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...Hitler's Youth Movement, Nationale Jeugdstorm, has doubled the number of its demonstrations and marches, has opened new offices all over Holland to enlist recruits. To show off the recruits, Sunday-schoolish Hoofdstormer (Youth Movement chief) van Geelkerken last week planned a mass youth rally at Roermond. Friederic Schmidt, dictator of the Adolf Hitler Youth Schools, attended. But Roermond townspeople stayed away. Shops were locked up, streets deserted, blackout curtains drawn. While some 50 corn-haired Dutch children squirmed in embarrassment, Schmidt commented ruefully: "Apparently citizens of this town do not like to see us here." Echoed Van Geelkerken...
Dunster: Bill Lucas, stroke; Walt Rogers, 7; Bill Schal, 6; Frank Hammond, 5; Fred Cunningham, 4; Al Schmidt, 3; Tom Winship, 2; Finn Ferner, 1; Cliff Taylor...
...MARCELLA SCHMIDT...
...have been informed, strictly confidentially," he said, "that Sweden is occupied by German troops since yesterday." Newsmen gulped, departed, began telephoning frantically for details. When they were gone, Herr Schmidt roared with laughter. It had all been a joke, an assurance, of course, that the invasion talk was ludicrous. It was all very funny...
...Swedes. They knew Herr Schmidt's humor was not all in fun. It was the start of the same old guessing game which began each year with the melting snows. Everyone would guess which way Adolf Hitler would jump next-then wonder how they could have missed the obvious. In 1940 the experts had Hitler invading France-but he struck at Norway first. In 1941 he was going against the British or Turkey-but he turned against Russia instead. Now, in 1942, it seemed that Hitler would strike toward the Russian Caucasus or the Suez Canal. Naturally, the Swedes...