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24-Year-Old Man Wants To Fight Oppressors

December 1, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

WHO PUT

YOU DID

THE ROUGE ON

MY DEAR!

O.R. ILL GO, MR. SPUTTER, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SCARED!

MR. SPUTTER'S

CHEEKS ?

GERMAN JOINS RUSH FOR BRITISH ARMY

"Three Shies For 10 Cents!" A FAIR-HAIRED, bespectacled German,

SAILOR TRIES HIS LUCK. --He's going to have อ "shy" at Hitler at the St. Jahn's Cathedral Fair.-- Ming Yuen,

Baby Eats Light Bulb

21 years old, stood in a long queue of volunteers outside a London recruiting office one day recently, waiting his turn to' join the British Army.

He was one of the thousands who besieged recruiting centres throughout the country in prompt response to the call for men between 22 and 35.

The German produced his identity documents, bearing the endorsement: "Refugee from. Nazi oppression." He has been in England since last May, when he was released from a Nazi concen- Itration camp.

"Now," he said, "I want to fight with the British and show the Nazi something!" His ease. will be specially considered by the military autho- rities.

Struggle In Freedom

Radio Studio

Men of all ages and classes walled outside the doors of London recrult- ing centres long before they opened, and throughout the day there way t constant stream of would-be soldiers.

Many 1914-18 Veterans

City stockbrokers with black hats, furled striped trousers and neatly

umbrellas discussed the Intest war nows with burly navvies In un- grees and nufflers, Some had been wark

THE secret studio of the Gerthrown out of work by the

man Freedom Party, the others, in good jobs, had felt the call! anti-Nazi organisation within to the Colours irresistible. Germany which broadcasts to! The queues were swelled by many the German people inciting them veterans of the last war who applied to overthrow Hitler, hus ap-to join the new toneer Corps. parently had an exclting adven- lure.

The station last reported that www broadensting from the heart of Cologne,

Five doctors and staff of nearly 20 worked all day at the centre in Suven Sisters Road, Holloway, which serves the City and West End.

Overwhelmed

The announcer was referring to

"We

are simply overwhelined by the disclosures made by Mr. Knic- volunteers," said an ofelul. "We! kerbocker, the American Journalist, cannot cope with the rush, and many of-the-fortunes, the Nazi leaders have of the men have been..told to come smuggled abroad when he suddenly back to-morrow. All day we have

door was been rushed almost of our feet." stopped talking heard to open and apparently some- The volunteers did not actually one forced his way into the studio.

enter the Army yesterday. After interviewed and medically lned they were told to report | on November 15 to the training unit of the corps for which they had en- listed. Each was given a railway warrant from the recruiting office to

Noise Of Fight

For the next three minutes scut fling noises were heard as if a fight were in progress.

Then the door was slammed again and listeners received the impression that the Intruder-or his body-had been thrown out.

The

to the announcer returned microphone and in breathless tones apologised for a "techinical hitch."

PASADENA. —- An 1-months-old baby began eating a small electric

Hitler's wireless experts are doing light globe. The mother slapped the infant on the back until he had their best to jam the Freedom Sta- coughed

In its efforts to make fragments

Ation which, of glass. fluoroscopic examination itself heard German

his home with another, dated No- unit he is to join.

vember 15, from his home to the

Nazis Jeer At British Song

So A A Royal Parcel Reached the Front. .

At the Army Post Office.

A MEMBER of the Royal Family, now in France, recently received a cake from Marlborough House, St. James's, It might never have arrived but for Sapper D in the Army Post Office, somewhere in Enginnd.

The string was loose... Bap- per I

earefully relied That's a job he has to do many times a day.

He was busy sorting parcels. He was looking ruefully at a taitereil package in which a tin of lobacco, a slab of choculate, a bar of soap, and a face towel Jutter out of the torn edges of brown paper,

"Here's a nice pickle," he oh- the broken exploring served.

"And wrapping for an address. it's got to go all the blooming way

to France yet.

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St. Andrew's Blockading

Fete

Germany

The British decision to tighten the Arrangements are лож well in OUR new Land Girls are hand to make St. Andrew's garden blockade of Germany was extended to making good. Here is a "testi-and Christmas Bazaar to-morrow, one Hongkong in a Government Gazette of the outstanding successes of the Extraordinary, issued yesterday, pro- monial" which a farmer-em-

year. For over six months prepara-

ployer gives one of them: tions have been going on, and given mulgating an order made by His A 18-year-old student of economic fine weather, the fete should be one Majesty In Council on November 27. Sapper got together the

The order states that any vessel. contents, carefully rewrapped themat London Universlty was offered & of the best the Church has ever held. job or six months or the duration"

Some of the attractions are.---Aerful} which sailed from an enemy port Dress alter December 4 or has on board

in new, strong brown paper. re- wrote the address, and thrust the parcel on a pile of others he had dealt with in the same way.

Thousands A Wock

The Army Post Offer is now forwarding 4,500 bags of leliers and 13,000 bags of parcels a week soldiers and airmen in to our France.

