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Sitting

ELL." anid the Sweep.

"W

see things are a brightenin up a bit."

"Go on?" I cald.

sugar

"And extra art pound of for Christmas and a taste of Russi tinned salmon In July and, cor sufferin archbishops, what more could you want?"

"Nothink,” I said,

"Personally meself I can

ardly

wait till July."

"Nor me," I said.

"Though you want to watch out that this ere Russian salmon bin'l poisoned."

"I will," I said.

"It would be just like them there little old Communists to start some- think by poisonin art the popula- tion"

"It would an ali,"

II

"And I wouldn't like to see you stretched oul before you ave chance to get in the Ome Guard agin on your old flat feel."

"Nor you," I said.

.

"All the same," said the Sweep, "you don't want to it your stomach in an uproar about nothink."

"My stomach ain't in an uproar," I said.

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"They ain't likely to send poisoned salmon and I'll tell you for why."

"Well," I said.

They avant

"They'd be windy about poisonin the comrades over ere. Hot so many that they can afford

to lose any."

"Too true."

"Though they might send the igh ups a private wire, Keep of the salmon, and let the others lake chance

"They might."

a

"So you'd better stick to a bit of soek after all."

"Thanks," I said.

"Nothink like a bit of snock to

salisty," suht." I said,

said the Sweep.

mouthful and you've no

"One enough."

"Too true."

for

"And leaves plenty of room beer.

"Plenty," "Walt till they nationalise the pubs. That'll be the time for a moan

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by NATHANIEL GUBBINS

She told me she was

the firaz cow in the work to obtain a pilot's licence and was the original cow whe jumped over the moon, which she did regularly to keep fl

I noticed she had a cold. Moisture was trickling from her big, damp nastrils, and her brown eyes misty and heavy-lidded.

were

The cow sald, "Are you hungry?" I said "Yes,"

The cow said, "Would you like a tongue sandwich with mustard?”

I said "Yes."

The cow looked rather hurt at this. She had a feverish cold, and her tongue, white and furred, was lolling out of her mouth.

I shouted through the noise of the engines, "I meant lambs' longues," but I don't think she heard,

i

The cow was going to sneeze and motioned for a handkerchief. offered her mine, but it was too small, like a pery stamp elephant's behind.

She closed her eyes and her mouth and Molotov a sheet it of his pocket.

on an

opened whipped

he

But the cow meezed before could cover her nose, blowing the aircraft to bits and leaving me in bed with a sheet round my head.

Paws across the sea

tom

New of

BENG to Manhattan Mouser, REING a further letter from Lottie York's hard-bitten underworld:-

My dear MAT.. Since writing to you and telling you all about myself and my car respondence with cats in the musi- a perfectly wonderful thing has happened over the week- and.

The cow then said, "We are flying faster than sound, so the voices of bores can't enich up on us. If we cal world, flew faster than light, light would never reach us and we would be in etemal darkness. Would you like to jump over the moon?"

I said I would, and in one loop we, circled the moon. The man in

In England's Little America

W

-By James Stuart

ARRINGTON.-Three milex from the smoking chimneys of this industrial Lunenshire town I put a £1 note on the bar counter and called for drinks. The grey-haired barman looked at me pityingly. In his North Country volce he said: "I can't take that, sir. Dollar bills only."

His refusal to take English money was sharp reminder that I was in England's "Little America"; sharper even than the bottles of rye whisky and "coke" that lined Pop's shelves, sharper than the accents all round me and the juke-box that played incessantly in the corner.

Little America's real name is Burtonwood. There, during the war, the US. Air Force established a great supply base,

SOON TO BE 5000

Now they are back again building it up into a base where the aircraft on the Berlin air-lift and the Superfortresses that are operating here- are maintained,

Dustbin Ashenn, 1 think, in your country.

Sincerely,

Cablegram Mouser:-

LOTTIE GUBBINS..

170m Manhattan

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and film

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Letter from a fly

EAR Sir.

Crawling over your valuable newspaper the other day, I was able to spell out an item of intelligence frem America which will have far-reaching effect on the future of fles and of the human race.

According to this

itern, an American Government report states have developed resistance that files to the pest killer D.D.T. and ora now as numerous as ever.

Many people have praised British race for its high when its existence is threatened and for its ability to adapt itself to new conditions.

There are 3,000 American troops. soon to be expanded to 5,000. So the gum-chewing CI'A arc пл familiar again in the streets of Warrington 05 they were around Piccadilly's Rainbow Corner four

years ago.

They are not, however, quite the

same.

he They

My taxi-driver explained, as drove me to Burtonwood: are much quieter than they were in the war; For one thing these lads here now haven't got the money. They're paid monthly, and by the end of the first week most of them are short."

Nearly 100 of them have their wives and families in England but as everywhere accommodation in Warrington is not easy to find.

MORE ON THE WAY

So these U.S. wives are learning to cope with British rationing. etc.. in Manchester, Liverpool, St Helens and other towns in this big indus- trial area.

Another 27 wives and families are at this moment halfway across the Atlantic.

.expect

The men at Burtonwood to be in England for two or three years and

can bring the

they the

families over provided that they first courage

find a home.

