SHORTWAVES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 7

SHORTWAVES

F British civilians are slaughtered and their cities laid waste there will undoubtedly be a powerful reaction in this country. It could be strong enough to sweep us into war.-‘"Boston Post," U.S.A. Fe # % WEDEN reminds me of a man who has been courting one girl for a long time and suddenly realises that another would make a far better match for him.-Marquess of Donegal. aK % * VERYTHING is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.-Will Rogers, % * * f Eis American people do not understand what this war is all about--U.S. Ambassador to England, Joseph Kennedy. * * 5 a the Fuehrer, von Ribbentrop seems a muchtravelled man of the world. Bismarck would have set his Great Dane at him.-J. B. Firth in London " Daily Telegraph." * oe * EMBERS of the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service will show their pink forms whenever called upon to do so.-Army Order, B.E.F. EY a % cs is certain that the final peace of Europe will be of Federal quality-The Weekly Review. am: co XK Fae aes ie love in full blast expresses itself by every means possible, over every object which can remotely be considered lovable.--Zoe Breen, in the " Daily Mail,’ London. * * * dhesic Heetler ees my best take-off. For a few friends I take off that Heetler, yes, but for the public, no! An artist has no business mixing up with politeecs erekupe Volos, taking off Hitler. bo OU’RE American — what do you think about Roosevelt?-Remark addressed to American missionary in mid-Africa by a native. * x * * the university banned a red-headed man it would be an infringement of civil liberties. If it banned a murderer it would not.-R. M, Hutchins, President of Chicago University. x * * HE Allied cause, which is the cause of Liberty, will triumph, And life will be fine again for free men,-Paul Reynaud, French Premier,