WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
NORWEGIAN SCHOOLS.
[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.
COPENHAGEN, March 17.
The radio says that the Germans have substituted German as the second language to be taught in elementary. schools in Norway* Hitherto, the second language has been English.
AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN.
LISBON, March 16.
Colonel Donovan (U.S.A, special Envoy) has left for America. He departed after having an interview with Sii’ Samuel Hoare (British Ambassador at Madrid). A. couple of days ago Sir Samuel Hoare arrived here. It is understood that he has visited Lisbon to discuss supplies to Spain, Portugal, and unoccupied France.
ARMY TRAINING
(Recd. March 18, Noon).
LONDON, March 17.
With suitable parade. grounds, British infantry battalions will run and march barefooted, this Summer, as part of the army technique for making the Tommy the toughest soldier in the world. The “Evening News” says that the training will include living only on iron rations for 24 hours, tramping 30 miles across the roughest country on dark nights, and sleeping on the hard ground for only two or three hours between marches.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1941, Page 7
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