The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Writer


NEA Service Writer
LONDON, April 19.-Almost ev-
erybody likes a parade. And Adolf
Hitler, as German dictator, is see
ing that Berlin has plenty of them
Not only by day. but occasionally
at night, when great torchlight pro-
cessions are staged, dozens of Nazi
bands lead thousands of uniformed
men marching beneath a sea Of
waving banners.
Then, as a regular parade diet
every Monday and again every
Thursday, a police band marches
through Inter den Linden, fol-
lowed by platoons Of Police and
Nazi auxiliaries.
On the surface all seems normal
and peaceful in Berlin. The streets
are crowded here as in other larger
cities.
Many Buy in Jewish Shops
The only difference in the usual
animated picture is to be found in
the marked presence Of the Nazi
Brown Shirts. Many people are still
patronizing the big Jewish shops
despite the recent one-day boycott,
and despite the daily excited anti
Semitic attacks appearing in An
griff, the paper conducted by Min
lister of Propaganda Goebbels.
There are no visible signs of fear
or nervousness. There has, however,
been a noticeable cessation of street
fighting between Nazis and Com
munists, owing to the complete
domination of the former.
There now are only occasional
outbreaks in the Stun quarters of
various cities, and these soon are
put down. Many Germans say the
streets are safer than at any other
time in fourteen years.
One Of the most marked changes
to be found in the German citizen
is in his Discrimination to discuss
politics. AS in Italy, where Mus
solini or his policies never are dis
cussed, publicly the German of to-
day will not discuss Hitler or the
Nazi government with those whom
he may meet in public.
White Light District Gay
Kurfuerstendamm, Berlin's white
light district, blazes with lights by
night, with bands and orchestras
playing and night club women sing
ing. At the famous Haus Vaterland,
where each vast room typifies va
rious sections of Germany by scenic
effects. bands, walters and menus,
I found only three rooms fairly
crowded.
The rest were almost empty. jew
ish residents who formerly were
the best spenders here, were con-
spicuous by their absence. One res
taurant, in the arcade off Inter den
Linden, displays a sign that it is a
pure German house and has Nazl
band as a daily attraction.
In the big hotel dining rooms and
in famous restaurants, where be-
fore the war, monocled PrusSian Of
ficers we're once conspicuous, fire.
quent sight now is that Of coatless
Nazi officers, their Sam Brown belts
strapped over their brown shirts,
with a revolver swinging from the
hip.
Shops Sell Hitler Photos
Small shops throughout Berlin
recall the early Fascist days in Italy,
their windows being filled with
cheap pictures and medallions of
Hitler, as we'll as numerous books
and pamphlets, the product of Nazi
authors whose works were rushed
into print.
Early adherentS of Hitler have
opened shops where they specialize
in the sale of NaM uniforms, insig-
MIA medals, banners and pictures.
They are doing a good business.
Mediocre plays are to be found at
the theatsrs. At the movies one finds
films approved by the Nazis. These
tell stories of how Germany tri-
umphed over France in 1870 and of
how Germany fought the World
war.
The windup is usually a picture of
Hitler and his storm troops. Mean
time, the police or Nazi .auXiliarieS
raid the poor Jewish quarters almost
daily. The raids are declared to be
searches for arms and forbidden
papers and literature.
Hitler Extremely Busy
The amusement of the moment
for idlers in Berlin seems to be to
stand for hours on Wilhelmstrasse
in the hope of catching glimpse
of Hitler or Hindenburg as they
pass by. Hitler is becoming al
most as invisible as Hindenburg.
He is perhaps The hardest work
ing man in Germany. He lives,
mainly, in the Chancellery on Will
helm.trasse, where he receives
deputation after deputation of doc
tors, farmers, Nazi business leaders
to whom he has intrusted the key
positions of the country, correspond
ents and others.
He does not drink or smoke. is
said tD have no inclination toward
convivlality.
The telegraph lines of Germany
are owned by the government. All
news dispatches filed on these lines.
therefore, are seen by government
officials, but dispatches are not usu-
ally held up, or deleted, unless there
is some direct attack upon the gov
eminent.
The general run of dispatches,
representing straight reporting of
facts, are being passed. was told
Next-Hamburg and the Hitler
anti Jew campaign.