LISTENINGS
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KEN
ALEXANDER
il 1 etege ISLAND has a Signifiname. As the commander of the American forces said, in connection with the recent battle with the Japs, the result was so good that it is reasonable to forecast that the United Nations are midway to victory; which means of course, that the Japs are midWay to defeat. Pearl Harbour might have looked like a jewel of @ raid to the Japs, at the time; but have they never heard that the pearl is the jewel of tears? Pearl Harbour is not likely to be forgotten by the Americans. They are raising a force named The Avengers of Pearl Harbour who have sworn to deliver pearls-with shells. Japan is their oyster.
At least three Jap aircraft carriers were put out of action at Midway! The Jap mosquito-in spite of Jap misquote-o-has a bad twist in its sting, Unlike Oliver Twist every time it asks for more it will get it-in the neck. Japan has not got the skids under her yet, but there are signs of slipping. Her midget subs are manned by suicide crews. This may explain why Jap undersea craft come up for peeps and then go down for keeps. * * * R.A.F. monster raids on Germany! For a long time eau de Cologne will stink in the nostrils of the Nazis. And the German people are saying more than, "Drat these flies!" Mr. Roosevelt has warned the Japs that the use of gas will bring swift retribution. A good idea to drop national safety posters for their benefit -‘They gassed, and this is what. happened." And "Lest you regret! Don’t gas!’ * % * Hitler visited the Finnish leader, Field-Marshal Mannerheim, to wish him thany happy returns of the day. Mannerheim could hardly return the compliment because Hitler has already had his day.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 156, 19 June 1942, Page 12
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