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SEEK NEW HOMES-British Dominions are preparing to receive immediately initial shipmont of 20,000 children from England; driven by war to seek new hames, America is being urged to place come of them. This group recently arrived in New York to make homes in U. 5.

British

Victory Means Sailor drank, Much To Arabs

exile.

HEARTS of Italy's op-ing the leaders or driving them into pressed Arab subjects in Libya are thrilling with a foretaste of deliverance.

The swift mouth-to-mouth telegraphy of the desert is spreading among them the news that British armoured patrols, operating against the Italian forces have passed beyond the sacred centre of Jarabib,

Jarabub possibly does not mean mech to Englishmen. On the mop it is just a tiny dot 20 miles insule the Libyan frontier.

From a military point of view, it is the only point in the Italians original outpost line still held by them until you reach the outworks of the coastal stronghold of Bardia, 100 miles farther north..

But to Libyan Arabs, Jarabub in the local Westminster Abbey. the hollest shrine of their tribes. For among the sparse palm trees at scattered vegetable patches of its little ously, their great religious leader, Sayed Mohammed Ibn Ali Es Senussi, founded 100 years ago, the Beree Moalern puriton move- ment which swept North Africa,

In its white-domed mosque, e- neath an exquisitely wrought brass grille, rusts the body of the Grand Senusal himself.

The Ralians put down the Seruest movement with an iron hand, kill

gave away Secret

A SHIP'S fireman, who was This campaign of persecution was alleged to have given informa- completed nearly ten years ago and tion about the protective arma- Jarnbul beenme on more than ament of his ship and its move- garrison post.

tic British ralding

But to the Arabs Its sentimentalments to a German sailor, was importance is great,

sent to prison for one month Though

with hard labour at Liverpool. columu has not occupied Jarabub, John Geary, aged thirty-nie, of having merely driven through It Corporation-roud, Birkenhead, plead- along the deseri track of Masrabed guilty to giving information at El Gebel leading to the North-Lourenca Marques," "Portuguèse East West, the blow to Italian presilge | Africa.

and the uplifting of religious hope It was alleged that after he hnd are both bound to be great.

been introduced to the German by

Our armoured columns have not American sailors, he gave away the confined their operations to this name of his ship and when it was southern raid, the first yet reported leaving port. Then he gave correct un this front..

details of the strip's armaments and

They have also been raiding plonger port of destination. He men- the coast towards Bardia and Siditioned that his ship had been at- Azelz, to the south of it.

locked by U-boats, and gave details Both these places are jnkle the fof damage to the convoy, most, highly fortifled zone in Italian Liby

Our troops are now asking when they will have the pleasure, of meet- ing real Italian troops in battle..

Geary was inter heard to say to the German: "Good luck, I will see you in Hamburg."

"Others

When arrested he said; apoke to the German as well, and I was not the only one who gave the ship's movements away."

So far they have met only the conscripted Libyan Arab levies, who so hate their oppressors that they

Two seamen gave evidence of the not only desert after mobilisation, conversation, and .one said! that but even dely the Italians and re-¡ Geary was "pretly well Jubriented.** fuse to put on uniform.

Ile added that the ship did not sall Cairo had its second air-raid alarmm on the day that Geary told the this morning, but no planes were German. sighted.

For the defence, it was sold thint Three ut the victims of Alex-Geary was a man of good character andria's Saturday rald have died, and had no disaffection towards this bringing the death-roll up to Ave, country. He served in the Navy during the last war. Drunkenness was tise enuse of this trouble.

Bill, 13 has bank-roll

Bill Murray, thirteen-year-old schoolboy evacuated from. Dagenham, Essex, to rural Saltford in Somerset, might find plenty of amusement in his out-of-school hours in the lanes and fields about his new home; but he's not a chap to let the grass grow under his feet.

He

Bill's mother, a widow, lives in Hedingham-road, Dagenham. knows what a struggle she has to make ends meet. So instead of wasting his time bird-nesting be is doing a little bread-winning,

Dill got the idea when his clothes berane shabby. He didn't like to write to his mother for more, so he looked around for a spare-lime job. Eventually he got a job delivering *nallk,

On his first pay-day he showed his wages, Ave shillings, to his

foster moilier. Mrs. L. Darney, and

she persuaded him to open a bank-

ing account at the past office. Into

this Bill put tour shlilings a week.

The bad weather

came, know eighteen inches deep in the lanes But that didn't deter Bill. Every morning, before it was light, he was up and out on his round,

Soon

pon he bad enough in his account to buy a complete rig-out-a sull, boots, pullover two caps, stockings, tie, and underclothing. His account mounted again, Cash and parcels of grocery went to his mother:

Additional Jobs in gardens have augmented his bank roll.

Now August is looming large on Bill's horizon. For then he will be Iraving school and returning home to a full-time Job, with his bank book in a pocket of another newi sult.

:

And this time. greatest joy of

he will have long trousers.

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IF there's anything in the horseshoe superstition Hudders- field (Yorks) men in the Ser- vices are going to be lucky. Most of them carry a little horseshoe charm.

When a train leaves Huddersfield with boys off to the front or else. where Alderman Norman Crossley, the Mayor, is there waving them au revoir. In his pocket he carries miniature solid silver horseshoes which he distributes among them to bring them luck.

It was Alderman Crossley who started the idea of ihe town's travelling theatre in a bus and financed it until it got going. Can- tainment committee take

turns

each night to travel with the bus to isolated units which ordinarily get nothing to relieve their mono- tony.

They visit two units a night, and are booked up for twenty weeks ahead. As each soldier enters the bus lie is given beer und cigarettes.

Kome

Recently, when they visited lonely searchlight post, they found Alderman Crossley, there already, giving the luds souvenirs of Hudders- deki rumbs in. chromium cases bearing the town's cunt-of-arms and, of course, his famous horse-

Rome, July 30. A Berne despatch to the Italian shoes, News Agency states that General Gamelin M: Daladier, Reynaud,

London, July 30.

Blum, Mandal, Conand, and La ECONOMIST FOR CANADA Chambre will be the principal ac- cused before the special court which the Vichy Government is setting. to establish responsibility for the economist, is on his way to Ottawa collapse of France.

to confer with the Cañadion' Goy-

Sir up

George Poge, well-known

The message says that the court errment. The subject of his con- was established last night and will versations has not been disclosed. buen its proceedings very shortly. After the talks, he will tour Canada Reuter.

and America-Reuter.

Blitzkrieg Indications?

Marsellies, July 30. Reports Kay that German troops, trains, and naval forces have been massed in and near French north-west coast poris and that military forces are mby- ing throughout the occupied zone opposite England,

It is said the one of activity extends from Dunkirk, near the Belgian frontier and opposite North Foreland (at the entrance to the Thames estuary), to Brest, opposite Plymouth,

Travellers

say the extent of the zone in- dicates 'gigantio preparations and that it extends 100 mlies inland,

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