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...proclamation issued by the President of the Kreistag Committee, it was stated that the Committee 'did not in any way consider itself a Government set up by the Allies, but as an intermediary between the Allies on the one hand and the population of the occupied Palatinate, Bavaria and the Reich on the other. It was specifically stated that this provisional regime would last until peace and order had been restored and until all the administrative machinery had been started. A warning was issued to the people to keep the peace and to refrain from reprisals against the Separatists under...
...native of Munschen, Bavaria, Mr. Leitner does not speak English freely. He therefore gave an explanation of Leitnerism and mental telepathy in actions instead of in words...
...Geisenfeld, Bavaria, Franz Dietrich, "champion sausage eater of Ger-many," ate 14 one-pound sausages, drank 10 large glasses of beer in two hours...
Died. Ex-Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, 29, Carmelite nun since 1920 when she abdicated in favor of her sister Charlotte, now reigning Duchess of Luxembourg; at Hohenburg castle, Bavaria. When the Germans demanded passage through Luxembourg on their way to attack France, she formally protested by drawing her automobile across the street in front of the advancing army. Neither she nor the Luxembourg Government (Germany's forced auxiliary) opposed forcibly, however...
Prince Alban Lowenstein Wertheim Freudenberg was formerly a Captain in the Hanover Uhlans. General von Reichlin-Meldegg was formerly military commander of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. Both are now Franciscan monks, having taken the vow in Munich. The distinguishing characteristic of the Franciscan order is: Imitation of the public life of Christ, especially His poverty and simplicity- "A poor and scanty use of earthly goods." Their dress is brown robe with white girdle...