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January 30 WAR BRIDE WINS RACE

1940.

TO WEDDING

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N amazing dash by car, a race against time to organise a wedding in half an hour, and a final rush through the village by the daughter of a famous peer, to find a ring.... These incidents figured in the wedding-dny of twenty-for- year-old Miss Freda Nosworthy and Private Ernest Öxland, thirty-year-old British soldier now serving somewhere in France.

REFUSED BAPTISM

comparatively TO BABY

· There's no income tax, no public debt, no housing pro blem.

And the Colonial Offer reperi for 1938, which men- tions these blessings, adds: "Labour, in the ordinary sense of the term, muy be said not to exist.”

Another name for the group is the Friendly Is. lands. Appropriate, isn't it?

5,000,000 Maps Ready For B.E.F.

By PHILIP JORDAN News Chronicle Correspondent'

with the B.E.F.

FRANCE. NEARLY half a million maps were issued to the British Expeditionary Force in the first month of the war; and although the rate of consumption has declined since then, it is still high. In one of the most forward map depots-and by no means the largest af them-the B.E.F. keeps a reverve that a never allowed to fall below 5,000,000 sheets.

They have about 1.000 different maps of varying scales, and they keep 5,000 copies of euch man in case there should be a sudden demand for them.

Of those maps for which there is a constant demand a reserve of 12,000 is kept.

Large-Scale Storage

This means a storage space on Iarge scale, for 3,000 nups and their wooden containers weigh half a ton. Ideal storage room has been found in a hall that was once used for al- most every form of collective enter- EARLY FEBRUARY [prise in which the local inhabitants

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Clive Btrook The story of their wedding reads Fairita Pinco like a fairy tale—and the Mrs. Ox-Canton land of to-day sure it la going to end just as tuppily. Miss Nosworthy Colombo was a children's nurse employed by Deli the Hon. Sira. James, Lurd Shuttle- worth's daughter, to look after her trandchildren at Fingest Grove, near. High Wycombe, Bucks. And Mrs. James is really the heroine of this real-life drama.

She knew that. Miss Nosworthy and Private Oxland were engaged knew that they had said. "If war

comes, let us marry at Once, rather

than be parted for years,”

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ONE reason why Dr. But Private Oxland, they thought, Nicmoeller. the German was on his way to France and there

could be no leave for him, even eoneen-get mauried-and pastor, is now in a

even lugh was ready, tration camp is that he re-apecial licence

Then at 5.15 one afternoon came fused to accept into his

coll. telephono it child Church by baptism a of Hitler's henchman, Rib-niles away now, but I am starting at bentrop.

must leave again al three in the morning," he said, 1925. This was disclosed at Black- hat seemed imposible-the law heath by the Rev. L. Hilde says that a wedding must take place brandt, who ministered for 3 taken the children to tea with friendshipbuilding Record" stated it before 6p.m. Mins Nosworthy had entries in the register, the who were six milles away.

years in Pastor Nicmociler's parish.

"Herr von Ribbentrop had been aj member of our Church, but had left," Mr. Hildebrandt said.

"Because of this, Pastor Nieseller could not see his way clear, according to the German: Church teaching to baptise the child.

"Herr von Ribbentrop made a per- soal appeal, but the pastor would not relax.

Mr. Hildebrandt revealed another reason for Pastor Niemoeller's incar ceration.

"General Laudendorff and his wife wanted to introduce a new religion, which WRN non-Aryan and Jewish.

non-

"The pastor refused to worship man and not God."

once,

want?

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STALIN WANTS A GREAT NAVY (Continued from Page 4.) sinn yards have been built since

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The household at Finest leapt is highly probable that speeds of vessels have been entered One relative rushed off to bring with a degree of enthusiastic the girl home by car, while Mrs.optimism. Two examples illus James hurried to the village to find rate this. It is doubtful whe

the vicar.

It was a quarter to six when the bride-to-be breathlessly arrived. "We Haven't A. Ring"

ther an icebreaker built in n well-known British yard in 1899 would still maintain the 12 knots claimed by the register, or if Twelve minutes before the hour, ja cargo vessd of 1,500 tons, also a rarn-shackle car dashed up

the built in a well-known British drive and out jumped Private Oxiand.

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yard in 1898, would still be able Mrs. Janes drove their car to to reach 10% knots. Probably church at breath-taking speed, only the most extreme case of this the vicar pointing to the description is the Postel, origin- to find clock.

I was three minutes to'xt "But, they protested, "the clock is fast?"

They were right, and seconds later bride and bridegroom stood before the altar.

The largest ship in the Soviet The speaker. added: "The nrc

Suddenly the bride exclaimed, register is the Nikolai Ejov, over 1,000 pastors following Dr. Niemodler's example in Prussia 10-"But we haven't got a ring!"

