A.M .. Bulletin No·. 287.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BJZFORE THE MORNING NEWSPAPERS OF TUESDAY 2ND JANUARY, 1940·.

AIR M:CNISTRY CASUALTY COMMUNIQUE No~l6. ROYAL ilR FORCE.

The Ai~ Ministry regrets to announce the following casualties on vaPious dates:- KILLED IN ACTION.

HOWELL 40558 Pilot , M.O~ LILLEY 538024 Leading , w. PERRY 517007 Sergeant? R.M. SHA.RP 522788 , A. WINN 566407 Sergeant, J. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 11 MISSJ;NG 11 NOW REPORTED fiKILLED IN ACTION 11 •

CREVV 563071 Sergeant, K.B~ DILNOT 37525 Flight , A.A. DORE 531093 Aircraftman 1st Class, H. ELLIOT 39075 , D.F~ SAUNDERS 40145 Pilot Officer9 J.R. THOMAS 545990 Aircraftman 1st Class, D.L. WILSON 551660 Aircraftman 1st Class, A. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 11 MISSING BELIEVED KILLED" NOW REPORTED ttKILI,ED IN ACTION 11 •

PEARCE 564932 Sergeant , J ~ WOUNDED IN ACTION.

BALCH 548758 ,G~C. MISSING BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION. ALLON 580857 Acting Sergeant, R. DODDS 534038 Corporal, T.G. ELLIS 628712 Aircraftman 2nd Class, W,J. GIBBIN 550960 Leading Aircraftman, T~ GRIMES 41237 , J .~ H. HEALEY 562536 , J.E.K. HOOKER 547172 Aircraftman 1st Class, F.G. HULME 580342 Sergeant, H. JOHNSON 552464 Aircraftman 2nd Class, F.J. MARTIN 580786 Acting Sergeant, G.E.F. MORGAN 580738 Acting Sergeant, E.B. FOUNTAIN 618060 Aircraftman 2nd Class, W.H. SPEIRS 39801 Flying Officer~ J.H.C. WATSON 567346 ~craftman 1st Class, C.

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..,.,... MISSING • ALLISON 70769 Flying Officer, D.B. BLACK 5672·49 Corporal, R.T. BRIDEN 397'06 Flying Officer, M.F. FOSTER 621741 Aircraftman 2nd Class, A.G. GUTHRIE 34155 Acting , A. J. HILL 544752 Aircraftman 1st Class, A.M. HUE-WILLIAMS 29210 Acting Squadron Leader, I. V. LINES 36224 Pilot Officer, E.F. MASON 580718 Sergeant, F.M. PICKESS 5808(!9 Sergeant, B. J. ROBINSON 535440 Corporal, w. STOCK 520962 Leading Aircraftman, L.A. TAYLOR 516752 Acfing Sergeant, M.. B. TAYLOR 53 3806 Corporal, F.J. TELFER 531938 Aircraftman 1st Class, A. VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS 33293 Flying Officer, A.R. WALKER 62'7354 Aircraftman 2nd Class, c.

KILLED._ o :;i· ACTIVE SERVI CE. COLMER 52473 Pilot Officer, W,L. CONNOLLY 40676 Pilot Officer, F.A. FRASER 4:.859 , P.C. GOWER-JONES 22136 , F. HETHERINGTON 39026 Acting Flight Lieutenant, E.J. HOWARD 39526 Flying Officer, J.G. HUMPHRY 539868 Aircraftman 1st Class E.H. MOSS 51[l 0,S 2 Acting Sergeant, T.R. O'REGAN 624r:'8 6 Aircraftman 2nd Class, D.J. POTTS 580464 Sergeant, S.H~ WARRINER 615941 Leading Aircraftman, J.T. WICKHAM L_bQ~ ' '-;- ' 3 Pilot Off icer, S.M. WILSON 4235 1 Acting Pilot Officer, I.R. DIED_QN_,ACTIVE SERVICE.

HOBART 6407 1~ 9 Aircraf tman 2nd Class, R.W.G. MOLONY 621703 Aircraftman 1st Class, M.H, POWELL 5255G8 Leading Aircraftman, F.G. SAGE 351450 Temporary Sergeant, G.R.W. SELBY 5693'?? Leading Aircraftman, D. SHINTON 849216 Aircraftman 2nd Class, H.J. SMITH 861~ ..3 7 Aircraftman 2nd Class, S.C. WILLIS 569344 Leading Aircraftman, R~H.

Press & Publicity Branch, Air Ministry, King Charles Street, Whitehall, S.W. L 1st January, 1939. 1/1/40 - N()~

FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (Mor>ninp;).

The following cornmun~que was issued this morning from the French G. H. Q.:-

Nothing to report on the Front as a whole. 'rho i\l j_ n:tst:';y o ~,: 'J_1r· c:: nc:p o::·t d.!:j_ving tests were resumed

to-day afte r• an inter ~'n l of fo;1i:· uonths causecl by the transfer of examiners to other 2ntiesG

Applic a t:Lo:~ J..S foj.' the tests he.ve been coming in since tbe beginning of JJecernbcn" and new total about 7 ,ooo. It wi.11 be a1;p1•s0iatcd that tlle number of tests that

can be conducted in one day is li~ited by the short period of daylight and the restrj_c-ted number• of exrnniners available, and

it rnaY, therefore, be some time before all those who have a:Jpliea.1 or may apply, can be tested. The Minister uishss to assure candidates, ho•,1ever, tha t applications will be dealt with as

expeditiously as posoible .• Candidates fo:i.• their pa::.-.t can hel:;i by arriving punctually for their u)pointments or by notifying the supe1-.vising examiner• at once if unable to keep their

appo in tmen ts. NeedJ.ess delay has beeD canoed in the past by the failure of applicants to observe these points.

