The Midnight Sun - 17.08.1940, Side 2

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THE MIDNIGHT SUN
N E n N
THE MIDNIGHT SUN
In this town there are four
daily papers. There may be
some who will regard the ad-
vent of another paper even
a weekly as rash and may be
illtimed. But this paper “The
Midnight Sun” is not a rival
and is by no means intended
to supplant or compete with
its contemporaries. „The Mid-
night Sun” is written by our
own people for our own pe-
ople. Those of you, therefore,
who have ideas, who can place
them on paper in prose or
in verse ... or if you will poet-
ry . .. will you do so and send
along the result?
Your duty is clear and that
is to buy the paper Weekly and
get everyone else to huy. We do
not aspire to make a profit, but
if any is made it will go to the
comforts of the troops them-
selves.
Fortunately permission has
been granted to send this pa-
per home to our land. It is a
considerable concession, much
to be appreciated and never
to be abused. It must be made
perfectly clear that nothing
shall be added in writing or
marks of any description. That
will immediately entail de-
struction by the Censor. So
with these words we offer you
the first edition of the Iceland-
ic series of “TheMidnight Sun”.
Copies may be obtained
from all F. F. I. Institutes. All
contributions should be sent to
the Editor:- Canon J. C. F.
Hood, T. D., Force H. Q.
»An Englishman’s HERITAGE«.
With guns a’cock, and ears
alert,
The little band marched on;
And oft across their minds
there flashed
The thought of comrades gone.
The scouts were flung on
either flank,
To counteract surprise;
As they pressed forward
steadfastly,
With eyes turned to the skies.
Then suddenly the warning call
Was heard — and, quick
as light,
The bird was arrested in
its flight —
It was the glorious 12th.
W. P. Coult.
E.N.S.A. INTERESTED.
PARTIES FOR ICELAND?
Tlie question of sending act-
ors and actresses to Iceland to
entertain troops was raised at a
meeting of E.N.S.A. this week,
according to a Reuters despatch.
Asked if there were any such
plans, an official told Reuters
correspondent „We could pro-
vide some form of entertain-
ment if we were asked to do so.
For instance' we m,ight send out
a mobile cinema.“
One mobile cinema belong-
ing to F.F.I. is already in tliis
country serving the eastern
and northern districts. E.N.S.A’s
interest introduces the possi-
bility of being able to
provide cinema entertaiment
both in the Northern and S.W.
districts.
A party consisting of four
actresses and four actors is now
assembling at Drury Lane, and
according to Reuter, is likely to
receive orders soon to proceed
to Iceland, and will probably
arrive within the next week or
sö.
„GRACIE“ IN CANADA.
BEWILDERED BY MONEY
„UPROAR“.
Considerable interest, cul-
minating in questions in the
House of Commons, has been
shown in the absence in Ame-
rica of Gracie Fields and her
Italian husband, Monty Banks;
particularly in the amount of
money they were allowed to
take out of the country.
The matter came up in the
House of Commons during the
week when the Financial Secre-
tary to the Treasury made a
lengthy reply to a questioner.
„No pex-mission was sought
by Miss Fields“, lie said, „when
slie left the country recently, to
take money abroad beyond the
£10 allowed by regulations. The
restrictions on taking out jewel-
lery, imposed on July lst, did
not exist when they left the
country“. Gracie Fields, who is
recovei'ing from a serious ill-
ness, applied in October last for
a considerable sum, of dollars
to go abroad. Tliis applica-
tion was supported by strong
medical recommendations. Per-
mission was given for lier to
take tlie sum of £8,000.
Monty Banks applied inde-
pendently for the transfer of
£20,000 to America. This was
allowed „on business grounds“
so that he might carry on liis
business as a film producer in
tlie expectation that consider-
able dollar earnings might be
surx-endered for England‘s ben-
efit.
Gracie is now giving concerts
in Canada for War Relief Funds
and on her arrival in Toronto
told Reuters correspondent
that she was „bewildered“ by
the „uproar“ regarding lier
affairs. „Under Mr. Basil Dean
I am woi’king every day for the
Government“, she said, „and I
am not making a cent for my-
self.“
In Hollywood Monty Banks
declared: „Just because I am
an Italian they are trying to
make things disagreeable for
ixiy wife. I wish they would
stop.“
NOEL COWARD IN U.S.A.
The activities of Noel Co-
ward, famous playwright, in
the United States, also formed
the suhject of questions in the
Commons.
Mr. Harold Nicholson, Parlia-
mentary Secretary to the Min-
isty of Information, said that
Mr. Coward had gone to the
United States on a short visit
with Mr. Duff Cooper’s approv-
al and liad been asked to visit
President Roosevelt of whom
he was a personal fi’iend. His
qualifications were contacts
with certain sections of opinion
which it was difficult to reach
from ordinary sources.
HEROES STILL.
War Time Cricket in
Yorkshire.
Ten thousand spectatoi's at
Sheffield last Saturday watch-
ed many Yorkshire cricket stars
playing in a match in which
Capt. Herbert Sutcliffe’s XI lost
by 5 wkts to Major G. Ferrand’s
XI.
Top scorer was A/C P. Gibb,
Yorkshire and Cambridge bats-
man, who made 65 for Ferr-
and’s XI. He was well support-
ed by Sjt-Major Smailes who
scored 50 and Sjt Maurice Ley-
land with 45 retired.
For Sutcliffe’s XI Sjt-In-
structor Len Hutton scored 30
and Capt. Hedley Yerity took
three wickets for 60. Sutcliffe
declared at 159 for 7. Ferrand’s
XI replied witlx 221 for 5.
*
t
68 Clubs are participating in
conxing Regional Football Com-
petitioixs.
*
Troops in Hyde Park have
turned the bowling green into
a wired off cliicken run.
FLANDERS DESPATCHES.
QUESTION OF PUBLICATION
The question of publishing
the despatches received from
Flanders prior to the evacua-
tion from Dunkerque has been
raised in Parliament this week.
Asked if it was proposed to
issue the full despatches giving
a detailed account of the opera-
tions of the B.E.F. in France,
Mr. Anthony Eden í'eplied tlxat
the despatches from General
Lord Gort and otlier Coiximand-
ers had been í’eceived. The
question of their ultimate
publication was under consi-
deration but it would not be in
the public interest to issue
tliem at present.
CANADA CALLING —
FLASHES FROM THE
DOMINION.
Montreal. — Following a
theree nxonths ilhxess, the death
is reported of Cecil Hart, man-
ager of the Monti-eal Canadians
Ice Hockey team during some
of their íxiost successful seasons.
He was 56.
Bridgewater, N. S. — Mrs.
Little, who as Dorothy Round
was Wimbledon lawn tennis
champion, has ai’rived with her
son in Nova Scotia and is re-
ported to be going to Canada
to stay for the duration of the
war.
Toronto. — Death is reported
of Dr. John Gerald Fitzgerald,
Pi-ofessor of Hygiene and Pre-
ventive Medicine at Toronto
University. He was one of the
world’s greatest bacteriologists
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