CANADIAN FORCES
ON WAR FOOTINC, EMERGEM Y POWERS TAKEN OTTAWA, Sept. 1. The military, naval, and air forces have been placed on an active service footing. The War Measures Act. of 1914, giving the Government extraordinary I emergency powers, has been pro- ! claimed. SALE OF MEAT BANNED IN ITALY ! Received Sept. 2. 5.5 p.m. ROME, Sept. 1. Cabinet has been summoned for <“ p.m. The Government has banned the sale of meat on Thursdays and Fridays throughout Italy. FOREIGN OFFICE INTERVIEW LONDON, Sept. 1. I The German Charge d’ Affaires < Herr Kordt) arrived at the Foreign Office at 10.45 a.m. He stayel a quarter of an hour and interviewed Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax. Sir Thomas Inskip (Dominions Secretary) was the next caller. The guard at Buckingham Palace was changed without ceremony. REINTRODUCTION OF THE IRON CROSS P.eceived Sept. 3. 10.5 p.m. BERLIN, Sept. 2. The radio announces that Herr Hitler has decreed the reintroduction of the bestowal of the Iron Cross and I has created a new ‘‘knight class" of it, replacing the order of Pour la Merite, hitherto the highest German [ honour for bravery on the field.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 208, 4 September 1939, Page 5
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