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BRITAIN HAS BECOME FITTER

General Maurles Marle Gustav Gamello, who was recently made supreme commander of French defence. Lund, sea and air forces are unified under kis command.

Majority Are In The A1 Class

BRITAIN is no longer a C3 nation. The standard of physical fitness is higher than it has ever been.

These conclusions are drawn from the result of the medical examination of the first 17,856 prospective mili- tiumen. Only 2.3 per cent. were put into Grade 4-the permanently unfit-and 4.4 per cent. into Grade 3.

It is unlikely that Grade 3 men will be called up as the number of Grades 1 and 2 are expected to fill the requirements.

The total number of registrations, depots showed that the number of including those sent by post, is now Grade 4 men was less than 2 per 228,606. If the same proportions of cent. Medical authorities, however, Grodes 3 and 4 are maintained there declare that Landon youths are will be 152,532 men available for generally fitter than those in the h mrvice in the Navy. Army and Airdustrial areas. Force is your.

The vast majority Included In

A preliminary examination of re-Grade 2 huve only minor disabilities,

in

feet. vision and ports from representative London principally

Nowadays a soldier is rated as it if Flux vision can be restored to norayıl

by the use of glasses.

True

Dream Comes For A Skating Girl

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The percentage of men who are perfeetly it for the heaviest mliltary jduties is 84.5. Medien officers who have had experience of Navy and JArmy work say the physique of the Tynung man of to-day is extraor-

Conscientious objectors now num-

A LITTLE girl's dream came true recently when yo English skating star, Hazel Franklin, met her heroine Sonja Henie, Norway's "Queen of Skates."

They had travelled 3,000 miles about skating to Hazel and discussed together in the Queen Mary but the places they had visited in North Hazel had been too shy to seek out America. 26-years-old Sanfa and speak to her.

ber 4,145, the additional registrations

maintaining the 17 per cent. of the joriginal count.

"I've seen nearly all your flins Gave Up His Seat,

although to do sn has been her am-1 sald Hozel, "and I saw you on the lition since she first went on the ice in your last performance at Madison-square Garden. You were

ice.

St later 14-years-old Hazel was marvellous."

taken from her home in Edgware- The talk. beename technical, Sonja road to Claridge's to talk to Sonja, explained a new Jump in her latest

The two girls-one the film star alm,

In

Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, is escorted to her train compartment al Brussels by King Leopold, after a three-day visit in the Belgian expital, during which the King was her host.

Hit Man Who Sat Firm Wanted An 'Ad.'

PEOPLE do strange things.. With praiseworthy courtesy Mr. Frederick Winn Spink, 89-years-

a perky Dutch-style hat, while socks, wishing you every success fou the Victoria. and red shoes-made friend, at once, future-Sonja," she wrote.

from

101 an expensively, simple black! But other people were wailing told, retired builder of Sanderstead, frock, the cher a demure schoolgiri/meet the dim star. Sonja plexed up Surrey, gave up his wat to a woman

neat, cream-coloured coat with photograph of herself. "To Hazel, in a homeward-bound train

But then Mr. Spink enlied the "You are lovely," was Sonja's Hazel clutched the signed photo-other passengers "igs" and, picking

gruph and almost ran out of the hotel "You're so beautiful," whispered in her excitement. "I'd never be too Mr. Arthur Henry Pasterfield, of Purley, who was penecfully absorbed ilakel. "Just everything I've silways shy to meet her again," she said.

in his newspapers, he slapped his Snugght you were."

Haec.

greeting.

Senja caught Hazel's hands. She!

said:

"Just fancy we've just travel-

te 3,000 miles together in the Queen:

Mary and you never let me know! you were on board."

"YOU WERE MARVELLOUS"

in the cabin class."

Britain Fears

"Dumping"

In Museum Treasure

A BUSINESS firm wrote to the British Museum the other day asking for the advertisement rates of the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," which they thought was a magazine published by the Museum.

They did not know that its fragile manuscripts, yellow with age, are among the Museum's priceless treasures. Mr. Arundel! address to the Library Association conference in Liverpool re- cently.

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Mr. Pasterfield restrained his tem- per for a time,, then he said, “Don't you think you áre a Httle too old for this sort of thing for which he re epidemic among us of impatient, violent emotion masquerading

In a plea for wise reading, Mr. Esdaile said: "There is an British Woollen manufactureers injectved another blow.

thinking. Politics, history, society, all human affairs, are become

London.

"I was too shy," said Hazel. "Britain are growing alarmned by Ger- Ai Croydon police court recently was travelling tourist and you were man "dumping." Reports have the assault cust Mr. Spink C2. romantic,

reached London that greatly In-Ironically, he was fined another 10%. Sonja forgot all about a large-meased subsidies are to be given by for "interfering with the comfort of senie reception that had been ar- the government to exporters of wo-another passenger."" ranged in her honour. She chatted men's woollen dress goods.

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Girl Sues Film Star After Fall From Boat

Paris.

HENRI GARAT, "France's best looking m heter," who has won an laellon for damages for the loss of an eye in a ght In a ensino in Nor mandy, is now the central figure to another court case,

This time he is being sued by at- tractive, vivacious Mme, Caruly, who Jalleges that while riding in his motor-boat at Cannes she was injur

"There is much evilence that, as a nation, we do not read. Only 15 per cent, of the eligible population hold tickets for oublie libraries."

Children s find the story of Dick Whittington and his cut Inseinaling. sald Mr. George F. Vale, burough librarian, Bellinal Green, speaking on children's books.

Little Lord Fauntleroy-also-stil- held peculiar Tections In the hearts of thousands of young rendera.

After a lively discussion on the functions of public libraries in war- time, the conference could not agree on a résolution demanding that ade- quate brary service should եր maintained.

The fact that 150,000,000 books from public libraries were read every year was quoted by Mr. W. Benson Thorne, borough 1brarian of Poplur, E, as evidence of the which would follow the shutting down of libraries.

dislocation

ed, due to the impruden! way in Mr. Robert Bernays, Parilamentary Speaking in Edinburgh recently, which he handled die craft.

She claims damages nmounting to Secretary, Ministry of Health, said Inearly £3,000. The case is being men who had just been called up was the physical condition of the militia- heard in Paris.

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Mine. Caraly's

far better than was found during the counsel, Maitre Gautral, will say that with another War when the proportion of "C 3"

so disturbed the country. was in bathing young woman she costume and from time to time dived

from the boat and awam beside it. wits caught by the blades of the pre- Mime. Caraly alleges that she was peller. After months of treatment about to dive.when the boat suddenly she says that some of her injuries are swerved. She fell into the water and likely to be permanent.

Non-Slimming-Signals

CIGNALMEN at Victoria Station,tanke place in five hours, and not a Southern Railway, are getting passenger was delayed a minute. (concerned about their weight.

All-etcetric colour signalling has! In the new bux, the trains record ucen installed there (the last South-their position by coloured lights on jern Railway Leniton terminus to be a large chart. The signalman knows so equipped), and Instead of pulling where every train is in his avetion at a five-feet lever to move points und any moment, signals, they now work one if eight The Southern Railway claim that Inches.

his work is feolprecf. Nothing he Is is more than an electrle can do can cause an pecktent, for switch, and the signalmen iniss the feach train protects itself. by keeping exercise. That is their only regret the signals behind it at danger. But at the change.

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