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12.30 Hair 401 hour of Spanish

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1.03 Slug Movie with Maxine

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1.30 Reuter

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1.45 Musical

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6.0 An hour of Daner Move-

7.0 Closing local Stock Quola-

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8.03 Songs by Teddle Nashi (Tenor).Te Shepherd's Soma 1 1! Am Dreaming. Serenade, with Or

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8.13 Elgur Enema.

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by

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9.05 SongS by

Amella Galli- Cure (Soprano).-The Gypsy and the Bird, with Flute obligato by Cle- ment Darone: Parla!-Valse, with Orchestral accomp: Russian Night- Ingale Song. with Flate obligało by ..

Clement Barone.

GIVE NAMES

OF

Road Sense-Theory And-

YOUR

GENERALS

LIE, STALIN IS

TOLD BY WOMAN

By W. F. Hartin. Daily Mail Special Correspondent

STOCKHOLM.

STALIN has discovered that he has been hoodwinked

9,15 London Relay News Sum by his generals over the progress of the Finnish war.

mary.

9.30 Rachmaniff Symphony

No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27-Eugene

Ormiady and the Minneapolis Sym- G.B.S. Bores

phony Orchestra.

-10.17 - Violin Salas by Fritz-Kreis ter.-Gavolte, Ronding On A Theme

By Beethoven. Caprice Landonderry Air with Planu ac- comp. by Franz Rupp.

10.30 Selections from "The Get- shia,"

"The Three "Paganin" and "Floradora."

110 Close down.

A woman, Mme. Kollontayi Soviet Minister in Stockholm, formirty well known in Moscow society, has dispelled the illusion: And now many of the generals

The Broadway and other high officers have

Waltzen" Critics

"disappeared" after being recall- ed to Leningrad.

Five staff officers' are said to have been shot. Even whole staffs are

said to be under arrest.

NEW YORK'S celebrated man

eating crities found them-:

Now, Stalin is taking his reports 'selves divided over Shaw's from The neutral. Press. Every

DRIFTING "Geneva," which has been pro-

INTO WAR

Senator's Warning To

United States

morning Swedish papers are flown duced on Broadway after a tour to the Kremlin.

and translated by the Moscuss

lof Canada.

.

There they are read

Swedish announcer, and a digest pre- Sidney Whipple. of the "World Dared for the Red dictatur and his Telegram," declares the piece to be Foreign Minister, Molotov.

"an interesting and effective experi- Thus do the Soviet leaders learn ence in the theatre," and "the most how unhappily the Red armies are important play to come from London faring, and because of these reports in three years."

Marshal Voroshilov, the Red Army Wella Waldorf, of the "Past," chief, is now on a secret four of thin credits Shaw with having still plenty Karelian front. Foreign

Convinced Relations Committee, to-day warned to say that is "provocative, stlinulat- that the United States was drifting in and often very amusing."

Washington, Feb. 19. Senatør Gerald Nyc, the newest! member of the Senate

was doing nothing to halt it.

Brooks Atkinson, of the "Tines,"

Stalin first had his eyes opened by into war and that the Administration finds the play "dull and boneless." Mme. Kollentay's report of neutral Richard Lockridge, of the "Sun": comments on the Soumussalmi dis- Senator Nye told the United Pressot much more than the rustling of aster, when many thousands of Bed

troops died. that only the early termination of the dried teas in a light breeze." European war would modify the cer-

Field reports from Red head- lainly of America's Involvement.

And in London a News Chronicle quarters had scaled down the losses reporter read over the comments to, wholesale and had attributed the slow

ruffied.

weather.

