CELLULOID CARDS
ONE MILLION DROPPED SET FIRE TO TARGETS ALLEGATIONS BY GERMANY (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 11, 11.25 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 10 Authorised circles state that the Royal Air Force dropped 1,000,000 self-igniting celluloid cards in Germany in the past four weeks and set fire to crops, barns and schools In Westphalia, Hanover and the Harz Mountains, also Southern and Central Germany.
One plane could carry 250,000 cards, which are two inches square.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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76CELLULOID CARDS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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