STRAY SHOTS
Italian communique: The British bombed Venice, but most of the bombs fell harmlessly into the streets. * • * The United States Navy is installing an ice cream freezer and a soda fountain in every warship. Serve an extra round of nut sundaes, Bos’n; we’re going Into action * • * Private SimTcins was asleep in his dugout in the Western Desert when a bomb landed not far away. He awoke with a start. “Alright my dear,” he said, “I'll get you a cup of tea right away!” Spectators booed when a football match was abandoned in the second half because air-raid sirens sounded. The opinion was freely expressed that it was time the authorities realised there was a football match on.—Punch. # * • Two London women were talking in a train, and one said: “Well, the air raids have done us one good turn, anyway. Look how crowded the London streets used to be, and now when the siren goes you can walk about with impurity!'’ “
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8
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161STRAY SHOTS Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8
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