THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 10, 1939.
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A.T.S. ARE ONE UP ON BOY FRIENDS IN KHAKI
IF YOU SEE a smart girl in the uniform of a “private” in the Auxiliary Territorial Service pass a full-blown general of the Regular Army without saluting him, don't think she's due for a "ticking off," writes a Lon- don newspaper.
Girls have the laugh on their boy friends in khaki. A regulation says they are not required to salute Regular or Territorial inspecting officers in uniform or officers of the unit to which their A.T.S. company is attached.
THE CADS
Philadelphia broadcast an in-
terview in Berlin with
Karl Schultzer,
whose
sank the Royal Sceptre.
Captain U-boat
in shocked tones Captain Schultzer said he was sorry to say that some of his comrades In U-boats had been attacked by armed British merchantmen.
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FORGOTTEN MEN
women
Those forgotten men and who try to sleep on the Embankment seats found the police particularly attentive last night.
Such salutes are "a courtesy" it is stated.
They only need salute their own officers when in uniform.
Another concession has been grant- ed women in khaki. In case of urgent private affairs, such as the re- turn of a husband on leave or as a casualty, they may be granted leave.
Thus with a little human touch from the Army chiefs serving couples will not be entirely separated by war. HOW THEY COMPARE Ranks of the A.T.S. are not known by the same titles as the Army's but here is how they compare:-
An A.T.S. chief controller is equi- valent to a major-general in the Army, while a senior controller ranks as a brigadier. Their badges are to be announced later.
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The rank badge of controller, who is similar to a colonel, is a laurel chief Nobody is being missed by the Na- wreath and one star, while tional Register.
commandant (lieutenant-colonel) is n laurel wreath and one star. The senior commandant (major) wears " laurel wreath.
For a company commander, who is Instead of the usual
a formula" equivalent to
captain, the rank Junior com- Wake up. there! You can't sleep on badge is three stars. that seat"-the down-and-outs found manders, similar to lieutenants, have themselves shepherded to
two stars, while a company assistant (second lieutenant) wears one star. where they were registered.
The senior leader, equivalent to Among the forgotten men are some who once possessed extreme ability, warrant officer II, carries know a schoolmaster, a doctor, wreath on both forearms, two architects and a man who once section leader, similar to a sergeant, owned a prosperous hotel," a welfare has three chevrons, worker told the press last night, (corporal) has two chevrons. "They will all put themselves down on the form as labourers."
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Pictures taken at a famous Army School of Artillery in Britain. showing some of the Army's latest and heaviest guns in action. A gunner is catching the ramrod thrown to him for use on the gun after firing. (Copyright Fox. By Air Mail).
MOSLEY PLEA: M.P.'S
QUERY
"All activities which might be pre- judicial to the defence of the realm or the successful prosecution of the war are closely watched with a view to
where appropriate action
the facts warrant it."
Lone Husbands' Club
A "companionship club" for men whose wives and families have been evacuated is being formed
by the Rev. H. G. Lawson, minister of the Gillingham (Kent) Congregational Church.
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Mr. Lawson is concerned about the men who, after working all day, re- turn home to an empty house, and he has decided to open his young peo- ple's hall to them on three nights The Attorney-General (Sir Donald week for games, refreshment and gen- Somervell) stated this in a written eral companionship. answer to a question Brigadier-Gen- Women will also be welcome to the eral E. L. Spears (Con., Carlisle) had club. addressed to the
Home Secretary
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about a pamphlet entitled "Mosley's U.S. Beauty Bill
Message."
of is £50,000,000
The pamphlet, he said, was being distributed by the British Union Fascists and stated that the Union would do all in its power to awaken
the people to demand peace. laurel
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He asked whether the
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It's an awful job keeping beautiful, expensve too-it cost American wo- Minister men fifty million pounds last year. would consult the Director of Public That's the calculation of the Na Prosecutions as to the advisability of tional Cosmeticians Association, but taking legal action against the au- of course it doesn't include the time thors and distributors. Volunteers in the A. T. S. are
and energy. The Attorney-General said it would similar to privates in the Army. All ranks of the A.T.S. will observe be contrary to the public interest for the customs of the service in respect him to state what action it was pro- of the association of officers, N.C.Os posed to take with regard to any par and other ranks; and the use of of- ficers' messes, sergeants' messes or institutes by the A.T.S. may be per-
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mitted by the courtesy of the Com- Undersea Attacks manding Officer of the unit concerned.
