Evening star., 1940-05-26
London
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property and promised the army
the work would be forthcoming to
make the arms and munitions you
need"
Supply Board Set Up.
The Labor Ministry set up a
supply board to mobilize industrial
manpower under the totalitarian
law, adopted last week, conscripting
men and what they own.
The change from a nation of
quiet green fields and peaceful
towns becomes complete today,
when Britain works and prays. For
the first time since the World War,
factories will hum on full schedule
while churchgoers, at the express
command of their King, implore
God for a victorious peace.
That will be the first real ef-
feet of the totalitarian legislation
of last week which uprooted ira
dition and put every Briton and all
he owns at the command of the
endangered state.
More visible and audible are the
precautions against invasion, the
calling up of the two -millionth man,
scores of arrests which have re-
suited from the governments drive
on fifth columnists," harsh censor
ship which takes away the news of
the mighty battle of Flanders and
calls from the nations leadership
for confidence"
Yesterday military men described
the situation on the channel edge
of the Continent as very grave
and very confused" but held out
hope that a joint Allied action
would beat back Germany's iron
cavalry and rip apart the base of
the Reichswehr salient which
stretches across Northern France to
the Straits of Dover.
326,259 More Men Called.
With ammunition and airplane
factories working throughout the
week end with the greatest activity
of the war, 1926 ,259 more men were
called to arms to aid the hard
pressed British Expeditionary Force
and fill the ranks Of the navy and
Royal Air Force.
This registration of 27-year-olds
pushed the number of men under
mobilization past the 1000 900 mark
Early morning German bombings
yesterday from the North Riding
tdistrict) of Yorkshire to East
Anglica and Essex covered more
than 200 miles of English east coast.
injuring II civilians and awakening
the nation fully to awareness it is
bearing the weight of war.
While the Yorkshire bombings
were believed aimed at steel fac
tories the raids further south were
considered intended to shake the
English morale, but there was no
sign of the loss of quiet confidence
that is the hallmark of the Briton.
In fact, the appeals for confidence
seemed needless. Deprived by a
new censorship edict of even the
names of places where his army is
fighting, the man in the street &C
cepted the situation with the view,
There's a big battle on at last and
the French are going to give 'em
what-for. When it comes, the news
will be good"
100000 Register.
Local Defense Volunteers" focked
from towns and farms by the thou
sands to give their spare time as
"parashoots" against German para
chutists.
BY last night it was estimated
nearly 100000 had registered, 10000
of them in the important London
area. The men selected will be
equipped with uniforms and rifles
by tonight. It has been suggested
they also be equipped with sub
machine guns.
Barricades appeared beside lonely
roads leading from the coast to Lon
don. Anti-aircraft guns and ma
chine guns were mounted in fields
near crossroads and power stations;
government buildings and arsenals
were patrolled by infantrymen in
steel helmets, carrying rifles.
London assumed the appearance
Of a beleaguered city as sandbagged
machine gun emplacements were
completed st sFatestc points and