THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1946.
BRITAIN FOOD CONSCIOUS Housewives Revolt Against Minister
War Office Tests Out Armour
Coats of mail made from secret light alloys tq givo: greater protection for to- morrow's soldiers have been tosfed by the' technical staff, of the War Offico.
Tho tried out so für have been turned down by the experts.
has already been-decided-to- replace the present "lin hat" by an improved form of helmet, and experiments are still being carried out with different types of armour- ed headgear.
A conference of Army comman- ders, which will meet at the Staff College. Gamlirtey, will consider future walking-out drews for of cers and men.
Refuse To Be
Made Fools
(By Muriel Ponn)
LONDON, MARCH 29. "ONLY FREE TRADE CAN BRING MEAT, EGGS, BREAD ΤΟ BRITAIN."- SO READS ONE OF THE LATEST POSTERS PASTED UP ON HOARDINGS AND WALLS. SURROUNDING THE BLITZED SITES OF LONDON. IT IS SIGNIFICANT INDICATION OF HOW FOOD CONSCIOUS THE BRITISH HAVE BECOME IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
Oldest Corporal In The Army
Yokohama, Mar. 20.
The man who claims that he is the army's oldest corporal' has just signed up for two years duty in the Yokohama area in an appli- cation for the transportation of his family to Japan.
He is 05-year old Deldert W. Jenkins of Los Angeing called "Pop" by the other members of the 94th Engineer's Doat and Shofe Regiment,
evolunteered
for service fa War I and again in July 1942 after the physical require menta were lowered, He was given the same serial number as he had in 1918. "I feel that the army is the best place for me, at my age" he said.
Black-Out Of News.
London, March 29, Short wave reception yea- terday was almost impossible throughout the world
result of Aurora Borealis,
News, services everywhere were seriously hampered- Reuter.
(Overseas nowa reception was blacked-out in Hong Kong lust night).
TUTOR FOR JAP CROWN PRINCE
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Tokyo, Mar. 29, Doctor George Stoddard, Now York State education commissioner and head of the United States education mission to Japan, has. been requested by Emperor Hiro hite to find an American woman English teacher to come to Japan to tutor the Grown Prince. Akchito.
The request was made at the audience of the mission with the Emperor yesterday. Stoddard cald that he had no one in mind for the job now but that te would receive a representative of the Emperor to-morrow for fur- ther discussions on the matter,
FOOD, IN FACT, HAS BECOME THE ONE TOPIC OF CON- VERSATION ESPECIALLY AMONG HOUSEWIVES, WHEREVER WOMEN MEET, WHETHER AT THE "AFTERNOON BRIDGE PARTY, OR IN THE QUEUE FOR ORANGES AT THE GREEN-GROCER'S, THERE IS A SINGLE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION - FOOD. Moyer, in nearly six years of Then came the Government's “mako-do and scheme" has food announcement that dried extrs. been so widely discussed or the the food that had been so publi rationing authorities su generally cised as the All-gap for all other Due to his pr. special authori- The mission plans to compléte criticised.
shortages, were going off the marsation by the war department its work this week and, leave on ket immediately. Always before must be obtained before the Sunday by plane for the United when bad news had to be broken, Army can accept bin. He arrived States. Ono member, Doctor Wil- the public had been wid well in with the 649th in Yokohama on son M. Compton of Washington advance and had got used to the September 12, via Ora Bay, New State college, will leave by lane idea before the cut was actually Guinen, New Britain, Admiralty to-morrow. Doctor Gordon Dowies, made,
Islands. Lingayen and Manila.
the State Department representa- Jenkins bas
four sons in the tive on the mission, will remaini American forces. One was wound- Tokyo for temporary attach- ed in Sicily, another was impriment to the civil information and
for acveral soned by the Nazis
education section, --- Associated Press. monthsociated Press,
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Fat Ration
It is not that Britonare han- A number of styles will be grynyt. There is hardl £1 paraded in front of the generals, single British wanion whe, if at but manufacture of the uniforms, down with her 3,000 calories a decided uzt will not be started day beside a family, belonging to until the elvilinn clothing past the 100.000.001 pm leta Kurope tion has en ed
who are getting only half that! Extra light weather-resisting] amount, would not somehow find
This time, it came so much out garments, tested and found an- a way to stretch her supplies
and suitable for military dress, ure feed the hungry family well of the blue that some even thought It was a bad joku on the part of likely to be adapted for civillan has her own,
When the fact ration was cut ther people really wanted dried
the Government to find out who by one suwe aftey victory in Europe and bread
Overnight, the house still had its wife anw herself faced egy or not
with n wartime elour, heusewives hundred and one extra problems. ceived the news with only that re- What was the good of giving signed sigh, which had greeted her tinned fruit for "extra "it would only be no varlety" when
greeted by a hangry husband with an enquiry as to where was the pudding to go with it? The main Food of
of many tasty dishes con-
250.
Indian Engineers Rewarded
FRENCH VIEWS ON SPAIN
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other changes during the five years of war. There HALA thought of a housewives revolt- tach.
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