Ban Lifted

From a Bavarian lakeside resort, the Stars and Stripes's Sergeant Joe Weston reported how news of the U.S. Army's lifting of the sharply-criticised non-fraternization ban was received by local Fraeulein:

"One of the first people in this picturesque town to hear about the rescinding of the ban was a 28-year-old blonde, blousy German girl named Helga. She was told about it by the American soldier whose room in one of the local hotels she had been sharing for the past 30 days. Helga's reaction was mixed. She said she was very happy because 'now we don't have to hide it any more.' But the joy was somewhat shadowed, she allowed, because 'it is much better when it is forbidden.' "Brigitte Heidenrich and Ingeborg Gassau, both 21, first heard the news at 10:30 in the evening, when two G.I.s hollered up to the window of the house out of which the Maedchen were giggling like bobby-soxers. Said one G.I. : 'Hey there, Brigitte, how ya doing, Baby? How about us coming up? It's not verboten any more.' His conversation was a combination of German, French, English and arm motions. A few minutes later the two soldiers ambled through the front door of the two-story cottage. This reporter did not bother to find out how Brigitte and Corporal Harry had become so friendly without being able to talk to each other.

American ingenuity, no doubt.

"Ilse Schmidt, gorgeous 19-year-old brunette with a figure designed to make men drool, talked with this reporter on one of the bathing piers. Her answer on the whole subject of fraternization was:

'I never had any trouble. Have you a cigaret, please?'

"Lifting of the ban failed to rejoice all Germans. Last week several fraternizing Fraeulein had their hair cropped in the French style."

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