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THAW SETS IN ON WESTERN FRONT 1 A Quiet Day on the Whole JUNIOR AIR MINISTER ? Captain Balfour in France VISIT ..

... Reynonds and Cammell , both Royal Engineer officers . Camouflage is another of the Royal Engineers units and this art of concealing concealment becomes increasingly important in a war of fixed position anrTintensive air observation . Attached to the B . ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1537 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EDINBURGH EXCHANGE BRITISH FUNDS REACT Edixburgh , Wednesday . —An / irregular tendency prevailed to-day with a ..

... 65 J 6-63 j 6 . Sni > Nigel , 9 15-16-10 1-16 . Royal fintch . 34 ' 7-16-S 4 9-16 . Trinidad Leaseholds . 75 / 5-74 / 3 : Mr William Johk M'Aiiece , who for thirty years was sports editor of the Observer , died in a London nursing home on Tuesday in his ...

Published: Thursday 11 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 2631 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

F DONATIONS

... Bo'ness , per Miss E . Snmncl . £ S 4 6 s Collected in St Andrews , per Town-Clerk . S 78 Is 2 d . Proportion of Collection in Royal Burgh ol Lanark per ex-Provost Steel . £ 68 12 s . Collections in Burgh ol Loannead , per lAjanhcad H « Cross Committee £ 57 ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4590 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONVICT GIVES EVIDENCE * His Sales for Mushroom Firm ALLEGED CONSPIRACY Agriculture FORMER FIFE FARMER AFFAIRS ..

... Comforts Fund . Scheme in September , thousands ol garments have laeen sent to squadrons both at home and overseasincluding Observer Corps and balloon barrage units . Gifts have been numerous from W . R . I . s , Ckuren work parties , dramatic clubs , and R ...

Published: Tuesday 16 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1104 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

R.A.F. COMFORTS °* MORE GIFTS WANTED BY EDINBURGH ORGANISATION

... EDINBURGH ORGANISATION Since the inception of the Royal Air Force Comforts Fund Scheme in ‘September, thousands of garments have ‘been sent to squadrons both at home ‘and overseas, including Observer Corps and balloon barrage units. % Gifts have been numerous ...

Published: Tuesday 16 January 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MEN AND AFFAIRS A Scotsman ' s Log

... in the last war . By December 1915 , after serving in the trenches at Ypres , he was one of the observers over the enemy lines in the Royal Flying Corps , In April 1918 he was shot down behind the German lines by von Richthof en , who sent his orderly ...

Published: Monday 22 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1996 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

» FIFTY YEARS AGO Extracts from the *° Edinburgh Evening

... together. Observations were taken at various points, and officials afterwards expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied with the results. The funeral of Lord Napier of Magdala took place to St Paul’s Cathedral. The processiop Wwas headed by a corps of the ...

Published: Monday 22 January 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

REGULAR OBSERVATIONS

... REGULAR OBSERVATIONS Since long before the war started, officers of the Royal Air Force have been observing black-out conditions from the air. But not until the war started were they able to be certain. just what the effect of the black-out would be. ...

Published: Tuesday 23 January 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Woman ' s Outlook ' COMFORTS FOR FLYING MEN ' . ' ¦ ;• ' . - ' . . ' .. ' ' ——— v : ' - — - ; _ ¦ . ., . ; ..

... unit connected with the'Royal Air . Force , in Scotland , and Lady Watson says-that ; the field is not nearly' covered yet . The last request-that came in > vas for warm pullovers for the gunners . There , are the : Observer Corps 1 to be rememberedas well ...

Published: Wednesday 31 January 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1281 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

FOTERAL OF LORD ¦ V-wfeipsitoiR . ¦ ' ¦ f——Canada ' s Solemn Farewell to Governor-General MINISTER'S TRIBUTE

... bands of the Foot Guards and the Royal Canadian Air Force playing the dead march . A black motor hearse transported the body from the Parliament Buildings . Troops wijre drawn up in the square in frontwith members of the Royal Canadian Air 1 Force and the ...

Published: Thursday 15 February 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1317 | Page: 6 | Tags: none