A Shell advert published in Punch magazine on 2 April 1958 (Click on image to enlarge) Painting by John Leigh Pemberton
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In the growing and ripening stages corn and hay are a sanctuary for wild life which man does not invade. Here is cover and food for RABBITS (1) which have survived myxomatosis, and for two migrant birds, CONCRAKE (2) and QUAIL (hen 3, cock 4), which are scarce nowadays though they have always been less seen than heard (the Corncrake precisely “crakes”, the Quail says “wet-my-lips “). The LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE (5) and the COMMON SHREW (6) live on the margins and in the crop. HARVEST MICE (7), using their tails as they climb about the wheat, are a decreasing species. Modern cleaning of seeds and selective weedkillers have also reduced the flowers. CORNCOCKLE (8) and CORNFLOWER (9) are now much rarer (though common across the Channel in Normandy). BINDWEED (10) isn’t easily repressed, nor is the odd little SHEPHERD’S NEEDLE (11), with needle-shaped fruits. POPPIES (12) still blaze on light soils, and WHITE CAMPION (13) remains common. It was a belief that picking these last two would bring on thunderstorms: in a way, they were protectors of the crop.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
