Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Considering that the Danzig Nazis had got far too chesty, adjoining Poland, a State armed to the teeth and with a hair-trigger temper, sent its Berlin Ambassador around to see bull-necked German Air Minister and Prussian Premier General Hermann Wilhelm Göring, who makes Poland one of his Nazi specialties, dearly loves to shoot wild boar at the hunting lodge of Poland's President. Within 24 hours the German Press, which had been lauding Nose-Thumber Greiser, slued around. It was suddenly discovered-or at least printed-that Adolf Hitler had been "furious" about the crude...
Next Herr Greiser, with the jerky motions of a Prussian drill sergeant, advanced upon "Tony" Eden, seized his hand, shook it vigorously, gave the Nazi salute with upraised arm individually to "Tony" and two other members of the Council, whirled on his heel and began to stalk out. Hearing snickers from the 80 journalists present, Nazi Greiser thumbed his nose at the press box. This evoked a mighty uproar which puzzled the Council because its members could not see the German's gesture but only his broad back. Up jumped the Manchester Guardian's Robert Dell, President...
...Blum had set himself was indicated last week by Chicago Daily News Correspondent Edgar Ansel Mowrer: "The chief problem confronting . . . Leon Blum, is whether France is to ... descend to the rank of a third-rate power. ... It is safe to say that never since the end of the Franco-Prussian war has Europe had less confidence in the ability of France to maintain its present position. As for the very dominant position taken naturally by France immediately after the War, there is no longer any thought of it. . . . Already Italian army officers in Ethiopia are treating the French and British...
...sleeps outside Hitler's door. When Hitler drove out in his huge Mercedes-Benz, the man at the wheel was usually Julius Schreck, muscular, slit-eyed sub-commander of the Schutzstaffel, who wore an imitation Hitler mustache. Substitute chauffeur was Erich Kempka, 25, Schutzstaffel captain. Since even Prussian Premier Goring and Minister of Propaganda Goebbels cannot see the Realmleader without an appointment, Hitler's bodyguards are the men in Germany closest...
...West Point 73 years ago, he went to Paris in 1885 as a penniless young engi eer fresh from Yale. His job was with Hotchkiss & Cie., French armament concern founded by a Connecticut Yankee who had sold arms to the Union until 1865, moved to France before the Franco-Prussian War. Engineer Benet has spent most of his life perfecting the Hotchkiss machine gun, now standard equipment in two of the world's biggest armies, French and Japanese...