THE VICTORY DRIVE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 197, 22 July 1941, Page 5

THE VICTORY DRIVE.

ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE

“AYE AYON’T GTA’E IN.”

| LONDON, July 20. | Reports from Europe emphasise the success of tlie victory campaign. in I Paris, posters on which most words | begin with enormous V’s were ordered ; to be taken down. A curfew was iinposI ed in Niort because a large number ol A's were displayed A V outlined in tar appealed prominently in Nimes, and others appeared on the door of Nazi headquarters near Rouen. A’ inscriptions and tlie slogan, “AA 7 e won’t give in!’ wore written on wails j and fences throughout Czechoslovakia, ; according to tho Moscow radio. ! Gorman officials leaving Rotterdam for Germany yesterday wore A T insignias as part of Dr. GooblxTs efforts to convert the V campaign to the advantage of Germany. Goebbels lias ordered A r symbols to be posted on buildings and public vehicles and to be dropped from aeroplanes. A Bulgarian radio announcer solemnly proclaimed the A r sign as one that is recognised in Europ, as the sign of united struggle against Bolshevism and plutocracy, lie added that the sign, several yards high, is painted on the streets of Prague, Brussels, and Oslo. Immediately after Big Ben sounded midnight last night listeners heard the new. A* sign interval signal of tlie British Broadcasting Corporation’s European sen-ice tapped out on a drum. Many English listeners telephoned to tin* 8.8. C. emphasising the dramatic effect. Mr. Churchill’s message was repented in 60 foreign language broadcasts to Europe throughout the day. The 8.8. C. to-night- broadcast a victory chant as a background to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, beginning: “Do not give way! Never despair! AYe will get them yet! Hitler, beware!” It was followed by tlie announcement: “Every means in France and oppressed Europe must be used to proclaim the will to resistance and faith in victory for the Allies.”