GREAT BRITAIN: Anti-Blitzkrieg

The War Office officially claimed to have nothing to do with the nationwide campaign sweeping British golf clubs last week to have all golfers carry rifles in their bags, shoot Nazi parachuteers on sight. "Many of our readers, particularly those living in the shires," said the London Times, "have already written to ask what is the correct method of dealing with these missionaries of Hitlerism dropping from the sky. . . . It would not be correct for country gentlemen to carry their guns with them on their walks and take flying or running shots as opportunity is offered....

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