Gabe, Jan. 5.
Special military significance is attached to Tuesday's events, in which M. Edouard Daladier, the French Premier, participated, as Tunis has considerable strategic Imvortancé as a bulwark on the flanks of French North Africa.
South Tunis, a possible route for enemy encirclement, has now been barred by the Mareth Line. France's available forces at Tunis have re-
About 10,000 More Hold Jobs. Throughout Britain London, Jan. 5.
The Ministry of Labour estimates that at December 12, the number of insured persons in employment in Great Britain was approximately 12,- 263,000. This was 5,000 more than a month before and about 10,000 more than a year before.
At the same date, registered unemployed totalled 1,831,372, comprisinp 1474019 wholly unemployed, 294,708 temporarily laid off, and 62,645 normally in casual employment.
The total was 3,269 more than a month before and 165,965 more than a year before. The total included 1,384,922 men and 45,549 boys. 356.560 women and 44,321" girls—Wireless through Reuter.
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