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April 17, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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Wants War

Brides Curbed

MEMBERS of influentiui church circles are considering ways and means of restraining young couples under twenty- one from entering an irrespon- sible war marriage.

Figurs show that the number of boy and girl marriagesbos trebled: since war began.

But while the older type of clergy is supporting the movement to con trol such marriages, the younger ones take the opposite view.

Dally roughout Brilah, it is stated, youig people-many in their teens-are marrying into a future which may be led with poverty and heartbreak.

Wat makes marringe possible for the youth who previously could not afford to wet for four or five years.

But many of the clergy feel that with no domestic responsibilities dur- ing war-time he will return to a world where his earning capacity is still pre-war.

Should Conscript Wed?

With his trade only half learned,

the young husband would have to

keep a wife, and maybe children, on

a few lillings.

TEN SHORT SEA STORIES IN THE 'LONDON GAZETTE

TEN very short sea stories appeared

in a supplement to the "London Gazette" recently. They tell of the bravery of the men of the Merchant Navy in face of the enemy and they are masterpieces of simple English.

Many people who read them as- sumed that they had been written by a distinguished author. They were wrong. The stories were written by a man who has made his name as an artist in gold.

He is Professor Reginald Morier Gleadowe. whose war job is to record the bravery of Britons at sea. He means to do it without "officialese” [—or, as he says, 'to do it in decent English.

Professor Gleadowe,

former Slade Profesor of Fine Arts at Ox- ford University, is famous for his work in silver and gold. He de- signed and worked

ked plate for Goldsmiths' Company, and for many cathedrals, churches, and colleges.

EMERGENCY

OXYGEN

TENT

OUNG

patients at Slough Enter- keney ьspital Laking a peep at Baby Frank Swinney. The baby's life is believed to have been saved by pulting him into an Impromptu

from Lent made Oxygen A.R.P. Kas protector and part of of the Inner tube of a motor car tyre. He was suffering from tronella pneumonia,

NAZI RAID ON CZECH EGGS

I'cultry owners bi the pro- tectorate of Bohemia and Moravia must in future sell all eggs to the Government, except the produce of one chicken to every two people in the household.

Official deeree to this effect has heen issued in Prague. It will mean the end of the black egg market by which some Czeclis have been able to maintain their egg consumption above the ofetal ration of one egg per persuni a fortnight,

MRS. 'Conchie'

STOCKPORT.

the

Now he sits in a quiet room at the Admiralty, feeling quite at home and doing something he has always)

wanted to do.

ACTION ON HAINAN FRONT

T

.9

THIS photograph of Japanese troops in action was taken in Ile taught himself to suil an 18ft a wrecked town on Hainan Island, where the invaders are still

boat in Shetland waters when he

was a boy, and he has loved nothing opposed by a considerable force of Chinese regulars and guerillas.

better than sailing ever since.

"I like to think I have always be- longed here," he said. "During the Inst war I was private secretary to the

Admiralty. Secretary of the When the war ended I walked out to be an artist.

'My Old Love'

"When this new war came I offered myself for a Civil Service Jub. At first I was unlucky. I was told that things had changed a good deal and that, having been more than 20 years out of harness, I wouldn't be of any

se

**Then tried my old love, the Admiralty. In a short time I found myself here, in the special section of Honours and Awards, which includes the Royal Navy, the

and the Fishing Ferchant Navy.]

Professor Glendowe leaned back.in his chair and smiled happily.

"And so I got my chance to turite." he said.

made up my mind that

the history of our men's heroism at sen must be written in the simplest and best style. I determined to use the fewest possible words—just as in aj drawing I would aim at economy of

line. Will Go On

"I worked at words just as care- fully and with as much Intention of getting absolute rightness' as I do when I fushion a piece of gold plate. "The thought that some people have recognised this makes me very glad. 1 want to go on with this writing-and to do better and bet-

ter

Domei,

SCIENTIST WHO

SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES DIES

A MAN WHO HAS SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WAS CREMATED LAST MONTH AT GOLDERS GREEN, N.W.

He was 58-years-old Sir Patrick Laidlaw, the pathologist who seven years ago announced from an old army hut that he had tracked, with two companions, the source of influenza

germ.

Medical men said it was perhaps the most important dis- covery in medical history, for when he announced that he and his companions had established that influenza was a filterable virus, it was the world's first definite step towards preventing one of mankind's most deadly diseases.

From 1918 to 1920, more than 15,000,000 people' died from influenza. Together with the common cold, it was costing the nation £10,000,000.

The disease could not be controlled until the basic cause had been discovered.

The three British doctors of the Medient Research Council a microbe so small that it could found that the causal agent was not be seen in microscope. It could pass through finely porous filters that held back visible bacteria.