Its clef. Lieut.-Calonel F. Lane, It... unil the eutbreak of war Postmaster-Surveyor at Birming

han

gets the mail to the troops (from plilar-hox to, dug-out) In six days, alded by 050 officers and men recently transformed from 650 civilian postal workers into A.P.O. corps of the Royal En- gineers.

Cel. Lane takes the job in hlx stride, but he lus a basket of worry. In fact, two baskets, Oat contains letters, the other parcels, all wrongly or inadequately ad- dressed.

Wrongly Addressed

of a wo- Colonel Lane fold man who had gone in despair to the War Office after receiving a letter from her soller husband saying: "If I don't hear from you f three days our marriage is al an end."

Inquiries showed that the lettres she had written had been wrongly addressed.

Be Warned."On your parcels or letters put the soldier's rank, name, number, number of company, sec. tion, battery, or squadron, number of unit, and add "D.E.F."

They'll get there all right,

Flag Ruse Will Not Save Nazi Ships

BRITAIN is unlikely to re-

cognise the war-time transfer of German ships to the flags of other nations,

that he had exallowed nothing and sometimes changes its wave-length No Washing Yet Ong authority when used what the

tuffered only ♫ allest cut in the several times during a single broad- mouth.

cost.

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was recently a Government's attitude would be if

Siegfried Line Nazi inerchant vessels were sold to

neutrals-Italy or Russia for in-

"We are hanging up our washing stance.

on the Siegfried Line" was the sub- The same authority reported that Ject of a contemptuous broadcast re-the British Government was now cently from Zeeten, the German working in close co-operation with short-wave station.

neutral countries so that the British Contraband Control would work with "We have mude inquiries among as little inconvenience as possible. German soldiers on leave from the

Advance cargo lists are being flown Siegfried Line," the speaker said.

noutral to London so that before "They report they have not seen a trader reaches a control port the British Contraband Control Commit- single Tommy between Lukembour tee has had an opportunity of decid- and the Palatinate frontier. But we hear from ciher sources that the ing whether or not the cargo may Tommies have arrived in great sun-proceed unhindered to its destination.

Guarantees tera-In Paris!

Arc also Neutral shipping luct "Hotel owners of the Montparnasse,

guarantee whereby a shly managers of those queer little cales giving that abound in

Montmartre, and may be allowed to proceed to har everybody in the Paris sight-seeing port of destination on the under- Industry are hoping that the good standing that her cargo will be un- old days when righ young Americana, loaded there but held until released spent money like water have re-by the British Committee. If the turned. And, by Jove, they are not Commitee decides that the whole of the cargo or part of it should be re- far wrong"

turned to England for adjudication by the. Prize Court this will be done.

Neutral Governments are also giv

Air Miniator's Visit

"The British Air Minister, String guarantees that certain cargoes Kingsley Wood," the speaker con, will not be re-exported but used only i Linued, "has also been to Paris. Be for home consumption.

Yet another method of expediting tween one dinner and the next he bad the good taste to be photo- cargoes in for a neutral shipping line guarantee to the British graphed on an old bus bearing the to give nign To the Siegfried Line and Ambassador in the country from which a shlp is sailing, and he is beyond.'

authorised to issue a document which, "The song about hanging washing in effect, franks the cargo na bona on the Siegfried Line la very popular flde.

in England just now. Well, we nro The "News Chronicle" is informed not so sure that it will over corres-that the British Government is satis- pond with

the truth. At least we ned that the difficulties are gradually have not yet seen British Tommies hoing overcome satisfactorily by the doing anything of the sort."

exercise of mutual understanding."

on n Sussex farm four weeks ago: "Last week she milked every morn-runway, Children's Fancy ing, ploughed every day when tre Parade, Open-air Physical Culture weather permitted and painted form Display by the Women's League of goods of enemy origin may be re- machinery the wet days."

Health, Pony rides for the children, quired to discharge in an allied port And her testimonial to her new Milliary Band Performance, Nigger the enemy goods or goods laden in the job la: "I have never been so happy the fun of the Fete (side-shows), placed in the custody of the marahal Minstrel Show, Fortune telling, all enemy port. Such goods shall be Caricatures and Sketches, exception-

...

in my life."

Not only the Land Girls but the Land Boys as well show quick adapt- ability to their new life.

A man who' a fortnight ngo was a It is particularly hoped that a large barber gets this testimonial from number of children will enter for the Leicestershire's

Agricultural Fancy Dress Parade, as in previous Committee:

years. There lo no entrance fee, and

Wor

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Merchants who wish to ensure that their exports from European coun- tries are not delayed or detained are

certificates advised to obtain origin and interest from a British or French Consular OMeer in the non- enemy European countries concerned and to arrange for these certificates to accompany their goods on board the vessel,

"He is now able to plough a Beld attractive prizes will be given, without supervision, and the results

Part of the proceeds will go to the of his work are highly commended British War Organisation Fund, and by all who have seen It-most of them critics with wide knowledge of the rest to Church charities.

The Fete will be opened at 3 p.m. arable farming."

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