in that bombing starts, then retuliation, will | President Roosevelt's message to once these critical three months are passed, the position will be speedily follow. As the days pass the Democratic Convention gave
clarined, and again the Far Eastern the difficulty of the undertaking seems sock to some people as it was inter situation will respond to what has to be more clearly recognised in preted as meaning that he did not Germany.
the propose to stand. I will not seek happened in Britain and possibly to suggestion of a peace offer. Germany would not accept
That would exploin re-election did not mean that he the more settled political situation in
the United States. but that nomination, having proclaimed her intention so loudly cannot very well draw back party unanimously wanted bim since failure
the
The fall of the Yonai Cabinet and
are to make the attack and he would be prepared to go on will: the emergence of a national govern- risk the Invasion would be an the henyy task. Two terms are tent in Japan is in accordance with acknowledgment of its impossibilty enough of a strain for any president, national trends all over the world. Even in the United States President to defeat. and would be equivalent
apart from the recognised practice Roosevelt has strengthened the posi- Italy betrays
which discourages a third term. almost unseemly
tion by the inclusion of Mr. Knox and anxiety that Germany should get on with the task of invading and contrary to precedent sounds strange, for
This talk of a third term being con- Mr. Strimson, two Republicans in the
Government. quering Britain. She has her hang the traditionni attitude of the average None are now for the party, all are
in the Mediterraneon in keeping American is to ignore tradition. He for the state. Every the British Rect immobilised. This
government
she is able to do by avoiding battle. has acquired the habit of forming no ought really to be national, even a ter ships are bulit for speed, not habits and is always willing to try party government. In the British
not anything once,
parliament in normal time no govern- for pursuit but to enable them to There is the untrue story of
the friendly
of the reach the shelters of the shore balleries as quickly as possible. American tourist which illustrates General Blomberg, the former Ger- the point. He was visiting a very man War Minister, according to the Spectator, made this a statement be fore the war: "One thing is certain, Whoever has Italy on his side in the next war is going to lose It.”
Italy Wants Short War
ment however big its majority would abuse its power by ignoring the well reasoned prguments of the Opposi- lon, which is there for the purpose very old temple where the priest in of giving constructive criticism. awed tones said the lamp placed in Legislation in England is the result front of a certain shrine had been burning uninterruptedly for three of debate and is not the cut and dried thousand years. The visitor gave a
single party. Speedier guess results may be obtained by other strong puff and suid: "Well, it la out now", and strangely enough methods but they are not likely to there was no earthquake and no one justified in times of emergency such so satisfactory and uro only dropped down dead.
as the present,
measure of a
be
be considered as well as the
Italy's great desire is for the war to he won in the shortest possible Il President Roosevelt is elected for
In any case a national Goverment time, so that she will avoid a winter 13 third term in defiance of tradition
is one in which every interest of the campaign and thereby increasing it is not likely that Washington will nation Is represented, and in which distress at home, and possibly kies waters of American life will be rudely There is always the internal situation turn in his grave or that the placid tone hus & preponderating volce. her feet intact Gayda's fulminations and threats are a measure of Italy's disturbed because of it.
President fear. Mussolini when he entered the Rooseveli is obviously the person to foreign, Prince Konoye was not un war, said that the time for speaking
king carry the country through the present extremist before, and time alone will uns would crisis in world affairs. He has all the show whether he will be forced into speak, but when they had the chance Lact
facts in his possession, he has the recently they, unlike him, remained experience and has been proved to an extreme position now. discreetly slicnt. Ualy's difficulties be correct in his prognostications cach War in Africa will increase as the months go by, for the nation
for time. He has in fact been ahead of without success there will spring up wakened up to the dungers
which has only now dissatisfaction, for the policy to-day
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Mussolini bas gone back to Caesar
for his model Italy is full of the
The war in Africa is supplying some touches of humour according to the "Spectator." One was the novel and agreeable achievement of British rolders into Libya in capturing an Italian general in fall uniform in the The difference of opinion with act of driving his wife to a maternity monument to Roman power-but in regard to domestic policy is not now home where she expected soon to the event of success in this wor, it so great nor so bitter as before, but have her baby. She will have it in would be Germany and not Italy that in any case these diferences are an Egyptian maternity home now. would assume-the-role-of-world endowed by the danger in the The other was-a-massage-from Aden; dictator.
