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OFFERS TOWNS

FOR THE BOMBED

War-time towns for blitzed populations may be built in Britain with the help of United States money. One scheme already afoot is to "adopt" one of East Lon-- don's worst bombed areas and construct a township, with emergency buildings hous- ing 8,000 people.

Eminent Americans say there would be no diffleulty in raising the £750,000 involved. But man-power and materials may present difficulties. The new town would be moved out to a safe area. The people would take their old community spirit

Guardsman

and associations with them. They would be together Instead of In Church

dispersed throughout reception areas.

Essential workers of the evacuated districts would be ac- commodated in such houses us remain. IIostels might be con- trived, and they would spend their "leave" with their families at the new township.

One proposal to expedite the plan is that bricks and materials, includ-

that

Anaesthetic In A Door Scene

New Form

"I would rather go into the guard roum under close arrest than enter church,"

That is what Grenadler Guardsman

A new maesthetic device, which automatically makes available va- Ernest J. Whitehead is alleged to pours from liquid anaesthetic, has have replied when his commanding been perfected in the Nuffield De- onlcer ordered him, while on church partment of Anaesthetics, at Oxford parade, to enter the Guards' chapel. University.

Lord Numeld

is providing the Whitehead appeared before. Held fighting services with 1,000 of the court-martim at Chelsen S.W., re-

The

machines, each costing £23,

cently.

ing doors, window frames, and sani- tary equipment salvaged from the blitzed district should be used to build the new homes.

Should

this schemu go through Americans think it possible United States cities would adopt bombed districts in a big way, and, the shipping situation allowed, send over complete factory-made substance ensuring that the vapour Anked whether he were Church of houses in sections, in similar way from the liquid anaesthetic is In-England, Whitehead said: "When you to the hospital which Harvard Uni-haled in exactly the desired con- join the Army you usually put down versity shipped.

something, so I put down Church of A particularly valuable feature for England." service use is the economy in trans- Whitehend said he sometimes used

commanding officer said that They work without the cust mary at the church door he asked White- gas cylinders. The patient breathes head: "Are you an atheist?" though the machine, in which in- Whitehend replied: "No, not exact- genious use is made of a chemically.

Hatments For Homeless Most important of all arguments

for some such scheine is that there will have to be a widespread exten- sion of hulments for bombed-out workers.

Belfast has already taken steps, It is seeking to disperse same of its key population and minimise

casualties by creating settlements outside the town, away from the target area. Workers

would

night and morning.

be transported

This is what people familiar with! blitzed towns have been pressing

authorities

.on, the

throughout Britain.

KIS

necessary

Itut settlements should have as their centre some big mansion house sultable for communal feeding and other social interests.

Lady Hambro Fined Currency Offences

centrations.

port, the inachine being able to con- to wait outside the church door vert a pint bottle of liquid ether while the service was on, Into 5.000 times that volume of Te had now applied for his religioni Eascous ether.

to be changed.

Italians

Frightened By

Anzac "Beheading Custom

According to the Italian Radio Station L.E.M., Australian night patrols from Tobruk behead their prisoners, and take the heads with pride to their commanders, says a report in the Sydney "Morning Herald."

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JUNE-

August 14, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

HERE'S YER BALL!

FANIK BUSHMIL

CHURCH AND STATE AGREE—An act ending the tradi- tional friction between the church 'and state in México is this baptism by Archbishop Martinex, head of the Mexican Catholic Church, of Senator Lecona's daughter, at Mexico City. General Maximino Camacho, brother of the Presi,- dont is godfather. He is standing rear of the cleric.

Sailor Fined For Talking

About Ship's Movements

Lawrence Sneyd, who said he had come to Australia as master-at-arms in a British liner, was fined £10 in the Central Summons Court, Sydney, recently for having gossiped in a city services canteen about the movements of his ship, the number of troops it might be carrying, and its destination.

Sneyd

was charged under the National Security (General) Regula- tions with having communicated in- formation which might be useful to the enemy. Mr G. J. O'Sullivan, for the Crown, said there war no suggestion subversive activities.