Ministry of Tr3nsport, Ivietropole Buildings, Northumberland Avenue, w' c. 2~

( 140) . 1/1/40 No • ..!:h._

1. Importers are notified that as from January 1st, 1940 applieations for licences will be considered for the importation of hair combs (including combs for wear and blanks therefor) from France; persons who have imported such goods in the year ending 31st August, 1939, should apply to the Department for a form on which to make a statement of their p~st trade and for application forms for licences. 2. The Board of Trade draw the attention of importers to the increased facilities now available for the importation of goods for re-export under bond or on recovery of duty. The Import Licensing Department are now prepared to consider applications for licences to import any goods required for use in the re-export trade. In addition, where a merchant wishes to export from goods imported before the imposition of the restriction, or imported under an ordinary import licence (as distinct from a licence issued for ~e-export only), the Department are prepared to consider> an application for a licence to import the like goods for stock replacement. Applications will also be entertained for licences to import articles to be incorporated as parts or components in goods for export. 3. The Department are now prepared to consider applications for licences to import United Kingdom tissues returned after embroidery abroad, p rovided that the process of embroidery to which the tissues h ave been subjected does not otherwise change their form or character.

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Import Licensing Department, Board of Trade, 25, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.2. MINISTRY 0]' AGRJ,C.ULTURE ANNOUNCEM§NT.

FOOT-.M.1'Jl-MOUTH D ISE..ASE IN~§.S~.

! The existence of foot-and-mouth disease was .

confirmed yesterday evening amongst ca ttle at ', East Herndon , Essex.

.An Order has been issued which is now in force, pr·ohibi ting the movement - except by licence - of all cattle, sheep, pigs, goats ani deer wit!1in approximately 15 miles of the infected ~ lace. The area subject to restrictions lies ~ holly in tha nounty of Essex. MINISTRY OF LABOUR & NATIONAL SERVICE

Press Notice

NOTES FOR THE INFORMATION OF 'L'HE PRESS • 6/1.1.40.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED ON T"rlE CLUB T.A...T-'ES OR BY BROADCAST OR IN A.."l'fY OTHER WAY BEFORE ..A N Ol!}i'I QLA.J~ A~i-3.JNCEiVlli"'NT- -fS--MADE ~OM THE PR IVY COUNCIL OFFICE ON M01JDAY NIGHT, 1ST ,J .AJ.'fJ .~B.Y-L 1940.

~.ATIO;y~L _SERVICE (ARMED FORCES) ACT: 1939·

1. Today, Monday, 1st January: 1940, a Proclarnati.m is to be signed by His Majesty the King under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. The Pruclamation directs that (vrith certain exceptions see paragraph 15 below) all male British subjects within Great Britain or entering Great Britain after today who are not aJ.re2.dy registered under the Act or under the l\1 ilitary Training Act anr'J. who, en the 1st January, 1940 had reached the age of 19 but had not reached the age of 28, are liable to be called up for service in the Armed Forces of the Crown.

2· This is the third Royal Proclamation to be made under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act and its effect is to extent the liability for military service to - (i) men of 1.9 years of= (but thes0 men will not be ::;alled up until they reach the age of 2r~ee 10:.ragraph ( 4)) ;

(ii) men who have reached the age of 20 since the 1st December, 1939 (the date of the last Proclamation made under the Act); and

(iii) men whose 2.ges ~n 1st January 1940 were 23, 24 1 25 , 26 and 27.

It is estimated t~1at the number of men made liable for service by the Proclamation is approaching two millions.

3. . The first two Proclamations under the Act were signed by His WJ.a.jesty the King on the 1st October and 1st December and the number of men registered under these Proc11mations was 230,000 and 240,000 respectively. In addition 240,000 men were rc:gistered under the :Military Training Act last June whose liability for training was superseded by a liability for service i;nder the provisions of the National Service (.Armed Forces) Act . The t0tal number of men who since the introduction of c ~'mpuJ.sory military service have been registered or have a liabilit~ to be called up for service now therefore reaches a total of between 2t and 24 millions. This is of course in aQdition to men who were members of the Regular, Reserve or Auxiliary F-.>rces before the oi.itbreak of war and those who have i::-ntered as '\"Olunteers since the war.

4. The registration of the men covered by the Proclamation signed today will not take place immedia tely, nor will all the men be required to register at the same time. The registration and calling up will follow a carefully worked-out plan and the speed at which it will take place will be regulated in the light »f the man-f:ivrer requirements of the U.iree fighting forces . It is contemplated that the men will be registered at intervals, and all those affected will be inforined by public aD.nouncements and by widespread publicity when a registration day for their particular age grJup is to take place. ~o action is therefore ~ired of the men covered by the ProGlamation until such announcements are made.

