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EVENING DESPATCH THURSDAY 2 JUNE 1938 NA VY’S TW NEW BA TTLESHIPS SEVEN CRUISERS TWO battleships sever cruisers ..

... SERVICE Birmingham Now Has 3265 Auxiliaries It was reported at to-day’s meeting of Rirminzham Watch Committee that the enrolments auxiliary fire service now numbered 3265 made 2120 for active duties for duties 216 women 513 hoys and transport drivers Of ...

Published: Thursday 02 June 1938
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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2-Hour trip was part of their Service National Training

... Birmingham women have done another bit towards National Service. Soon many more 30cwt. lorries, controlled small feminine hands, will drive out from Broad-street, for Mr. Paul Bnnd, secretary of the Birmingbam National Service Committee, wants 4,000 women for ...

Published: Tuesday 07 February 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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CHEERS ALL THE WAY IN DRIVE WITH MUSSOLINI

... afternoon with Lord Halifax for his talks with Mussolini. The Italian capital had not been given a public holiday —but the women of Rome were there in their thousands to cheer on the man whom they regard as chiefly responsible for the averting of war. ...

Published: Wednesday 11 January 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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- ' 5 ' - - DESPATCH TUESDAY 25 MARCH 1930 ‘WHITE’ RUSSIAN LEADER BIRMINGHAM CHARITY DANCE BIRMINGHAM MP SCENE

... hypnotise older boys We shall protect the public and parents sending you to a home” WOMEN POLICE WANTED plea for the appointment of woman probation officer of women police was made by Mrs Smith member of Coventry City Council at a meeting of that authority ...

Published: Tuesday 25 March 1930
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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7 OF POST Valuable Tools Destroyed By Fire COURT CRITICISM OFFICE WAGES NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN EVENING DESPATCH ..

... ve' and Thursday and January AUXILIARY POSTMAN GETS LESS THAN DOLE “ALL he was 28s 2d week Is that fair wage for man with wife and two children?” asked a solicitor at Birmingham Police Court to-day defending an auxiliary postman charged with stealing ...

Published: Thursday 14 January 1937
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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BIG GROWMOREFOOD DRIVE ON BIRMINGHAM ALLOTMENTS

... near Clewers house, from which a light was shining, and shouted Lynch him.” Warders, assisted by police, Auxiliary Firemen and special war reserve police, took part in the intensive search. Mr. M. P. Pugh (prosecuting) said that late on 5 September residents ...

Published: Wednesday 13 September 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING DESPATCH WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1934 PARIS REACHES FEVER PITCH LATEST STAVISKY REVELATIONS RING FROM A DEAD ..

... lowered grave fell into the arms of a police inspector A number of police tried to comfort her and she drove back to her hotel- SCREAMING MOBS Paris Wednesday Screaming mobs attempted to storm the of Deputies last night police cordon with machine guns building ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1934
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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Airport:

... January, 45.070, made up as follow: A.R.P.‘and W.V.S., 21,613; police and auxiliary fire services, 6.717; St. John and Bed Cross, 2.274: Regular and Reserve forces, 2,774; T.A. and R.A.F. Auxiliary, 11,641; undistributed, WhitSUN DEPENDS ON IRELAND AN ANTI-CYCLONE ...

Published: Friday 26 May 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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THE ' JANUARY SALE he Ladies’ Coat Specialists HIGH STREET AND MARTINEAU STREET GMASPRIN SAFE 'Brand of Aspirin ..

... Commissioner Police and four Indian police officers has been placed the special European ward of Yeroda prison Poona GIVE YOUR LIVES!” Gandhi was given nalf-an-hour to prepare his belongings for his stay in prison and then in a fast police car driven to ...

Published: Monday 04 January 1932
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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“DESTRUCTION” wty Looked Like cattered Villages”: iders Were Beaten

... sang as they watched auxiliary fire brigade men put out incendiary bombs. Coventry. —No general A.R.P. scheme because of the large number of volunteers on holiday, but about 200 wardens with 250 special constables and regular police were on duty. Chatham ...

Published: Friday 11 August 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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Airport Theft Incident And Stories Said To Be Untrue

... information to the police. In one case, it was alleged, a total of hours had been wasted on inquiries by Warwickshire police. In addition, Birmingham, the whole of the Midlands and other areas had been affected. that what he had told the police \'as not true ...

Published: Thursday 20 April 1939
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING DESPATCH SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1937 ARAB SHOT DURING COMB-OUT SEARCH FOR SOLDIERS’ MURDERERS SECOND ..

... trial series of amazing by police a mass poisoning plot most tho victims of extraction number of the district led police investigation exhumations traces of poisoning found in several bodies Upset by Ice-cream elderly women who state Mrs eaten ice-cream ...

Published: Saturday 06 November 1937
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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