12 JANUARY 1940, page 3

Necessity Of The Black-out

Both the Prime Minister at the Mansion House and Sir John Anderson at Glasgow emphasised the fact that our comparative immunity hitherto from air-raids provides no excuse at all......

Persistent Unemployment

The persistence of unemployment in this country is baffling to foreigners, and it must be admitted that it goes beyond what our own economists had led us to expect. The figures......

The R.a.f. And The Army

The relationship of the Royal Air Force to the Army in the field is so intimate that the problem of achieving complete and harmonious co-operation without sacrificing the......

The New Ministers

Of the three Ministerial changes announced last week that at the War Office is discussed in a leading article on another page. The appointments of Sir Andrew Duncan to the Board......

Misguided Economy

It is reported that a city in the North of England pro- poses to restrict the supply of books to the public libraries as a measure of economy. It is to be hoped that it will......

The Problem Of Torches

The Central Price Regulation Committee has given satis- factory evidence of its existence by announcing on Thursday the prices at which torch-batteries may reasonably be sold.......