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In "fifth column" round-up in England, Sir Oswald Mosley, above, British Fascist leader, and eight of his lieutenants were taken into custody in London, He was British fliar in first World War at 18 and was one of youngest members of House of Commons. He was expelled by Conservatives and Labour.

Cheated

U-Boat: Now Loses His Ship

FOUR days after war] broke out Captain Hugh Roberts outwitted a U-boat and shook it off after a three-} hour chase.

For this exploit he was decorated with the O.B.E.

Recently Captain Roberts' luck was out.

Labour

By An Industrial Correspondent

BRITAIN'S big five Labour controllers met at the Ministry of Labour recently for the first time and, with. jout any delay, they set the great national machinery in'

niotion.

..

In addition to the five members already announced, the following will also serve on the Labour Supply Board: Mr. Ralph Assheton, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour; Sir Thomas Phillips, Permanent Secretary; Mr. F. N. Tribe, Deputy-Secretary; Mr. G. H. Ince, Under-Secretary, and Mr. F. W. Leggett, Chief Industrial Commissioner.

Mr.-T. S. Chegwidden will act as

secretary of the Board.

I understand that, the Board de-i elded to set up immediately about 201 local labour supply committees to control the scheme.

These will each consist of a chair-i

an Employment man,

Exchange. manager and two others, who will usually be a trade union leader and a man from the management side who' understand the industry.

Thrac Functions The Ministry of Labour Divisionali

Not Fighting To Make Millionaires

-A.E.U. CHIEF

Among the places where these full- time committees will be established

MR. JACK TANNER, in his are London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Dir-presidential address to the Na- Iningham, Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle tional Committee of the Amal- and Leicester

gomated Engineering Union, at: Morecambe, said that the Controllers have been asked to con-workers were not prepared to sider names of person in their areast give labour, make sacrifices, suitable to act as Inspectors of La- carry the burden, to make this bour Supply and a considerable pro-country safe for capitalism. portion of these will be trade union officials.

"The men at the front," he suld,

They will have three main func-are not battling amid fire and fury to make more millionaires, depressed

(lous:

1. To Inspect Arms who ask for areas and starving peoples."

more labour, to see if they really alueers war-a machine war with a He described the war as "an en- need it, parilcularly skilled men.

vengeance."

1. To Inspect firms already em- "We shall be tried and tested to ploying skilled labour to deter- the utmost of our courage, capocity mine to what extent skilled enen and understanding," he said., can be released.

3. To stimulate training by em-

ployers in their own works and

to ensure that firms take full ad: MEDICAL BOARD

vantage of local facilities, such as

technical institutes and night TRICK. ALLEGED

schools. They will also recom- mend when women should be em- ployed.

The

Ten men were remanded at Dow National Service officers who Street recently charged with con- will have power to compel men and spiring together and with other per- employers to carry out the Minister's sans unknown to defeat the provi demands will be officials of the Minis- sions of the National Service Act.

ry, but Mr. Bevin is confident that They were: the voluntary response will be such that compulsion will be necessary.

Bevin's Appeal

Jack Bruck (20), sulesman, Burton Street, Brick Lane, E. Maurice Kravis (22)

machine operator, King's labourer,

Median Road, Hackney Sydney Israel Barnett (23),

He was in command of an- Mr. Bevin last night issued an ap-Rond, Brighton; Joseph Barnett (24),

:

Two Mon Missing

other ship, the 5,406-ton Glas-peal to all owners and workers in gow steamer Charges, when it maintenance workshops. There were mer, Lynton Road, West Acton, W.; was sunk by enemy action.

many jobs, he said, where work would be so arranged that skilled nit- Bert Auronberg (40), of Gilda Cres- ters or toolroom workers, for example, cent, Stamford ilili; Conny Rifkov Commercial Street, E.; traveller, temporarily for work in more essen Street, Stoke Newington; James Boul- could be released permanently or

Samuel Rifkov (23), tailor Old Hill al production.

am not asking that anyone ton (23), amusement caterer, no Axed

hoine; his present job until ne; George Old (31), driver, Dry- should leave

sdolo tond, Lewisham; and Louis there is another job for him to go to. Barnett, inbourer, of Hampton Road, maintenance for all industry intact,

"In this way I want, while keeping Forest

Gate

Of the Charges crew of 64--most- ly Merseyside men-two are missing and the remainder have been landed at a North-West coast port.

Eight men suffering from scalds and burns are in hospital.

The missing men are both of Liver pool-the bo'sun, Arthur Riley, and fireman Hugh Gribbon.

της

"I

to have local reserves of skilled la- grounds of health" Inspector Sulls- When Bruck asked for ball "on

bour which I can borrow to help out

bo'sun was within 21t. of being when war demands cause situation of bury, objecting, said: "He Is de- saved

by his shipmates, who pushed great-urgency." an our out to him," "bul he was too exhausted to clutch it and vanished.

The fireman was apparently trup-1 ped below by the explosion and could not get to the deck when the boats were lowered.

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KING HAAKON

Berlin, July 7. Authorised quarters here to-day

As foreshadowed last week, His declared Germany possesses no off- Excellency the Officer Administering

Haakon's.

The ship sank in a short time after developing a heavy list

after explosion. The survivors picked up by a vessel after being famending sections 7 and B of the seas reports that Norwny is forming |

be the Government has made regulations clal information regarding the over- nearly two hours in. the lifeboats.

Four monkeys, belonging to mem-|

Registration of Persons Ordinance, ew Government to replace King bers of the crew, were lost.

1939, so as to require female British

llowever, they pointed out that subjects, British persons under the Twenty-two-year-old Harold Jones, age of of Liverpool, who was at the wheel, age of eighteen years, and British recent Press reports from Oslo In- said, "We had the boats down in persons over the age of fifty-vcdicate that moves are afoot whereby of the Storting will again function, im- few moments and piled in, assisting years, to register at the splying the formation of a Govern-

Persons Office, Police within two weeks, unless they are ment.

the injured as best we could.

"Men who had been flung out of the bunks were dressed only in scanty members of His Majesty's regular way's autonomy are progressing." either persons of Chinese race or are: "Steps designed to Increase Nor- clothing, and steward James Buck-ent ley, who was in great pain from his Naval, Milltary or Air Forces or they said, but explained at the

members acolds, was naked."

of the Hongkang Police some time that the Nazi gauletler, Force.

Formerly, only males were affected,

week the German between the ages of 18 and 55, and Press has been asserting that King they could register within two Hankon forfeited his rights to the throna when he fled.-United Press.

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