Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - communications from Ministry of...

Agenda papers including, amongst other things:

- communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: aids to movement of traffic; domestic and communal surface shelters; representations on conditions of service of Civil Defence personnel; greyhound race meetings; shelters on highways; disposal of unexploded bombs; billeting at Leighton Buzzard; compulsory National Service;

- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: leave for whole time Civil Defence personnel; lighting restrictions; mobilisation of volunteers on red warning; Local Defence Volunteer Force; assistance to military authorities; limit of access to prescribed areas of East Coast; protection of Wardens' Posts, South Bedfordshire Area; erection of incendiary bomb training hut at Ampthill; salary of Bedford Borough Air Raid Precautions Officer; air raid shelter in Howard Congregational Chapel basement; protection of persons living near aerodromes; disposal of unexploded bombs;

- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: release of Voluntary Aid Detachments for service in Civil Nursing Reserve; training of Nursing Auxiliaries; identity of hospital personnel; reception of alien expectant mothers; alterations at Kempston First Aid Post; purchase of four additional ambulances; appointment of Bedford Borough Assistant School Medical Officer;

- Chief Constable's actions regarding articles criticising Bedford Borough Air Raid Precautions Committee published in Bedfordshire Times & Standard;

- appointment of Assistant Air Raid Precautions Officer;

- protection of personnel at First Aid Post, Britain Street Schools, Dunstable;

- shelters at Cardington Skating Rink;

- Bedford Borough air raid warning system.

[ex W/ARPP 20]

acc. 6510