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more turkeys and manufacturers will get bigger meat allowances for pies. Those over 70 will get an extra ounce of tea probably for the whole of next year. The amendments of the Town and Country Planning Bill were strongly criticised in Parliament today. The King and Queen went to Dover and Folkestone today to view the damage done by German shelling. The mayors of Ramsgate, Margate, Deal and other places were also met by the King and Queen. Frederick Allen introduced the war reports. 2 recordings were made in liberated Athens one on the Constitution Place there where a gramophone was heard working. As the Germans failed to destroy the power station. Athens was fully lit up when our troops entered. A German sabotage group should blow up the station and they asked their way to it to an old man. 3 times he sent them the wrong way and the last time they shot him. Of the sabotage groups 13 Germans were killed, 9 wounded and the rest surrendered. 4 Greek partisans were killed and there were a few more wounded. The recording
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