Daily Post - 12.02.1943, Blaðsíða 3

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DAILY POST
BEV
The Course Of
True Lurve
’Tis England ih Springtime.
The countryside is. awakening,
wearing a mantle of dewy fresh-
ness, reminiscent of a night-
watchman at knocking-off time.
Lambs are gambolling in the
meadows and, as usual, the
black ones are winning.
* * *
Two lovers are sitting in an
arbour, oblivious of their glor-
ious surroundings, beneath the
shade of the old apple tree. Oc-
casionally a blossom bursts forth
with a loúd ’plop’, and anoth-
er redskin bites the dust: —
(Sorry, I’ve just written a yarn
about Dead-Shot Dick).
* * *
Suddenly, the boy drops to
his knees and, opening his
waistcoat, throws out his chest.
Pausing to replace it, he cries
“Beloved, how canst thou be so
croo-ell? I lurve you, wilt thou
be mine?” The rnaid, clasping
her bosom with one hand,
stroking the boy’s head with the
other ,and wiping her eyes with
the other, murmers heartbrok-
enly “Ah, my lover, t’would be
heavenly, but, alas, my father,
who would sacrifice even his
daughter for gold, has pledged
me to the Squire’s son. ’Tis fa-
ted that our love can never
be.”
The boy rises to his feet and
striding rapidly to and fro (Al-
though hampered by the fact
that one of his legs is both the
same) mutters, between clench-
ed teeth “There must be a
way!” The maid watches him
in silence, hope and fear mingl-
ing with the freckles on her
face.
Suddenly he halts, and clasp-
ing her hands, cries “Dearest
one, I have a plan to thwart
this devilish plot. Tonight I
ride to London to charter a
’plane. Be ready at day-break
to-morrow, and we will fly to a
distant land, long before any-
thing can be done to prevent
us. Trust me, my own, and we
will yet find happiness togeth-
er.
* # #
The maid rises to her feet, and
scornfully tossing her head, re-
proaches him “What kind of an
dmerica Looks At
The Hone Front
The announcement of food
rationing did not, strangely
enough, lead to anything like
widespread hoarding. Most
customers were too patriotic
and most grocers too stingy.
*
If Mr. Wickards’ plans work
out as expected we’ll all have
enough food to keep us fit. —
Everybody will be strong,
healthy, and slender enough to
squeeze through tight places.
Income-tax blanks .are now
being mailed more promptly
than usual. Mr. Morgenthau
wants to give all taxpayers
time to recover from the shock.
Our tireless wheels of in-
dustry will win the war for us,
says Detroit. We are beginning
to fear that all wheels will be
tireless before. we have enough
rubber to win it.
Todajr’s B. B. C.
HOME SERVICE
(Icelandic Time).
1600 News, 1645 Today in
Ulster, 1655 Variety, Robin
Hood, 1740 Reshaping Man’s
Heritage, 1800 BBC Orchestra,
1830 Play: “The Hat,” 1900
News, 1930 Brahm’s . Piano
Quintet, 2015 Biscay Patrol,
2045 News in Gaelic, 2055 Joan
Taylor, Soprano.
FORCES' PROGRAMME
(lcelandic Time).
1500 Opera in Camera, re-
cords, 1535 Forces’ Music Club,
.1600 News, 1630 Accent on
Rhythm, 1640 Famous Spy Stor
ies, 1700 American Sports Bul-
letin, 1705 Jack Payne and his
Orchestra, 1730 Northern Com
.mand Boxing Championship,
1800 Henry Hall’s Guest Night,
1830 Songs and Story of Film
“You Were Never Lovelier,”
1900 News, 1920 Jack Benny
Programme, 1945 “Close-up”,
2000 Cairo Calling for Middle
East Forces, 2030 Jack Simp-
son Sextet.
— When in Rome, do as the
Germans do. (New York Daily
Mirror).
idea d’you call that, you dope?
This is 1853, there ain’t no such
things as aeróplanes yet.”
News From
America
The mayor of Ashland, Ohio,
has issued a proclamation mak
ing it unlawful, for the dura-
tion of the war, to complain on
Thursdays.
At the University of Califor-
nia, a scientist discovered that
pigs who lacked vitamin B did
the goose step like the Nazis.
The armed forces of the U.S.
include 11,000 Indians and
thousands more of the famous
Redmen have disappeared
from the reservations to take
employment in armament
plants.
The U.S. army has ordered
20,000 summer panties for mem
bers of the Women’s Army
Auxiliary Cofps. They will cost
$7,350.
Emily Post, according to a
dispatch from New York, has
given her approval to lady de-
fense workers who hitch rides
from gentlemen motorists. Miss
Post says the lady defense
workers should not “thumb”
their rides, but instead they
should display their identifi-
cation tags to approaching mot-
orists.
In San Diego, Calif., two
merchants were fined $77 for a
four cent overcharge on a half-
city’s first prosecution on
pound of bacon. It was the
price-ceiling violation charges.
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
NÝJA BÍÓ: “A man Hunt” with
Walter Pidgeon and Joan
Bennett.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Gone with the
Wind” with Vivien Leigh,
Clark Gable, Leslie Howard
and Olivia de Havilland.
| TJARNARBÍÓ — “The Man
Who Came To Dinner” —
Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan
REYKJABÍÓ: — “The Shop
Around The Corner” with
James Stewart and Margaret
Sullivan.
RED CROSS
Open house 1.30—8.30.
Gala Square Dance 8.30—11.00.
Brighton Hill-billy Orchestra.
Refreshments 10.00.
Y.M.C.A.
Friday 7.15 p.m. Cinema.
On January 13th, torrential
rains in the south of England
caused the suspension of rail-
way services and the flooding
of large areas.
Men of the United States Coast Guard, a part of the American
Navy in wartime, stand at attention for inspection by H. V. Al-
exander, First Lord of the British Admiralty, and his staff. The
review took place near the Coast Guardsmen’s barracks at a port
somewhere in the British Isles.