The influenza virus then joined the ranks of the smallpox and measles viruses, of: which medical science had already con- siderable experience.

So they tried to isolate a serum which would counteract the

victim a swarm of what were called "anti-bodies."

MRS. A. E. LAWTON, of th leather-bound book which he influence of the virus. Every discuse was known to produce in a

"Where a man can afford to marry Queen's-roud, Cheadle Hulme, and knows that when he gets back

he will be able to support a family, Cheshire, refused to take an then obviously the Church has no ob evacuee child. jection," said a Burnley viear,

Her reason, given in a letter The Rev. H. Rattye. bachelor viear of St. Catherine's Church, to the local council: "As a Burnley, is the champion of youth-Christian, 1 have very strong views about war and really feel ful marriages.

Good luck in the youngsters," he I must not take part in anything said. "You will and that the marto do with war." rlages will not turn out as the pessi-

Mrs. Lawton's husband was mists think. "Morringe keeps the young man fined £5 at Stockport for failing straight while on active service.

to take the child.

Slump in Irctand

Mr. E. Barlow, prosecuting,

In Ireland, on the other hand, said that the law, while recog- prominent, Church dignitaries are nising Christian conscientious becoming alarmed about the "appal-objection to take part in war, ling decline" in the marriage and birth rates, which are the lowest for did not recognise a conscience which refused to sholter Inno- Sucial workers assert that it steps cent children.

{r arc not taken immediately Jauneli a marriage crusade througla-

twenty years.

The husband, in a letter to

out the country, the Irish race at the council, wrote: "This is the

home will gradually die out,

How best

German method of force, and

to the Roman Catholic contrary British justice. Church can give a lead in promoting However, God is on my wife's a successful morringe drive may be discussed at a meeting of all the Irish side, and she is convinced that

she is right.'

hierarchy.

THE BEAR SAW RED-

ANIMAL trainer Albert Keen hadn't time at Earl's Court circus

to chango from the red clothes he wears for the elephants to the brown he puts on for the bears.

A Himalayan bear, seeing red, bit him in the arm. the show, then went to hospital

He finished

moking.

Professor Gleatowe showed me a

designed for the records he When the war is ended I shall till the pages with these little narra- tives. And i shall write every word with great care-ns it will deserve," he said,

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S5Dutie Ster" was anied with non 4. let crase was none of where WA AUST She became surfdenly aware of the presence of the enemy by the landing of hei, deck of piece of a shell which had exploded absul' 100 yards of her part quarter. The Master went on the bridge and sighted the thead of a warthip sime 15 milles away. He ordered a signal to be sent ul. A lille later another salt; fired trem about miles, "tended Joot more than 200; yards, eff, on the starboard be. The supes- "stricture of a battleship was how'pisible," "and; **Dorin, Star ** ampliked her, 'distress call. The raiders which was Admiral Gral Spre temporanly named Deutschland," pughty guised to look like Renown

Repute, now vent not use Jangs signals, tilling" Dare. Slar" not in use her Swirler, but no notice was taken and the Radio Offiere kept sending calls until he (heard them reprated by other ships. The Masier stopped his ship From about halt a mile away Admiral Gral Spre sek a launch with bearding.. panys) who asked what the cargo was, and when; the Master told them wool they looked at all the hatches and seeing wool underthem failed to find out that the calző was in fact neat; } batter and cheese.” V: Doric' Star'a "* crew were given few minutes "16-geteready to leave the ship. The enemy hung bombs over the side, time of which" exploded, before they delt, but failed in sink, the ship, so that seven

hells and one torpedo had to be put into her,/

"Decent English" — Professor Gleadowe's story of the Doric Star, reproduced from the "Lon- don Gazette."

HIS COMPANIONS

Dr. Laidlaw's companions in his experiments were Dr. Wilson Smith and Dr. C. H. Andrewes. Every morning they met for experiments. Before passing into the laboratory they dressed from head to fool in tarpaulin coats and rubber boots.

Hili.

Alter walking through a pool of for Medical Research at M powerful idsinfectant theu fother their perins. If they had got free, were washed in the same uujd by at-cdd have wiped out the whole of tendonis..

Fundon.

white-7

Inside, lineel against the washed walls, were the cages hou- ing dozens of ferreis on whom these

11211 lives! experiments to save

were made every day.

- KERMIT ROOSEVELT

London, Apr. 16.

Dr. Laidlaw infected ferrets with Mr. Kermit Roosevelt has rejoined virus, and then he cured them with the British army as major. He re- Injections. He found they wern purled to his regiment la-day, then Immune from influenza for Mr. Roosevelt, a naturalised Briton three months.

was appointed commandant of the The three doctors worked at the British forco intended for Finland- germ tarm of the National Institute United Press.

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