No change is contemplated in the present procedure of registering succ0ssive age-groups in an ascending scale. The first age-group to be registered in 1940 will, therefore, be those aged 23 on 1st January, 1940. Men who ha~re reached the age of 20 since 1st Dece~ber, 1939, or who reach the age of 20 during 1940 will also be registered at inte1"va1s throughout the year, but no person will be ~equired to register (and consequently will not be called µp for service) until f-e has at least reached the age of 20.

(6H5- 1420) Wt. 38887-5886 20,000 1!/39 T.I!. 677 5. The procedure for registration, medical exe.mination and calling up which is summarised in the following paragraphs, v;ill be substantially the same as on the pre,7 ious f'ccasions. Atte!1t:'..on is, hcvrever, particularly invited to •paragraphs 7 and 12 below.

The men rendered liable to be called up for service by virtue of the Proclamation will be rey_uired to register at Locci.l Offices of the Ministry of Labour and National Service C1n certain specified dr,tes due notice of which will be given later (see paragraph 4 above). Men vrho arc outside Great Brita in on the date which has been fixed for the regist:caticn of their particular 8.ge group will be required to register within seven days of tneir return to Great Britain. Men suffering from so;:ne permanent incapacity or men li•fing six miles or more from the nearest Ministry of Labour and National Service Office will be permitted to register by post¢ Men ::i.n the Mercantile Marine and Fishermen should preferably register at a Mercantile Marine Office instead '.)f at a Ministry of Labour and National Sel'vice Office. Men vrho for good cau.se, e.g. illness, fail to register on the dute fixed for their particular age group should register as soon as possible thereafter. .A:n.y man who without good cause fails to register on t 1e date specified renders himself' liable to a fine not exceeding £5. It should be particularly ncted in this connection that the fact that a man may come within the scope of the Schedule of' Reserved Occupations does not relieve him of his obligation to register under the Act, nor docs the Schedule, which is provisional and subject to review from time to time, affect in any vray a man 1 s liability u;1der the Act to be called up for service in the armed forces. The object of the Schedule is to indicate those men whom it is not at present proposed to call up (see paragraph 13 below) •

Men who have a preference for service in the or in the Royal may notify this fact either nrally or in vrriting at the time of registration.

7. Need for an accurate classification of men according to their occupations.

It is of considerable importance that when each man registers uuder the Act a correct note should be r.~de of' his precise occupation. This is essential not only for the purpose of applying accurately the Schedule of Reserved Occupations (see paragraph 13 'below) but also in arder to identify those men not reserved by the Schedule who can be employed in the Forces in a traQe capacity. Therefore both the men themselves and their employers are asked f'or information at the time of registration. There has been readiness to co~perate with the Ministry and the information obtained in this way is almost always reliable. Attention is however drawn to the fact that the Act provides for severe penalties for the giving of false information by or in respect of a man upon his registration under the Act.

The importande of establishing accurately and without delay the precise nature of a man's occupation in consultation ·with his employer will be fully appreciated when it is realised that once an enlistmen~ notice has been served on a man, representations to the effect that the man 1s occupation has been incorrectly entered in the Military Service Register do not constitute a valid reason for withdrawing the notice. Should a man change his cccupation subsequent to the date of his registration, he should notify the appropriate Local Office of the Ministry of his new occupation without delay, since once an enlistment notice has been issued it cannot be cancelled for reasons of this kind.

8. Medical Examination.

Men liable under the Act to be called up for service and re~~ired to submit themselves for medical examination will be summoned to attend for examination by means of written notices which will be sent to them by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. There are about 156 Medical Boards situated in convenient centres throughout Great Britain and the men will be allowed reasonable expenses and allowances for their attendance including compensation for loss of remunerative time. At least tvro clear days' notice will be given in all cases. Men will be informed of the medical category in which they are p1aced; immediately after the medical examination each man will be interviewed separately by a Servine representative for allocation, in the light of his qualifications, to a Service unit.

9. Postr.;onement of HahiEty_ to serve in the forces.

There is no povrer to exempt persons from their liability for service in the armed forces unlof>s they belong to certain specified classes exempted under the Act itself (see paragr.'aph 15); but a person vrh0 can show that exceptiona.l hardship would ensue if he vrere called up for service may apply for a postponement certificate. :Men wishing to postpone their liability for service are none -Che less required. to register on the appointed date and to submit themselves for medical examination when called upon. Application for a postponement certificate should be made not later than tvro days after the date of medical examination.

10. Military Serv:i.cs:__.@ardship) Corrm:i. t tees.

Where an application for a postponement certificate has not been granted by the Minister 9 it will be referred to a Military Service (Hardship) Committee. An applicant who is aggrieved by the determination of a Hardship Committee may, if the determinathn of the Committee is not unanimous or if permission so to do is given by the Cammi ttee, appeal wi"thi:i:J. 21 days to the Umpire whose decision is final. The Minister has the right of appeal in any case where he considers this to be desirable.

Men who have been examined by a Medical Board and who have reached the require-d standard of fitness wilJ. be called up for service by means of enlist­ ment notices which will be sent to them by the Ministry of Labour and National Service~ The enlistment notice will specify the date (which will be at least trree days from the date of service of the notice) on which the man is required to report at the appropriate Reception Depot& Travelling warrants will be supplied vrhere necessary. A man will be deemed to be entered or enlisted in the armed forces as from the date on which he is required to report for service -qntil the end of the present e:r.1ergency.

