The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-05
By FREDERICK OECHSNER Copyright, 1884, by United Press)

By FREDERICK OECHsNER Copyright, 1884, by United Press) Berlin, July 5 - UP) - Naz' political chieftains, the men who know the towns and provinces ana people in the streets, met today to discuss the party's present state and it's future trend and fortunes. Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered what amounted to an emergency national party convention. He and Rudolph Hess, German counterpart of Postmaster General James J. Farley, were expected to join the convention today if it seemed ad- visa ble.
 There were 80 delegates in the convention state governors and federal and district leaders. They sped yesterday to Flensburg, on the German Danish frontier.
 In addition there were so or more aides and advisers. In charge were pr Robert Ley, leader of the national labor front, comprising all former workers unions, chairman; Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels, minis ter of propaganda; Baldur won Schirach, leader of all youth or ganizations; Julius Streicher, a chief party publicist and editor of the weekly newspaper Der Stuer- mer; and Lieut. Gen Franz Ritter von Epp, governor of Bavaria and the Nazi party's military adviser.
 Meeting Kept Secret
 German newspapers were forpld- den to publish any accounts of the meeting except those issued through the official news agency.
 It was generally believed the convention was called to do in city and state governments, in the party itself and in political, eco- homie and educational Nazi units, what was done and is being done in the storm troop organization purification, though not by the fir- ing squad, but by reorganization and consolidation.
 The obvious importance of the Flensburg convention detracted at- tention for the moment from the situation here, where the govern ment was trying to gain breath ing spell after bloody and nerve trying days.
 Von Paper Too Strong The future of Franz von Papen, vice chancellor, representative of President Paul von Hindenburg and spokesman for the army and the Catholics in the cabinet, still was uncertain.
 Speculation was varied. One possible hypothesis was that, de. spite everything, Hitler was moi anxious that Won Paper leave the cabinet unless he did so in circum. stances which would satisfy Hin. denburg.
 Though he may be distrusted b, | the Nazis because of his suavity his political skill and his nobility he Is a baron-he has value a! an agent and might be dangeroui as an open enemy or a nartyry. Won Papen offered his resigna' ton as soon as he was released | from "protective" arrest-a humili ation that may have been deliber ate or may have resulted from thu excitement of Nazi leaders ove Saturdays storm troop crisis, wheI no one was trusted.
 More Arrests Made | New arrests continued. The Ger man legation at Oslo, Norway, in formed the United Press 1t had nt knowledge of a report carried from there by the Exchange Tele graph company of London that si, | tourists on the German cruise shiI Sierra Cordoba had been arrested by the ships captain on wireless orders from Berlin. The repor was that they had conspiret against Hitler and were to be ex ecuted. The ship Is continuing it 1 cruise of northern waters and Il due back at Bremerhaven. Ger many, in 10 or 12 days.
 At Meseritz, Prussia, Grego Meissner was announced to hav' been sentenced to death by a reg rilar court for the murder of Kur Elsholz, a Nazi district treasurer two weeks ago. He Is a Catholic 1t was alleged that Catholics wer, ! responsible for the staying, ant that the local branch of the Cath ollie youth organization had beer suppressed.
 There had been no announce ment--such as was promised-o. the total killed as the result of tn, Roehm revolt since Tuesday night Then the propaganda ministr, gave the total as 46.
 New deaths were being turned up daily although 1t was not taker to mean that new killings were 1T progress but merely that unreveal ed weekend killings were coming to light.
 The best private sources talliet fairly closely with official an nouncements, still putting a tenta. tive maximum of around fifty ol sixty throughout the country.
 Eclipse of Storm Troops
 The latest decree by the govern. ment in its cleaning up of the storm troop situation was a reaaf. firmation of the temporary eclipse of the great brown shirt army Kurt Lutze, new comn1ander-iri chief. announced that the meT must not wear their uniforms dur ing their July vacation: except 1T cases where storm troopers were also party officials; that specia permission must be obtained foi any meeting and that the name of Ernst Roehm must be removed from the blades of their daggers. The Prussian ministry of in. terior, in a decree which seemed routine, forbade Jews to change their names except by permission Permission, 1t was said. would be granted only when present names were ridiculous, and the new names would be Jewish ones