Mrs. James made frantic efforts to classed as a passenger and cargo remove her own wedding ring, but ship of 9,180 tons. "They have to preach In out-of-the-forty years of wearing had fixed it formerly the Dominia, a cable-mario-ruskom pred Ar

ship of 14% knots, built on the way places, always with the fear of for ever.

She ran out of the church to a Tyne in 1926. She was sub-to be completed in 1941. This arrest before them."

neighbouring cottage. She put her head through a window and, to a sequently sold to Russia. bewildered family sling af tea, screamed, "Quick-a ring. I can't get them married without one,"

Mrs. The ring was found, and Jarnes ran up the alste just in time to press it into the bridegroom's hand.

tay,

"But churches are denied them.

Dr. Martin Nienwelier commanded

U-boat in last war, then became] pastor of Evangelical Church at Baltem (Berlin); resisted efforts to "Nasify" the German Church, and was sent to Sachsenhausen concen- tration carp.]

French Colonies Rally To Aid Of The Republic

that it is likely to need, and sa A RECENT broadenst of the French and the normal exports of the Colo- NEXT WEEK mobile and constantly moving a field Afinister for Colonies, M. Mandel, nier to foreign countries have also

force as ours keeps the map-men per-provided an impressive survey of the been maintained. manently busy.

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"When the present Cabinet Neither Algerja, which is under formed, it immediately set about in- Most of these men come from the the Ministry of the Interior, nor the creasing the shore of the calenics in Ordnance Survey Department

such as Tunisa and national defence and strengthening Protectorates. Southampton, and the majority are murecco, which are under the Minis-colonial effectives by nearly, 50 per expert surveyors, capable of pro-

try of Foreign Affairs, were included cent. ducing maps by the quickest and In his review. must modern methods, which is from aerial photographs.

"Retween 1914 and 1918," he said,

"The result has been that in the the colonies sent 3,441,000 tons of course of a few weeks we have mo- foods to the metropolis, the Govern-bilized more soldiers in our overseas ment obtained from the Colonies Possessions than was done during the 1.800,000 tons of cereals, 1,100,000 whole of the war of 1914-1918, in tons of oleaginous products, 800,000 spite of seven successive calls to the

colours. tons of wood, cual und rubber, as

They gained their experience in colonial surveys, and among them you will and men drawn from practically every quarter of the globe to con- tinue in war the work that, they have always done in peace.

They have many jobs out here, not well as other food products, 3 total "On all sideg the native population When asked the lenst of which is correcting the far exceeding the whole of what was press to Join France. mistakes and remedying the de- furnished during the 50 months of why they are so anxious to

with the colours the natives answer; "But it is quite natural. France is rood and just ...and then Germany

felencles în existing mups, Some of the last war. which were prepared upon inaccurate and misleading data,

They Print Them

It is particularly importimt that the guiners should live & truly accurate map, for modern gunfire is itself to necurate that any slight deviation in the maps from which they work may render their efforts useless, or, at the best, delay the achievement of maxi- mum elTectiveness.

And they print maps, too. They have mobile units. In specially con-; structed lorries, and on these units they can print thousands of one- colour maps In an hour. Forther back the B.E.F, prinis maps in s

"In spite of dileulties of transport, France has received these materials In 80 ships of a total of 270,000 tons,

Decree Nisi

For Admiral

Formerly Served

In Singapore

many colours ns necessary, and upon A FORMER Singapore naval | whatever sentes Arc considered commodore, Rear-Admiral Mar- advisable,

Llewelyn shall

Clarke why Without maps an army would be

divorce in London paralysed; and for that reason our granted a various map depots are widely sent last month. A former Singa-; tered and are surrounded with some pore army officer was cited as

co-respondent,

screcy.

But that does not stop them from being able to produce almost con-

is the enemy of native reces."

servo

The native populations are aware that the German propaganda is found- ed. upon 2 conception of racial superiority. The chief of the Reich himself, in the master-book in which he formulated his programme, treated Negroes as half-opes (demi-singes), and accused of criminal folly those Governmcats of the while races who, the bust simmer, he said, against Creator in according them political rights.

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with George Macdonald, described as "a major in the anny."

The case was not defended. Admiral Clarke's case was that his to joined him in Singapore, where Major Macdonald was stationed, in 1030,

It is designed to keep the children war's developments abreast of the and reviews the war at home, at goa and abroad for the preceding week. The Orkney Education authority planned the scheme of Irarons by post rather than involve the cost of Sho lett for England in 1938 and providing air raid ahelters in scat- wrote saying she was in love with tered island schools..... Major Macdonald.

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