12, It sometj111es happeI'.s that when an enlistment notice has been sent to a roan requiring him to report to a unit he or his employer makes representations that the calling up should he postponed. It should be clearly understooa. that a man vrho has received an enlistment notice rrust comply with it, since he is legally enlfoted in the Forces from the day on which t :'. CJ notice requires him to report to his "'.lnit. Any failure to comply vrith an enlistment notice md any attempt by an errployer or any other person to rUssuade a man from complying with the notice is thus a very serious matter. An enlistment notice can be vlithdrawn only if it has been issued in error.

13. !Pp1ication of the Schedule of Rese.nred Occu:eations.

In calling men up for service regard will be ha.i to the Schedule of Reserved Occupations a11d men who are of or above the age of reservation for their particular occupation are not in general being summoned for medical examination or being called up for service in the armed forces. A man 1 s age on the reg:i.stration date for his age group vvill be regarded as his age in applying the Schedule of Reserved Occupations to his case.

14. .QC".nscientious Objectors.

A conscientious objector must apply to be registered on the appointed day at a Ministry of Labour and National S0rvicc Office like e.ny other man, but he ma.y at the saJne time make application to be placed on the Register of Conscientious Objectors. He will then be provi::d.oJ:]:allv registere~ in that Register and vlill be required to rtake application within fourteen days to a Local Tribunal constitu:ted under the Act. Failure to mci.ke application f.;o the Tribun::i.l within the pre.scribed. period renders a man liable to have his naioe removed from the Register of Conscientious Objectors. 15. Classes of .:e.sr~ons not subject. to the Act.

No person is liable ta be called up for servicG or to register und.er the Act who is:-

(a) a person not ordinarily resident in Great Britain who is uno.er the provisi-::ms of any Act in force in a.ny part of His Majesty's G.ominions outside Great Britain, a national or citizen of that part within the meaning of that Act, or is a :person born or domiciled in any such part of His Majesty's dominions or in a British protectorate, a mandated territory or any other country or tm:ri tory being a country vr territory under His Majesty's protection or suzerainty;

(b) a person employed in the service of the Gove:::'nment of a part of His Majesty's dominionR outside Great Britain or in the service of the Government of a British protectorateg mandated territory or some other country nr territory which is under His Majesty 1 s protection or suzerainty, provided tha.t his presence in Great Britain is due entirely to his employment in that service;

(c) a meniber of any of the armed :'orces of the Crovm;

( d) undergoing training as a cadet at the Royal Military Acade1ey, Royal Military College or the F.oyal Air Force College;

(e) a man in holy orders or a regular minister of any religbus denomination;

( f) the subject of an Order of Inquisition under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts, 1890 to 1930, or is being detained in pursuance of

Section 25 of the Lunacy Act, 18901 or as a criminal lunatic or in purauance of an order na.de under the Criminal Lunatics Act, 1884, or is undergoing treatment as a temporary patient under Secticn 5 of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930, or is a person placed in an ins ti tut ion or a certified house or under guardianship under Section 3 of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, or is the subject of an order under Section 6, 8 or 9 of thnt Act or is under supervision provided under paragraph (b) of Section 30 of tha~ Act or is an inrw.t<-1 of a hon:e ar.-provod under Section 50 of that Act or is the aubject of notificr•tion under sub­ section (~) of Section 51 of that Act;

(g) the subject of an order or warrant for his detention or custody under the Lunacy (Scotland) Acts, 1857 to 1919, or is being entertained and kept in an asylum in pursuance of Section 15 of the LU.tlacy (Scotland) Act, 1866, or is a person for whose safe custody during His Majesty's pleasure His Majesty is authorised to give order or is a prisoner whom the Secretary of State or the Prisons Department for Scotland has, in pursuance of any Act, directed to be removed to a criminal lunatic asylum or to the criminal lunatic department of Perth prison or to an asylum, or is a person placed in an institution or a certified house or under guardianship under Section 4 of the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1914, or is the subject of an order under Section 7, 9 or 10 of that Act, or

(h) certified by a local authority as defined by the Blind Persons Acts, 1920 and 1938, to be registered as a blind person under arrangements made by the authority under these Acts.

H.Q.1-600 A.J. 4. No. 7 - .1/1/40. PRESS NOTICE. Sinkings du.e to Enemy Action for week December 24th - 30th. (inclusive).

No 1• Tonnage.

British 3 3056 Neutral 2 1643

Tota.l 5 469-9

B~i~ish Sinkings. De()ember 25th. STANHOLME 2473 It. 28th. • BARBARA ROBERTSON 325 2'9thl, RESER CHO 258

Neutral Sinking~ •. December 25th. Norwegian. LAPP EN 563 II 28th Danish. HANNE 1080

The Norwegian TORWOOD, 254 tons, was sunk on Decembe~ 26th, but until further d.etails are available is not to be considered

as a war loss, The Italian COMITAS, 3482'· tons, sunk on December 22nd_, should be added to the previous week's totals, The return for the Entrances and C'learances from December 1 ·1th to 20th inolusive is as f ollows:-

No. of vessel~ Gross tonnage .•

1454 :3 '648.,000

NOTES: -

~1 : ) This is an increase of 30fo in tonnage over the figures for the first ten days of December. (2) The total tonnage lost during the last week is little more than 1/5 of the total tonnage lost in the previous week, (3) On December 26th the German GLUCKSBURG, 2680 tons, was intercepted by a British warship and beached herself 2 miles south of Chipiona Light, Spain. She has since broken up.