Terrify U-Boat Men
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Gossip Will Help
Incensed at what they claim to be anti-British leanings of some mem- bers of a club run by the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, 1 large crowd of men-including soldi- ers-attacked the headquarters in To Win The War Maryport, Cumberland, during the black-out.
The latest weapon for winning the war on the women's home front is-
A bottle of paraffin was set alight and thrown at a shuttered lower gossip. window While police were beating out the flamers, two men with a bat- tering ram led an attack on the main window.
Two police officers-Inspector › Harrison and Sergeant Hully-- attempted to protect the club against the crowd.
As it was seen that the crowd was intent on wrecking the club and threatening one of the of. ficials, every policaman In Mary- port was summoned.
For an hour and a half they fought back the crowd until they were able to put a cordon round the premises. No arrests were made.
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British censorship is adversely com- mented on in America. Complaint is made that while numerous pictures of Hitler and German troops are avail, able there are practically none of Bri- tish and French activity.
The Hungarian Premier emphasises Hungary'd neutrality, There are in- dications however that this neutrality depends on Ikillan re
Faced with the difficulty of women evacuees finding time hanging too heavily on their hands, "gossip clubs" are being formed in many of the vil- lages which have now become their new homes.
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"You don't know just what good gossip will do to a woman," a billeting official In the north- east told the press.
British depth charges are terrifying the crews of U-boats.
From the German station at Zeesen.
a sailor told last night what it was like to be in a hunted submarine.. They were, he said, being chased by British destroyers.
This is how the money was divided up, in million pounds:
For hair waves 28 (18 for perma- nents, 10 for marcelles); haircuts 6; facials 5; hair tinting, dyeing, 3; manicures 3; cosmetic 31⁄2; scalp treatment 1; shampoos half million.
Of course, it took thirty-nine million women to spend all this, so that it cost under 26s. a head and well worth it.
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U.S. Offer To
British Children
Hundreds of poor children in Bri- tain's danger zones may soon be in- "Orders came to dive, and down vited to U.S.A. as guests of wealthy we went. All around us we heard Americans-including millionaires— the explosions of depth charges.
"So forceful were they that the glass in Our gauges and on our watches burst. The electrio fusos ' were burned out. The question was in everyone's' mind-are we hitt..
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"We dived deeper. They passed, Those women who stay at home on we restarted our engines and made Tyneside are to get the same sort of for home at full speed." tonie to brighten up their lonely days. Many of these industrial wives, now their families have been evacuated; are alone in their homes from morn ing until late at night.'
The friends of the German people's front in London, claiming to speak on behalf of the democrats within Ger- many, have pledge to do all they can to overthrow "Nazi war-incendiaries."
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The northern area of the Y.W.C.A. has decided to extend its married
vomen's "cheer up" clubs.
An Italian Legion under Colonel Nine new such clubs have been Garibaldi, and American Legion under formed on Tyneside-three in New- Colonel Sweeney and a Czech Legion castle and the programmes include under the existing Czech Legation, something of interest for every have volunteered for service in France. woman from newlywed to grandma.
All Swiss adults between the ages of 18 and 65 are enrolled for con- pulsory defence work,
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The new anti-profiteering, regula- tions in Australia provide for sub- stantial terms of imprisonment in ad- dition to"heavy"
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until the end of the war, with penses paid.
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Dr. James Rowland Angell, prest. dent of the English Speaking” Union of the United States, dropped the first hint of the plan in New York.
He said he was seeking permission from the United States Government. Several wealthy New York members of the English Speaking Union and others have already offered to receive British children into their homes to escape the air-raid dangers.
One millionaire is said to have of- fered to take twenty slum children.
The children will have the run of magnificent town houses and vast country estates.
Czechs in Britain and France are flocking to join the National Legione being formed in both countries for service against the Nazis.
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