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S. Cane of St. Catharines, Ont., sends us a scrap of Churchilliana:

When Gen. Von Thoma surrendered to Gen. Montgomery in Africa, the tee-totalling Monty invited the German to dinner. A British MP took exception to such fraternization and asked Winston Churchill for his view. Said Winnie: “My sympathy lies with Von Thoma for I, too, have dined with Gen. Montgomery.”

 

 


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