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RULE-FOR ONCE

From PHILIP JORDAN

News Chronicle Correspondent with the B.E.F.

FRANCE, Dec, 4.

ALTHOUGH there is a strict rule here that any boy under 19 who manages to get to France with the Army Grabbing it. he ran across the road and threw into Hyde Park. Later is to go home as soon as he is discovered, three such Bishop-youngsters of 18 may find themselves luckier than they

it was placed in a bucket of water.

This policeman, P.C. Laggett, attached to Vine Street, is had dared hope. the hero of the IR.A. bomb explo- isions in the. West End recently.

All are members of a regiment that is already in the Front Line, and they have taken their full share of the Army's burden of digging since they came out.

Another bomb-both were of the balloon and acld type-was also rendered harmless by a police officer.

Four Explosions

They accosted Mr. Hore-Belisha when he made his tour of Altogether there were four explo-the trenches and begged him to allow them to stay here. The sions in the Piccadilly area, but no War Minister says that because he found so much to admire in body was injured and there was no their spirit he will do what he

pane among the crowds.

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This is the first time since the out-call to have the rule relaxed on French have evolved in the Inst 20

yeara, break of war that the terrorists have their behalf. struck; but the LR.A.'s notorious "S Plan" mentioned November 18 as a good date for bringing into opera-

to campaign wreck key

tion the services.

The first explosion, at the Car Mart, of the corner of Piccadilly and Park Lane, took place of B.30 pm.

A second bomb exploded outside Burlington House, in the concave window of Carreras, the tobacconists. Part of the shop-front was blown out. About five minutes later there was another explosion at an outfitters premises in Regent Street. The shop window was blown out.

This shop is only 100 yards or so from Vine Street Police Station.

Not A Precedent

Our own Aray is so impressed by

December 30, 1939.

To Stay Belisha

Alice Brady Dies

the tremendous strength of the ALICE BRADY, famous for This decision of his does not, how French defences that it is adapting her screen studies of sweetly in-

to the peculiar needs of over, set a precedent. Any other 18-terrain that it has been ordered effectual women, has died in New year-old found here will be packed to defend; and the result is some-York at the age of 46. off home at once,

thing that few men who fought in There has been so much competi- the last war would recognise if they tlon among the under 19's to get eut were able to see it. here that the Adjutant-General has heen forced to start a special depart- ment to deal with them; and an Order has been issued that any commander who finds such children in his units is to report them at once.

Unill Mr. Hore-Relisha's story the The scene of the fourth explosion department thought that it had al- was an empty shop in Regent Street. ready caught all these sprats.

220 Million Years troops who are

Old Monster

The skeleton of a reptile that lived

220 million years ago hus just been mounted in the Transvaal Muscuum.

The work of mounting the skull, 28 vertebrae, shoulder girdles and right hind leg has taken 20 years.

The specimen is one of the smaller of the huge carnivorous mammal-like types of the middle Perminn period,

states the British United Press.

In modern war

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Daughter of a noted Broadway producer, Miss Brady made her first child actress in. you tempt your appearance as enemy to enter your lines at certain "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

won 1937 she

the coveted specified points and then mow him

Academy award for the best support- Such a system obviously requires ing actress for her performance in town from both sides.

greater defensive depth thon "In Old Chicago." formerly, but there need be no un- easiness on that account. Our line becomes deeper every week.

ת

She played in the two Deanna Durbin Alms, "Three Smart Girls" and "One Hundred Men and a Girl," Wants More "Grousing" and in "My Man Godfrey" and "Go The War Minister finished his vit

Equally the War Minister has West, Young Man." to G.H.Q. after a day spent with the

our flank. He noticed the amount and variety of ол

available this Anny has brilliantly dealt all along has now left for Paris. His visit,uman skill that is

else, was time. Nearly all the reservists have its extended lines of communication. like that of everybody spoiled by the weather; he spent two been following a trade of which the

As for "grousing." he can only say days scrambling about in the mud Army can make full use; and Air. that there is not as much of it as Today he motored more than 100 Hore-Bolsha says that wherever he there ought to be: An army, he says,

went he found men following occu- an organisation of grousers," miles.

those by which he implies that you can measure an pations similar to New Ideas In Defence

they had eumed their Ilvings since army's efficiency by ils capacity for He finds it hard to say what they left the Army. most impressed him out here; but is

Athough this peasantry is not to inclined to give pride of place to the learned in the last war "have been be taken too seriously, there is a study that G... are giving to the put to very great profit in this.", and noticeable lack of grousing. The art of defence and to the new con- this applica particularly to the prob- War Minister says that it is for less ception of fortress warfare that the lems of transport with which the than it was in peace-time.

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