London. Sept. 1 Britain is pushing ahead with precautionary measures, the latest Of which include instructions sent Yocal authorities to establish ald precaution emergency' committees, and to local Ad controllers to assume their duty: Stringent restrictions on the flight of all civil aircraft-in the United ie dom, including those entering the country: suspension of telephone communication between Britain abroad and ships at sea, and of wi and the Air Force volunteer reserve; evacuation of 3,000,000, persons from congested areas' in Britain, The latest precautionary" measures, and more particularly the evacuation London and other danger areas, are claiming public attention almost to the exclusion of news from abroad.
The Ministry of Transport an~ nounces that it Is taking control of all undertakings, or portions undertakings, in Great Britain belonging (o, of leased to, the ten rally way companies.
Mr. Herbert Morrison, Chairman of the A.RP. Committee of the London County Council, sent out a message to all Londoners, with special appeals to children themselves, their mothers, and their teachers.' He enjoined calmness, cheerfulness and discipline, and, stressing the solely precautionary. character of the movement, wished all a "safe return to dear old Londo It is estimated that over 600,000 children will be evacuated from about 2,000 schools in the London County 'Council area, including about 250,000 children who will be evacuated with their parents. "Tu Great Britain, some 10,000 schools will be affected, and 1,200. detraining centres have' been selected by the Minister of Health.
Altogether over 3,000,000 persons will be evacuated from congested areas in, Brita In order to reduce demands upon them the Stock Exchange and a number of commodity markets, as well as many private businesses, are closing {for part or whole of the period:
Road trafic will be strictly controlled. Nine main routes out of London have been scheduled for one-way working from 7 am, today.
In addition, certain hospitals. in London and other towns will transfer part of their patients 0 outer arcas today, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Health. Except for some individuals, emergency staffs have not yet been called. " Some movement of patients in Scotland hay already started.
Meanwhile, in continuation of the measures already adopted, it has been Gecided to complete naval mobiliza~ tion and to call up the remainder of the Regular Army reserve and supplementary reserve and the Air Force volunteer reserve. It is pointed out that the order includes completion of naval mobilization, but is not general
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