13 OCTOBER 1939, page 3

Dispossessed Schools

So much has evidently been thought out in the utmost detail about official measures which were to be taken on the outbreak of war that we are compelled to ask, to what extent......

The Indian Congress's Demands

The conversations which the Viceroy has been having with the leaders of the different parties and communities in British India serve as reminder that the Indian National......

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Doctors And The War

No one will complain that the emergency measures which were taken for the hospitals and the medical profession in vulnerable areas have not been put to the test by enemy action......

Neutrality Bill Progress

The debate on the Neutrality Bill in the American Senate proceeds, but Senator Key Pittman's prediction that it would be finished by October 14th is unlikely to be fulfilled.......

Tobacco For The Troops

In the last War the Over-Seas League found an admirable means of showing the troops that people at home and throughout the Empire were not forgetful of the small per- sonal......

Official Encroachments

The beginning of the war led to the creation of local emergency A.R.P. committees which have been entrusted with wide powers and have been assuming more rather than less......