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...first time since the War, Germany last week found herself with an army and a War Minister. Celebrating the official promulgation of Germany's new conscription law, handsome grey-haired Lieut. General Werner von Blomberg dropped his title of Reichswehr (Realm's Defense) Minister and reassumed the pre-War title of Kriegsminister (Minister of War). The Reichswehr, too, dropped that name, which it has never liked, to become again Germany's Heer. To cap the day, Kriegsminister von Blomberg performed a little ceremony. He went out to the Invaliden Cemetery, laid wreaths on the graves...
...things not at first apparent were that the new conscript law suddenly makes Kriegsminister von Blomberg one of the most powerful men in Germany, and means the end as a political force of Hitler's Brown Shirts. In the old Imperial Army the War Ministry was a purely administrative post. Not so that of Kriegsminister von Blomberg. Last week's law made him the actual commander of all Germany's armed forces, responsible only to Der Führer in person. Under him and observing his orders will be General Werner von Fritsch of the Army, Admiral...
...Fuhrer's train was brought to an emergency stop nearly two kilometers from the collision. Alighting with Economic Dictator Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Defense Minister General Werner von Blomberg, Herr Hitler strode back through the fog. At the fatal crossing he found 13 corpses. Seven other actors were groaning in pain. Above the dead Realmleader Hitler made his supreme gesture, the Nazi salute. Then, strong-nerved, he plunged into the work of collecting bits of mangled bodies and arranging them under sheets. This took an hour. The seven injured were taken away to hospitals, one dying en route. A fresh...
...first time the German Reichswehr participated at the Party Congress, ending the tradition that the German Army and its officers should remain outside politics. With Herr Hitler hobnobbed Defense Minister General Werner von Blomberg, Admiral Erich Raeder, Chief of the German Admiralty, and General Werner von Fritsch, Chief of the Reichswehr. In all 98 ranking officers appeared, to gether with the whole German Cabinet and every Nazi bigwig of note. Ambassadors of the Great Powers once again remained in Berlin, again fumed at "the impertinence of this ignoramus in inviting the corps diplomatique to a party caucus...
...soldiers Napoleon was Mon Empereur. Last week Adolf Hitler, having seized the powers but not the title of President (TIME, Aug. 13), caused Defense Minister General Werner von Blomberg to issue a significant order...