Monday, Sep. 16, 1940
Gulls
Since mass air raids on Great Britain started, Britons have learned to watch the flight of sea birds. Gulls flying inland means that raiders are coming. But the war has been hard on sea gulls. Diving for fish killed by exploding mines, depth charges and torpedoes, they land on a surface of oil spread by sunken ships, bog down, can fly no more. Last week a Mrs. Yglesias on the Cornish coast went into the business of cleaning gulls. With the assistance of her two daughters she was able to de-oil 700 per day.
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