Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
Hitler P| leads
With Army
Cries for Support
in Hour Of Trial
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(Conunued from Ihko Ohel
proclaim himself honorary presi-
dent" Of Germany, turning over
the post OF prime minister 10
Heinrich Himrler with almost
unlimited powers,
A message from Madrid said
there was "fghting in south Ger
many where army units rebelled.
The Moscow radio said German
merchant seamen, refusing To go
10 sea in ships repaired al Oslo,
had mutinied in Norway follow
inc unconfrmed reports from
Basic OF uprisings by naval men
at Stettin and Kiel reminiscent
of the mutiny that pretaced Ger
rnanys defeat in World War !.
German police in Norway were
ordered 70 stand by for ener-
gencies" and special restrictions
we're olamped on Reich troops IN
that country. while Moscow SAID
"panic" was spreading like wild
FIRE through East Prussia and
southeastern Germany as dis
orders multiplied in Denmark.
WAKES HYSTERICAL
Hitlers ruthless slave-master,
Labor Minister Robert Ley, broad
cast q frenzied speech 10 all Ger
man war factories. laying the
blame for Thursdays announced
bomb assassination att m p I
against the fuehrer upon Grim
inal noblemen" linked with Jews
from Moscow" and "bluebloods
o. Britain.
Addressing his hysterical dia-
tribe 10 German as well as for
eign workers-the latter including
1000. 900 Russians and 1900, 900
Poles awaiting their hour of re-
vense - Ley declared the plot
against Hitler and his staff
showed that reaction and boil
shevism" were marching arm in
arm" He acclaimed about our
revolution" calling upon II to Eek
terminate these creatures"
While 100 generals were re-
ported killed and $500 officers
arrested-with the fate of some OF
Cermany's foremost field mar
shals cioaked in mystery-Hit-
Ter implored- the rank and file
Of his army TO remain faithful 10
him in spite Of everything.
HITLER'S APPEAL
In a special order OF the day
10 all army formations al home
and on the battlefronts. the
fuehrer declared;
"Soidiers Of the army! A
small circle Of interruptions Of
fscePs has made an attempt ut
numbering me and the general
staff In order 10 seize the pow
Or in~ the state. Providence has
caused the attempt TO miscarry.
by the immediate vigorous
action Of loyal officers and men
Of the army at home the trail
tor clique was wiped out or
arrested In . matter Of few
hours.
81 expected nothing else. I
know that, as hitherto, you will
fight with exemplary obedience
and loyalty until victory will be
ours In spite OF everything"
The order. headed "fuehrer's
headQuarters." was dated Friday.
Amid sigma Of dissatisfaction
radiating 10 the German armed
forces in Italy. Norway and Den
mark as we'll as embattled Nor
mandy and menaced East Prus-
STA, II was noted in London that
top-ranking military leaders-in-
Guiding Field Marshal Wilhelm
Keitel. chief of the supreme COM
mand--had not been heard from
since Thursdays Berlin an
nouncernent OF the generals coup
Particularly striking was the
4S-hour silence Of Marshal KNel
In view Of the fact that the chiefs
OF the air force and navy, Reichs-
marshal Goering and Grand Adj
niiral Karl Doenitz, were quick
10 broadcast oaths OF fealty TO
Hitler.
OTHERS MENTIONED
Keitel was named in a broad
cast by the German underground
Radio Atlantic, as relayed from
Moscow. among high-placed gen.
erals. who had set up new
government" which controls GER
tain areas" where "all Nazi Off
cisls have been put under arrest"
Also mentioned In this uncon-
firned report as leaders Of new
government" were Reichsmarshal
Walther Heinrich Won Brauch-
itsch. former commander in chief
OF the German army; Gen. Franz
Alexander Won Halder. dismissed
az chief Of staff in 1912; Field
Marshal Fedor Won Book. former
army group commander on the
Russian front: and Col. Gen Fritz
Fromm.
Unverified reports from Berne
reaching London said Marshal
BYauehitsch had been killed along
with Field Marshal Karl Gerd Won
Rundstedt. dismissed as western
European commander on July 6.
The Berne message spoke Of a
gigantic new purge and also
mentioned Field Msrshals Fritz
Erich Mannstein and SiegInund
List, former commanders in Rus
SIN and the Balkans. as among