Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1948 — Page 20

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of a Series About Life Behind the Iron Curtain.

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: H. NEWTON, Scripps-Howard : ) ‘the Commissar we cannot brigade in the morning.” ‘why can’t you brigade in the morning, comrade?” 3 must listen to the BBC”—(British Broadcasting

: wry little ike. about “brigading” —serving in the govern“volunteer” wo Eic hiigades_protty well illustrates the attl-

So the people's government has erected barbed wire barricades and built blockhouses every few hundred yards along the border.

heir|The iron curtain is designed to

keep people in as well as keep people out. Food is scarce and strictly rationed. Textiles are almost non-

,lexistent.

I went into a Bar Tn downtown Prague. It was quite crowded. As I was sitting on a stool a Czech army officer walked over and asked, “You are an American, aren't you?” 8 Officers Enter

We had a drink together. Three armed police came in. They went from person to person asking each for his papers. When they left, I asked the army officer, “What do they do is you don’t have any papers?” “Tonight they take your name and tomorrow they come and get y » A barmaid was singing in German and a thrée-man orchestra wandered through the crowd playing request tunes. They asked the Czech officer what he would like to hear. He s around on his bar stool and answered, ‘Play

Fits a Long Way to Tipperary’.”

A few people joined in the sing- , When the music stopped the of cer remarked loudly, “It's a

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C of C Secretary Quits Times State Service . GREENCASTLE, Sept. 6—Miss Helen Black, secretary of the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce for the past 20 years, has tendered her resignation to the board of directors. She is a native of Rushville.

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