Daily Post - 13.01.1943, Blaðsíða 3

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From All
Quarters
aThe Man Who Knew Too Much”
ADOLF:_ “If you’re all thirking what I think you’re thinking, you’re all under ar-.est.*''
The Vichy police of Angou-
leme have arrested members of
a gang, who specialised in
pillaging trains on the Paris-
Bordeaux line, according to
Paris Radio.
BEER BÝ PLANE
A Heinkel 111 is being used
in the Middle East as a flyirig
“brewer’s dray.” It was captur-
ed intact and has heen used to
fly thousands of pints of beer to
troops in the desert.
* * *
CIVIL SERVANTS OF 14
Boys and girls of 14 and 15
from elementary and central
schools throughout Britain are
to be given clerical jobs in
Government offices to release
older meii and women for the
Forces or war work.
This will be the first time for
people under 16 to be given
such posts in the Civil Service.
* ❖ #
PRAISE FROM MAISKY
Mr. Maisky, the Russian Am-
bassador, has sent a message of
congratulation upon a high-
speed feat of publication to
Messers. Hutchinson and Co.
the publishers of the English
translation of “The Fall of Par-
is,” for which Ilya Ehrenburg,
the Russian author, has recei-
ved a Stalin Prize of 100,000
é
roubles.
The book contains 215,000
words and was translated in
seven weeks. The last batch of
copy reached the printers on
December 5 and advance bound
pioofs were with the publishers
six days later.
j Reykjavik
i Letter
SKIING IN FULL SWING
Lat week between 500 and
■600 Reykjavík people were out
skiing around Kolviðarhóll. 5
150 yards long “escalator” for
carrying skiiers up to their star-
ting point which was built in
1939, was in use for the first
time.
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SCHOOLS CLOSED
Án epidemic of infectious
' discases among children at ÍSa-
fjörður has led to the clcsing of
schools and a ban on public
gatherings.
“Richelieu” To
Be Refiíted
Dakar, Jan. llth.
The 35,000 ton French battle-
ship Richilieu will join the
United Nations fleet within a
few months, United States
Navy Admiral Glassford repor-
ted today after inspecting the
units of the French fleet of
Dakar. Ne decision has yet been
reached in regard to the equal-
ly large battleship, the Jean
Bart, but American technical
experts already hav-e arrived to
supervise work on the Richilieu
at Dakar and possibly the Jean
Bart at Casablanca. Other
French ships that were at
Dakar already are fighting
with the British Navy along the
African Coast, Admiral Glass •
ford said.
Essen Raid
London, Jan. llth.
R.A.F. home based bombers
attacked the Ruhr on Saturday
night for the third night runn-
ing. The main target was the
great . industrial . céntre . of
Essen, cradle of the gigantic
Krupp Works.
This was the 50th raid on the
town. Visibility was good and
a number of our 4,000 pounders
were dropped with good re-
sults. The Berlin Radio admits
C£:sualties and damage.
Extensive’ mine laying was
carried out in enemy waters.
Seven of our bombers failed to
return.
Round the Press
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
NÝJA BÍÓ: “The Grapes of
Wrath” after the novel by
John Steinbeck, with Henry
Fonda, Jane Darwell and
John Carradine.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Ball of Fire”
with Cary Cooper and Bar-
bara Stanwyck.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “They died
with their boots on” with
Errol Flynn and Olive de
Havilland.
POLAR BEAR THEATRE -
Sonja Heine in “My Lucky
Star” 8—15.
Ý.M.C.A. — Victor Mc Laglen,
Doug Fairbanks, junr, Cary
Grant in “Gunga Din”. 1.15
p.m.
RADIO
REYKJAVÍK BBC — 5—0
News followed by the Band
of H. M. Welsh Guards; also
the Midweek News Summ-
ary.
PRIVATE POLICE
Absenteeism and negligence
is increasing in German fac-
tories both amongst foreign and
German workers, reports the
Belgian News Agency.
Acccrding to a Belgian work-
er who recently escaped from
Germany and returned to
Be!a nrivat.e police force
is being employed by the Junk-
ers V/úí'ks, whose sole task is
to track dcwn defaulting work-
ers.
A patriotic lady who sent out
the following invitation to an
officer at a nearby army post:
“Mrs. and Mrs. Browne request
the pleasure of Captain Green’s
company at dinner,” was dis-
j mayed at the reply she received.
“With the exception of five
men on leave and three on sick
list,” the reply read, “Captain
Green’s company accept with
pleasure your irrvitation to
dinner.”
— University of Washington
Columns.