The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-06

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 A few minutes later, officials sat down to listen to der Fuehrer's broadcast, and when, three sen- tences after he had begun, the speech was taken off the air, some State Department officials were convinced for a few min- utes that the April Fool joke was true.
 What actually happened, how- ever, as far as the State Depart ment could piece things together, was this:
 Hitler is accustomed to speak ing from 8 prepared address, usually takes three or four
 days in the seclusion of his Bavarian mountain retreat, to put his speech together.
 But in this case, the British had just sprung their Polish al- liance on Hitler, and he had no time to prepare a comeback. Furthermore, he had already prepared his speech for the launching of the 35,000-ton bat tieship.
 For Hitler hurriedIy to revise his speech, and include 8 hate harangue against the British, was extremely hard for him to . do. So when the inner Nazi circle, waiting anxiously, heard their Fuehrer give way to three halting sentences at the very start, they hurriedIy cut him off the air.
 Those who consistently have studied Hitler's broadcasts ever since he started say that they had never heard him make such a poor showing. Definite im- pression in diplomatic circles is that Hitler was scared, that the British declaration of readiness to fight for Poland has made a profound impression. NAZI CZECH
 Though Czechoslovak Minister Hurban has stood firm against Nazi invasion, and refused to turn over the Legation to the German embassy, he has not had the sup port of his Consul General in New York.
 The consul, Julius Barbec, has left his post and sailed for Eu- rope, bearing passport with a German visa. In the view of the legation here ,he has "g0ne over to the Nazis".
 SUPREME COURT RECESS
 There was an inside reason why the Supreme Court suddenly re- cessed on March 27 instead of holding two weeks of hearings, as previously scheduuled. These hear ings had been fixed ever since the start of the year, and the established procedure is not set aside except under the most un- usual circumstances.
 The circumstance in this case was the illness of the chief jus tice. MT. Hughes has an un- broken record of never having been absent from the bench be- cause of health, and in deference to his rcord his colleagues were delighted to adjourn further hear ing until April IT.
 New Deal members, incident ally, had reason of their own for p0stp0nement. In Hughes absence the acting chief justice would have been James Clark McReynolds, bitterest anti Roosevelt member of the Court.
 Real fact is that Chief Jus tice Hughes will celebrate his 77th birthday next Tuesday af- ter an illness somewhat more serious than was generally sup posed.
 The chief justice takes excel lent care of himself. Although he works hard, much harder than any of the older court members, he also is religious in taking ex- ercise. Almost every morning, even in the coldest weather, he can be seen taking a constitu- tional around the block near his home. MT. Hughes also is al- most Gandhi-like in his diet, eat- ing no more than toast and an egg at lunch.
 However, the recent influenza attack seemed to hit the chief justice harder than an ordinary winter cold, and as with most influenza the comeback has been slow. MT. Hughes doctor ordered him not to exert himself for month.
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