OFFICERS SUSPENDED
POST AT SUPPLY MINISTRY. TROUBLE OVER CONVICTED CRIMINAL'S POSITION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February 2. The Secretary for War, Mr Oliver Stanley, in the House of Commons announced the suspension of two military officers after allegations had been made in the House that a colonel at the War Office recommended a convicted criminal to the Supply Ministry as a financial agent.
Members demanded the fullest inquiry, which Mr Stanley promised would begin immediately. Dr Burgin announced that disciplinary action had been taken against a member of the Supply Ministry. Mr E. Thurtle (Labour. Shoreditch) said the financier, now passing under the name of Charles Kingsley Scott, had served two years for fraudulent conversion and had five convictions for bankruptcy against him. He added that, a Ministry of Supply official introduced Scott to a Midlands firm of Government contractors, saying he was instructed to vouch for Scott, which was a "very strong recommendation” for a convicted criminal.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1940, Page 6
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158OFFICERS SUSPENDED Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1940, Page 6
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