30 Sep 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Humid, E wind, cloudy, showery.

Letter cards for the kids.

Last showing of “Call it a Day”.

2 matches issued.

Canteen No.2.

With Steve pm. They gave me more cigs. Pkts being sold for Y30.

The local paper (recently taken over by the Information Bureau) does its best to make Allied efforts seem to no avail, but close study makes it obvious  that the Japs are as much in the dark as to truthful news of Europe as we are & their Pacific news has been edited in order to suit themselves & anyone else willing to believe them. Today is the one I drew in the sweep for Germany’s collapse.

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