NOT BROKEN YET

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LXII, Issue 17, 4 March 1941, Page 2

NOT BROKEN YET

SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE

ANNOYING THE ENEMY IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES LONDON, February 26. Cellar Flap Prussianism has spread to the air raid shelters in Germany and is proving too much of a good thing even for that docile nation: "To have to go into the cellar is not amusing in the first place and the nagging warden who keeps on repeating that there should be less talking so as to preserve the oxygen can create an impossibly irritating atmosphere in no time." (Das Reich, January 26, 1941.) Passed with Honours Extract from a letter from unoccupied France written to a friend in England: "Everyone here hopes that the English will win. I do not know whether the censor will pass this." The censor passed the letter and wrote on it in red ink: "Of course I will pass it. Everyone in this oflice hopes so too."

Norwegian's Visiting Card It is said that German omcers billeted in Norwegian coastal towns are sometimes disagreeably surprised to find a two days old copy of the London ."Times" lying beside their breakfast sausage. It is the visiting card of the captain of the gunboat "Sleipner," the "Flying Norwegian" vof the west coast fiords. Greek Chorus The giant luxury, liner "Conte Biancamano" received a raspberry when the tiny Greek freighter "Kastor" anchored beside her in Cristobel Harbour. The Greek crew lined the rails, with the exception of one who unfurled a Greek flag almost as long as the ship herself. The Biancamano skipper ordered! the hoisting of the largest Italian flag on board. Thereupon the crew of the "Kastor" gave the Italians a hearty Greek version of "Tommy make room for your uncle." Self-evident ! The army of occupation in Holland complains that what is the sauce for the German Goose will not suit the Dutch gander: "Many Dutchmen feel that it is not possible to proceed with the socialisation of Holland until the Germans leave. They profess to desire a 'suitable' socialism applicable to their own country—what this means the Germans do not know and nobody can (explain (Deutsche Zeitung in Den Neiderlanden, January 18 1941). Death or Glory Girls Each household in Czecho-Slovakia may have three hens taxfree, but every extra hen must produce sixty e&gs a year for the German collector. At Suchdol, near Prague, a hen was found hanging by the neck with a notice saying, "I'd rather die than lay for Hitler." Yellow Fever Surprising result of a German edict in Antwerp that all Jews should wear a yellow armlet. Next day the whole population of Antwerp was wearing the armlet. The edict was cancelled. Current Danish Proverb One krone in the pocket is worth ten in the clearing account.