ADMIRALTY, S. vV.1. 1 Jan, 1940. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 1/1/40 - No .·8

UNFOUNDED REPORT OF AIR RAID WARNING.

The Air Ministry announces: - Reports that aircraft heard flying off the coast caused an air raid warning to be sounded on t.he East Coast late last night are without ~oundation-.

No air raid warning was given ..

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AIR RAIDER SHOT DOWN IN SEA

The Air Ministry announces:-

An aircraft of Co ~s tal Command on over the North Sea today shot down a German aircraft.

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From .A ir .Aff'airs. l/l/4G o o •• o o o .... o Noo lOo

JIVI_P..91.IT.....11_CE!i§J!:J G DEPARTMENT.

~OTICE TO IMPORTERS NO,, 28

TOf?~C_QQ

Under the Import of Goods (Prohibition) (Nool3) Order, 1939, tobacco, whether manufactured or not 9 and snuff, are added to the list of goods the importation of vrhich is prohibited except under licence issued by the Board of Trade" The Order will come into force on the 1st January, 1940, but goods of kinds covered by the Order which are proved to the satisfaction of the Customs authorities to have been despatched to the United Kingdom before that date will not require a licenceo Importers are wai"'ned that they should not arrange for any 9ther goods of kinds covered by the Order to be sent forvvard to this country until the0r have obtained a licence,, Applications for import licences should be addressed to the

Import Licensing Department~. 25 9 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, WeCo2o Forms on which the applications should be made are obtainable from the Import Licensing Department or from the

Offices of H~Mo Collectors of Customs and Excise. Until further notice no licences will be issued for the importation from foreign countries of manufactured tobacco or of snuffo ------000------

Import Licensing Depart ment, Board of Trade, 25, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, WaCa2o 1/1/40 - No.11.

J OI NT OFFICIAL COMM UNI QUE BY ADMI RALTY AND AIR MI NISTRY.

Hostile aircraft were sighted over the Shetlands this morning and two bombs were dropped. There were no hits on H. M. ships and no casualties. Fighter and anti-aircraft guns were in action and it is believed that one German aircraft was brought down. 1/1/400 - No. 120

Fqr Tuesday morning's pa£erso Not to be broadcast

in this coun~-~-1?...~-~--8 aomo January 2nd.

SULT.@;T_'._8_JJ~W YE.AR GIFT.

The Sul tan of Lahe j, to marl~ the New Year, has given 13,500 rupees (about £1,000) as a contribution to Imperial funds for use at the discretion of the King, This generous gift has been gratefully accepted and the IUng has directed that the money be passed to the Treasury to aid in the prosecution of the Viar. His Majesty has suitably aclmowledged the loyal and sincere message of friendship with which the Sultan accompanied the gift. Sir Abdul Karim Fadhl succeeded to the Sultancy in 1915. He has proved himself an astute and capable ruler who has considerable influence over other Protectorate Chiefs.

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EMPIRE AFFAIRS NOT FOR PUBLICATI ON OR BROADCAST 1/1/40 - No.13. BEFORE JANUARY 2nd.

REPORT ON FEDERATED MALAY STATES.

The sex ratio for the Federated Malay States · as

a whole (PERAK, SELANGOR 9 NEGRI SEMBILAN AND PAHANG), it is revealed in the Annual Report published to-day by the Stationery Office (No.1924. Price 2/6), is 139 males to 100 females. The total population is a little over 2,000,000, and consists principally of Malays, Chinese, and Indians.

EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 1/1/40 - _l{o .• -1.~: · N011 POR PUBLICATION OR BlfQ} ~_P.Cj\ ST B~FORE J AN: 21).d

ATTRACTIONS OF GRENADA.

'rhe beautif'ul island of Grenada, which lies 90 miles north of ·l'rinidad, was f'irst discovered by Colombus in 1498, but recently, according to the Annual Report published to-day by the St ationery (Of'fice No. 1923 Price 9d) less hardy txiavellers have been rediscovering its charms. Last year more ships than ever before on cruises in the '!est Indies made calls to discharge passengers who revelled in the island's long sea beaches, and f'ound that, no matter what vras the time of year, they could play golf' and tennis. The efforts of' the Government to attract the tourist obviously met with considerable success.

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Emnire Affairs. ~ -·------M1JJIS~ 3X .. OF -~9 .R ~QQl{i'Ug.£1_.cj.;j~iQ.UN QB l'!l.~t[ .1.:. ~con~0l.,;.!~~. h~£~~--~~.::.£J:D.B..:. E~~P.1::Qg __b!.'!_Ji;;t:~_ 0fl . '.1'.h~ __g§~J:2g§ .!. The work of the farm can only b e satisfacto rily done by t he horses i f t hey are giwe11 suff'i c:ie11t food, but now that livestock rfatio11s r:ms t be made to g o as far as possi b l e , i t i s irnpo rt a nt th.at a eheck be kep t on horse ft;edi ng . I f t hey 3r•e given mo r e than they req_uire , tnere wi l l be that much l ess food avo.ilable for o t rier farm stock.

