A PANIC MEASURE
BLACK-OUT IN BRITAIN CRITICISM BY DOCTORS INCREASE IN FATALITIES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 17, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 16 The British Medical Journal criticises the total black-out as a panic measure. Deaths rose in the first month from 500 to 1100, it says, thus Hitler’s air force is able to kill 600 Britishers without loss. The authorities have almost completely ignored two kinds of strength for which Britishers are eminent—courageous endurance and a capacity for reasonable compromise.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 8
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83A PANIC MEASURE Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 8
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