The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Walter WincheII
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Ccreator of the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier at Warsaw whose sculptures were exhibited at the Polish Pavilion at the Worlds Fair hopes for a visa, thanks to the intervention of his personal friend LaGuardia . Paderewski, before leaving Lisbon for New York, took with him a list of $50 prominent Poles for whom he hopes to get visas.
 France" de GauIe's newspaper in London, was banned in Portugal after the request" by the Vichy government Signal" the Nazi- copy of Life" sponsored by Herr Goebbels and appearing in German, English, French, Italian and Span ish, Is delivered without charge to the newsStands in Lisbon :. At the time of the French. collapse the Portuguese press was Germanophile. After September the picture changed U. Now the papers print 75 per cent English news and g per cent German lies. Almost daily the Ger man Ambassador complains about it to President SalaZar At last the British propaganda has popped up bit, They've launched an in expensive picture weekly, "Mundo Graphico," which has great success The newstands in Lisbon must be strictly neutral. Wherever they hang out 10 English papers they must show 10 German sheets, too It is too bad that despite good air connections the London papers seldom get to Lisbon while the whole Nazipress is available every day.
 Many people marry for "visa req sons" in Portugal Particularly Po- fish girls who have no chances for immigration often marry Frenchmen in order to obtain a visa for Brazil The offices of the Czecho- slovakian consulate are at the Cafe Chave d'Oro . The attache of the Italian Embassy sits every night at the Imperial Bar with a Fascio button on his lapel and has his six whiskeys although Italy is at war with England.
 A tale of heroism is told about Mrs. Sarah Rottenberg. She is a naturalized French woman from Poland. Her two sons, 18 and q years old, were killed at the French front last June. She fled to Por- tugal with her ailing husband. She was able to conceal from her hus- band the news of the death of their two children until now be- cause he wouldn't survive the shock. A scene in a restaurant at Lisbon: A refugee lady just arrived, still confused with a currency new to her, tips the waiter too gener- ously. The waiter refuses the money with these words: You made a mistake, Madame. It's unusual to give so much ill this country" :. Two refugees. the Yugoslav Dra- gutin Crameric and the Viennese Egon Neuman. composed a song en- titled Goodbye, Lisbon" Lyrics by Mrs. Antonio Ferro, wife of the Portuguese of Propaganda. It's a hit and is played every night over the air.
 The Hotel Bussaco, a former castle of the Portuguese kings, has been expecting tfor months now) ex- King Carol and Madame Lupescu. The entire former castle is reserved for them . Almost every taXicab in Lisbon flies American and British banners fixed to it's radiator |. The Theater Variedades announced a play entitled: "Refugiados" The police forbade the title since the play makes fun of refugees :. The comfort and the indifference of the Portuguese is unique. If street car conductor gets thirsty he stops in the middle of the block during the rush hour, steps down from his car, goes to the nearest well, drinks a cup of water while long queue of other street cars and motorcars patiently wait without lowing their horns.
 Portugal is the only country in Europe without money restrictions. It is the only country in Europe without diplomatic relations with Red Russia. Portugal never recognized the Soviet Union :. Por- tugal is the only country in Europe where you are not forced to tighten your belt. You may eat and drink whatever you can pay for.