Woman recounts Soviet camp horrors and survival
A German woman, back from a Soviet prison camp, describes brutal conditions in 1945 to 1948. She recalls favoritism toward certain captives, rapes by soldiers, mass suicides, and long forced labor days in a Caucasus farm camp after a 10 day train journey. Her last name is withheld to protect relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ames
Hamburg
Erne
Soviet Special Command
Caucasus
Caucasus Mountains
Man-Made Torment and the Golfing Paradox
Poet Edgar A. Guest reflects on a life of comfort followed by a personal crisis. A man joins golf to escape heartache yet discovers new woes in the game’s vanity and self-made torments. The verse lampoons the endless pursuit of leisure as a source of existential vexation.
Harsh Winter Work Conditions in Field Labor
Describes workers husking corn outdoors under a blazing sun and in winter, snow melting to ice covering fields and workers' feet, highlighting grueling labor conditions faced by women.
Soviet Challenged On Free Danube
BELGRADE AP The United States challenged Russia to prove it wants free navigation on the Danube. Ambassador Cannon urged the Danube conference to approve an amendment barring discrimination based on flag vessel ownership or any other basis. Eastern Europe blocs pressed ahead with a pact excluding Western powers from control of the inland waterway.
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Belgrade
United States
Russia
Danube River
Cavendish Cannon
Cannon
Europe
Germans Flee Reds To Seek U S Shelter
Berlin report says by 1947 postwar Germans sought refuge in Western zones to escape Soviet control. Population in the U S zone rose 3 percent to about 17.73 million while the Russian zone declined. Most interzonal movers came from the Russian zone, with many fleeing political persecution and forced labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Germany
Russians Increase Population in Dairen Port City
SHANGHAI INS reports tenfold rise in Russian residents in Dairen to about 10,000 from 1,000 before World War II. Isaac Patch Jr says army troops are less than half, civilians fill remainder, with currency controls, inflation, and strict social barriers between Russians and Chinese. He notes China accuses Russia of occupation and cites the exchange rate 40 rubles per dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
INS
Dairen
Ysaac Patch, Jr
Patch
Boston
Darren
Russia
Port Arthur
United States
Yanks Preparing to Leave Korea
The U S army rushes to withdraw from Korea loading hundreds of trucks jeeps and weapons carriers at Inchon for shipment. Korea hopes much gear can be kept but much shipped goods may not be usable. arms will be needed as the republic inaug urates Sunday on the surrender anniversary. Communists reportedly threaten disturbances during the South Korean Assembly election under UN observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U.S
Inchon
U. S.army
U. S
United Nations
Woman seeks absolute divorce in Linn County Iowa
Effie Fountsinof Walnut files a petition in Linn County District Court asking the court to grant an absolute divorce from Enos Foun! on grounds of cruel and inhumane treatment endangering her life. He is warned that failure to appear by September 1948 will result in a default judgment.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Enos Foun
Clery Cf
District Court of
Linn Coun
Effie Fountsin
Phefore
Chal. L
Cedar Rands
Iowa
Authority on Vampires Dies in England at 68
The Rev. A. M. Montague Summers world authority on black magic and vampires died in Richmond England on Tuesday at age 68. He collapsed at his desk while working on the final chapter of his autobiography detailing his witch craft and ghost research. Summers authored The Werewolf and is listed in the British Who's Who for his recreations.
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England
Richmond
A. M. Montague Summers
Summers
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Pam
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Mighland Swing
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