The Archive · 1940

"ULL PAY 'EM FOR THAT! PIL BLOW THEIR SNEAKING U-BOATS CLEAR OFF THE SEA!

Wallace Beery in his finest rol Drama of Ameri "suicide fle: in the last war told now for the first time! signal.

I got back into bed, prepared to sleep, and then another lot of banging and the signal, which shook the house. I immediately got up, went down to the A.R.P. room in the willage. When I got down to the ARP. room I found Nicky's car parked outside; he was waiting with a collection of his men to take up their watch points. By this time the red signal had gone. I then went into the Rectory and made sure that the telephone was in order. There then being little or nothing to do I went and curled up in the car to doze.

The men have a room in the Rec-lory in which to doze and I have a amount of deck chairs n to the ARP. room so that I think everyone is best to rest where they can. However, the men refused to doze at first as they were far too interested in what was going on—as were most of the women. It was very still in the car and there was ihe "pleasant" smell of a pigsty to bring one to earth. There seemed io be just one continual hum, but presently banging and vibration seemed to make the car a little lively so, as I thought there was- a lot of glass in the car (though I don't really sup-ose the Tryplex would smash), I bought I had better go into the RAP. room.

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