WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 January 1944, Page 5

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

SEASICKNESS REMEDY

LONDON. January 21

The drug hyoscine. which is used in childbirth to produce twilight sleepn prevented seasickness in 73 per "cent, of the soldiers who participated in experiments off the British coast, reports .“The Lancet.” Prevcntatives selected from a large assortment available to travellers had practically no effect. Subsequent tests, .showed that hyocine had no obvious effect on the men’s physical performance, vision or shooting ability.

MILL.I ON AIRE’S BEQ UESTS

! LONDON, January 2C. j Captain Michael Wills, Coldstream' i Guards, a member of the famous to- < bacco family, who died last March lon war service, left .£1,079,000. He ' bequeathed £lO.OOO each to five oi ; his friends, provided he reached the I age of 25-—-the age whereat he came • into his fortune. He was 27 when ‘he died. i ’ TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. NEW YORK, January 21. i A Swedish Y.M.C.A. official who i recently inspected a number of war prisoners' camps in Germany told the | Press that the'Germans appeared to ibo upholding the Geneva Convert-• j lion. The men received adequate I food, ample opportunity for snorts

; and study, religious services and enj terlainment. The officers’ camps ! rely mainly on Red Cross parcels, which are so well prepared that the officers requested the Germans to limit provisions to bread, potatoes, and hoi water. The officers do not work, .although they would prefer to do so. Non-commissioned officers are engaged on road and farm work, building power stations. and other projects. • FRENCH MARTIAL LAW | (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. A. court-martial, composed nf three members, is being established ’ throughout France to deal with terrorists. Persons found guilty of murder will be executed immediately. Ail ordinary criminal law is suspended for such crimes. Joseph Darnard. Controller of Police ami other forces of order, will control the now courts. ' "