ELIMINATING BOREDOM
DISTRACTIONS FOR GREAT ARMY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 20. (Received September 21, at 11.15 a.m.) Mr Eden described to-day plans for the welfare during the winter of the vast army quartered in Britain while it waited to, fight the offensive battles which lay ahead. This programme would include the welfare of the foreigu contingents in Britain. The Army would be doing hard and active training and' the general objective was to make sure that in its leisure hours it had comforts and distractions. The Army Education Corps was being increased with a view to a fnore vigorous attack upon boredom and to stimulate thought, will, and imagination. Entertainments were being organised on a large scale, including drama, vaudeville, cinema, and radio. Local hospitality was being arranged and a very wide organisation had been built up for the provision of personal comforts.
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Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 12
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144ELIMINATING BOREDOM Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 12
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