THE ARMY'S SANTA CLAUS
PURSUES EIGHTH ARMY. United Press Assn.—-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Dec. 22 “The Eighth Army’s Father Christmas is Major John Prentice, who is working with the British Canteen Service to give the Army a Christmas dinner,” says the Cairo corres|K>ndent of the Daily Mail. “Tt is really a tough proposition this year,” said Major Prentice. “Maybe it is humanly impossible to deliver turkeys, chickens, and pork to the most advanced troops, who are moving swiftly, .but they will get their Christmas dinner as early as possible “I have to distribute 35,0001bs of turkey, 16,000 ducks, geese, and chickens, and 30,9001bs of pork, but this good fare does not keep so it becomes a problem of timing. Thousands of turkeys have gone forward by sea and train. Other fare, including Christmas puddings and cukes, is streaming by road for into Tripolitania. ”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15233, 24 December 1942, Page 3
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