NOT SUPPOSED TO MENTION IT BUT . . Haw many people cannot resist the temptation to pass on “ something they heard.” War gossip, like a chain letter, multiplies in ever-increasing circles at a rapid rate until it reaches enemy hands. It is not sufficiently realised that the enemy is organised to take advantage of such idle gossip, having an organisation to scientifically collect and classify information from which is sifted what the enemy wants to know. Be discreet . . . avoid careless talk and careless writing. Avoid, reference to the location, movements, dr destination of any branch of the armed services. Firmly refuse to discuss ships and shipping movements. Inserted to assist the war effort by the proprietors of Baxters Lung Preserve r. —[ Ad vt. ]
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Evening Star, Issue 24330, 20 October 1942, Page 6
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121Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 24330, 20 October 1942, Page 6
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