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Leaving a San Francisco hotel, the Ambassador was confronted by an elderly woman, dressed in black, carrying a large placard that read: "We remember 1776 and we will defend our Republic." Lord Halifax asked her pleasantly, "You are against aiding England...
...Parliament's court jester, A. P. Herbert: "One day it may be these islands will shake to an unprecedented thud as Reich Marshal Göring-a parachute at each corner-settles on and perhaps submerges the Isle of Wight or Skye." > A London newsie chalked on his placard "Extra! Return of Loch Ness Monster." > Other professional and amateur British humorists punned at length. Examples: Mein Dekampf, Your Hess is as good as mine, Hess Sir, That's My Baby, Trojan Hess, Hessteria...
...costly lend-lease supplies are going to the bottom of the Atlantic." This is obviously based on a rumor quite common now--one neither confirmed nor denied by the administration--which states that 40 per cent of American aid has been sunk. This was the basis for the interventionist placard carried before the peace meeting of a few weeks ago stating that "Convoys Mean Victory." What the bearer of this placard meant was that convoys mean war and war means some kind of victory--maybe...
Outwardly, men in Great Britain were defiant; the questions were deep inside them. "Christmas," said a placard in downtown London, "is 1,940 years old and Hitler is only 51. He can't spoil our Christmas." If shops escaped bombings, they advertised: "Open As Usual." A tea shop which had been hit and lost its front wall announced "More Open than Usual...
...mild case of "crisis stomach" worrying about bombing and gassing, about Mr. Chamberlain and what would happen after the war. But through it all ran a thin wire of pluck, which showed itself best in humor. Those were the days when a West End druggist put a placard in his window: "Bismuth as usual during altercations...