Foreign News: Hessteria

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> The Lord Provost of Glasgow protested that Hess brought Glasgow so much publicity that his presence there might well bring on an air raid.
> In Rio de Janeiro a Swiss druggist named Rudolf Hess grabbed an airliner to avoid importunate newsmen and photographers.
> Mrs. Emma Hess Upchurch of Bristol, Va., a sister-in-law, was proud that her boy Gustave Adolf Hess Jr. is a U.S. Army volunteer.
> Several U.S. organizations tried to forward firearms to fork-wielding Farmer David McLean.
> In Cairo, Hess's old nurse was sure he was not crazy.
> One newspaper report leered that Hess's toenails were painted red.
> Collier's Correspondent William Hillman broadcast that Hess had been converted to Buchmanism, had flown to Britain to "share" his sins.
> Said Parliament's court jester, A. P. Herbert: "One day it may be these islands will shake to an unprecedented thud as Reich Marshal Göring—a parachute at each corner—settles on and perhaps submerges the Isle of Wight or Skye."
> A London newsie chalked on his placard "Extra! Return of Loch Ness Monster."
> Other professional and amateur British humorists punned at length. Examples: Mein Dekampf, Your Hess is as good as mine, Hess Sir, That's My Baby, Trojan Hess, Hessteria.