A new "Gr owmore 11 leaflet from the Mini s try o f J\gricu1 tuoc·e , l'~o . 12. , 11 :E;conorny In Horse Feedi ng " contai ns s ome us0ful ~1ints 0~1 t :1 is subject. Single copies art: obtai nable free 0~ apJlication to t he ~ inistry of Agriculture , 10, 1J'fhj_tel1&ll ~;lac-e, S.Y!. 1 . S:.m1p l e rations, some i ncl udi ng o a.ts CJ.11d othe:cs witi1 ou t oats , ar>e include d .

l:3riefly, t he horse must be fed according to i ts vre i gnt, ti1e c...r1ou11 t of v,orii::: se t for it, and the rate at which t h i s work i s 0.011e . Gen0rally s~Jeaking, the heavier the horse 2.nd the slower t he re. te of r1or·k i11g , the gr-eater may be the pre.portion of bulky fc dcier (green stuff , hay, straw , chaff and roots) in the rc:..tion and the less the 'Jr•oporti on of ccncentrated food .

Idle horses, or t hose on very ligi1 t work, requi re no corn or concentrated f o od . under preserit conditions such animals shoulG. be f e d entirely on grass and only in \'lin t er, if a t all, g i v en hay or str&v1 . Occasionally , when t he weather is v e ry severe , t hey may be g i ven a littl e br&n or' middlings. NO'T' FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE 9.30 P.M.TODAY. 1 • 1 • 40 No.16.

Advance Copy of Broadcast talk by SIR JOHN BOYD ORR On "The People's Food in War-time" in the B.B.C. Home Service programme at 9.15 this (Monday) evening.

iMem. to Sub-Editors: As this script is being issued in advance, it is necessary to check it against the actual broadcast on 391, 449 or 342 metres.)

Napoleon said "An army marches on its stomach" He meant, unless are well fed they lose the courage and powers of endurance needed for victory. What Nap0leon said about an Army applies today to the whole natj_on because the whole nation is at war. It is the nation the enemy is attacking. He is sinking our ships and trying to cut off our food supply. He threatens us with air-raids. He tries to destroy our morale by lying propaganda. He knows that if he can undermine our courage and will to victory, he will defeat us. This will continue to be a war of nerves. Nerves depend upon health and health depends upon food, Unless we are well fed we won't have the stamina and will power we need to carry us through to victory. We are a better fed nation and a healthier nation today than we were at the beginning of the last war. The health value of our diet depends upon the amount of the "protective" foods we eat, that is, the natural foods, such as milk, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, and eggs. Now, the consumption of these "protective" foods is about 50 per cent. higher today than it was in 1914. If we have to draw in our belts we have more to come and go on than we had at the beginning of the last war . I hope it will not be necessary to draw in our belts. I believe that if we produce the maximum amount of the right kind of food within our own shores and if every family will play its part on the food defence front, we shall continue to have as healthy a diet during the war as we had in peace-time.

/Let us - 2 - Let us look at our home resources of health foods. I shall take milk first. Everybody knows it is by far the most important of our "protective" foods. The consumption of milk has increased in this country in the last six years by nearly 20 per cent. But we have still a great surplus of liquid milk going for manufacturing purposes. We are producing so much milk that we could drink 20 per cent more even in winter­ time. 't'f e want to put that surplus liquid milk where it will do most good. Far too little milk is being drunk by working-class families with children. Let these people get the surplus milk at the same price as it is being sold to the factories, so that they can get as much as well-to-do families. Even though we increase consumption by 20 per cent. , there i.vould still be a surplus of liquid milk. This should be made into butter, and the separated milk, which is almost as good for school-children as whole milk, should be made available to the poor at the low price at which it is sold to the factories. If the object of our food policy in war is to maintain the health and stamina of the whole nation, this is possibly the most important measure we could take. After milk the food of next importance for health is vegetables. These are rich in the vitamins and the minerals which are lacking in many family diets. We ought to eat twice the quantity of vegetables we do. Besides, there is more actual food in an acre of some vegetables than in an acre of wheat. I hope, therefore, that our agricultural policy will increase production of vegetables, and that our canning factories will be running to full capacity next summer building up a store of canned vegetables and fruit for the winter. Of other home-produced foods, the most important is the potato. It is one of our "protective" foods. It is the main source of one of our vitamins. In this country, we only eat, on the average, about 4 pounds of potatoes a week. In some other countries, the consumption of potatoes is t wice as high. We should be much healthier if we ate more hom­ produced potatoes and less white bread made from imported flour. Some women are afraid to eat potatoes because they think they are fattening. This is perfect nonsense. one pound of bread and butter is more fattening than 4 pounds of potatoes. If you think you' re too fat,, cut out the bread and butter and eat potatoes and vegetables. In a time of threatened food shortage, the potato is by far the most important crop, because, in addition to its special health value, it gives the highest y~~ld of food per acre. An acre of potatoes gives twice as much food as an acre of wheat. We can produce all the potatoes we want. I hope that production will be increased by at least fifty per cent.

