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5. Also Sprach Karl Kniep:
Thank you for your last Report No. 68. There are a few things:

1. Page j: You are talking about the “Golden Gate”. I remember that this is a bridge in ‘Frisco. In Danzig, there is the Langgasser Tor. Possibly the Poles gave it a new name.

2. Page 16: “A New Perf Discovery?” No!! Please look at our ARGE Report No. 131, you will find there our Beilage No. 126 from Sie9fried Stoye: “Der Ausgleichszahn”. It is found temporarily in the first (last) row of a sheet of stamps (vertical or horizontal) from many Danzig stamps, and it is constantly in the left vertical row of Michel 206 and in the whole sheet of 297.

3. Page 18: “Gross Ganzsachen” NO!! The card and the cancel are both forgeries. The cancel is only a part; you can find the whole cancel in Rittmeister’s Sonder— und Werbestempel 1904-1945 on page 441

That’s all! Have a good time, convey the best greetings and wishes for Betty from Hilde and me, and remain a good boy!
- Charlie Kniep
Wiesbaden

[That’s easy for you to say, Uncle Charlie! Us young 63-year—olds are at that dangerous age and must sow wild oats. Golden Gate, admittedly, is from the Polish Brama Zota. Langgasse Tor will be accepted as a valid substitute. (Only kidding, of course.) By the way, you can see the relationship with Zloty, which is their unit of currency, once backed by gold. Thanks for your other help!!)

Diana, Add this to your Convention Planning Book:
In planning for a GPS convention, every Chapter hopes to outdo itself in providing the best hospitality suite, banquet and entertainment. Here is an article from the Baltimore Evening Sun by Kevin Cowherd, reprinted by permission, which partially explains the process:

Squeeze the Life out of the Music
One of the most unnerving incidents of my adult life occurred recently when I found myself trapped in a room with a half—dozen accordion players. The accordion, as is universally acknowledged, is the most annoying instrument known to man.

Statistics indicate there are maybe 20 people in the whole world who like accordion music, and most of these suffer from severe emotional problems. Two or three are serving life sentences on Death Row, where, let’s face it, you’re happy to hear someone humming “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”

 

Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 69 - October - November - December - 1990, Page 27.