Short, sharp thunderstorms broke over the city late Wednesday evening and yesterday afternoon. The weather yesterday proved most perplexing, most people being uncertain whether to don rain-coats and carry umbrellas or to go about in cool garments and sun-helmets, The first strong sunshine to be seen in almost a fortnight broke through the tangled [rain clouds yesterday at about 3 pin. heralding, it was thought, a break in the weather.
The weather "broke," all right, but it broke into a heavy rain-storm, which poxed down to turn gutters into miniature torrents, despite the strong sunshine which kept up for at least half an hour before retiring for the day. But it was a good omen for the week-end—or at least that is what most people hope it was.
About the only people to appreciate the downpours of the past twelve days have been the department store owners, and the smaller shop-keepers, who report having sold more raincoats, rubber overshoes and umbrellas during the past ys than they generally E Still, the market appear to be saturated now, in more senses than one, Labour Service For All Germans Berlin, June 23.
The introduction of compulsory labour service for all Germans of both sexes is announced by g decree "for ensuring the necessary labour for tasks of national importance; issued here today by Fieldmarshal Hermann Goering, chief of the Four-Year Plan. The decree will come into force on July 1 when all physically capable German citizens will be liable to perform work whenever and where-ever required at normal current rates of renumeration. The right to return to previous jobs will be retained. Wages paid under the compulsory scheme must not be inferior to the wages hitherto earned.
Fieldmarshal Goering will himself decide what are "tasks of national important The new scheme seeks to adjust shortage of skilled labour—Trans-Ocean.
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