The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1953, Page 9

eis Persons Dying Monthly Trying To Escape From Iron Curtain; Commies Take All Precautions To Hold Their People NO ONE WANTS TO ESCAPE FROM UN SIDE TO COMMUNISTS _ By RICHARD O'REGAN VIENNA, #—Death waits today at almost every crack and chink fm the lone, desolate Iron Curtain (areugh whith thousands used . to flip to freedom in the West. Barely a few dozen refugees a mopth now manage to squeeze the ghost villages, the eherous minefields and the wire entanglements that 2,500 miles from the Baltic Blgck Sea. Their esca wequires great courage, careful and much luck. far those who escape, dozens pong dag Some are electrocuted on live fenees, others are blown te bits by mines, some are shot, others die from torture by their rs. Only two years ago, thousands of politieal enemies of Communism qoiild cress the frontiers of Czecho- slovakia, Poland, Romianis, Hung- dpc Bulgaria to reach the 1 too gréat danger. jut new, intelligence reports say, ers that separate East have been ‘sealed to form well of a vast prison which millions are en- the wall, there are sec- Curtains cutting off escape to the ft where quick possible is across ‘ast and West Ber- ast German Reds he been proud of my CLOROX-clean washes for 30 years What chance is there to escape? Here is a report compiled from recent refugees and intelligence accounts: You may run into trouble as soon as you leave your home town. On country highways, security po- lice and militia throw up constant toad blocks. You must have a permit to be traveling away from your job. If you get throngh the road blocks and the nightly checks on hotels and inns, you finally reach the “restricted zone.” This is a desolate area of almost empty villages and towns, running the whole vast length of the Iron Cur- tain. The zone is 5-20 miles in depth. Entire populations have been de- ported to remove all “politically unreliables.” It is a region of neg- l¢eted farms, scorched forest3 and uncountable police and troops. You cannot enter the zone with- out a special permit, a special identity card, special ration books and military authorization. There are patrols on every train and guards on every road. No train conductor nor bus driver can sell you a ticket without seeing your authorization. In all hotels and restaurants there are police agents to check on strangers. All private homes must report immedi- ately any overnight guests. In the restricted zones between Czechoslovakia and Germany, be- tween Hungary and Austria, and between Romania and Yugoslavia, fortifications reminiscent of the Maginot Line and Siegfried Line are beginning to appear. They are another hazard. As you approach the actual fron- tier, it becomes more dangerous. You're likely to step into a mine- field. Watchtowers begin to appear. Border guards hide in trees. A trip wire may set off signal eas Thursday, June 11, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 9 STATE AGENCIES TO DECORATE FOR VFW TALLAHASSEE (P—State agen- cies have been asked to decorate their buildings if possible for the state Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here June 18-21, VFW District Commander Raney Whaley, Tallahassee, said between 3,000 and 4,000 delegates are ex- pected. He reported Capt. Manuel Fernandez, Miami, world’s second ranking jet ace newly returned from Korea, will address VFW members from the Capitol steps at noon June 20. Secretary of State R. A. Gray said negotiations are under way to give Fernandez a state citation during his visit. Film About Weizmann TE] AVIV ((®) — Film authors Emmerich Pressburger and Mic- hael Powell of (British) “Red Shoes” and “Tales of Hoffmann” fame have arrived here for a two weeks stay to get a close view of the background of their planned film on the life of the late Israel State President and scholar Prof. Chaim Weizmann. Pressburger said the film - the cast of which is not yet selected - would largely be based on Weiziiann’s autobio- graphy “Trail and Error’ which appeared about three years ago. rockets or, at night, flash on a nearby searchlight. You will run into deep excava- tions and newly harrowed fields, where patroling guards immediate- ly detect your footprints. Fierce Police dogs are likely to find you. If you try to run, border guards have orders to shoot to kill. |Pair Jailed For Trespassing Two Navy men were held in city ijail charged with treaspass- ing after they were captured by} Police at Monroe Motors, White Street, shortly after midnight yes- terday, it has been reported. The pair, Robert A. Newman and Earl N. Braun, both of the USS Manuel, were taken into cus-| tody by officers R. L. James an¢ Herman Conley. Police had been called to the auto showroom to in- vestigate reports that two men were loitering there. As they were conducting a search, one of the men was cap- tured as he ran from the building. The other was found hiding be- neath a car, police said. Police also said that Newman has admitted, under questioning, that they went into the building to steal gasoline from the cars there. 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