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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1945
Page
6
A humorous wartime cartoon feature riffs on the Army quartermaster, showing soldiers and officers in satirical scenes. The jokes lampoon shortages, bureaucracy, and the stubborn quips of Q-stores, ending with a plug to buy more war bonds.
The barter system has spread from the Continent to Britain with Danish fishermen in north east ports exchanging preserved eggs for cigarettes coffee cocoa salt and bicycle parts. A packet of 20 cigarettes equals 20 eggs and Denmark pays about £14.50 for cigarettes with cycle tires valued up to £27. The police official notes the trade is widespread and largely unstoppable.
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