DRUNK AGAIN
(By Whim Wham) Hitler, under the stress of war, is reported to have taken to drinking light champagne, states the Stockholm correspondent of the Associated Press. The Fuehrer previously drank nothing but special beer brewed with a light alcohol content, and was always held up to Nazi youth as a model nondrinker and non-smoker.—Cable news item. Oh, Stockholm, Stockholm, Source of so much News That Correspondents only have to stay A Week or two, before they air their Views On Battles several Thousand Miles away! Through what strange Channels, by what devious Means, Can it be possible to ascertain That Hitler has begun to dring Champagne ?
Unable to endure the Stress of War, The Fuehrer fortifies himself (we’re
told) With light Chapipagne, now substi-
tuted for The simple Glass of Beer he took of
Old. Ah, Stockholm, why not make the Tale
worth while ? Tell us that Someone smelt the Fuehrer’s Breath And caught from it the telltale Whiff of Meth.?
It’s very nice to learn or guess, no doubt, What Mussoljni eats or HitlMdrinks; But I have “never managed to make out
Why some industrious Correspondent thinks The Diet of Dictators of such Moment. The Outlook’s bad if Hitler Sas to drown In light Champagne, before we pull him down!
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5602, 7 April 1943, Page 2
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