The Bedford Borough Council banned today a meeting of the British Union of Fascists scheduled for next Friday at the Town Hall. Sir Oswald Mosley, Blackshirt leader, was to have been the principal speaker.
The House of Commons last night passed on second reading a public order bill prohibiting semi-military organizations such as Sir Oswald’s.
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