The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-21
Walter WincheII
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BERLINSERs ARE TALKING

BERLINERs ARE TALKING
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 Wy Harry |. Flannery, corres- pendent for CBS In Berlin. He re- turned here . few days ago after covering the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Greece and broadcasting daily from Germany for the past year.)
 The constantly increasing youth of the German army Kids of fifteen and sixteen in uniform are 8 common sight and there are boys of seventeen and eighteen who are officersl This is concrete evidence of great German losses in Russia Further evidence IS the fact that the police are being called up for army service, and vet erans of the First World War, un- 1t for service in the current struggle are being used to replace the po- lice = The latter, of course, have long been training for military ser- vice The ghastly sights of l9l4- lB being repeated on the streets of all German cities-armlesS and leg less young men. There Is no ques- ton that the. Russians are taking a fearful toll of Nazi manpower.
 The fierce rivalry between the Army and the Party Having been fattened on military triumphs the Army is demanding more and more authority and becoming more and more insistent upon getting a cempetely free hand This ex- plains the recent use of the s. 8. (Storm Troopers) on the Russian Front Numbering only some 100000, their numerical strength is relatively insignificant They are used to garner some glory Tor the National Socialists.
 The vast gulf between the lives being led by the wealthy and the poor-in a land where everyone IS supposed to be prepared to sacrifice All for Fuehrer and Fatherland 7. The rationing system allows each person one pound of meat per week. but attend a party tossed by one of the upper clawsses and succulent sandwiches are piled up in huge stacks and thrown out when left over The current price of cof- fee is about $20 per pound .. That's not too much money for men named Krupp, etc.
 The night clubs, which are en- toying a tremendous boom .. It is impossible to enter one without reservations made long in advance This does not mean that joy reigns Rather, 1t Is another indication of the fact that the rich are getting richer :. Money IS and they throw 1t around with great abandon Music in these joints is mostly by soldiers off duty who are trying to pick up an evtra buck They play American Tin Pan Alley stuff, with "A-Tisket, A Tas- ket," currently the big hit The ban on dancing is still in effect, the big boys figuring that that would be a bit too much for the masses to bear Amusingly enough, one of the largest of these spots, the Quarter Latin, has 6 tre- mendous picture of Joan Crawford in the lobby.
 The complete disappearance of the Nazi big shots Once they Eould always be seen hanging around the Adlon, the Kaiserhof and the the towns leading hotels, |but nobody ever sees them at these places--or any other places-ilow' adays. They appear only when Hit" Her ls delivering speech =. They are all supposed to be at the front, but American correspondents have hot been permitted to visit the front for many months.
 The brawls which the Americans hn Berlin are getting into with in- creasing frequency In recent weeks an American correspondent was set upon and slugged by three soldiers as he emerged from Q bar, another was beaten tip in a restau- rant and an employe of the Ameri- can Embassy received a beating .. This is undoubtedly traceable to Ehe steady flow of anti-U. 8. propa- Kanda in the German press According to the Berlin papers we Ere money -hungry imperialists ... rhey continue, too, with their Iicious attacks on P. D. R. via story and cartoon ...
 The space allotted in the news papers to Llndbergh, Wheeler and khe America First Committee .. The speeches of this duo are printed and discussed at great length and khe meetings of the organization are described with great relish and the Attendance reported with consider. Abie exaggeration President soosevelt'S speeches, on the other hand, are never reported as news. Phrases are lifted from the text and he editorial writers go to work with vim, vigor and invecSive Example: The Zwolf Uhr Blatt Twelve o'clock News) recently car- fed q front page streanler headline which read, MT. Roosevelt-You Are c Liar"
 The clothing problem It has become impossible to obtain a pair ,f leather -soled shoes. AS result, women and children are wearing wooden n-soled shoes, while men go about in shody composition-soled lffairs which wear about as well Is high-grade cardboard Silk
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