ABOLITION OF TRUNCHEONS
FOR GERMAN POLICEMEN BUT REVOLVERS AND BAYONETS TO BE CARRIED fUnited Press Association—By Elect rio Telegraph -Copyright! (Received 11th September, 2.10 p.m.) BERLIN, 10th September. Herr Hitler, declaring that it is now impossible to beat people’s backs as if they were-barbarians, proudly drew the attention of 3000 police appearing for the first time at Nuremberg, to the abolition of rubber truncheons—a hated symbol. In November the Republic police would ordinarily carry revolvers and bayonets, and, on exceptional occasions, rifles.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 11 September 1937, Page 10
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82ABOLITION OF TRUNCHEONS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 11 September 1937, Page 10
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