Mr. Shaw, who was not the least "progress" of the Russians to the Stalin is now convinced that many Russin posts were frozen to death owing to neglect and the bad organl-

That's quite nice," and "That's

He, sald he was still convinced that the repeal of the arms embargo- which he fought bitterly removed the barriers to the United States in not bad," he remarked when he heard volvement in the European condict some of the gentler criticisms, and predicted that the current flow of His only comment was: "Compared sation of his military staffs. munitions and war materials to with what some American critics This morning the Russians launch- Europe formed a prelude to Amerl-have said about my plays on previous | ed an attack on the Mannerheim Line con credit to warring nations and occasions, I find these remarks quite at Suma, using 130 bombers, tanks, amoured sledges and smoke screens Fighting is continuing.

that

involvement

America's hostilities would follow,

In encouraging."

BRITISH SUBMARINE MEN IN GERMANY

"We are walking the same rond as we did in 1815," he said.

He described Mr. Sumner Welles 'mission to Europe as being exactly annlogous to that made by Colonel House under the Wilson administra- 'ilon.

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718 MEN

SEATED ROUND a model traffle control centre recruits to the Tank Corps are given their first lesson. Traffic problems are demonstrated and recruits are asked to solve them. After a few weeks of this comes

-Practice

DEAD

ALTHOUGH the first list of casualties issued by the War Office contained 758 names, only 39 are the result of enemy action.

WILL POETRY SURVIVE THE WAR?

(Continued from Page 6.) them which interpret nearly all our hupes and fears. Soldier Poets

In 1914 something like the same response was made to the German challenge by a poct of the older heol when, on August 6, William Watson published his sonnet "To the Troubler of the World," and in

It covers the home as well as overseas areas from the months that fallowed wrote a the outbreak of war until December 31 last.

Service.

→

series of poems on contemporary events, among them the resounding lines in which he acknowledged the offer of help made by the Indian Princes to the King-Emperor.

not

new

but

was

CX-

the

Three women are named in this roll of honour-a nurse and two members of the Auxiliary Territorial But though Watson's poetry will

said Mr. Stanley, but having regard find an echo in British hearts to The list is composed as

to the large number of personnel day, as Wordsworth's does, it follows: serving and the period, covered the poetry which reened to mark the end Killed 13, died of wounds 1, wounded number is not farger than might have

tradition, and the 24, missing 1, died (other causes) 710; been expreted in the circumstances. perience of

a nation-in-arms was The three olleers killed and live

"There has been no undue number voiced

by Watson NCO's and men were in the 10,000.

of deaths from disease, although numerous soldier-poets who arose, tom liner Yorkshire, which was tor- there has been a number of regret- Brooke and Grenfell, Sories and pedoed in the Atlantie with the loss table deaths from traille secidents." Owen fell in the conflict, but others of 58 lives October.

The Est of Army castunities includes like Nichols and Sassoon survived it. The nurse whore death, is reported the name of Actbug-Corporal Thomas The note at Best was Jubilant and was Staff Nuise E. F. Davidson, of Priday, who is believed to have been romantic, but as the war dragged. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military the first British soldier killed in ae- on, it changed to one of cynicism Nursing Service (reserve) and the lion. His home was at Redmarley, and irony, and it is this note which A.T.S. members, Senior Lender near Ledbury, Herefordshire.

has been uppermost in the poetry W. E. Sargeant and Volr, F. G. Shaw.

of recent years.

Few Lost in Action

Officers

KILLED (at sea, ex S.H. Yorkshire) EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.-Beer, Capt. P. W. P/2.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Reynolds, Li, Cai. W. L. E.. M.C.. P/2014. ROYAL ARME ORDNANCE CORPS. -- of

Cornford, Lt. Col. i., 17/20134.

Mr. Oliver Stanley, Secretary for War, announced in the House of Cominons in reply to Me. Lees-Smith (Lab., Krihley), that the number "British Army ensumofties in petion has zo far been small,

But the irony and the disillusion which inform much modern verse are, to some extent, a fashion, astī they have not prevented poetry of n Some of the finest poetry of Mase- different kind from being written.

field, of de In Mare, and of Davies Our belongs to the post-war years. EXTRA REGIMENTALLY EMPLOYED) poetry survived the last war and LIST-Douglas, Capt. (Qr. Mr.) W... will survive this one, if Its survival M.DE., P749680,

is merely a question of tinding ma- terial to inspire It.

