WAR CABINET
FORMATION IN GREAT BRITAIN Mr Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) ' ' NEW YORK, September 3. A London correspondent cf the American United Press states that a War Cabinet has been formed consisting of nine members with Mr. Chamberlain as Premier, Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Halifax,’ Secretary of ■Foreign Affairs; Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Samuel Hcare, Lord Privy Seal; Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfield, Minister for the co-ordination' of Defence; Mr. Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War; Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Minister; Lord Hankey, Minister without portfolio. The War Cabinet held its, first meeting tonight. The London correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that Mr. Anthony Eden has been named as Dominions Secretary, “with special access to the Cabinet.” Oilier Cabinet Ministers are: Lord President of the Council Lord Stanhope; Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Inskip; Home Secretary, Sir .John Anderson.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 5
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