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...feature was Kitty Foyle, knov/n in Berlin as Fräulein Kitty. Couples strolled toward the Kronen Lichtspiele in search of a few laughs, an occasional tear, and the chance to forget Germany. They did not find what they were looking for. U.S. Information Control was trying a Hollywood sneak preview on Germans. The substitute picture was Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator...
They accused Frédéric Dupont, a Paris city councilor for 13 years, of "intelligence with the enemy" during the occupation. Rightists answered that such an accusation should be heard in a court of law, not in the legislature. The Reds promptly let go with shrill invective. Pierre Hervé, Communist intellectual, flung "Vichyite!" at Rightist André Mutter. The wizened but agile editor leaped up and started across the floor with fists doubled. One-armed André Le Trocquer, Socialist ex-Minister of the Interior, and two stiff-shirted, bechained ushers restrained Mutter. Meanwhile, the bedlam grew...
...Stars & Stripes B-Bag column, a callous G.I. summed it up: "I've lost my Fräulein. The other day I gave her my week's candy ration, and when I went back to see her, she did not want anything to do with me. Could it possibly be that she did not like the licorice sticks, the peanut bar and the tropical chocolate? I admit I don't like them, but then I'm not starving." He signed it: "Wondering...
There, the Americana Officers' Club used to hold twice-weekly "Fräulein Nights." The club, with U.S. liquor and a German dance band, was thrown open to all comers-meaning U.S. officers and their Fraulein, because American girls stayed away from the club on those nights. Recently, the Americana switched to an "Every night is Fräulein night" policy...
...last week's secret ceremony was neither the first nor the last of its kind. Clandestine G.I.-Fräulein marriages are expected to increase as winter sets in. A G.I. husband can provide his Frau with extra food, fuel to heat her room...