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... questions may care to ask about our own country. nun Women’s Land Army I understand that an organisation has been set at the Ministry of Agriculture Whitehall for the formation of Women's Land Army, for which the first appeal for recruits will he made the ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 256 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HAD FOUGHT AGAINST SITTING BULL

... the youngest recruit in the U.S. Army, a stable-lad to the General commanding Fort Brule. When Sitting Bull and his braves became restless the Fort Brule section of the Army set out to drive the Indians to the Bad Lands. But they were attacked by the ...

Published: Saturday 18 February 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 672 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WOMEN’S LAND ARMY TO BE RECRUITED

... WOMEN’S LAND ARMY TO BE RECRUITED Farm Work as Full-Time War Occupation IT has been decided to recruit in peace time a Women’s Land Army, the members of which will be ready to take up farm work as a full-time occupation in time war. This announcement ...

Published: Friday 14 April 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1142 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Gossi

... highest possible state of preparedness should war occur was made clear to me to-day by a man whose job it is to travel about the land from headquarters at Whitehall. He never gives details when he is persuaded to talk about his travels as these journeys takes ...

Published: Tuesday 23 May 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 755 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NO SERVICES WEEK

... meeting of the Territorial Army Rifle .Association, but the King’s Prize will have a double attraction for the * Terriers,” for the Territorial compiling the highest aggregate in that competition will win the Territorial Army King’s Medal. Schoolboy marksmen ...

Published: Wednesday 07 June 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 411 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Gossip

... of Parliament have oeen so great.y impressed, as tne lesuit of tneir visits to re-armament lactones, military aerodromes and Army demonstrations, with the new strength of Britain that they are advocating that the Government should be less reticent on this ...

Published: Tuesday 13 June 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1454 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MISS GRACIE FIELDS

... going on as well as can Ire expected, it was stated to-day. LAND ARMY APPEAL TO WOMEN Minister and Help Tarmers Farmers are willing to give training their farms to members of the Women’s Land Army, and volunteers are being asked to give up their holidays ...

Published: Friday 23 June 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 379 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

To-night’s Gossip

... given to recruiting is impressive. Women in particular have offered their services'in large numbers. I am told that the Woman’s Land Army promises to be one of the most popular services. Cynics are saying that the style of dress is the secret of its popularity ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1121 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LIKELY TO CONTINUE

... the Polish Army in interview appearing in the army newspaper “Polska Zbrojna,’’ today. General Ironside, who left Warsaw yesterday after his official visit to Poland, is quoted as saying:— must congratulate the Polish army and the Polish army chiefs unon ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1274 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

s Gossip

... excursions of a hectic, crisis-ridden life, it is change, and almost a relief, talk about th e regular army. This is apropos the opening of a regular army recruiting office in Scunthorpe, now a feature of Oswald-road, for the other day I went on conducted ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1096 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SUGGEST MANOEUVRES SINCE WAR ABOUT TO START

... SUGGEST MANOEUVRES SINCE WAR ABOUT TO START All Ranks Will be hi the Know TDEITAIN'S land army of khakiclad men and petrol-driven fighting machines is concentrating on various home fronts ready for action. The annual period of make-believe battles has ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 1208 | Page: 3 | Tags: none