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BRITAIN'S HEALTH

STANDS UP UNDER THE BLITZKRIEG

RUMANIAN

FARCE ON

(By Reuter's Lobby Correspondent) NAZI LINES

THE BRITISH CIVILIAN front has stood

The Rumanian plebis-

up to Hitler's aerial blitzkrig remarkably well in more ways than one. Not only has nation-cite which, it is reported, is being held on Sunday al morale remained unaffected by Nazi by General Antonescu, frightfulness but national health has remain- the Premier, ́on Nazi ed unimpaired.

"yes" or "no" lines, was by a Free Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Health, described yesterday told me: "In general Britain's Rumanian National Com- health is not only better than this time last mittee spokesman in Lon-

don yesterday as year, but even better than during the last two

"farce." winters of peace.

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THE PROPERTY OF MAX AUSNIT. RUMANIA'S STEEL KING, WHO 18 NOW IN PRISON BEEN BUCHAREST, HAS CONFISCATED BY THE RU

AUTHORITIES, MANIAN STATES A BUCHAREST TELE. GRAM TO THE OFFICIAL ITA LIAN AGENCY.

Arrested in November, 1939, on charges of fraud and infringement of the currency laws, Ausnit was sentenced to six years penal ser- vitude, four years banishment and a fine of 10,000 lei.-Reuter.

MOURNING FOR

ALFONSO

The Spanish Government is de- c'aring three days national mourn- ing, starting to-day, for the late ex-King Alfonso.-Reuter,

LEE THEATRE

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Charlie Chaplin

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The Great

of

a

One can easily imagine, he add- ed, the conditions under which the There have been no cases

plebiscite is forced on the Ruman- epidemics, a negligible number of |ian nation under a double dicta- children |torship and terror regime-that and the German troops.

bomb shock cases

arct

have been little affected. Influenza of Antonescu deaths in London and big towns The spokesman recalled the totalled 778 in the first six weeks British Ambassador's statement

of this year compared with 1,827 in the same period last year and 1,309 in 1939.

after leaving Bucharest, when the latter said that 80 per cent of Rumanians

and are pro-British opposed to German collaboration,

The Free Rumanian National "There have only been twn Comunittee is headed by V. V. TI- cases of typhoid or paratyphoid, |lea, former Rumanian Ambassa- Last year, there were five. The dor in London.-Reuter. only disease of a serious character

cerebro-

Which has increased is U.S. AS

spinal fever which always rises in wart.me. The death-rate, how- ever, has been greatly reduced by new methods of drug treatment.

"From all causes there have been in London and big towns, 10,000 fewer deaths in the first six weeks

period last year, even including in

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tor.

Health In Shelters

The Minister also pointed out that prevention of Infectious disease in public shelters has been very successful.

all

requirements of America and of the other Democracies.

This is according to a Report by the Office of Production Manage- ment which President Roosevelt quoted at his press conference

In almost every big shelter in yesterday.

President Roosevelt said the Re- London, there is now a "minia-

|port showed that American facili- ture hospital and some shelters ties were sufficient for all domes- have a resident or full-time doc-tic needs, both civilian and de- Over 200 doctors pay night-fence, and also to meet the want ly visits and nearly 300 more are of those nations trying to up available if called.

hold Democracy."

The report encouraging," dent.-Reuter,

The transfer of nearly 1,000,000 mothers and children from Lon- don and big cities has also been a complex question which has been carred out with considerable success. Reuter.

N.E.I. BUY MORE SPITFIRES

The Dutch East Indies Spitfire Fund yesterday remitted a fur-

fires.

was "exceedingly added the Presi-

INDIAN LIBERAL'S VIEWS

Chandra Varkar, Indian Liberal leader, told a public meeting that India had no future without a British victory.

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Repeating the demand that ther £10,000 for two more Spit-British goodwill mission to India be appointed, he remarked that The Dutch East Indies so far a solution of the dispute between have contributed 31 Spitfires and Ind'a and Britain was conditioned

to the Allied one bomber

war on precedent to a Hindustan- eftort. --

Mohammedan solution.

Reuter.

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