The Archive · 1941

Special Arrangement Ends

"The appointment of Lord Beaver~ Jbrook as Minister of Supply brings Twe King has commended a ten-year-old Wolf Cub, Royston Newman.

Baltic road. Tonbridge, for his coolness and courage when a plane crashed in flames close to where he was wheeling his baby brother in a perambulator: Royston nicked up his brother, ran to the end of the street, and ay in the gutter, shielding the baby with his body. to an end the special arrangement whereby the Minister of State acted Deputy Chairman of the Defene: Committee (supply) and as referee on priority questions, These questions will be bandied within. the organization of the office of the Minister of Defence or of the production executive, of which latter Mr, Bevin will continue as chairman, "Sir Andrew Duncan wil continue as chairman of the Import Executive, "In view of the establishment of Ministry of War Transport. it is announced that Colonel the Right, Hon. J.J, Lewellin and the Right Hon, Sir Artiur Salter have relinquished their appointments as Parliamentary Sec retary to the Ministry of Transport and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping respectively, The King has been pleased to approve that they be appointed Joint Parlia~ mentary Secretaries tothe Minister Jof War Transport."—-Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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