CIVIL DEFENCES.
PROSPECT OF AN EARLY CALL.
MORE PRECAUTIONS IN BRITAIN.
(United Press Association-Copyright' LONDON, May 31.
The Minister for Home Security (Sir John Anderson) announced: “There is every prospect of an early call on the civil defences. Services should be fully manned in readiness.
“Members of Air Raid Precautions, auxiliary fire and auxiliary police services should remain at their posts unless specially released by their commanders.”
The Minister for Transport (Sir John Reit-h) announced that the highway authorities had begun removing signposts and direction indicators, which would be valuable to the enemy in the event of an invasion.
The London County Council is opening 400 schools on Saturday and 'Sunday for the registration of children for evacuation from east coast areas.. The authorities have set June 11 as the limit ior householders to erect steel air-raid shelters. Failure will involve them in substantial penalties.
The Eastern Civil Defence Commissioner has asked golf clubs to dig up their fairways to prevent the landing of troop transport aeroplanes.
Munition firms and other factories are arming their employees, who are being trained to use rifles and machine* guns in defence of their own factories. —British Official "Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 200, 1 June 1940, Page 6
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