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Now I am going to speak about another home-produced food whose health value is not half appreciated because it's so cheap. That's oatmeal. There is a vitamin called Bi which is believed to be of special value in keeping the digestive tract and the nervous system healthy. Some food products a re advertised and sold a t a high price because they are rich in B1. Well, there is more of this vitamin in oatmeal than in almost any other common food~ Oatmeal is far richer even than wholemeal breado In addition to being rich in this vitamin, oatmeal conta·ins more vitamin A than white bread, three times as much lime salts and six times as much f a t. So you see there is more nourishment in oatmeal than in white bread. Porridge and milk are better for you than bacon and eggs. They a re far cheaper and they have the further advantage tha t both of them are a hundred per cent, home-pi... oduced, whereas bacon and eggs are l argely imported.

I have mentioned only four foods, milk , vegetables, potatoes, and oatmeal. We can produce plenty of these for the whole population. If we have enough of them, we shall have all the vitamins and minerals we nee:d for health and we can make up the re.s t of our diet from whatever we like or from whatever we can get, But we like a little variety in our diet. Woll, we.have lots of -other home-produced foods, such as fruit·,; barley, peas and bea ns and beet sugar, and even if the imports of feeding stuffs for animals were cut off~ we should still have the whole of our home-produced mutton and beef o These are both produced mainly on grass. But pigs and poultry a re fed mainly on imported grains. If these were entirely cut off, then the production of eggs and bacon would be considerably reducedo So you see tha t though the worst carreto the worst and our imports of fOod and of fee·dingstuffs were r·educed to a minimum, we could still have a diet containing everything we need for health and va ried enough to suit different tasteso There are two foods we must continue to import: wheat for bread, and fat for making margarine and other purposes, Fortunately, Canada has had a bumper wheat harvest: she has twice as much as the whole of ~German~~ So we. can get plenty wheat by the shortest and safest sea route. Fat is all-important in war, but the Ministry of Food has ha d the foresight to build up an enormous store of fat. It deserves great credit for this. So we could cut down our imports to wheat and f a t, which would only be a mere fraction of the total imports in peace-time, and still have a national diet which would.' keep everybody healthy and physically fit.

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Of course we 'l/Vould be sho1"t of some of our luxury foods. Already there is a shortage of butter and bacon because the Baltic supplies are out offo But if we have plenty of the home-produced health foods, butter and bacon ar e luxurieso In war-time we should not worry too much about luxuries. We should concentrate upon the necessities of lifeo It would be a national crime if we spent· money and effort in providing luxuries before we had made certain that every family in the country had a sufficient amount of the basic foodstuffs needed for hffiltho If we have plenty of these, I wou :::.dln' t risk the life of a single sailor trying to get butter and bacon through the mine-fields and past the U-boats in the North Sea. Some people put an exaggerated i mportance on butter. If we have p lenty .. milk and plenty vi taminised margarine, butter doesn't matter mucho There are thousands of' households in this country which never use butter and will not be able to buy any even though they have the couponso If' there is going to be a permanent shortage of' butter, the best t hing to do wo uld be to mix the butter and margarine and sell it a t the present low price of margarinea Then the millionaire's family and the 's family would share and share alikee That would strengthen the spirit of common sacrifice and national unity which we need to win the war. Now I have been speaking about what the country as a whole should

do 0 Let us consider ne-xt how every family can help the Government in its terrlbly difficult task of providing us with all the foods we needo Every f'amily with a garden must grow as many vegetables as it can and every fami ~y which has not a iarge garden must try to get an a llotmento Even families in the crow-led parts of' our cities must grow s ome food., Some vage;tables, such as parsley and lettuce, can be grown in window boxes or even in large flower potso If every family grows some vegetables, even though it is only what can be grown in a. box, the total will make an i mportant contribution to the nmtional food supply~

I I 8.'Ill •••• - 5 - I am going to make another suggestion. There is a certa in ainount of waste in vegetables and a cer t a in amount of kitchen wnste in every house. Fmailies with a llotments or gardens could k ee ~_) a few hens or two or three r abbi ts and feed them on this r ef us e which would be otherwise lost. There is enough vegeta tion going to waste on the roadsides of this country to feed millions of ·t; D.me r abbi ts during the summer and autumn. Hany peop le living in the country or in the outskirts of our towns could keep a goet t a nc1 :L oed it on roadside vegetation and so add to our milk supply. By these me ans we can increase the na tional food supply. And think of the advantage in war-time, with a possible scnrcity and high prices, of having a few eggs from your own flock Gnd an ooc :~ sion a l chicken or r abbit for the pot without needing to bother about a coupon. Committees of allotment-holders should begin now to 1·11ake arrangements for the supply of chickens and young rabbi ts to bo ready for the spring. In this war, food is as important as armaments. rie must see thet t every person has enough food to keep him healthy, for without health we cannot have the cheerfulness, the courage, and the endurance we need for victory. We must, therefore, produce the m L~:x hmm amount of the right kind of food within our onn shores, and every f run ily must t o.kc its p l ace in the front lino of food de:i:o nce and help the Goverrunent to ma intnin the high standard of diet we had in :p eace-timeo If we have a united nationnl effort on those lines, by next summer we might have an abundancG of home­ produoed foods. Our food position might be so safe thnt there woul d be no need for r ationingo

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GIFTS FOR THE ARMY

The War Office announces that gifts for the overseas and at home are still needed and can be sent for the present to the Officer-in-charge 9 Army Comforts Depot, St. Mary's Butts, Reading. Parcels for named individuals or named units should, however, be posted not through this channel but in the normal manner through any post office ..

