Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press december 1, 1952 Page 15 the Iron curtain Berlin 4 Quick excuses bar Way to Omsk started off. There to the supreme soviet 7th instalment Zoriy one Caci leading out of ask them to suspend the pad when we landed at Omsk at and it was closed by a bar Jack yen ., the official in charge a uniformed. Guard in he said this with a twinkle in passenger landings told us that Nis Lark Arab would he there for 12 hours Leav Jne communists go ahead you i said you re Lucky ing at seven . To of would have the nerve you re friends. Otherwise although we were anxious try to get through. They walked a remark like that might Cost you reach our final destination the Forward slowly with one Eye on dearly. Remember we re in Sibr tiffs that we would spend 12 Barrier and one Eye on of full Daylight in Omsk was an in waiting for a few wisecracks. So it s True what they say about and wonderful Windfall. And ashamed they he asked with a Grin. Ive would get a look at a real is about 30 feet from the Barrier pm Antl inc same of chess began live up to Norse spirit visitor urges an Appeal to scandinavians to dedicate themselves to the great causes of human Freedom and Progress facing them in the world today was made Friday night by or. Ard Beck professor in scandinavian literature and languages at the University of North Dakota. He was speaking at a banquet in the Empire hotel observing the tenth anniversary of the Viking club. S. R. Rodrick president was in the chair. Or. Beck the guest speaker said the Norse spirit had become a i progressive spirit directed into and constructive social pro Gress in Many Fields nationally and internationally. Its peace Loving spirit he said was exemplified in the important part which the nations of the North were taking in the deliberations and activities of the United nations. The Norse or. Beck emphasized has always been and still is both a Liberty Loving and Law abiding spirit. Liberty under the Law is the Keystone of the cherished scandinavian Ideal of personal dealing with the adventurous and heroic spirit of the Vikings of old the speaker said this Pion Eer spirit is written Large in the fruitful achievements of the set tiers irom the Northern countries. I these settlers had made a not Jable and Able and lasting Contri i Button to the building of Manitoba he said. A history of the club was out lined by h. A. Brodahl Secretary since its formation ten years ago. Auckland . A the largest of it. Nauru Hoe s four craters began erupting saturday. Book Selling record Haven Conn. New revised Standard version of the King James Bible is on it Way to setting a Book Selling record a Yale Leader in biblical research said saturday. Rev. Luther a. Weigle Dean emeritus of the Yale divinity school who Laboured nearly 20 years to produce the revision reported copies have been sold within its eight weeks of publication. To retire Beffre 6.5% ask ils that s our Llu siness manufacturers life insurance company Berian town. Barrasse at the Prospect of being in Siberia the airports Are equip turned Back in full View of a dirty Ped with sleeping accommodations capitalist. For travellers. So the woman air i that afternoon the chess games port director opened up her Best were something less than exciting. Bedrooms for us giving us the there we were with Omsk the Capi Chancy of 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep if we wanted it or the Chance to rest and visit the town again a Little More sadly this time. Immense slum i have my own opinion Why we weren t allowed to visit Omsk. On our first trip across Siberia the Tal of Siberia outside our front had flown in a wide Circle and we could t see it. Perhaps above the town before it came in that s an exaggeration. We Cou minor a Landing. It was noon and Sun isee it. We could see factory Chim by without a in the sky. 1 but no bus Neys and office buildings on the had been Able to fix the town in we shaved in a hurry alight Bank of the River a few kilo my memory As we flew Over it at breakfast and at s.30 we meters away. Less than feel. A re ready for a look at Omsk. Omsk is an immense slum. Three were two algerians a French Juvie padlock la lev or four of the Mam streets Are Man a Sealander and two canadians All crossing Siberia for die second time. Four of us were communists two were not. We All filed out to the front of the air towards the Middle of the Ter noon one of the algerians he paved. The rest Are quagmires. Sex for the factories and the of fice buildings the town is built of communist one came into the wooden huts. You d think you Mitory grumbling. He had been in a Minin Lown which Hall turning from the bathroom when overnight. But Omsk is he ran smack into a must door pumping his nose. I hurried t 300 000t out to see if the padlock Law in Force in Siberia. And sure in. Lor with the news that the bus for Omsk had just left. When will it by i Tion t know but it will a Strong padlock at least two with a red Star kept the lavatory u so we waited playing chess shut. the time away. An hour Ami really a bit too a half later we trooped Over Tojo id t my algerian companion. A office the Airport director i. _ by for. Bus Hack Iscon in the five Yeai plan that no it won t be Back until toilet must be open at three Omsk has remained in my Mem. Ory As a Symbol of Liberty in the afternoons. I advise you to and no taxi Well Lei s get a taxi. We d like 1u a taxi Omsk is quite far away Nii know. It s 23 Kilometres. And Ali River is crossed by a floating i Edge. And it s Frozen Over at this of year. In the Winter you to Cross Over the ice. If you to Omsk you can t be sure of Gering we went Back and played two or Irr games of chess and then we decided that we just had to see Omsk. ".madame, we re ready to swim Back if necessary but we want to see Omsk. Besides the town is Only about 10 Kilometres away not3. And the weather is mild. There is no danger of the River freezing Ever. Call a for us and Well pay whatever is you can t leave1 you can t leave. I be just received a Telegram from Moscow. In Stead of staying 12 hours in Omsk you la Only be staying four or five hours. I m waiting for another Tele Gram which will definitely fix your departure time. So i can t let you go off because i Don t know when you must leave it was really Worth watching the Speed and coolness with which she invented her extraordinary excuses. But even More extraordinary was the Way our four communists Swal Lowed or seemed to Swallow the whole Story with perfect Resigna Tion. Since Omsk seemed to be out of the question we decided to try at least to Sec something other than 1he Airport. We pulled on our Over Man claimed changed into woman York Yor daily news says today a j Bronx Carpenter has received a letter from his son a United states army Veteran in Denmark saying that two years of treatments Ami operations made him a woman. The news says the letter from Christine Jorgensen 26, formerly George Jorgensen jr., told the parents nature made the mistake which i have had corrected and i am your the letter the news says in a copyrighted account was accompanied by photographs of Christine in feminine clothes and coiffure showing a handsome and feminine looking blonde. To smooth the Way for her return to the ., the news says the Ambassador to Denmark mrs. Eugenie Anderson arranged to have All Jorgensen s army and immigration records changed to the name. Christine was described As Mak ing a successful career in Denmark As a color photographer. 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