Imperial Aitways today suspended all is services while a ban was also laced on the use of amateur radios. Also announced was the fact that no would be allowed to buy more than a week's: supply of food. This did not signify that Britain did not possess enough supplies, the order measure. a said, but was just a precautionary
Huge supplies of Canadian wheat have been bought by the Government while several thousand tons of bacon has been ordered from Denmark with delivery promised within one week.
Three million children were eva nated during the day from London and the larger provinei places of safety in the work was carried out smoothly and at Wimbledon the whole procedure did not last more than eleven minutes, hundreds of children boarding a suburban train which was to carry. them out of the city.
The evacuation of all hospitals in the danger zones was also carried through without a hitch while blind persons and cripples were also re= moved to places of safety.
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