DIEU

The Best 1st would include 720 deaths from necklent or disease.

ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS (ROYAL "The list of deaths from neeldents TANK REGIMENT:-!{ubbard. Lirut. or disease may seem a

II. J., P/67433. long one,

HEAVILY ARMOURED tanks, manned by recruits, moving out of a flooded area during manœuvres. Heavy going makes little differenco to this section of our mechanised army,

U-BOAT

ATTACKED

THE WRONG CONVOY

A U-BOAT which attacked a British convoy was sunk by the combined efforts of the naval and air forces escorting the convoy.

A joint communique from the Admiralty and Air Ministry stated that the U-boat sank the British ss. Vaclite, of 5,026 tons, whose crew were rescued by an Italian ship.

"The naval escort immediately hunted the submarine and counter attacked with depth charges, but after a time contact was lost," says the communique.

"Later in the day a flying-boat of but when they arrived the submarine the Coustal Command of the Royal had sunk. Air Force joined the nuval escort to

Survivors Saved

the convoy in the search, and through "Some survivors were sighted in a gap in the clouds found the sub-rubber dinghy and were rescued, and

This Story Provokes, which was proceeding on the some additional survivors were also Laughs For British

Unable to Dive

The Innovators

But there remains the other ques-

ROYAL ARTILLERY,~Crom, Lt. Col. N. P. 1/205: Emslie, 2nd Lt. J. W.

Danza: Freach. 2nd Lt. J G P Godfrey, Major A. P. H., P/26247: Leith- tion-whether, in the modern world, Hay, 2nd Lt. C. A., O'N, P/77554: Hay poetry is demade, whether human ward. Capt. T. R. P/60702: Matowarning.

has so changed that it no

eut VFWP/105010; Muirhead, Lature Cul. A. £., P/33938; Potter, Major N. A. ft. longer

responds to the stknulus P121 Rauchte, Major C. &.. P/11013 which poetry provides, whether it is 2nd Lt. . T. R. 1/9349; Suckwith, and undelighted by the jingling sound of Surge, 2nd 11. J. B. P/6604: Sowerby unmoved by rhythmical utterance, Lt. W. A., P/73339.

ROYAL ENGINEERS. Bessell, Lt. J. E. Bike endings," unexalted by the rup- P/40015: Inter, 2nd Lt. P. W.. P/87218: ture of the poet's vision. barke, lt 191, MJ P. J., P/73323; Mount, fod LU N, F., 17707703; Oliver, A/Capt, 11, P/09248: Pirle. Lt. Col. G. M. P/0102; Relss, Lt. B. C., P/004; Tucker. Capt. tendency in recent times to aban-

1 F., P/7866H.

COLDSTREAM GUANOS-Lascelles,

Chl, J. N, J. P/13760.

Rhyme is, of course, no essential

part of poetry, and there has been

intrinsic part of verse and in per- don rhythm, which is at least an

SCOTS GUARDS.Turner, Lleut. (Qr. haps essential to poetry as our civi Mr. J. P463765.

lisation_understands 11, But, Indeed,

INCOLNSHIRE- REGIMENT.-Mitchell:

| 2nd 1.5. R. G., 1725010.

A. G., M.C., P/1300.

LANCASHIRE

11. G.. 1702408,

the attempt depart from rhythm

LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT-Driver. has already practically exhausted 2nd St. 11. 11. P.70758; Raleigh. Major itself. Besides being naturally allied FÜSILIERS-u. L1. to emotion, It is rhythm which helps to render utterance memorable. And ROYAL SCOTS FUSILJERS.-Cosh, Lt, we shall need memorable utterance S.. P/7B12.

ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS-Roberts- in these eple days. Morgan, Capt. D., D.C.M., M.M., 1/18027; Modern warfare may not, as it Gernant-Willams, Lt. Col. 11. F., P9070. once did, "shine with the sudden

nov, Lt, N, M., P/63030.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT-Burmaking of splendid names," but the EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT --Nap- struggle itselt is titanic- pin, 2nd Lt. A., P/E9923,

DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT IN- FANTRY-Arnold, Lt. M. E. D. P/61007; Milward, 2nd Lt. P. C. S., P/95474,"

HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT, A. Courtier.] Capt. R. F., 1782863,

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEGIMENT.---| Elins. Capt. R. N., 1/40005.

A Home and Carthage war once

marc

And wider empires are the prize, shall be astonished if our civilisa- tion has yet sunk so low ns not to demand its ports, for it is poetry

QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT which gives lite signiflennce. REGIMENT lull, Lt. Cat. II. C. En D.S.O.. P/401,

KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT IN- |FANTRY.-Jones, Lt. H. G. E. E.. P/13760,

WILTSHIRE REGIMENT-Dingic. G. V. T.. P/43340.

C. G.

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Brawnlull, Pie,

Royal Army Medical Corps.-Bradley,

DIED OF WOUNDS Leicestershire Regiment.-Barnes, Cpl.

WOUNDED

NORTH STAFORDSHIRE REGIMENT —| Whitla, Lt. J. R... P/1004 (attached Pte. W. South Lancashire Regiment).

CORPS.- ROYAL ARMY SERVICE Clerke, Capt. E CP/713; Francis, W, H. A/Capt. D. E.. P/100313; George. Major

Royal Corps Of Signals-Barr, Bizma. T A. C. W., M.C., P/27823; Maritn, LA. W. F., M.M., P/77008, Pelly, 2nd Lt. E. G., D.S.O..

Leicestershire Regiment Barkby, Sgt. M.C. 1/101321: Wilson, Capt, 5, P760471. G: fee. L/Cpl. F. P.; Clarke, Flo. J. E.: ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Dawson, Plc. E. Humber Cpl. D. H Critchley, L. N. F. Préez: 1. L. Jackson, Pls. L: Lamey. Pia Parker,

Lloyd L. 1 Pro: L/Cpl. FW Pher. Pie. 3. Saunders, Capt. G. P/7505: Todd. Pie. M. J.; Wesley, Pte.

Black Watch-Bell, Flo. A. T.; McGregor, ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS-tushton, Pic. A. O. LI. P. V.. P/40472.

King's Shropshire Lightfofantry James, Pte. G. V. Lee, Cpl. J. Lowe, GENERAL LIST, Edeson, A/Cape All M. Maile. Plc. O. Maund, Pte. P/102430; Laxmoore, 2nd it. C.

Ang Major 4.1. /b0501,

1776 Robertson. Cant, O.JP

J. D.; Towson,

E.; Moore. Pio. T.; Stacey. Ple. T.

Highland Light Infantry-Bingham, Pte.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE (REG; McColl, Pte. II. SERVE.Davidson Staff Nurse E. F.

J

the

W. C

In

A. E.

and

D. P.

Infantry-

Royal isler Rines.-Clarke, Rin, P.

BING (at an ex 8.8. Yorkshire). Army Edcuational Corpe-Barber, W.DJ A. G.

DIED Green

Howards-Barrett.

Pte.. Bowyer, Sgt. F. L. L.; Kriehn, Ple. W Malcolm, Pte. D. II.

Lancashire Fusiliers-Chollerton, Fub. R. Grimes, Fus. T.; Hail, Plc. W Halland, Fle. I.; Plethail. A/Cpl. G.

I. Scots Fusiliers-MacNaughton, Pte. Mair Ple. J. Patterson. Flo, D.;

While, Pto. 2.. Webster, Pie. W.

