The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-22

German sources in order Go in. crease the confusion presently ex. isting in Germany and to under- mine morale on German home and fighting fronts.
 A self-Styled free German" "a. dio station in Moscow broadcast a statement from German Maj. Gen Hans von wartenberg asserting that leaders Of the liberation move ment~ stiil were alive and in hiding
 They have a great following in al strata of the German people and arc continuing to find ways and means to continue the struggle. " the statement said.
 Other unconliHmed reports reach- ing London from Europeon sources said that army units la East Pras- sia had rehelled and been shot. that heaevy fighting was going on in Bavaria and even that Adolf Hitler had been arrested or put under protective custody.
 There appeared no doubt. how ever, that Heinrich Himmler. eFn- powered by Hitler bO restore order at ali cost. vas pressing ahead with his purge of anti-Nazi clements with a fury unparalleled even in the lo3a massacre.
 The Germans themselves admit ted that Hitler was determined this time to wipe out not only those in- volved in the incipient revolt ard attempt on his life, but also all ele- ments regarded as potential sources of opposition.
 pr. Robert Ley, Hitler's red- faced, bull-necked labor front lead- CT. dashed out repeatedly at blue blooded swine" tn a speech over Berlin radio that bordered con- stantly on hysteria.
 Addressing arms workers. Ley charged that Moscow Jews gave the order for the heaviest caliber mine to be imported from England" and it was planted beside Hitler by German counts and arist0crats.
 These creatures must be anni- Inflated" he said. Every single German must know that if he be- trays Germany. his blood win be drained"
 The German TTansocean Agency said the first photograph of Hitler taken after the unsuccessful at- tempt on his life Thursday vas published in morning newspapers in Germany today.
 Hitler looks fresh and healthy and shows no signs Of the slight burns he received" Trans0cean said.
 A United Press dispatch from Basel told of frontier reports that g generals were among those ar rested by Hilnmlers raiding squads an dasserted that many already had been executed. Al regular army troops in Munich were re- ported to have been locked up ip their barracks and disarlned. the dispatch said.
 Col. Gen. Fritz Fromm. gho vas replaced by Himmler as commander Of Germanyis home army. was de- scribed by Swedish correspondents in Berlin as one of the ringleaders Of the conspiracy. Reports ctrculat- ed that Gen. Walther Won Brau- cbitsch, former commander in chief of the German army. and Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. present chief of the army high command. also were iEs- gOlved, but Keitei vas believed still retaining his post
 German brOadcasss have identi- fled only two of the general impli- caie6 tn the plot and both have been executed. They were Col Gen. Ludwig Beck, former chief of the German general staff. and Claus Count v0n Stauffenberg. Fun wllO planted the bomb which burned and bruised Hitler, killed one of his cOi- laborators and wounded a d0zen others.
 Rigid censorship prevented a full picture of events inside Germany, but continued Nazt control of radio stations. telephone exchanges. tel- eerapb offices, newspapers and otb- CT key points indicated that Hitler and Himmler had the situation tp hand. at least temporarily,
 The official German DINE Agen- ey acknowledged that the Tey0lting clique seized temporary control Tbursday OS certain news appara- fug| and attempted to give orders to army posts al home and at the front, but said these orders geTe not recognized immediately as "tges- son" and were not carried out.
 When Hitler, ReichsmaFsaaj Her. mann GoeFtlg and Grand Admiral KaEl D0enttE broadcast their orders to the German armed forces to sand Jas, Thursday night. they had no details of hoY and hOy long the elique would avail them selves Of the means 0f conveying news at their disposal '
 The three leaders spoke 60 that their subsidiary commanders would geeogpize aDy false orders jsSiled by the Eey0lters, DNB said, but as a matter 0t fact 'theiT declarations slFeady had been outdated by
 the German TTans0eean Agency revealed that q battalion from the 0ros Deutschland division had oc. eppleo fbe government district of beriip Tbyrsdsy afternoon to ep- sure 0FeeY
 The bffliD correspondent 0l tlle lstflekllolpl hegspepeT Dagens Nys heieF told of Eeeipg squads of reg, ylaF soldiers and WafEep eg tFoopg speed 70 automobiles to gtitisF's Tumnn Aima.