WIDE DEPRESSION
c; ERMANS WO UK 14D ITPl T P vorN(; cstia’S imrm LONDON, 'Nov. I.—A young Germ;ih girl, who loft her job in London to liome just before tlio war, has utiUrn to a. German friend she left hebiiul: “f wish i could take the next train and return to England.” The letter was dated September li .luring the Polish campaign—and rea(lu'd London through neutral irioudls. It said also: * ‘'l'lie re is a depression everywhere :t n.| ivc don’t know where we are. "People onlv talk about victory and not a. word' is said about relations who have fallen. , “No, this is no longer the pleasant Thl place. The people have been worked up and are brutal and seem to labour under a kind of delusion. “These are bard times—wo are rationed from head to foot.” The girl’s former employer, with Mb m she bad worked! 14 months, iVI ;,!. “| never believed these stones ab»u‘t letters from Germany. You can mm 'me I’m struck h.v this one—' the first".gen nine one IVe seen for myself."
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 271, 15 December 1939, Page 3
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175WIDE DEPRESSION Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 271, 15 December 1939, Page 3
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