BRITAIN’S HUGE ARMY
DIVERSIONS DURING WINTER.’
(British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 1.5 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 20. The Secretary tor War (Mr R. A. 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 foreign contingents in Britain. The Army would be doing hard, active training, and the general objective was to make sure that in the leisure hours it had comforts and distractions. The Army Education Corps was being increased with a view to a more vigorous attack upon boredom, and to stimulating thought, will, and imagination. Entertainments were being organised on a large scale, including drama, vaudeville, the 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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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 252, 21 September 1940, Page 8
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