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...Over the German home radio a soldiers' chorus was cheerfully bellowing out Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland. Suddenly came a flourish of martial music, and a hoarse voice cried: "Achtung! Achtung! Enemy planes are over northwest Germany!" Then the station went...
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...clock that night, a portentous hush settled on the German radio. Then came a flourish of trumpets, followed by the announcer's voice, vibrant with pride and triumph: "The Führer's Headquarters. The German High Command announces: A sub marine commanded by Senior Lieutenant von Billow has sunk in the middle of the North Atlantic the American aircraft carrier Ranger, employed to guard Atlantic convoy routes. The Führer has awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross [of the Iron Cross] to Lieutenant von Bülow, the 234th member...
...Black Market activities will flourish in this season of good will and many foreigners will benefit...
...food situation is better than it was last year. The 1943 grain harvest in Europe was good, and the Nazis meant every word of their boast that Germany would eat if all Europe had to starve. The German bread ration was recently increased. Yet the black market continues to flourish. One of Germany's sorest shortages is in housing. Nazi figures admit that 6,953,000 people (about 9% of the prewar population) have been bombed out or evacuated. Labor Chief Robert Ley said last week that bombs had destroyed 2,000,000 rooms in homes. The solutions...