HITLER’S BIRTHDAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 7

HITLER’S BIRTHDAY

NAZI CELEBRATIONS FOREIGN CONGRATULATIONS GREAT PARADE TO BE HELD < Bv Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright? Received April 19, 5.5 p.m. BERLIN, April 18. Herr Hitler's birthday celebrations vcill begin to-morrow and will culminate in a five hours' goose-stepping ; arade. during which planes have been forbidden to fly over Berlin, under penalty of being shot down. Dr. Haena. President of Bohemia and Moravia, and representatives of Italy, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Denmark, Rumania, Lithuania, Finland, and Latvia will congratulate the Fuhrer, and representatives of Danzig will present him with the freedom of the city. Herr Hitler will then open Berlin's east-west axis motor road. Warships will call at Cadiz, Algecirac, Malaga, Ceuta, and Tangier between April 27 and May 1 and at Ferrol, Arosa Bay, Pontevevdra, Vigo, and Lisbon between May 6 and 10. It is officially stated that Dr. von Papen has been appointed Ambassador to Turkey. The Foreign Minister. Herr von Ribbentrop, received the Rumanian Foreign Minister, Dr. Gafeneu. DANZIG AS A GIFT REPORTS PURE NONSENSE" Received April 19, 5.5 p.m. BERLIN, April 19. The adjutant to Herr Albert Foerster, Nazi leader in Danzig, stated I hat reports of Danzig's return to the Reich as a birthday gift to Herr Hitler are pure nonsense. He said that the Fuhrer will be made an honorary citizen hut. beyond that nothing will happen. TO BE EXPELLED BRITISH NEWSPAPER MEN IN BERLIN. SAID TO MISREPRESENT FACTS. BERLIN, April 18. The Nazis have ordered ths expulsion of the News-Cnronicie correspondent, Mr. T. H. Harrison, within a fortnight o.n the ground that he misrepresents facts. REICHSTAG ENLARGED MEMBERS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES. Received April 19, 5.5 p.m. BERLIN, April 18. ; Herr Hitler has issued a decree increasing the number of members in the Reichstag to include two members from Memel and one from Bohemia and Moravia.