Herr Adolf Hitler, who made an important speech yesterday on the sixth anniversary of his coming to power as Fuehrer of Germany. Born of German parentage in Austria, Herr Hitler was the son of a petty Customs official. In his youth he followed the trade of signwriter and decorator, principally in Vienna. On the outbreak of the Great War he joined up with the German army at Munich, becoming a corporal. He was wounded during the war. A visionary, but a man of action, Hitler associated himself with a number of radical movements, finally establishing his own party, the National Socialists—or Nazis. In 1923, at Munich, he attempted an unsuccessful “putsch,” but as Germany’s internal position became more unstable the Nazis gained adherents until, on January 13, 1933, Hitler was summoned by President Hindenburg to be Chancellor of the German Reich.

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1939, Page 4

Herr Adolf Hitler, who made an important speech yesterday on the sixth anniversary of his coming to power as Fuehrer of Germany. Born of German parentage in Austria, Herr Hitler was the son of a petty Customs official. In his youth he followed the trade of signwriter and decorator, principally in Vienna. On the outbreak of the Great War he joined up with the German army at Munich, becoming a corporal. He was wounded during the war. A visionary, but a man of action, Hitler associated himself with a number of radical movements, finally establishing his own party, the National Socialists—or Nazis. In 1923, at Munich, he attempted an unsuccessful “ putsch,” but as Germany’s internal position became more unstable the Nazis gained adherents until, on January 13, 1933, Hitler was summoned by President Hindenburg to be Chancellor of the German Reich.