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TEEN

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The Warsaw Ghetto

By BETTY BETZ

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à vast sea of rubble and ruin, it gave me a sickening feeling to know that before it was destroyed by the Nazis, kids used to live and play right on this spot. Now there is nothing but a desolate wasteland where homes and tenement houses used to stand. Six years have passed since this most tragic and inhuman incident of all wars, when three and a half million Jews were tortured and put to death.

The homes in the Ghetto were sometimes feel that way, too, and destroyed-slowly-and-systema-don't-like-to-be-reminded-of-the- tically, block by block, with high | painful struggle during the Ger- explosives and incendiaries.

man occupation,

Men, women, and children were either burned, shot, or dragged | off to the Oswiecim concentration

camp, where they were extar | minated in giant gas chambers of cremated in human ovens.

You kids who are just about on Your way to the tennis courts or to the beach might say, "what a horrible thought.. and i was just on my way to get a hot fudge sundae!" Strangely enough, the kids in bombed out Warsan

Softball Notes

Like all other

1

Often you will see a young and pretty Polish girl dancing the mazurka with her beau and if you look closely you will see a set of numbers tatooed on her arm.

The number, to Poles, is a badge of courage which means she served her time at Oswiecim but was fortunate enough to come out alive. She smiles, laughs, and keeps on dancing...but will sel- dom mention the pa

past, which she

to forget.

is trying

"We young people of Poland have suffered enough during the war years when we didn't even have school and always lived in constant fear. Now there is peace so we're trying to enjoy it while it lasts," a 17-year-old girl told

There are a lot of bobby-soxers In Warsaw...but unfortunately not like the ones I know back in the America!

infielders, baseman must have a second quick eye in judging grounders and should be able to tag a run- ner gracefully, without fumbling the ball and thus risk dropping it.

The second baseman usually has plenty of time to make a play at first base. and can,, therefore, sacrifice a little time in making sure of the throw, rather than make a hasty one which may goi wild.

half a month's average wages, so A pair of nylons costs about a most all of the girls wear ankle socks, out of necessity.

Poland is a country where the in fashions, but since material is girls are tremendously interested scarce and expensive, they don't have the opportunity to even see a new look dress, let alone to

wear one.

Their skirts are well above the knee, with no fullness at all, and they seldom wear bright colours, although they love them.

Several high school girls squeal- ed when they saw me wearing a very ordinary, red and white cot- ton candy

diradi skirt

Most beginners do not realise, this, and in their enthusiasm, rife the hall away without even look- ing. This does not mean that the fielder may loaf on the field. On słow

he must run in ton grounders

I made which and field the ball in order to prevent the runner beating the one evening when throws

In the other infield positions, -hoc a ball is fumbled, the chances of a successful "pirtout" are very faint, but the second baseman can easily complete the play after a fumble, so he should bear this in mind.

perate

Stself in Berlin |

des-

something new. any one of you queers in your best formal in I'ra sure you would cause a riot, for here a pretty tulle and taflets ball gown is only seen in the movies.

to

Shoes are the biggest problem in Warsaw, for they take a a rough beating on An Essential

cobble stones, mud and rubble. It's not uncommon One of the essential

to have shoes resoled eight times, things and

when which any infielder should know,

they're completely is the correct base to throw to shot, many of the girls have taken on a play. It may be that a run-

wearing heavy rope-soled ner on third is sprinting for home espadrilles, attractive and com

fortable. on a grounder, and the second baseman should know before- Although the Warsaw girls are hard that he should field the ball not aware of

it, they're

Way whip it home for the out

ahead in their hair styles, for the This is one of the most difficult short bob has long been the mast plays for a second-baseman, for practical coiffure since (pre-war

and

it

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the time

the difference between victory stand that they no longer have and defeat in a close garne.

The action of good

comb, and may seem mechanical, but it is not realised that hothes of sweat- ing alone could have achieved those results.

The Double Play

Another interesting play which

the second baseman is usually involved is the double-

with

a runner on first base. the short-stop fields the

baseman

becomes the pivot, and his task

play:

ball then the second

is to catch the toss from the short-stop with one foot 10

seen many

haven't

girls wearing nail polish or lipstick. which are expensive imports, and Buy

visitor wearing a straw bon. net trimmed with

ribbons and would probably flowers

make front page news if she walked along the main street.

Personality

Seventeen-year-old Francis Lo

second base and relay the throw is one of the keenest members of

to first base, all in one continuous the international motion

is

Fen Friend

When executed flawlessly, if fraternity. He writes to a large

number of and

the

teen agers in Europe. United States and makes

ft a point always to find new as well as help others in search of friends aboard.

one of the most graceful ex- hibitions on the diamond It may Bad Enlargtag for your fim.

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His favourite subjects are English, History and most of all, maths.

His ambition is to be an aero- nautical

engineer. One very im- portant hobby to Francis is the construction of aeroplane models.| His reading is mostly on aeronan- tical subjects.

Francis, like many other teen agers, is keen in sports but has

black carpet beetles, bedbugs public meeting places, chicken away from building or return no particular talent in any, hel

fleas, lice, silverfish.

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says. He has tried his skill on the tracks "and although it has all been fun and good exercise, I have never been successful in any event," said he on the sub-

He suggested to the Topics that there should be a pen friend column with names and address of teenagers abroad sent in by local teen agers "so as we can make a cocle of pen friends smoog curselves.

-This a good idea in- deed. I any other person is in- terested, please communicate with the Editor of the Toples

POP

TOPICS

THE NEW LOOK!

