Rationing musings and home front concerns
Elmer Twitchell laments canned goods bans while urging men to learn cooking and foraging. He contrasts home front morale with women in uniforms, mocks reliance on canning, and notes wartime discomfort and thrift through humorous rhymes and service-member praise.
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A chatty soldier on escort duty with a corporal carries an important prisoner to headquarters while forbidden to speak. A bet of a carton of cigarettes tests his silence. They reach HQ mute, then the corporal remarks on the winnings while the prisoner nearly escapes, prompting a witty reply from the soldier.
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