The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09

agents OF the secret service behind
who were British war mongers and
Jewry."
Nazis were certain the bomb was
meant for Hitler, because, one
spokesman said, 1.-The old guards In
the hall could hardly have been
the target" But they were amazed
taht such an explosion could have
occurred anywhere near Hitler.
Since the beginning Of the war,
the eternal vigilance for the Fueh-
rer's personal safety has been
strengt hened considerably. Every
where he goes, he Is preceded by
a squad Of secret police and Use.
curity service" troops who search
infinitely the places he will be. In
every gathering there Is a strong
force OF local strom troopers and
secret police. When he enters
meeting halls for demonstrations,
the main aisles are lined by storm
troopers standing shoulder to shoul-
der. When heb travels In his car
he Is accompanied by three cars OF
picked bodyguards armed with sub
machine guns.
Yet In spite Of these precautions,
someone came within IS minutes Of
bombing him and missed only be-
cause heb had left the hall earlier
than he had been expected to. From
the standpoint of an anti-Nazi as
sassin, 1t was an ideal opportunity.
Seldom are so many high Nazi Of
ficials congregated In one room
Nowhere could the assassination OF
Hitler had a more tronical locale
than the hold cellar where he plotted
his rise to power, and from which
he and 1000 of his brown shirted
followers marched 10 years ago to-
day to face the fire Of the loyal
German police, who killed 18 Of the
first Nazis in one barrage and
wounded Hitler slightly in the head
The bombing Itself was a sacri-
lege to the Nazi shrine-a room $50
by 80 feet, adorned with Nazi tro-
phies and bearing a hole in the
ceiling made by Hitler's bullet when
he rushed In Is years ago last night
fired his revolver among the reek
of smoke and beer, and shouted
1.-THE revolution Is on"
These anniversaries at Munich
are the high points in Hitlers life
and he usually tarries for hours af-
ter his speech, chatting with his
old comrades. Had there not been
a war he probably would have done
so again last night.
With him last night were Ru-
dolph Hess. deputy fuehrer and No
3 Nazi; DR.. Paul Joseph Goebbels
propaganda minister; Alfred Rosen-
berg, head of the foreign political
oce; Julius Streicher, anti-semitic
editor, DR.. Robert Ley, head Of the
labor front, and other high officials
1t Is customary for some or al
Of them to remain after Hitler's
traditional speech and fraternize
with the old guard. 1t was believed
that some Of them had done SC
last night.
The hall holds 500 persons, al
most. At one end Is a small stage
A narrow balcony runs around three
sides of the room and heavy chairs
are arranged against the walls. II
Is q sort Of Council chamber. A
picture OF Hitler dominates the
room, along with red swastika BAN
ners draped along the base Of the
balcony.
Hitler's speech. featuring an un-
usually bitter attack on Great Bril-
tain, had not been announced until
a few hours In advance, although
1t is customary event. It had
been planned for hess to speak but
that speech was cancelled when Hit
Ter decided TO talk.
1t also had been announced that
because OF the war this year, the
customary parade from the Buer-
gerbraeu to tie monument memoir
al.sing the 10 Nazis who died In the
Putsch was Cancelled. That parade
would have been today.
First Reports
In the first excitement following
the explosion reports were circulate
ed abroad that a boiler explosion
had caused 1t. This the Nazis quick
ly denied. They said II was an lex
plosive body" probably O time bomb
The confusion was demonstrated BY
the fact that telephone lines from
Munich to Berlin remained open for
three hours after the blast, contrary
to what would be expected normal
ly--a clamping down on all sources
Information until the government
first determined what had hap
pened.
Not until q. m. did telephone
operators hers report O disturb
ance" In Munich for which reason
service was suspended. The United
Press bureau here got a call through
to Munich a few minutes after the
explosion and talked to q guard al
the beer hail. He had not been pres
ent at the time OF the explosion
but arrived : few minutes later. He
said II must have been O terribly
pcwe. sup explosion, as 1t had des-
troyed the ceiling, which fell, caus-
ing most Of the casualties.
He believed someone had crept
Into a small attic above the ceiling
aAlu CAV Tie W Hlp tleTe.
Lights Stayed On
The lights In the hall never went
out, he said, and there was little
panic although there was fearful
screaming b" men and women"
Four Of the injured were said TO
have been women, presumably men,
bers Of old guard families.
Munich's "blackout" was called of
to facilitate the removal OF dead
and wounded. The area was cor
doned off.
The first communique on the in
cident by the propaganda ministry
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