A German victory would international situation.
which told how during a British air deliver the Italians
The closure of the Burma Road raid in Abyssinia the entire bazaar friendless into the hands of a people weather is so bad, as to make land-only that nothing should fall on them for the next three months, when the was praying throughout the raid not whom they hate.
slides occur fairly frequently means but also that the maximum This faci cannot be concealed from the least inconvenience to Chinu, and should be caused to the Italians.
damage Italians, who are aware that without gives the maximum advantage to Whoever the delty was to whom Germany Italy's chance of survival Dritain in this very difficult period of the petitions were addressed, both, In this war would be nil. It is purely her history. With the elimination of it is satisfactory to know, were fully n secondary inle that Italy is playing France from the struggle, the whole answered.
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Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.e's, per second.
12.15 p.m.
Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Songs by Leslie Hutchinson nt the Plano,
12.40. Bob Crosby and His Orches- ira in Dance Music.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea. ther Report.
1.03 Sea Shanties by Stuart Robert- son and Raymond Nowell,
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1.16 Jack Hylton and His Orches-
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1.45 Latest Variety, 2.15 Close Down.
6,00 Mozart-Concerto in F Major. Arthur Schnabel (Pinno) and The London Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent,
6.20 Closing Local Stock Quota tions,
6.30 B. D. C. Recording "Out of the Blue."
A Short Story read by Sapper,* - 6.53 A Light Orchestral Concert with Richard Crooks (Tenor) and Ina Soner (Soprano).
7.30 London Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report und Announcements.
8.03
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8.45 London Relay-London Log 9.00 London Relay The News and -Topical-Talks,
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10.15. Moto Variety Beaurais.
11.15 Dance Music.
12.00 midnight, Close Down,
TO-MORROW'S BROADCAST
A Recital by the Choir of St. Joseph's Church
¡Jet Orchestra; Mondnacht; Der Nuss- baum.... .Karl Erb (Tenor) wlik Piano; Traumerei....Mossed Orcher- tra of Cellos
7.30 London Relay-The News. 8,0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Relay-Iteelial by The Choir
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Radio Programme Broadcast by
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delssohn's Hymn of Praise: (a) Sing Ye Praise,. Tenor Solo: (b) 10.15-11.15 am. Relay of Morning All Ye That Cried unto the Lord.... Service from The Methodist Church. Chorus; (c) 1 Waited for the Lord... 12.15 p.m. Rachmaninoff-Concerto| Duet and Chorus: 5. Melody No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 20.
(Nontato)....Organ; & (a) Salve Vladimir Horowitz (Plano) and Regina
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12.50 Bongs by Theodors Chalia-| Minor (Baronchelli). ...Organ; 8. O plae (Basa).
Love Diving (Hondel).....Soprano; 8. Slander is a whispering zephyr Et Vitam (Haydn)....The Choir. (The Barber of Seville"-Itosafni); } 8.45 StudioThe seventh of a Song of the Flea (Moussorgsky), series of Book Reviews.
8.55 Interlude. 1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
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Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 50, 1.03 New Light Symphony Orches- No. 3 (Chopin)...Vladimir listowitz ira and Keith Falkner (Baritone).
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-! ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Elgar Sonata in E Blinor, Op. 192.
Albert Sammons (Violin) and William Murdoch (Plano).
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2.30 Close down.
0.0 London Relay--The Nowa 9.30 "A Christian Looks at the World"-Whither Britaint-No. 2: The
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A recorded talk by Sir Walter Moberley.
9.46 Haydn-Symphony No. 6 in G Major ("Surprise").
Boston Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Serge Koussevitsky,
10.08 "Cello Bolos by Beatrice Har- rison
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