“I’ve been thinking about the plans for demobilising army men. The best way it can be handled is to discharge al soldiers- alphabetically.”’ * . . * . . :fs ' S Two American ’soldiers who arrived in England'for the first time found; the public telephone boxes somewhat confusing. One of them was attempting to make a call. After some ten minutes of manoeuvring with buttons A and B, and dialling the operator’, he had just pressed one of the buttons when a V-bomb exploded near by. Stumbling out, covered with dust, heTound his pal lying on the pavement somewhat shaken. “Honest, Joe,” he protested, “all I did was to press button A.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 64, 18 December 1946, Page 4 (Supplement)
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106Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 64, 18 December 1946, Page 4 (Supplement)
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