The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-12
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ceivable that he might have needed
them He was a primitive brutal
animal-type OF man utterly devoted
10 Hitler Early in 1887 he re.
ceiyed instructions 10 take Hitler's
column OF automobiles great, shiny
Mercedes cars. from Berlin 10
Munich where Hitler, having come
on by airplane was to pick 1t up,
In Berlin Schreck contracted an
abscessed tooth and when he came
to Hitler's adjutant with a great
swollen jaw, the adjutant said to
him. My God man, the chief tHit-
Ter is always spoken of as der Chef
among the reichschancellory stan,
although never of course in his
presence won't let you drive if
he sees you like that. Go TO a
/ doctor"
Schreck having only very brief
| time before the column was to
start and being unwilling TO let
I \.
went out into the garage at the
chancellory. took screw.driver
from his tool-case, gouged and
Scraped the infected tooth, broke
open an abscess covering four
Nteeth amidst horrible pain tried
TO pull the worst tooth with a pair
OF pliers and started to Munich
with a temperature Of over 100.
Arriving in Munich mad with pain
and fever, Schreck drank cognac
trying 10 find some relief. went into
a delirium. was taken TO a hospi
tai and subsequently died OF the
infection. Hitler wept bitterly at
his death.
For some time Hitler has worn
glasses occasionally. He wore
them publicly first for the signing
Of the Munich agreement with Dala-
der. Cham berlain ani Mussolini.
II was only when he signed his
name or had to reach through a
short document that he put on his
glasses Photographers, newsTeet
men. etc. had strict instructions
from Hitler's adiutant. Wilhelm
Brueekner, 10 Photograph Hitler
only when he had removed his
glasses. Several rolls OF film had
10 be destroyed because this in
struction was not observed and
one comeraman lost his permit 10
work because he tried TO retain
such a snapshot as curiosity.
When he is photographed at his
headquarters studying maps, re.
ports. etc. it is always only with
a magnifying glass
For Hitler. simplicity in dress is
emphasized and he calls tails"
for men a laughable get.up. He
wears them only when il is i'm
possible 10 avoid putting them on.
as at the reception for foreign
diplomats
A really fashionably dressed man
is unbearable TO him. His aversion
TO Anthony Eden was based on this
antipathy.
However, he likes elegant mill.
tary uniforms on his generals. Hit.
Ter himself practically always car.
ries gloves. whether at Berchtesga.
den. in Berlin. or wherever. Most
often he merely carries them in
his right hand
HIS attitude toward vomen's
dress is quite different from that
toward mems clothing. He likes
70 see vell-dressed women around
him, and even has reports and lee.
lures delivered TO aim on the cues.
ton OF the creation OF a German
mode for women. Occasionally he
even takes up his sketching pencil
10 make what he considers 10 be
improvements in a particular
model.
II was said in fact that he per.
sonally designed a costume for
the vell-knovn German dancers.
the Hoepfner sisters. which they
wore when they made a special ap-
pearance on the terrace Of the chan.
cellory.
Hitler never uses the words
beautiful or pleasing about a
costume or a mode. but only dig.
mined or 'undignifed' He does
not like 10 see women smoke and
they do not do so in MS presence.
This is probably due less 70 the
fact that IL is women who are
smoking than to his dislike for
tobacco. As rule men, also, do
not smoke in his presence, although
now in wartime he makes fire.
quent exceptions in the case OF
soldiers
Hitler Is as particular about the
furnishings in his once and liv-
ing quarters as be is about his
clothing.