RAID INCIDENTS
LIGHTER SIDE OF WAR I NAZI ASKED FOR BEER (Times Air Mail Service.) LONDON, Aug. 18. I Here are some incidents of the ! raids, recorded in the Sunday DisP A Heinkel over South East England town dropped three bombs close to a building. In it lay the bodies of two German airmen awaiting burial. A London man arrived home to find his front door blown in. He turned the front door, took a letter from the letter box and read it in j the doorway! | The pilot of a Messerschmitt I forced down in a field near an inn i in a rural district jumped out of his machine and, running into some agricultural workers, threw up his arms and exclaimed in English, “ All right, all right, what about a pint of beer? ” He was taken to the public-house, given a pint, and handed over to the police. Two Germans climbed out of a machine. One said they hoped their bomb had not caused too much damage. Found in another downed bomber was a small United States flag meas- ! uring 12in. by 6in. I In a south-east town an air-raid ' warden solemnly submitted the iol--1 lowing official report: “ Damage ! caused to one vegetable marrow and ’ three runner beans. ' The Coated Tongue INDICATES DISORDERED DIGESTIVE ORGANS In spite of every reasonable prej caution, some member of the family j may occasionally suffer from Biliousj ness or Indigestion, and one or the j other will from time to time exhibit | symptoms of Constipation. From j these little troubles more serious ■ complaints arise, and should therefore not be neglected. The slight j headache, unpleasant breath and disI coloured tongue are the index to a | disordered stomach and bowels; and the necessity for a reliable laxative j is apparent. That Dr. Morse's Indian : Root Pills are the best family medi- ! cine for the purpose is vouched for ■by thousands of grateful men and I women in all parts of New Zealand, l They arc a purely vegetable laxative, ! which act in a mild yet thorough 1 manner.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21244, 15 October 1940, Page 7
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