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SALVAGE CAMPAIGN, BEGINS IN BRITAIN
BILLETS-DOUX CAN BE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA MADE INTO BULLETS
OLD LOVE-LETTERS can be turned into cartridge wads, meat bones into explosives, tin cans into tanks and garden tools into guns, declared Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Supply.
"And we will do it," he added. As proof, a "Raw Material from Waste" campaign is being launched with the housewives of Britain as its driving force.
To help them deal with refuse
in the best way an instruction leaflet is being distributed to tells the every house. This housewives not to put in the dustbin clean paper and rage, bones or scrap metal.
Local authorities serving popuis- tions of more than 10,000 are to be compelled to collect these important items of salvage.
Many councils have already done fine work; others have made a very poor Job of it
Burrow And Delve
New Nazi Trick Revealed In Britain
Gestapo Men Fled To England As Refugees
GESTAPO agents were found among refugees who
"I ask people to start now and arrived in Britain, it was revealed when a White Paper was issued explaining the way German and Austrian internees may apply for re-lease.
save their paper and bones and scrap metal," Mr. Morrison said. "I ask households to overhaul their posses- sions, to turn out their atties; to clean up their lumber rooms; to burrow Into the cupboards under the stairs; to clear out the tool sheds, to delve Into the garages-to look for all those old gadgets, ornaments and bits and pieces which are of no value to the individual but of enormous value in man to the State,
"That way we shall build up n great reserve of raw materials, ready to be transformed into war materiala, "Te-day we spoil or burn twice as much paper as we put out to be mused We must stop it. Treasures are badly wanted,"
A rather harsh state of affairs was inevitably brought about by the drastic charge in the internment polley which the Government had to enforce in May.
Military authorities and the Home, friendly
that convinced
the Germany, Office tightening up of the regulations was Imperative for sveral reasons.
men
WCTO
aliens had relatives in
Blackmail
By a process of blackmailing threats Even a small number of the 27,000 dated into helping a German invasion and promises they might be intimi-
the on
understanding that their relatives In Germany would be treated well if they did.
in Category "C" (friendly: aliens) who turned out to be German sympathians might grave perů.
have been
Another danger Was
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Enemy allens due to leave intern- that many ment camps in Britain for overscan have been impersonated by others who have made the voyage instead. Apparently there has been some mysterious form of persuasion by people scheduled leave Britain
Corporal Got Home For Birthday
Nazis Caught Him (and lost him) Twice
to
which has been powerful enough to induce other laternees to take their place.
The eases have been few, and the deception would not have been possi- ble except for the confusion in the cumps about the identity of Internets. So the Home Ofce, who are to inke control of Internment campa, intend special census of the camp
i population,
LANCE-CORPORAL JOHN LEE WARNER, of the ke Queen's Royal Regt., would have spent his 21st birthday as a prisoner of war had he shown less resource.
Instead, he was able to enjoy This coming of-age in London with his mother, a Red Cross
nurse.
Since escaping from Flanders, this! young soldier, who had been reported nlasing, believed killed," had made his way across France and Spain to Lisbon, whence he Dew home,
He was taken prisoner with a)! has section near Abbeville
They had been cut off from their pattalion and were surrounded by enemy tanks.
Buried In Hay
"We are taken along and placed with thousands of French prisoners and a good many British prisoners" Bad Lee Warner.
CHINESE FESTIVAL
Moon Observance
For To-day
Complete Check
A
A detailed register will then be kept There will be complete check on everybody, and no more scope for impersonation will exist.
Britain stoking a cautious line with Cinss (friendly enemy allens) now interned.
Str John Anderson, the Home Secretary, Is showing great core about
possible "Fifth Column" activities.
He will keep most of the Class C aliens in internment. Some will be allowed aut
co
Is
Even so they will not be able to
Britain's protected areas.
The Halion internment problem also receivng attention. Those
One of the principal Chinese The aliens whose cases for release annual observances, the Moon will be reviewed are those who, as Festival, will be celebrated to-day by individuals, suffer hardship by com- the Chinese community in Hongkonging under 11 general internment The festival derives its name from polley, and those whose specialised
skill con help Britain's war effort. traditional belief that on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, which will be to-day, the moon is at its fullest. To-night, wealthy Chinese will hold banquets and entertain their friends at home or restaurants, and it is
uniform.
been fully bukud up. The Ritz" at walked over to a haystack and North Point has advertised a special buried myself in the huy When the evening, and it is expected that many prisoners were moved off next day, of those celebrating the festival will I was left behind
choose this rendezvous as one of their "Making for the coast, I broke into places of entertainment.
There WDS H French workınan there, and I persuaded him to let me have his clothes in exchange for my earned that many restaurants have or people who have been living here)
un unoccupied house and ate all the feature of the celebration is that parties will be held in the open air.
who have been interned are either members of the Fascist organsation less than 20 years.
FIRING PRACTICES
WARNING ISSUED TO NAVIGATORS
food I found there."
The following firing practices are
He reached the coast, and went to so that a full view of the moon can notified for this week: Byul
ulogne and Calais, but could not be clearly obtained. Special Chinese
Kv1 a
Guard's Champagne
moon
and
coeavy Gun Firing Practice will bui
Light Gun Firing Practice will be a boat and made up his mind cakes, shaped like the to try to escape from France by way known as "Yuet Pang", are prepared carried out between 8.30 p.m. and 11 of Spain.
for the festival, arid thousands of P. on September 10. Firing Area
the past fort- "A" will be affected One night, while sleeping in anthem have been sold empty house, he was found by some night as part of the observance of this
out between D a.m. and 4 Germany and arrested for house-time-honoured occasion.
The cakes are not costly, and thus p.m. on September 18. Firing Aren breaking.
Icome within the means of the poorer "B" will be affected,
classes. Many of the shops selling Heavy Gun Firing Practice will be these moon cakes have, in the past carried out between D a.m. and 4 p.m. "A guard was set over me," he week or so, been specially decorated, on September 20. Firing Areas “A” said, "but I think the fellow was fed and a crowd is usually drawn to the and "B" will be affected. up with the job.
display in the show windows and the Light Gun Firing Practice will be He had two bottles of champagne attractive illuminations,
carried out between 0 a.m. and, knocking the tops off with his
p.m. on September 22. Firing Area bayonet, forced me to drink both a small window, and by posing a "C" will be acccted. battles.
refugee, got a bicycle and cycled
and 4
Heavy Gun Firing Practice will be
"I got helplessly drunk and he did southwards across France, not have to watch me after that,
"At the frontier I told my story, carried out between 9 a.m. and 11 "I was told later that I should be and a Frenchman coluted the way p.m. on September 23. Firing Aren shot as a spy, but I got away through into Spain."
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Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Air-
Members of the Eire Local Security craft Production, will, if necessary, requisition stocks of aluminium goods Force, now upwards of 50,000 strong, have held route marches and 'drili in wholesale or retail stores. V
parades all over the country: Nearly Colonel Llewellio, Parliamentary half of them are to be armed and Secretary to the Ministry, said this uniformed.
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Dubliners will see full-dress re-
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