GERMAN REPUBLIC

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1933, Page 7

GERMAN REPUBLIC

QUIET ANNIVERSARY. [BY CABLH'-PRESS assn. —COPYRIGHT.] BERLIN, August 11. The anniversary of the German Republican (Constitution parsed quietly and in marked contrast to former years. The Nazis made no attempt to ban the celebration, though they indicated it would be unwelcome with the arrest of Wilhelm Jalnecke, exGovernor of the Uslar district, a son-in-law of ex-President Ebert. All the male members of the Ebert family are now in custody. , The Prussian Ministry of the Interior has expropriated the estate, building, and plant of the former publishers of “Vorwaert’s.” AID TO MARRIAGE. BERLIN, August. 12. The Reemstma cigarette factory at Altona, is giving £5O to every woman employee marrying before 1934, and making room for a male worker. Two hundred women have accepted. Sixty others have relinquished their jobs in favour of male relatives. At Konigsberg, housewives receive premiums for employing maids instead of doing their own housework. GOVERNOR SHOT AT. STUTTGART, August 12. The Nazis allege that Hans Menzel, the Governor of the State of Wurtemburg, was fired on, but was not injured, by Austrian lleimwehr, because he accidentally' stepped across tho border. ANOTHER FRONTIER INCIDENT. INNSBRUCK, August 13. A clash occurred last, night, at Klobinstein, where Bavarians crossed the frontier, and fired on three Austrians. resting off duty. The latter returned the fire. and it is believed thev wounded some of the assailants. The Bavarians, later, fired on gendarmes guarding an ammunition store. None was injured. APOLOGY TO SWITZERLAND. (Received August 14, 10 a.m.) BERNE, August 13. The German Minister expressed regret at the Nazis entering Swiss territory on August S.