Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

UP And DOWN
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With WALTER
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by Harry L. Fldnnery,
correspondent for CHS in Der.
lin. He returned here q fep
days ago after covering the
Battle of Crete, the Battle Of
Greece and broddcdsting daily
from Germany for the past
year.
THE CONSTANTLY increas-
ing youth OF the German Army
.. Kids Of fifteen and sixteen
In uniform are q common sight 4
and there are boys Of seven
teen and eighteen who are
officers -. This ID concrete
evidence OF great German
losses In Russia Further
evidence Is the fact that the
police are being called UP for
army service, and veterans Of
the First World War. unfit for
service In the current struggle.
are being used TO replace the
police The latter, Of course.
have long been training for mill
itary service The ghastly
sights Of 19l4-1S being repeated
on the streets Of all German
cities - armless and legless
young men. There n no ques-
ton that the Russians are tax
ing o fearful toll Of Mani man
power.
THE FIERCE rivalry between
the Army and the Party. .Hav-
Ing been fattened on military
triumphs. the Army II demand
ing more and more authority
and becoming more and more
insistent upon getting . COM
pletely free hand. This ex-
plains the recent use Of the
8. r. (Storm Troopers) on the
Russian front. Numbering only
some 20o. 900, their numerical
strength Ii relatively insignifi-
cant. They are used to garner
some glory for the National So
cialists.
THE VAST gulf between the
lives being led by the wealthy
and the poor-in q land where
everyone Is supposed 10 be pre-
pared TO sacrifice al for Fueh-
rer and Fatherlsnd. The ra-
tioning system allows each per-
son one pound Of meat per week.
but attend party tossed by one
OF the upper clawsses and succu-
lent sandwiches are piled up In
huge stacks and thrown out
when left over. The current
price Of coffee is about $40 per
pound. That's not too much
money for men named Krupp.
etc.
THE NIGHT clubs. which are
enjoying a tremendous boom. =.
1t is impossible TO enter one
without reservations made long
in advance This does not
mean that Joy reigns. Rather.
it is another indication OF the
fact that the rich are getting
richer. Money is plentiful with
this tiny inner circle, and they
throw it around with great
abandon. Music in these joints
is mostly by soldiers off duty
who are trying TO pick up an
extra buck. They play Amer
lean Tin Pan Alley stuff. with
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket." currently
the big hit. The ban on dane
ing is still in effect, the big boys
figuring that that would be q
bit too much for the masses To
bear. .Amusingly enough, one
of the largest OF these spots.
the QUARTER Latin. has q tre-
mendous picture OF Joan Craw-
ford in the lobby.
THE COMPLETE disappear
ance OF the Nazi big shots. :.
once they could always be seen
hanging around the Adlon, the
Kaiserhof and the Esplanade.
the towns leading hotels, but
nobody ever sees them at these
places-or any other places
nowadays. They appear only
when Hitler is delivering q
speech. They are all supposed
to be at the front. but Ameri-
can correspondents have not
been permitted to visit the front
for many months.
THE BRAWIIS which the
Americans In Berlin are getting
into with increasing frequency
=. In recent weeks an American
correspondent was set upon and
slugged by three soldiers as he
emerged from a bar. another
was beaten UP In a restaurant
and an employe Of the American
Embassy received beating.
This Is undoubtedly traceable to
the steady flow OF anti-U. s..
propaganda in the German press
According to the Berlin pa
pers we are money-hungry i'm
perialists. They continue. too,
with their vicious attacks on
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