INNKEEPER'S STAND
NO DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN RANKS
(Rec, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 19.
Because an English inn-keeper refused to discriininate between officers and private soldiers, army, , officers have "taken unofficial steps" to make his hotel out of bounds.
The publican, Mr. V. Hallam, licensee of the Swan Hotel, Alresford, near Colchester, hung up a notice declaring: "The proprietor of this inn' has not consented to exclude any member of .his Majesty's forces from tlie bar." An assistant. Provost Marshal told Mr. Hallam that certain other young officers had complained about having to be in company with other ranks, and asked that the lounge be set apart for officers.
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Evening Post, Issue 71, 20 September 1941, Page 10
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107INNKEEPER'S STAND Evening Post, Issue 71, 20 September 1941, Page 10
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