Royal Welch Fusillo Bradstuw, Ple. V. C. Davies, 'le. . L.: Grinths, Fus. D. ft.; Langford, Sgt. F.; Thomas, Fus. T.

W.

In odilon to the above list of; Nicers, the following warrant officers. N.C.O.'s and men are included in the casualty llat:

KILLED Leicestershire Regiment,--Barrow, L/Cpt. Walker, Cpl. H. W. T. Woodward. Pls. E. W.

King's Shropshire Light Priday, A/Cpl. T.

Thebland Light Infantry-Brooks, Pie. plcked up later from the sea by

KILLED (at sea ex 6.5, Yorkshire) British warships."

Royal Tank Regiment,~Alhway, L/Cpl. Mr. Chamberinin announced

Royal Norfolk Regiment-Bone, L/Cpl. South Wales Borderers.-Hammonds, Pte. Referring to the embargo proposals | Thirty survivors from the British

"It was apparently unable to dive

of the submarine

T. J. John, Ple. 1, L. Millard, Pte. he said they were "o plain invitation įsubmarine Undine, 37 from the sub- LONDON-How Britain laughs at as a result of the damage inflicted slaking

Gloucestershire Regiment-lands, Pie. Parry, Po, A.; Pug, Cpl. R. C. the House

Commons to retaliation."

marine Starfish and 7 from the "muddling through" is typified by a during the earlier attack,

(Continued on Next Column,} "If an embargo would be effective auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi are now current war story.

"A heavy bomb was dropped on sald this was the first U-boat attack in halting Japanese aggresalen In interned in barneks in the town of i A Brigadier received orders to ny the starboard side of the submarine on a British convoy for some time. He added: "In case the Ministry China, why haven't we invoked the Spangenberg, South of Cassel.

to British headquarters in France. "Men were observed on deck, and

the station neutrality Law in the Far East and Nothing can be ascertalited about He and his pilot were given sealed the submarine opened are with its of Propaganda in Germany should saw them taken from applied an embargo that way?," he any survivors from the submurine instructions to be opened when they anti-aircraft gun, the aircraft re- attempt to deny the statement, I may under guard to waiting motors,

The Germans, ull apparently in inform you that, very differently from with machine-gun flre. oskey

Seahorse, and it is believed that the were flying over the Engilsh Channel, talialing, was now down to sea level German practice, we have saved their teens but bearded, wore blue Mulcany, Ple. I. The restoration of an arms em- whole crew perished with the vessel. The pilot's orders said the Brigadier "Cloud

jerseys and dungaree-type trousers. And Butherland Highlanders

Bgt. J. Cameron, Pie., D.; Dilion. bargo to the Neutrally Law would The town of Spangenberg is near had the exact location and route. ond temporarily obscured the sub-lives of the majority of the crew."

Nazis in London

They appeared cheerful and some pie. H Duncan, L/Cp), J., Galt, Cpl. W.: be the surest step towards pence we the castle of the same name in which The Brigadler's orders said the marine. The aircraft thereupon pro-

James, L/Cpl. 7; Kerr, The survivors arrived in London.smked at Londoners who paused 16

MicGowan, Pi«. Ta McKinlay, could take. Senator Nye said captured British and French officers pilot had the exact location and route, ceeded to the warships and informed

London terminus 'wateli them.

Patterson, Pte. R.: Wylie, Pte. S. United Press.

are interned,

They turned back.

them of the position of the submarine, Passengers at a

Durham Liggis! Infantry —Antoran, Pte. T: Deskeforil, Pte. D. G: Hartley, M. T. Morales, Pic. A.; Shanley, The, P. Watson, Pio, The

Beaforth Highlanders-Davies, L/Cpl. J.; Junor. Pto, W.: Newlands, Pte. W.

Boyal Unter der-Haxter, Pi Bozza. Pte. E. Clements, W.o.iff

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