General E. W. Anderson, 43-year- old Californian ex-fighter pilot who Burtonwood, could not commands confirm reports thing the United States Gove

I wonder how many people will praise flies for the same virtues?

Less than two years ugo i re- was over. In the same way that you member reading that the fly menice may have read, nine years ago, that

you were finished.

Government had taken a 25-

his officers, is no stranger here. He year lease on the vast depot.

was three years in England with the

General Anderson, like many of

8th Airforce in the war, and the many decora-

CBE is one of his

An eminent entomologist sald in 1947: "The housefly's doom is sealedtions.

everyone will use the means of destruction provided by science,"

An eminent French general sald, In 1940: "Britain's doom is reale She is like a chicken about to have

Who do you think came to teo s neck wrung" Us? You'll never guess. The Alm star, Michael Wilding.

Well, Mr Gubbins, we have both survived these prophesies; both are both moro hardened in the fire,

-we-shell resolute than ever-that, survive by our own efforts and be our damned to everybody.

the moon smiled and waved as we Of course, it was too marvellous, went round, and the cow sald, "He "because, while every girl in the thinks we're having a gay week- town was simply pop-eyed for just end."

A glimps. there he was

We dived 15,703 feet and landed on a mountain top, where a short man with a flat face and a squashed nose, gingerly supporting a pair of pince-nez, was standing in the snow. I recognised him at once as Molotov.

"Arc Molotov sald to the cow, you Russian cow?"

The

I'm

cow said, "No. English cow, and my name is Daisy"

very

Molotov said, "Are you an Eng- lich spy? The English are cunning. They have the best Secret Service in the world."

The cow said, "Yes, I am a spy.

How many military aircraft do you possess and how is Mrs Molotov?"

Molotov seemed very agitated and said, "You won't tell Mrs M. I'm

"So you'd better ave before you ave to fill up a form at here, will you?" the post office first,"

"Thank you.**

The cow said, "Not if you tell me "The skin orf your nose," said the what's going on at Stalinogorsk," Sweep.

"The skin orf yourn."

Dream encounter

WAS a pozsenger

Molotov said, "I can say no to everybody but Mrs Molotov."

"And me," said the cow, winking

at him.

un

solve asking, in fact begging, mo to sit on his knee,

Just as "There'll always be an England." so will there always a housefly.

HOUSE-HUNTING

Next month a caravan "colony" is being Installed to provide for several families.

homes

"If we can get the money we are going to convert a couple of hosteln to take сате of another 200 families,"

les," General Anderson said,

but

S. airmen, oficers Meanwhile, hundreds of married.

and men ore spending their

house- spare time hunting in Lancashire.

Much of Burtonwood was going`

returned be derellet when they I refused at first, because I hate

they are gradually building it up Laguin. Already the camp has three throwing myself at people's heads, So far as files are concerned, we cinemas operating every night, of as it gives the wrong Impression

have the week. (or does it give the right one?), are in better case than we

us D.D.T. was our Lille Ever been. To

America is scattered over but he has so much personal charm Dunkirk, but, like you, we

miles. It is so didn't many square

big and is so obviously fond of cats,

services-American-built like most intelligent and sensitive throw up our hands and say "This that bus

Is the end."

all the time: people, that I just had to give way and let him tickle my cars and call

me "Lottle dear."

Like you, we said: "We can take It" and we did, tons and tons of it,

Then he said, "Why aren't you a devilent tonight, Lottic?” referring,

The result is that we are gelling of course, to the reputation I have after every day. Although we are for galloping all over the house, resting now, waliing for the warm knocking things over, and tearing days of summer, we are building up the furniture.

un cur strength on the D.D.T. left But somehow I didn't feel that in the corners of rooms and behind way, After all, would a cat want pictures. to gallop about the house when she can sit on Michael Wilding's knee?

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Our children are introduced the delicious stuff nt birth and are

As I said in my other letter, I am thriving on It, Like British children, not a snob, but I thought you would they are bigger, healthler, and more like to know my background before numerous then for many years, taking me out for this whiri

thanks to adequate selentine feeding in London which you promised in your of the young, brought about in both eblegram. I always think knowing cakes mainly by a war to exter- committing oneself to a friendship, background is so important before mate us.

Therefore, I think we should both don't you?

be grateful for what at first appeared Needless to say, "I am thrilled at to be a cruel fate, but which has

blessing. the thought of meeting you as you, now turned out to be

A bluebottle of my acquaintanco had such a reputation last time you

be associated with these He screamed buck, "You did it, came over

Wishes Did you or did you not ask me remarks.. Her four hooves were on the hand you filthy English benst. Everybody and foot controls, her horna

like stuck knows you like pressing cats' noses if I would

a present from Hoping your wife and family are I forget now with your thumb, and you pressed · America?

and well, through her flying helmet, and AT 2.30, 5.20, 1 thought what a beautiful face she mine for six weeks it is now naturally wouldn't dream of asking. 1 remain, Sir,

faces flush with, my face." He began But you might like to know that

Yours faithfully, had compared with human $7.30 & 9.30-P.M. I knew.

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When we were airborne I said to Molotov, "Why. is your noso squashed like that?"

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