He could not be expected to say where new barrages would be located, but depots would probably be formed for recruitment and training of auxiliary personnel in certain towns, including Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Glasgow and Cardiff.
These new units would be administered by territorial associations. Sir Kingsley Wood said that over 30,000 applications had been received for the Civil Air Guard, and it had been decided that the club lists for the Guard would be closed temporarily.
Announcements issued by the Air Ministry and the Civil Air Guard give effect to statement at the end of the. for applications have been received at the rate of more than 1000 per week—Wireless through Reuter.
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