WOMEN VOLUNTEERS
AIR RAID MEASURES CALL FOR HALF MILLION ORGANISATION IN BRITAIN (Received June 17, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Juno 16 Plans for the recruiting of 500,000 women in an organisation to be called the Women's Voluntary Service, were announced to-night. The Dowager Marchioness of Reading is at the head of the-organisation, which will not bo officially associated with any of the defence forces, but will work in close cooperation with local authorities, Government departments and other women's organisations. Its main duties will *bo in connection with air raid precautions. Women between the' ages of 17 and 65 are being invited to volunteer, whether married or single. They will receive training in anti-gas and general air raid protective measures. There will bo no uniform and no attempt to copy a military type of organisation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23067, 18 June 1938, Page 15
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