Meat, potatoes and bread were plentiful, he stated and there was ho shortage of tea or coffee, although precious little of the latter' is drunk by the average English family, There was also plenty of warm clothing coming into England for the troops, sailors, airmen and for the civilian population, he added.
{At this point he showed me a warm green pullover which he wore, This. had been knitted by some American lady and had been sent to England with thousands of other pullovers, carves, socks and other—woollen articles' of clothing. And that American lady, had she been able to hear what this seafarer said about her gift, would have felt more than amply Fepald for the time and trouble spent making the article, Shanghai get ladies, who are knitting comforts for the men, will be happy to know that their gifts are more than appre-elated by the men who wear them, Their gratitude is unlimited.
Railway journeys in England-these @ays are not too pleasant, my informant told me, As far as I remember they never were—to me anyway. He was coming into Euston from the north when the air raid siren sounded at Watford, Immediately the. train slowed down but jed towards London. Looking out of the window he saw a German <ighter make smoke ring in the sky which is a signal to the bombers that a target has been spotted. Usually the bombers aim through the ring, he stated, ut on this occasion the only plane to appear was a British, which engaged the German,
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