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...BRATISLAVA -- Slovak military planes bombarded Hungarian troops near the Slovak towns of Trebischov, Michalovce and Sobrance near the Hungarian-Carpatho-Ukrainian borders today, official communiques declared...
...fighting was Michalovce, which withstood a Hungarian siege while Hungarian and Slovak planes battled overhead. During one fight, in which 17 planes were engaged, four Hungarian and two Slovak planes were reported shot down and four other Slovak planes made forced landings. Two Slovak planes were still missing. Bratislava residents were tense with fear that their city would be bombarded, though Slovaks generally believe that this is unlikely since Germany probably would consider it a cause...
...Hitler immediately received him for a 40-minute conference. As the ousted Dr. Tiso drove away, Führer Hitler's Elite Bodyguard rolled out a drum salute reserved for foreign statesmen who are still in office. Dr. Tiso hurried to a telephone and called Premier Sidor in Bratislava: summon the Slovak Parliament, he commanded, for he was coming to read it a declaration...
When he is pulling a fast one, Adolf Hitler likes to put on a show of force near the scene of operations. Berlin is 300 miles from Bratislava. Early this week the Führer announced that in midweek there would be a huge military parade in Vienna to celebrate the first anniversary of his entry after Anschluss. Vienna is exactly 34 miles from Bratislava...
...riots in Bratislava increased in violence (six were reported killed and 50 hurt by bomb explosions), a cryptic message came from Berlin: "The Slovak problem is already solved." Solution: "Independent" Slovakia with Dr. Tiso as president...