Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Daughter of a Masseuse! The generals invaded the august presence of the Führer on the plea that the most sacred traditions of the Army and the celebrated Potsdam Code of officers' conduct had been flagrantly violated by the marriage of War Minister Field Marshal von Blomberg (TIME, Jan. 24). These extremely private nuptials occurred in a Berlin marriage clerk's office and the War Minister's witnesses were No. 1 Nazi Hitler, No. 2 Nazi Göring. Their presence was sufficient authority, so Blomberg appeared to have thought, for the match. But the generals...
...More orthodox capitalist conduct of the finances of the Fatherland, whereas the Nazi radicals have always been for virtual socialization of Germany...
Secret Council. Nothing Adolf Hitler does is ever entirely simple, and last week he complicated his solution of the crisis by creating openly what he called a secret Cabinet Council "for the purpose of advising the Führer in the conduct of foreign policy." Old Baron von Neurath, who had just been kicked out as Foreign Minister, was made the so-called "president" of this council, but into it went also new Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop, Field Marshal Göring, Propaganda Minister Dr. Goebbels, Naval Chief of Staff Admiral-General Erich Raeder and Major General Wilhelm Keitel...
...cultured, book-collecting, slightly bald Victorian gentleman of 53, whose one adventurous act had been to marry Milagritos, 18 years younger than himself. Warm-blooded and grey-eyed, Milagritos was a lovely puzzle for Mr. Witt. At once serene and violent, free in her manner but irreproachable in her conduct, she was indolent, simple, with a streak of exuberance and humor that could be disconcerting to a prudent husband. They had been married for 15 years and, except for the fact that each blamed the other because they had no children, they were content...
...lawyers as many as 18 hours a day during the bank holiday, he managed to keep abreast of the tremendous legal complexities involved in demands for RFC help from thousands of banks in 48 States, Attorney General Cummings was impressed. When New Dealer Cummings borrowed Lawyer Reed to conduct the Government's successful defense of a collateral gold clause case before the Supreme Court in 1935 he was still more impressed, got him the appointment of assistant attorney general and that same year persuaded Franklin Roosevelt that Stanley Reed should be given the Solicitor Generalship, highest legal command save...