AIR FORCE SCANDAL.
DOUGLAS-PENNANT CASE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 29. , Giving evidence at the Douglas-Pen-nant inquiry witnesses repudiated the charges of immorality at Hurst Park camp. The lady medical director said she was absolutely satisfied that the Women's Air Force was as moral as any other set of women in the country Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. [The notorious quarrels connected with the Women's Royal Air Force arc being ventilated before a select committee of the House of Lords. Miss Violet Douglas-Pennant, who was .summarily dismissed from the post of commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force in August, 1918, asserts that her claims became unpopular among the heads of the Ministry because she was a zealous reformer, and insisted that the force was Rhockingly disorganised, especially on the medical and clothing sides. She stated that young members of tho force in the Hurat Park Camp were allowed out improperly, were taken "joy" rides to London in Government motorcars, and returned drunk in the early hours of the morning.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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168AIR FORCE SCANDAL. Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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