Strangest ausweis issued in Mclean Texas 1944

[numizz]

Can somebody can translate the text.

Thank you.

[Kohima]

I’m struggling, but it’s something to do with a smoking permit!

Looking forward to finding out what this thing is all about...

Baffled Bob

[thecyclist64]

It is a smokers permit. It goes on to say; " despite his youth, the smoking commission had decided to allow him to smoke. Medical opinion states that nicotin enjoyment leads to a "well upholstered" body. This permit expires on th 10th October 1944."

[HPL2008]

I may be stating the obvious, but it is, of course, a humoristic document whose language and design parodies official paperwork, right down to a hand-drawn "seal". The men of that "smokers' committee" were POWs at Camp McLean in Gray County, TX.

[TWS]

I may be stating the obvious, but it is, of course, a humoristic document whose language and design parodies official paperwork, right down to a hand-drawn "seal". The men of that "smokers' committee" were POWs at Camp McLean in Gray County, TX.

Yes, it appears to be something done in a humorous way to pass the time in captivity.