(Continued from Yesterday)
William D, Bayles is "Life's" regular correspondent in Berlin.
Since the war began he has been writing a series of informal letters, describing the effect of war on civilian life. They were intended simply as background material but "Life's" editors have found them so illuminating that they have decided to publish these excerpts. Cables are censored in advance but letters seldom are.
These letters are entirely uncensored. she was about to ring for it, two gigantic forms stepped out of the gloom and firmly took hold of each of her arms. At that moment the elevator arrived at the floor, the door opened and who should step out but Adolf. My friend then noticed in the light from the elevator that black uniformed forms were parked at every corner and along the corridor. When Adolf had passed, she was released and told to beat it. I learned afterward that he was visiting the son of Winifred Wagner, who was seriously wounded, in Poland The Swedish Government has protested to the Soviet against the Russian air attack on the Swedish steamer Wirgo (701 tons) in the Baltic Sea on February 6. The Wirgo was bound from Abo for Stockholm with five other ships in a convoy, when it was attacked by Russian bombers. The crew of 18 escaped.—Reuter.
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