WARSAW

AS YOU REFUSE TO

COME OUT AUD TAKE

KY NEW COSTUME CER

- ! AM COMING IN

YOUR TROUSERS ON!

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN-

MANDRAKES STORY OF HIS CHILDHOOD: *WE WERE THE FIRST WESTERNERS EVER ADMITTED TO THIS TIBETAN

COLLEGE OF MAGIC--#_

RIP KIRBY

ENOUGH OF THIS BORNS TAUK OF THE PAY GIVE ME YOUR HANDS, MY SWEET...YOUR PALE, EXCITING KANDS?

'—THANKS TO DAD'S GREAT FAME AS A STAGE MAGICIAN. BUT HE HAD BECOME ILL ON THE TAIP UP THERE-

HOLD EVERYTHING, GRANDPA/ IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ROMEO, SO FIND A

STAGE. I'M HERG

STRICTLY ON BUSINESS!

JOHNNY HAZARD

GO ON! I SAID TO TAKE IT! I'M YOUR PRISONER!

HONG KONG FILM

and THEATRE

NEWS

OCTOBER

ISSUE

NOW ON SALE

50 cents

Platter Chatter

In a recent issue of Down Beat, į spot with the Ink Spots a food

Miss Betty Bez reported her ob- second...

servations 健 round-the-world The leading band number is jazz. Betty says the Siamese love Tommy Dorsey's Hucklebuck bop but the Japanese (like many Americans) say they don't under stand it.

Buddy Clark teamed up with. Xavier

Nocturnal Cugat for Chaperon and Thrill-Me.

From a large number of re-

Quoting Betty, “In Tokyo you're apt to hear Loris Jordan and Willispes, I Bick Ella Fitzgerald's Bradley any hour of the day. In A-Tisket A-Tasket and Undesid- China they hadn't heard Slow Chick Webb, one of the best man ed which she made with the late- Boat to China until we played it who ever beat the snares.

to death, and a gang of makara- For second place I jans in New Delhi got a big wallop Artle Shaw's Sweet Lorraine and would take out of hearing The Maharajah of Just You Just Me followed by *Migador."

Jack Teagarden's Melancholy and. It I Could Be With You.

Betty made no mention of Hong Kong but if she comes around this way again, we'll be glad to have

her on Teen-Time.

The New Dises

Ralph Flanagan who made the album Tribute to Glenn Miller, continues to keep the Müller tradition alive. He recent Blue bird disc, It All Depends On You and The Wedding of Lili Marlene has everything "the Miller fan likes.

Two tones which are climbing fast are Someday and You're Breaking My Heart Two excel lent versions of Someday should be available shortly: Vaughn Monroe's on Victor and .on. Decca we have the Mills

Brothers smooth singing.

Honourable mention goes to Les Brown's 1941 pintter; Joltin' Joe Di Maggio and The Nickel Ser- enade.

Rediffusion Hot Club

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If you are fond of Dixieland and lives lend an ear to. this evening's Hot Club session at 5 Pum Blues Were Born in New Or« Louis-- Armstrong Where the leans

Ellington: Memphis

Bob Crosby March of the Bob Cats.

Bing (with Bob's archestra): Lazy.

Duke

Blues.

Wingy Manone: I Wish I Could: Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Lena Horne: Careless Love, Bing and Lee Wiley. I Start Suits Me.

Jack Teagardem I'm Sorry E

You're Breaking My Heart by Made You Cry. Damone is in the number

IT'S LATE...YOU CALLED A REHEARSAL FOR TEN CYCLOCK TOMORROW, REMEMBER?

SUPPOSE WE GAY.

GOOD NIGHT..

оде

The Wren...

Bagged!

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis.

BOYS, IF ANYTHING

HAPPENS TO ME, STAY HERE. WHAT YOU LEARN WILL

MAKE YOU

AND FAMO OUTSIDE

VERY WELL, MISS / MADELON... MY MAN WILL DRIVE YOU TO DISMAL POINT... DISMAL POINT! WHAT

A NAME! I TRUST YOU HAVE SWEET

DREAMS!

*SOMETHING I'D HAPPEN TO DAD-

HE DIED A WEEK AFTER. WE

ARRIVED THERE

$25

By ALEX RAYMOND

"STRICTLY

BUSNESS”, SHE SAYS!

- SO BE IT! AND YOU'LL

HAVE THE CHANCE

TO PROVE THAT SCON, MY LITTLE JEZEBEL!

W-VYPLAT... KIND OF T-TRICK K THIS?!

NO TRICK, PAL..... AND DON'T YOU TRY ANY! YOU NEED A PILOT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND THAT'S MEJ HOLD THE GUN CAREFULLY, PAL, CAUSE I'M THE ONLY PILOT AROUND HERE I

By FRANK ROBBINS

I DON'T GET IT... BUT COME ON...

MARCH!

JANE

WELL, WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK SO SICK ABOUT

THINGS NOW THE SEA'S GOT CALMER,

JANE

IN FACT, YOU LOOK

'MOST CHARMINGLY NAUTICAL-1 MUST SAY IT'S FLATTERING OF YOU TO COME ALL

PREPARED FOR A

UTTLE CRUISE

WITH ME!/

HOW DARE YOU!

I CAME TO STOP YOU!

COME,COME, CONFESS THERE WAS JUST A

TEENY WEENY DOUBT IN YOUR LUMIND THAT 1-

THERE WAS ← BUT

NOT NOW!-| SEE YOU AS YOU

ARE ANEM ADVENTURER-- A CROOK- AND I'D

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