WAR OFPICE, \VHITEHALJ_,, S. H. 1. ------0 ,0------1/1/40 •••• ., • • No. 180

EXTENSION OF NAVICERT SYSTEM

The Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania and Turkey have been added to the list of consignee countries for which the Navicert system is available. Navicerts are now being issued by HoM. Representatives in the United States of America~ Brazil, Argentine and Uruguay for exports from those countries to the following countries in

Europe : Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark 9 Estonia 9 Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Yugoslavia.

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MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT . THE RETAIL PRICE OF MILK .

To remove any doubts that may have arisen, the Ministry of Food wish to make it quite clear that arrangements have been made for the issue of temporary payments to the various Milk Marketing Boards in Great Britain in order to avoid any increase in the retail price of mi l k and on the condition that there should be no such increase. For the month of January, 1940, therefore, the retail price of milk in any district of Great Britain must not e~ceed the price chRrged in the month of January, 1939.

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MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT.

RATIONING BEGINS ON MONDAY NEXT.

1 Shopping.

By Monday, January 8th, everyone holding a general or child's ration book should have registered with a retailev for bacon and ham, butter, sugar and meat. Meat rationing will not begin at once, but you must register for meat now. After Monday, you will not be able to buy bacon and ham, butter or sugar, unless you have registered, or unless you hold a traveller's ration book, a leave or duty ration card, or an emergency card, in which case you are not required to register, Take your ration book or card with you when you go shopping. The shopkeeper cannot serve you with the rationed foods unless you hand him your ration book or card and allow him to detach the proper coupons. Do not detach the coupons yourself'. You can, if you wish, purchase your bacon or ham

ration of 4 ozs. in two portions of 2 oz~ each, on different days, surrendering a half coupon on each occasion. The

ration of' butter (4 o.zs.) and of sugar ( 12 oz~) cannot be purchased in parts. If you wish, you can allow your retailer to detach from a general or child's ration book the whole page of coupons for bacon and ham, butter or sugar and to keep it. In this case he must write 11 page deposited", the number of the page and the date beneath his name and address on the inside of the cover. He will then clip one coupon from the page every week, when you make your purchase.

1st January, 1940 1/1/40 - No. 21.

CANADIAN CONTINGENT CELEBRATES THE NEW YEAR. GREETINGS FROM MR. MACKENZIE KING.

The second contingent of Canadian Troops which has arrived in this country were well received at their camp both by their own countrymen, including Hamilton Gault, who had already arrived and was there to greet his old Regiment - Princess Pat's - and British Military bands,

includi~g that of Kneller Hall. The New Year was taken in with gusto, the bands providing · entertainment until nearly midnight. Their playing was followed by a religious service held by the Senior Chaplian to the Forces. It was attended by the Commanding Officer, -General McNaughton, and Pearkes and Colonel C.B. Price. The Old Year passed out to the notes of the Last Post, and Reveille welcomed the New. Major-General McNaughton then read New Year greetings from the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King, and Mr •. Norman Rogers, the Minister of National Defence. New Year's Day itself was celebrated at the Canadian Camp

~1\~ an enthusiasm comparable only to that of the Scots.

EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 1/1/40 - No. 22.

FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNI QUE (Evening).

Paris. Monday January 1, 1940.

The following official communi que was issued this evening from French G.H. Q. : -

· A quiet day on the whole. An enemy detachment attempted a r aid on one of our posts west of the Vosges which was repulsed. ·· AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 1/1/40 No~ 23

GI~RIVIAN RAIDER SHOT DOWN OFF SCOTLAND

The Air 1Ainistry makes the following announcement in con­ tinuation of the bulletin issued earlier today relating to the shooting dovm. of a German raider by a Coastal Command aircraft: Coastal Command pilots of the scored a swift and decisive victory today in one of the first aerial combats of the New Yearo During the forenoon, 130 miles out to sea, off the East Coast of Scotland~ three British aircraft encountered two twin-engined Hejnkel aircrafto They engaged the enemy at once and a running fight lasting half an hour ensuedo The enerny aircraft were flying abreast, 1000 feet up, wh@n sightedu One British aircraft singled out the right-hand Heinlcel, which, befo2e its pilot could manoeuvre out of the angle of fire, was hit in the fuselage, engines and wings many times~ Shortly afterwards the port engine and both wings were a mass of flames, and the enemy aircraft was seen to dive into the sea, out of control. As it neared the water one of its crew jumped, using his 1Jara­ chute to escape the burning wreck. Apparently the parachutist was unsuccessful" "He dropped to the , sea and disappeared" reported the pilot of a third Coastal Gomrnand aircraft which had held a watching brief over

11 the combat e He was not seen again°. The other Heinkel, which was attacket; by our other two aircraft, did not escape scot-free? As its companion crashed, it turned away, and having been ex1Josed to the concentrated fire of its attackers, succeeded in making its escape into the clouds. Nothing more was seen of the enemy, and the British pilots resumed their patrol.

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