Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bomber stations in the English midlands to the tip of Scotland and back, for instance, is a distance of only 1,000 miles. Practice or not, however, the British did not mind the conclusion that the planes would be a demonstration of Anglo-French military solidarity. Said the London Times: "There is no reason why the sight of the R. A. F. should be confined to this country. The dispatch, for instance, of a numerous and representative British Air Force to France in the immediate future, either for a courtesy visit or for actual participation in any displays or maneuvers...
Campaign. With this in mind, the British press plugged hard last week for Mr. Churchill's inclusion in the Cabinet. The London Daily Telegraph & Morning Post, demanding the "best talent available" for a newly constructed Cabinet, wrote: "The plain fact is that when people speak of a reconstruction of the Cabinet, they are thinking first and foremost of the inclusion of Churchill, and it is quite certain that no step would more profoundly impress the Axis powers with the conviction that this country means business...
Last weekend, A. R. P. News readers got a little clearer view of the shape of things that may come. Britain staged its first large-scale blackout, including almost all southern England except London. Planes flew in from the coast to test the skill of volunteer "spotters" and searchlight crews. On vacant lots bombs were exploded to give the volunteer firemen, decontaminators and first-aid crews practice in rushing through darkened streets to danger spots. Observers in the air watched for lights that would be a giveaway to enemy aviators. The blackout, pronounced a success, was on an entirely volunteer...
...Vacationers last week were given an ugly warning to take their gas masks with them to the sea shore. But Bulldog Spirit can bring a bit of beautification even to A. R. P., as Mr. C. W. Milsom of Barnsbury, London, has demonstrated. Mr. Milsom, a backyard esthete, has prettied up the corrugated iron bomb shelter lent him (rent free) by the Government. The shelter's roof has been converted into a rock garden, a horseshoe ornaments the entrance, Christmas tree lights are strung inside. Presumably the rococo goldfish tank on the roof will be taken inside in case...
...London, Marion Lovell, a onetime chorine who had run to fat, got so mad she bounced up & down on her boardinghouse bed, finally broke it. When her landlady sued her, her solicitor pleaded: "She is rather a heavy woman; she will obviously need a fairly substantial bed." But Bouncer Lovell...