Countdown to World War Two: Monday 28 August 1939

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• 1. Mission to Berlin
• 2. Parliament recalled
• 3. Emergency regulations
• 4. Evacuation
• 5. Coventry bomb
• 6. Mediterranean out of bounds
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Mediterranean out of bounds

Headline: The Admiralty closes Mediterranean to British merchant shipping.

The Admiralty announced today that the Mediterranean has been closed to all British merchant shipping. Merchantmen have also been told to leave Baltic waters.

This is the first order that the Admiralty has made since they assumed control of merchant shipping under the new Emergency Regulations. Ships already in the Mediterranean will continue on their voyages, but have been told to leave all Italian ports.

And finally ...

A man was jailed in London today for throwing a dart at a barman in a London pub. The defendant, 41-year-old Henry Warren, said that he was only trying to part the barman's hair.

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Published: 2001-09-01