In addition to the fine, Mr Goldie, a bond ordered Sneyd to enter into a of £10 to comply with the regula- tions of the National Security Act.

Mr O'Sullivan said Sneyd's con-

had versations in the contcen

of

Executed For Listening To

Foreign News

The Orst execution in Germany for

This is an old Australian custom, prompted Defence officials to crliicise adds the report. The custom was the department says another report.

been listening to foreign broadcasts was One army officer said that such reported by two women voluntary carried out at Nuremberg recently, begun by "famous ancestors who paid-£1-n-head-for-nutive-heads, "stories-had-a-dangerous propaganda helpers. Sneyd had-asked-one-reports The Times" The victim man in what unit her soldier hus was Johann Wild, born in 1892, and value in an enemy country. According to this Italian station,

band was, and had offered to tell her the death sentence stated that the a Gerinun aviator, after having been

"It would be better if Australian where her husband would be going condemned man had passed on to cross-examined in the usual way by soldiers were encouraged to tell the She had refused to listen. Australians, was slowly murdered Italian how well Italian prisoners Sneyd had said, "I have never others the information which he had with a stiletto. An Italian airman) were fed and clothed by Australians,' been so insulted in my life. Only acquired. who fell into the British lines was he said. "Nothing is better cal- ́Australians would insult me like It is reported from Poland that a Lady (Marjorie H.) Hambro,

culated to make Italians Dght as this,""

Polish housemaid, aged 44, was sen- widow of Major-General Sir Percy lung into the furnace of his plane.

Sneyd said in court that he was tenced to death in Grudziądz on May O. Hambro, of Egerton Gardens, The source of these stories is given they can fight than stories of Aus-

trollan cruelly,"

B.B.C: "sorry from the bottom of his heart." 18 for having listened to He had talked in the canteen in broadcasts from London during her good feeling" ns he had never met employer's absence. Five other per- such charming people before, and sons, to whom she confided the news had found the canteen "Uke going ranging from five to 10 years im- thus obtained, received sentences home."

prisonment.

S.W., was at Bow Street Police Court as an Australian soldier who had recently fined £20 on each of three been taken prisoner. After these summonses and ordered to pay £20 stark revelations, according to the costs for falling to cause to be offered broadcast, the Australian, fearing for sale to the Treasury Canadian that he had said too much, became dollars worth £317.

completely dumb and insisted that he had not been present at any of these events.

Four other similar summonses were withdrawn by the prosecution.

The Magistrate, Mr. H. McKenna,

said there did not seem to be any Army Headquarters in Melbourne The broadcast was picked up at reason why he should not accept the recently. explanation that there had been something in the nature of a mistake.

There was no evidence on which he

to and that Lady Hambro was

to do

Story Not Approved "The Australian, apparently tired)

Volcano Active Near Rabaul

Fearing that Matapo volcano, a few tive, may become more violent, many miles from Rabaul, which is now ac-

residents have stocked their cars with Lins of petrol ready to vacate the towa.

It is reported that on June 8 pu-

TEXAN'S GIFT TO CHURCHILL

The presiding German judge com- mented on this occasion that these broadcasts have become a serious

A Texas farmer, Ferrell Windham, menuce to German rule in Poland

has sent Mr Churchill a cheque for end had to be combated in a mort 259, with a letter saying: "Dear rigorous manner. Winston, No scrap iron this time, and

Three Germans have been een- darned little money, but of the latter tenced to terms of imprisonment; I give you the biggest part, as it varying between three and five

aingc, and dis- thers and other standard fictions,There had been a gradual increase in Balkans. Should you run short just was disclosed that they had been

was irregular, honest. Sho seemed to have thought and having no, post-office sell his the temperature of the volcano in the that she had done everything that captors, told them a war story in- last six months, and sulphur fumes was required, and it came as a sur- stead," says the Department of In- had increased. prise to her that her instructions left formation, commenting on the broad- On May 6, it was reported from uncovered anything which she ought cast,

the crater of Tarvur-vur to have dealt with. She had not Repented humorously by the De- volcano had blown out, but the offended of deliberate purpose, partment of Information the story' eruption-caused no damage;

Rabaul that

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